Shane Pendergrass Archives - Laws for Landlords

Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission – Miscellaneous Revisions

Renaming the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Marijuana Commission to be the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission; renaming the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Marijuana Commission Fund to be the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission Fund; providing that the purpose of the Commission is to develop policies, procedures, guidelines, and regulations to implement programs to make medical cannabis available to qualifying patients in a safe and effective manner; altering the information to be included on the Commission’s Web site; etc.

October 11, 2022

Medical Marijuana – Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Marijuana Commission

Altering the purpose of the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Marijuana Commission to include approval of physicians, development of a Web site, establishment of an application review process, and issuance of medical marijuana grower licenses; authorizing a medical marijuana grower to distribute marijuana at specified facilities; identifying patients and caregivers; requiring the Commission to report to the General Assembly on the level of competition in the market for medical marijuana on or before December 1, 2015; etc.

October 10, 2022

Criminal Procedure – Seizure and Forfeiture – Property Used in Human Trafficking

Authorizing a State or local law enforcement agency, on process issued by a court of competent jurisdiction, to seize specified property used or intended for use in connection with a violation of specified criminal statutes relating to human trafficking; specifying the revenue sources for the Fund; providing for disbursements from the Fund for specified purposes; specifying property that is subject to forfeiture; etc.

July 25, 2022

Maryland Veterans Trust and Fund – Establishment

Establishing the Maryland Veterans Trust as a corporate entity; establishing the Maryland Veterans Trust Fund and authorizing the Trust to maintain the Fund and expend money from the Fund to provide grants and loans to veterans and their families and to programs that support veterans and their families; repealing requirements for the State Treasurer to invest the money in the Fund and for any investment earnings in the Fund to be credited to the Fund; granting specified powers and duties to the Board of Trustees of the Trust; etc.

July 21, 2022

Public Utilities – Residential Copper Landline Replacement – Moratorium and Study

Prohibiting a telephone company that provides specified service from replacing specified copper landline service with optical fiber cable or Voice over Internet Protocol, subject to an exception; and requiring the Public Service Commission to report its findings and recommendations on specified matters to specified committees of the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2021.

July 13, 2022

Human Services – Secretary of Aging – Qualifications

Establishing certain qualifications for an individual appointed as the Secretary of Aging.

July 11, 2022

State Government – Legal and Employee Holiday – Juneteenth National Independence Day

Establishing Juneteenth National Independence Day as a State legal holiday and State employee holiday.

June 5, 2022

Commission to Establish a Maryland Women Veterans Memorial

Establishing the Commission to Establish a Maryland Women Veterans Memorial to study establishing a memorial dedicated to Maryland women veterans; and requiring the Commission to submit a preliminary report on its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by February 1, 2023, and a final report by September 30, 2023.

May 9, 2022

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