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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Education - Physical Restraint and Seclusion - Guidelines and Reporting [HB-1043]
Clarifying a requirement for the State Department of Education to collect data on restraint and seclusion incidents; requiring the Department to provide any data gathered under the Act to the Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center; requiring the Department to analyze the data collected, verify the data if no incidents are reported, and make recommendations on how to reduce the use of restraint and seclusion by the top 30% of public agencies and nonpublic schools having the highest rate of such incidents; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle Wilkins
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2020
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State Board for Certification of Residential Child Care Program Professionals - Certification - Revisions [HB-1108]
Requiring the State Board for Certification of Residential Child Care Program Professionals to maintain an electronic roster of all individuals certified by the Board; requiring that the roster be available for electronic verification of certification through the Board's website; authorizing certain individuals to contact the Board to verify a certificate; and repealing a certain requirement that a certain renewal notice sent by the Board contain certain information.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nick Charles
Referred Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/14/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Coast Smart Siting and Design Criteria - Private Construction or Reconstruction Projects - Application [HB-1080]
Applying Coast Smart siting and design criteria to certain private construction or reconstruction projects beginning July 1, 2021; exempting certain private construction or reconstruction projects from the application of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Service Companies and Contractors - Customer Protection - Personal Information [HB-1065]
Prohibiting a public service company and a contractor from sharing, disclosing, or otherwise making accessible to a third party a customer's personal information, subject to a certain exception; prohibiting a public service company and a contractor from selling a customer's personal information; requiring each public service company and contractor to use reasonable security procedures and practices to protect a customer's personal information from certain unauthorized actions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Member-Regulated Cooperatives - Establishment (Rural Broadband for the Eastern Shore Act of 2020) [HB-999]
Establishing a process for an electric cooperative to operate as a member-regulated cooperative in a certain area; requiring a cooperative's board of directors to hold a certain meeting and forums and provide a certain notice and information to the cooperative's members on whether to operate as a member-regulated cooperative; requiring a member-regulated cooperative to report to certain committees of the General Assembly on the status of the deployment of broadband Internet service to the cooperative's members; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 606 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Correctional Services – Inmate Cost–of–Living Report – Maryland Correctional Enterprises Diversity Report [HB-979]
Requiring the Commissioner of Correction to include in a certain report certain statistics related to the cost of living of inmates at certain facilities; and requiring the Division of Correction to include in a certain report regarding Maryland Correctional Enterprises certain statistics regarding the race, age, and sex of certain inmates, disaggregated by job classification and wage scale.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/14/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Economic Development Programs - Data Collection, Tracking, and Reporting Requirements - Alteration [HB-1026]
Altering the definition of "economic development program" for purposes of the data collection, tracking, and reporting requirements of the Maryland Jobs Development Act to include certain tax credit programs; and requiring the Department of Commerce, on or before December 31, 2020, to make available on the Department's website, in a certain format certain information relating to the recipients of economic development program tax credits or financial assistance and to update that information annually.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jessica Feldmark
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 408 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Education – Alternative Schools – Reporting Requirements and Restrictions [HB-1022]
Requiring each county board of education, beginning in the 2020-2021 school year, to report certain data and information for each alternative school within its jurisdiction to the State Department of Education; requiring the Department, on or before October 1 each year, beginning in 2021, to report to the Governor and the General Assembly the data and information required to be reported by the county boards; prohibiting the required enrollment of certain students from public schools in an alternative school, with a certain exception; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Referred Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/16/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Low-Income and Middle-Income Housing - Energy Performance Targets [HB-982]
Requiring the Public Service Commission, for the 2021-2023 program cycle, by regulation or order, to the extent that the Commission determines that low-income programs are available, to require the Department of Housing and Community Development to procure or provide for electricity customers energy efficiency and conservation programs and services designed to achieve a target annual incremental gross energy savings of at least 1% per year starting in 2021; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Personal Property Tax - Exemption for Business Personal Property [HB-940]
Exempting business personal property from the property tax imposed by a county or municipal corporation, subject to certain exceptions; requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to identify certain provisions of law and submit a certain report to the General Assembly; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after June 30, 2020.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie Ciliberti
First Reading Ways And Means on 02/05/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Public Safety - Interference With Agencies and Services - Prohibitions [HB-1024]
Prohibiting a person from using telephone facilities or equipment to make calls or send data intended to annoy, abuse, torment, or harass a public safety answering point or public safety agency; prohibiting a person from using telephone facilities or equipment to make calls or send data to a public safety answering point or a public agency with the intent to trigger an emergency response or impair certain functions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Krebs
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission - Summer Math, Reading, and Science Pilot Program - Study PG/MC 108-20 [HB-1025]
Requiring the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission to coordinate with the Prince George's County public school system to study the development of the Summer Math, Reading, and Science Pilot Program that integrates math, reading, science, technology, and social sciences content into summer parks and recreation programs offered in Prince George's County; requiring the Commission to report on the feasibility of implementing the Program to the Prince George's County House Delegation on or before December 1, 2020; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Referred Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/15/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Health Care Facilities - Workplace Safety (Safe Care Act) [SB-943]
Requiring State residential centers and State-operated hospitals to develop a workplace safety plan; establishing certain requirements for a certain workplace safety plan; requiring that certain training address certain risks and include certain instruction on certain matters; requiring certain State residential centers and State-operated hospitals to collaborate with a certain committee for certain purposes; requiring that certain procedures include certain other procedures; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Referred Economic Matters on 03/16/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Sheila E. Hixson Behavioral Health Services Matching Grant Program for Service Members and Veterans - Establishment [SB-904]
Establishing the Sheila E. Hixson Behavioral Health Services Matching Grant Program for Service Members and Veterans; providing for the purpose of the Program; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to administer the Program; requiring the Program to award certain grants to nonprofit organizations to establish and expand certain community behavioral health programs; establishing a certain eligibility requirement; requiring an eligible nonprofit organization to secure certain contributions for the proposal; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. (finance) on 02/05/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Maryland Online Consumer Protection Act [SB-957]
Requiring certain businesses that collect a consumer's personal information to provide certain clear and conspicuous notices to the consumer at or before the point of collection; authorizing a consumer to submit a certain request for information to a certain business that collects the consumer's personal information; requiring a certain business to comply with a certain request for information in a certain manner and within 45 days after receiving a verifiable consumer request; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Education - Alternative Schools - Reporting Requirements [SB-830]
Requiring each county board of education, beginning in the 2020-2021 school year, to report certain data and information for each alternative school within its jurisdiction to the State Department of Education; requiring the Department, on or before October 1 each year, beginning in 2021, to report to the Governor and the General Assembly the data and information required to be reported by the county boards; and defining "alternative school".
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Health Insurance, Health Care Facilities, and Providers - Balance Billing - Limitations [SB-776]
Defining "health care facility-based physician" for the purpose of applying certain provisions of law relating to the assignment of benefits and the reimbursement of nonpreferred providers who are physicians to physicians based in certain health care facilities; requiring a carrier to provide certain coverage and apply certain cost-sharing requirements for certain services under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 03/02/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Facial Recognition Services - Moratorium [SB-857]
Prohibiting certain persons and certain units of State and local government from using a facial recognition service or any information derived from a facial recognition service in the State; declaring certain findings of the General Assembly; granting certain authority to the Office of the Attorney General to enforce certain provisions of the Act; establishing that certain violators of certain provisions of the Act may be subject to an injunction and certain penalties; and terminating the Act 1 year after it is enacted.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Sydnor
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Education - Maryland Data Analysis and Accountability Program - Established [SB-983]
Establishing the Maryland Data Analysis and Accountability Program in the Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center; stating the purpose of the Program; requiring the Center to perform certain functions and duties; establishing a certain governing board with certain membership subject to certain terms; providing for the duties of the Board; requiring the Center to make a certain report to the General Assembly, the Governor, certain oversight boards, and local boards on or before a certain date; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Andrew Serafini
Hearing Canceled on 02/20/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Public Safety - Interference With Agencies and Services - Prohibitions [SB-837]
Prohibiting a person from using telephone facilities or equipment to make calls or send data intended to annoy, abuse, torment, or harass a public safety answering point or public safety agency; prohibiting a person from using telephone facilities or equipment to make calls or send data to a public safety answering point or a public agency with the intent to trigger an emergency response or impair certain functions; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing 3/03 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/06/2020