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Tuesday, May 14, 2030

House Bill 191 – State Police Retirement System – Benefits (The Speaker (Administration),
et al)
Altering the formula for computing the retirement allowance of members of the State Police
Retirement System; specifying the contribution rate for specified members of the System;
creating a Deferred Retirement Option Program for specified members of the System; providing
for annual adjustments to the service retirement allowances of specified service and disability
retirees of the System or beneficiaries of retirees; etc.

3/28 House: Third Reading Passed (132-2)


4/7 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 807

House Bill 192 – Crimes - Stalking - Increased Penalty (The Speaker (Administration), et
al)
Doubling the penalty for stalking if the victim is a law enforcement officer or a family member
of the officer.

3/31 House: Third Reading Passed (137-2)


4/8 Senate: Third Reading Passed (45-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 808

Senate Bill 228 – Drunk and Drugged Driving - Young Drivers - License Suspension (The
President (By Request - Administration), et al)
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to suspend for a specified period of time the driver's
license of a person who is adjudicated delinquent or found to have committed a delinquent act
without an adjudication of delinquency by reason of a violation of specified alcohol- or drug-
related driving offenses or who is under a specified age and is convicted of specified alcohol- or
drug-related driving offenses; etc.

3/30 Senate: Third Reading Passed (40-7)


4/3 House: Third Reading Passed (136-1)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 809

House Bill 1417 – Department of Juvenile Services - Reorganization and Regionalization


(The Speaker (Administration), et al)
Requiring the Department of Juvenile Services to serve children with specified programming;
requiring the Department to designate a specified minimum number of operational regions in the
State; requiring each region to include a specified minimum number of secure facilities used
solely for specified purposes; etc.

4/5 House: Third Reading Passed (90-48)


4/7 Senate: Third Reading Passed (41-6)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 810
Senate Bill 99 – Public Safety – Domestic Violence Reform Act
Requiring a court, in setting bail for specified individuals, to take into consideration the
defendant’s history of domestic violence; authorizing courts to issue lifetime orders of protection
against specified offenders; requiring a court to consider specified factors when modifying an
order of protection; requiring a police officer to identify and arrest the primary physical
aggressor under specified circumstances; requiring a court to consider the effects of domestic
violence upon the best interests of a child before rendering a custody or visitation determination;
establishing a rebuttable presumption that it is not in the best interest of a child to grant visitation
or custody rights to a person found to have committed an act of domestic violence; etc.

4/4 Senate: Third Reading Passed (45-0)


4/7 House: Third Reading Passed (135-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 811

House Bill 96 – Financial Institutions - Task Force to Study Modernization of Credit Union
Law (Delegate Wood)
Establishing a Task Force to Study the Modernization of Credit Union Law; specifying the
composition, duties, and leadership of the Task Force; providing for staff support for the Task
Force; requiring the Task Force to make specified reports to the General Assembly by specified
dates; providing for the termination of the Act; etc.

3/4 House: Third Reading Passed (137-0)


4/7 Senate: Third Reading Passed (42-5)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 812

House Bill 141 – Criminal Procedure - Pretrial Release - Crimes of Violence (Delegate
Valderrama)
Adding specified crimes of violence to the list of crimes for which a person may not be released
pretrial under specified circumstances; and making stylistic revisions.

2/25 House: Third Reading Passed (135-0)


4/7 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 813

House Bill 154 – Corporations and Real Estate Investment Trusts - Powers of Corporations
and Boards of Directors - Extraordinary Actions (Delegate Barve)
Altering the power of a corporation to make gifts or contributions; allowing a corporation to
issue stock or other securities without consideration of any kind under specified circumstances;
allowing specified amendments to be made to the charter of a corporation or to the declaration of
trust of a real estate investment trust without stockholder or shareholder approval; allowing a
corporation to consolidate with and merge into a corporation or business trust organized under
the laws of a foreign country; etc.

2/26 House: Third Reading Passed (126-9)


4/6 Senate: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 814
House Bill 172 – Vessels - Operating While Under the Influence of Drugs or Alcohol
(Delegate Cardin)
Making the results of a test to determine the drug or controlled dangerous substance content of a
person's blood admissible as evidence in a criminal case involving a violation of the prohibition
against operating or attempting to operate a vessel while under the influence of any controlled
dangerous substance or while so far under the influence of any drug, combination of drugs, or
combination of drugs and alcohol that the person cannot operate a vessel safely; etc.

3/24 House: Third Reading Passed (137-0)


4/8 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 815

House Bill 216 – Evidence - Admissibility of Health Care Writings and Records and Paid
Bills for Goods and Services - Notice of Service (Delegates K. Kelly and Vallario)
Requiring a party who intends to introduce in evidence, without the support of specified
providers' testimony, a writing or record of a health care provider, or a paid bill for goods or
services, to file a notice of service and a list that identifies each writing, record, or bill with the
court rather than file a copy of the writing, record, or bill; and requiring the party to serve notice
of the party's intent to introduce the evidence, a copy of the list, and a copy of the writing,
record, or bill on specified other parties.

3/4 House: Third Reading Passed (137-0)


4/7 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 816

House Bill 227 – Vehicle Laws - Failure to Stop at Red Light – Points (Delegate Bronrott, et
al)
Increasing the number of points required to be assessed by the Motor Vehicle Administration
against an individual convicted of failing to stop a vehicle as directed by a traffic control signal
displaying a steady red light; and generally relating to the assessment of points for red light
violations.

3/18 House: Third Reading Passed (129-3)


4/7 Senate: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 817

House Bill 231 – Pretrial Release - Violators of Ex Parte Orders or Protective Orders
(Delegate Doory, et al)
Prohibiting a District Court commissioner from authorizing the pretrial release of a defendant
charged with violating specified provisions of an ex parte order or protective order; authorizing a
judge to allow the pretrial release of a defendant charged with violating specified provisions of
an ex parte order or protective order; etc.

3/4 House: Third Reading Passed (119-10)


4/7 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 818

House Bill 232 – Crimes - Unlawful Contact on Prison Employees by Inmates (Delegate
Hecht, et al)
Making it a misdemeanor for an inmate to maliciously cause or attempt to cause specified
employees of specified correctional facilities to come into contact with seminal fluid, urine, or
feces, or with blood under specified circumstances; providing for specified penalties; etc.

3/11 House: Third Reading Passed (136-2)


4/9 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 819

House Bill 233 – Courts and Judicial Proceedings - Peace Orders (Delegate McMillan, et al)
Authorizing an individual to seek relief by filing with the court a petition that alleges the
commission of any of specified acts against the individual by a respondent; requiring a petition
to be under oath and to contain specified information; authorizing the address of a petitioner to
be stricken or omitted from the petition and other documents filed with the court under specified
circumstances; authorizing the court to issue a temporary peace order to protect a petitioner; etc.

3/24 House: Third Reading Passed (131-7)


4/7 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 820

House Bill 270 – State Commission on the Capital City (Delegate McMillan)
Establishing the State Commission on the Capital City; providing for the membership and duties
of the Commission; providing for the appointment and tenure of the individual appointed by the
Governor; providing for the chairmanship of the Commission; providing for the meeting times of
the Commission; and authorizing the Commission to accept and dispense money.

3/4 House: Third Reading Passed (138-0)


4/6 Senate: Third Reading Passed (45-1)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 821

House Bill 302 – Victims' Rights - Juvenile Hearings and Dispositions (Delegate Vallario
(Task Force to Examine Maryland's Crime Victims' Rights Laws), et al)
Requiring that specified victims be notified of specified waiver hearings involving a child;
granting victims the right to be present at specified juvenile proceedings; authorizing a victim to
submit a victim impact statement to the court in specified waiver hearings involving a child;
authorizing the court to consider a victim impact statement in determining its jurisdiction in
specified waiver hearings involving a child; requiring the State's Attorney to notify a victim of
the right to submit a victim impact statement; etc.

3/18 House: Third Reading Passed (135-0)


4/7 Senate: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 822
House Bill 303 – Victims' Rights - Attendance at Proceedings - Loss of Employment
Prohibited (Delegate Vallario (Task Force to Examine Maryland's Crime Victims' Rights
Laws), et al)
Prohibiting an employer from depriving specified persons who are victims or victims'
representatives of employment because of attendance at certain criminal or juvenile proceedings
when the victims or victims' representatives have a right to attend the proceedings.

3/12 House: Third Reading Passed (133-3)


4/7 Senate: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 823

House Bill 304 – Victims' Rights - Notification and Attendance - Posttrial Proceedings
(Delegate Vallario (Task Force to Examine Maryland's Crime Victims' Rights Laws), et al)
Requiring the notification of victims and victims' representatives about specified postconviction
proceedings and hearings on motions for new trials; authorizing victims and victims'
representatives to attend specified postconviction proceedings and hearings on motions for new
trials; and requiring the State's Attorney to notify a victim or designated family member of any
appeals to the Court of Special Appeals and the Court of Appeals.

3/12 House: Third Reading Passed (136-1)


4/7 Senate: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 824

House Bill 305 – Victims' Rights - Criminal Injuries Compensation Board – Claims
(Delegate Vallario (Task Force to Examine Maryland's Crime Victims' Rights Laws), et al)
Providing that a resident of this State who is the victim of a crime in another state is eligible for
an award if the other state operates a criminal injuries compensation program for which funds
have not been appropriated; establishing specified time limitations for notifying a claimant,
evaluating specified claims and decisions, and reporting specified recommendations concerning
criminal injuries compensation; establishing and increasing the maximum amount of
compensation for specified claims; etc.

3/12 House: Third Reading Passed (138-0)


4/7 Senate: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 825

House Bill 350 – Task Force on Food Allergies and Restaurant Patrons (Delegate Stern, et
al)
Establishing a Task Force on Food Allergies and Restaurant Patrons to examine the concerns that
a person with a food allergy may have about eating in a restaurant; providing for the
membership, Chairman, staffing, and duties of the Task Force; etc.

3/24 House: Third Reading Passed (111-21)


4/6 Senate: Third Reading Passed (45-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 826
House Bill 363 – Mining Operations - Extraction of Coal Incidental to Other Minerals
(Delegate Edwards)
Excluding from the definitions of "open-pit mining", "strip mining", and "surface coal mining",
for purposes of provisions regulating specified mining activities, the incidental extraction of coal
at a level that does not exceed 16 2/3% of the cumulative mineral production from a mining site.

3/18 House: Third Reading Passed (135-1)


4/6 Senate: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 827

House Bill 463 – Crimes - Escape Revision (Delegate Doory (Committee to Revise Article
27 - Crimes and Punishments), et al)
Revising the laws relating to escape, contraband, and related offenses; prohibiting a person from
knowingly violating restrictions on movement under temporary release or home detention;
prohibiting a person who has been lawfully arrested from knowingly departing from custody;
prohibiting a person from knowingly failing to obey a court order to report to a place of
confinement; allowing a court to order a person convicted of escape to pay expenses; applying
the escape law to local detention centers and home detention programs; etc.

3/18 House: Third Reading Passed (135-0)


4/7 Senate: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 828

House Bill 495 – State Lottery - Licensed Agents - Commissions (Delegate Dewberry, et al)
Requiring that a licensed agent of the State Lottery Agency be paid a 5% commission on ticket
sales made during a year.

3/18 House: Third Reading Passed (131-0)


4/6 Senate: Third Reading Passed (39-7)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 829

House Bill 537 – Criminal Procedure - Charging Document - Emergency Services


Personnel (Delegates Valderrama and Vallario)
Adding certain emergency services personnel to those occupations for which certain procedures
concerning statements of charges apply to District Court Commissioners and State's Attorneys
under certain circumstances; defining "emergency services personnel"; making technical
corrections; etc.

3/11 House: Third Reading Passed (122-13)


4/7 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 830

House Bill 544 – Evidence - Paid Bills for Goods or Services (Delegates Valderrama and
Vallario)
Providing that a paid bill for goods or services is admissible without the testimony of the
provider of the goods or services as evidence of its authenticity in specified cases filed originally
in a circuit court; etc.

3/18 House: Third Reading Passed (120-15)


4/7 Senate: Third Reading Passed (46-1)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 831

House Bill 582 – Evidence - Health Care Records and Writings (Delegate Vallario)
Expanding the definition of the term "health care provider" to include specified health care
facilities, agencies, institutions, services, and programs for the purpose of making their health
care records and writings admissible in specified civil trials without a health care provider's
testimony; providing that specified evidentiary provisions apply to specified cases originally
filed in a circuit court; providing that specified evidentiary provisions do not apply to specified
health care malpractice claims; etc.

3/12 House: Third Reading Passed (122-13)


4/7 Senate: Third Reading Passed (46-1)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 832

House Bill 584 – Vehicle Laws - Drunk and Drugged Driving – Penalties (Delegate
Grosfield)
Increasing the penalties for a second or subsequent violation of certain offenses relating to
driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs, drugs and alcohol, or controlled
dangerous substances; establishing that prior convictions of certain offenses relating to driving a
motor vehicle while intoxicated or while under the influence of alcohol, drugs, drugs and
alcohol, or controlled dangerous substances are considered convictions for the purposes of
certain second or subsequent offender penalties; etc.

3/24 House: Third Reading Passed (135-0)


4/8 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 833

House Bill 600 – Motor Vehicle Administration - Records - Probation Before Judgment
Dispositions (Delegate Malone, et al)
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to keep records and make suitable notations
showing probation before judgment dispositions of all violations of the Maryland Vehicle Law;
requiring the Administration to segregate records or notations of probation before judgment
dispositions and make them available only to specified persons; and requiring the Motor Vehicle
Administration to expunge specified records pertaining to probation before judgment.

3/24 House: Third Reading Passed (134-0)


4/8 Senate: Third Reading Passed (45-2)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 834
House Bill 678 – Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights – Applicability (Delegate
McIntosh, et al)
Expanding the definition of "law enforcement officer" as it applies to the Law Enforcement
Officers' Bill of Rights to include police officers of the University System of Maryland.

3/22 House: Third Reading Passed (140-0)


4/6 Senate: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 835

House Bill 679 – State Aid for Police Protection - Municipal Sworn Officer Allocation
(Delegate Rudolph, et al)
Altering the calculation of a certain payment by the State each fiscal year to certain
municipalities based on the number of sworn police officers employed by the municipality; and
declaring that it is the intent of the General Assembly that the increased municipal sworn officer
allocation be included in the Governor's budget for the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2030.

3/26 House: Third Reading Passed (137-0)


4/8 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 836

House Bill 681 – Crime Prevention - Maryland Drug and Alcohol Grants Program Fund
(Delegate Rosenberg)
Establishing the Maryland Drug and Alcohol Grants Program Fund; specifying that the purpose
of the Fund is to provide funding for grants for specified neighborhood crime prevention, drug
abuse, and alcohol abuse programs; establishing the Fund as a special nonlapsing fund;
establishing a funding mechanism for the Fund; establishing procedures for holding moneys in
the Fund and accounting for the Fund; requiring that administrative expenditures and
disbursements be made only under specified conditions; etc.

3/28 House: Third Reading Passed (135-2)


4/8 Senate: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 837

House Bill 738 – Family Law - Domestic Violence – Relief (Delegate Menes, et al)
Authorizing a judge to order the respondent in a petition for a temporary ex parte order or
protective order to remain away from a child care provider of a person eligible for relief from
abuse while a child of the person is in the care of the child care provider; and providing for the
application of the Act.

3/12 House: Third Reading Passed (136-0)


4/7 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 838

House Bill 791 – Nursing Facilities - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Task Force
on Quality of Care in Nursing Facs-Nursing Home Comparative Evaluation System
(Delegate Nathan-Pulliam, et al)
Providing that certain payments to nursing facilities for reserving beds for Maryland Medical
Assistance Program recipients may not include payment for certain nursing services; repealing
the requirement that certain payments to nursing facilities for reserving beds for Program
recipients may not be less than a certain amount; establishing a Task Force on Quality of Care in
Nursing Facilities; requiring the Health Care Access and Cost Commission to develop and
implement a specified quality evaluation system; etc.

3/24 House: Third Reading Passed (132-6)


4/5 Senate: Third Reading Passed (42-4)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 839

House Bill 864 – Task Force to Study Alternative Educational Programs for Chronically
Disruptive Students (Delegate Vallario)
Establishing a Task Force to Study Alternative Educational Programs for Chronically Disruptive
Students; providing for the membership, duties, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the
Task Force to issue a final report of its findings, recommendations, and comprehensive strategy
to the Governor and General Assembly on or before December 31, 2030; and providing for the
termination of the Act.

3/26 House: Third Reading Passed (127-7)


4/8 Senate: Third Reading Passed (46-1)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 840

Senate Bill 677 – Property Tax - Mandatory Semiannual Payment (Senator Lawlah)
Altering from optional to mandatory the semiannual payment program for payment of property
taxes on owner-occupied residential property; providing that a service charge for semiannual
payments does not apply if both installments of property tax are paid on or before the first
installment due date; etc.

4/7 Senate: Third Reading Passed (46-0)


4/8 House: Third Reading Passed (123-13)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 841

House Bill 907 – School Safety Act of 2030 (Delegate Barkley (Montgomery County
Administration))
Adding arrests of public school students for certain controlled dangerous substance offenses and
offenses related to destructive devices to a list of offenses required to be reported to the local
superintendent of schools by the arresting law enforcement agency; prohibiting threats of bodily
harm to certain employees at home and to certain individuals on school vehicles, at school-
sponsored activities held off school property, or on property owned by a county board of
education and used for certain purposes; etc.

3/29 House: Third Reading Passed (139-0)


4/7 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 842
House Bill 1166 – Criminal Procedure - Release Pretrial (Delegate Menes)
Authorizing a court to issue a bench warrant for the arrest of a defendant charged with a criminal
offense who violates a condition of release pretrial; authorizing a court to revoke or continue
release pretrial of defendants; and generally relating to release pretrial.

3/27 House: Third Reading Passed (138-1)


4/8 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 843

House Bill 1189 – Crimes - Distribution of Controlled Dangerous Substances – Penalties


(Delegate Arnick)
Altering the maximum fine for second and subsequent controlled dangerous substances
convictions; and altering the maximum fine for manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, or
possessing certain controlled dangerous substances in certain amounts.

3/29 House: Third Reading Passed (136-0)


4/8 Senate: Third Reading Passed (45-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 844

House Bill 1202 – Drivers' Education - Task Force on Driver's Education Programs in
Maryland (Southern Maryland Delegation)
Creating a Task Force on Driver's Education Programs in Maryland; providing for the
composition, organization, staffing, and duties of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to
evaluate the standards of private driver's education programs in Maryland and to evaluate the
feasibility of returning driver's education programs to the public schools; and requiring the Task
Force to report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly on or before
December 31, 2030.

3/24 House: Third Reading Passed (128-7)


4/8 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 845

Senate Bill 39 – Criminal Procedure - Search Warrants - Child Pornography (Chairman,


Judicial Proceedings Committee (Departmental - State Police, Dept. of))
Altering the definition of "criminal investigation" to include inquiries into alleged child
pornography and possession of child pornography violations for purposes relating to the sealing
of an affidavit in support of a search warrant; and allowing a judge to seal an affidavit in support
of a search warrant relating to child pornography and possession of child pornography for a
period of not more than 30 days.

2/11 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


3/31 House: Third Reading Passed (124-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 846
Senate Bill 61 – Alcohol Abuse and Drug Abuse Treatment – Inmates (Chairman,
Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee (Departmental - Public Safety and
Correctional Services))
Providing that an eligible inmate who refuses to participate in an appropriate alcohol abuse and
drug abuse treatment program is subject to certain sanctions; providing that certain diminution
credits may only be revoked for the time period during which an inmate refuses to participate in
a treatment program; and providing that an inmate's consent to treatment in a program is valid
whether or not the inmate had been informed about the possibility of sanctions.

3/16 Senate: Third Reading Passed (46-0)


4/7 House: Third Reading Passed (134-1)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 847

Senate Bill 73 – Convictions for Crimes Against Children, Sexually Violent Other Sexual
Offenses - Registration Requirements and Procedures (Chairman, Judicial Proceedings
Committee (Departmental - Public Safety and Correctional Services))
Revising the laws concerning the registration requirements and procedures required of
individuals convicted of certain crimes against children, sexually violent offenses, or other
sexual offenses; altering the length of the term of registration for certain registrants; requiring
individuals convicted of certain sex crimes in other states who live in another state and work or
attend school in this State to register; etc.

3/18 Senate: Third Reading Passed (45-0)


4/8 House: Third Reading Passed (136-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 848

Senate Bill 223 – Offenses Involving Destructive Devices - Penalties - Suspension of Driving
Privileges and Parental Restitution (Senator Baker, et al)
Authorizing a court to order the Motor Vehicle Administration to suspend the driving privilege
of a child convicted of a crime or found to have committed a delinquent act involving a
destructive device; authorizing a court to order a child, the child's parent, or both to pay
restitution for offenses involving a destructive device under specified circumstances; specifying
penalties related to offenses involving destructive devices; etc.

2/26 Senate: Third Reading Passed (46-0)


4/6 House: Third Reading Passed (132-2)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 849

Senate Bill 298 – Horse Racing (Senator Coulter)


Extending to June 30, 2032 the termination provision relating to specified requirements that
provide funding to support and promote the running of the Maryland Million races; authorizing
the State Racing Commission to issue a license to hold thoroughbred horse racing at a mile track
to a specified racing association in Allegany County; altering a specified prohibition against
issuing a license or awarding racing days for racing at mile tracks; etc.

3/5 Senate: Third Reading Passed (42-5)


4/8 House: Third Reading Passed (112-22)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 850

Senate Bill 380 – Local Government Tort Claims - Indemnification of Law Enforcement
Officers (Senator Jimeno)
Allowing a local government to indemnify law enforcement officers for a judgment for punitive
damages unless the act or omission giving rise to the judgment would constitute a felony under
the laws of this State; etc.

3/12 Senate: Third Reading Passed (44-2)


3/31 House: Third Reading Passed (130-1)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 851

Senate Bill 382 – Unlawful Taking of Vehicle - Theft Offenses – Preclusion (Senator
Jimeno)
Clarifying that prosecution of a person for the unlawful taking of a motor vehicle does not
preclude prosecution of that person for theft of a motor vehicle; and providing that, if a person is
convicted of both theft and the unlawful taking of a motor vehicle for the same act or transaction,
the conviction for the unlawful taking of a motor vehicle shall merge for sentencing purposes
into the conviction for theft.

3/25 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/8 House: Third Reading Passed (136-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 852

Senate Bill 446 – Maryland Standardbred Race Fund Advisory Committee – Membership
(Senator Lawlah)
Altering the membership of the Maryland Standardbred Race Fund Advisory Committee; and
requiring the chairman of the State Racing Commission to nominate as members a representative
from each harness racing licensee.

3/5 Senate: Third Reading Passed (44-0)


4/8 House: Third Reading Passed (138-1)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 853

Senate Bill 568 – Crimes - Laser Pointers – Prohibited (Senators Green and Forehand)
Prohibiting the use of laser pointers to knowingly illuminate in a public place another person in a
manner that harasses or endangers the other person; providing exceptions to the prohibition on
the use of laser pointers; and providing a penalty for violating the Act.

3/26 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/8 House: Third Reading Passed (91-37)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 854

Senate Bill 609 – Vehicle Laws - Speeding in a School Zone – Penalties (Senator Stone)
Establishing that fines for speeding in a school zone are doubled if a sign designating the school
zone indicates that fines for speeding are doubled during school hours; repealing a limitation on
a certain penalty for speeding within a school zone; etc.

3/18 Senate: Third Reading Passed (44-1)


4/2 House: Third Reading Passed (132-4)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 855

Senate Bill 653 – Personal Injury Claims - Subrogation – Reduction (Senator Green)
Requiring that the amount for which certain persons have a right of subrogation for health care
benefits or services paid or payable on behalf of an injured person be reduced by a certain
amount related to the amount of attorney's fees incurred by the injured person in a personal
injury claim under certain circumstances; specifying that a payor has no obligation to advise the
injured person of the right to a certain reduction of a subrogation claim; etc.

3/26 Senate: Third Reading Passed (46-0)


4/3 House: Third Reading Passed (116-17)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 856

House Bill 60 – Crimes - Visual Surveillance of Private Area of an Individual (Delegate


Quinter, et al)
Prohibiting a person with prurient intent from conducting or procuring another to conduct the
visual surveillance of a specified private area of an individual by using a camera without the
consent of the individual under specified circumstances; establishing a penalty for the violation
of the Act; and defining specified terms.

3/2 House: Third Reading Passed (139-0)


4/7 Senate: Third Reading Passed (45-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 857

Senate Bill 711 – Local Government Tort Claims Act - Regional Library Resource Centers
and Cooperative Library Corporations (Senator Middleton)
Establishing that the definition of "local government" in the Local Government Tort Claims Act
includes regional library resource centers and cooperative library corporations established under
Title 23, Subtitle 2 of the Education Article.

3/25 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/6 House: Third Reading Passed (132-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 858

House Bill 12 – Crimes - Inflicting Unnecessary Suffering or Pain on Animals – Prohibition


(Delegate Levy, et al)
Prohibiting a person from inflicting unnecessary suffering or pain on an animal; repealing the
requirement that a person have charge or custody of an animal, as owner or otherwise, to be
prosecuted for inflicting unnecessary suffering or pain on an animal; and providing that the Act
does not apply to lawful hunting or lawful trapping.
2/23 House: Third Reading Passed (139-1)
4/7 Senate: Third Reading Passed (45-1)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 859

House Bill 13 – Law Enforcement Agencies - Prohibition Against Arrest and Citation
Quotas (Delegate Smigiel)
Prohibiting a law enforcement agency from establishing a quota for the agency or law
enforcement officers of the agency for making arrests or issuing citations; prohibiting a law
enforcement agency from using the number of arrests made or citations issued by a law
enforcement officer as the sole or primary criterion for promotion, demotion, dismissal, or
transfer of the officer; etc.

3/20 House: Third Reading Passed (133-1)


4/3 Senate: Third Reading Passed (44-2)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 860

House Bill 183 – Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance - Sexual Abuse of a Minor
(Delegate Shewell, et al)
Providing that it is lawful for an investigative or law enforcement officer to intercept a wire, oral,
or electronic communication in order to provide evidence of the commission of sexual abuse of a
minor; etc.

3/24 House: Third Reading Passed (136-0)


4/7 Senate: Third Reading Passed (45-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 861

House Bill 215 – Assault Against a Law Enforcement Officer - Correctional Officer
(Delegate Elmore, et al)
Including a correctional officer at a correctional facility in the definition of law enforcement
officer, applicable to the crime of assault against a law enforcement officer.

3/23 House: Third Reading Passed (136-0)


4/7 Senate: Third Reading Passed (45-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 862

House Bill 325 – Department of State Police - Protective Body Armor Fund - Transfer to
the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention (Chairman, Judiciary Committee
(By Request - Departmental - State Police))
Transferring the administration of the Protective Body Armor Fund from the Department of State
Police to the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention; and transferring the functions
of the Secretary of State Police relating to the Protective Body Armor Fund to the Executive
Director of the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention.

3/2 House: Third Reading Passed (140-0)


4/5 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 863

House Bill 353 – Teachers and School Administrators - Sexual Contact with Students –
Prohibition (Charles County Delegation)
Prohibiting a person in a position of authority from engaging in a sexual act, sexual contact, or
vaginal intercourse with a specified person under a specified age under specified circumstances;
defining a term; providing for a statute of limitations for the prosecution of specified
misdemeanors created by this Act; etc.

3/20 House: Third Reading Passed (136-0)


4/7 Senate: Third Reading Passed (45-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 864

House Bill 474 – Crimes - Controlled Dangerous Substances - Restitution for Cleanup
Costs (Delegate Menes (Chairman, Special Committee on Drug and Alcohol Abuse), et al)
Establishing that a person who is convicted or found to have committed a juvenile act under
specified provisions of law relating to the manufacture, distribution, dispensation, or possession
of a controlled dangerous substance may be ordered to pay restitution for the costs of cleaning up
laboratories or other facilities operated for the illegal manufacture of a controlled dangerous
substance; etc.

3/16 House: Third Reading Passed (138-0)


4/7 Senate: Third Reading Passed (44-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 865

House Bill 475 – Correctional Services - Correctional Units - Mutual Aid Agreements
(Chairman, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Departmental - Public Safety and
Correctional Services))
Authorizing mutual aid agreements between specified local and State correctional units to supply
temporary services to alleviate emergency situations at correctional facilities; establishing the
rights, liabilities, and duties of the parties to a mutual aid agreement; establishing that a staff
person who meets specified training requirements may function at a specified location under
specified circumstances; etc.

3/2 House: Third Reading Passed (140-0)


4/1 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 866

House Bill 487 – Tax Credit for Maryland-Mined Coal (Garrett County Delegation and
Allegany County Delegation)
Altering tax credits allowed against specified taxes for the purchase of Maryland-mined coal;
limiting the credit to the amount approved by the Department of Assessments and Taxation;
limiting the total amount of credits that the Department may approve for specified calendar years
to specified amounts; prohibiting the credits from being claimed after a specified date; etc.

3/25 House: Third Reading Passed (134-2)


4/4 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 867

House Bill 525 – Vehicle Laws - Administrative Per Se Offenses - High Alcohol
Concentration or Test Refusal - Ignition Interlock System - Suspension Modifications and
Restrictive Licenses (Delegate Cardin, et al)
Increasing the period of a suspension of a driver's license required for specified administrative
per se offenses if the driver took a specified test that indicates a specified alcohol concentration;
providing that a person has the right to elect to participate in the Ignition Interlock System
Program under specified circumstances; etc.

3/26 House: Third Reading Passed (136-0)


4/7 Senate: Third Reading Passed (34-1)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 868

House Bill 527 – Criminal Offenses - Driving Without a License - Arrest and Penalties
(Delegate Simmons, et al)
Authorizing a police officer to arrest an individual without a warrant for the violation of driving
without a license if the officer has probable cause to believe that the individual has committed
the violation; altering a penalty; etc.

3/16 House: Third Reading Passed (136-1)


4/1 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 869

House Bill 533 – Community Colleges - State Funding - Size Factor Component (Delegate
Bozman, et al)
Altering the Senator John A. Cade Funding Formula for community colleges to allow colleges
that are no longer eligible for funding under the size factor component to receive a specified
percentage of funding for a specified number of fiscal years; and providing for the distribution of
size factor component grants.

3/2 House: Third Reading Passed (141-0)


4/3 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 870

House Bill 581 – Education - Tuition Assistance Program for Firemen and Rescue Squad
Members – Renaming (Harford County Delegation, et al)
Renaming the tuition assistance program for firemen and rescue squad members as the Charles
W. Riley Fire and Emergency Medical Services Tuition Reimbursement Program; and
authorizing the publishers of the Annotated Code of Maryland to correct specified statutory
references under specified circumstances.

3/24 House: Third Reading Passed (132-0)


4/7 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 871
House Bill 616 – Vehicle Law - Recording Illegal Activity (Delegate Bartlett)
Establishing that it is a crime for a person to commit or engage another person to commit a
violation of the Maryland Vehicle Law that is punishable by a sentence of imprisonment, or the
offense of reckless driving, for the purpose of making specified recordings of the activity, unless
written permission is obtained; etc.

3/20 House: Third Reading Passed (136-0)


4/7 Senate: Third Reading Passed (45-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 872

House Bill 658 – Criminal Procedure - Defendant with an Alcohol or Drug Dependency -
Commitment Procedures (Delegates Menes and Vallario)
Requiring that the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, on receiving an order to treat a
defendant with an alcohol or drug dependency, order a report of the defendant's pending cases,
warrants, and detainers; requiring the Department to forward a copy of the report to the court, the
defendant, and the defendant's attorney; providing that a court may not order a defendant
delivered to the Department until specified conditions are met; etc.

3/20 House: Third Reading Passed (140-0)


4/1 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 873

House Bill 666 – Department of Natural Resources - Vessels - Reckless Operation -


Subsequent Offenders (Delegate Boteler, et al)
Establishing a specified penalty for a specified subsequent offense relating to operation of a
vessel.

3/27 House: Third Reading Passed (138-0)


4/7 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 874

House Bill 673 – Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Line of Duty Death Benefits
(Delegates Conway and McMillan, et al)
Providing that specified minor children of correctional officers are entitled to enroll in the State
Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program; providing that surviving spouses or
children under the age of 18 of deceased members of the Correctional Officers' Retirement
System who die in the line of duty are eligible to receive a line of duty death benefit; etc.

2/16 House: Third Reading Passed (133-0)


3/9 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 875

House Bill 676 – Correctional Officers' Retirement System – Membership (Delegate


Haynes, et al)
Altering the membership of the Correctional Officers' Retirement System to include individuals
serving as correctional dietary, maintenance, or supply officers; requiring the transfer of
employer contributions from the Employees' Retirement System and Employees' Pension System
to the accumulation fund of the Correctional Officers' Retirement System; requiring the transfer
of specified member contributions to the annuity savings fund of the Correctional Officers'
Retirement System; etc.

3/20 House: Third Reading Passed (137-0)


3/30 Senate: Third Reading Passed (32-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 876

House Bill 686 – Delinquency Prevention and Diversion Services Task Force (Delegate
Gutierrez, et al)
Establishing a Delinquency Prevention and Diversion Services Task Force; providing for the
membership and cochairs of the Task Force; requiring the Department of Juvenile Services to
staff the Task Force; providing that the members of the Task Force may not receive
compensation but are entitled to a specified reimbursement; establishing the duties of the Task
Force; requiring the Task Force to submit a specified report by a specified date; etc.

3/22 House: Third Reading Passed (137-1)


4/4 Senate: Third Reading Passed (45-2)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 877

House Bill 704 – Criminal Law - Prohibition Against Wild Animals (Delegate Menes, et al)
Expanding the list of animals that a person is prohibited from importing into the State, selling,
trading, bartering, or exchanging; prohibiting the possession or breeding of specified animals;
expanding the list of exceptions to the prohibition on importing into the State, selling, trading,
bartering, possessing, breeding, or exchanging specified animals; providing for the enforcement
of the prohibition by specified entities; authorizing the seizure of specified animals under
specified circumstances; etc.

3/23 House: Third Reading Passed (124-11)


4/5 Senate: Third Reading Passed (40-5)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 878

House Bill 707 – Crimes - Obscene Video Games - Prohibition on Sale, Display, or Rental
to Minor (Delegates Kach and Ross)
Prohibiting a person from willfully or knowingly displaying or exhibiting to a minor an obscene
video game; establishing criminal penalties for violation of the Act; etc.

2/23 House: Third Reading Passed (127-0)


4/3 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 879

House Bill 752 – Alcoholic Beverages - Proof of Age - United States Military Identification
Card (Delegates Kach, Conroy, and Love)
Allowing an alcoholic beverages licensee or employee of a licensee to accept a United States
military identification card as proof of age before selling or furnishing alcoholic beverages to a
person; etc.

3/21 House: Third Reading Passed (139-0)


4/4 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 880

House Bill 795 – Criminal Procedure - Criminal Defendants - Incompetency and Criminal
Responsibility (Delegate Dumais)
Requiring a court, under specified circumstances, to determine, on evidence presented on the
record, whether a defendant is incompetent to stand trial for a violation of probation proceeding;
authorizing a court to reconsider the question of whether a defendant is incompetent to stand trial
at any time before final judgment; etc.

3/9 House: Third Reading Passed (133-5)


4/3 Senate: Third Reading Passed (45-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 881

House Bill 799 – Child Welfare Accountability Act of 2030 (Delegate Branch, et al)
Requiring the Secretary of Human Resources and the Secretary of Budget and Management to
develop and implement a specified system of accountability to measure the efficiency and
effectiveness of specified child welfare services; providing for the purpose of the outcome
measurement system; requiring the Secretary of Human Resources to adopt regulations;
requiring a variety of indicators to be used to measure the effectiveness of specified child welfare
services; etc.

3/2 House: Third Reading Passed (141-0)


3/30 Senate: Third Reading Passed (33-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 882

House Bill 800 – Election Law - Voter Registration (Chairman, Ways and Means
Committee (By Request - Departmental - Elections, State Board of))
Providing that a Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot may be used as a voter registration
application; prohibiting a voter registration volunteer from copying or collecting specified
information contained in a voter registration application; authorizing an election director to
remove from the voter registry a voter whose eligibility has been successfully challenged;
restoring to active status a voter who completes and signs an absentee ballot application; etc.

3/23 House: Third Reading Passed (120-16)


4/7 Senate: Third Reading Passed (36-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 883

House Bill 819 – Procurement - eMaryland Marketplace (Delegate Morhaim, et al)


Authorizing the Department of Budget and Management to establish fees for the use of
eMaryland Marketplace by entities that publish a notice of a procurement, conduct a
procurement, or publish a notice of award; repealing specified procedures for deducting and
retaining specified fees from a procurement contract price to pay the costs of operating
eMaryland Marketplace; and providing for a delayed effective date.

3/20 House: Third Reading Passed (136-0)


4/3 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 884

House Bill 833 – Surety Insurance - Failure to Pay Bail Bond Judgment – Penalties
(Delegate Goodwin, et al)
Providing that a specified surety insurer that is removed by the District Court from the list of
surety insurers eligible to post bonds with the Court because that surety insurer failed to timely
resolve or satisfy one or more bail bond forfeitures appearing on the District Court's list of
absolute bond forfeitures in default shall be subject to specified penalties.

3/21 House: Third Reading Passed (139-0)


4/7 Senate: Third Reading Passed (36-10)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 885

House Bill 850 – Crimes - Burial, Memorial Service, Funeral, or Funeral Procession
(Delegates James and Cadden)
Prohibiting a person from knowingly obstructing, hindering, impeding, or blocking another
person's entry to or exit from a burial, memorial service, funeral, or funeral procession under
specified circumstances; prohibiting a person from addressing specified speech to a person
attending a burial, memorial service, funeral, or funeral procession; prohibiting specified
picketing; providing penalties for a violation of the Act; etc.

3/20 House: Third Reading Passed (132-3)


4/5 Senate: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 886

House Bill 859 – Tax Procedure - Refunds - Interest Rate (Delegates Rosenberg and
Cardin)
Altering the calculation of the annual interest rate that the Comptroller sets for refunds.

3/22 House: Third Reading Passed (140-0)


4/4 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 887

House Bill 903 – Thoroughbred Racing - Maryland-Bred Fund Races - Out-of-State Tracks
(Delegate Gilleland, et al)
Authorizing the State Racing Commission to approve the running of a Maryland-Bred Fund
Race at a thoroughbred track outside the State; and requiring the Commission to set the location
of each Fund Race held outside the State.

3/20 House: Third Reading Passed (132-4)


4/2 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 888

House Bill 956 – Insurance - Waiver of Customer Liability - Utility Providers (Delegate
Feldman)
Providing that a waiver of customer liability by specified utility providers in a specified
agreement between the customer and the utility provider is not considered insurance for purposes
of the Insurance Article.

3/24 House: Third Reading Passed (136-0)


3/30 Senate: Third Reading Passed (33-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 889

House Bill 1035 – Uninsured Employers' Fund - Liability of Corporate Officers and
Limited Liability Company Members (Delegates Simmons and Feldman)
Providing that a specified officer of a corporation that does not have sufficient assets to satisfy
workers' compensation awards and assessments owed by the corporation is jointly and severally
liable for those payments if a specified officer knowingly failed to secure workers' compensation
insurance; etc.

3/23 House: Third Reading Passed (90-45)


4/6 Senate: Third Reading Passed (28-18)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 890

House Bill 1036 – Assisted Living Programs - Prohibited Acts, Penalties, and Quality
Account (Delegate Mandel, et al)
Prohibiting a person from knowingly and willfully operating, maintaining, or owning an assisted
living program without a license; prohibiting a person from advertising, representing, or
implying to the public that an assisted living program is authorized to provide services that the
program is not licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized to provide; providing for specified
penalties; establishing a Health Care Quality Account for Assisted Living Programs in the
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; etc.

3/24 House: Third Reading Passed (138-0)


4/3 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 891

House Bill 1056 – Family Law - Domestic Violence - Address Confidentiality Program
(Delegate Shank, et al)
Requiring the Secretary of State to establish the Address Confidentiality Program for victims of
domestic violence; stating the purpose of the Program; establishing eligibility requirements of
the Program; establishing application and participation requirements; requiring an applicant to
provide a specified release and waiver; prohibiting false statements in an application;
establishing participation cancellation procedures; etc.

3/23 House: Third Reading Passed (134-3)


4/5 Senate: Third Reading Passed (44-3)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 892

House Bill 1070 – Commission on the Establishment of a Maryland Women in Military


Service Monument (Delegate Cadden, et al)
Establishing a Commission on the Establishment of a Maryland Women in Military Service
Monument; providing for the composition and staffing of the Commission; specifying the duties
of the Commission; providing specified reimbursement for travel expenses; requiring the
Commission to refer to a specified report; requiring the Commission to submit a preliminary
report on its findings and recommendations on or before February 1, 2031, and a final report on
or before September 30, 2031; etc.

3/10 House: Third Reading Passed (134-0)


4/4 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 893

House Bill 1107 – Real Estate Licenses – Reciprocity (Delegate Jameson, et al)
Authorizing the State Real Estate Commission to deny, suspend, or revoke specified licenses
under specified circumstances; prohibiting the Commission from imposing a specified fine based
solely on a specified violation; authorizing the Commission to issue a reciprocal license to
specified persons holding a license to provide real estate brokerage services in another state and
whose principal place of business is outside the State; etc.

3/22 House: Third Reading Passed (138-0)


4/5 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 894

House Bill 1172 – Public Safety - Missing Persons - Reports and Investigations (Delegate
Cryor, et al)
Altering the method by which a person may delegate authority for disposition of a body by
cremation; authorizing the Police Training Commission, with the cooperation of the Office of the
Chief Medical Examiner and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to develop a uniform missing
person report form to be used by law enforcement agencies in the State by October 1, 2032;
providing that a law enforcement agency may not impose a mandatory waiting period before
taking a missing person report; etc.

3/23 House: Third Reading Passed (137-0)


4/5 Senate: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 895

House Bill 1175 – Crimes - Knowing Sale or Issuance of False Identification Card or
Document – Penalties (Delegate Lee, et al)
Prohibiting a person from knowingly selling, issuing, offering for sale, or offering to issue an
identification card or document that contains an incorrect name instead of a person's true name or
an incorrect address for a person; etc.
3/22 House: Third Reading Passed (138-0)
4/5 Senate: Third Reading Passed (45-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 896

House Bill 1201 – Criminal Law - Identity Theft Passports (Delegate Lee, et al)
Authorizing a person who knows or reasonably suspects that the person is a victim of identity
fraud and has filed a specified report to apply for an identity theft passport; requiring a law
enforcement agency that receives an identity theft passport application to submit the application
and a copy of a specified report to the Attorney General; authorizing the Attorney General, in
cooperation with a law enforcement agency, to issue an identity theft passport; etc.

3/20 House: Third Reading Passed (135-0)


4/7 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 897

House Bill 1249 – Criminal Law - Prohibition on Prerecorded Emergency Messages –


Exceptions (Delegates Cryor and Dumais)
Altering and providing exceptions to the prohibition on using a device that dials by remote
control a preprogrammed telephone number and transmits a prerecorded message
communicating an existing emergency condition without specified approval.

3/16 House: Third Reading Passed (138-0)


4/4 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 898

House Bill 1257 – Juvenile Law - Competency – Services (Delegate Dumais, et al)
Authorizing the juvenile court to order the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene or a
qualified expert to conduct an evaluation of a child's competency to proceed in specified juvenile
delinquency hearings; repealing provisions relating to a finding of incompetency to proceed;
specifying the procedures for a finding of incompetency to proceed; etc.

3/26 House: Third Reading Passed (138-0)


4/5 Senate: Third Reading Passed (45-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 899

House Bill 1309 – Baltimore Corridor Transit Study - Red Line - Requirements and
Citizens' Advisory Council (Delegate Oaks, et al)
Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to consider the establishment of a fund to
compensate property owners for damages incurred during the construction of a Red Line project;
requiring the Administration to consider specified matters concerning alterations and areas
surrounding the Red Line corridor in consultation with specified persons; establishing a Citizens'
Advisory Council for the Baltimore Corridor Transit Study - Red Line; requiring the Council to
report annually by September 1; etc.

3/26 House: Third Reading Passed (136-0)


4/4 Senate: Third Reading Passed (41-1)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 900

House Bill 1515 – Public Safety - Volunteer Company Assistance Fund - Grants and Loans
(Delegate Glassman, et al)
Clarifying that specified permissible reasons for awards from the Volunteer Company Assistance
Fund apply only to grants from the Fund; altering a prohibition on specified grant or loan awards
from being used to refinance specified debts or obligations; providing that the Treasurer shall
disburse specified money from the Fund to the Association; etc.

3/24 House: Third Reading Passed (138-0)


4/4 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 901

House Bill 1568 – Higher Education - Edward T. Conroy Memorial Scholarship –


Eligibility (Delegates McHale and Conroy)
Altering the eligibility requirements for the Edward T. Conroy Memorial Scholarship to allow a
child or surviving spouse of a specified public safety employee who is 100% disabled as a result
of an injury sustained in the line of duty to qualify for a scholarship.

3/24 House: Third Reading Passed (138-0)


4/4 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 902

House Bill 1581 – Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Participation - Baltimore
City Sheriff (Delegate Goodwin)
Providing that an individual serving as the Baltimore City Sheriff may elect to participate in the
Employees' Pension System; providing that an individual serving as the Baltimore City Sheriff
who does not elect membership in the Employees' Pension System within 6 months of becoming
the Baltimore City Sheriff is required to join the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System; etc.

3/24 House: Third Reading Passed (138-0)


4/3 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 903

House Bill 1600 – Insurance - Automobile Insurance and Prosecution of Automobile Theft
(Delegate Patterson, et al)
Requiring specified insurers that use territory as a factor in establishing automobile insurance
rates to submit a statement to the Maryland Insurance Commissioner certifying that the
territories used by the insurers have been reviewed within a specified time period and that use of
the territories is actuarially justified; requiring the Commissioner to submit a specified report to
the General Assembly; specifying the contents of the report; etc.

4/1 House: Third Reading Passed (133-0)


4/7 Senate: Third Reading Passed (36-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 904
House Bill 1668 – State Police Helicopter Replacement Fund and Volunteer Company
Assistance Fund - Moving Violations – Surcharges (Delegate Conway, et al)
Establishing the State Police Helicopter Replacement Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund;
providing sources of revenue for the Fund; requiring the Fund to be used for a specified purpose;
requiring the Chief Judge of the District Court to include a line on which to add a surcharge on
citation forms designed for traffic offenses; requiring a specified surcharge to be added to a fine
imposed by the District Court for a conviction for specified violations; etc.

3/24 House: Third Reading Passed (135-1)


4/7 Senate: Third Reading Passed (39-5)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 905

House Bill 1669 – Public Safety - Baltimore City Community College Police - Law
Enforcement Officer (Chairman, Appropriations Committee (By Request - Baltimore City
Community College))
Establishing a police force for Baltimore City Community College; specifying the powers of a
Baltimore City Community College police officer; requiring the Board of Trustees of the
Baltimore City Community College to adopt standards and regulations; etc.

3/27 House: Third Reading Passed (140-0)


4/3 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 906

House Bill 1700 – Maryland Military Installation Council (Delegates Bohanan and
O'Donnell)
Altering the name of the Maryland Military Installation Strategic Planning Council to be the
Maryland Military Installation Council; altering the membership, purposes, and termination date
of the Council; requiring the Council to submit a specified annual report to the Governor and the
General Assembly; and making a specified conforming change.

3/23 House: Third Reading Passed (138-0)


4/4 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 907

House Bill 1735 – Branching by Banks (Delegates Moe and D. Davis)


Prohibiting a banking institution or out-of-state bank from establishing or maintaining a branch
in the State on the premises or property of an affiliate if the affiliate engages in commercial
activities.

4/1 House: Third Reading Passed (134-0)


4/7 Senate: Third Reading Passed (27-9)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 908

Senate Bill 61 – Department of the Environment - Rubble Landfills – Location (Senator


Pipkin)
Prohibiting the Secretary of the Environment from issuing a permit to construct or operate a
rubble landfill within a specified distance of Unicorn Lake in Queen Anne's County and
specified tributaries in Prince George's County; making the Act an emergency measure; and
providing for the termination of the Act.

3/25 Senate: Third Reading Passed (44-2)


4/5 House: Third Reading Passed (125-8)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 909

Senate Bill 63 – State-Owned Vehicles - State Fleet Biodiesel Fuel Usage Act of 2030
(Senator Giannetti)
Requiring the State to ensure that, in fiscal year 2032 and in each subsequent fiscal year, at least
50% of vehicles using diesel fuel in the State vehicle fleet use a blend of fuel that is at least 5%
biodiesel fuel; exempting specified vehicles; etc.

3/13 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/8 House: Third Reading Passed (133-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 910

Senate Bill 77 – Family Law - Denial of Custody or Visitation - Murder Convictions


(Senator Haines, et al)
Prohibiting a court, unless good cause for the award of custody or visitation is shown, from
awarding custody of a child or visitation with a child to a parent who has been found guilty of
first degree or second degree murder of specified persons; and authorizing the court to approve a
supervised visitation arrangement that assures the safety and well-being of the child if visitation
is in the best interest of the child.

2/16 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/6 House: Third Reading Passed (139-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 911

Senate Bill 78 – Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - Class C License in Highlandtown


Arts and Entertainment District (Senator Della)
Authorizing the Board of Liquor License Commissioners of Baltimore City to issue a Class C
beer, wine and liquor license for use by a specified arts club in the Highlandtown Arts and
Entertainment District; and providing for the termination of the Act.

3/2 Senate: Third Reading Passed (44-0)


4/3 House: Third Reading Passed (133-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 912

Senate Bill 79 – Vehicle Laws - Standing or Parking Near Crosswalks - Baltimore City
(Senator Della)
Exempting Baltimore City from statewide provisions prohibiting a person from standing or
parking a vehicle within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection; authorizing Baltimore City to
regulate the distance from specified crosswalks at intersections in Baltimore City within which a
person may not stand or park a vehicle; etc.

3/23 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/5 House: Third Reading Passed (133-6)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 913

Senate Bill 84 – Higher Education - University System of Maryland and Morgan State
University - Financial Management (Senator Conway, et al)
Authorizing the University System of Maryland and Morgan State University to use an internal
financial management information system software program and State-approved interfaces for its
accounting, budgeting, personnel, and payroll systems.

2/23 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/4 House: Third Reading Passed (135-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 914

Senate Bill 90 – Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - Public Hearing on License


Transfers (Senator Della)
Requiring the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore City to hold a public hearing on
the transfer of a license for an establishment in operation if the hearing is requested by at least 10
residents in the immediate area of the establishment.

3/2 Senate: Third Reading Passed (44-0)


4/3 House: Third Reading Passed (134-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 915

Senate Bill 101 – Election Law - Petition Verification (Chair, Education, Health, and
Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Elections, State Board of))
Providing that the purpose of verification of signatures on specified petitions is to ensure that the
name of the individual who signed the petition is listed as a registered voter.

2/16 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/1 House: Third Reading Passed (137-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 916

Senate Bill 102 – Health Care Facilities and Laboratories - Accreditation Organizations
and Deeming (Chairman, Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and
Mental Hygiene))
Defining the term "health care facility" for the purpose of specified licensing, accreditation, and
regulatory provisions so as to include specified hospitals, health maintenance organizations,
freestanding ambulatory care facilities, assisted living facilities, laboratories, home health
agencies, and residential treatment centers; requiring specified accreditation organizations to
apply to the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene for approval; etc.

2/23 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/6 House: Third Reading Passed (139-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 917

Senate Bill 103 – Department of Aging - Continuing Care Contracts (Chairman, Finance
Committee (By Request - Departmental - Aging))
Authorizing the exemption of specified continuing care providers from a requirement to submit a
specified actuarial study to the Department of Aging; identifying circumstances under which the
Department must disclose specified information; authorizing the Secretary of Aging to waive
specified requirements for a continuing care provider in the process of decertifying; amending
existing requirements related to changes in ownership or control of a continuing care provider or
facility; etc.

2/23 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/3 House: Third Reading Passed (135-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 918

Senate Bill 104 – Commissioner of Labor and Industry - Elevator Safety (Chairman,
Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation))
Exempting specified elevator units from specified provisions of elevator law; requiring an owner
or lessee of an elevator unit to reregister with the Commissioner of Labor and Industry within a
specified period of time prior to the expiration of a specified certificate; requiring the
Commissioner to conduct an inspection; requiring contractors, owners, or lessees to submit a
written certification prior to the final inspection that the elevator plans and construction
documents have been reviewed and certified; etc.

2/2 Senate: Third Reading Passed (43-2)


2/16 House: Third Reading Passed (132-1)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 919

Senate Bill 107 – Education - Special Programs for Exceptional Children (Chair,
Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental -
Education))
Prohibiting the payment or reimbursement of the cost of specified services if a child is eligible
for specified funding under regulations adopted by the State Department of Education; requiring
a local school system to obtain specified funding approval for nonpublic tuition payments in
accordance with regulations adopted by the Department; altering the procedures for the
appointment of parent surrogates; altering procedures for the resolution of disputes and
administrative hearings; etc.

2/22 Senate: Third Reading Passed (46-0)


4/6 House: Third Reading Passed (138-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 920

Senate Bill 111 – Education - Nonpublic School Employees - Criminal Convictions (Chair,
Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental -
Education))
Prohibiting nonpublic schools from knowingly employing an individual with specified criminal
convictions, including child sexual abuse, if that individual works with or has access to students;
and requiring the State Department of Education to revoke the certificate of approval or letter of
tentative approval of the nonpublic school that violates the Act.

2/9 Senate: Third Reading Passed (46-0)


4/4 House: Third Reading Passed (136-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 921

Senate Bill 112 – Campaign Finance Entities - Organization and Reporting (Chair,
Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental -
Elections, State Board of))
Altering the types of campaign finance entities that specified individuals may establish;
abolishing the personal treasurer as a type of campaign finance entity and repealing specified
related provisions; requiring a political committee to specify, when it is established, the elections
in which it will participate; repealing provisions relating to continuing political committees;
establishing penalties for a campaign finance entity that participates in an election for which it
did not declare its intent to participate; etc.

2/16 Senate: Third Reading Passed (42-5)


4/7 House: Third Reading Passed (113-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 922

Senate Bill 115 – Criminal Procedure - Criminal Injuries Compensation Board – Claims
(Chairman, Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Departmental - Public Safety
and Correctional Services))
Altering a specified time limit for filing a claim with the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board;
prohibiting the collection of debts from specified claimants; establishing specified legal
protections for claimants from debt collection activities under specified circumstances; allowing
specified health care providers to notify the Board of specified claims; etc.

2/9 Senate: Third Reading Passed (46-0)


4/3 House: Third Reading Passed (138-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 923

Senate Bill 118 – Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Office of the Inspector
General - Health Program Integrity and Recovery Act (Chairman, Finance Committee (By
Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene))
Establishing the Office of the Inspector General in the Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene; providing for the authority, duties, and powers of the Office; providing a person with
civil immunity under specified circumstances; prohibiting health care providers from taking
retaliatory actions against specified employees under specified circumstances; defining terms;
etc.

3/17 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/1 House: Third Reading Passed (136-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 924

Senate Bill 135 – Hospitals - Comparable Evaluation System - Health Care-Associated


Infection Information (Senator Kelley, et al)
Requiring a comparable evaluation system established by the Maryland Health Care Commission
to include health care-associated infection information from hospitals; requiring the system to
adhere, to the extent possible, to specified recommendations regarding public reporting of health
care-associated infections; etc.

2/9 Senate: Third Reading Passed (46-0)


3/30 House: Third Reading Passed (136-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 925

Senate Bill 137 – Harford County - Injury Reports (Senator Harris, et al)
Providing that specified provisions of law regarding injury reports made by a physician,
pharmacist, dentist, or nurse who treats an individual with specified injuries, or by an individual
in charge of a hospital that treats the injured individual, apply in Harford County.

3/2 Senate: Third Reading Passed (44-0)


4/3 House: Third Reading Passed (135-1)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 926

Senate Bill 146 – Education - Task Force on School Safety (Senator Dyson, et al)
Establishing a Task Force on School Safety; providing for the membership and staffing of the
Task Force; authorizing the Task Force to establish subcommittees; providing that the members
of the Task Force may not receive compensation but are entitled to a specified reimbursement;
requiring the Task Force to evaluate and make recommendations regarding methods to address
violence in public schools and methods to provide a safe learning environment for students; etc.

2/9 Senate: Third Reading Passed (46-0)


4/4 House: Third Reading Passed (128-4)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 927

Senate Bill 158 – Private Review Agents - Treatment Plan Form - Form Mandated by
Another State (Senator Kelley)
Requiring a private review agent that requires a health care provider to submit a treatment plan in
order for the private review agent to conduct utilization review of proposed or delivered services
for the treatment of a mental illness, emotional disorder, or a substance abuse disorder to accept a
treatment plan form mandated by the state in which the service was provided.

2/9 Senate: Third Reading Passed (46-0)


3/30 House: Third Reading Passed (135-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 928

Senate Bill 184 – Vehicle Laws - Historic Motor Vehicles – Registration (Senator Haines)
Altering the definition of "historic motor vehicle"; establishing a one-time registration fee for
vehicles manufactured at least 60 years prior to the current model year; etc.

3/10 Senate: Third Reading Passed (45-0)


4/3 House: Third Reading Passed (134-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 929

Senate Bill 238 – State Department of Education - Comprehensive Induction Programs –


Guidelines (Senator Kelley)
Requiring the State Department of Education to develop specified guidelines for the
establishment of comprehensive induction programs for new teachers employed by specified
hard-to-staff schools; requiring the guidelines to include provisions concerning mentoring,
professional development training and support, eligibility, and other standards; etc.

3/3 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/4 House: Third Reading Passed (115-19)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 930

Senate Bill 243 – General Assembly - Office of Legislative Audits - Authorized


Representatives and Authorized Work (Senator McFadden (Chairman, Joint Audit
Committee))
Authorizing the Legislative Auditor to contract with consultants as authorized representatives;
clarifying that performance audits, financial statement audits, and reviews are authorized work;
clarifying that specified provisions relating to access to records, process, reporting, enforcement,
and confidentiality apply to all authorized work and required audits under a specified provision;
establishing a process for the Joint Audit Committee to review local school systems' responses to
specified audits; etc.

3/15 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/1 House: Third Reading Passed (135-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 931

Senate Bill 289 – Criminal Procedure - Restitution - Application of Provisions (Senators


Giannetti and Stone (Committee to Revise Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments))
Establishing that any order of restitution made by a court is governed by specified statutory law
on restitution; and establishing that specified statutory law may not be construed to limit the
authority of the court to order a defendant or child found to have committed a delinquent act to
make restitution or to perform specified services for the victim as an alternative means of
restitution.

2/24 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/3 House: Third Reading Passed (138-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 932

Senate Bill 294 – Children, Youth, and Family Services - Local Management Boards, State
Coordinating Council, and Local Coordinating Councils - Services for Children with
Special Needs (Senator Garagiola (Chairman, Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and
Families))
Establishing a local management board and local coordinating council in each county;
establishing the State Coordinating Council for children; establishing the duties and composition
of the local management board, State Coordinating Council, and local coordinating council;
requiring a public agency to disclose specified information and records to another public agency
or the Office for Children; requiring the Maryland Association of Local Management Board
Directors to submit a report to committees of the General Assembly; etc.

3/3 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/4 House: Third Reading Passed (135-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 933

Senate Bill 311 – Criminal Law - Bribery of a Public Official - Public Employees (Senators
Stone and Giannetti (Committee to Revise Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments))
Clarifying the category of persons considered to be public employees for purposes of specified
prohibitions against bribery.

2/24 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/7 House: Third Reading Passed (140-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 934

Senate Bill 313 – Community Colleges - Baltimore City Community College – Governance
(Senator Conway, et al)
Clarifying the role of the Board of Trustees of Baltimore City Community College; prohibiting
the Board from participating in the day-to-day operations of the College; altering the amount of
money provided by Baltimore City to the College; etc.

2/22 Senate: Third Reading Passed (46-0)


4/4 House: Third Reading Passed (133-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 935

Senate Bill 314 – Maryland Clean Energy Incentive Act of 2030 (Senator Hafer, et al)
Providing for an income tax credit for renewable energy to cover facilities placed in service on or
after January 1, 2030, but before January 1, 2035; expanding the definition of qualified energy
resources under the credit; requiring the Maryland Energy Administration to issue initial credit
certificates to qualified energy producers under specified circumstances; allowing the credit to be
claimed in addition to the federal income tax credit for renewable energy; etc.

3/24 Senate: Third Reading Passed (45-0)


4/6 House: Third Reading Passed (139-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 936

Senate Bill 350 – Task Force on Minority Participation in the Environmental Community
(Senator Gladden, et al)
Establishing a Task Force on Minority Participation in the Environmental Community; requiring
the Task Force to evaluate and make recommendations regarding methods of improving minority
participation in the environmental community, methods of improving communication to minority
communities, and methods of improving the flow of information and services into minority
communities; etc.

3/13 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/2 House: Third Reading Passed (134-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 937

Senate Bill 379 – Environment - Patuxent River Watershed (Senator Dyson, et al)
Requiring upgrades to enhanced nutrient removal at specified wastewater treatment plants in the
Patuxent River watershed on or before specified dates under specified circumstances; etc.

4/4 Senate: Third Reading Passed (46-0)


4/8 House: Third Reading Passed (137-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 938

Senate Bill 400 – Carroll County - Public Facilities Bonds (Carroll County Senators)
Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Carroll County, from time to time,
to borrow not more than $52,000,000 in order to finance the construction, improvement, or
development of specified public facilities in Carroll County, and to effect such borrowing by the
issuance and sale at public or private sale of its general obligation bonds; etc.

3/15 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/1 House: Third Reading Passed (136-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 939

Senate Bill 418 – Joint Committee on Access to Mental Health Services – Membership
(Senator Kelley)
Adding a member of the Judicial Proceedings Committee and a member of the Judiciary
Committee to the Joint Committee on Access to Mental Health Services.

3/10 Senate: Third Reading Passed (46-0)


3/30 House: Third Reading Passed (135-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 940

Senate Bill 420 - Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights - Hearing Boards - Binding
Arbitration (Senator Frosh, et al)
Repealing prohibitions against making specified actions regarding the formation of a law
enforcement officers' hearing board and specified decisions by a hearing board the subject of
binding arbitration under specified circumstances.

3/10 Senate: Third Reading Passed (34-12)


4/6 House: Third Reading Passed (116-20)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 941
Senate Bill 430 – State Employees and Retirees - State Prescription Drug Benefit Plan - Co-
Payments (Senator Kasemeyer, et al)
Establishing a $20 limit on the amount of the co-payment that the State Prescription Drug
Benefit Plan may charge enrollees for a 90-day prescription filled through the voluntary mail
order option that the Plan is required to offer.

3/24 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


3/28 House: Third Reading Passed (132-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 942

Senate Bill 431 – Blue Ribbon Commission to Study Retiree Health Care Funding Options
(Senator Kasemeyer, et al)
Establishing a Blue Ribbon Commission to Study Retiree Health Care Funding Options;
providing for the membership, chair, principles, duties, and staffing of the Commission;
requiring the Department of Budget and Management to provide the Commission with specified
information; requiring the Department of Budget and Management to fund the hiring of more
than one actuarial firm and a health care consulting firm by the Commission; requiring the
Commission to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on its findings; etc.

3/15 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/1 House: Third Reading Passed (134-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 943

Senate Bill 432 – Primary and Secondary Education - School Facilities - Aging Schools
Program - Grant Calculation (Senator Kasemeyer, et al)
Altering a requirement that the State distribute grants to county boards of education under the
Aging Schools Program; providing for the calculation of the amount of grants to be distributed to
county boards under the Program in specified fiscal years; etc.

3/24 Senate: Third Reading Passed (46-0)


4/4 House: Third Reading Passed (134-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 944

Senate Bill 444 – Higher Education - Morgan State University and St. Mary's College of
Maryland – Authority (Senator Conway, et al)
Authorizing the Maryland Higher Education Commission to review and comment on the
operating and capital budgets of the Board of Regents of Morgan State University only within
the broad context of the State Plan for Higher Education; prohibiting the Commission from
recommending against a specified budget item except under specified circumstances; designating
the University as a public corporation; etc.

3/3 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/4 House: Third Reading Passed (135-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 945
Senate Bill 447 – Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Developmental Disabilities
and Mental Health Services - Cost-of-Living Adjustment (Senator Lawlah, et al)
Requiring that, subject to specified limitations, beginning in fiscal year 2032 the fees paid by the
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to a community developmental disabilities services
provider or a community mental health services provider for providing developmental
disabilities services or mental health services to eligible individuals be adjusted annually for
inflation using the update factor recommended by the Community Services Reimbursement Rate
Commission; etc.

3/24 Senate: Third Reading Passed (45-0)


4/6 House: Third Reading Passed (139-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 946

Senate Bill 456 – Vehicle Laws - Special Dealer Registration Plates - Authorized Uses
(Senators Mooney and Kasemeyer)
Exempting from certificate of title requirements new vehicles owned by a manufacturer or dealer
and held for sale even though used for specified other purposes; allowing a licensed dealer to
lend a vehicle to an educational institution providing specified driver's education instruction
under a manufacturer-sponsored loan program approved by the Administration; etc.

3/17 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/5 House: Third Reading Passed (138-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 947

Senate Bill 468 – Criminal Law - Credit Card Crimes - Use of Affidavit by Credit
Cardholder in Criminal Case or Juvenile Proceeding (Senator Garagiola, et al)
Authorizing in a criminal case or juvenile proceeding involving a violation of a credit card crime
the introduction of the affidavit of a lawful credit cardholder as substantive evidence that the
credit card or credit card number was taken, used, or possessed without the authorization of the
credit cardholder; requiring the State to provide a specified notice to the defendant within a
specified time period before a specified proceeding; etc.

3/24 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/6 House: Third Reading Passed (137-2)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 948

Senate Bill 475 – Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership - Local


Detention Center Officers (Senator Pipkin)
Authorizing local detention center officers of counties and municipal corporations in the State to
participate in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System on or after July 1, 2030; providing for
the procedures counties and municipal corporations are required to follow to withdraw from the
Correctional Officers' Retirement System; requiring the transfer of funds to the accumulation
fund of the Correctional Officers' Retirement System; and defining specified terms.

3/15 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/1 House: Third Reading Passed (136-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 949

Senate Bill 485 – Maryland Building Performance Standards - Exemption in Certain


Counties for Agricultural Buildings Used for Agritourism (Senator Hooper, et al)
Exempting Calvert, Charles, Dorchester, Frederick, Harford, Prince George's, St. Mary's,
Somerset, and Talbot counties from the Maryland Building Performance Standards for the
construction, alteration, or modification of agricultural buildings for which agritourism is an
intended subordinate use; providing that an existing agricultural building used for agritourism is
not considered as a change of occupancy that requires a building permit under specified
circumstances; etc.

3/23 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/5 House: Third Reading Passed (138-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 950

Senate Bill 508 – Victim's Rights - Leave to Appeal - Delinquent Acts (Senator Stone)
Adding to the list of statutes that secure rights to victims of a violent crime, in accordance with
which a victim may file an application for leave to appeal from an order that denies or fails to
consider such a right; altering the definition of "violent crime" in the statute relating to appeal
rights of victims of a violent crime to include a delinquent act that would be a crime of violence
if committed by an adult; etc.

3/26 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/6 House: Third Reading Passed (138-1)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 951

Senate Bill 509 – Criminal Law - Crimes of Violence - Child Abuse (Senator Stone)
Adding the crime of child abuse in the first degree to the list of crimes of violence for which
specified enhanced penalties are applied to specified offenders.

3/23 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/6 House: Third Reading Passed (138-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 952

Senate Bill 521 – Natural Resources - Hunting Via an Internet Connection – Prohibition
(Senator Astle)
Prohibiting a person from shooting at or killing a bird or animal in the State with a gun or other
device operated or accessed via an Internet connection; providing that specified actions are prima
facie evidence of a violation of the Act; establishing a specified penalty; requiring the revocation
of the hunting privilege or the hunting license of a person who is convicted of an offense under
the Act; etc.

3/13 Senate: Third Reading Passed (40-6)


3/30 House: Third Reading Passed (135-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 953
Senate Bill 585 – Unemployment Insurance - Special Administrative Expense Fund
(Senator Middleton (Committee on Unemployment Insurance Oversight))
Authorizing use of the money from the Special Administrative Expense Fund for specified
administrative purposes related to the unemployment insurance program under specified
circumstances; altering the circumstances under which the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and
Regulation is required to direct the State Treasurer to transfer a balance; and requiring the
Secretary to submit a report each year to the Governor and to specified committees of the
General Assembly.

2/24 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/2 House: Third Reading Passed (135-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 954

Senate Bill 600 – Education - Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists - Licensing


Fee Reimbursement (Senator Conway, et al)
Establishing a program of county aid to audiologists and speech-language pathologists who
provide third-party billing services in schools and are licensed by the State Board of
Audiologists, Hearing-Aid Dispensers, and Speech-Language Pathologists; requiring a county
board to reimburse audiologists and speech-language pathologists an amount equal to initial
licensing fees and license renewal fees charged by the Board; etc.

3/24 Senate: Third Reading Passed (34-13)


4/4 House: Third Reading Passed (129-5)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 955

Senate Bill 622 – State Police Retirement System - Special Disability Retirement - Former
Members (Senator Colburn)
Requiring the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System to accept an
application for special disability that is submitted prior to December 31, 2030, by specified
former members of the State Police Retirement System; requiring specified former members of
the State Police Retirement System to repay their member contributions to the Board of Trustees
on or before a specified date; etc.

3/2 Senate: Third Reading Passed (45-0)


4/1 House: Third Reading Passed (137-1)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 956

Senate Bill 624 – Maryland Medical Assistance Program – Prescriptions (Senator Colburn)
Authorizing a prescription, except a prescription for a prescription drug containing a specified
substance, for an enrollee of the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to be written or oral; and
prohibiting a pharmacist, when dispensing a drug to a Program enrollee, from dispensing a drug
on an oral prescription unless the pharmacist promptly writes out and files the prescription.

3/17 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/3 House: Third Reading Passed (138-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 957
Senate Bill 634 – Vehicle Laws - Vehicle Dealers – Succession (Senator Forehand)
Facilitating the succession of specified vehicle dealerships to a representative designated by the
dealer; prohibiting the exclusion of dealerships from the use of dealership facilities under
specified circumstances; limiting the authority of manufacturers, distributors, and factory
branches to object to the designation of dealer representatives; establishing the burden of proof in
the event of objection; etc.

3/24 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/6 House: Third Reading Passed (136-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 958

Senate Bill 642 – State Aid for Police Protection - Supplemental Grants (Senator Lawlah, et
al)
Requiring a supplemental grant for police protection to be paid from the State to each
subdivision that borders the District of Columbia.

4/4 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/8 House: Third Reading Passed (134-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 959

Senate Bill 656 – Harford County - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Residency Requirement
for Applicants (Harford County Senators)
Requiring applicants for alcoholic beverages licenses in Harford County to be residents for at
least 1 year before filing an application.

3/24 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/2 House: Third Reading Passed (134-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 960

Senate Bill 682 – Environment - County Plans - Removal of Solid Waste Acceptance
Facilities (Senator Dyson)
Authorizing a county to remove a proposed solid waste acceptance facility from the county plan
under specified circumstances; and providing for the construction and application of specified
provisions of the Act.

3/17 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/3 House: Third Reading Passed (136-1)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 961

Senate Bill 728 – Telemedicine - Use and Reimbursement – Study (Senator Teitelbaum)
Requiring the University of Maryland School of Medicine, in consultation with the School of
Nursing and other stakeholders, to conduct a specified study regarding telemedicine; requiring
the School of Medicine to report to specified committees of the General Assembly by January 1,
2031; etc.
3/17 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
4/3 House: Third Reading Passed (137-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 962

Senate Bill 734 – Mortality and Quality Review Committee - Reportable Incidents of
Injury (Senator Teitelbaum)
Renaming the Mortality Review Committee to be the Mortality and Quality Review Committee;
requiring the Committee to review specified data and make specified findings and
recommendations; requiring the Office of Health Care Quality to provide specified data to the
Committee; authorizing the Committee to consult with experts under specified circumstances;
requiring the Committee to prepare a specified report; requiring the Developmental Disabilities
Administration to provide a specified report; etc.

3/24 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/3 House: Third Reading Passed (138-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 963

Senate Bill 736 – Criminal Procedure - Process Against Limited Liability Companies -
Summons, Service, and Execution (Senator McFadden (By Request - Baltimore City
Administration))
Authorizing a clerk of court, if a charging document is filed against a specified limited liability
company, to issue a summons to the limited liability company in the company name to appear at
court to answer the charging document; establishing that, if a sheriff or other officer returns a
summons in a specified manner, the limited liability company to whom the summons was issued
shall be considered as in court and as appearing to the charging document; etc.

3/24 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/3 House: Third Reading Passed (135-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 964

Senate Bill 748 – Psychiatric Residential Treatment Demonstration Waiver Application


(Senator Kelley)
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to apply for a specified waiver under
specified circumstances; requiring a specified waiver application to provide for services for a
specified number of individuals; requiring the Department to conduct a specified analysis;
requiring the Department to make specified reports to the General Assembly at specified times;
etc.

3/24 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/6 House: Third Reading Passed (139-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 965

Senate Bill 753 – Rural Broadband Communication Services (Senator Pipkin, et al)
Establishing the Maryland Rural Broadband Coordination Board; requiring the Board and
affected units of State government to cooperate with specified entities in a specified manner for
the establishment of rural broadband telecommunication services in rural and underserved areas;
establishing a Rural Broadband Assistance Fund as a special fund in the Department of Business
and Economic Development for specified purposes; etc.

3/31 Senate: Third Reading Passed (46-0)


4/6 House: Third Reading Passed (139-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 966

Senate Bill 754 – Caregivers - Voluntary Tax Withholding (Senator Exum, et al)
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to provide voluntary withholding of
specified taxes for specified self-employed providers in the Maryland Medical Assistance
Program; etc.

3/24 Senate: Third Reading Passed (45-0)


4/6 House: Third Reading Passed (138-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 967

Senate Bill 770 – Air Ambulance Services – Study (Senator Hafer)


Requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission, in conjunction with the Health Services Cost
Review Commission and the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems and
with the assistance of the Office of the Attorney General, to conduct a specified study and to
report to the Governor and committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2030.

3/23 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/8 House: Third Reading Passed (137-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 968

Senate Bill 772 – Mercury-Added Products - Prohibition of Sale of Thermostats and


Report (Senator Conway)
Prohibiting a specified marketer from selling or providing a thermostat containing mercury to a
consumer; requiring the Department of the Environment to make a specified report to the
Governor and specified legislative committees on or before October 1, 2031, relating to the
statewide collection, reclamation, and recycling of all products containing mercury; requiring the
Secretary of the Environment to convene and consult with a specified advisory group in
preparing the report; etc.

3/16 Senate: Third Reading Passed (46-0)


3/30 House: Third Reading Passed (135-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 969

Senate Bill 810 – Residential Child Care Programs - Corporate Responsibility and
Governance (Senator Currie, et al)
Requiring corporations to meet specified requirements as a condition of licensure to operate a
residential child care program; requiring specified corporations to adopt written bylaws that
require the corporation's board of directors to be legally responsible for specified actions;
authorizing specified licensing agencies to deny a residential child care program license under
specified circumstances; requiring specified inspections; prohibiting a person from operating a
residential child care program in the State without a license; etc.

3/25 Senate: Third Reading Passed (46-0)


4/8 House: Third Reading Passed (136-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 970

Senate Bill 811 – Residential Child Care Capital Grant Program (Senator Currie, et al)
Establishing the Residential Child Care Capital Grant Program; authorizing the Board of Public
Works, on the recommendation of the Executive Director of the Governor's Office for Children,
to provide grants under the Program to counties, municipal corporations, and nonprofit
corporations for residential child care programs; authorizing specified residential child care
programs to amend a specified plan; authorizing the Governor to include funding in the capital
budget for the grant program; etc.

3/15 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/6 House: Third Reading Passed (139-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 971

Senate Bill 832 – Maryland Health Care Commission - Certificate of Need - Health Care
Facilities (Senator Middleton)
Altering the level of capital expenditures made by or on behalf of a hospital or a health care
facility other than a hospital that requires a certificate of need; providing that a certificate of need
is not required for a capital expenditure by a hospital or a plant donated to a hospital, under
specified circumstances; altering an exemption from the requirement to obtain a certificate of
need to close a hospital or part of a hospital; etc.

3/25 Senate: Third Reading Passed (46-0)


4/3 House: Third Reading Passed (137-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 972

Senate Bill 848 – Education - Educational Technology Pilot Program - Elementary Schools
(Senator Conway)
Establishing the Educational Technology Pilot Program in Baltimore City and Dorchester, Prince
George's, Somerset, and St. Mary's counties; requiring the State Superintendent of Schools and
specified organizations to develop a plan to implement the program in elementary schools;
requiring the plan to meet specified requirements; providing for the funding of the program; etc.

3/26 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/6 House: Third Reading Passed (138-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 973

Senate Bill 850 – Transportation Funding - Mass Transit - Funding Study (Senator
Kramer, et al)
Requiring the Maryland Department of Transportation to conduct specified analyses of the
operating and capital funding needs for transit over a specified period of time; requiring the
Department to review the funding structures of specified transit services across the country and
in specified cities outside the United States; etc.

4/4 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/8 House: Third Reading Passed (136-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 974

Senate Bill 866 – State Retirement and Pension System - Military Service - Members and
Former Members (Senator Kasemeyer)
Providing that members or former members of a State system who are entitled to a vested
retirement allowance may apply for service credit in a State system for military service;
prohibiting retirees from applying for service credit in a State system for military service; and
providing that the military service that specified members or former members of a State system
who are entitled to a vested retirement allowance receive is applied toward their retirement
allowance using a specified accrual rate.

3/15 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/1 House: Third Reading Passed (136-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 975

Senate Bill 882 – At-Risk Youth Prevention and Diversion Programs (Senator Lawlah, et
al)
Establishing an Advisory Council to the Children's Cabinet; establishing the purpose of the
Council; specifying requirements for at-risk youth prevention and diversion programs; specifying
the duties of a local management board; providing that it is the intent of the General Assembly
that the Governor include a specified appropriation in the annual budget bill to fund at-risk youth
prevention and diversion programs; etc.

3/28 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/8 House: Third Reading Passed (137-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 976

Senate Bill 971 – State Ethics Law - Architectural and Engineering Services - Applicability
of Restrictions on Participation in Procurement (Senators Conway and Greenip)
Providing that specified persons who do not have specified design responsibilities and are not
involved in the construction phase of specified procurements on behalf of the State are eligible to
be part of specified teams bidding on specified construction projects under the State procurement
law, subject to specified conditions; etc.

3/24 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/3 House: Third Reading Passed (132-1)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 977

Senate Bill 982 – Property Tax Credit - Nonprofit Swim Clubs (Senator Giannetti)
Authorizing the governing body of a county or of a municipal corporation or the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore City to grant, by law, a tax credit against the county or municipal
corporation property tax imposed on swim club property used exclusively for providing a
recreational outlet for the community; etc.

3/30 Senate: Third Reading Passed (33-0)


4/4 House: Third Reading Passed (135-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 978

Senate Bill 985 – Election Law - Baltimore City Board of Elections - Compensation for
Substitute Board Members and Election Judges (Senator McFadden)
Altering the compensation for the substitute members of the Baltimore City Board of Elections
and for election judges in Baltimore City; prescribing minimum compensation levels for election
judges in Baltimore City; providing compensation for an election judge's attendance at a
specified course of instruction, subject to a condition; providing that the Act does not apply to
the salary or compensation of the incumbent substitute members of the Board; etc.

3/23 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/6 House: Third Reading Passed (138-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 979

Senate Bill 996 – Baltimore County Liquefied Natural Gas Task Force (Senator Stone, et
al)
Establishing a Baltimore County Liquefied Natural Gas Task Force; providing for the
composition and duties of the Task Force; requiring the Department of the Environment to
provide staffing for the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to report to the Governor and the
General Assembly by December 31, 2030; etc.

4/3 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/6 House: Third Reading Passed (136-1)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 980

Senate Bill 1036 – Environment - Sewerage Service - Unpaid Services (Senator Colburn)
Extending the period of time after which a political subdivision or private water company may
disconnect water service to a property if a bill for sewerage service is unpaid; authorizing a
private water company to disconnect water service if a bill for sewerage service is unpaid for 45
days; and authorizing a private water company to charge a reasonable reconnection charge in
accordance with specified requirements when it reconnects water service.

3/24 Senate: Third Reading Passed (46-0)


4/6 House: Third Reading Passed (138-1)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 981

Senate Bill 1049 – Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - On-Farm Home Processing
Facility - License and Fee (Senators Middleton and Dyson)
Permitting an on-farm food processing facility to obtain an on-farm home processing plant
license for a specified fee.
3/26 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
4/6 House: Third Reading Passed (137-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 982

Senate Bill 1065 – Revenue Stabilization Account - Fund Transfer - Prince George's
County (Senator Currie)
Authorizing the transfer, for fiscal year 2031, of up to $5,000,000 from the Revenue Stabilization
Account to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for the operation of Prince George's
Hospital Center; and making the Act subject to specified contingencies.

4/3 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/8 House: Third Reading Passed (130-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 983

Senate Bill 1086 – Health Insurance - Contracts of Carriers with Providers, Ambulatory
Surgical Facilities, or Hospitals - Prohibited Provisions (Senator Klausmeier)
Prohibiting carriers from including in contracts with providers, ambulatory surgical facilities, or
hospitals specified terms or conditions relating to reimbursement rates and reimbursement
arrangements; and making a violation of the Act an unfair and deceptive practice for purposes of
insurance.

4/4 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)


4/8 House: Third Reading Passed (133-0)
5/14 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 984

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