Part A. General Information

Identification of Registrant / Regulated Lobbyist

A1. Identify the registrant that conducted lobbying activities during the reporting period.

A2. Was any other individual required to register as a lobbyist on behalf of the registrant: Christopher Costello

No

Identification of Employer

A3. Identify the employer that compensated the registrant for lobbying activities during the reporting period.

A4. Does your employer claim an exemption from filing its own registration and activity reports?

Yes, Exempt

A5. Did you represent any other entity with regard to the matters covered by registration to this employer?

No

Reporting Period

A6. State the registration period during which you represent your employer and the reporting period for which this activity report is effective. If you terminate services with your employer anytime before the conclusion of the reporting period, you must include a termination date.

Registration Period:

11/01/23-10/31/24

Activity Report:

Activity Report 1/2

Reporting Period:

11/01/23-04/30/24

Lobbying Subject Matters

A7. Identify the subject matters that pertain to lobbying activities conducted during the reporting period on behalf of your employer. You must identify at least one subject matter and you may select up to five.

A8. Did you engage in lobbying activity, to include but not limited to: supporting or opposing specific legislation, procurements or regulations?

Yes

Please provide more specific details (e.g. Senate or House bill numbers, procurement contracts, regulations and codes) for the matters on which you lobbied.

HB0024 (Crossfiled with SB0096) Environment - Impact of Environmental Permits and State Agency Actions Delegate Boyce Requiring the Department of the Environment to conduct a certain evaluation regarding the impact of issuing an approval for certain environmental permits; requiring the Department to provide opportunities for certain communication with certain residents in a certain manner; requiring the Department to deposit certain money in certain funds under certain circumstances; altering certain reporting requirements for certain State agencies; and generally relating to the impact of actions on climate and environmental justice and equity. (Crossfiled with HB0385) SB0038 Wage Payment and Collection - Pay Stubs and Pay Statements - Required Information Senator A. Washington Requiring that the statement regarding earnings required to be provided to employees by employers be written on the physical pay stub or online pay statement and include certain information; and generally relating to information on pay stubs and pay statements. (Crossfiled with HB0262) SB0041 Consumer Protection - Consumer Reporting Agencies - Information in Consumer Credit Reports Senator Lam Altering the items of information that a consumer reporting agency is prohibited from including in a consumer credit report. (Crossfiled with HB0394) SB0050 Human Relations - Commission on Civil Rights - Appeal of Final Orders Senator Lam Providing that a certain final order of the Commission on Civil Rights on a complaint alleging a discriminatory act is appealable in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act; and generally relating to the Commission on Civil Rights and appeals of final orders. HB0053 Task Force to Study E-Commerce Monopolies in the State (E-Commerce Antimonopoly Study of 2024) Delegate Wu Establishing the Task Force to Study E–Commerce Monopolies in the State; and generally relating to electronic commerce and markets in the State. (Crossfiled with HB0717) SB0064 Income Tax - Credit for Employers Providing Parental Engagement Leave Senator Benson Allowing employers who provide certain parental engagement leave to certain qualified employees during the taxable year a credit against the State income tax; requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Comptroller, to develop and make available a certain certification form; requiring a certain qualified employee to obtain the signatures of a certain county board member and certain school personnel under certain circumstances; and making the credit refundable under certain circumstances. HB0073 (Crossfiled with SB0454) Criminal Procedure - Expungement - Completion of Sentence Delegate Bartlett Altering certain provisions of law relating to waiting periods for the filing of certain petitions for expungement to authorize the filing of a petition a certain amount of time after the completion of the sentence; and generally relating to expungement. (Crossfiled with HB0170) SB0079 State Finance - Prohibited Appropriations - Magnetic Levitation Transportation System Senator A. Washington Prohibiting the State and certain units and instrumentalities of the State from using any appropriation for a magnetic levitation transportation system in the State; providing that the prohibition does not apply to certain expenditures for salaries; and generally relating to State appropriations for magnetic levitation transportation systems HB0083 (Crossfiled with SB0538) Civil Actions - Noneconomic Damages - Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Delegate Ziegler Repealing certain limitations on noneconomic damages in civil actions for personal injury or wrongful death; and generally relating to noneconomic damages. (Crossfiled with HB0024) SB0096 Environment - Impact of Environmental Permits and State Agency Actions Senator Jackson Requiring the Department of the Environment to conduct a certain evaluation regarding the impact of issuing an approval for certain environmental permits; requiring the Department to provide opportunities for certain communication with certain residents in a certain manner; requiring the Department to deposit certain money in certain funds under certain circumstances; altering certain reporting requirements for certain State agencies; and generally relating to the impact of actions on climate and environmental justice and equity. (Crossfiled with HB0205) SB0104 Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act of 2024 Senator A. Washington Repealing and establishing the methodology used to calculate the weekly benefit amount; altering the taxable wage base used to determine employer contributions to the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund, the dependent allowance, and the amount of earned wages subtracted from a weekly benefit amount; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor, on or before a certain date each year, to determine and make available online the State annual average wage applicable to the rate of contribution; requiring the Secretary of Labor to set the taxable wage base and the maximum weekly benefit amount in a certain manner for certain years; prohibiting the applicable table of rates from shifting more than a certain number of tables under certain circumstances; altering the circumstances under which an employing unit qualifies for an earned rate of contribution; altering the circumstances under which an individual is eligible for unemployment benefits; and generally relating to unemployment insurance. HB0136 (Crossfiled with SB0233) Employment Standards, Prevailing Wage, and Living Wage - Employer Adverse Actions - Prohibition Chair, Economic Matters Committee Prohibiting employers from taking or threatening to take adverse action against an employee because the employee takes certain actions regarding rights and responsibilities, complaints, investigations, proceedings, or hearings under certain provisions of law; authorizing the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to investigate a violation of this Act on the Commissioner’s own initiative or on receipt of a written complaint; and generally relating to employer adverse actions.   SB0160 Labor and Employment - Payment of Minimum Wage - Tipped Employees Senator Ellis Specifying a certain tip credit amount that is in effect for certain time periods; prohibiting certain employers of tipped employees, beginning on a certain date, from including a tip credit amount as part of the employees’ wages; requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to establish the High Road Kitchen Program as a recognition program for restaurants that do not include the tip credit as part of certain employees’ wages; and generally relating to the payment of the minimum wage. HB0170 (Crossfiled with SB0079) State Finance - Prohibited Appropriations - Magnetic Levitation Transportation System Delegate Williams Prohibiting the State and certain units and instrumentalities of the State from using any appropriation for a magnetic levitation transportation system in the State; providing that the prohibition does not apply to certain expenditures for salaries; and generally relating to State appropriations for magnetic levitation transportation systems (Crossfiled with HB0342) SB0183 State Procurement - Prompt Payment of Suppliers Senator Bailey Providing that certain provisions requiring prompt payments for State procurement contracts apply to payments owed by a contractor or subcontractor to a supplier; and generally relating to the prompt payment of suppliers that have supplied labor or materials for work done under State procurement contracts. HB0197 (Crossfiled with SB0234) Unemployment Insurance - Work Search Requirement - Exemption for Federal Civilian Employees During a Federal Government Shutdown Chair, Economic Matters Committee Authorizing the Secretary of Labor to exempt a federal civilian employee who has been furloughed from the requirement to be actively seeking work for unemployment insurance benefits eligibility if, during the furlough, the employee remains able to work, available for work, and work–attached; and generally relating to unemployment insurance eligibility. HB0205 (Crossfiled with SB0104) Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act of 2024 Delegate Charkoudian Repealing and establishing the methodology used to calculate the weekly benefit amount; altering the taxable wage base used to determine employer contributions to the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund, the dependent allowance, and the amount of earned wages subtracted from a weekly benefit amount; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor, on or before a certain date each year, to determine and make available online the State annual average wage applicable to the rate of contribution; requiring the Secretary of Labor to set the taxable wage base and the maximum weekly benefit amount in a certain manner for certain years; prohibiting the applicable table of rates from shifting more than a certain number of tables under certain circumstances; altering the circumstances under which an employing unit qualifies for an earned rate of contribution; altering the circumstances under which an individual is eligible for unemployment benefits; and generally relating to unemployment insurance. HB0210   Maryland Building Performance Standards – Fossil Fuel Use and Electric–Ready Standards Delegate Acevero Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt, on or before a certain date and as part of the Maryland Building Performance Standards, a requirement that new buildings meet all energy demands of the building without the use of fossil fuels and an electric–ready standard for certain buildings; and generally relating to the Maryland Building Performance Standards.   SB0216 Workers' Compensation - Failure to Insure - Penalties Chair, Finance Committee Altering the penalties for an employer’s failure to secure required workers’ compensation insurance or comply with an order of the State Workers’ Compensation Commission regarding an employer’s failure to secure required workers’ compensation insurance; and generally relating to penalties under workers’ compensation law. (Crossfiled with HB0136) SB0233 Employment Standards, Prevailing Wage, and Living Wage - Employer Adverse Actions - Prohibition Chair, Finance Committee Prohibiting employers from taking or threatening to take adverse action against an employee because the employee takes certain actions regarding rights and responsibilities, complaints, investigations, proceedings, or hearings under certain provisions of law; authorizing the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to investigate a violation of this Act on the Commissioner’s own initiative or on receipt of a written complaint; and generally relating to employer adverse actions. (Crossfiled with HB0197) SB0234 Unemployment Insurance - Work Search Requirement - Exemption for Federal Civilian Employees During a Federal Government Shutdown Chair, Finance Committee Authorizing the Secretary of Labor to exempt a federal civilian employee who has been furloughed from the requirement to be actively seeking work for unemployment insurance benefits. eligibility if, during the furlough, the employee remains able to work, available for work, and work–attached; and generally relating to unemployment insurance eligibility.   SB0247 Information Technology - Modernize Maryland Oversight Commission - Membership, Responsibilities, and Staffing Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee Altering the membership and responsibilities of the Modernize Maryland Oversight Commission; requiring the Department of Information Technology to provide staff for the Commission; and generally relating to the Modernize Maryland Oversight Commission. HB0262 (Crossfiled with SB0041) Consumer Protection - Consumer Reporting Agencies - Information in Consumer Credit Reports Delegate Palakovich Carr Altering the items of information that a consumer reporting agency is prohibited from including in a consumer credit report. HB0339 (Crossfiled with SB0871) Unemployment Insurance - Disqualification - Stoppage of Work Caused by Labor Dispute Delegate Vogel Establishing that the disqualification from receiving unemployment insurance benefits due to a stoppage of work does not apply for any week beginning after the first 14 days of an individual's unemployment resulting from the stoppage of work that exists because of a labor dispute at the premises where the individual was last employed. HB0342 (Crossfiled with SB0183) State Procurement - Prompt Payment of Suppliers Delegate Bagnall Providing that certain provisions requiring prompt payments for State procurement contracts apply to payments owed by a contractor or subcontractor to a supplier; and generally relating to the prompt payment of suppliers that have supplied labor or materials for work done under State procurement contracts. SB0346 Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Military Retirement Income (Keep Our Heroes Home Act) Senator Elfreth Phasing in, over a certain period of years, an increase in a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax to allow for a subtraction modification of all military retirement income; and generally relating to a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for military retirement income. HB0952 Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Military Retirement (Keep Our Heroes Home Act) Del. Rogers Phasing in, over a period of 3 years, an increase in a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax to allow for a subtraction of all military retirement income beginning in taxable year 2026. (Crossfiled with HB672) SB0382 Criminal Law - Display of Obscene Materials to Minors - Age Verification Senator Salling Requiring a website operator or other person who displays, exhibits, sells, shows, or advertises for sale obscene material to adhere to certain age verification standards; and generally relating to the display of obscene material to minors. HB0385 (Crossfiled with SB0038) Wage Payment and Collection - Pay Stubs and Pay Statements - Required Information Delegate Long, J Requiring that the statement regarding earnings required to be provided to employees by employers be written on the physical pay stub or online pay statement and include certain information; and generally relating to information on pay stubs and pay statements. HB0394 (Crossfiled with SB0050) Human Relations - Commission on Civil Rights - Appeal of Final Orders Delegate Guzzone Providing that a certain final order of the Commission on Civil Rights on a complaint alleging a discriminatory act is appealable in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act; and generally relating to the Commission on Civil Rights and appeals of final orders. HB0397 (Crossfiled with SB0570) Public Utilities – Thermal Energy Network Systems – Authorization and Establishment (Working for Accessible Renewable Maryland Thermal Heat (WARMTH) Act) Delegate Charkoudian Requiring each gas company to develop a plan for a pilot thermal energy network system or systems on or before a certain date; requiring each gas company to submit a certain proposal or proposals to the Public Service Commission for approval on or before a certain date; authorizing a municipal corporation, county, or community organization to submit neighborhoods to gas companies for consideration as part of a pilot system; establishing requirements and authorizations for the development and implementation of a proposal and thermal energy network system; requiring the Commission to approve, approve with modifications, or reject each proposal on or before a certain date; requiring the Commission, in consultation with the Maryland Energy Administration and the Office of People’s Counsel, to make a determination on whether to make a pilot system permanent after the completion of the pilot system’s pilot period; establishing funding requirements for the Administration to cover certain costs; requiring the Administration to coordinate with the Department of Housing and Community Development to provide certain services or funding; requiring the Maryland Environmental Service to issue certain procurements for certain projects; establishing certain employment requirements for certain projects; and generally relating to thermal energy network systems. (Crossfiled with HB0598) SB0413 Discrimination - Military Status - Prohibition Senator Gile Prohibiting discrimination based on military status with regard to public accommodation, housing, employment, financial transactions, education, insurance, the provision of public utility services, and State personnel actions; and generally relating to discrimination based on military status. (Crossfiled with HB0465) SB436 Workplace Fraud and Prevailing Wage - Violations - Penalties and Referrals Senator Gile Establishing certain criminal penalties for employers knowingly failing to properly classify individuals as employees and contractors and subcontractors knowingly violating State prevailing wage laws; requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to refer to the Comptroller, certain State’s Attorneys, and certain federal departments certain complaints that allege a violation of certain tax laws under certain circumstances; and generally relating to violations of the workplace fraud and State prevailing wage laws. (Crossfiled with HB0073) SB454 Criminal Procedure - Expungement - Completion of Sentence Senator Carter Altering certain provisions of law relating to waiting periods for the filing of certain petitions for expungement to authorize the filing of a petition a certain amount of time after the completion of the sentence; and generally relating to expungement. HB0454 (Crossfiled with SB0679) Disclosure of Tax Information - Tax Compliance Activity and Binding Data Use Agreements The Speaker (Comptroller's Office) Authorizing, subject to certain limitations, the disclosure of certain tax information to certain persons and governmental entities for the purpose of assisting the Comptroller in certain tax compliance efforts; requiring the Comptroller, when disclosing tax information in accordance with certain provisions of law, to require the party to whom the information is to be disclosed to enter a written, binding data use agreement; etc. HB0455 (Crossfiled with SB0677) Comptroller - Electronic Tax and Fee Return Filing Requirements The Speaker (Comptroller's Office) Requiring that returns for certain taxes and fees collected by the Comptroller be filed electronically, subject to certain exceptions; and altering certain requirements for electronic filing of returns for certain taxes. HB0465 (Crossfiled with SB0436) Workplace Fraud and Prevailing Wage - Violations - Penalties and Referrals Delegate Boafo Establishing certain criminal penalties for employers knowingly failing to properly classify individuals as employees and contractors and subcontractors knowingly violating State prevailing wage laws; and requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to refer to the Comptroller, certain State's Attorneys, the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of Labor, and the U.S. Department of the Treasury certain complaints that allege a violation of certain tax laws under certain circumstances. HB0467 Food Service Facilities and Tipped Workers - Service Fees and Tip Credits (One Fair Wage Act of 2024) Delegate Boafo Establishing consumer protections related to service fees charged by restaurants; specifying a certain tip credit amount that is in effect for certain time periods; and prohibiting employers of tipped employees, beginning January 1, 2027, from including a tip credit amount as part of the employees' wages. (Crossfiled with HB0581) SB0472 State Government - Permits, Licenses, and Certificates - Processing (Transparent Government Act of 2024) The President (Administration) "Requiring certain departments and independent units to create a certain catalog of information relating to permits, licenses, and certificates issued by the department or independent unit and submit the catalog to the Governor on or before September 1, 2024; requiring certain departments and independent units to post certain information relating to permits, licenses, and certificates on the website of the department or independent unit on or before December 1, 2024; establishing the Government Efficiency Commission; etc. " (Crossfiled with HB0579) SB0474 Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and Related Approvals - Definition of Generating Station (Critical Infrastructure Streamlining Act of 2024) The President (Administration) Altering and establishing the definition of "generating station" for the purpose of exempting the construction of certain generating facilities used to produce electricity for the purpose of onsite emergency backup and certain test and maintenance operations from the requirement to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity or certain other related approvals under certain circumstances. (Crossfiled with HB0604) SB0478 Families Serve Act of 2024 The President (Administration) Authorizing employers to grant a preference in hiring and promotion to spouses of eligible service members; and requiring the appointing authorities in the Executive Branch of State government to apply a credit of 10 points on any selection test for eligible military spouses. (Crossfiled with HB0571) SB0485 Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Modifications Senator Hayes Modifying provisions of law governing application, administration, and enforcement of the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program, including provisions related to the payment of contributions, the calculation of the average weekly wage, the submission of claims for benefits, the application of the Program to self-employed individuals, the satisfaction of Program requirements through private employer plans or insurance, and the use of contributions or other funding by the Secretary of Labor. HB0505 (Crossfiled with SB0682) Limitations on Cost Recovery by Public Service Companies and Reports on Votes Cast at Meetings of Regional Transmission Organizations (Utility Transparency and Accountability Act) Delegate Charkoudian Prohibiting public service companies from recovering through rates certain costs; requiring certain public service companies to submit an annual report to the Public Service Commission regarding costs related to certain activities; requiring each electric company to be a member of a regional transmission organization; and requiring each electric company to submit a report by February 1 each year, to the Commission regarding certain votes cast by the electric company and any of its affiliates at a meeting of the regional transmission organization. (Crossfiled with HB0650) SB0511 "Labor and Employment - Apprenticeship Standards - Ratio of Apprentices to Journeypersons " Senator A. Washington Requiring the Secretary of Labor to adopt regulations establishing a ratio of three apprentices to one journeyperson for each nontraditional trade occupation and newly registered occupation. (Crossfiled with HB0525) SB0513 Employment Discrimination - Use of Cannabis Products Senator A. Washington Prohibiting an employer from discriminating against an individual because of the individual's use of cannabis products under certain circumstances; establishing that certain provisions prohibiting employment discrimination do not prohibit an employer from taking certain actions against an employee under certain circumstances or authorize certain behaviors by an employee; and requiring certain employers to issue a drug policy under certain circumstances. HB0516 Climate Crisis and Environmental Justice Act of 2024 Delegate Fennell Establishing the Climate Crisis Initiative in the Department of the Environment to provide for the assessment of greenhouse gas pollution fees, the provision of certain benefits to households and employers, and the funding of certain climate-related activities; providing for the collection and use of certain greenhouse gas pollution fees; establishing the Household and Employer Benefit Fund and the Climate Crisis Infrastructure Fund as special, nonlapsing funds; etc. HB0518 Public Service Commission - Performance-Based Regulation - Study Delegates Taveras Requiring the Public Service Commission to study the feasibility of and develop a framework for transitioning to performance–based utility regulation in the State; and generally relating to a study on performance–based regulation. (Crossfiled with HB0649) SB0525 Labor and Employment – Equal Pay for Equal Work – Wage Range Transparency Sen. Kelly Altering the requirement that an employer disclose certain wage information to an applicant for employment; requiring an employer to disclose certain wage information in certain postings and to certain employees at certain times; requiring an employer to set the wage range disclosed in good faith; prohibiting an employer from taking a certain retaliatory action; and requiring each employer to keep a record of compliance with certain provisions of the Act for at least 3 years. HB0525 (Crossfiled with SB0513) Employment Discrimination - Use of Cannabis Products Delegate Wilkins Prohibiting an employer from discriminating against an individual because of the individual's use of cannabis products under certain circumstances; establishing that certain provisions prohibiting employment discrimination do not prohibit an employer from taking certain actions against an employee under certain circumstances or authorize certain behaviors by an employee; and requiring certain employers to issue a drug policy under certain circumstances. (Crossfiled with HB0083) SB0538 Civil Actions - Noneconomic Damages - Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Senator Waldstreicher Repealing certain limitations on noneconomic damages in civil actions for personal injury or wrongful death; and applying the Act prospectively. (Crossfiled with HB0567) SB0541 Maryland Online Data Privacy Act of 2024 Senator Gile Establishing generally the manner in which a controller or a processor may process a consumer's personal data; authorizing a consumer to exercise certain rights in regards to the consumer's personal data; requiring a controller of personal data to establish a method for a consumer to exercise certain rights in regards to the consumer's personal data; etc. HB0555 Criminal Law - Unauthorized Dissemination of Personal Identifying Information - Prohibition Delegate Johnson, A. Prohibiting the unauthorized dissemination of certain personal identifying information in order to intimidate, abuse, threaten, harass, or frighten another; establishing a civil cause of action for a person injured by the intentional dissemination of certain personal identifying information; and generally relating to a prohibition against the unauthorized dissemination of personal identifying information. HB0567 (Crossfiled with SB0541) Maryland Online Data Privacy Act of 2024 Delegate Love Establishing generally the manner in which a controller or a processor may process a consumer's personal data; authorizing a consumer to exercise certain rights in regards to the consumer's personal data; requiring a controller of personal data to establish a method for a consumer to exercise certain rights in regards to the consumer's personal data; etc. (Crossfiled with HB0397) SB0570 Public Utilities - Thermal Energy Network Systems - Authorization and Establishment (Working for Accessible Renewable Maryland Thermal Heat (WARMTH) Act) Senator Hester Requiring each gas company to develop a plan for a pilot thermal energy network system or systems on or before a certain date; requiring each gas company to submit a certain proposal or proposals to the Public Service Commission for approval on or before a certain date; authorizing a municipal corporation, county, or community organization to submit neighborhoods to gas companies for consideration as part of a pilot system; establishing requirements and authorizations for the development and implementation of a proposal and thermal energy network system; requiring the Commission to approve, approve with modifications, or reject each proposal on or before a certain date; requiring the Commission, in consultation with the Maryland Energy Administration and the Office of People’s Counsel, to make a determination on whether to make a pilot system permanent after the completion of the pilot system’s pilot period; establishing funding requirements for the Administration to cover certain costs; requiring the Administration to coordinate with the Department of Housing and Community Development to provide certain services or funding; requiring the Maryland Environmental Service to issue certain procurements for certain projects; establishing certain employment requirements for certain projects; and generally relating to thermal energy network systems. (Crossfiled with HB0603) SB0571 Consumer Protection – Online Products and Services – Data of Children (Maryland Kids Code) Senator Kramer Requiring a certain entity that offers an online product reasonably likely to be accessed by children to complete a certain data protection impact assessment under certain circumstances; requiring certain privacy protections for certain online products; prohibiting certain data collection and sharing practices; etc. HB0571 (Crossfiled with SB0485) Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Modifications Delegate Qi Modifying provisions of law governing application, administration, and enforcement of the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program, including provisions related to the payment of contributions, the calculation of the average weekly wage, the submission of claims for benefits, the application of the Program to self-employed individuals, the satisfaction of Program requirements through private employer plans or insurance, and the use of contributions or other funding by the Secretary of Labor. HB0579 (Crossfiled with SB0474) Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and Related Approvals – Definition of Generating Station (Critical Infrastructure Streamlining Act of 2024) The Speaker (Administration) Altering and establishing the definition of "generating station" for the purpose of exempting the construction of certain generating facilities used to produce electricity for the purpose of onsite emergency backup and certain test and maintenance operations from the requirement to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity or certain other related approvals under certain circumstances. HB0581 (Crossfiled with SB0472) State Government - Permits, Licenses, and Certificates - Processing (Transparent Government Act of 2024) The Speaker (Administration) Requiring certain departments and independent units to create a certain catalog of information relating to permits, licenses, and certificates issued by the department or independent unit and submit the catalog to the Governor on or before September 1, 2024; requiring certain departments and independent units to post certain information relating to permits, licenses, and certificates on the website of the department or independent unit on or before December 1, 2024; establishing the Government Efficiency Commission; etc. HB0598 (Crossfiled with SB0413) Discrimination - Military Status - Prohibition Delegate Boafo Prohibiting discrimination based on military status with regard to public accommodation, housing, employment, financial transactions, education, insurance, the provision of public utility services, and State personnel actions. HB0602 Employment Discrimination – Sexual Orientation The Speaker Altering certain provisions of law prohibiting employment discrimination on the basis of sex and gender identity to also prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. (Crossfiled with HB658) SB0602 Criminal Procedure – Automated Expungement, Waiting Periods, and Adverse Actions (Clean Slate Act of 2024) Senator McKay Altering certain provisions of law relating to waiting periods for the filing of certain petitions for expungement to authorize the filing of a petition a certain amount of time after the completion of the sentence; providing that refusal by a person to disclose information about criminal charges that have been expunged may not be the sole reason for a unit, an official, or an employee of the State or a political subdivision of the State to deny the person’s application for a license, permit, registration, or government service or for an educational institution to expel or refuse to admit the person; establishing procedures for and requirements relating to the automated expungement of certain clean slate eligible charges; requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to conduct certain publicity campaigns, disseminate certain information, and provide a certain digital service; and generally relating to expungement. HB0603 (Crossfiled with SB0571) Consumer Protection - Online Products and Services - Data of Children (Maryland Kids Code) Delegate Solomon Requiring a certain entity that offers an online product reasonably likely to be accessed by children to complete a certain data protection impact assessment under certain circumstances; requiring certain privacy protections for certain online products; prohibiting certain data collection and sharing practices; etc. HB0604 (Crossfiled with SB0478) Families Serve Act of 2024 The Speaker (Administration) Authorizing employers to grant a preference in hiring and promotion to spouses of eligible service members; and requiring the appointing authorities in the Executive Branch of State government to apply a credit of 10 points on any selection test for eligible military spouses. (Crossfiled with HB0726) SB0626 Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Definition of Purchaser and Alteration of Application of Law Senator Ready Altering the definition of “purchaser” for the purpose of certain provisions of State insurance law governing pharmacy benefits managers to exclude certain nonprofit health maintenance organizations; repealing certain provisions that restrict the applicability of certain provisions of law to pharmacy benefits managers that provide pharmacy benefits management services on behalf of a carrier; and generally relating to pharmacy benefits managers. HB0649 (Crossfiled with SB525) Labor and Employment – Equal Pay for Equal Work – Wage Range Transparency Delegate White Holland Altering the requirement that an employer disclose certain wage information to an applicant for employment; requiring an employer to disclose certain wage information in certain postings and to certain employees at certain times; requiring an employer to set the wage range disclosed in good faith; prohibiting an employer from taking a certain retaliatory action; and requiring each employer to keep a record of compliance with certain provisions of the Act for at least 3 years. HB0650 (Crossfiled with SB0511) "Labor and Employment - Apprenticeship Standards - Ratio of Apprentices to Journeypersons " Delegate Boafo Requiring the Secretary of Labor to adopt regulations establishing a ratio of three apprentices to one journeyperson for each nontraditional trade occupation and newly registered occupation. HB0658 (Crossfiled with SB602) Criminal Procedure – Automated Expungement, Waiting Periods, and Adverse Actions (Clean Slate Act of 2024) Delegate Moon Altering certain provisions of law relating to waiting periods for the filing of certain petitions for expungement to authorize the filing of a petition a certain amount of time after the completion of the sentence; providing that refusal by a person to disclose information about criminal charges that have been expunged may not be the sole reason for a unit, an official, or an employee of the State or a political subdivision of the State to deny the person’s application for a license, permit, registration, or government service or for an educational institution to expel or refuse to admit the person; establishing procedures for and requirements relating to the automated expungement of certain clean slate eligible charges; requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to conduct certain publicity campaigns, disseminate certain information, and provide a certain digital service; and generally relating to expungement. (Crossfiled with HB0455) SB0677 Comptroller - Electronic Tax and Fee Return Filing Requirements The President (Comptroller) Requiring that returns for certain taxes and fees collected by the Comptroller be filed electronically, subject to certain exceptions; altering certain requirements for electronic filing of returns for certain taxes; and generally relating to electronic filing of tax and fee returns. (Crossfiled with HB0454) SB0679 Disclosure of Tax Information - Tax Compliance Activity and Binding Data Use Agreements The President (Comptroller) The purpose of authorizing, subject to certain limitations, the disclosure of certain tax information to certain persons and governmental entities for the purpose of assisting the Comptroller in certain tax compliance activity; requiring the Comptroller, whendisclosing tax information in accordance with certain provisions of law, to require the party to whom the information is to be disclosed to enter into a certain data use agreement; prohibiting an officer, employee, former officer, or former employee of a certain person from disclosing the tax information except under certain circumstances; and generally relating to the disclosure of tax information by the Maryland Comptroller. HB0717 (Crossfiled with SB0064) Income Tax - Credit for Employers Providing Parental Engagement Leave Delegate Long Allowing employers who provide certain parental engagement leave to certain qualified employees during the taxable year a credit against the State income tax; requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Comptroller, to develop and make available a certain certification form; requiring a certain qualified employee to obtain the signatures of a certain county board member and certain school personnel under certain circumstances; making the credit refundable under certain circumstances; and generally relating to a credit against the State income tax for employers who provide parental engagement leave to qualified employees. HB0726 (Crossfiled with SB0626) Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Definition of Purchaser and Alteration of Application of Law Delegate Kipke Altering the definition of “purchaser” for the purpose of certain provisions of State insurance law governing pharmacy benefits managers to exclude certain nonprofit health maintenance organizations; repealing certain provisions that restrict the applicability of certain provisions of law to pharmacy benefits managers that provide pharmacy benefits management services on behalf of a carrier; and generally relating to pharmacy benefits managers. (Crossfiled with HB0340) SB0388 Prescription Drug Affordability Board - Authority for Upper Payment Limits and Funding (The Lowering Prescription Drug Costs For All Marylanders Now Act) Senator Gile Requiring the Prescription Drug Affordability Board to make a certain determination regarding the establishment of a process for setting upper payment limits for all purchases and payor reimbursements of prescription drug products in the State that the Board determines have led or will lead to an affordability challenge; requiring the Board, under certain circumstances, to establish a process for setting upper payment limits for all purchases and payor reimbursements of prescription drug products in the State that the Board determines have led or will lead to affordability challenges; altering the funding of the Board; and generally relating to the Prescription Drug Affordability Board. HB0340 Crossfiled with (SB0388) Prescription Drug Affordability Board - Authority for Upper Payment Limits and Funding (The Lowering Prescription Drug Costs For All Marylanders Now Act) Delegate Cullison Requiring the Prescription Drug Affordability Board to make a certain determination regarding the establishment of a process for setting upper payment limits for all purchases and payor reimbursements of prescription drug products in the State that the Board determines have led or will lead to an affordability challenge; requiring the Board, under certain circumstances, to establish a process for setting upper payment limits for all purchases and payor reimbursements of prescription drug products in the State that the Board determines have led or will lead to affordability challenges; altering the funding of the Board; and generally relating to the Prescription Drug Affordability Board. Crossfiled with (HB736) SB497 Health Insurance and Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Coverage - Opioid Reversal Drugs and Products Senator Gile "Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to cover nonprescription naloxone hydrochloride and any other drug or product that is approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for the complete or partial reversal of an opioid overdose without imposing a copayment or coinsurance requirement that exceeds a certain amount; and generally relating to the coverage for opioid reversal drugs and products. " HB736 Crossfiled with (SB0497) Health Insurance and Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Coverage - Opioid Reversal Drugs and Products Delegate Vogel "Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to cover nonprescription naloxone hydrochloride and any other drug or product that is approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for the complete or partial reversal of an opioid overdose without imposing a copayment or coinsurance requirement that exceeds a certain amount; and generally relating to the coverage for opioid reversal drugs and products. " Crossfiled with (HB0487) SB0510 Corporations and Associations - Electric Cooperatives - Nonescheat Capital Credits Senator Hershey Providing that certain unclaimed money held by an electric cooperative and due to a past member is not considered abandoned property; authorizing an electric cooperative to use this money only for certain purposes; and generally relating to electric cooperatives and nonescheat capital credits HB0487 Crossfiled with (SB0510) Corporations and Associations - Electric Cooperatives - Nonescheat Capital Credits Delegate Adams Providing that certain unclaimed money held by an electric cooperative and due to a past member is not considered abandoned property; authorizing an electric cooperative to use this money only for certain purposes; and generally relating to electric cooperatives and nonescheat capital credits Crossfiled with (HB1007) SB0766 Fair Share for Maryland Act of 2024 Senator Hettleman Altering a certain limit on the unified credit used for determining the Maryland estate tax for decedents dying on or after a certain date; altering a certain limitation on the amount of the Maryland estate tax for decedents dying on or after a certain date; requiring that certain sales of tangible personal property be included in the numerator of the sales factor used for apportioning a corporation’s income to the State under certain circumstances; altering the State income tax rate on Maryland taxable income of certain individuals; providing for an additional State individual income tax rate on the net capital gains of individuals, subject to certain exceptions; imposing a certain income tax on income distributed to certain members of certain pass–through entities from the pass–through entity’s taxable income exceeding a certain amount; expanding eligibility for the Maryland earned income tax credit for individuals without qualifying children by altering the income thresholds at which the credit phases out; providing that, after a certain taxable year, the income threshold and phase–out amounts are adjusted annually for inflation; altering the definition of “qualified child” and income eligibility requirements for purposes of qualifying for a certain credit against the State income tax for certain dependent children; altering the calculation of the child tax credit; requiring certain corporations to compute Maryland taxable income using a certain method; requiring, subject to regulations adopted by the Comptroller, certain groups of corporations to file a combined income tax return reflecting the aggregate income tax liability of all the members of the group; requiring the Comptroller to adopt certain regulations consistent with certain regulations adopted by the Multistate Tax Commission; requiring the Comptroller to assess interest and penalties under certain circumstances; and generally relating to Maryland estate tax and income tax. HB1007 Crossfiled with (SB0766) Fair Share for Maryland Act of 2024 Del. Carr Altering a certain limit on the unified credit used for determining the Maryland estate tax for decedents dying on or after a certain date; altering a certain limitation on the amount of the Maryland estate tax for decedents dying on or after a certain date; requiring that certain sales of tangible personal property be included in the numerator of the sales factor used for apportioning a corporation’s income to the State under certain circumstances; altering the State income tax rate on Maryland taxable income of certain individuals; providing for an additional State individual income tax rate on the net capital gains of individuals, subject to certain exceptions; imposing a certain income tax on income distributed to certain members of certain pass–through entities from the pass–through entity’s taxable income exceeding a certain amount; expanding eligibility for the Maryland earned income tax credit for individuals without qualifying children by altering the income thresholds at which the credit phases out; providing that, after a certain taxable year, the income threshold and phase–out amounts are adjusted annually for inflation; altering the definition of “qualified child” and income eligibility requirements for purposes of qualifying for a certain credit against the State income tax for certain dependent children; altering the calculation of the child tax credit; requiring certain corporations to compute Maryland taxable income using a certain method; requiring, subject to regulations adopted by the Comptroller, certain groups of corporations to file a combined income tax return reflecting the aggregate income tax liability of all the members of the group; requiring the Comptroller to adopt certain regulations consistent with certain regulations adopted by the Multistate Tax Commission; requiring the Comptroller to assess interest and penalties under certain circumstances; and generally relating to Maryland estate tax and income tax. HB0713 Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Military Retirement Income - Individuals Unde rthe Age of 55 Delegate Griffith Increasing the amount of a subtraction modification from $12,500 to $20,000 under the Maryland income tax for military retirement income for individuals who are under the age of 55 years; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2023. HB0905 Sales and Use Tax Exemption – Qualified Data Center Personal Property – Eligibility Delegate Charkoudian Altering, for purposes of eligibility for an exemption from the sales and use tax for qualified data center personal property, the definition of "qualified data center" so as to require the payment of certain prevailing wages, employment of certain apprentices, installation of certain battery storage, incorporation of on-site solar energy generation to the extent practicable, and purchase of a certain percentage of energy demanded by the data center from certain wind-based generators or solar renewable energy credits. SB0861 Public Utilities - High-Energy-Use Facilities - Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions Senator Lewis Youn Requiring a person that owns, operates, or controls a high energy use facility to ensure greenhouse gas emissions associated with the electricity used by the facility are reduced by certain amounts by certain years; prohibiting a person from using certain methods to meet the emissions reduction targets established under the Act; and requiring the Public Service Commission to review and verify a certain report submitted by each person that owns, operates, or controls a high energy use facility and make a certain determination. HB0570 (Crossfiled with SB0487) Health Maintenance Organizations - Payments to Nonparticipating Providers - Reimbursement Rate Delegate Kipke Altering the reimbursement rate at which health maintenance organizations are required to pay certain nonparticipating health care providers for services; and generally relating to payments by health maintenance organizations to nonparticipating providers. (Crossfiled with HB0827) SB0821 Maryland Insurance Administration - Professional Employer Organizations - Study Senator Feldman Requiring the Maryland Insurance Administration to study professional employer organizations in the State; and generally relating to health coverage and professional employer organizations. HB0827 (Crossfield with SB0821) Maryland Insurance Administration - Professional Employer Organizations - Study Delegate Qi Requiring the Maryland Insurance Administration to study professional employer organizations in the State; and generally relating to health coverage and professional employer organizations. (Crossfiled with HB1025) SB0841 Transportation - Motor Fuel Tax Rates, Vehicle-Miles-Traveled Tax, and Farebox Recovery Requirements (Transportation Equity, Fairness, and Privacy Act of 2024) Senator Ready Repealing a requirement that certain motor fuel tax rates be adjusted in future years based on growth in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers; prohibiting the State or a local jurisdiction from imposing or levying a vehicle–miles–traveled tax or certain other similar fees, tolls, or taxes; requiring that the Maryland Transit Administration achieve a certain farebox recovery requirement for certain transit services; requiring that the Administration increase fares for certain transit services under certain circumstances; providing that the Administration is not required to conduct certain public hearings before implementing certain fare increases; prohibiting the State or a local jurisdiction from requiring the installation of a device in or on a privately owned vehicle to facilitate the reporting of vehicle miles traveled; and generally relating to fares, fees, and taxes related to transportation. SB0845 Workers' Compensation - Temporary Partial Disability - Concurrent Employment Senator Klausmeier Requiring the employer at the employment where the accidental personal injury or occupational disease occurred or its insurer to pay a temporarily partially disabled covered employee who holds concurrent employment compensation that equals a certain proportion of the average weekly wage of the covered employee under certain circumstances; and generally relating to temporary partial disability benefits. (Crossfiled with HB0339) SB0871 Unemployment Insurance - Disqualification - Stoppage of Work Caused by Labor Dispute Senator Kramer Establishing that the disqualification from receiving unemployment insurance benefits due to a stoppage of work does not apply for any week beginning after a certain number of days of an individual’s unemployment resulting from the stoppage of work; and generally relating to disqualification from unemployment insurance benefits. HB0672 (Crossfiled with SB0382) Criminal Law - Display of Obscene Materials to Minors - Age Verification Delegate Grammer Requiring a website operator or other person who displays, exhibits, sells, shows, or advertises for sale obscene material to adhere to certain age verification standards; and generally relating to the display of obscene material to minors. (Crossfiled with HB0505) SB0682 Limitations on Cost Recovery by Public Service Companies and Reports on Votes Cast at Meetings of Regional Transmission Organizations (Utility Transparency and Accountability Act) Senator Hester Prohibiting public service companies from recovering through rates certain costs; requiring certain public service companies to submit an annual report to the Public Service Commission regarding costs related to certain activities; requiring each electric company to be a member of a regional transmission organization; requiring each electric company to submit an annual report to the Commission regarding certain votes cast by the electric company and any affiliate of the electric company at a meeting of the regional transmission organization; and generally relating to cost recovery by public service companies and reports by electric companies. HB0731 (Crossfiled with SB0548) Natural Gas - Strategic Infrastructure Development and Enhancement (Ratepayer Protection Act) Delegate Embry "Altering the required contents of a certain plan that a gas company may file with the Public Service Commission for proposed eligible infrastructure replacement projects to include certain descriptions, demonstrations, analyses, and notifications; altering the required findings of the Commission in considering whether to approve a certain infrastructure replacement plan; and generally relating to natural gas and infrastructure management. " (Crossfiled with HB0731) SB0548 Natural Gas - Strategic Infrastructure Development and Enhancement (Ratepayer Protection Act) Senate Sydnor "Altering the required contents of a certain plan that a gas company may file with the Public Service Commission for proposed eligible infrastructure replacement projects to include certain descriptions, demonstrations, analyses, and notifications; altering the required findings of the Commission in considering whether to approve a certain infrastructure replacement plan; and generally relating to natural gas and infrastructure management. " (Crossfiled with HB0772) SB0780 Internet-Connected Devices and Internet Service Providers - Default Filtering of Obscene Content (Maryland Online Child Protection Act) Senator Muse "Prohibiting a person from selling an Internet–connected device that is intended for minors unless the device is sold with a certain filter, certain privacy settings, and other features; making a violation of the prohibition an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice that is subject to the enforcement and penalties under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act; requiring that preference be given to certain grant applications that include the use of broadband providers that implement the use of certain filters; requiring that preference be granted in the State procurement process to Internet service providers that implement the use of certain filters; and generally relating to Internet content filtering in the State. " HB0772 (Crossfiled with SB0780) Internet-Connected Devices and Internet Service Providers - Default Filtering of Obscene Content (Maryland Online Child Protection Act) Delegate Henson "Prohibiting a person from selling an Internet–connected device that is intended for minors unless the device is sold with a certain filter, certain privacy settings, and other features; making a violation of the prohibition an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice that is subject to the enforcement and penalties under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act; requiring that preference be given to certain grant applications that include the use of broadband providers that implement the use of certain filters; requiring that preference be granted in the State procurement process to Internet service providers that implement the use of certain filters; and generally relating to Internet content filtering in the State. " HB0880 (Crossfiled with SB1021) Pharmacy Benefits Administration - Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Pharmacy Benefits Managers Delegate S. Johnson Altering the reimbursement levels for drug products that the Maryland Medical Assistance Program is required to establish and that pharmacy benefits managers that contract with a pharmacy on behalf of a managed care organization are required to reimburse the pharmacy; altering the definition of “purchaser” for purposes of certain provisions of law regulating pharmacy benefits managers to include certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations; and generally relating to pharmacy benefits administration. HB0924 (Crossfiled with SB1126) Transportation – Regional Transportation Authorities Delegate Spiegel Establishing the Baltimore Region, Capital Region, and Southern Maryland Region transportation authorities to develop and implement certain congestion relief plans; establishing the Baltimore Region, Capital Region, and Southern Maryland Region congestion relief funds as special, nonlapsing funds; requiring interest earnings of the funds to be credited to the funds; requiring the Department of Transportation, in consultation with the Comptroller, to study and report on the feasibility of creating local–option transportation revenues to fund the regional transportation authorities; and generally relating to regional transportation authorities. (Crossfiled with HB0924) SB1126 Transportation – Regional Transportation Authorities Senator King Establishing the Baltimore Region, Capital Region, and Southern Maryland Region transportation authorities to develop and implement certain congestion relief plans; establishing the Baltimore Region, Capital Region, and Southern Maryland Region congestion relief funds as special, nonlapsing funds; requiring interest earnings of the funds to be credited to the funds; requiring the Department of Transportation, in consultation with the Comptroller, to study and report on the feasibility of creating local–option transportation revenues to fund the regional transportation authorities; and generally relating to regional transportation authorities. (Crossfiled with HB0570) SB0487 Health Maintenance Organizations - Payments to Nonparticipating Providers - Reimbursement Rate Senator Lam Altering the reimbursement rate at which health maintenance organizations are required to pay certain nonparticipating health care providers for services; and generally relating to payments by health maintenance organizations to nonparticipating providers. SB0692 Cybersecurity - Workgroup to Study Data Security - Establishment Senator Jennings Establishing the Workgroup to Study Data Security; and generally relating to the Workgroup to Study Data Security. (Crossfiled with HB0820) SB0805 Nuclear Energy Development Task Force Senator Brooks Establishing the Nuclear Energy Development Task Force to study and make recommendations on the deployment of nuclear power generation resources and other related technologies in the State and the establishment of a permanent nuclear energy commission in the State; and generally relating to the Nuclear Energy Development Task Force. HB0820 (Crossfiled with SB0805) Nuclear Energy Development Task Force Delegate Wu Establishing the Nuclear Energy Development Task Force to study and make recommendations on the deployment of nuclear power generation resources and other related technologies in the State and the establishment of a permanent nuclear energy commission in the State; and generally relating to the Nuclear Energy Development Task Force. SB0834 Consumer Protection - Scam Awareness Pilot Program - Establishment (Don't Scam Maryland Act of 2024) Senator Hester Establishing the Scam Awareness Pilot Program in the Division of Consumer Protection of the Office of the Attorney General to identify common scamming methods used against individuals in the State and to develop and disseminate certain consumer safety messages; requiring the Division to engage certain stakeholders to provide input on the Pilot Program; establishing that certain funds may be used only in a certain manner; and generally relating to the establishment of the Scam Awareness Pilot Program. (Crossfiled with HB0998) SB0846 Maryland Department of Labor - Unemployment Insurance - Study on Actively Seeking Work Requirements Senator Klausmeier "Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to conduct a study on the actively seeking work requirement of the unemployment insurance system in the State and other states to evaluate the effects of ghosting on actively seeking work requirements; and generally relating to a study on actively seeking work requirements for unemployment insurance benefits. " (Crossfiled with HB0744) SB0702 Income Tax - Biotechnology Investment Incentive Tax Credit Program - Pass-Through Entities Senator Beidle "Allowing a qualified investor that is a pass–through entity that pays a certain income tax on behalf of its members to receive and allocate in any manner a credit or refund of a credit under the Biotechnology Investment Incentive Tax Credit Program; and generally relating to the Biotechnology Investment Incentive Tax Credit Program. " HB0744 (Crossfiled with SB0702) Income Tax - Biotechnology Investment Incentive Tax Credit Program - Pass-Through Entities Delegate Chang "Allowing a qualified investor that is a pass–through entity that pays a certain income tax on behalf of its members to receive and allocate in any manner a credit or refund of a credit under the Biotechnology Investment Incentive Tax Credit Program; and generally relating to the Biotechnology Investment Incentive Tax Credit Program. " HB0774 Motor Vehicles - Certificate of Title Fees - Zero-Emission Plug-In Electric Drive Vehicles Delegate Hornberger Altering the fee charged by the Motor Vehicle Administration for the issuance of a certificate of title for zero–emission plug–in electric drive vehicles; and generally relating to certificate of title fees for zero–emission plug–in electric drive vehicles. HB0802 Labor and Employment - Mandatory Meetings on Religious or Political Matters - Employee Attendance and Participation (Protecting Workers From Captive Audience Meetings Act) Delegate Vogel "Prohibiting employers from taking certain actions against an employee or applicant for employment because the employee or applicant declines to attend or participate in employer–sponsored meetings during which the employer communicates the opinion of the employer regarding religious matters or political matters; and generally relating to employee attendance and participation in employer meetings on religious or political matters. " HB0913 Motor Vehicles – Registration – Annual Surcharge Delegate Fraser-Hidalgo Requiring the owner of a motor vehicle to pay a certain annual surcharge in addition to the annual registration fee; authorizing the surcharge to be paid in installment payments; requiring the proceeds collected from the surcharge to be deposited into the Transportation Trust Fund and, under certain circumstances, to be used for certain purposes; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to refuse to register or renew or transfer the registration of a motor vehicle for failure to pay the surcharge or installments; and generally relating to annual surcharges on motor vehicle registrations. HB0925 Vehicle Excise Tax - Rate Increase Delegate Fair Increasing the vehicle excise tax rate; and generally relating to the vehicle excise tax. HB1025 (Crossfiled with SB0841) Transportation - Motor Fuel Tax Rates, Vehicle-Miles-Traveled Tax, and Farebox Recovery Requirement (Transportation Equity, Fairness, and Privacy Act of 2024) Delegate M. Morgan "Repealing a requirement that certain motor fuel tax rates be adjusted in future years based on growth in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers; prohibiting the State or a local jurisdiction from imposing or levying a vehicle–miles–traveled tax or certain other similar fees, tolls, or taxes; requiring that the Maryland Transit Administration achieve a certain farebox recovery requirement for certain transit services; requiring that the Administration increase fares for certain transit services under certain circumstances; providing that the Administration is not required to conduct certain public hearings before implementing certain fare increases; prohibiting the State or a local jurisdiction from requiring the installation of a device in or on a privately owned vehicle to facilitate the reporting of vehicle miles traveled; and generally relating to fares, fees, and taxes related to transportation. " HB0831 Common Ownership Communities and Zoning Authorities - Operation of Family Child Care Homes - Limitations Delegate Feldmark Prohibiting a provision in certain documents of a cooperative housing corporation from prohibiting or restricting the establishment or operation of certain family child care homes, subject to certain provisions of law; prohibiting a provision in certain documents of a cooperative housing corporation from limiting the number of children for which certain family child care homes provide family child care below a certain number; prohibiting a local jurisdiction in the State from limiting the number of children for which certain family child care homes provide family child care below a certain number by local ordinance, resolution, law, or rule; repealing the authority of a condominium association and a homeowners association to include a provision in its governing documents that prohibits the establishment or operation of certain family child care homes, subject to certain provisions of law; prohibiting a provision in certain documents of a condominium association or a homeowners association from limiting the number of children for which certain family child care homes provide family child care below a certain number; and generally relating to common ownership communities and zoning and the operation of family child care homes. HB998 (Crossfiled with SB0846) Maryland Department of Labor – Unemployment Insurance – Study on Actively Seeking Work Requirements Delegate  Adams Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to conduct a study on the actively seeking work requirement of the unemployment insurance system in the State and other states to evaluate the effects of ghosting on actively seeking work requirements; and generally relating to a study on actively seeking work requirements for unemployment insurance benefits. (Crossfiled with HB880) SB1021 Pharmacy Benefits Administration - Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Pharmacy Benefits Managers Senator A. Washington "Altering the reimbursement levels for drug products that the Maryland Medical Assistance Program is required to establish and that pharmacy benefits managers that contract with a pharmacy on behalf of a managed care organization are required to reimburse the pharmacy; altering the definition of “purchaser” for purposes of certain provisions of law regulating pharmacy benefits managers to include certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations; and generally relating to pharmacy benefits administration. " HB1008 Fossil Fuel Transportation Fee and Mitigation Fund (Climate Pollution Reduction Fund Act) Delegate Stein Imposing a fossil fuel transportation fee on a person that transports a fossil fuel in the State; providing that the rate of the fossil fuel transportation fee is 30 cents per million British thermal units of fossil fuels transported in the State; providing the fee does not apply to the transportation of a fossil fuel that is solely for use on a farm and the carrier does not otherwise use or sell the fossil fuel; establishing the Fossil Fuel Mitigation Fund to support activities that reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the State; etc. HB1067 Digital Advertising Gross Revenues Tax - Assessments - Appeals and Corrections Delegate Feldmark Establishing a certain appeal process for persons who are subject to the digital advertising gross revenues tax and receive a notice of assessment from the Comptroller; authorizing the Comptroller or the Comptroller's designee to issue an order to correct an erroneous assessment of the digital advertising gross revenues tax, subject to certain conditions; and applying the Act to assessments of the digital advertising gross revenues tax made after June 30, 2024. HB0697 (Crossfiled with SB1169) Real Estate Brokers – Commercial Transactions – Buyer’s Rights Delegate Griffith Establishing certain requirements and prohibitions for commercial real estate transactions related to a buyer's right to make certain title, settlement, and escrow selections. SB0889 Civil Actions - Enforcement Actions by the Attorney General - Statutes of Limitations Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Office of the Attorney General) Repealing the 1-year statute of limitations for a civil enforcement action brought by the Attorney General for a fine, penalty, or forfeiture and repealing the 4-year statute of limitations for a civil enforcement action brought by the Attorney General to enforce antitrust laws. HB0595 Civil Enforcement Actions Brought by the Attorney General - Statute of Limitations Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Office of the Attorney General) Providing that certain civil enforcement actions brought by the Attorney General may be instituted at any time. HB1215 Transportation Financing - Retail Delivery Fee and Transportation Network Company Impact Fee (Transportation Funding Act of 2024) Delegate Korman Pledging certain revenues from a retail delivery fee and a transportation network company impact fee to paying the principal of and interest on consolidated transportation bonds issued by the Department of Transportation; establishing a Retail Delivery Fee and Transportation Network Company Impact Fee Account in the Transportation Trust Fund; requiring the Department to allocate the funds in the Retail Delivery Fee and Transportation Network Company Impact Fee Account for certain transportation purposes; etc. SB1031 Civil Actions - Lead Poisoning - Liability and Statute of Limitations (Maryland Lead Poisoning Compensation Act) Sen. Carter Repealing the requirement that each local correctional facility make available at least one formulation of certain Food and Drug Administration–approved opioid medications used for the treatment of opioid use disorders; requiring the Maryland Secretary of Health to annually provide each county a grant equal to the costs incurred by the county for the implementation of a certain medication–assisted treatment program; expanding the authorized uses of the Opioid Restitution Fund; and generally relating to medication–assisted treatment for incarcerated individuals. HB1226 (Crossfiled with SB994) Maryland Predictable Scheduling Act Delegate Foley Establishing certain requirements on food service establishments, hospitality establishments, and retail establishments regarding work schedules for employees, including requirements related to the provision of work schedules to employees, notifications regarding changes to the schedules, and payment of wages to employees whose work schedules are changed by the employer; authorizing certain employees to request an adjustment in a work schedule before beginning a shift and to decline to work hours that occur during a certain period; and generally relating to work schedules. (Crossfiled with HB1226) SB0994 Maryland Predictable Scheduling Act Senator  Benson "Establishing certain requirements on food service establishments, hospitality establishments, and retail establishments regarding work schedules for employees, including requirements related to the provision of work schedules to employees, notifications regarding changes to the schedules, and payment of wages to employees whose work schedules are changed by the employer; authorizing certain employees to request an adjustment in a work schedule before beginning a shift and to decline to work hours that occur during a certain period; and generally relating to work schedules. " (Crossfiled with HB1425) SB0998 Commercial Law - Earned Wage Access Services Senator  Klausmeier Requiring a certain provider of earned wage access services to register with the Commissioner of Financial Regulation; requiring a provider to file a certain surety bond or an irrevocable letter of credit with the Commissioner in a certain manner; regulating providers and earned wage access services; requiring, on or before a certain date each year, a provider to submit a certain report to the Commissioner; authorizing a certain consumer to submit a written complaint to the Commissioner under certain circumstances; conferring on the Commissioner certain investigatory and enforcement authority; establishing certain requirements regarding the confidentiality of certain information and information sharing; authorizing, subject to certain conditions, a provider to provide earned wage access services without being registered with the Commissioner until a certain date; and generally relating to earned wage access services and providers. (Crossfiled with HB1279) SB1023 Maryland Building Performance Standards – Fossil Fuel Use, Energy Conservation, and Electric– and Solar–Ready Standards (Better Buildings Act of 2024) Senators  Brooks Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor, on or before certain dates and as part of the Maryland Building Performance Standards, to adopt a requirement that new buildings meet all water and space heating demands of the building without the use of fossil fuels, energy conservation requirements, and an electric– and solar–ready standard for certain buildings; and generally relating to the Maryland Building Performance Standards. HB1279 (Crossfiled with SB1023) Maryland Building Performance Standards – Fossil Fuel Use, Energy Conservation, and Electric– and Solar–Ready Standards (Better Buildings Act of 2024) Delegates  Boafo Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor, on or before certain dates and as part of the Maryland Building Performance Standards, to adopt a requirement that new buildings meet all water and space heating demands of the building without the use of fossil fuels, energy conservation requirements, and an electric– and solar–ready standard for certain buildings; and generally relating to the Maryland Building Performance Standards. (Crossfiled with HB1049) SB1040 Consumer Protection - Automatic Renewals Senator Gile Requiring a person who makes an automatic renewal offer to consumers to allow a consumer to cancel the automatic renewal in a certain manner; requiring automatic renewal offers to be displayed in a certain manner and contain certain information; and establishing that a violation of the Act is an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice. (Crossfiled with HB1446) SB1060 Railroads - Safety Requirements (Maryland Railway Safety Act of 2024) Senators Ellis Establishing requirements and prohibitions related to the operation of railroads in the State, including provisions related to the size of the crew, the blocking of highway grade crossings, wayside detectors, and investigations by railroad labor union representatives; and requiring the Commission of Labor and Industry to establish and maintain a database regarding the transportation of hazardous materials and waste by rail in the State. HB1446 (Crossfiled with SB1060) Railroads - Safety Requirements (Maryland Railway Safety Act of 2024) Delegate  Stein Establishing requirements and prohibitions related to the operation of railroads in the State, including provisions related to the size of the crew, wayside detectors, and investigations by railroad labor union representatives; and requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to establish and maintain a database regarding the transportation of hazardous materials and waste by rail in the State. (Crossfiled with HB1247) SB1063 Environment - Advanced Clean Cars II Program - Application and Enforcement Senator  Hershey Prohibiting the Department of the Environment from adopting the California Advanced Clean Cars II regulations to be effective before motor vehicle model year 2030; and prohibiting the Department from applying certain provisions of law governing enforcement and penalties under the California Advanced Clean Cars II Program to a motor vehicle manufacturer for failing to meet the minimum electric vehicle or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle delivery requirements for an applicable motor vehicle model year. HB1247 (Crossfiled with SB1063) Environment - Advanced Clean Cars II Program - Application and Enforcement Delegates  Adams Prohibiting the Department of the Environment from adopting the California Advanced Clean Cars II regulations to be effective before motor vehicle model year 2030; and prohibiting the Department from applying certain provisions of law governing enforcement and penalties under the California Advanced Clean Cars II Program to a motor vehicle manufacturer for failing to meet the minimum electric vehicle or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle delivery requirements for an applicable motor vehicle model year. SB1065 Motor Vehicles - Registration - Annual Surcharge Senator  Guzzone Requiring the owner of a plug-in electric drive vehicle or fuel cell electric vehicle to pay a $100 annual surcharge in addition to the annual registration fee; authorizing the surcharge to be paid in installments; requiring the proceeds collected from the surcharge to be deposited into the Transportation Trust Fund and, under certain circumstances, used for certain purposes; and requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to refuse to register or renew or transfer the registration of a motor vehicle for failure to pay the surcharge. (Crossfiled with HB1280) SB1076 Sales and Use Tax – Electricity to Charge Electric Vehicles – Transportation Trust Fund Senator  Corderman Requiring the Comptroller to distribute revenue from the sales and use tax that is attributable to the sale of electricity used to charge electric vehicles to the Transportation Trust Fund; and generally relating to the distribution of sales and use tax revenues attributable to electricity used to charge electric vehicles. HB1280 (Crossfiled with SB1076) Sales and Use Tax – Electricity to Charge Electric Vehicles – Transportation Trust Fund Delegate Miller Requiring the Comptroller to distribute revenue from the sales and use tax that is attributable to the sale of electricity used to charge electric vehicles to the Transportation Trust Fund; and generally relating to the distribution of sales and use tax revenues attributable to electricity used to charge electric vehicles. (Crossfiled with HB1070) SB1093 Maryland Transportation Authority - Tolls - Collection and Use (Maryland Toll Rate Reform Act of 2024) Senator  Guzzone Establishing the Transportation Facilities Overage Account in the Transportation Trust Fund; requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority to fix, revise, charge, and collect fees, tolls, and other charges for the use of transportation facilities under its jurisdiction to maximize revenues above certain amounts and to distribute the additional revenues to the Transportation Facilities Overage Account for certain purposes; establishing certain standards under which the Authority is required to set certain toll rates; and generally relating to the collection and use of revenue by the Maryland Transportation Authority. HB1070 (Crossfiled with SB1093) Maryland Transportation Authority - Tolls - Collection and Use (Maryland Toll Rate Reform Act of 2024) Delegate  Korman Establishing the Transportation Facilities Overage Account in the Transportation Trust Fund; requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority to fix, revise, charge, and collect fees, tolls, and other charges for the use of transportation facilities under its jurisdiction to maximize revenues above certain amounts and to distribute the additional revenues to the Transportation Facilities Overage Account for certain purposes; establishing certain standards under which the Authority is required to set certain toll rates; and generally relating to the collection and use of revenue by the Maryland Transportation Authority. (Crossfiled with HB1046) SB1025 Public Utilities – Distributed Generation Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity Senator  Brooks Establishing a distributed generation certificate of public convenience and necessity to authorize the construction and operation of a certain distributed solar energy generating system; requiring the Power Plant Research Program to develop and submit to the Public Service Commission proposed siting and design requirements and licensing conditions; prohibiting a person from being required to obtain a distributed generation certificate of public convenience and necessity until certain regulations have been adopted; prohibiting a person from beginning construction of a distributed solar energy generating system unless a distributed generation certificate of public convenience and necessity is first obtained from the Commission; requiring the Program to make a certain determination regarding a proposed distributed solar energy generating system within a certain period of time; establishing a process by which the Commission may grant a distributed generation certificate of public convenience and necessity; providing the applications of certain provisions; and generally relating to a distributed generation certificate of public convenience and necessity. HB1046 (Crossfiled with SB1025) Public Utilities – Distributed Generation Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity Delegate  Clippinger Establishing a distributed generation certificate of public convenience and necessity to authorize the construction and operation of a certain distributed solar energy generating system; requiring the Power Plant Research Program to develop and submit to the Public Service Commission proposed siting and design requirements and licensing conditions; prohibiting a person from being required to obtain a distributed generation certificate of public convenience and necessity until certain regulations have been adopted; prohibiting a person from beginning construction of a distributed solar energy generating system unless a distributed generation certificate of public convenience and necessity is first obtained from the Commission; requiring the Program to make a certain determination regarding a proposed distributed solar energy generating system within a certain period of time; establishing a process by which the Commission may grant a distributed generation certificate of public convenience and necessity; providing the applications of certain provisions; and generally relating to a distributed generation certificate of public convenience and necessity. HB1050 (Crossfiled with SB0919) Workers' Compensation - Modification of Award - Extension Delegate  Pruski Extending the period of time during which the Workers’ Compensation Commission may modify certain awards if an appeal is filed during the original time period the Commission maintains authority to modify an award; and generally relating to the authority of the Workers’ Compensation Commission to modify awards. (Crossfiled with HB1050) SB0919 Workers' Compensation - Modification of Award - Extension Senator  Klausmeier Extending the period of time during which the Workers’ Compensation Commission may modify certain awards if an appeal is filed during the original time period the Commission maintains authority to modify an award; and generally relating to the authority of the Workers’ Compensation Commission to modify awards. (Crossfiled with HB1101) SB0653 Standing - Environmental and Natural Resources Protection Proceedings (Clean Water Justice Act of 2024) Senator  Augustine Providing certain persons and associations standing in certain environmental and natural resources protection proceedings, including proceedings arising under provisions of law relating to water quality and water resources protection, subject to certain conditions; authorizing certain persons that meet certain standing requirements to bring certain civil actions under certain circumstances; authorizing a court to grant certain relief, award certain costs of litigation, and impose certain civil penalties in certain civil actions under certain circumstances; authorizing certain persons that meet certain standing requirements to intervene in certain proceedings under certain circumstances; and generally relating to standing in certain environmental and natural resources protection proceedings. HB1101 (Crossfiled with SB653) Standing - Environmental and Natural Resources Protection Proceedings (Clean Water Justice Act of 2024) Delegate Love Providing certain persons and associations standing in certain environmental and natural resources protection proceedings, including proceedings arising under provisions of law relating to water quality and water resources protection, subject to certain conditions; authorizing certain persons that meet certain standing requirements to bring certain civil actions under certain circumstances; authorizing a court to grant certain relief, award certain costs of litigation, and impose certain civil penalties in certain civil actions under certain circumstances; authorizing certain persons that meet certain standing requirements to intervene in certain proceedings under certain circumstances; and generally relating to standing in certain environmental and natural resources protection proceedings. HB1139 (Crossfiled with SB0882) Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Pilot Program – Permanent Establishment Delegate  Solomon Establishing the Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Pilot rogram as a permanent program; and generally relating to the Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Pilot Program. (Crossfiled with HB1139) SB0882 Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Pilot Program – Permanent Establishment Senator King Establishing the Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Pilot rogram as a permanent program; and generally relating to the Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Pilot Program. (Crossfiled with HB1188) SB0982 Information Technology - Modernization of Information Technology Projects Senator  Hester Altering the duties of the Secretary of Information Technology related to modernization of information technology systems; altering the authority of the Board of Public Works over certain information technology projects; establishing the Information Technology Investment Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund and the Technology Investment Board; altering the duties and membership of the Modernize Maryland Oversight Commission; and generally relating to information technology modernization. HB1188 (Crossfiled with SB0982) Information Technology - Modernization of Information Technology Projects Delegate  Kaiser Altering the duties of the Secretary of Information Technology related to modernization of information technology systems; altering the authority of the Board of Public Works over certain information technology projects; establishing the Information Technology Investment Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund and the Technology Investment Board; altering the duties and membership of the Modernize Maryland Oversight Commission; and generally relating to information technology modernization. HB1282 (Crossfiled with SB0923) Corporate Income Tax - Rate Reduction (Economic Competitiveness Act of 2024) Delegate  Hartman Altering, over a certain period of years, the State income tax rate on the Maryland taxable income of corporations; and generally relating to the Maryland corporate income tax. (Crossfiled with HB1282) SB0923 Corporate Income Tax - Rate Reduction (Economic Competitiveness Act of 2024) Senator  Mautz Altering, over a certain period of years, the State income tax rate on the Maryland taxable income of corporations; and generally relating to the Maryland corporate income tax. HB1294 Artificial Intelligence Tools - Income Tax Credit and Sales and Use Tax Delegate  Young "Prohibiting the Secretary of Commerce from issuing a credit certificate for the purchase of certain cybersecurity technologies or services for a taxable year beginning after a certain date; altering the definition of “digital product” under the State sales and use tax to include certain artificial intelligence tools; allowing a credit against the State income tax for costs paid or incurred by a certain qualified buyer for the use of certain artificial intelligence tools; and generally relating to the State tax treatment of artificial intelligence tools. " HB1299 Consumer Protection - Maryland Consumer Protection Act - Trade or Commerce Violations Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Office of the Attorney General) Altering the applicability of the Maryland Consumer Protection Act to include certain unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practices in trade or commerce, including any economic activity within the State that involves or relates to any commodity or service. HB1425 (Crossfiled with SB0998) Commercial Law - Earned Wage Access Services Delegate  Fraser-Hidalgo Requiring a certain provider of earned wage access services to register with the Commissioner of Financial Regulation; requiring a provider to file a certain surety bond or an irrevocable letter of credit with the Commissioner in a certain manner; regulating providers and earned wage access services; requiring, on or before a certain date each year, a provider to submit a certain report to the Commissioner; authorizing a certain consumer to submit a written complaint to the Commissioner under certain circumstances; conferring on the Commissioner certain investigatory and enforcement authority; establishing certain requirements regarding the confidentiality of certain information and information sharing; authorizing, subject to certain conditions, a provider to provide earned wage access services without being registered with the Commissioner until a certain date; and generally relating to earned wage access services and providers. HB1049 (Crossfiled with SB1040) Consumer Protection - Automatic Renewals Del. Pruski Requiring a person who makes an automatic renewal offer to consumers to allow a consumer to cancel the automatic renewal in a certain manner; requiring automatic renewal offers to be displayed in a certain manner and contain certain information; and establishing that a violation of the Act is an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice. SB0750 Labor and Employment - Workers' Compensation - Exceptions to Exclusivity of Liability Senator Corderman Altering the exception to the exclusivity of an employer's liability under workers' compensation law for covered employees who are injured or killed as the result of the deliberate intent of the employer to injure or kill the covered employee; deeming an employer to have acted with deliberate intent under certain circumstances; establishing an exception to exclusivity of liability of an employer under workers' compensation law for a covered employee who is killed by another employee; and applying the Act retroactively. (Crossfiled with HB1270) SB1019 Health Benefit Plans - Prescription Drugs - Rebates and Calculation of Cost Sharing Requirements Senator A. Washington Requiring that the calculation of an enrollee's contribution to a cost sharing requirement for a prescription drug be based on the list price of the drug reduced by at least 85% of the total amount of rebates received or expected to be received by the carrier or pharmacy benefits manager for the dispensing or administration of the prescription drug; and prohibiting the disclosure of certain information concerning rebates. HB1270 (Crossfiled with SB1019) Health Benefit Plans - Prescription Drugs - Rebates and Calculation of Cost Sharing Requirements Delegate Guzzone Requiring that the calculation of an enrollee's contribution to a cost sharing requirement for a prescription drug be based on the list price of the drug reduced by at least 85% of the total amount of rebates received or expected to be received by the carrier or pharmacy benefits manager for the dispensing or administration of the prescription drug; and prohibiting the disclosure of certain information concerning rebates. HB1255 (Crossfiled with SB0957) Labor and Employment – Automated Employment Decision Tools – Prohibition Senator A. Washington Prohibiting, subject to a certain exception, an employer from using an automated employment decision tool to make certain employment decisions; and requiring an employer, under certain circumstances, to notify an applicant for employment of the employer's use of an automated employment decision tool within 30 days after the use; and providing certain penalties per violation for an employer that violates the notification requirement of the Act. (Crossfiled with HB1255) SB0957 Labor and Employment – Automated Employment Decision Tools – Prohibition Senator Hester Prohibiting, subject to a certain exception, an employer from using an automated employment decision tool to make certain employment decisions; and requiring an employer, under certain circumstances, to notify an applicant for employment of the employer's use of an automated employment decision tool within 30 days after the use; and providing certain penalties per violation for an employer that violates the notification requirement of the Act. SB0954 Corporations and Associations - Transparency - Beneficial Ownership Senator Sydnor Requiring certain business entities to file with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation a report including certain information regarding beneficial owners of the entities; and prohibiting the inspection of the reports in certain circumstances. HB1372 Health and Taxation - Digital Social Media Services and the Mental Health Care Fund for Children and Youth Delegate Martinez Establishing the Mental Health Care Fund for Children and Youth as to support improved access to mental health care services to children and youth in the State; imposing a tax on certain annual revenues derived from certain digital social media services in the State; providing for the calculation and collection of the tax; requiring the Comptroller to distribute revenue from the tax in a certain manner; etc. HB1422 (Crossfiled with SB0914) Human Relations – Protections Against Discrimination – Genetic Procedures Delegate S. Johnson Prohibiting discrimination based on an individual’s refusal to undergo a genetic procedure in education public accommodations, commercial leasing, housing, and employment and by certain licensed or regulated persons; and generally relating to discrimination based on an individual’s refusal to undergo a genetic procedure. (Crossfiled with HB1422) SB0914 Human Relations – Protections Against Discrimination – Genetic Procedures Senator  McKay Prohibiting discrimination based on an individual’s refusal to undergo a genetic procedure in education public accommodations, commercial leasing, housing, and employment and by certain licensed or regulated persons; and generally relating to discrimination based on an individual’s refusal to undergo a genetic procedure. HB1084 (Crossfiled with SB1061) Employee Autoimmune Disorder Protection Act Delegate Martinez Prohibiting an employer from requiring an employee to work on–site at the employer’s workplace if the employee provides documentation from a physician or other licensed health care practitioner that the employee has been diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder or other qualifying illness and certain other conditions are met; and generally relating to employment of individuals with autoimmune disorders. (Crossfiled with HB1084) SB1061 Employee Autoimmune Disorder Protection Act Senator Ellis Prohibiting an employer from requiring an employee to work on–site at the employer’s workplace if the employee provides documentation from a physician or other licensed health care practitioner that the employee has been diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder or other qualifying illness and certain other conditions are met; and generally relating to employment of individuals with autoimmune disorders. (Crossfiled with HB0922) SB0680 State Government - Public Welfare Actions - Determinations and Settlements The President (By Request - Office of the Attorney General) Requiring the factfinder in a public welfare action to make a certain determination and assign responsibility and liability in a certain manner; authorizing the State to continue to pursue certain actions if it does not obtain complete relief from certain responsible persons; establishing that certain provisions of law requiring uniform contribution among joint tort–feasors do not apply to public welfare claims; establishing the impact of a certain settlement on the liability of certain responsible persons; and generally relating to determinations and settlements of public welfare actions. HB0922 (Crossfiled with HB0680) State Government - Public Welfare Actions - Determinations and Settlements The Speaker (By Request - Office of the Attorney General) Requiring the factfinder in a public welfare action to make a certain determination and assign responsibility and liability in a certain manner; authorizing the State to continue to pursue certain actions if it does not obtain complete relief from certain responsible persons; establishing that certain provisions of law requiring uniform contribution among joint tort–feasors do not apply to public welfare claims; establishing the impact of a certain settlement on the liability of certain responsible persons; and generally relating to determinations and settlements of public welfare actions. HB0836 (Crossfiled with SB0681) Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects - Impact Assessments and Mitigation Plans (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2024) Delegate Edelson Requiring the Department of Transportation to establish a process for performing major highway capacity expansion project impact assessments; requiring the Department of Transportation and a metropolitan planning organization to perform an impact assessment under certain circumstances; requiring the Department of Transportation to use the impact assessment to make a certain determination; requiring the Department of Transportation and a metropolitan planning organization to develop a certain mitigation plan under certain circumstances; requiring the Department of Transportation to review for approval a mitigation plan developed by a metropolitan planning organization; requiring the Department of the Environment to develop a methodology for making a certain determination; authorizing the Department of Transportation to restrict or redirect certain funding that would have been allocated to the metropolitan planning organization under certain circumstances; requiring the Department of Transportation or a metropolitan planning organization to post certain information to its website; and generally relating to major highway capacity projects. (Crossfiled with HB0836) SB0681 Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects - Impact Assessments and Mitigation Plans (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2024) Senator Lam Requiring the Department of Transportation to establish a process for performing major highway capacity expansion project impact assessments; requiring the Department of Transportation and a metropolitan planning organization to perform an impact assessment under certain circumstances; requiring the Department of Transportation to use the impact assessment to make a certain determination; requiring the Department of Transportation and a metropolitan planning organization to develop a certain mitigation plan under certain circumstances; requiring the Department of Transportation to review for approval a mitigation plan developed by a metropolitan planning organization; requiring the Department of the Environment to develop a methodology for making a certain determination; authorizing the Department of Transportation to restrict or redirect certain funding that would have been allocated to the metropolitan planning organization under certain circumstances; requiring the Department of Transportation or a metropolitan planning organization to post certain information to its website; and generally relating to major highway capacity projects. HB1272 Department of the Environment - Cap-and-Invest Program - Establishment Delegate  Stein Requiring the Department of the Environment, in collaboration with the Maryland Commission on Climate Change, to establish a certain cap–and–invest program on or before a certain date; and generally relating to the development of a cap–and–invest program. HB1318 Solid Waste Disposal Surcharge and Wasted Food Reduction and Diversion Fund and Grant Programs - Established Delegate  Boyce Establishing the On–Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program in the Department of Agriculture to award grants to eligible entities to develop and implement on–farm organics recycling and compost use, wasted food prevention, and food rescue; establishing a solid waste disposal surcharge on the final disposal of solid waste in the State; requiring, beginning on a certain date and each quarter thereafter, the owner or operator of a refuse disposal system to submit a certain solid waste disposal surcharge to the Department of the Environment in a certain manner; requiring the Department of the Environment to deposit certain surcharges into a certain fund; authorizing a county to request an exemption from a certain surcharge on behalf of certain refuse disposal systems and authorizing the Department of the Environment to approve the request under certain conditions; establishing the Wasted Food Reduction and Diversion Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund and requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund; establishing the Wasted Food Reduction and Diversion Grant Program in the Department of the Environment to award grants to eligible entities for infrastructure, programs, and education that reduce, rescue, and divert wasted food in the State; and generally relating to wasted food reduction and diversion in the State. (Crossfiled with HB1153) SB0956 Environment - Water Pollution Control - Protecting State Waters From PFAS Pollution (Protecting State Waters From PFAS Pollution Act) Senator  Hester Establishing a certain discharge limit for PFAS chemicals in any water, including stormwater, discharged from a certain significant industrial user; requiring a certain significant industrial user to reduce PFAS chemicals from the water it discharges to a publicly owned treatment works in a certain manner; requiring a certain significant industrial user to store, reuse, and dispose of certain PFAS chemicals in a certain manner; requiring a certain significant industrial user to measure levels of organic fluorine in industrial wastewater by a certain date and to report those levels to the Department of the Environment; and generally relating to State waters and PFAS pollution. HB1153 (Crossfiled with SB956) Environment - Water Pollution Control - Protecting State Waters From PFAS Pollution (Protecting State Waters From PFAS Pollution Act) Delegate Love Establishing a certain discharge limit for PFAS chemicals in any water, including stormwater, discharged from a certain significant industrial user; requiring a certain significant industrial user to reduce PFAS chemicals from the water it discharges to a publicly owned treatment works in a certain manner; requiring a certain significant industrial user to store, reuse, and dispose of certain PFAS chemicals in a certain manner; requiring a certain significant industrial user to measure levels of organic fluorine in industrial wastewater by a certain date and to report those levels to the Department of the Environment; and generally relating to State waters and PFAS pollution. HB1271 (Crossfiled with SB0818) Information Technology - Artificial Intelligence - Policies and Procedures (Artificial Intelligence Governance Act of 2024) Delegate J. Lewis "Requiring each unit of State government to conduct a certain annual data inventory, a certain annual inventory of systems that employ artificial intelligence, and a certain impact assessment on or before a certain date; requiring the Department of Information Technology to conduct ongoing monitoring of certain systems under certain circumstances; requiring the Department of Information Technology to adopt policies and procedures concerning the development, procurement, implementation, use, and assessment of systems that employ artificial intelligence by units of State government; prohibiting a unit of State governmentfrom implementing or using a system that employs artificial intelligence under certain circumstances beginning on a certain date; establishing the Governor’s Artificial Intelligence Subcabinet of the Governor’s Executive Council; establishing competitive proof of concept procurement as a formal competitive procurement method for the procurement of certain products and services; exempting certain competitive proof of concept procurements from oversight by the Board of Public Works; requiring the Department of General Services, in consultation with the Department of Information Technology, to develop certain policies and procedures for the development and implementation of competitive proof of concept procurements; and generally relating to the use of artificial intelligence by units of State government. " (Crossfiled with HB1271) SB0818 Information Technology - Artificial Intelligence - Policies and Procedures (Artificial Intelligence Governance Act of 2024) Senator  Hester "Requiring each unit of State government to conduct a certain annual data inventory, a certain annual inventory of systems that employ artificial intelligence, and a certain impact assessment on or before a certain date; requiring the Department of Information Technology to conduct ongoing monitoring of certain systems under certain circumstances; requiring the Department of Information Technology to adopt policies and procedures concerning the development, procurement, implementation, use, and assessment of systems that employ artificial intelligence by units of State government; prohibiting a unit of State governmentfrom implementing or using a system that employs artificial intelligence under certain circumstances beginning on a certain date; establishing the Governor’s Artificial Intelligence Subcabinet of the Governor’s Executive Council; establishing competitive proof of concept procurement as a formal competitive procurement method for the procurement of certain products and services; exempting certain competitive proof of concept procurements from oversight by the Board of Public Works; requiring the Department of General Services, in consultation with the Department of Information Technology, to develop certain policies and procedures for the development and implementation of competitive proof of concept procurements; and generally relating to the use of artificial intelligence by units of State government. " HB1438 (Crossfiled with SB0958) Responding to Emergency Needs From Extreme Weather (RENEW) Act of 2024 Delegate Fraser-Hidalgo Establishing the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Payment Program in the Department of the Environment to secure payments from certain businesses that extract fossil fuels or refine petroleum products in order to provide a source of revenue for State efforts to adapt to or mitigate the effects of climate change and to address the health impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations; establishing the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; authorizing the Legislative Auditor to conduct certain audits of the Fund and of the appropriations and expenditures made for the purposes of the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Payment Program; and generally relating to the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Payment Program. (Crossfiled with HB1438) SB0958 Responding to Emergency Needs From Extreme Weather (RENEW) Act of 2024 Senator Hester Establishing the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Payment Program in the Department of the Environment to secure payments from certain businesses that extract fossil fuels or refine petroleum products in order to provide a source of revenue for State efforts to adapt to or mitigate the effects of climate change and to address the health impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations; establishing the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; authorizing the Legislative Auditor to conduct certain audits of the Fund and of the appropriations and expenditures made for the purposes of the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Payment Program; and generally relating to the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Payment Program. HB1319 Internet Gaming - Authorization and Implementation Delegate  Atterbeary Authorizing the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to issue certain licenses to certain qualified applicants to conduct or participate in certain Internet gaming operations in the State; requiring the Commission to regulate Internet gaming and the conduct of Internet gaming in the State; authorizing the Governor, on recommendation of the Commission, to enter into certain multijurisdictional Internet gaming agreements with certain other governments, subject to certain limitations; submitting this Act to a referendum of the qualified voters of the State; and generally relating to Internet gaming. HB1488 (Crossfiled with SB1027) Property Tax - Appeals - Definition of "Taxpayer" Delegate  Atterbeary "Defining “taxpayer” for purposes of certain provisions of law concerning property tax appeals to mean a person with a legal interest in a property that is subject to an appeal; applying this Act retroactively; and generally relating to property tax appeals. " (Crossfiled with HB1488) SB1027 Property Tax - Appeals - Definition of "Taxpayer" Senator  Guzzone "Defining “taxpayer” for purposes of certain provisions of law concerning property tax appeals to mean a person with a legal interest in a property that is subject to an appeal; applying this Act retroactively; and generally relating to property tax appeals. " HB1133 (Crossfiled with SB505) Public Utilities - Transportation Network Service - Assessment Cap Increase Delegate Wims Increasing the cap on the assessment a county or municipal corporation may impose on each transportation network service per trip; and generally relating to assessments imposed on transportation network services. (Crossfiled with HB1133) SB0505 Public Utilities - Transportation Network Service - Assessment Cap Increase Senator  Kramer Increasing the cap on the assessment a county or municipal corporation may impose on each transportation network service per trip; and generally relating to assessments imposed on transportation network services. (Crossfiled with HB0452) SB0675 Individual Tax Preparers - Code of Ethics, Notification of Actions, Enforcement, and Penalties (Stop Scam Tax Preparers Act) The President (By Request - Office of the Comptroller) Requiring the State Board of Individual Tax Preparers, on or before a certain date, to publish on the Board’s website a certain code of ethics and certain rules of professional conduct; requiring the Board to notify the Comptroller within a certain period of time of certain actions for violations of provisions of law governing individual tax preparers; requiring the Board to notify the Field Enforcement Bureau of the Comptroller’s Office of certain alleged violations within a certain period of time; granting certain employees of the Bureau certain powers, duties, and responsibilities for enforcing laws pertaining to income tax preparation; requiring the Comptroller to notify the Board within a certain period of time if the Comptroller prohibits an income tax return preparer from submitting income tax returns electronically; prohibiting an income tax return preparer from preparing, assisting in preparing, or causing the preparation of an income tax return or claim for refund in a certain manner; requiring certain fines imposed under this Act to be paid to the Tax Clinics for Low–Income Marylanders Fund; and generally relating to income tax preparation. HB0452 (Crossfiled with SB0675) Individual Tax Preparers - Code of Ethics, Notification of Actions, Enforcement, and Penalties (Stop Scam Tax Preparers Act) The Speaker (By Request - Office of the Comptroller) Requiring the State Board of Individual Tax Preparers, on or before a certain date, to publish on the Board’s website a certain code of ethics and certain rules of professional conduct; requiring the Board to notify the Comptroller within a certain period of time of certain actions for violations of provisions of law governing individual tax preparers; requiring the Board to notify the Field Enforcement Bureau of the Comptroller’s Office of certain alleged violations within a certain period of time; granting certain employees of the Bureau certain powers, duties, and responsibilities for enforcing laws pertaining to income tax preparation; requiring the Comptroller to notify the Board within a certain period of time if the Comptroller prohibits an income tax return preparer from submitting income tax returns electronically; prohibiting an income tax return preparer from preparing, assisting in preparing, or causing the preparation of an income tax return or claim for refund in a certain manner; requiring certain fines imposed under this Act to be paid to the Tax Clinics for Low–Income Marylanders Fund; and generally relating to income tax preparation. (Crossfiled with HB0697) SB1169 Real Estate Brokers - Commercial Transactions - Buyer's Rights Senator  Hershey "Establishing certain requirements and prohibitions for commercial real estate transactions related to a buyer’s right to make certain title, settlement, and escrow selections; and generally relating to commercial real estate transactions and buyer’s rights. " HB1515 Sales and Use Tax - Rate Reduction and Services Delegate Moon Altering the definitions of "taxable price" and "taxable service" for the purposes of certain provisions of law governing the sales and use tax to impose the tax on certain labors and services; altering the rate of the sales and use tax; altering the percentage of gross receipts from vending machine sales and from certain sales of dyed diesel fuel to which the sales and use tax is applied; altering the rate of the sales and use tax applied to certain charges made in connection with sales of alcoholic beverages; etc. HB1388 (Crossfiled with SB1182) Labor and Employment – Noncompete and Conflict of Interest Clauses – Veterinary and Health Care Professionals Delegate Hill Applying to certain veterinary and health care professionals certain provisions of law stating that certain noncompete and conflict of interest provisions in certain employment contracts are null and void as being against the public policy of the State; and applying the Act retroactively. (Crossfiled with HB1388) SB1182 Labor and Employment – Noncompete and Conflict of Interest Clauses – Veterinary and Health Care Professionals Senator Jennings Applying to certain veterinary and health care professionals certain provisions of law stating that certain noncompete and conflict of interest provisions in certain employment contracts are null and void as being against the public policy of the State; and applying the Act retroactively.

Primary Purpose of the Organization

A9. Is your employer organized for the primary purpose of attempting to influence any legislation or executive action?

No

Part B. Compensation and Operating Expenditures

Compensation to Lobbyist and Staff

B1. What was the total compensation attributed to the registrant / lobbyist?

Total Compensation: $2,500.00

B2. Was the amount prorated because the registrant / lobbyist was compensated for services in addition to lobbying activities?

No

B3. What was the total for salaries, compensation and reimbursed expenses paid to staff related to lobbying services for this employer?

Total Expenses: $0.00

Operating Expenses

B4. Did you or your employer incur any additional office expenses not reported above as "Compensation"?

B5. Did you or your employer incur any cost for professional and technical research and assistance not reported as "Compensation"?

B6. Did you or your employer incur any expenses for publications or other costs (Grassroots expenses) related to expressly encouraging persons to communicate with officials or employees?

B7. Did you pay any fee or incur any expenses for witnesses who were engaged to appear on behalf of your employer?

B8. Did you incur any other expenses for this employer not otherwise accounted for above?

No

Part B. Total Compensation & Operating Expenses:

$2,500.00

Part C. Event Expenditures

Sponsored Events

C1. Did you or your employer incur expenses for special events, including dinners and receptions, entertainment and other functions to which all members of the General Assembly, either house thereof, all members of any standing committee or all members of a formally recognized county or regional delegation have received written invitations.

Total Event Expenses: $4,616.21

Tickets to Events

C2. Did you or your employer incur any expense for a ticket or free admission for any members of the General Assembly to attend charitable, cultural or political events?

No

Total Ticket Expenses: $0.00

Part D. Meals, Beverages and Related Expenditures

Meals and Beverages at Legislative Meetings

D1. Did you or your employer incur any expenses for food and beverages received by any member(s) of the General Assembly at approved legislative organization meetings?

No

Total Legislative Meeting Expenses: $0.00

Meals and Beverages in Return for a Speaking Engagement

D2. Did you or your employer incur any expenses for food, lodging, or scheduled entertainment of officials and employees for a meeting which were given in return for participation in a panel or speaking engagement at a meeting?

No

Total Speaking Engagement Expenses: $0.00

Meals and Beverages to Officials, Employees or their Immediate Families

D3. Did you or your employer provide any meals and beverages for officials or employees or their immediate families, not reported above?

Meals and Beverages to Elected Executive Officials or their Immediate Families

D4. Did your employer, or you on behalf of your employer give any gifts or participate in the giving of any gifts of meals and beverages to elected Executive Officials or a member of the official's immediate family? Immediate family members include a spouse and any dependent children.

No

Part E. Gift Expenditures

Gifts for Officials, Employees or their Immediate Families

E1. Did you or your employer give any gifts to or for officials or employees or their immediate families, which were not reported elsewhere in this activity report? If so, enter the total amount for all gifts

Gifts Above the $75 Threshold

E2. Did your employer, or you on behalf of your employer give any gifts or participate in the giving of any gifts to officials, employees or their immediate family members that meets a cumulative value of $75 or more? Or have you provided individually to legislators, any tickets or free admission to events, with a cumulative value of $100 or more?

No

Total Expenditures during Reporting Period:

Affirmation Provision

Submission of this activity report is required to be made under oath or affirmation. The oath or affirmation shall be confirmed by electronic signature, which is made expressly under penalties for perjury, to the same extent as an oath or affirmation made before an individual authorized to administer oaths.

I have read the disclaimer above and hereby swear and affirm that the information contained in this report is complete and accurate to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Electronic Signature: Christopher Costello

Date Signed: 05/22/2024