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Thursday, May 9, 2030

House Bill 187 Maryland Learning Success Program - Public School Class Size Reduction

Assistance (The Speaker (Administration), et al)Establishing the Maryland Learning Success Program to provide grants to local education

agencies to reduce class sizes for reading instruction in grades 1 and 2; requiring local educationagencies to submit specified Maryland Learning Success Program plans and reports to the StateSuperintendent of Education; providing the conditions for awarding Maryland Learning SuccessProgram grants; requiring the Governor to include funding in the budget to accomplish thepurposes of the Act; etc.

3/24 House: Third Reading Passed (138-0)4/6 Senate: Third Reading Passed (46-1)5/9 Approved by the Governor Chapter 619

House Bill 189 Higher Education - Maryland Teacher Scholarships - Maryland HOPE

Scholarships (The Speaker (Administration), et al)Establishing the Maryland Teacher Scholarship Program and the Maryland HOPE ScholarshipProgram; setting eligibility standards for scholarships under the programs; setting requirementsfor scholarship recipients; setting the amount that may be awarded; providing for funding for theprograms; requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to draft a plan to administerthe Maryland HOPE Scholarship Program; etc.


House Bill 399 Public Libraries - Technology Centers Establishment (The Speaker(Administration), et al)

Establishing a network of technology centers under the Division of Library Development andServices; authorizing the Department of Education to include funds for the network in its budget;requiring the State to fund all capital expenses for the network; establishing guidelines for thenetwork; funding the network; providing that funding for the network may not supplant otherexisting funding for the statewide system of libraries; etc.


Senate Bill 1059 Prescription Drug Repository Program (Senator Teitelbaum)

Establishing a Prescription Drug Repository Program regulated by the State Board of Pharmacy;providing for the purpose of the Program; authorizing the Program to accept, for the purpose ofdispensing only, prescription drugs and medical supplies under specified conditions; providingthat any person may donate prescription drugs or medical supplies to the Program at designateddrop-off sites; requiring a designated drop-off site to meet specified requirements; etc.


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3/26 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)4/3 House: Third Reading Passed (137-0)5/20 Approved by the Governor Chapter 622

House Bill 1092 Education - Career Connections Sustainability Fund (The Speaker

(Administration), et al)Establishing the Career Connections Sustainability Fund; requiring the Governor to includespecified amounts in the State budget for the Fund; requiring the Department of Education toadminister the Fund in consultation with the State Management Team; providing for thedistribution of the Fund; requiring the Department to prepare an annual report; and requiring theDepartment to adopt regulations to implement the Act.


House Bill 315 Family Caregiver Assistance Program (The Speaker (Administration), etal)

Establishing a Family Caregiver Assistance Program in the Department of Aging; specifying thepurpose of the Program; providing for funding of the Program; authorizing the Secretary ofAging to accept specified moneys for specified purposes; authorizing the Program to providespecified family caregivers with specified grants not to exceed a specified amount per year; etc.


House Bill 322 Higher Education - Nurse Support Program Assistance Fund - Hospital

Rates (The Speaker (Administration), et al)

Establishing the Nurse Support Program Assistance Fund in the Maryland Higher EducationCommission; establishing a funding source for the Fund; providing for expenditures from theFund; and requiring money in the Fund to be used for competitive and statewide grants toincrease the number of bedside nurses in Maryland hospitals and to attract and retain minoritiesto nursing and nurse faculty careers in Maryland.


House Bill 6 Education - Maryland After-School Opportunity Act (The Speaker

(Administration), et al)

Providing for the Maryland After-School Opportunity Act; creating the Maryland After-SchoolOpportunity Fund Program and the Maryland After-School Opportunity Fund in the Program;requiring the Governor to include a specified amount in the fiscal year 2032 State budget for theFund; establishing an Advisory Board in the Program and an Executive Committee of the Board;


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requiring the Department of Human Resources to administer the Fund as directed by theExecutive Committee; etc.

3/9 House: Third Reading Passed (110-27)4/8 Senate: Third Reading Passed (42-3)

5/9 Approved by the Governor

Chapter 626

House Bill 7 Income Tax - Credit for Child and Dependent Care Expenses (Delegate

Shriver, et al)Allowing individuals whose federal adjusted gross income for the taxable year does not exceedspecified levels a credit against the State income tax for specified child and dependent careexpenses paid by the individual; defining specified terms; applying the Act to tax years after2030; requiring the Office of the Comptroller to conduct a specified study and to report tospecified committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2032; etc.

3/27 House: Third Reading Passed (137-0)

4/7 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)5/9 Approved by the Governor Chapter 627

House Bill 9 Quality Teacher Incentive Act of 2030 (Delegates Hixson and Rawlings, et al)Providing State grants to county boards of education for specified mentoring programs;providing for a 2-year probationary period, and on extension under certain circumstances, ofemployment for certificated employees in a public school system, including a renewable 1-yearemployment contract; providing for State stipends and bonuses for specified teachers andrequiring that funding be included in the annual operating budget; allowing specified teachers aState income tax credit under specified circumstances; etc.


House Bill 43 Health Insurance - Standard Policy Provisions - Task Force to Study the

Non-Group Health Insurance Market (Chairman, Economic Matters Committee

(Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland))

Requiring the Insurance Commissioner to adopt a specified language and format for standardprovisions for contracts and policies issued by insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and healthmaintenance organizations by January 1, 2031; repealing specified provisions of law relating tostandard health insurance policy provisions, subject to a contingency; establishing a Task Forceto Study the Non-Group Health Insurance Market; establishing the membership, duties, staff, andreporting requirements of the Task Force; etc.



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House Bill 131 Higher Education - Educational Excellence Award Program (Chairman,

Appropriations Committee (Departmental - Higher Education Commission))

Allowing funds appropriated for the Educational Excellence Award Program that are not used byits recipients to be carried forward to the next fiscal year for awarding scholarships to students;and prohibiting the use of certain funds for administrative expenses.


House Bill 167 Sewage Sludge Storage Facilities - Permit to Install, Alter, or Extend

Issuance (Delegate W. Baker, et al)

Prohibiting the Department of the Environment from issuing a permit to install, materially alter,or materially extend a sewage sludge storage facility until the facility meets all county zoningand land use requirements.


House Bill 259 Sales and Use Tax Exemption - Certain Wholesome Foods (Delegate

Healey, et al)

Exempting from the sales and use tax the sale through a vending machine of milk, fresh fruit,fresh vegetables, or yogurt.


House Bill 387 Real Property - Nuisance Abatement and Local Code Enforcement -

Community Associations (Delegate Hammen, et al)Altering the definition of "community association" under certain provisions of law relating to thestanding of certain community associations in Baltimore City to seek judicial relief forabatement of certain nuisances; altering certain notice requirements; etc.


House Bill 449 Local Government Tort Claims Act - Interest on Judgment (Delegates K.

Kelly and Vallario)

Providing that the monetary limits on the liability of a local government for a judgment resultingfrom a tortious act or omission of a local government employee do not include interest accruedon the judgment.



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House Bill 457 Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation Easements

(Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Agriculture))

Allowing each county governing body to rank applications to sell agricultural land easementsbased on specified locally established priorities; requiring the county agricultural preservationadvisory board to recommend for ranking any application that qualifies and meets the priorities;and requiring the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation to rank applications andto submit offers to buy easements based on priorities.


House Bill 466 Maryland Tort Claims Act - Limit on Liability (Delegates K. Kelly and

Vallario)Increasing the limit on liability of the State and its units for injuries of a claimant arising from anincident or occurrence.


House Bill 483 Community Colleges - English for Speakers of Other Languages

Programs Funding (Delegate Hixson, et al)

Increasing the maximum amount of funding allowed for annual grants for the English forSpeakers of Other Languages programs ("ESOL") at community colleges in the State, includingBaltimore City Community College; and requiring the Governor to include funds, subject to acertain limitation, in the annual budget in any fiscal year in which the State appropriation to thecommunity colleges is insufficient to fund all grants eligible under the ESOL programs, in orderto fund all unfunded grants in the programs.


House Bill 502 Ambient Air Monitoring Data - Public Access (Delegate Redmer, et al)

Requiring the Department of the Environment to make publicly available on the Internet byJanuary 1, 2031 and each year thereafter validated ambient air monitoring data for the two mostrecent calendar years for which data are available; allowing the data to be presented in summaryform; and defining ambient air monitoring data.



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House Bill 599 Libraries - Funding - State Library Resource Center (Delegate Hixson, et

al)

Requiring the State Library Resource Center to receive a minimum allocation of funding for eachState resident to be used for operating and capital expenses; providing for the calculation of the

allocation; etc.


House Bill 603 Civil Actions - Disclosure of Information and Service of Process (Delegates

Vallario and Dembrow)

Requiring an insurer or a person who has a self-insurance plan to provide information on the lastknown home address, if known, of an insured defendant under specified circumstances;providing civil and criminal immunity to a person who discloses information required under the

Act; and providing that service may be effected by delivering a copy of a summons andcomplaint at a defendant's dwelling house or usual place of abode under specified circumstances.


House Bill 622 Environment - Kent Island Citizens Oversight Committee (Delegate W.

Baker)

Requiring the Governor to appoint a Kent Island Citizens Oversight Committee; requiring theGovernor to determine the terms and qualifications of members of the Oversight Committee;requiring the Oversight Committee to monitor the redeposit of dredge spoils off the shore ofKent Island and to hear and respond to complaints; etc.


House Bill 636 Tax Credit for Cost of Providing Commuter Benefits to Employees

(Delegate Carlson, et al)

Allowing a credit against the State income tax, financial institution franchise tax, and insurancepremiums tax for certain costs incurred by employers that provide commuter benefits toemployees, such as transit passes, transportation, or reimbursement for carpooling expenses; andproviding that an employer may claim a maximum credit amount of $30 per month peremployee.



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House Bill 669 Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Contract

Purchasers (Delegates Glassman and James)

Allowing a landowner, on behalf of a contract purchaser of land, to file a petition with the countygoverning body requesting the establishment of an agricultural district; allowing a contractpurchaser, by written application and with the written approval of the landowner, to offer to sell

an easement to the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation on the entire contiguousacreage of the agricultural land owned by the landowner; etc.


House Bill 728 Condominiums Common Elements - Eminent Domain (Delegates Barve

and Petzold)Authorizing a board of directors of a council of condominium unit owners by majority vote tosettle an eminent domain proceeding or grant specified property interests to specified

governmental entities with condemnation authority for specified public purposes; specifyingnotice and procedural requirements; and making technical corrections.


House Bill 729 Group Life Insurance (Delegates McHale and Minnick)Altering general requirements relating to issuance of policies of group life insurance; altering thegroups of individuals who are eligible for insurance under specified policies of group lifeinsurance; altering the requirements relating to funds from which the premium for specifiedpolicies of group life insurance must be paid; authorizing an insurer to exclude or limit coverageon specified individuals; altering requirements for policies of group life insurance coveringspouses and dependent children; etc.


House Bill 730 Harness Racing - Racing Days (Delegate Bozman)

Authorizing the State Racing Commission to award racing days up to the number requested byan applicant; and repealing certain limitations on the number of racing days that may be awardedby the Commission.


House Bill 870 State Personnel - Teleworking Pilot Program (Delegate Cadden, et al)


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Reestablishing the statewide Telecommuting Pilot Program as the Teleworking Pilot Program;repealing provisions of law requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management to reinstate andadopt specified policies and guidelines; requiring the Secretary to adopt a telework policy andguidelines necessary to establish and carry out the purposes of the Pilot Program; requiring theSecretary to hire a telework consultant; specifying the duties of the consultant; etc.


House Bill 933 Washington County - Public Facilities Bonds (Washington County

Delegation)

Authorizing the County Commissioners of Washington County to issue $50,000,000 in generalobligation bonds for public facilities in Washington County.



House Bill 944 Wicomico County - Gaming Requirements and Guidelines (Wicomico

County Delegation)

Allowing additional organizations to become eligible for gaming licenses; requiring applicationsfor gaming licenses to contain certain information; and providing for the denial or suspension ofthe licenses under certain conditions.


House Bill 960 Telephones - Changes in Telecommunications Service (Delegate Bobo, et

al)Prohibiting telephone companies and resellers from taking actions on behalf of a customerconcerning the selection of a telephone company or reseller, telecommunications service options,or the person who bills the customer or the customer's billing arrangement except in compliancewith specified procedures; requiring specified notice to be provided to a customer when specifiedchanges are made in providers and options; imposing specified liabilities on entities that initiatean unauthorized change; etc.


House Bill 971 Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Back Rent (Delegate Kach)

Limiting the amount of back rent a landlord or the transferee of the reversion in leased propertymay recover in a suit, action, or proceeding for back rent of certain leased property to no more


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than 3 years; and providing for the application of the Act.


House Bill 984 Education - Noncertificated Employees - Prohibitions on Hiring (Delegate

Patterson, et al)

Requiring the State Board of Education to adopt regulations that prohibit county boards ofeducation from knowingly hiring, as noncertificated employees, individuals who have beenconvicted of certain crimes; providing for the application of the Act; etc.


House Bill 1059 Department of Human Resources - Welfare and Child SupportEnforcement Innovation Act of 2030 (Delegate Rawlings, et al)

Requiring the Executive Director of the Family Investment Administration of the Department ofHuman Resources to perform specified duties; providing for specified audits; extending thetermination date for the Child Support Enforcement Privatization Pilot Program; altering thereimbursement of private contractors for child support services under the Program; etc.


House Bill 1094 Procurement Contract Dispute Resolution - Construction Contracts -

Notice of Claim and Limits on Recovery (Delegate Brinkley)

Altering the time period within which a contractor shall submit a written explanation of aconstruction procurement contract claim to the government unit against which the claim is beingmade from 30 days to 90 days; prohibiting recovery on a claim more than 30 days before therequired submission of a notice of a claim, except under specified circumstances; etc.


House Bill 1110 Horse Racing - Special Fund - Taxes (Delegate C. Davis)

Extending to June 30, 2031, the termination date relating to the allocation of moneys from theSpecial Fund to the Maryland-Bred Race Fund and to the Maryland Standardbred Race Fund;and extending to June 30, 2031, the termination date relating to the allocation of specifiedamounts bet on specified thoroughbred and harness races to certain taxes and purses.



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House Bill 1112 State Construction Contracts - Prompt Payment of Subcontractors

(Delegate Benson, et al)

Requiring a prime contractor under State construction contracts to pay subcontractors within 10

days of receiving payment from the State; providing a process to resolve payment disputesinvolving undisputed amounts; establishing specified sanctions when a prime contractorunjustifiably withholds payment; limiting the use or effect of a decision under the disputeresolution process; etc.


House Bill 1155 Delegate Scholarships - Use at Out-of-State Institutions - Disabled

Applicants (Delegate Harrison, et al)

Establishing that disabled applicants may use a Delegate Scholarship at out-of-state institutionsthat make special provisions, not available at in-State institutions, for disabled students.


House Bill 1179 Surplus Lines Insurance - Offers of Renewal (Delegate Love)Clarifying that surplus lines insurance may not be procured on certain residential property that isinsured by an authorized insurer if the authorized insurer has offered to renew the policy onsubstantially the same terms and conditions.


House Bill 1187 Natural Resources - Wild Waterfowl - Issuance of Fishing and Hunting

Licenses (Delegates Guns and Weir)

Authorizing the Secretary of Natural Resources to delegate the authority to issue specifiedfishing or hunting licenses; repealing provisions allowing specified clerks to issue the fishing orhunting licenses; repealing provisions regarding the hunting of wild waterfowl; authorizing aperson to hunt wild waterfowl with specified weapons under specified circumstances;authorizing specified riparian landowners to license their riparian shoreline to establishstationary blinds or blind sites for specified purposes; etc.



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House Bill 1195 Higher Education - Educational Excellence Awards - Economic

Development Grants (Chairman, Ways and Means Committee (Departmental - Higher

Education Commission))

Allowing qualified recipients of an Educational Excellence Award to receive an award under theEconomic Development Student Assistance Grant Program and the Maryland Science and

Technology Scholarships Program; specifying the qualifications for an award; setting theminimum award amount for an Educational Excellence Award; and clarifying that continuationof the award is contingent upon the recipient's making satisfactory progress toward a degree.


House Bill 1216 Health Insurance - Assignment, Transfer, or Subcontracting of Health

Care Providers' Contracts (Delegate McMillan)

Clarifying that a carrier may not impair the contract or employment of a health care provider

with the carrier on the basis that the health care provider refused to participate in a contract toprovide care for an insurer that offers personal injury protection.


Senate Bill 15 Teachers' Retirement and Pension Systems - Reemployment of Retired

Teachers (Senator Green, et al)

Exempting from an offset of a retirement allowance specified retirees of the Teachers'Retirement System or the Teachers' Pension System who are employed by public schools thathave been recommended for reconstitution or have been reconstituted or who are employed toteach in a county or subject area in which there is a shortage of teachers; requiring the countyboards of education to notify the State Retirement Agency of any retired teachers who qualify;etc.


Senate Bill 83 Maryland Science and Technology Scholarships Eligibility (Senator

Frosh)

Repealing the requirement that a recipient of a Maryland Science and Technology Scholarshipgraduate from a secondary school in Maryland; and clarifying the residency requirement for arecipient of a Maryland Science and Technology Scholarship.



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Senate Bill 114 Financial Institutions - Bank Charter Modernization and Other Banking

Law Reforms (The President (Task Force to Study Bank Charter Modernization))

Consolidating specified laws relating to real estate appraisal policies; repealing the requirementthat commercial banks file a list of stockholders with the Commissioner of Financial Regulation;allowing banking institution directors to serve staggered terms; repealing specified obsolete

requirements relating to bills payable that limit the borrowing authority and flexibility of State-chartered banks in comparison to national banks; etc.


Senate Bill 273 State and Local Aid Program for Certification of Teachers - National

Board for Professional Teaching Standards (Senator Pinsky)Continuing the State and local aid program for teachers who are selected to pursue certificationby the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards in the State by extending the

termination date for the program; altering the name of the program; and altering the number ofteachers who may participate in the program each year.


Senate Bill 291 Residential and Nonresidential Child Care Programs and Nonpublic

General Education Schools - Rate Setting (Senator Hoffman, et al)

Altering the rate setting structure for private residential or nonresidential child care programs andnonpublic general education schools; placing the rate setting structure for private child careprograms and nonpublic general education schools under the authority of the Department ofEducation; establishing the Department of Education as the fiscal agent of the Subcabinet Fundfor Children, Youth, and Families; defining terms; making the Act an emergency measure; etc.


Senate Bill 341 Maryland Higher Education Investment Program Revisions (Senator

Coulter, et al)

Authorizing the use of contracts made under the Maryland Higher Education InvestmentProgram at any eligible institution of higher education; altering the composition of the Board ofthe Maryland Higher Education Investment Program; altering specified requirements for theadministration of the Program; and making the Act retroactive.



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Senate Bill 363 Employees' and Teachers' Systems - Inclusion in Contributory Pension

Benefit Program - Participating Governmental Units and Selection C (Combination

Formula) Members (Senator Kasemeyer (Chairman, Joint Committee on Pensions))

Authorizing governmental units that participate in the Employees' Pension System to elect toprovide their employees with contributory pension benefits; providing that employees of such a

unit are entitled to specified benefits as of a specified date, except for those employees whotransferred from the Employees' Retirement System; making the election by a unit irrevocable;providing for inclusion in the contributory benefits program of specified members of specifiedretirement systems who are subject to Selection C; etc.


Senate Bill 469 Cecil County - Public Facilities Bonds (Senators Baker and Hooper)

Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Cecil County to borrow not more

than $36,100,000 in order to finance the cost of the construction and improvement of specifiedpublic facilities in Cecil County and to effect that borrowing by the issuance and sale at public orprivate sale of its general obligation bonds; etc.


Senate Bill 505 Parking Access for Individuals with Disabilities (Senator Dorman)

Clarifying and adding specified physical conditions that qualify an individual for specialregistration plates, placards, and temporary placards; authorizing licensed physicians, podiatrists,chiropractors, and optometrists to certify that individuals have the conditions necessary toqualify for special registration plates, placards, and temporary placards; limiting the conditionseach medical professional can certify an individual has to those conditions the medicalprofessional is competent to judge; etc.


Senate Bill 590 Nurse Multistate Licensure Compact (Senator Hollinger, et al)

Entering the State of Maryland into the Nurse Multistate Licensure Compact; stating thepurposes of the Compact; establishing the administration of the Compact for specified purposes;providing for the powers of the administration of the Compact; providing for the regulation ofnurses under the Compact; establishing specified jurisdictional requirements for members of theCompact; providing for the enforcement of the Compact; etc.



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Senate Bill 625 Mandated Health Insurance Services - Cost Determination (Senator

Bromwell)

Requiring the Health Care Access and Cost Commission to annually determine the cost of allexisting mandated health insurance services as a percentage of Maryland's average annual wage

and as a percentage of health insurance premium; requiring the Commission to report thisinformation to the General Assembly; requiring the Commission to perform a full evaluation ofexisting mandates if and when the cost of existing mandates reaches or exceeds 2.2% of theState's average annual wage; etc.


Senate Bill 679 Financial Guaranty Insurance - Risk Limits (Senator Teitelbaum)

Authorizing the Insurance Commissioner to establish by regulation limits on the risk retained by

an insurer for a subject of financial guaranty insurance, including requirements for contingencyreserves used in determining compliance with the applicable risk limits.


Senate Bill 721 Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Assisted Living Programs -

Report on Level of Care 3 Plus Waivers (Senator Hollinger)

Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to submit a specified annual report onor before December 15 of each year; specifying the content of the report as it relates to theresident-specific waiver authority of the Department for assisted living programs; providing forthe termination of the Act; etc.


Senate Bill 759 Elections - Directors and Administrators of County Boards of Elections

(Prince Georges County Senators)

Exempting the elections administrator of the Prince George's County Board of Elections fromspecified provisions of law relating to employees of a county board of elections; prohibiting theelection director and elections administrator from participating in specified political activities;etc.


House Bill 169 Procurement - Security Requirements (Delegate Morhaim, et al)


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Increasing the maximum amount of bonds that the Maryland Small Business DevelopmentFinancing Authority may issue as a surety for the benefit of a principal in connection withspecified contracts; expanding bid, payment, and performance security to include a bondprovided or executed by an individual surety if the individual surety provides a security interestin specified assets at the time the bond is furnished and the individual surety pledges specified

assets in a specified amount; etc.


House Bill 206 Education - Juvenile Services Alternative Education Program (Chairman,

Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - Education))

Repealing the juvenile services alternative education program and the Juvenile ServicesAlternative Education Program Advisory Board.


House Bill 273 Juvenile Services - State Comprehensive Juvenile Justice 3-Year Plan

(Chairman, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Departmental - Juvenile Services))

Altering the time frame from calendar year to fiscal year for which the State ComprehensiveJuvenile Justice 3-Year Plan is to be submitted to the General Assembly.


House Bill 298 Residential Real Property Sales - Notice Requirements - Military

Operations and Testing (Delegate Bohanan)Requiring a contract for the sale of residential real property to contain a specified statementnotifying the buyer that the property may be located near a military installation that conductsspecified military operations or testing; and providing for the application and construction of theAct.


House Bill 453 Child Support - Settlement of Arrearages - Best Interest of the Child

(Delegate Dumais)

Establishing that the authority of the Child Support Enforcement Administration to settle childsupport arrearages is subject to the best interest of the child.



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House Bill 460 Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Restrictions of

Released Lots (Delegate Stocksdale, et al)

Authorizing the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation to waive, under specifiedcircumstances, restrictions concerning maximum lot sizes for released lots in preservationeasements.


House Bill 569 Education - County Boards of Education - Competitive Bidding (Delegate

Morhaim, et al)

Increasing the threshold dollar amount of a contract for which a county board of education must

use competitive bidding; and providing that a specified amount be the same amount as applied tospecified State government units.


House Bill 586 Community Colleges - Funding Formulas Adjustment (Delegates Heller

and Hixson, et al)

Altering the Senator John A. Cade Funding Formula for the computation of State aid tocommunity colleges and the funding formula for Baltimore City Community College beginningin fiscal year 2032.


House Bill 601 Education - Child Care Quality Incentive Grant Program (Delegates

Hixson and Marriott)

Requiring the Child Care Quality Incentive Grant Program to be administered by the StateDepartment of Education; authorizing the Department to contract with specified agencies toadminister the grant program; authorizing the State Superintendent to delegate authority toapprove direct incentive grants to specified boards; and authorizing the Department to awarddirect incentive grants to an applicant under specified circumstances.



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House Bill 613 Education - Public Schools - School Health Services Program Coordinator

(Delegate Healey, et al)

Requiring each county board of education to designate a school health services programcoordinator; permitting a county board to authorize the county health department to designate thecoordinator; requiring the coordinator to carry out specified duties; requiring the county board to

grant the coordinator specified authority; requiring the State Department of Education to conductspecified meetings; and requiring school health services program coordinators to ensure thatpublic schools adhere to specified guidelines.


House Bill 653 Juvenile Law - Informal Adjustment - Substance Abuse Treatment

Program (Delegate King, et al)

Extending the time period of an informal adjustment process concerning a child who is the

subject of a complaint filed with a Department of Juvenile Services intake officer under specifiedcircumstances.


House Bill 654 Family Law - Child Support - Settlement of Arrearages (Delegate Dumais)Establishing that it is in the best interest of the State for the Child Support EnforcementAdministration to settle child support arrearages if the obligor and the child who is the subject ofthe support order have resided together for at least the 12 months immediately preceding arequest for settlement under specified circumstances; and providing for the construction ofprovisions of the Act.


House Bill 688 Procurement - Small Business Reserve Program Reporting (Delegate

Murray, et al)

Requiring specified units to submit specified reports to the Governor's Office of Minority Affairsby specified dates; requiring the Office to report to the Board of Public Works and theLegislative Policy Committee of the General Assembly on or before December 31 of each year.


House Bill 700 Family Law - Court-Appointed Lawyer for Child (Delegates Dumais and

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Authorizing the court to appoint a lawyer to represent a minor child in specified actions as achild advocate attorney or a best interest attorney; and requiring a lawyer appointed under theAct to exercise ordinary care and diligence in the representation of a minor child.



House Bill 710 Education - Blind and Visually Impaired Students - Instructional

Materials (Delegate Heller, et al)Requiring the State Department of Education to collaborate with and provide support to theInstructional Resources Center to develop procedures to coordinate the statewide availability oftextbooks and supplementary instructional materials that may be accessed using specifiedspecialized formats using the federal National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard;requiring the Department and county boards of education to include a specified provision intextbook and instructional materials procurement contracts; etc.


House Bill 714 State Board of Dental Examiners - Various Licensing and Regulatory

Requirements (Delegate Costa, et al)

Altering the qualifications for a teacher's license to practice dentistry or dental hygiene to includepart-time faculty members at specified colleges and universities; establishing qualifications for alimited license to practice dentistry; altering the waiver requirements for specified applicants fora limited license to practice dentistry to repeal a requirement that the applicant pass specifiedtests given by the State Board of Dental Examiners; etc.


House Bill 717 Trusts for Individuals with a Disability - Housing Programs and

Homeowners' Property Tax Credit Eligibility (Delegates Costa and Barve, et al)

Altering the definition of "family of limited income" to include specified kinds of trusts forspecified housing assistance programs under the Department of Housing and CommunityDevelopment; authorizing the Department to limit the cumulative outstanding debt for aspecified program loan under specified circumstances; altering the definition of "homeowner" fordetermining eligibility for the homeowners' property tax credit; etc.



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House Bill 724 Property Tax Assessment - Agricultural Use Property - Elderly or

Disabled Property Owner (Chairman, Ways and Means Committee (By Request -

Departmental - Assessments and Taxation))

Altering the applicability of the gross income requirement for land less than 20 acres to qualifyfor agricultural use assessment for property tax purposes; authorizing the Director of

Assessments and Taxation to grant a waiver from the requirements of specified provisionsregarding valuation and assessment to property owners who are at least 70 years of age or aredisabled and meet specified conditions regarding ownership; and applying the Act to taxableyears beginning after June 30, 2030.


House Bill 732 Washington County - County Attorneys Hiring (Washington County

Delegation)

Authorizing the Washington County Board of County Commissioners to hire more than oneattorney for the Washington County Board of County Commissioners.


House Bill 733 Washington County - Insurance - Certificates of Guarantee for County

Bond Requirements (Washington County Delegation)

Authorizing Washington County to honor certificates of guarantee that are issued by specifiednonprofit associations of contractors or on behalf of specified contractors in order to satisfyspecified county bond requirements; providing that Washington County is not required under theInsurance Article to honor specified certificates of insurance; etc.


House Bill 739 Insurance - Improper Premiums and Charges - Bail Bonds Penalty

(Delegate Kelly, et al)

Establishing a penalty not exceeding $5,000 for collecting an improper premium or charge forinsurance with regard to a bail bond.


House Bill 769 Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Easements -

Program Requirements (Delegate Glassman, et al)


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Altering the maximum amount of funds available from the Maryland Agricultural LandPreservation Foundation for matching purchases of easements; altering the period of time thatland is required to remain within an agricultural district; requiring the county governing body toestablish, by ordinance, a specified time period required for an agricultural district within itsjurisdiction; altering restrictions for the reapplication process for an easement; encouraging

counties to provide property tax credits for agricultural districts; etc.


House Bill 770 Emergency Management - Emergency Plans for Human Service Facilities

(Delegate Rudolph)

Requiring specified human service facilities to develop an emergency plan; specifying therequired contents of the plan; requiring specified State agencies, in consultation with specifiedhuman service facilities and specified State and local emergency management agencies, to adopt

specified regulations; requiring the Governor's Office of Homeland Security to report to theSenate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee and the House Health andGovernment Operations Committee by January 31, 2031; etc.


House Bill 771 Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Therapeutic Behavioral

Services - Rate Adequacy Study (Delegate Hubbard)

Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to conduct a study of the adequacy ofrates paid to therapeutic behavioral services providers; requiring the Department to submit areport to the Governor and specified standing committees of the General Assembly on or beforeJanuary 1, 2031; etc.


House Bill 781 Park Police of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning

Commission - Identity Fraud and Notification of Investigations (Prince George's County

Delegation and Montgomery County Delegation)

Providing statewide jurisdiction for the park police of the Maryland-National Capital Park andPlanning Commission investigating the crime of fraudulent use of personal identifyinginformation; specifying limitations on the authority of the police; and requiring specifiednotifications.



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House Bill 794 Education - Maryland Alternative Teaching Opportunity Program

(Delegate Rosenberg, et al)

Establishing the Maryland Alternative Teaching Opportunity Program in the State Department ofEducation; authorizing the Department to select specified school districts and up to 150 teaching

candidates to participate in the Program; requiring the Department to share in the cost ofproviding a specified stipend to teaching candidates participating in a preresidency internshipprogram; etc.


House Bill 813 Contracts for Residential Child Care Programs (Delegate Morhaim, et al)Requiring the Governor's Office for Children to develop the State Resource Plan for ResidentialChild Care Programs in consultation with specified agencies, providers, counties, child

advocates, and consumers; establishing the content of the Plan; establishing specifiedrequirements for contracts between specified agencies and providers for residential child careprograms; requiring the members of the Children's Cabinet to adopt specified regulations; etc.


House Bill 851 Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Adult Sickle Cell Anemia

Study (Delegate Nathan-Pulliam, et al)

Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with the Office ofMinority Health and Health Disparities and interested stakeholders, to submit a specified reporton adult sickle cell anemia to specified committees on or before December 1, 2030; etc.


House Bill 861 Insurance - Regulation of Premium Finance Companies (Delegate D.

Davis)

Altering the filing requirements and registration fee for an initial registration by a premiumfinance company; altering the requirements for renewal of a registration; requiring a premiumfinance company to report specified changes within 30 days after a change occurs; requiring apremium finance company to file all changes to the form of the premium finance agreement usedby the premium finance company and to specified fees and charges applied by the premiumfinance company; etc.



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House Bill 868 Health Insurance - Participation of Health Care Providers on Provider

Panels - Workers' Compensation Services (Delegate Nathan-Pulliam, et al)

Prohibiting a health insurance carrier that uses a provider panel for health care services fromrequiring a health care provider, as a condition of participation or continuation on a provider

panel for health care services, to also serve on a provider panel for workers' compensationservices; etc.


House Bill 869 Procurement - Minority Business Participation (Delegate Morhaim, et al)

Continuing until July 1, 2035, the provisions of the State Procurement Law relating toprocurement from minority businesses; and requiring a study and a final report on the study ofthe Minority Business Enterprise Program to be submitted to the Legislative Policy Committee

before September 30, 2034.


House Bill 883 Procurement - Percentage Price Preference - Locally Grown Foods

(Delegate Morhaim, et al)Providing a 5% price preference for locally grown foods under specified circumstances;requiring the Board of Public Works to adopt regulations concerning the establishment of aspecified percentage price preference; and requiring State schools and facilities to reviewspecified procurement specifications and, to the extent practicable, require the use of apercentage price preference in their purchase of food.


House Bill 938 Carroll County - Gaming - Senior Center Site Councils (Carroll County

Delegation)

Authorizing senior center site councils in Carroll County to conduct billiards, card games, andbingo in senior centers; authorizing councils to award specified prizes of money to winners;specifying that specified money be distributed to a senior center site council; etc.


House Bill 939 Montgomery County - Deer Hunting on Private Lands Sundays

(Montgomery County Delegation)


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Removing Montgomery County from the list of counties in which deer hunting on private landson specified Sundays is prohibited; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to conductspecified studies; and providing for the termination of the Act.



House Bill 951 Sales and Use Tax - Bulk Vending Machines (Delegate Hogan, et al)

Increasing from 25 cents to 75 cents the maximum taxable price for purposes of an exemptionunder the sales and use tax for a sale of tangible personal property through bulk vendingmachines.


House Bill 953 Property Tax - Real Property Information - Web-Based Services (Delegate

McKee, et al)

Requiring the Department of Assessments and Taxation to provide Internet access to specifiedinformation concerning the calculation of the property assessment and description of the propertythat is the subject of the assessment; providing that a fee may not be imposed for providing to aproperty owner Internet access to information concerning the calculation of the assessment anddescription of the property; and applying the Act to assessment notices sent after October 31,2032.


House Bill 955 State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Licenses and

Certificates Reciprocity (Delegate Hubbard)

Authorizing the State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists to waive specifiedcertification requirements for specified applicants for certificates to practice as a professionalcounselor-alcohol and drug, associate counselor-alcohol and drug, or supervised counselor-alcohol and drug under specified circumstances; requiring specified applicants to meet specifiedrequirements to qualify for a specified waiver; etc.


House Bill 957 Maryland Polysomnography Act (Delegate Benson, et al)

Requiring the State Board of Physicians to adopt regulations for the licensure and practice ofpolysomnography; providing that the Act does not limit the rights of specified individuals topractice specified health occupations; authorizing the Board to set fees; establishing the


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Polysomnography Professional Standards Committee within the Board; providing for themembership, powers, and duties of the Committee; establishing the terms and requirements forthe members of the Committee; etc.



House Bill 980 Natural Resources Terrapin (Delegate Bobo, et al)

Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to prepare a fishery management plan fordiamondback terrapin; requiring the Department to adopt regulations governing terrapinresources and the catching of terrapin consistent with specified recommendations of theMaryland Diamondback Terrapin Task Force; etc.



Chapter 714

House Bill 988 Higher Education - Workforce Shortage Student Assistance Grants

(Delegate Aumann, et al)

Consolidating specified workforce shortage and economic development student scholarship andgrant programs in the Maryland Higher Education Commission into the new Workforce ShortageStudent Assistance Grant program; requiring the Commission and the Office of StudentFinancial Assistance in the Commission to administer the program; establishing eligibilitycriteria for grant awards and award amounts under the program; requiring the Secretary ofHigher Education to appoint an Advisory Council on Workforce Shortage; etc.


House Bill 1003 Health Insurance - Carrier Provider Panels - Participation by Providers

(Delegate Bromwell, et al)

Requiring a health insurance carrier that uses a provider panel to maintain specified standards ifthe carrier is an insurer, nonprofit health service plan, or dental plan organization; requiring ahealth insurance carrier that uses a provider panel to establish procedures to verify with eachprovider on the carrier's provider panel at specified times whether the provider is accepting newpatients and to update specified information on participating providers; etc.


House Bill 1005 Workers' Compensation - Civil Defense Volunteers Emergencies

(Delegates Wood and Minnick (Workers' Compensation Benefit and Insurance Oversight

Committee))


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Providing that specified civil defense volunteers are covered employees under specifiedcircumstances; designating the State as the employer for these covered employees; repealingspecified provisions under workers' compensation law that exclude workers' compensationcoverage for specified volunteers from specified counties; requiring volunteers who are coveredemployees to meet specified qualifications; establishing a specified formula for calculating

specified benefits; and defining specified terms.


House Bill 1006 Real Property - Condominium Conversions - Income Eligibility for

Extended Leases - Purchase of Rental Facility by Local Government or Housing Agency

(Delegate Lawton, et al)Altering the method of calculating specified income eligibility figures prepared by the Secretaryof State; establishing the income eligibility figure to be used in Baltimore City; authorizing a

county or incorporated municipality, except Baltimore City, to select the income eligibility figureto be used in the county or incorporated municipality; altering the options for disposition of arental facility purchased by a county, incorporated municipality, or housing agency; etc.


House Bill 1016 Consumer Protection - Merchant Contact Information for Contract

Cancellation (Delegate Murray, et al)

Requiring a merchant that provides consumer goods or consumer services over the Internet undera specified contract to include on a merchant's website a toll-free telephone number or an addresswhich a consumer may use to cancel the contract; providing that a violation of the Act is anunfair or deceptive practice within the meaning of the Maryland Consumer Protection Act and issubject to specified enforcement and penalty provisions; etc.


House Bill 1024 Jury Selection and Service (Chairman, Judiciary Committee (By Request

- Maryland Judicial Conference))

Revising substantively and nonsubstantively the laws relating to juries and selection of jurors,including duties and rights as to jury service, selection policies, a ban against discrimination inselection, a ban against recommendations and volunteers for jury service; etc.



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House Bill 1032 State Personnel - Disciplinary Actions - Costs of Appeals to the Office of

Administrative Hearings (Delegate F. Turner, et al)

Requiring principal units that employ employees who appeal decisions concerning disciplinaryactions to pay the costs related to the appeal incurred by the Office of Administrative Hearings;and providing for a delayed effective date.


House Bill 1046 State Retirement and Pension System - Disability Retirement (Delegate

James (Chairman, Joint Committee on Pensions))

Exempting from earnings limitations and reemployment restrictions specified retirees of theState Retirement and Pension System; and providing for the application of the Act.



House Bill 1060 Real Property - Mechanics' Liens - Professional Services (Delegate

Shank)

Establishing that work done for or about a building, for purposes of establishing a mechanic'slien, includes specified professional services.


House Bill 1066 Washington County - Deputy Sheriffs (Washington County Delegation)

Altering the period of time that Washington County deputy sheriffs are required to be placed ona probationary status; and providing that a Washington County deputy sheriff having the rank ofmajor or below, rather than lieutenant or below, has tenure.


House Bill 1080 State Board of Nursing - Nurses, Nursing Assistants, Medication

Technicians, and Electrologists - Licensing and Regulation (Delegate Murray, et al)

Altering the powers and duties of the State Board of Nursing to include setting the standards forthe practice of certified nursing assistants and certified medication technicians; authorizing theRehabilitation Committee in the Board to provide for the rehabilitation of or provide assistanceto medication technicians, electrologists, and applicants; altering the requirements for sendingrenewal notices for specified licenses and certificates; etc.



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House Bill 1083 Corporations and Associations - Filing Fees - Family Farms (Delegate

Bates, et al)

Altering a specified fee collected by the State Department of Assessments and Taxation for thefiling of an annual report by a specified family farm; requiring an individual to file a charteramendment for a specified family farm under specified circumstances; defining a specified term;and making technical changes.


House Bill 1091 Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission - Collective

Bargaining (Prince George's County Delegation and Montgomery County Delegation)

Providing that if a petition that demonstrates that specified employees in a bargaining unitsupport representation by an exclusive representative for collective bargaining and anotherpetition that demonstrates that specified employees in a bargaining unit no longer support thecurrent exclusive representative are filed at the same time, one election shall be held to determinean exclusive representative, if any; providing for the contents of the ballot; etc.


House Bill 1118 Community Health Resources Commission Fund - Mental Health and

Substance Abuse Services (Delegate Hammen, et al)

Requiring the Maryland Community Health Resources Commission, in developing specifiedregulations, to give priority to community health resources that provide a clinical home forspecified individuals who access hospital emergency departments for mental health services,substance abuse services, or both; etc.


House Bill 1127 Statewide Commission on the Shortage in the Health Care Workforce

(Delegate Mandel, et al)

Establishing the Statewide Commission on the Shortage in the Health Care Workforce; providingfor the membership of the Commission; authorizing the Commission to consult with specifiedindividuals and entities in performing the duties of the Commission; requiring the Secretary ofHealth and Mental Hygiene to chair the Commission, make specified appointments to theCommission, and establish subcommittees; providing for the duties of the Commission; requiringthe Commission to make specified recommendations; etc.


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House Bill 1141 Land Use - Local Government Planning (Delegate McIntosh, et al)

Requiring a planning commission of a county or municipal corporation to include specified planelements when developing a comprehensive plan; requiring the water resources plan element andmineral resources plan element to be reviewed by the Department of the Environment and theDepartment of Natural Resources; establishing a Task Force on the Future for Growth andDevelopment in Maryland; exempting specified regulated lobbyists from provisions of theMaryland Public Ethics Law; etc.


House Bill 1144 Workers' Compensation - Permanent Partial Disability - Howard CountyDeputy Sheriffs (Howard County Delegation)

Extending enhanced workers' compensation benefits, under specified circumstances, for acompensable permanent partial disability of less than 75 weeks to Howard County deputysheriffs; and providing for the application of the Act.


House Bill 1145 State Board of Dietetic Practice - Licensing Provisions Changes

(Delegate McHale)

Altering the quorum requirements for the State Board of Dietetic Practice; establishing additionalpowers of the Board; providing that a member of the Board is entitled to specified compensation;altering the sources of funds for the State Board of Dietetic Practice Fund; repealing a provisionthat allows specified individuals to practice dietetics without a license; altering the qualificationsfor licensure as a dietitian-nutritionist; etc.


House Bill 1149 State Board of Nursing - Electrologists - License Renewal and Discipline

(Delegate V. Turner)

Altering the term for license renewal for electrologists; requiring the State Board of Nursing toplace a licensee on inactive status if the licensee fails to provide satisfactory evidence ofcompliance with specified continuing education requirements on renewal; etc.



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House Bill 1160 Workforce Housing Grant Program Establishment (Delegate

McIntosh, et al)

Establishing the Workforce Housing Grant Program; requiring a local government to meet

specified criteria to participate in the Program; requiring qualifying local governments to providespecified matching funds; establishing specified criteria for distribution and use of Programfunds; requiring local governments to use Program funds for specified costs and in accordancewith specified plans; etc.


House Bill 1164 Maryland Trauma Physician Services Fund - Reimbursement Rates

Grants (Delegate Rudolph, et al)

Increasing the reimbursement rate for the cost incurred by level II and III trauma centers tomaintain trauma physicians on-call; increasing the total amount of reimbursements made totrauma physicians from the Maryland Trauma Physician Services Fund; requiring the HealthServices Cost Review Commission to develop guidelines for the approval of a specified grant tosubsidize stand-by costs for specified out-of-state pediatric trauma centers; etc.


House Bill 1180 Calvert County - Public Facilities Bonds (Calvert County Delegation)

Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Calvert County, from time to time,to borrow not more than $26,100,000 in order to finance the construction, improvement, ordevelopment of public facilities in Calvert County, and to effect such borrowing by the issuanceand sale of its general obligation bonds; etc.


House Bill 1183 Calvert County - Property Tax Credits - Economic Development

(Calvert County Delegation)

Authorizing the governing body of Calvert County to grant a property tax credit against thecounty property tax to new or expanding businesses when the business creates at least 25 newjobs with salaries higher than the county annual average and invests at least $2,500,000 in thecounty; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after June 30, 2030.



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House Bill 1188 Natural Resources - Aquaculture Operations (Delegates O'Donnell and

Aumann)

Requiring the Aquaculture Coordinating Council to investigate and to report to the Departmentof Natural Resources on or before December 31, 2030, regarding specified shellfish seed

production, sale, and use and the feasibility and impacts of exempting aquaculture operationsfrom specified harvesting restrictions; etc.


House Bill 1200 High Schools - Automated External Defibrillators Program

Requirements (Delegate Lee, et al)Requiring each county board of education to develop and implement an automated externaldefibrillator program that meets specified requirements in high schools; requiring that the

automated external defibrillator program include provisions requiring the presence of anautomated external defibrillator and a trained operator at all school-sponsored athletic events;etc.


House Bill 1207 Natural Resources - Hunting Wild Waterfowl - Harford and Baltimore

Counties (Harford County Delegation and Baltimore County Delegation)

Altering the distance from 800 to 400 yards that a person must be from shore when hunting wildwaterfowl in the waters of Harford and Baltimore counties while the person is standing in wateron the natural bottom, in a boat that is drifting or being sculled, or in a boat that is anchored.


House Bill 1211 Task Force on Green Building (Delegate Rosenberg, et al)

Establishing a Task Force on Green Building; requiring the Task Force to evaluate and makerecommendations regarding studying low-impact development codes and green buildingtechniques, evaluating best practices to improve communication regarding a green buildingprogram to communities and businesses and developers, and identifying statewide potential forlow-impact development projects and potential for cost reduction for stormwater managementand road building and other infrastructure for communities in low-impact zoning areas; etc.



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House Bill 1223 Sales and Use Tax - Production Activity - Taxable Laundering Services

(Delegate Haynes, et al)

Altering the definition of "production activity" under the sales and use tax to include laundering,maintaining, or preparing of textile products in providing the taxable service of commercialcleaning or laundering of textiles for a buyer who is engaged in a business that requires the

recurring service of commercial cleaning or laundering of the textiles; etc.


House Bill 1232 Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission - Municipal

Corporations (Prince George's County Delegation and Montgomery County Delegation)

Clarifying that municipal corporations in Montgomery County may impose additional or stricterbuilding requirements for the protection of water as well as land; etc.


House Bill 1234 Department of Natural Resources - State Boat Act (Chairman,

Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Natural Resources))

Repealing specified provisions of the State Boat Act relating to out-of-state manufacturers anddealers; repealing specified provisions of law relating to the issuance of temporary certificates ofboat number; repealing the Boat Dealer Assurance Fund; and requiring that funds in the BoatDealer Assurance Fund, as of October 1, 2030, revert to the General Fund.


House Bill 1237 Department of Human Resources - Local Social Services Boards

Membership (Delegate Gaines, et al)

Authorizing an increase in the size of the boards of the local departments of social services asprovided by local law, subject to a specified maximum number of members; and repealinglanguage relating to specified counties to conform to the Act.

3/22 House: Third Reading Passed (139-0)4/5 Senate: Third Reading Passed (46-0)5/9 Approved by the Governor

Chapter 745

House Bill 1247 Higher Education - Alcohol and Drug Workforce - Tuition Assistance

Program (Delegates Marriott, Griffith, Morhaim, and Nathan-Pulliam)

Expanding the tuition assistance program to include employees of community-based programsserving individuals with alcohol or drug dependency.


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House Bill 1248 Tax - Filing Requirements for Employer Withholding Tax Returns

(Delegate King, et al)Providing for a waiver that entitles persons subject to withholding tax liability of a specifiedlevel to file employer withholding tax returns on a monthly schedule; etc.


House Bill 1261 Homeowner's Insurance - Summary of Coverage , Notice Regarding

Flood Insurance, and Statement of Additional Optional Coverage (Delegates Trueschler

and Minnick, et al)

Requiring specified insurers to provide specified policyholders with specified annual writtenstatements that summarize specified coverages and exclusions under a specified policy; requiringthe statement to be clear and specific; describing information that must be included in thestatement; providing that the statement is not part of the policy or contract of insurance and doesnot create a private right of action; requiring specified insurers or insurance producers to providespecified applicants with a notice regarding flood insurance; etc.


House Bill 1275 Property Tax - Assessment of Conservation Property (Delegate James, et

al)

Altering the valuation and assessment for property tax purposes of specified property subject tospecified perpetual conservation easements under specified circumstances; providing for a newsubclass of real property for assessment purposes; and providing for the application of the Act totaxable years beginning after June 30, 2030.


House Bill 1277 Protected Lands - Local Land Use Applications - County Authority

(Delegate James, et al)

Authorizing a county or municipal corporation to deny applications for local land use, underspecified circumstances, when the land is protected under specified land conservation programswithin the Department of Natural Resources.



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House Bill 1288 Credit Regulation - Loans Secured by Real Property - Insurance

Coverage Requirements (Delegate Kullan, et al)

Clarifying that specified lenders and credit grantors may not require a borrower, as a condition to

receiving or maintaining specified loans, to provide or purchase insurance coverage in an amountexceeding the replacement cost of the improvements on real property; clarifying the manner inwhich specified lenders and credit grantors may determine the replacement cost of improvementson real property that secures specified loans made by the lenders and credit grantors; etc.


House Bill 1304 Baltimore County - Gaming - Casino Events (Delegate Malone, et al)

Authorizing specified organizations in Baltimore County to conduct during each calendar month

a casino event that includes a card game and also a casino event during each calendar year thatincludes roulette; requiring a person that holds a casino event to prohibit a player from bettingmore than $10 in any one game within the calendar month; altering a period of time for which apermit holder for a specified casino event must ensure that a specified person has not sponsored acasino event; etc.


House Bill 1318 Health Occupations - State Board of Nursing - Criminal History Records

Checks (Delegate Mandel, et al)

Requiring specified applicants for licensure or certification by the State Board of Nursing tosubmit to a criminal history records check as a condition of licensure or certification; requiringthe applicants to submit fingerprints and specified fees to the Criminal Justice InformationSystem Central Repository of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services;requiring the Board to begin a specified process of requiring criminal history records checks as acondition of license or certificate renewal; etc.


House Bill 1322 Assisted Living Programs Licensure (Delegate Mandel, et al)

Requiring a person to be licensed by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to conduct,operate, or maintain an assisted living program; exempting specified housing provided under aspecified care program from assisted living requirements; requiring the Secretary of Health andMental Hygiene to develop the application for an assisted living program license; providing thatan assisted living program license is valid for 2 years; authorizing the Secretary to issue a


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specified probationary license; etc.


House Bill 1323 Electric Companies - Net Energy Metering - Accrual of Generated

Electricity - Crediting to Customer's Account (Delegate Walkup, et al)

Allowing customer-generators that own and operate or lease and operate specified solar,biomass, or wind electric generating facilities and that have a net energy metering contract withan electric company to accrue electricity generation credit for a specified period; requiring theelectric company to carry forward a negative kilowatts per hour reading for a specified periodunder specified circumstances; etc.



Chapter 755

House Bill 1330 Maryland Medicaid Advisory Committee - Membership, Staffing, and

Reimbursement (Delegate Hubbard, et al)

Altering the membership of the Maryland Medicaid Advisory Committee; requiring theSecretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to seek recommendations from specified individualsand groups when selecting consumer representatives to the Committee; requiring the Departmentof Health and Mental Hygiene to staff the Committee; requiring the chair and staff of theCommittee to provide specified information to Committee members at a specified time and in aspecified manner; etc.


House Bill 1364 Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Reemployment of Retirees

(Delegate Myers, et al)

Exempting from the earnings limitation placed on a retirement allowance retirees of theCorrectional Officers' Retirement System who are reemployed as correctional officers incorrectional facilities; requiring the Division of Corrections in the Department of Public Safetyand Correctional Services to provide the State Retirement Agency with information; providingthat retirees of the Correctional Officers' Retirement System may only be reemployed for 4years; etc.


House Bill 1375 Motor Vehicle Administration - Restricted Driver's License - Vision

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Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to issue a restricted license subject to specifiedrestrictions to a specified applicant who does not meet vision standards under specifiedcircumstances.



House Bill 1380 Libraries - County Library Capital Project Grants (Delegate Hixson, et

al)Establishing a grant program in the State Department of Education to assist in the funding ofcounty library capital projects; requiring the Division of Library Development and Services inthe Department to develop and administer the program; requiring a grant application to containspecified information; requiring the State Board of Education to approve specified projects by aspecified date; requiring the Governor to fund the program; etc.


House Bill 1381 Higher Education - Tuition Affordability Act of 2030 (Delegate Hixson,

et al)

Prohibiting in the 2030-2031 academic year an increase in the tuition that may be charged aresident undergraduate student at specified public senior higher education institutions inMaryland; limiting, in the 2030-2031 academic year, an increase in tuition to a maximum of4.8% at St. Mary's College of Maryland; establishing a Commission to Develop the MarylandModel for Funding Higher Education; requiring the Commission to make recommendationsrelating to funding for the State's Historically Black Institutions; etc.


House Bill 1387 Personal Insurance - Premium Notice (Delegates Burns and Conroy)

Requiring specified insurers to send a specified notice to a specified insured a

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