Public Libraries - Automated External Defibrillator Program (Raymono A. Russell Act) [HB-593]
Requiring operators of certain libraries, beginning January 1, 2026, to place an automated external defibrillator in a prominent area accessible to employees and library users, provide maintenance for the automated external defibrillator, and ensure a trained individual is present during a library's open hours; granting certain immunities to libraries and individuals under certain circumstances; requiring the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems to make a certain report on the defibrillator program in libraries; etc.
HB-593: Public Libraries - Automated External Defibrillator Program (Raymono A. Russell Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
First Reading Ways And Means on 01/23/2025
St. Mary's County - Public Facilities Bond [HB-561]
Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of St. Mary's County to borrow not more than $71,000,000 in order to finance the construction, improvement, or development of certain public facilities in St. Mary's County, and to effect such borrowing by the issuance and sale at public or private sale of its general obligation bonds; etc.
HB-561: St. Mary's County - Public Facilities Bond
Sponsored by: No sponsors
First Reading Appropriations on 01/23/2025
Approp: Operating Budget; Cap; Supp [HB-53]
An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of state government and for certain programs; capitalizing funds; amending appropriations; making supplemental appropriations; making reappropriations; making appropriations under art. IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska, from the constitutional budget reserve fund; and providing for an effective date.
HB-53: Approp: Operating Budget; Cap; Supp
Sponsored by: Rep.
Read The First Time - Referrals on 01/22/2025
Carroll County - Public Facilities Bond [SB-416]
Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Carroll County to borrow not more than $36,900,000 in order to finance the construction, improvement, or development of certain public facilities in Carroll County and to effect such borrowing by the issuance and sale at public or private sale of its general obligation bonds; etc.
SB-416: Carroll County - Public Facilities Bond
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing 2/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/21/2025
State Library Agency - Family Literacy Pilot Program - Establishment [SB-378]
Establishing the Family Literacy Pilot Program administered by the State Library Agency in consultation with the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services and the Correctional Education Council to enable certain incarcerated individuals to read aloud to their children by preparing a recording; and requiring the State Library Agency to submit a certain report on or before December 1, 2028.
SB-378: State Library Agency - Family Literacy Pilot Program - Establishment
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington
Hearing 2/12 At 2:00 P.m. on 01/23/2025
Public Libraries - Automated External Defibrillator Program (Raymono A. Russell Act) [SB-369]
Requiring operators of certain libraries, beginning January 1, 2026, to place an automated external defibrillator in a certain area, maintain the functionality of the automated external defibrillator, and ensure a trained individual is present under certain circumstances; granting certain immunities to libraries and individuals for certain acts or omissions under certain circumstances; etc.
SB-369: Public Libraries - Automated External Defibrillator Program (Raymono A. Russell Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Watson
Hearing 2/12 At 2:00 P.m. on 01/23/2025
Prince George's County - Public Middle and High Schools - Drug Detection Products PG 507-25 [HB-379]
Requiring the Prince George's County Board of Education to provide, at no charge to the students, drink spiking detection products and drug detection strips to public middle and high school students in the county beginning in the 2025-2026 school year; and requiring that the detection devices provided by the Act be made available in school-based health clinics, school libraries, and school bathrooms.
HB-379: Prince George's County - Public Middle and High Schools - Drug Detection Products PG 507-25
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 2/05 At 2:00 P.m. on 01/22/2025
State Library Agency - Family Literacy Pilot Program - Establishment [HB-415]
Establishing the Family Literacy Pilot Program administered by the State Library Agency in consultation with the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services and the Correctional Education Council to enable certain incarcerated individuals to read aloud to their children by preparing a recording; and requiring the State Library Agency to submit a certain report on or before December 1, 2028.
HB-415: State Library Agency - Family Literacy Pilot Program - Establishment
Sponsored by: Rep. Julie Palakovich Carr
Hearing 2/05 At 2:00 P.m. on 01/22/2025
Maryland Deaf Culture Digital Library - Funding and Budget Submission [SB-358]
Requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $450,000 to the Maryland Deaf Culture Digital Library; and requiring the Deaf Culture Digital Library to submit its annual operating budget to the State Library Agency on or before June 1 each year.
SB-358: Maryland Deaf Culture Digital Library - Funding and Budget Submission
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Hearing 2/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/21/2025
AN ACT relating to public library district boards of trustees. [SB-71]
Amend KRS 173.490 and 173.730 to allow a county judge/executive to appoint members to a public library board of trustees and fill vacancies with the approval of the fiscal court and without consultation with the previous board members or the Department for Libraries and Archives.
SB-71: AN ACT relating to public library district boards of trustees.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Wilson
Introduced In Senate on 01/09/2025
Human Services - Maryland Assistive Technology Program - Establishment [SB-208]
Establishing the Maryland Assistive Technology Program in the Department of Disabilities; providing the purpose of the Program is to increase access to assistive technology services and devices for individuals with disabilities, support the State's efforts to improve the provision of assistive technology to individuals with disabilities of all ages, including underrepresented populations, and ensure statewide access to assistive technology lending libraries; establishing the Assistive Technology Services Fund; etc.
SB-208: Human Services - Maryland Assistive Technology Program - Establishment
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing 1/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/14/2025
Individuals Experiencing Homelessness - Address Requirements - Prohibition [HB-254]
Prohibiting a public library, a recipient of a certain award from the Department of Housing and Community Development, the Department, a public housing agency, a county, or a municipality from requiring an individual experiencing homelessness to provide a current address in certain circumstances.
Public Schools - Sexually Explicit Materials - Prohibited in Libraries and Media Centers [HB-282]
Prohibiting sexually explicit materials in elementary, middle, and secondary public school libraries and media centers; defining sexually explicit materials as books and auditory and visual material that contain graphic or obscene depictions of sexual activity that are not age-appropriate or used as part of the approved instructional materials for instruction on family life and human sexuality as part of a certain program; etc.
HB-282: Public Schools - Sexually Explicit Materials - Prohibited in Libraries and Media Centers
Sponsored by: Rep. Nino Mangione
Hearing 1/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/09/2025