Natural Resources - Licensed Tree Experts - Alterations [HB-612]
Prohibiting a person from physically engaging in the work of the treatment, care, or removal of certain trees for compensation under a tree expert's license unless the person is employed by the licensed tree expert, employs a licensed tree expert who can provide oversight, is employed by a company that employs a licensed tree expert who can provide oversight, or is a licensed tree expert; requiring a licensed tree expert to carry, show proof of, and maintain for a certain time period valid workers' compensation insurance; etc.
HB-612: Natural Resources - Licensed Tree Experts - Alterations
Sponsored by: Rep. Courtney Watson
Third Reading Passed (113-23) on 03/20/2023
Human Relations - Housing Discrimination - Service Dogs [HB-608]
Prohibiting a person from discriminating in the sale or rental of, or otherwise making unavailable or denying, a dwelling to an individual with a disability who has, obtains, or retains a certain service dog.
HB-608: Human Relations - Housing Discrimination - Service Dogs
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 211 on 04/24/2023
Human Relations - Housing Discrimination - Service Dogs [SB-535]
Prohibiting a person from discriminating in the sale or rental of, or otherwise making unavailable or denying, a dwelling to an individual with a disability who has, obtains, or retains a certain service dog; and defining "service dog" as a dog that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability.
SB-535: Human Relations - Housing Discrimination - Service Dogs
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 212 on 04/24/2023
Utility Account Holders - Victims of Abuse - Protections [HB-630]
Authorizing an account holder who is the victim of abuse to terminate, and requiring a utility to allow for the termination of, the account holder's future liability under a utility contract if the account holder provides the utility with certain written notice requesting termination of the account holder's future liability under the contract; requiring a utility to allow an account holder who terminates a utility contract under the Act to open a new utility account notwithstanding a certain account balance or arrearage; etc.
HB-630: Utility Account Holders - Victims of Abuse - Protections
Sponsored by: Rep. Pamela Queen
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 566 on 05/08/2023
Criminal Procedure - Location Information - Exigent Circumstances (Kelsey Smith Act for Maryland) [HB-533]
Requiring certain service providers, on request of a law enforcement agency or a public safety answering point, to provide the location information for an electronic device in certain circumstances for a period of time up to 48 hours; prohibiting a person from being held civilly liable for making certain required disclosures; and requiring the Department of State Police to collect and disseminate certain information under certain circumstances.
HB-533: Criminal Procedure - Location Information - Exigent Circumstances (Kelsey Smith Act for Maryland)
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicole Williams
First Reading Judiciary And Economic Matters on 02/01/2023
Criminal Law - False Statements - Emergency or Commission of Crime (Antiswatting Act of 2023) [SB-340]
Prohibiting a person from making or causing to be made a false statement, report, or complaint to a governmental emergency report recipient with reckless disregard of causing bodily harm to an individual as a direct result of a response to the statement, report, or complaint; and providing that a person who violates the Act, in addition to any penalties imposed, is civilly liable to an individual harmed by the violation.
SB-340: Criminal Law - False Statements - Emergency or Commission of Crime (Antiswatting Act of 2023)
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 699 on 05/16/2023
Hunting, Wildlife Conservation, and Outdoor Recreation - Funding, Promotion, Management, Licenses, Permits, and Stamps [SB-327]
Altering the purpose of the Heritage Conservation Fund to include acquiring interests in land that can be used by the general public for hunting; establishing the Wildlife Conservation, Education, and Outreach Program to provide outreach and foster an interest in outdoor recreation and stewardship, hunting, and wildlife conservation; establishing a stamp for hunting sika deer; authorizing a nonresident attending a college or university in the State to purchase a resident hunting license; etc.
SB-327: Hunting, Wildlife Conservation, and Outdoor Recreation - Funding, Promotion, Management, Licenses, Permits, and Stamps
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 543 on 05/08/2023
Criminal and Civil Trespass - Professional Land Surveyors - Exception [SB-288]
Establishing exceptions to certain criminal prohibitions against trespass on property and the civil tort of trespass for professional land surveyors, and agents and employees of professional land surveyors, who enter the property of another to practice land surveying.
SB-288: Criminal and Civil Trespass - Professional Land Surveyors - Exception
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Hearing 4/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/29/2023
Courts - Prohibited Liability Agreements - Recreational Facilities [SB-291]
Establishing that a provision in a contract or agreement relating to the use of a recreational facility that purports to release the recreational facility from, limit, or indemnify or hold harmless the recreational facility against, liability for bodily injury is void and unenforceable when the bodily injury is caused by or results from the negligence or other wrongful act of the recreational facility or its agents or employees.