State Highway Administration - Pedestrian and Bicyclist Fatalities - Infrastructure Review (Vision Zero Implementation Act of 2022) [HB-254]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to conduct an infrastructure review of each pedestrian or bicyclist fatality that occurs on a State highway or at an intersection of a State highway and another highway or a municipal street to identify certain deficiencies and identify appropriate corrective actions; and requiring the Administration to complete the review within 6 months after being notified by law enforcement of a pedestrian or bicyclist fatality and publish the review on its website.
HB-254: State Highway Administration - Pedestrian and Bicyclist Fatalities - Infrastructure Review (Vision Zero Implementation Act of 2022)
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 153 on 04/21/2022
You have voted HB-254: State Highway Administration - Pedestrian and Bicyclist Fatalities - Infrastructure Review (Vision Zero Implementation Act of 2022).
Public Utilities - Electric School Bus Pilot Program [HB-696]
Establishing an electric school bus pilot program; requiring the Public Service Commission to implement and administer the pilot program; authorizing investor-owned electric companies to apply to the Commission to implement an electric school bus pilot program with a participating school system if the pilot program meets certain standards; authorizing investor-owned electric companies to recover certain costs under the pilot program, subject to the approval of the Commission; etc.
HB-696: Public Utilities - Electric School Bus Pilot Program
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 570 on 05/29/2022
Real Property - Actions for Possession - Pet Protections [HB-1064]
Requiring the Department of Agriculture to publish a fact sheet on the protection of pets in the event of an eviction or other loss of possession of real property to be included with a certain notice or summons; requiring a landlord to provide information about the fact sheet at the execution of a lease on or after October 1, 2022; requiring a sheriff or other official to return a pet to a tenant or certain other person or to contact an animal shelter or rescue organization; prohibiting leaving a pet on public property; etc.
HB-1064: Real Property - Actions for Possession - Pet Protections
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Third Reading Passed (130-1) on 03/21/2022
Major State Contractors - Donations to Advocacy Organizations - Disclosure [HB-1343]
Requiring a major State contractor to file a certain statement with the State Board of Elections if the major State contractor made a certain disbursement during the reporting period to a certain advocacy organization that makes disbursements for public communications relating to a major State project in which the major State contractor has a financial interest; requiring that certain covered disbursements be attributed to a major State contractor; requiring a major State contractor to maintain certain records; etc.
HB-1343: Major State Contractors - Donations to Advocacy Organizations - Disclosure
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing Canceled (education, Health, And Environmental Affairs) And Hearing Canceled (budget And Taxation) on 04/05/2022
HB-147: Maryland Farms and Families Fund, Maryland Food and Agricultural Resiliency Mechanism Grant Program, and Maryland Farm–to–School Meal Grant Pilot Program – Alterations and Establishment
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Third Reading Passed (130-3) on 04/11/2022
You have voted HB-147: Maryland Farms and Families Fund, Maryland Food and Agricultural Resiliency Mechanism Grant Program, and Maryland Farm–to–School Meal Grant Pilot Program – Alterations and Establishment.
Blue Ribbon Community Solar Land Use Commission [HB-936]
Establishing the Blue Ribbon Community Solar Land Use Commission to study and make recommendations regarding the land use needs to meet the full generation capacity authorized under the Community Solar Energy Generating Systems Pilot Program; and requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2022.
HB-936: Blue Ribbon Community Solar Land Use Commission
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Favorable With Amendments Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/21/2022
Clean Cars Act of 2022 [HB-1391]
Establishing the Medium-Duty and Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Vehicle Grant Program for certain vehicles and equipment to be administered by the Maryland Energy Administration; altering, for certain fiscal years, the vehicle excise tax credit for the purchase of certain electric vehicles; decreasing, from $63,000 to $50,000, for purposes of the electric vehicle excise tax credit, the limitation on the maximum base purchase price of certain electric vehicles; reducing the vehicle excise tax credit for certain electric drive vehicles; etc.
HB-1391: Clean Cars Act of 2022
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 234 on 04/21/2022