Rep. Alice Cain
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District HD-030A
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 15
Sponsored Legislation
Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Schools - Provision of Menstrual Hygiene Products [HB-208]
Requiring each county board of education to ensure that each public school provide, at no charge to students, menstrual hygiene products via dispensers in the restrooms at the school; requiring a public middle or high school to install menstrual hygiene product dispensers in at least two restrooms on or before October 1, 2020, and certain restrooms on or before August 1, 2024; requiring a public elementary school to install menstrual hygiene product dispensers in at least one restroom by October 1, 2020; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Referred Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/15/2020
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Plastic Bag Reduction Act [HB-209]
Prohibiting, on or after July 1, 2021, a certain retail establishment from distributing plastic carryout bags to a customer at the point of sale; providing that, on or after July 1, 2021, only the State may enact a law or take other action to prohibit, restrict, or regulate the use of certain plastic bags by a retail establishment, that certain authority of a county or municipality is preempted, and that certain laws or ordinances are superseded; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt certain regulations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Favorable Report By Finance on 03/18/2020
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Election Law - Online Campaign Material - Use of Deepfakes [HB-198]
Prohibiting certain persons from willfully or knowingly influencing or attempting to influence a voter's decision to go to the polls or to cast a vote for a particular candidate by publishing, distributing, or disseminating a deepfake online within 90 days of an election; providing that the prohibition does not apply to a person who discloses certain information on the deepfake; providing that a certain person who violates the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be subject to a certain fine and imprisonment or both; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Chang
Hearing Canceled on 01/21/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Restorative Schools Fund and Grants - Establishment [HB-202]
Establishing the Restorative Schools Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; specifying the purpose of the Fund; requiring the State Department of Education to administer the Fund; requiring the State Treasurer to hold the Fund and the Comptroller to account for the Fund; specifying the contents of the Fund; specifying the purpose for which the Fund may be used; providing that a distribution from the Fund is supplemental to and is not intended to take the place of existing funding; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nick Mosby
First Reading Ways And Means on 01/16/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Gaming - Sports Wagering - Implementation [HB-225]
Authorizing certain license holders to accept wagers on certain sporting events from certain individuals and by certain methods; requiring the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to regulate sports wagering and the conduct of sports wagering; authorizing certain sports wagering licensees to enter into certain agreements for the operation of online sports wagering; providing the term of a sports wagering license is 15 years, subject to an annual fee of $250,000, payable to the Commission at a certain time; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/21/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County - Alcoholic Beverages - Notice of License Application [HB-329]
Authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Anne Arundel County to fulfill a certain notice requirement by posting online a completed application for an alcoholic beverages license at least 10 days before the application hearing; and altering a certain notice provision to require the applicant for an alcoholic beverages license, rather than the Board, to post a suitable notice at the location described in the application for at least 10 days before the application hearing.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ned Carey
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 170 on 05/08/2020
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University of Maryland, Baltimore - Study on the Health Effects of Air Traffic Noise [HB-310]
Requiring the University of Maryland, Baltimore to study the health effects of air traffic noise on communities near Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport since the implementation of the Next Generation Air Transportation System; requiring the study to evaluate health outcomes, and certain costs; requiring the Governor to provide in the 2022 budget bill at least $100,000 for the study; requiring a report be submitted by September 1, 2022, to the Governor, the General Assembly, and certain county executives and councils; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Chang
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/07/2020
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State Department of Education - Guidelines on Trauma-Informed Approach [HB-277]
Requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Health and the Department of Human Services, to develop and distribute guidelines on a trauma-informed approach to assist schools with understanding and responding to an individual with symptoms of chronic interpersonal trauma or traumatic stress; and requiring the State Department of Education to distribute the trauma-informed approach guidelines to each local school system and publish the guidelines on the Department's website.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 148 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Homeowner's Insurance - Weather-Related Claims and Notice of Cancellation or Nonrenewal [HB-333]
Repealing a certain exception that allowed an insurer to cancel or refuse to renew coverage for homeowner's insurance based on weather-related claims if there were three or more weather-related claims within a certain time period; and requiring that a certain written notice of intention to cancel or not renew a homeowner's insurance policy include a form adopted by the Maryland Insurance Commissioner that allows the insured to protest the proposed action and request a hearing 30 days after the mailing date of the notice.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/02/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Child Care Centers – Early Childhood Screening and Assistance [HB-396]
Requiring the State Department of Education, by January 1, 2021, to establish guidelines for early childhood developmental screenings for children under the age of 3 years to be used by child care centers for certain purposes; requiring, beginning, July 1, 2021, certain child care centers to offer evaluations for children entering these centers; requiring an employee of each center to provide information to parents and guardians about the Maryland Infants and Toddlers Program and provide assistance in contacting a certain agency; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Third Reading Passed (133-0) on 03/13/2020