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MDHB78PassAuthorizing the Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Maryland Environmental Service to delegate certain responsibilities to an employee of the Service; altering the obligations of the Service after receiving a request for services and after ent...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 425
MDSB258PassAltering the State's goals for reducing energy consumption in State buildings; requiring the Maryland Green Building Council to update the High Performance Green Building Program to ensure that the Program aligns with certain greenhouse gas emissions...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 423
MDHB233PassAuthorizing the Critical Area Commission to adopt regulations governing the transfer of development rights, fee in lieu payments, the assessment of and adaption of the critical area for climate resiliency, enhancing resilience in the critical area, a...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 424
MDHB22PassRequiring the State Highway Administration's pollinator habitat plan to include policies and procedures regarding the use of pollinator habitat areas along State highways; requiring the Administration to track and evaluate federal programs that provi...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 553
MDHB420PassRequiring the Department of Natural Resources and local governing bodies to construct communication boards in certain newly constructed public play areas; defining "communication board" as a device that displays photos, symbols, or illustrations to e...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 568
MDHB999PassEstablishing the Workgroup on Establishing a Science and Technology Best Practices and Innovation Network to identify and analyze options for establishing and maintaining an open access science, technology, and innovation network or hub of citizen sc...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 448
MDHB1044PassRepealing the requirement that an appointing authority send a copy of the selection plan and job announcement to the Secretary of Budget and Management at least 1 week before posting a job announcement; and repealing the requirement that the appointi...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 459
MDHB1256PassRequiring a certain electric company to file certain time-of-use tariffs with the Public Service Commission by July 1, 2025; requiring a certain electric company to attempt to achieve a certain enrollment target for certain tariffs by January 1, 2028...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 476
MDHB86PassRequiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with certain groups, to develop training for certain school personnel to identify symptoms of anaphylaxis, asthma, and respiratory distress in students; requiring the Maryland Department of...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 280
MDSB180PassRequiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with certain groups, to develop training for certain school personnel to identify symptoms of anaphylaxis, asthma, and respiratory distress in students; requiring the Maryland Department of...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 279
MDHB253PassMaking alterations and clarifications related to the duties of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission, the Office of Social Equity, the Advisory Board on Medical and Adult-Use Cannabis, and the Maryland Cannabis Administration; altering the me...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 241
MDSB170PassRequiring county boards of education to post certain hearing notices and bid advertisements on the websites of certain local school systems; increasing the threshold amount of costs of school buildings, improvements, supplies, and equipment that requ...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 275
MDHB291PassRequiring county boards of education to post on the websites of certain local school systems hearing notices related to preliminary approval of a school site and advertisements for bids for school buildings, improvements, supplies, or equipment that ...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 274
MDHB333PassRequiring the State Board of Elections to maintain a portal on the State Board's website that the public may use to report election misinformation and election disinformation; requiring the State Board to conduct a periodic review of material submitt...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 126
MDHB336PassRequiring a local school system to provide to parents at certain individualized education program, individualized family service plan, and 504 plan meetings for children with disabilities certain written informational materials regarding the Maryland...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 172
MDHB416PassRequiring the Maryland Center for School Safety to collaborate with an institution of higher education or a designated federal or national research entity to study the effectiveness and impact of active shooter safety drills or trainings by researchi...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 182
MDSB592PassRequiring a local school system to provide to parents at certain individualized education program, individualized family service plan, and 504 plan meetings for children with disabilities certain written informational materials regarding the Maryland...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 173
MDSB797PassRequiring certain information to be provided to the parents of a child with a disability under certain circumstances; establishing the Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program; establishing the Access to Attorneys...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 170
MDHB903PassRequiring certain information to be provided to the parents of a child with a disability under certain circumstances; establishing the Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program; establishing the Access to Attorneys...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 171
MDHB1167PassEstablishing the Secure Schools Emergency Response Grant Program to be administered by the Maryland Center for School Safety to provide funds to improve emergency notification systems and communications between public elementary and secondary school ...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 293
MDSB517PassAltering the administrator of the Next Generation Scholars of Maryland Program to be the Maryland Higher Education Commission rather than the State Department of Education; and requiring the Department to assist the Commission with the review of appl...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 196
MDHB522PassRequiring, by December 31, 2024, the State Department of Education and the Maryland Department of Health jointly to adopt certain State guidelines for school health services regarding student access to telehealth appointments during the school day on...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 195
MDSB33PassRequiring each public high school to inform students of certain employment and skills training opportunities in the same manner the school informs students of postsecondary educational options; requiring, when informing certain students about certain...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 281
MDHB144PassAltering certain provisions of the Public Employee Relations Act, including adding the definition of interested employee organization, altering the timing of exclusive representative access to new employees, clarifying the responsibilities of certain...
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 51
MDSB122PassAltering the requirement that each county board of education provide certain students with the telephone number of the Maryland Youth Crisis Hotline by instead requiring that each county board of education provide certain students with the telephone ...
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 60
MDHB284PassAltering the requirement that each county board of education provide certain students with the telephone number of the Maryland Youth Crisis Hotline by instead requiring that each county board of education provide certain students with the telephone ...
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 59
MDSB232PassAltering certain provisions of the Public Employee Relations Act, including adding the definition of interested employee organization, altering the timing of exclusive representative access to new employees, clarifying the responsibilities of certain...
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 52
MDSB22Enroll
75%
Requiring the Governor, rather than the Mayor and the President of the City Council of Baltimore City, to appoint the members of the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore City with the advice and consent of the Senate; authorizing the Governor...
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2024-04-08
Returned Passed
MDSB167Enroll
75%
Requiring that a physician assistant have a collaboration agreement, rather than a delegation agreement, in order to practice as a physician assistant; altering the scope of practice of a physician assistant; altering the education required for licen...
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2024-04-08
Returned Passed
MDHB353Enroll
75%
Defining the term "Health and Human Services Referral System" for the purposes of certain provisions of law governing the System to mean a certain coordinated system for health and human service resources that is accessible to State residents, rather...
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2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled
MDSB445Engross
50%
Defining the term "Health and Human Services Referral System" for the purposes of certain provisions of law governing the System to mean a certain coordinated system for health and human service resources that is accessible to State residents, rather...
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2024-04-08
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDSB1090Engross
50%
Establishing the Secure Schools Emergency Response Grant Program to be administered by the Maryland Center for School Safety to provide funds to improve emergency notification systems and communications between public elementary and secondary school ...
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2024-04-08
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDSB991Enroll
75%
Establishing the Language Assistance Services Pilot Program in the Behavioral Health Administration to provide grants to local behavioral health authorities to reimburse behavioral health providers for language assistance services for children with l...
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2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled
MDHB1244Enroll
75%
Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor, the Department of Commerce, and the Maryland Higher Education Commission to each have a certain staff member who performs certain duties related to defining, identifying, and compiling data regarding the wo...
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2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled
MDHB1110Enroll
75%
Authorizing the City of Frederick to participate in the Maryland Intrastate Emergency Management Assistance Compact.
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2024-04-06
Returned Passed
MDHB806Enroll
75%
Requiring that a physician assistant have a collaboration agreement, rather than a delegation agreement, in order to practice as a physician assistant; altering the scope of practice of a physician assistant; altering the education required for licen...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDSB492Engross
50%
Requiring the State Department of Education and the Maryland Department of Health jointly to adopt certain State guidelines for school health services regarding student access to telehealth appointments during the school day in public middle and high...
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2024-04-05
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDHB837Engross
50%
Requiring each public high school to inform students of certain employment and skills training opportunities in the same manner in which the school informs students of postsecondary educational options; requiring each public high school to inform stu...
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2024-04-05
To Senate Rules Committee
MDSB59Enroll
75%
Requiring a hospital to take certain actions relating to the care of infants as soon as practicable before the hospital discharges an infant after the birth of the infant, including providing oral and written educational resources to the parent or le...
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDHB177Enroll
75%
Requiring a hospital, as soon as practicable before discharging an infant after the birth of the infant, to provide oral and written resources to the parent or legal guardian; requiring a hospital, before discharging an infant, to ask the parent or l...
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDHB1293Enroll
75%
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop and implement a 3-year public education campaign on prostate, lung, and breast cancer prevention that targets communities disproportionately impacted by prostate, lung, and breast cancer on or be...
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDHB130Engross
50%
Altering the State's goals for reducing energy consumption in State buildings; requiring the Maryland Green Building Council to update the High Performance Green Building Program to ensure that the Program aligns with certain greenhouse gas emissions...
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2024-04-03
To Senate Rules Committee
MDSB938Enroll
75%
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop, on or before December 1, 2026, a public education campaign on prostate, lung, and breast cancer prevention that targets communities disproportionately impacted by prostate, lung, and breast canc...
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2024-04-03
Returned Passed
MDSB432Engross
50%
Requiring the Maryland Center for School Safety to collaborate with an institution of higher education or a designated federal or national research entity to study the effectiveness and impact of active shooter safety drills or trainings by researchi...
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2024-04-02
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDSB178Enroll
75%
Requiring the State Highway Administration's pollinator habitat plan to include policies and procedures regarding the use of pollinator habitat areas along State highways; requiring the Administration to track and evaluate federal programs that provi...
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2024-04-01
Returned Passed
MDSB16Engross
50%
Applying certain campaign finance requirements for a political committee to draft committees and exploratory committees; establishing requirements and prohibitions for draft and exploratory committees relating to the establishment of the committees, ...
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2024-03-19
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDHB24Engross
50%
Requiring the Department of the Environment to perform a certain environmental justice evaluation of certain environmental permit applications under certain circumstances; authorizing the Department to take certain actions on certain environmental pe...
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2024-03-18
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDHB829Engross
50%
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, subject to the limitations of its budget, to provide a virtual mental health awareness and skills building training program for service sector employees; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health, su...
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2024-03-18
To Senate Finance Committee
MDHB1257Engross
50%
Requiring the State Department of Education to develop, by July 1, 2025, a comprehensive plan for the establishment of Restorative Practices Schools; requiring a county board of education to use the comprehensive plan if the county board chooses to e...
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2024-03-18
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB495Engross
50%
Requiring that a certain statement included on the signature page of a petition seeking to place a question on the ballot and a certain statement about the purpose of a question on the ballot be written in plain language reasonably calculated to be u...
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2024-03-16
To House Ways and Means Committee
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