Labor and Employment - Overwork Prohibition Act [HB-1027]
Requiring an employer to pay an employee a specified overtime wage for specified hours worked; prohibiting an employer from requiring an employee to work specified hours except under specified circumstances; authorizing an employee to decline an employer's request to work more than a specified number of consecutive days, more than a specified number of hours during a workweek, or during specified hours; requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to enter a place of employment for specified purposes; etc.
HB-1027: Labor and Employment - Overwork Prohibition Act
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters; Withdrawn on 03/18/2015
Governor's Office for Children - Let's Play Maryland Pilot Program [HB-1031]
Establishing the Let's Play Maryland Pilot Program in the Governor's Office for Children; specifying the purpose of the Program; specifying eligibility requirements for participation in the Program; authorizing the Office, beginning on July 1, 2016, to award grants to sports organizations or leagues under the Program; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget for fiscal year 2017 and fiscal year 2018 a $500,000 appropriation for the Program; providing for the termination of the Act; etc.
HB-1031: Governor's Office for Children - Let's Play Maryland Pilot Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/12/2015
Labor and Employment - Equal Pay for Equal Work [HB-1051]
Altering a specified provision of law concerning equal pay for equal work to prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity; prohibiting an employer from discriminating between employees in any occupation by providing less favorable employment opportunities based on sex or gender identity; prohibiting an employer from taking specified actions concerning the disclosure or discussion of an employee's wages; etc.
HB-1051: Labor and Employment - Equal Pay for Equal Work
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters; Withdrawn on 03/30/2015
Criminal Procedure - Maryland Uniform Collateral Consequences of Conviction Act [HB-1059]
Requiring the Attorney General to take specified steps to identify, collect, and publish in a specified manner laws that impose a specified collateral sanction on a person who is convicted of a specified offense; requiring a State's Attorney to provide specified information to a person charged with an offense; requiring a court to confirm that a specified notice has been received and is understood by a specified person; providing that a new collateral sanction may be imposed only by a specified procedure; etc.
9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System - Multiple-Line Telephone Systems - Direct Dial (Kari's Law) [HB-1080]
Requiring that, on or before December 31, 2017, a person that installs or operates a multiple-line telephone system ensures that the system is connected to the public switched telephone network in such a way that an individual dialing 9-1-1 is connected to the public safety answering point without requiring the individual to dial any other number or set of numbers; providing a specified exception for a unit of the Executive Branch of State government; etc.
HB-1080: 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System - Multiple-Line Telephone Systems - Direct Dial (Kari's Law)
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 116 on 04/14/2015
Child Abuse and Neglect - Failure to Report [HB-1146]
Requiring an agency that is participating in a child abuse or neglect investigation and that has reasonable grounds to believe that a person has failed to report child abuse as required under a specified provision of law to file a specified complaint with a specified board, agency, institution, or facility.
HB-1146: Child Abuse and Neglect - Failure to Report
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Hearing 3/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2015
Education - Maryland Seal of Biliteracy Act - Establishment [HB-166]
Establishing the Maryland Seal of Biliteracy Program; providing for the purpose of the Program; providing that participation in the Program by a local school system is voluntary; providing that, beginning with the graduating class of 2016, specified eligible students shall receive the Maryland Seal of Biliteracy affixed to a diploma or transcript under specified circumstances; requiring the State Board of Education to establish specified criteria and requirements on or before October 1, 2015; etc.
HB-166: Education - Maryland Seal of Biliteracy Act - Establishment
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2015
Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Landover Hills Town Hall [HB-195]
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $200,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Mayor and Town Council of the Town of Landover Hills for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the Landover Hills Town Hall, located in Prince George's County; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc.
HB-195: Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Landover Hills Town Hall
Sponsored by: Rep. James Tarlau
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/13/2015
Prince George's County - Education - Youth Wellness Leadership Pilot Program [HB-197]
Establishing the Youth Wellness Leadership Pilot Program in Prince George's County; requiring the Prince George's Board of Education, after consultation with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, to implement the Program for 125 students in public high schools in Prince George's County; authorizing the Board of Education to collaborate with specified local community organizations; specifying the purpose of the Program; requiring the Board of Education to report annually; etc.
HB-197: Prince George's County - Education - Youth Wellness Leadership Pilot Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 406 on 05/12/2015
Education - Youth Wellness Leadership Pilot Program [HB-198]
Establishing the Youth Wellness Leadership Pilot Program in the State Department of Education; requiring the Department, after consultation with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, to implement the Program for 125 students in public high school in Prince George's County and 125 students in public high school in one other county; authorizing the State Department of Education to collaborate with specified local community organizations; specifying the purpose of the Program; etc.
HB-198: Education - Youth Wellness Leadership Pilot Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means; Withdrawn on 03/09/2015