House Agenda for Proceedings No. 46
Message from the Senate: Consent Calendar of Introductory Senate Bills No. 22 Completed Message from the Senate: Consent Calendar of Introductory Senate Bills No. 23 Completed Environment and Transportation Committee Report No. 17 Completed Environment and Transportation Committee Report No. 18 Completed Health and Government Operations Committee Report No. 16 Completed Health and Government Operations Committee Report No. 17 Completed Health and Government Operations Committee Report No. 18 Completed Judiciary Committee Report No. 13 Completed Judiciary Committee Report No. 14 Completed Judiciary Committee Report No. 15 Completed Judiciary Committee Report No. 16 Completed Ways and Means Committee Report No. 18 Completed Special Order Calendar No. 38 Completed Special Order Calendar No. 43 Completed Special Order Calendar No. 45 Completed Special Order Calendar No. 47 Completed

March 16, 2024
Message from the Senate: Consent Calendar of Introductory Senate Bills No. 22
Senate Bills Introduced In The House
SB0071 Senator Carter Judiciary
Correctional Services - Pregnancy and Postpartum Support (Prevention of Forced Infant Separation Act)
SB0091 Senator McCray Environment and Transportation
Workforce Development and Adult Learning – Leasing Training Program – Establishment
SB0134 Senator Hettleman Judiciary
Health and Government Operations
Office of the Correctional Ombudsman - Establishment and Funding
SB0174 Senator Muse Judiciary
Child Support - Suspension of Driver's Licenses
SB0319 Senator West Judiciary
Regulated Firearms - Maryland Judiciary - Reporting Requirements
SB0416 Senator Lewis Young Economic Matters
Renewable Energy - Customer-Sited Solar Program
SB0468 Senator McCray Judiciary
Criminal Law - Private Home Detention Monitoring - Notification
SB0488 Senator Waldstreicher Judiciary
Civil Actions - Public Nuisances - Firearm Industry Members (Gun Industry Accountability Act of 2024)
SB0540 Senator Gile Ways and Means
Education - School Mapping Data Program - Established
SB0550 Senator Sydnor Judiciary
Children - Labor Trafficking
SB0674 Senator Elfreth Environment and Transportation
Abandoned or Sunken Vessels and Waterway Improvement Fund Grants
SB0675 President Ways and Means
Individual Tax Preparers - Code of Ethics, Notification of Actions, Enforcement, and Penalties (Stop Scam Tax Preparers Act)
SB0684
(Emergency Bill) 		Senator Augustine Health and Government Operations
Health Insurance – Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Benefits – Sunset Repeal and Modification of Reporting Requirements
SB0714 Senator Kramer Health and Government Operations
State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Music Therapists - Appointment of Members
SB0764 Senator Hayes Appropriations
Arts Incubator Workgroup - Established
SB0765 Senator Hayes Ways and Means
Economic Development - Business Diversity Incubator Program and Fund - Established
SB0791 Senator Klausmeier Health and Government Operations
Health Insurance - Utilization Review - Revisions
SB0840 Senator Sydnor Judiciary
Public Safety - Automatic License Plate Readers - Captured Plate Data Storage and Upload
SB0951 Senator Hettleman Economic Matters
Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Workgroup
SB1038 Anne Arundel County Senators Judiciary
Anne Arundel County - Human Relations Commission - Subpoena Enforcement
SB1065 Senator Guzzone Environment and Transportation
Motor Vehicles - Registration - Annual Surcharge
SB1077 Senator Corderman Appropriations
Public Schools - Appropriations for School Safety Expenditures - School Security Employees
March 16, 2024
Message from the Senate: Consent Calendar of Introductory Senate Bills No. 23
Senate Bills Introduced In The House
SB0013 Senator Jackson Health and Government Operations
Public Health - Maryland Pediatric Cancer Fund and Commission
SB0482 President Appropriations
Health and Government Operations
Governor's Office for Children - Engaging Neighborhoods, Organizations, Unions, Governments, and Households (ENOUGH) Grant Program (ENOUGH Act of 2024)
SB0539 Senator Gile Economic Matters
Commercial Law – Consumer Protection – Sale and Resale of Tickets
SB0804 Senator Brooks Appropriations
Northwest Baltimore County Sports Tourism Facility – Feasibility Study
SB0838 Senator Gallion Environment and Transportation
Vehicle Laws - Lighting - Privately Owned Vehicles
SB0858 Senator Hester Judiciary
Revenge Porn - Civil Action and Reporting Requirement
SB0882 Senator King Ways and Means
Appropriations
Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Pilot Program – Permanent Establishment
SB0960 Senator Feldman Appropriations
Maryland Clean Energy Center - Climate Technology Founder's Fund
SB0965 Carroll County Senators Judiciary
Carroll County - Sheriff - Salary
SB0972 Senator Guzzone Appropriations
Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership
SB0974 Senator Guzzone Health and Government Operations
Behavioral Health Crisis Response Services - 9-8-8 Trust Fund Fees
SB0999 Senator Beidle Health and Government Operations
Certified Nursing Assistants - Licensing Requirements and Administrative Updates
SB1003 Senator Folden Economic Matters
Vehicle Laws - Manufacturers and Dealers - Delivery of Vehicles
SB1004 Senator Folden Environment and Transportation
Motor Vehicles - Specially Designed Vintage Reproduction Registration Plates
SB1006
(Emergency Bill) 		Senator Hayes Health and Government Operations
Hospitals - Medical Debt Collection - Sale of Patient Debt
SB1027
(Emergency Bill) 		Senator Guzzone Ways and Means
Property Tax - Appeals - Definition of "Taxpayer"
SB1036 Senator West Judiciary
Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services - Establishment
SB1095 Senator Smith Judiciary
Workgroup on Home Detention Monitoring
SB1097 Senator Smith Judiciary
Public Safety - Firearm Safety and Firearm Crimes
SB1103 President Health and Government Operations
Hospitals and Related Institutions – Outpatient Facility Fees
SB1108
(Emergency Bill) 		Carroll County Senators Environment and Transportation
Carroll County - Deputy Clerk or Deputy Sheriff - Oath of Office
Environment and Transportation Committee Report No. 17
Distribution Date: March 16, 2024
Second Reading Date: March 16, 2024
FAVORABLE
HB0440 Favorable Charles County Delegation
Motor Vehicle Registration - Exceptions for Golf Carts - Cobb Island
HB0653 Favorable St. Mary's County Delegation
St. Mary's County - Motor Vehicle Registration - Exception for Golf Carts
HB1512 Favorable Delegate Adams
Bay Restoration Fund - Use of Funds - Municipal Wastewater Facilities - Sunset Repeal
Environment and Transportation Committee Report No. 18
Distribution Date: March 16, 2024
Second Reading Date: March 16, 2024
FAVORABLE
HB0024 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Boyce
(Jointly Considered Environment and Transportation/Economic Matters)
Environment - Impact of Environmental Permits and State Agency Actions
HB0343 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Munoz
Environment - Cox Creek Citizens Oversight Committee - Membership
HB0689 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Fraser-Hidalgo
Electric Vehicles – Repeal of Excise Tax Credit and Establishment of Rebate Program
HB0750 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Ziegler
Vehicle Laws - Damaged, Obscured, or Modified Registration Plates
HB0823 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Charkoudian
(Jointly Considered Environment and Transportation/Ways and Means)
Fire Protection and Prevention - Residential Rental Property - Requirements (Melanie Nicholle Diaz Fire Safety Act)
HB1032 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Solomon
Highways – Tourist Area and Corridor Signage Program
HB1199 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Edelson
Transportation - MobilityLink Paratransit Service Improvements - Study
HB1318 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Boyce
Solid Waste Disposal Surcharge and Wasted Food Reduction and Diversion Fund and Grant Programs - Established
HB1511 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Love
Forest Conservation Act – Modifications
WITHDRAWN BY SPONSOR
HB1249 Unfavorable Delegate Metzgar
Maryland Aviation Administration - Martin State Airport - Study on Commercial Air Travel
Health and Government Operations Committee Report No. 16
Distribution Date: March 16, 2024
Second Reading Date: March 16, 2024
FAVORABLE
HB0393 Favorable Delegate Bagnall
(Jointly Considered Health and Government Operations/Appropriations)
Higher Education - Maryland Dent-Care Program - Eligibility
HB1476 Favorable Delegate Kerr
State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Music Therapists - Appointment of Members
HB1498 Favorable Delegate Pena-Melnyk
State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners - Aiding or Abetting Unauthorized Practice - Prohibition
HB1521
(Emergency Bill) 		Favorable Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee
Maryland Children's Health Program - Eligibility and Administration
WITHDRAWN BY SPONSOR
HB0712 Unfavorable Delegate Rosenberg
Public Information Act - Denials - Confidential Information
HB1006 Unfavorable Delegate Guzzone
Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgical Facilities - Surgical Technologists
HB1253 Unfavorable Delegate Metzgar
Health Care Facilities - Access to Telephones
HB1270 Unfavorable Delegate Guzzone
Health Benefit Plans - Prescription Drugs - Rebates and Calculation of Cost Sharing Requirements
HB1292 Unfavorable Delegate Stonko
Optometrists - Prescriptions for Glasses and Contact Lenses - Pupillary Distance Measurement
Health and Government Operations Committee Report No. 17
Distribution Date: March 16, 2024
Second Reading Date: March 16, 2024
FAVORABLE
HB0068 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Stein
Continuing Care Retirement Communities - Governing Bodies, Grievances, and Entrance Fees
HB0119 Favorable with Amendments Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee
Public Health - Giving Infants a Future Without Transmission (GIFT) Act
HB0353 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Cullison
Maryland Department of Health - 2-1-1 Maryland - Oversight
HB0411 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Kipke
Public Health - Opioid Overdose Reversal Drugs - Standing Orders
HB0464 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Martinez
Health Occupations – Practice Audiology – Definition
HB0598 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Boafo
Discrimination - Military Status - Prohibition
HB0723 Favorable with Amendments Speaker
(Jointly Considered Health and Government Operations/Judiciary)
Office of the Attorney General - Rights of Residents of Health Care Facilities - Injunctive Relief and Penalties
HB0806 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Kerr
Physician Assistants - Revisions (Physician Assistant Modernization Act of 2024)
HB0822 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Cullison
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Employed Individuals With Disabilities
Health and Government Operations Committee Report No. 18
Distribution Date: March 16, 2024
Second Reading Date: March 16, 2024
FAVORABLE
HB0876 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Johnson, S.
Health Insurance - Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Specialty Drugs Dispensed by a Physician
HB0932 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Cullison
Health Insurance - Utilization Review - Revisions
HB0933 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Feldmark
Behavioral Health Crisis Response Services - 9-8-8 Trust Fund Fees
HB1056 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Guzzone
State Board of Pharmacy - Prohibition on Discrimination Against 340B Drug Distribution
HB1122 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Kerr
Maryland Health Care Commission – Nursing Homes – Acquisitions
HB1194 Favorable with Amendments Delegate White Holland
Hospitals – Clinical Staffing Committees and Plans – Establishment (Safe Staffing Act of 2024)
HB1327 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Martinez
Maryland Department of Health - Body Altering Aesthetics Advisory Committee
HB1337 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Woods
Health Insurance - Appeals and Grievances Process - Reporting Requirements and Establishment of Workgroup
HB1388 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Hill
(Jointly Considered Health and Government Operations/Environment and Transportation)
Labor and Employment – Noncompete and Conflict of Interest Clauses – Veterinary and Health Care Professionals
HB1396 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Howard
Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Discharge of Patients and Referral Services - Standards
HB1497 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Pena-Melnyk
State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners - Scope of Practice, Reinstatements, and Examinations by Health Care Providers
Judiciary Committee Report No. 13
Distribution Date: March 16, 2024
Second Reading Date: March 16, 2024
FAVORABLE
HB0037 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Bartlett
Reentry Services for Women - Commission and Pilot Program - Establishment
HB0128 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Rosenberg
Crimes - Interfering With a Legislative Proceeding
HB0145 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Pippy
Criminal Law - Revenge Porn - Visual Representation
HB0222 Favorable Chair, Judiciary Committee
Correctional Services - Division of Pretrial Detention and Services - Facilities
HB0288 Favorable Delegate Pippy
Criminal Law - Visual Surveillance With Prurient Intent - Private Place and Minor Victim
HB0496 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Shetty
Criminal Law - Sexual Crimes - Definition of Consent and Repeal of Force
HB0589 Favorable Dorchester County Delegation
Dorchester County - County Applicants - Polygraph Examination
HB1037 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Taylor
Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services - Establishment
HB1093 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Bagnall
Anne Arundel County - Human Relations Commission - Subpoena Enforcement
Judiciary Committee Report No. 14
Distribution Date: March 16, 2024
Second Reading Date: March 16, 2024
FAVORABLE
HB0105 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Atterbeary
Drunk Driving Offenses – Ignition Interlock System Program
HB0195 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Guyton
Public Safety - Missing Persons With Cognitive Impairment - Purple Alert Program
HB0404 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Woods
Law Enforcement - Wellness Checks - Requirements (Gabriel's Law)
HB0458 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Phillips
Criminal Procedure - Protection of Identity of Minor Victim
HB0508 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Embry
Children - Labor Trafficking
HB0593 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Hutchinson
Criminal Law - Destroying Funerary Objects - Statute of Limitations
HB0763 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Attar
Commission on Hate Crime Response and Prevention - Membership - Alterations
HB0892 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Kaufman
Criminal Law - Benefits Trafficking
HB1086 Favorable with Amendments Chair, Judiciary Committee
Compensation for Individuals Erroneously Convicted - Alterations
Judiciary Committee Report No. 15
Distribution Date: March 16, 2024
Second Reading Date: March 16, 2024
FAVORABLE
HB0810 Favorable with Amendments Speaker
Criminal Law - Weapon Crimes - Switch/Auto-Sear
Judiciary Committee Report No. 16
Distribution Date: March 16, 2024
Second Reading Date: March 16, 2024
FAVORABLE
HB0544 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Atterbeary
Criminal Law - Sexual Extortion, Stalking, and Revenge Porn - Statute of Limitations and In Banc Review
HB0745 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Shetty
Family Law - Protective Orders - Crimes of Violence and Stalking
HB0895 Favorable Delegate Embry
Maryland Tort Claims Act - Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs - County Responsibility
HB1047 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Bartlett
Consumer Protection – Self–Administered Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kits
HB1081 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Phillips
Public Safety - Automatic License Plate Readers - Captured Plate Data
Ways and Means Committee Report No. 18
Distribution Date: March 16, 2024
Second Reading Date: March 16, 2024
FAVORABLE
HB0787 Favorable Delegate Buckel
Allegany County - Allegany Regional Recreational Economic Development Authority - Established
HB1281 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Hartman
Economic Development - Tourism Zones - Designation and Benefits
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ACTION
HB0919 Unfavorable Delegate Fair
(Referred to Interim Study)
Property Tax - County Authority to Set Special Rates
March 15, 2024
Special Order Calendar No. 38
HB1051 Delegate White Holland STATUS: (Health and Government Operations)
Maternal Health – Assessments, Referrals, and Reporting (Maryland Maternal Health Act of 2024) Favorable Report as Amended ADOPTED.
Motion by Del. Wivell to make Bill as Amended a Special Order of Business for Friday at the appropriate time. CARRIED.
BILL ON 2ND READING.
March 15, 2024
Special Order Calendar No. 43
HB0961 Delegate Taveras STATUS: (Health and Government Operations)
State Government - Commission on New Americans - Established Favorable Report as Amended ADOPTED.
Motion by Del. Tomlinson to make Bill as Amended a Special Order of Business for Friday at the appropriate time. CARRIED.
BILL ON 2ND READING.
March 15, 2024
Special Order Calendar No. 45
HB1117 Delegate Stewart STATUS: (Environment and Transportation)
Landlord and Tenant - Failure to Repair Serious and Dangerous Defects - Tenant Remedies (Tenant Safety Act of 2024) Favorable Report as Amended ADOPTED.
Motion by Del. M. Morgan to make Bill as Amended a Special Order of Business for Friday at the appropriate time. CARRIED.
BILL ON 2ND READING.
March 16, 2024
Special Order Calendar No. 47
HB1319 Delegate Atterbeary STATUS: (Ways and Means)
Internet Gaming - Authorization and Implementation Favorable Report as Amended ADOPTED.
Floor Committee Amendment ADOPTED.
Motion by Del. Nawrocki to make Bill as Amended a Special Order of Business for Saturday at the appropriate time. CARRIED.
BILL ON 2ND READING.
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