Maryland Session Laws
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- 2020 Regular Session (616)
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Latest documents
- Chapter 85, SB 419 – Opioid Restitution Fund - Appropriation of Settlement Funds and Grant Program
Requiring the appropriation of certain funds from the Opioid Restitution Fund to be made in accordance with certain settlement agreements; requiring the Secretary of Health to establish and administer a grant program for the distribution of certain opioid restitution funds to political subdivisions in accordance with a certain agreement; and requiring the Attorney General to identify and designate the controlling version of the settlement agreements
- Chapter 69, SB 365 – State Government - Maryland Veterans Commission - Membership
Altering the membership of the Maryland Veterans Commission by adding a representative of the Reserve Organization of America
- Chapter 53, HB 609 – Local Health Officers - Removal - Process
Repealing a provision of law providing that a health officer serves at the pleasure of the Secretary of Health and the governing body of the county; establishing notice and hearing requirements related to a removal of a health officer from office; and prohibiting a health officer who appeals a certain decision of the Secretary from carrying out the duties of health officer while the appeal is pending
- Chapter 37, SB 228 – Maryland Corps Program - Revisions
Altering certain purposes of the Maryland Corps Program by allowing participants to transition to the workforce as well as to higher education institutions; requiring that Program funds be used to expand the Chesapeake Conservation Corps and the Maryland Conservation Corps and create a Maryland Civilian Climate Corps and a Maryland Historic Trades Corp; restructuring the Board as a body politic and corporate and as an instrumentality of the State; requiring the Board to prioritize certain individuals for participation in the Program; etc.
- Chapter 21, SB 279 – Access to Counsel in Evictions Special Fund - Alteration
Altering the Access to Counsel in Evictions Special Fund to include money received by the Division of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General from a final settlement, an agreement, or a judgment relating to an investigation or enforcement of the Maryland Consumer Protection Act for an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice for rental residential property, excluding restitution and the costs of the action the Attorney General is entitled to recover
- Chapter 5, SB 598 – Income Tax - Work Opportunity Tax Credit
Allowing employers that claim the federal work opportunity credit to claim a credit against the State income tax for certain wages paid to individuals with barriers to employment; altering the calculation of a certain subtraction modification for certain salary and wages paid to certain individuals; requiring the Department of Legislative Services to prepare a tax credit evaluation of the credit on or before December 31, 2028; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2021, but before January 1, 2029; etc.
- Chapter 124, SB 193 – State Board of Plumbing - Sunset Extension
Continuing the State Board of Plumbing in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (sunset law) by extending to July 1, 2033, the termination provisions relating to the statutory and regulatory authority of the Board
- Chapter 108, HB 448 – State Board of Cosmetologists - Licensees - Supervision of Apprentices
Increasing, from one to two, the maximum number of apprentices that certain licensed cosmetologists may directly train and supervise; and requiring the State Board of Cosmetologists in the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt regulations consistent with the Act
- Chapter 92, SB 206 – Department of Agriculture - Spay/Neuter Fund - Extension
Extending the termination date to September 30, 2032, for provisions of law relating to the Spay/Neuter Fund; and requiring the Department of Agriculture, by October 1, 2022, to report to the General Assembly on the Spay/Neuter Fund
- Chapter 478, HB 550 – Alcoholic Beverages - Manufacturer's Licenses and Off-Site Permits - Sunset Extension
Repealing the termination date for various provisions relating to alcoholic beverages manufacturer's licenses and off-site permits, including provisions repealing specified permits and establishing a manufacturer off-site permit and brewery special event permit; extending the termination date for provisions relating to the authorization of holders of certain manufacturer's licenses to sell and deliver and to directly ship their own alcoholic beverages products to certain individuals under certain circumstances; etc.
Featured documents
- Chapter 617, SB 507 – Health Savings Accounts - Establishment and Application of Trust Law
Authorizing the establishment of a certain health savings account; providing that certain provisions of law do not apply to certain health savings accounts; providing that a health savings account is established on the first day that an individual becomes covered under a high deductible...
- Chapter 682, SB 187 – Criminal Procedure - Forensic Genetic Genealogical DNA Analysis, Searching, Regulation, and Oversight
Establishing that a certain forensic genetic genealogical DNA analysis and search may not be initiated without certifying certain information before a court and obtaining a certain authorization from the court; requiring a court to authorize the initiation of a certain forensic genetic...
- Chapter 514, HB 1048 – Election Law - Voting - Permanent Absentee Ballot List, Ballot Drop Boxes, and Reports
Requiring a local board of elections to designate ballot drop box locations; requiring each local board to submit the proposed locations to the State Administrator of Elections for approval; requiring a local board to ensure the security of ballot drop boxes; requiring the State Board to ...
- Chapter 367, HB 571 – Montgomery County - Disabled Active Duty Service Members, Disabled Veterans, and Surviving Spouses - Property Tax Abatement MC 20-21
Authorizing the governing body of Montgomery County to authorize, by law, for taxable years beginning on or after July 1, 2018, and under certain circumstances, an abatement of any overdue property tax on dwelling houses owned by disabled active duty service members, disabled veterans, or...
- Chapter 591, HB 307 – Maryland Technology Internship Program - Qualifications for Participation - Alterations
Expanding the definition of "technology-based business" to include a technology-based nonprofit organization exempt from taxation under 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code for purposes of the Maryland Technology Internship Program; and altering from 3.0 to 2.5 the cumulative grade...
- Chapter 504, HB 794 – Carroll County - Sheriff - Salary
Increasing the salary of the Sheriff of Carroll County to $125,000, from $110,000, beginning December 6, 2022, and to $140,000 beginning December 5, 2023, and thereafter; and providing that the Act does not apply to the salary of the incumbent...
- Chapter 476, SB 350 – State Real Estate Commission - Continuing Education Requirements - Ethics and Professionalism
Altering the subject matter of the continuing education ethics course required for the renewal of a license to provide real estate brokerage services by the State Real Estate Commission; and requiring the course to cover the subjects of the practice of flipping, fraudulent real estate...
- Chapter 215, SB 300 – Special Education - Learning Continuity Plan - Requirement
Requiring an individualized education program to include a learning continuity plan to be implemented for students with disabilities for certain purposes during emergency conditions beginning October 1, 2021; requiring an individualized education program team to develop a learning contin...
- Chapter 350, SB 313 – Maryland Department of Health - Public Health Outreach Programs - Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer's Disease, and Other Types of Dementia
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, in partnership with the Department of Aging, the Virginia I. Jones Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Council, and the Greater Maryland Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association, to incorporate information regarding certain types of...
- Chapter 31, HB 836 – COVID-19 Testing, Contact Tracing, and Vaccination Act of 2021
Requiring, on or before June 1, 2021, the Maryland Department of Health, in collaboration with local health departments of the State and the Maryland State Department of Education, to adopt and implement a 2-year plan to respond to the outbreak of COVID-19; requiring the plan to address...