Rep. Gabriel Acevero
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Maryland Recycling Act - Recyclable Materials and Resource Recovery Facilities - Alterations [HB-179]
Altering the definition of "recyclable materials" under the Maryland Recycling Act to exclude incinerator ash; and repealing the authority of a county to utilize a resource recovery facility to meet 5% of the waste reduction required to be achieved through recycling in the county's recycling plan.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nick Mosby
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/15/2020
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Income Tax Rates - Capital Gains Income [HB-222]
Providing for an additional State individual income tax rate of 1% on net capital gains of individuals; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing Canceled on 01/29/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Pesticides - Use of Chlorpyrifos - Prohibition [HB-229]
Prohibiting the aerial application of chlorpyrifos on or after October 1, 2020; prohibiting the use of chlorpyrifos in the State on or after December 31, 2020; establishing the Pesticide Transition Fund to support Maryland farmers in the transition away from the use of chlorpyrifos and to support the work of the Pesticide Transition Task Force, including research on integrated pest management and implementation of the State's plan to transition away from the use of chlorpyrifos; establishing the Pesticide Transition Task Force; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Referred Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/16/2020
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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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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
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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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
End Ineffective Business Subsidies Act of 2020 [HB-223]
Prohibiting the Secretary of Commerce from designating or expanding certain enterprise zones and focus areas on or after June 1, 2020; providing for the termination of the One Maryland Economic Development Tax Credit Program on January 1, 2022; applying the Opportunity Zone Enhancement Program to taxable years 2019 through 2021; prohibiting the Department of Commerce from issuing tax credit certificates to certain investors in certain biotechnology companies on or after January 1, 2022; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nick Mosby
Hearing Canceled on 01/29/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Opportunity Zone Tax Deduction Reform Act of 2020 [HB-224]
Requiring certain taxpayers to add a certain deduction for gains from sales or exchanges of qualified opportunity zone property back to federal adjusted gross income to determine Maryland adjusted gross income; requiring certain taxpayers to add a certain deduction for gains from sales or exchanges of qualified opportunity zone property back to federal adjusted gross income to determine Maryland modified income; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Referred Budget And Taxation on 03/13/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Higher Education - Collective Bargaining - Graduate Assistants (Graduate Assistant Collective Bargaining Fairness Act) [HB-214]
Granting collective bargaining rights to graduate assistants within the University of Maryland system, Morgan State University, and St. Mary's College of Maryland; and defining "graduate assistant" as a graduate student at a certain institution who is a teaching, administrative, or research assistant, or in a comparable position, a fellow, or a postdoctoral intern.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Hearing Canceled on 01/17/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Unaccompanied Minors in Need of Shelter and Supportive Services [HB-206]
Authorizing a certain unaccompanied minor in need of shelter to consent to shelter and supportive services under certain circumstances; authorizing an unaccompanied minor who is a parent to consent to shelter and supportive services for the minor's child; requiring a certain service provider to contact a parent, a guardian, or an adult relative of an unaccompanied minor within 72 hours; requiring a service provider to develop procedures to screen staff members who work with minors including a criminal history check; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 108 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Housing Opportunities Made Equal Act [HB-231]
Expanding the housing policy of the State to include providing for fair housing to all citizens regardless of source of income; stating the Act seeks to deconcentrate poverty by providing additional opportunities for tenants utilizing public subsidies to live in certain neighborhoods; prohibiting a person from refusing to sell or rent a dwelling to any person because of source of income; establishing qualifications and limitations on the prohibition against discrimination in housing based on source of income; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 116 on 05/08/2020