On Record (29)
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HealthAnimalsAGRICULTURENatural ResourcesReal PropertyNoticesWeedsPlantsInvasive SpeciesInsectsPest ControlStandards and Best PracticesTimeAdministrative AgenciesEnvironmental MattersClassifications and DesignationsState Government - Agencies, Offices, and OfficialsAgriculture, Department ofHazardous and Toxic Substances
Authorizing a person to apply a pesticide on State-owned property only if the person is applying a listed pesticide or a registered pesticide for specified purposes; requiring the Department of Agriculture to develop a model pesticide and pollinator habitat management plan to be implemented on State-owned and managed property; and requiring a unit of State government that manages tracts of …
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CoalFeesEnvironmental healthMeetingsReportsStorageWeights And MeasuresEnvironmentPollutionCommittees and CommissionsRules and RegulationsEnvironmental MattersNatural Resources, Department ofEnvironment, Department of theChemical TestsPower PlantsRefuse DisposalHazardous and Toxic Substances
Providing that a certain base fee established by the Department of the Environment that is paid by a certain generator of coal combustion by-products is not less than $2.30 per ton; altering the factors that the Department is required to consider in establishing the fee; establishing the Statewide Coal Combustion By-Products Coordinating Committee to share information, monitoring results, and certain …
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AppropriationsDISCLOSURECOURTSETHICSINTERNETHEARINGSPublic HealthRecordsMunicipal CorporationsCountiesDataRestitutionReportsBudgetsOpioidsPublic InformationStandards and Best PracticesElectronic GovernmentIntergovernmental CooperationRevenue and TaxesLocal Government MandatesSettlement ProceduresTelecommunications and Information Technology
Requiring the Maryland Office of Overdose Response, in collaboration with the Maryland Department of Health, to develop and maintain an interactive dashboard on Opioid Restitution Fund spending to share prescription opioid-related settlement information with the public; requiring the dashboard to include links to the State, county, or municipal websites that provide access to additional information on the use of opioid-related …
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Debt collectionCONTRACTSCONSTRUCTIONInterestNoticesProcurementRevenue and TaxesBusiness RegulationCommerce and BusinessState Government - Procurement
Requiring a private construction contract to include a provision requiring the owner to pay the contractor within a certain period of time or, if the owner withholds all or part of an amount invoiced, to send a certain notification to the contractor; requiring a contract between a contractor and a subcontractor on a private or State construction contract to include …
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DISCLOSUREATTORNEY GENERALConsumer ProtectionRecordsGoods And ServicesWork, Labor, and EmploymentRules and RegulationsElectronic GovernmentElectronic CommunicationCommercial Law - Consumer ProtectionElectronic CommerceUnfair Trade PracticesCommerce and BusinessLabor, Department ofGratuities
Requiring, beginning July 1, 2026, each business that uses a point-of-sale system that automatically prompts a customer to leave a tip to disclose that the tip is for employees and display a tip amount that is set at zero or a "no-tip" option, subject to certain conditions; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor and the Division of Consumer Protection in …
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EducationAppropriationsService animalsInvestmentsRESIDENCYNONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONSDISABILITIESGOVERNORSunsetNoticesBudgetsComptrollerWork, Labor, and EmploymentRules and RegulationsAwareness and OutreachRevenue and TaxesTreasurersState Government - Agencies, Offices, and OfficialsDisabledDisabilities, Department ofHuman Services, Department of
Establishing the Maryland Disability Service Animal Program in the Department of Disabilities to select one or more nonprofit training entities to participate in the Program and provide additional funding mechanisms to assist eligible individuals in the Program; requiring the Department to select at least one nonprofit training entity to develop and implement a training protocol and to select qualified participants; …
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Real PropertyResidential PropertyLandlords And TenantsStandards and Best PracticesLeases and RentHeating and CoolingApartmentsBuilding Maintenance and Repair
Requiring a landlord to provide air-conditioning to residential rental units in apartment buildings with four or more individual dwelling units in a certain manner beginning June 1, 2025, for newly constructed residential rental units and beginning October 1, 2025, for residential rental units that undergo renovation that includes the replacement or substantial upgrade of electrical systems or heating systems.
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HealthSTATE AIDNONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONSTRANSPORTATIONBOUNDARIESGRANTSGamingSunsetMunicipal CorporationsPublic BenefitsHorse RacingRacingLotteryComptrollerWork, Labor, and EmploymentCommunity DevelopmentLanguageAnne Arundel CountyMental and Behavioral HealthSubstance Abuse TreatmentRevenue and TaxesGaming and GamblingPrince George's CountyHoward County
Requiring the Comptroller, beginning in fiscal year 2026, to distribute from the State Lottery Fund $250,000 of supplemental local impact aid to Anne Arundel County, Howard County, and the City of Laurel from the proceeds of the Racetrax lottery game to be used for certain programs and services in the communities surrounding Laurel Race Course; specifying the purposes for and …
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LAW ENFORCEMENTRETIREMENTDEATHPUBLIC SAFETYDISABILITIESFIRE PROTECTIONMunicipal CorporationsCountiesCorrectional OfficersEmergency ServicesSalaries and CompensationMental and Behavioral HealthBeneficiariesState Government - PersonnelPublic Safety and Correctional Services, Department of
Altering circumstances under which certain individuals are presumed to have died as a direct and proximate result of an injury sustained in the performance of duties for purposes of eligibility for death benefits.
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NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONSNoticesNews MediaTimeBusiness RegulationCommerce and BusinessLabor, Department of
Requiring a local news organization, at least 120 days before the organization is sold, to provide written notice to certain employees affected by the sale, the Maryland Department of Labor, the governing body of the county where the local news organization is located, and certain nonprofit entities in the business of buying local news organizations; prohibiting the sale of a …
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LAW ENFORCEMENTCORRECTIONSDamagesRecordsNoticesCourt OrdersCorrectional OfficersCivil ActionsThreatsWarrantsCorrectional InstitutionsCriminal Law - ProceduresCivil OffensesImmigrants and Citizenship
Prohibiting employees and agents of State and local correctional facilities from taking certain actions related to immigration enforcement, subject to certain exceptions; and prohibiting law enforcement agents from taking certain actions related to immigration enforcement, subject to certain exceptions.
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ETHICSRecordsLobbyingReportsRules and Regulations
Altering the dates by which a regulated lobbyist must file a certain report to the State Ethics Commission; and altering the contents of the report to include a list of each matter on which the regulated lobbyist performed lobbying activity, a description of the lobbyist's position on each matter, and each bill number or a description of each legislative action …
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AGRICULTUREMunicipal CorporationsCountiesReal EstateFederal GovernmentConservationLocal Government - GenerallyZoning and PlanningClassifications and DesignationsChartered CountiesPrince George's CountyLeases and RentProgram Open Space
Requiring a certain local zoning authority to designate and maintain certain property in a zoning classification that restricts the uses in a certain manner under certain circumstances; and requiring the appropriate authority to maintain certain property in a certain zoning classification that restricts the uses in a certain manner under certain circumstances.
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FeesCONTRACTSDISCLOSURECondominiumsReal PropertyNoticesResidential PropertyReal EstateTimeAgents and BrokersHomeowner Associations
Altering the deadline by which certain required notices in certain retail contracts shall be provided to a purchaser; requiring the seller in a certain retail contract to provide notice of certain changes in mandatory fees and payments and other required disclosures; altering certain fees a council of unit owners or a homeowners association or its agent may charge for providing …
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SAFETYMUNICIPALITIESELECTIONSVOTINGPRIVACYMunicipal CorporationsDataIdentificationEquipmentInformation TechnologyCybersecurityElectronic GovernmentElectronic CommunicationBiometrics
Authorizing a municipality to conduct a municipal election through the use of a qualified electronic transmission system; and prohibiting a municipality from using information received from a voter using a qualified electronic transmission system for certain purposes.
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CoalTRANSPORTATIONCONSTRUCTIONGRANTSNatural ResourcesProcurementReportsEnvironmentAir PollutionWater PollutionSTATE PROCUREMENTJob TrainingSalaries and CompensationWork, Labor, and EmploymentStandards and Best PracticesRules and RegulationsEvaluations and ReviewsEnvironmental MattersEnergy MattersstudiesIndustry and ManufacturingEnvironmental IncentivesEnvironment, Department of theApprenticeships and InternshipsEnvironmental Justice
Establishing the Coal Combustion By-Product Materials Grant Program in the Department of the Environment to award grants to eligible manufacturers of cement, concrete, or construction materials in the State that use coal combustion by-products sourced in the State; and requiring each unit of State government to give preference to certain bids that demonstrate the use of certain coal combustion by-products …
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Sports and RecreationPUBLIC SAFETYSunsetPublic HealthEmergenciesCountiesReportsCommittees and CommissionsYouth (10-21)studiesEnvironment, Department of theCamps
Establishing the Workgroup to Study Youth Camp and RV Park Emergency Preparedness; requiring the Workgroup to study model local emergency preparedness policies in the State for youth camps and RV parks; and requiring the Workgroup to make recommendations regarding potential legislation to address statewide emergency preparedness polices for youth camps and RV parks and report to the General Assembly by …
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EducationTEACHERSCurriculumLiteracyJob TrainingStandards and Best PracticesLanguagePrimary and Secondary Education
Requiring a teacher preparation program to include certain training in English language learner-related teacher competencies and include English language learner-related teacher competencies in other courses throughout the curriculum; and requiring a teacher preparation program to include a certain course in teaching English language learners beginning in the 2028-2029 academic year.
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STATE AIDCONSTRUCTIONHighwaysNatural ResourcesWaiversCountiesDataReportsEnvironmentNuisancesCommittees and CommissionsStandards and Best PracticesZoning and PlanningEvaluations and ReviewsFlood ControlLocal Government MandatesEnvironmental MattersMaps and ChartsTransportation, Department ofTransportation - HighwaysNatural Resources - GenerallyNatural Resources, Department ofEnvironment, Department of theBuilding Maintenance and RepairClimate ResiliencyRivers, Streams, and Lakes
Requiring, beginning on certain dates, certain State and local projects for which 50% of project costs are funded with State funds to be in compliance with riverine siting and design criteria established under the Act; and requiring, on or before July 1, 2027, and in consultation with specified State agencies, the Coast Smart Council to establish riverine siting and design …
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ASSESSMENTSResidential PropertyCountiesEvidenceTimekinshipRules and RegulationsApplicants and ApplicationsBaltimore CityMedical ConditionsClassifications and DesignationsHealth, Department ofTaxes - PropertyAssessments and Taxation, Department ofAgents and BrokersOmbudsmenTax Sales
Requiring the State Tax Sale Ombudsman to develop a process to allow a homeowner to designate a family member or another representative of the homeowner to communicate and work with the Ombudsman on the homeowner's behalf; requiring the dwelling of a homeowner to be withheld from tax sale if the homeowner has a documented terminal illness or medical hardship; increasing …
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DISCLOSUREUTILITIESINTERNETConsumer ProtectionPublicationsNoticesDataPricesReportsPublic InformationUtility RegulationPublic Service CommissionElectronic CommunicationCommerce and Business
Prohibiting certain electric, gas, and gas and electric companies from initiating a proceeding that may lead to a rate change unless the company provides customers with a certain notice; requiring certain electric, gas, and gas and electric companies to include a certain statement in each customer bill and automatic payment e-mail and distribute a certain annual rate report in a …
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PRIVACYRecordsJurisdictionFingerprintingArrestsCRIMES AND PUNISHMENTSJuvenile LawJuvenile Justice and DelinquencyTrialsProtection and Peace Orders
Altering the jurisdiction of the juvenile court by repealing provisions specifying that the juvenile court does not have jurisdiction over a child alleged to have committed any crime punishable by life imprisonment.
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HighwaysUrban AreasTraffic MonitoringSigns and BillboardsTransportation - HighwaysState Highway Administration
Requiring the State Highway Administration, by July 1, 2029, to install traffic control devices prohibiting a vehicle from making a right turn while facing a steady red signal at certain intersections on State highways in urban cores and urban centers; and authorizing the Administration to choose not to install a certain traffic control device at a specific intersection if the …
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Sports and RecreationReportsEnvironmentPlasticsEnvironmental MattersEnvironment, Department of theRefuse Disposal
Extending the deadline by which the Department of the Environment is required to submit a certain report on the synthetic turf industry and synthetic turf disposal from July 1, 2026, to January 15, 2027.
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DISCLOSURESAFETYFEDERAL AIDINSURANCEBOUNDARIESReal PropertyEmergenciesResidential PropertyReal EstateEnvironmentFormsHistorical MattersFlood ControlEnvironment, Department of the
Requiring the Department of the Environment to develop, publish, and maintain a real property flood risk disclosure statement form that includes certain information about a property's flood risk and history; and requiring, beginning July, 1, 2027, a vendor of certain residential real property to provide the purchaser with a completed real property flood risk disclosure statement form before entering into …
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TRANSPORTATIONHighwaysPedestriansBicyclesEquipmentTraffic RegulationTransportation - GenerallyRight-of-Way
Authorizing a person operating a bicycle, play vehicle, or unicycle at an intersection who is facing a red signal to enter the intersection to cross the highway in the direction of a pedestrian control "walk" signal displayed for the portion of the highway on which the bicycle, play vehicle, or unicycle is traveling; and requiring, before entering an intersection, a …
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HighwaysEnvironmentRecyclingPlantsSTATE PROCUREMENTPlasticsPublic Buildings and FacilitiesCompost and CompostingRefuse Disposal
Prohibiting a person from disposing of yard waste collected on the grounds of a State building or State highway in single-use plastic container; requiring a person to collect yard waste on the grounds of a State building or State highway in a container that will not be discarded with the yard waste or in a compostable paper bag; and requiring …
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Housing and Community DevelopmentCONSTRUCTIONBuilding PermitsReal PropertyLandlords And TenantsLeases and RentHeating and CoolingApartmentsBuilding Maintenance and Repair
Requiring a landlord to provide air-conditioning to residential rental units in apartment buildings with four or more individual dwelling units in a certain manner beginning June 1, 2026, for newly constructed residential rental units and beginning October 1, 2026, for residential rental units that undergo renovation that includes the replacement or substantial upgrade of electrical systems or heating systems; and …
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AnimalsNoticesCRIMES AND PUNISHMENTSCriminal Law - Substantive CrimesTransfer of Goods
Altering an exception to the prohibition against the possession of certain nondomesticated animals in the State by reducing from 10 days to 48 hours the amount of time a nonresident may travel through the State with an otherwise prohibited animal; repealing the exception to the prohibition against the possession by a person with certain disabilities of certain nondomesticated animals for …
Crossposts (78)
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Altering the qualifications for counsel to local boards of elections to require that counsel be a registered voter of the State instead of the applicable county.
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Altering the calculation of certain funding for the State Library Resource Center for fiscal year 2028 and each fiscal year thereafter.
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Altering the membership of the Maryland-Ireland Trade Commission and extending the termination of the Commission.
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Establishing certain restrictions for the commencement of a foreclosure and an order to docket or a complaint to foreclose a mortgage or deed of trust on residential property.
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Altering terminology in the Maryland Constitution to be gender-neutral.
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Requiring the Governor to annually proclaim October 1 as Purple Lights Night to honor the individuals in the State who are victims or survivors of domestic violence and express support for the elimination of domestic violence in the State.
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Requiring public restrooms in public buildings to provide an adequate supply of hygiene products.
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Prohibiting State law enforcement agencies from hiring individuals who were hired as sworn officers by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement after January 20, 2025.
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Repealing the prohibition on a public school employer negotiating the maximum number of students assigned to a class.
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Extending the termination date for a credit against the State income tax for certain costs related to certain theatrical productions in the State; etc.
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Requiring each institution of higher education that provides on-campus housing to provide, free of charge, menstrual hygiene products in all student health centers at the institution on or before August 1, 2028.
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Authorizing a minor who is the parent of a child to initiate or defend an action for child support, whether pendente lite or permanently.
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Requiring a procurement officer to require a certain certification from a bidder or offeror and to include a certain clause in a State procurement contract relating to unconstitutional activity.
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Establishing the Commission on the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children to research the history, operations, and resident deaths at the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children and provide a complete and public accounting of the …
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Establishing that certain certificated and noncertificated public school employees, library system employees, and employer organizations have the right to engage in a strike; repealing the authority of the Public Employee Relations Board to deny or revoke an employee organization's certification …
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Establishing the Interjurisdictional Safe Pathways Commission to identify, coordinate, and secure funding for safe pathways for students traveling to and from school; and requiring the Commission to report by December 1 annually to the Governor and certain committees of the …
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Prohibiting the Department of Human Services from denying an application or reducing or terminating temporary cash assistance from an individual if the individual has good cause or an adequate reason for noncooperation with child support under certain criteria; requiring the …
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Establishing certain civil penalties for violations of law involving the employment of minors; prohibiting employers from allowing the formation of a certain organization or entity under certain circumstances; authorizing certain private employees to petition the Public Employee Relations Board to …
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Increasing the State minimum wage rate to $18 for calendar year 2028 for large employers and for calendar year 2029 for small employers; and increasing, beginning January 1, 2029, and January 1, 2030, for large employers and small employers, respectively, …
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Requiring the Anne Arundel County Board of Education to hire a constituent services liaison before the beginning of the 2026-2027 school year; requiring the president of the county board, in consultation with counsel for the county board, to negotiate the …
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Altering the circumstances under which certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations are prohibited from excluding coverage for certain specialty drugs for the treatment of rheumatologic conditions.
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Establishing the State Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for Refugees and Asylees; providing the purpose of the Program is to expand food access to certain households; requiring the Department of Human Services to administer the Program; establishing that certain individuals under …
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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 …
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Altering the definition of "abuse" to include female genital mutilation for the purposes of a provision of law requiring certain persons to provide notice of suspected abuse or neglect of a child or make a written report of suspected abuse …
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Requiring certain contractors to ensure that at least 35% of apprenticeship hours on certain projects are performed by State residents; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to enforce certain residency requirements; providing that a contractor that fails to meet certain …
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Requiring the Hilltop Institute at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County to conduct a study on the feasibility of establishing a universal health care program through a single-payer system in the State; and establishing the Advisory Commission on Universal Health …
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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.
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Establishing the Commission to Review and Assess Racial Disparities in the State Criminal Justice System to study and make recommendations on certain matters involving the disparate treatment of African Americans, Hispanics, and other non-White individuals in the State's criminal justice …
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Requiring a court, under certain circumstances, to order a respondent who has been ordered to comply with assisted outpatient treatment to surrender to law enforcement any firearm in the respondent's possession and not to purchase or possess any firearm for …
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Authorizing the Maryland Transportation Authority to waive delinquent tolls due or penalties assessed without recalling the debt from the Central Collection Unit; authorizing the Central Collection Unit to reduce specified fees; etc.
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Establishing certain requirements for a pesticide business licensee that has a subscription contract for pest control with a residential customer; requiring the Department of Agriculture to establish a Residential Pollinator Protection and Neighbor Notification Registry for the purpose of registering …
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Establishing a minimum wage rate of at least $25 per hour to be paid by county boards of education to certain education support professionals beginning on July 1, 2028; and requiring the State Department of Education to report to the …
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Requiring each carrier that provides a health benefit plan in the State to report certain data regarding claims and coverage to the Maryland Insurance Commissioner using a certain template; requiring the Commissioner to develop a template for carriers to report …
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Prohibiting insurers, nonprofit health service plans, health maintenance organizations, and managed care organization from downcoding a claim for reimbursement under certain circumstances; establishing certain procedures that insurers, nonprofit health service plans, health maintenance organizations, and managed care organizations are required …
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Prohibiting the Chief Medical Examiner, deputy chief medical examiners, assistant medical examiners, and pathologists authorized by the Chief Medical Examiner from using a hydrostatic lung test, also known as a lung float test, if performing a certain perinatal autopsy; authorizing …
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Requiring drug manufacturers and certain patient advocacy organizations to register with the Maryland Department of Health before conducting a disease awareness campaign in the State; and requiring that materials produced and distributed as part of a disease awareness campaign disclose …
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Authorizing members of the Foreign Service and spouses of members of the Foreign Service, under certain circumstances, to practice in the State under an occupational or professional license issued in another jurisdiction.
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Establishing collective bargaining rights for employees of employers who operate controlled-environment agricultural operations; requiring the Secretary of Labor to establish by regulation certain procedures related to collective bargaining; authorizing the Secretary to investigate violations regarding and enforce certain provisions of …
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Establishing the Maryland Commission on Women's Health Advancement to study the feasibility of establishing a State women's hospital in Southern Maryland and a statewide clinical network to advance women's health; requiring the Commission by January 1, 2027, to submit to …
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Prohibiting manufacturers from selling, offering for sale, distributing, or distributing for sale in the State, certain products containing intentionally added per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) chemicals on or after certain dates; establishing registration requirements for certain products that contain intentionally added …
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Requiring the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services to adopt regulations establishing certain minimum mandatory standards governing the care, custody, and conditions of civil detainees in immigration detention facilities; altering certain duties of and prohibitions on the actions of …
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Prohibiting, on and after January 1, 2035, a person from disposing of a mattress in a landfill, subject to certain exceptions; prohibiting, on and after January 1, 2035, a person from disposing of a mattress in an incinerator, subject to …
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Requiring the Public Service Commission, in a base rate proceeding, to determine a certain equity market return for certain public service companies; and authorizing the Commission to adjust certain rates based on the equity market return.
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Requiring, to address a funding disparity, that the Governor include at least $5,000,000 to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in the annual budget bill each fiscal year until a total amount of $321,181,312 is appropriated; and authorizing the University …
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Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to prepare certain literature relating to firearms and ammunition and to distribute the literature to all county health departments in the State; requiring each county health department to distribute certain literature to all establishments …
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Increasing the maximum period of imprisonment for a first conviction for manslaughter by vehicle or vessel from 10 years to 20 years and for a second or subsequent conviction, or having been previously convicted for certain other crimes, from 15 …
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Prohibiting a railroad train used in connection with the movement of freight from being operated in the State unless it has at least two crew members, subject to certain exceptions; providing a penalty for a first offense of up to …
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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 …
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Authorizing the governing body of Anne Arundel County or of a municipal corporation in Anne Arundel County to grant, by law, a property tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on certain dwellings that are owned …
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Renaming the Children's Cabinet Fund to be the Children's Cabinet Interagency Fund; and requiring the Governor, for fiscal years 2028 through 2031, to include an appropriation in the annual budget bill to the Children's Cabinet Interagency Fund to be used …
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Altering the required specifications for a certain prerelease facility for female incarcerated individuals; requiring the Department of General Services to direct the procurement processes for the construction of a certain prerelease facility for female incarcerated individuals; requiring the Commissioner of …
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Requiring the Governor to annually proclaim May 5 as Missing and Murdered American Indian and Alaskan Native Women and Girls Awareness Day; and requiring the Department of State Police to report to the General Assembly by December 1, 2026, on …
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Requiring the Secretary of Natural Resources to review and, if warranted, update certain regulations on or before July 1, 2033, and at least every 10 years thereafter; altering the impacts the Secretary can make reference to when making certain determinations; …
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Authorizing the Department of Housing and Community Development to adopt certain regulations related to affirmatively furthering fair housing; providing that certain discriminatory housing practices may be committed without intent; prohibiting a person from acting in a certain manner that has …
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Adding candidates for State Senator and member of the House of Delegates to the candidates authorized to receive public contributions from the Fair Campaign Financing Fund; establishing qualifications that a candidate for State Senator or member of the House of …
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Authorizing a landlord to impose an increased security deposit if a tenant operates or plans to operate a family child care home on the leased premises; prohibiting a landlord of certain residential rental property from prohibiting or unreasonably limiting the …
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Prohibiting a court or a party in a criminal or juvenile delinquency case from disclosing or allowing inspection of a certain court filing or record to a nonparty unless the court or the party redacts certain identifying information relating to …
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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 …
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Establishing the On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program in the Department of Agriculture to award grants to eligible entities to develop and implement on-farm organics recycling, compost use, wasted food prevention, and food rescue; and establishing the Wasted Food …
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Prohibiting provisions of the governing documents of a condominium or homeowners association from unreasonably restricting the governing body from installing or authorizing the installation of electric vehicle recharging equipment; establishing that the installation or authorization of electric vehicle recharging equipment …
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Requiring a county board of education each year to prepare and post to the county's website a report that identifies pathways that public school students who are ineligible for transportation services may use to travel to school using only safe …
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Requiring the Governor to withhold 35% of the annual appropriation for grants to the Washington Suburban Transit District under certain circumstances; altering the calculation of the amount that the Governor is required to include in the annual budget each year …
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Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant, by law, a credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax on real property if use of the …
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Authorizing unaffiliated voters to request to affiliate with a political party at an early voting center during a primary election and vote a provisional ballot for the voter's preferred political party; and requiring an election judge to determine whether the …
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Requiring the State Administrator of Elections to take certain actions if the State Administrator receives a credible report that election misinformation or election disinformation, including a deepfake, has been or is being communicated, disseminated, or distributed; requiring the Administrator to …
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Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to transmit a list that includes the name and new residential address of individuals released from incarceration at a State correctional facility to the State Board of Elections on a weekly …
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Providing collective bargaining rights to nontenure track faculty at State system institutions, Morgan State University, or St. Mary's College of Maryland; defining "nontenure track faculty" as full-time, part-time, or adjunct nontenure track employees whose assignments involve academic responsibilities, including teachers, …