Income Tax Credit - Venison Donation - Alterations [HB-483]
Repealing the limitation on the maximum amount of a credit against the State income tax that an individual may claim for certain expenses incurred for a donation of deer meat to certain organizations; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024.
HB-483: Income Tax Credit - Venison Donation - Alterations
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/21/2025
Education - Antidiscrimination Policies - Policy and Notice Requirements [HB-495]
Requiring certain schools that have an antidiscrimination policy to ensure that the policy includes certain information and is available to certain individuals in a certain manner; requiring a school to provide a certain training regarding antidiscrimination policies to students and employees in a certain manner; and requiring, if sufficient resources are not available to provide training, a school to coordinate with a community organization with certain expertise to provide the training to students and employees at no cost.
HB-495: Education - Antidiscrimination Policies - Policy and Notice Requirements
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. (ways And Means) on 01/29/2025
Civil Actions - Child Nonsexual Abuse and Neglect - Damages and Statute of Limitations [HB-456]
Establishing a certain statute of limitations in certain civil actions relating to child nonsexual abuse and neglect; establishing a limitation of $1,500,000 on noneconomic damages that may be awarded under the Act; providing that a certain party may appeal an interlocutory order under certain circumstances; applying the Act prospectively and retroactively to certain actions barred by a certain statute of limitations; etc.
HB-456: Civil Actions - Child Nonsexual Abuse and Neglect - Damages and Statute of Limitations
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2025
Land Use - Regional Housing Infrastructure Gap (Housing for Jobs Act) [HB-503]
Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development and the Department of Planning to calculate certain regional housing infrastructure gaps; providing for the apportionment of regional housing infrastructure gaps to counties and incorporated municipalities; authorizing local jurisdictions to reduce local housing infrastructure gaps in a certain manner; establishing that certain local jurisdictions have an affirmative obligation to expeditiously approve housing development project applications; etc.
HB-503: Land Use - Regional Housing Infrastructure Gap (Housing for Jobs Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Hornberger
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2025
Public Health - Hospitals - Parking for Patients [HB-519]
Requiring hospitals in the State to offer parking at no cost for inpatients for the duration of the inpatient's admission and for outpatients attending a scheduled medical appointment for the duration of the appointment; and requiring hospitals in the State to display signage notifying inpatients and outpatients of the availability of parking at no cost.
HB-519: Public Health - Hospitals - Parking for Patients
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2025
County Boards of Education - Student Cellular Phone Use Policy - Establishment (Maryland Phone-Free Schools Act) [HB-630]
Requiring each county board of education to develop and implement, not later than the 2026-2027 school year, a policy limiting the use of a cellular phone by a student during the school day; and prohibiting the policy from restricting a student's use of a cellular phone for any purpose documented in the student's individualized education program, to monitor or address a student's documented health issue, during an emergency event, or when directed by an educator or administrator for educational purposes.
HB-630: County Boards of Education - Student Cellular Phone Use Policy - Establishment (Maryland Phone-Free Schools Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2025
Criminal Procedure - Protection of Identity of Victim of Sexual Assault [HB-613]
Prohibiting a court or a party in a criminal or juvenile delinquency case from disclosing or allowing inspection of a certain court filing unless the court or the party redacts identifying information relating to a victim of sexual assault that appears in the filing, subject to a certain exception; requiring a court to redact identifying information relating to a victim of sexual assault from an existing filing on a written request; requiring the Supreme Court of Maryland to adopt a certain rule regarding the redaction of certain information; etc.
HB-613: Criminal Procedure - Protection of Identity of Victim of Sexual Assault
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2025