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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Modifications [HB-988]
Modifying the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program by clarifying and altering certain provisions relating to the administration of the Program; establishing the employer and employee shares of the total rate of contribution; prohibiting the total rate of contribution from exceeding 1.2% of an employee's wages; requiring the State to pay for certain contributions for certain covered employees; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to reimburse certain community providers for certain employer contributions in a certain manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 258 on 05/03/2023
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Family Law – Adoption of an Adult [HB-1117]
Establishing that certain provisions of law requiring the issuance and service of a show-cause order on a prospective adoptee's parents do not apply if the prospective adoptee is an adult; prohibiting certain investigations from being performed before a court rules on certain adoption petitions involving a prospective adoptee who is an adult; and establishing that parental consent to an adoption is not required if the prospective adoptee is an adult.
Sponsored by: Rep. Regina Boyce
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Modifications [SB-828]
Modifying the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program by clarifying and altering certain provisions relating to the administration of the Program; establishing the employer and employee shares of the total rate of contribution; prohibiting the total rate of contribution from exceeding 1.2% of an employee's wage; requiring the State to pay for certain contributions for certain covered employees; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to reimburse certain community providers for certain employer contributions in a certain manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 259 on 05/03/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Education - Public School Employees - Parental Leave [SB-809]
Providing that certain public school employees may be entitled to parental leave with pay under certain circumstances; authorizing certain public school employees to use certain leave for certain purposes; and requiring each public school employer to adopt policies and guidelines governing parental leave including the establishment of conditions and procedures for requesting and approving parental leave.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington
Hearing 3/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Adoption Expenses - Alterations [HB-180]
Altering eligibility for and the amount of a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for a taxpayer who adopts a child during the taxable year.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 551 on 05/08/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Adoption Expenses - Alterations [SB-141]
Altering eligibility for and the amount of a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for a taxpayer who adopts a child during the taxable year.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 550 on 05/08/2023
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Foster Parents, Kinship Parents, Preadoptive Parents, and Caregivers – Right to Intervene [HB-1155]
Requiring the local department of social services and the circuit court to provide notice to a child's foster parent, kinship parent, preadoptive parent, or caregiver of the right to intervene as a party in a proceeding concerning the child; extending to kinship parents certain rights granted to foster parents, preadoptive parents, and caregivers; granting to foster parents, kinship parents, preadoptive parents, and caregivers the right to intervene as a party in certain proceedings; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/11/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Nondiscrimination – Courts and Other Governmental Entities – Prohibitions, Policy, and Training (Access to Justice for All Youth) [SB-910]
Requiring the Administrative Office of the Courts and the Department of Juvenile Services to provide certain nondiscrimination training to certain employees and contractors; establishing that certain provisions of law prohibiting discrimination apply to units, officers, employees, and contractors of the State, a county, or a municipal corporation and to a grantee, a program, or an entity receiving State funds; and establishing a certain policy of the State relating to equal access to courts and nondiscrimination.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/10/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Independent Adoption – Consent of Petitioner’s Spouse [HB-861]
Repealing a requirement that the spouse of a petitioner in an independent adoption proceeding join in the petition except under certain circumstances and substituting a requirement that the spouse consent in writing to the petition except under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Clippinger
Conference Committee Report Adopted on 04/11/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Establishment (Time to Care Act 2022) [HB-496]
Establishing the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program in the Maryland Department of Labor to provide temporary benefits to individuals who take leave from employment for certain purposes; establishing the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund to be used to pay certain benefits; requiring certain employees, employers, and self-employed individuals to contribute to the Fund; requiring the Secretary to establish the total rate of contribution; requiring the Secretary to establish a system of appeals; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ariana Kelly
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/27/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Labor and Employment – Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program – Establishment (Time to Care Act of 2022) [SB-275]
Establishing the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program in the Maryland Department of Labor to provide benefits to individuals who take leave from employment for certain purposes; establishing the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund; requiring, beginning October 1, 2023, certain employees, employers, and self-employed individuals to contribute to the Fund; requiring the Secretary to establish the total rate of contribution and the percentages of the total rate of contribution to be paid by certain employees and employers; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Gubernatorial Veto Override (legislative Date: 4/8/2022) - Chapter 48 on 04/09/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Labor and Employment – Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program – Establishment (Time to Care Act of 2022) [HB-8]
Establishing the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program in the Maryland Department of Labor to provide certain benefits to individuals who take leave from employment for certain purposes; establishing the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; requiring, beginning January 1, 2023, certain employees, employers, and self-employed individuals to contribute to the Fund in a certain manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kriselda Valderrama
Hearing Canceled on 01/25/2022
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Adoption - Access to Birth and Adoption Records and Search, Contact, and Reunion Services [HB-999]
Repealing certain provisions of law specifying that certain provisions of law apply only to adoptions in which a juvenile court enters an order for adoption on or after January 1, 2000; altering, from 21 to 18, the age at which an adoptee, or biological parent if the adoptee is at least 18 years old, may apply for a copy of certain birth and adoption records; requiring the Director of Social Services to develop and make available a certain contact preference form; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Griffith
Hearing Canceled on 02/22/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Local Government – Animal Control Facilities – Adoption Fee Waiver for Veterans (Pets for Vets Act of 2021) [HB-563]
Requiring an animal control facility operated by a county or municipality to waive the adoption fee for a dog or cat for a veteran who presents a valid driver's license or identification card that includes a notation of veteran status; authorizing an animal control facility to limit the number of adoption fee waivers granted to an individual under the Act to one dog and one cat within a 6-month period; and applying the Act to all counties and municipalities.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Long
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 309 on 05/18/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Health - Birth Registration - Gestational Carriers [HB-549]
Requiring a certain person to attach a copy of an order of the court establishing parentage to a certificate of birth under certain circumstances; requiring, for a birth involving a gestational carrier in which parentage is determined by a certain court, that a certain person enter certain information on the forms provided by the Secretary of Health and attach a certain order to the forms; requiring the Division of Vital Records to immediately take certain actions on receipt of certain documents; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseline Pena-Melnyk
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 709 on 05/30/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Leave With Pay - Bereavement Leave [SB-473]
Authorizing employees of certain employers to use certain leave with pay for bereavement leave; defining the term "bereavement leave" as leave an employee is allowed to use on the death of a member of the employee's immediate family; and defining the term "child" for purposes of certain bereavement leave to include an adopted, biological, or foster child, a stepchild, or a legal ward.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 574 on 05/30/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Labor and Employment – Leave With Pay – Bereavement Leave [HB-56]
Authorizing employees of certain employers to use certain leave with pay for bereavement leave; defining the term "bereavement leave" as leave an employee is allowed to use on the death of a member of the employee's immediate family; and defining the term "child" for purposes of certain bereavement leave to include an adopted, biological, or foster child, a stepchild, or a legal ward.
Sponsored by: Rep. Regina Boyce
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 573 on 05/30/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Local Government – Animal Control Facilities – Adoption Fee Waiver for Veterans (Pets for Vets Act of 2021) [SB-338]
Requiring an animal control facility operated by a county or municipality to waive the adoption fee for a dog or cat for a veteran who presents a valid driver's license or identification card that includes a notation of veteran status; authorizing an animal control facility to limit the number of adoption fee waivers granted to an individual under the Act to one dog and one cat within a 6-month period; and applying the Act to all counties and municipalities.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Simonaire
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 310 on 05/18/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Health - Birth Registration - Gestational Carriers [SB-215]
Requiring a certain person to attach a copy of an order of the court establishing parentage to a certificate of birth under certain circumstances; requiring, for a birth involving a gestational carrier in which parentage is determined by a certain court, that a certain person enter certain information on the forms provided by the Secretary of Health and attach a certain order to the forms; requiring the Division of Vital Records to immediately take certain actions on receipt of certain documents; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 1/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 12/23/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Establishment (Time to Care Act of 2021) [HB-375]
Establishing the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program to provide temporary benefits to a covered individual who is taking leave from employment; establishing the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund; requiring, beginning January 1, 2022, certain employees, employers, and self-employed individuals to pay certain contributions; authorizing, beginning July 1, 2023, a covered individual taking certain leave from employment to submit a claim for benefits; authorizing the establishment of private employer plans; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kriselda Valderrama
Hearing Canceled on 02/08/2021