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State (Texas)
Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to certain images captured by an unmanned aircraft for purposes of news-gathering. [SB-3010]
Relating to certain images captured by an unmanned aircraft for purposes of news-gathering.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Parker Received By The Secretary Of The Senate on 03/14/2025

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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to certain images captured by an unmanned aircraft for purposes of news-gathering. [HB-4436]
Relating to certain images captured by an unmanned aircraft for purposes of news-gathering.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. AJ Louderback Filed on 03/11/2025

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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to sales and use tax exemptions and refunds for certain tangible personal property used to provide cable television services, Internet access services, or telecommunications services. [HB-2825]
Relating to sales and use tax exemptions and refunds for certain tangible personal property used to provide cable television services, Internet access services, or telecommunications services.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Craddick Read First Time on 03/19/2025

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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to sales and use tax exemptions and refunds for certain tangible personal property used to provide cable television services, Internet access services, or telecommunications services. [SB-1217]
Relating to sales and use tax exemptions and refunds for certain tangible personal property used to provide cable television services, Internet access services, or telecommunications services.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Hughes Read First Time on 02/28/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Environment - Covered Electronic Device Recycling Program - Establishment (Electronics Recycling Health and Safety Modernization Act) [HB-931]
Establishing the Covered Electronic Device Recycling Program in the Department of the Environment; altering the contents and use of the State Recycling Trust Fund; establishing a separate covered electronic device recycling account and a separate covered electronic device manufacturer registration fee account within the Fund; altering certain provisions of law relating to registration fees for certain manufacturers of covered electronic devices; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Environment - Covered Electronic Device Recycling Program - Establishment (Electronics Recycling Health and Safety Modernization Act) [SB-591]
Establishing the Covered Electronic Device Recycling Program in the Department of the Environment; altering the contents and use of the State Recycling Trust Fund; establishing a separate covered electronic device recycling account and a separate covered electronic device manufacturer registration fee account within the Fund; altering certain provisions of law relating to registration fees for certain manufacturers of covered electronic devices; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm Augustine Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Criminal Procedure - Child Victims - Testimony in Child Abuse Cases [HB-293]
Altering a certain requirement under which a court is authorized to order that the testimony of a child victim be taken outside a courtroom and shown in the courtroom by closed circuit television in certain child abuse cases; requiring the testimony of a child victim taken by closed circuit television within the courthouse be in a setting that reasonably mitigates the likelihood the child victim will suffer emotional distress; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway Referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/17/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Criminal Procedure - Child Victims - Testimony in Child Abuse Cases [SB-274]
Altering a certain requirement under which a court is authorized to order that the testimony of a child victim be taken outside a courtroom and shown in the courtroom by closed circuit television in certain child abuse cases; requiring the testimony of a child victim taken by closed circuit television within the courthouse be in a setting that reasonably mitigates the likelihood the child victim will suffer emotional distress; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse Referred Judiciary on 03/07/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Internet Gaming - Authorization and Implementation [HB-17]
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; requiring an Internet gaming licensee to require individuals to provide proof of the registration in order to participate in Internet gaming; submitting the Act to a referendum; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary Hearing 2/10 At 11:00 A.m. on 01/17/2025

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State (Texas)
Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the computation of the cost of goods sold by television and radio broadcasters for purposes of the franchise tax. [SB-263]
Relating to the computation of the cost of goods sold by television and radio broadcasters for purposes of the franchise tax.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Perry Received From The Senate on 03/18/2025

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Film and television industry; apprenticeship program. [HB-1495]
Apprenticeship program; film and television industry. Requires the Director of Workforce Development and Advancement to establish a program to promote apprenticeships in the film and television industry. The Director may provide financial incentives to employers who hire and retain an apprentice in the film and television industry for at least six months. In consultation with the Virginia Film Office, the Director shall establish guidelines and criteria for the program.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr Left In Finance And Appropriations on 11/19/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Sales and Use Tax - Rate Reduction and Services [HB-1515]
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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Moon Hearing Canceled on 03/06/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Maryland Entertainment Council - Alterations [HB-1487]
Reestablishing the Maryland Entertainment Council to be the Maryland Entertainment Industry Council within the Department of Commerce to assess the State's existing assets, study certain existing State programs, agencies, and offices, and make recommendations on the development of a strategic plan for Maryland's future in the entertainment industry; and requiring the Council to submit an annual report by January 1 each year and a report of certain recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2024.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Approved By The Governor - Chapter 70 on 04/09/2024

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State (Maryland)
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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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Environment - Suppliers of Water - Notification Requirements [HB-908]
Altering certain notice requirements that a supplier of water must give to the Department of the Environment and certain individuals and entities under certain circumstances; requiring a supplier of water to give notice to the Department of the Environment and the Maryland Department of Emergency Management if there is a positive test for E. coli in the system and immediately begin certain preparations; requiring each community water system to ensure that certain testing is performed on water provided by the system; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Marlon Amprey Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/26/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Environment - Covered Electronic Devices Recycling Program - Establishment [HB-830]
Establishing the Covered Electronic Device Recycling Program in the Department of the Environment; repealing certain provisions of law relating to existing covered electronic takeback programs; repealing a certain provision of law authorizing a county to address methods for the separate collection and recycling of covered electronic devices in a certain recycling plan; requiring a separate covered electronic device recycling account within the State Recycling Trust Fund; altering the uses of the Trust Fund; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Environment - Covered Electronic Devices Recycling Program - Establishment [SB-686]
Establishing the Covered Electronic Device Recycling Program in the Department of the Environment; repealing certain provisions of law relating to existing covered electronic takeback programs; repealing a certain provision of law authorizing a county to address methods for the separate collection and recycling of covered electronic devices in a certain recycling plan; requiring a separate covered electronic device recycling account within the State Recycling Trust Fund; altering the uses of the Trust Fund; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm Augustine Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Horse Racing - Satellite Simulcast Betting - Alterations [SB-627]
Transferring the regulation of satellite simulcast betting facilities in the State from the State Racing Commission to the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency; altering the definition of "satellite simulcast betting", for purposes of provisions of law governing satellite simulcast betting and permit to hold satellite simulcast betting, to authorize pari-mutuel betting at a satellite simulcast facility in the State on a race that is simulcast from a sending track located in certain states; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2024

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Film and television industry; apprenticeship program. [HB-1495]
Apprenticeship program; film and television industry. Requires the Director of Workforce Development and Advancement to establish a program to promote apprenticeships in the film and television industry. The Director may provide financial incentives to employers who hire and retain an apprentice in the film and television industry for at least six months. In consultation with the Virginia Film Office, the Director shall establish guidelines and criteria for the program. Apprenticeship program; film and television industry. Requires the Director (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr Continued To 2025 In Finance And Appropriations (15-y 0-n) on 02/27/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Criminal Procedure - Child Victims - Testimony in Child Abuse Cases [HB-141]
Altering a certain requirement under which a court is authorized to order that the testimony of a child victim be taken outside a courtroom and shown in the courtroom by closed circuit television in certain child abuse cases.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway Hearing 3/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/13/2024

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