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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Licenses, Identification Cards, and Moped Operator's Permits - Identification of Nonapparent Disability [HB-1456]
Requiring that an application for a license, an identification card, or a moped operator's permit allow an applicant to indicate the applicant's nonapparent disability; and requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to ensure that the license, identification card, or moped operator's permit of an applicant who indicates that the applicant has a nonapparent disability includes an "ND" notation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lesley Lopez
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/12/2024
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Workgroup for the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing - Established [HB-1069]
Establishing the Workgroup for the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing to study and make recommendations regarding certain services, programs, advocacy, outreach efforts, and other items to improve the quality of life of individuals who are deaf, deafblind, or hard of hearing; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by June 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 443 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Department of Information Technology - Evaluation and Development of a 3-1-1 Portal Using Artificial Intelligence [HB-1141]
Stating the intent of the General Assembly that the Department of Information Technology evaluate the feasibility of creating a virtual 3-1-1 portal as a source for Maryland residents to obtain nonemergency government information and services utilizing artificial intelligence and that the Department prioritize the creation of the portal if feasible.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Rereferred To Education, Energy, And The Environment on 04/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Licenses, Identification Cards, and Moped Operator's Permits - Identification of Nonapparent Disability [SB-1096]
Requiring that an application for a license, an identification card, or a moped operator's permit allow an applicant to indicate the applicant's nonapparent disability; and requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to ensure that the license, identification card, or moped operator's permit of an applicant who indicates that the applicant has a nonapparent disability includes an "ND" notation.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Workgroup for the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing - Established [SB-1084]
Establishing the Workgroup for the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing to study and make recommendations regarding certain services, programs, advocacy, outreach efforts, and other items to improve the quality of life of individuals who are deaf, deafblind, or hard of hearing; and requiring the Workgroup to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before June 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 442 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Department of Information Technology - Evaluation and Development of a 3-1-1 Portal Using Artificial Intelligence [SB-1068]
Stating the intent of the General Assembly that the Department of Information Technology evaluate the feasibility of creating a 3-1-1 portal utilizing artificial intelligence and that the Department prioritize the creation of the portal if feasible.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 450 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Workers' Compensation - Benefits - Hearing Loss [SB-843]
Altering the frequencies in which industrial noise must be for an employer to be required to provide workers' compensation to a covered employee for hearing loss; altering the method used to determine the percentage of hearing loss deafness for purposes of workers' compensation; and altering the method used to determine the deduction required to be made to allow for the average amount of hearing loss from nonoccupational causes in the population for purposes of calculating workers' compensation benefits for occupational deafness.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 283 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Public Safety - Missing Persons - Purple Alert Program [SB-817]
Establishing a Purple Alert Program to disseminate information to assist in locating a missing person who has a cognitive impairment, mental disorder, intellectual or developmental disability, or brain injury or who is deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or late-deafened and who does not meet the criteria for activation of a Silver Alert; and authorizing the Department of State Police to consult with relevant stakeholders representing citizens with disabilities to develop regulations and procedures to carry out the Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Fire Protection and Prevention - Residential Rental Property - Requirements (Melanie Nicholle Diaz Fire Safety Act) [HB-823]
Establishing certain requirements relating to the installation of certain fire safety equipment in residential rental high-rise buildings and certain other property; authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant, by law, a certain property tax credit; establishing the Workgroup to Develop Fire Safety Best Practices for Pre-1974 High-Rise Apartment Buildings; requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations by December 31, 2024; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 744 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Fire Protection and Prevention – Residential Rental Property – Requirements (Melanie Nicholle Diaz Fire Safety Act) [SB-689]
Establishing certain requirements relating to the installation of certain fire safety equipment in residential rental high-rise buildings and certain other property; authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant, by law, a certain property tax credit; establishing the Workgroup to Develop Fire Safety Best Practices for Pre-1974 High-Rise Apartment Buildings; requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations by December 31, 2024; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/02/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Workers' Compensation - Benefits - Hearing Loss [HB-669]
Altering the frequencies in which industrial noise must be for an employer to be required to provide workers' compensation to a covered employee for hearing loss; altering the method used to determine the percentage of hearing loss deafness for purposes of workers' compensation; and altering the method used to determine the deduction required to be made to allow for the average amount of hearing loss from nonoccupational causes in the population for purposes of calculating workers' compensation benefits for occupational deafness.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrew Pruski
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 282 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Places of Public Accommodation - Motion Picture Houses - Captioning [HB-426]
Requiring all motion picture houses to offer closed movie captioning for each screening of a motion picture, with a certain exception; and requiring, if a motion picture is produced and available to motion picture houses with open movie captioning, a place of public accommodation that controls, operates, owns, or leases a motion picture house with eight or more screens in the State to provide open movie captioning for at least two screenings for each motion picture it screens each week.
Sponsored by: Sen. Carl Jackson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 361 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Public Safety - Missing Persons - Purple Alert Program [HB-195]
Establishing a Purple Alert Program to disseminate information to assist in locating a certain missing person who has a cognitive impairment, mental disorder, intellectual or developmental disability, or brain injury; requiring the Department of State Police to adopt guidelines and develop procedures for issuing a Purple Alert; and authorizing the Department to consult with relevant stakeholders representing citizens with disabilities to develop procedures for the program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marc Korman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 739 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing - Deafblind Co-Navigation Services Program - Established [HB-98]
Establishing a Deafblind Co-Navigation Services Program in the Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing to provide co-navigation services at no cost to deafblind individuals in the State; and defining Co-Navigation Services as services providing visual and environmental information or sighted services to assist with communication accessibility in an individual's preferred language and communication mode, and to assist with accessing an individual's physical surroundings and making informed decisions about those surroundings.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Hearing 1/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/14/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing - Deafblind Co-Navigation Services Program - Established [SB-185]
Establishing a Deafblind Co-Navigation Services Program in the Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing to provide co-navigation services at no cost to deafblind individuals in the State; and defining "co-navigation services" as services providing visual and environmental information or sighted services to assist with communication accessibility in an individual's preferred language and communication mode and to assist with accessing an individual's physical surroundings and making informed decisions about those surrounding.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Hearing Canceled on 01/29/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Places of Public Accommodation - Motion Picture Houses - Captioning [SB-92]
Requiring all motion picture houses to offer closed movie captioning for each screening of a certain motion picture; and requiring, if a motion picture is produced and available to motion picture houses with open movie captioning, a place of public accommodation that controls, operates, owns, or leases a motion picture house with eight or more screens in the State to provide open movie captioning for at least two screenings for each motion picture it screens each week for the first 3 weeks after a motion picture premieres in the motion picture house.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 360 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Public Employee Relations Act [HB-984]
Consolidating and altering certain laws governing collective bargaining for certain public employees, including laws related to the establishment of bargaining units, election and certification of exclusive representatives, employee and employer rights, unfair labor practices, and strikes and lockouts; establishing the Public Employee Relations Board to oversee collective bargaining activities for certain public employees; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 114 on 04/24/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Health Insurance - Hearing Aids for Adults - Coverage [HB-1145]
Requiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations that provide certain health insurance benefits under certain insurance policies or contracts to provide certain coverage for certain hearing aids for adults; authorizing a limit on the benefit payable of $1,400 per hearing aid every 36 months; and authorizing an insured or enrollee to choose a certain hearing aid and pay a certain amount for the hearing aid without financial or contractual penalty to the provider of the hearing aid.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 2/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing - Limitations (Maryland Mandela Act) [SB-459]
Requiring hearing officers and personnel involved with the supervision and care of individuals placed in restrictive housing to undergo certain training; establishing guidelines and procedures for the placement of incarcerated individuals in certain types of restrictive housing or disciplinary segregation; and requiring each correctional facility to create a monthly report containing certain information about individuals placed in restrictive housing and to publish the report on the facility's website.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Referred To Interim Study By Judicial Proceedings on 03/27/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Workers' Compensation - Benefits - Offset and Study [HB-590]
Altering the circumstances under which the payment of a benefit by a governmental unit or quasi-public corporation to a covered employee offsets the liability for benefits under the workers' compensation law; and stating that it is the intent of the General Assembly that the Maryland Association of Counties and the Professional Fire Fighters of Maryland jointly research and report on the effects of the amendments to the Labor and Employment Article implemented by the Act to certain committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2024.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrew Pruski
Referred Rules on 04/03/2023