Elizabeth Embry D

Requiring the registers of wills for each county and Baltimore City to, in coordination, establish a centralized website for use by all registers to publish certain notice; altering certain requirements for publication of notice relating to the appointment of a personal representative, a request for judicial probate, and estates administered by a foreign personal representative; and requiring each county and …

Requiring federal law enforcement officers to notify certain individuals of federal immigration action at certain sensitive locations; altering the requirements for certification of a U Nonimmigrant Status Petition; altering the individuals eligible to request a certain official to certify victim helpfulness relating to certification of a U Nonimmigrant Status Petition; authorizing the disclosure of certain information under certain circumstances; etc.

Establishing certain requirements for a complaint for a money judgment; defining "medical debt" as a debt owed by a consumer to a provider of medical services, products, or devices, but does not include debt charged to a credit card except under certain circumstances; prohibiting the creation of a lien on owner-occupied residential property by contract or as a result of …

Altering the required contents of a certain plan that a gas company may file with the Public Service Commission for proposed eligible infrastructure replacement projects to include certain descriptions, demonstrations, analyses, and notifications; and altering the required findings of the Commission in considering whether to approve a certain infrastructure replacement plan.

Authorizing the public disclosure by the Office of the Attorney General of the name and age of a child injured or killed in a police-involved incident resulting in the death or injury of a child, subject to the express consent of the child's parent or guardian.

Clarifying that expungement does not prohibit disclosure of records that contain information that is also contained in an expunged record, is formatted to facilitate research, and contains de-identified data.

Establishing that certain crimes relating to animals do not include certain activities; establishing that each animal harmed in a violation of a prohibition against animal cruelty is a separate offense and shall be deemed an individual victim for purposes of the sentencing guidelines stacking rule; establishing that a conviction for a crime relating to animals may not merge with a …

Authorizing a consumer to send certain notice relating to alleged identity theft debt to a creditor; requiring a creditor to conduct a certain investigation following receipt of notice and to provide certain notice or take certain actions under certain circumstances; authorizing a consumer to file a civil action under certain circumstances and authorizing a consumer to demand a jury trial; …

Prohibiting a commercial entity from publishing or advertising information on certain residential property unless the commercial entity verifies that the person offering the property is the property's legal owner or the agent of the legal owner; requiring the commercial entity to maintain the verification for at least 3 years; requiring a commercial entity that publishes or advertises certain residential property …

Requiring a citation issued for violations relating to public consumption of alcohol and possession of an open container to contain notice that fines for the violation may be prepaid; establishing a maximum fine for public consumption and open container violations and authorizing the Chief Judge of the District Court to establish a schedule for prepayment of the fines; establishing that …

Authorizing mandated reporters to report suspected labor trafficking or sex trafficking of a child to a regional navigator; and authorizing the Attorney General or a State's Attorney to investigate and prosecute human trafficking.

Altering provisions of law relating to the handgun roster, including requiring the Attorney General, or the Attorney General's designee, to conduct a certain legal review of a petition to place a handgun on the handgun roster and to make a certain determination before a handgun is placed on the handgun roster; requiring the Maryland State Police, or a certain accredited …

Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to assist incarcerated individuals in accessing certain student financial assistance; and requiring incarcerated individuals who meet eligibility criteria for certain student financial assistance to have access to student financial assistance.

Increasing from 1 year to 3 years the statute of limitations for the prosecution or suit for enforcement of local consumer protection codes for which equitable relief, a fine, or a penalty is provided.

Authorizing a circuit court to authorize or direct a transaction that grants access to financial records or establishes eligibility for government assistance programs for a minor or disabled person under a certain circumstance.

Expanding the application of certain requirements for the construction of certain overhead transmission lines to include certain other transmission lines; requiring the Public Service Commission to consider certain effects when determining whether to waive, for good cause, the requirement to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity in certain circumstances; and repealing a requirement that the Commission waive the …

Requiring the Department of Information Technology to post on its website the Statewide Information Technology Master Plan 6 months after the Governor is inaugurated in the Governor's first term; and requiring the Secretary of Information Technology to notify the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly if the plan is delayed.

Requiring public institutions of higher education to provide free of charge room, board, and required books, course materials, supplies, and equipment to certain foster care recipients and homeless youth who qualify for a certain tuition exemption and enroll as students at the institutions; providing that if a foster care recipient or homeless youth receives a scholarship or grant it may …

Providing an addition modification under the Maryland income tax for the gain from the sale or exchange of certain small business stock excluded from federal gross income and a certain amount of fines, penalties, and trade or business expenses; providing certain modifications to the federal adjusted gross income of an individual or federal taxable income of a corporation for Maryland …

Altering the definition of recycling to exclude certain chemical conversion processes, pyrolysis, hydropyrolysis, methanolysis, gasification, enzymatic breakdown, or similar processes as determined by the Department of the Environment; and prohibiting a person from building in the State a facility that converts plastic to fuel or feedstock through a chemical conversion process.

Establishing the Gun Violence Victim Relocation Program within the Victim Services Unit of the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention and Policy to provide certain victims of gun violence certain services and assistance related to relocating for the safety of the victim or the victim's family; establishing the Gun Violence Victim Relocation Program Fund; requiring the Victim Services Unit to establish …

Providing that during the trial of a criminal case in which a defendant is charged with an assault in the second degree, a certain statement is not excluded by the hearsay rule if the statement is offered against a party that has engaged in, directed, or conspired to commit wrongdoing that was intended to and did procure the unavailibility of …

Requiring the annual report of the Maryland Parole Commission to contain certain information; altering a certain provision of law to require the Commission to provide certain documents to a certain incarcerated individual at a certain time, rather than allow the incarcerated individual to examine the documents on request; requiring the Commission to document, state on the record, provide to an …

Prohibiting recovery by a certain plaintiff from being barred in a certain civil action due to the plaintiff's negligence, except under certain circumstances; requiring any damages awarded under the Act to be diminished in proportion to the amount of negligence attributed to the plaintiff; and applying the Act prospectively.

Establishing an immunity from liability for a person who discloses information about allegations of sexually assaultive behavior if the person acts in good faith; establishing a presumption of good faith unless it is shown by a preponderance of the evidence that the person acted with actual malice or intentionally or recklessly disclosed false information; providing for the award of attorney's …

Requiring nursing homes, assisted living programs, nurse midwives, and licensed certified midwives to notify each resident and prospective resident in writing or by written electronic communication if the nursing home, assisted living program, nurse midwife, or licensed certified midwife either does not maintain professional liability insurance or professional liability insurance coverage has lapsed; and requiring conspicuous posting of the information …

Renaming the Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing to be the Office of the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing; renaming the Maryland Advisory Council on Deaf and Hard of Hearing to be the Maryland Advisory Council on Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing; and altering the membership of the Maryland Advisory Council on the Deaf, Deafblind, and …

Prohibiting an entity from including in a contract for certain State public art a provision requiring artists to waive copyright rights; defining "State public art" as public art commissioned for a project that receives State funding, regardless of whether the State funding directly paid for the public art; requiring certain State public art to be registered with the Maryland State …

Altering and establishing provisions relating to the surrender of firearms by a respondent under the domestic violence statutes; and requiring a local law enforcement authority to take certain actions within 3 business days after service of an order against a respondent who is not in compliance with an order to surrender certain firearms.