Building Opportunity Act of 2021 [HB-740]
[Education ]
[Construction ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Safety ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring or authorizing, under certain circumstances, the Maryland Stadium Authority to contract for, manage, and oversee certain public school facility projects; authorizing the Prince George's County government and Board of Education to enter into a certain public-private partnership to enhance the delivery of public school construction projects in the county; etc.
HB-740: Building Opportunity Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne A. Jones
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/01/2021
Joint Committee on Workforce Development [HB-653]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
[Education ]
Establishing a Joint Committee on Workforce Development to evaluate the condition of the State's public and private sector workforces, monitor skills shortages, identify strategies to expand employment, and evaluate the effectiveness of certain programs and policies; and requiring the Committee to submit its findings and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly on or before December 31 each year.
HB-653: Joint Committee on Workforce Development
Sponsored by: Rep. Lily Qi
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/17/2021
Joint Committee on Workforce Development [SB-357]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
[Education ]
Establishing a Joint Committee on Workforce Development to evaluate the condition of the State's public and private sector workforces, monitor skills shortages, identify strategies to expand employment opportunities, increase earnings, and evaluate the effectiveness of certain programs and policies; requiring the Committee to submit its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31 each year; etc.
SB-357: Joint Committee on Workforce Development
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. (finance) on 01/19/2021
Education - Student Horizon Database and Scorecard (Students Right to Know Act of 2021) [HB-46]
[Education ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring the State Department of Education, in collaboration with certain agencies, to collect certain information each year; requiring the Department to establish and maintain a certain database on the Department's website; requiring the Department to publish on the Department's website a Student Horizon Scorecard by October 1, 2022, and each October 1 thereafter; requiring the Student Horizon Scorecard to include certain information and be distributed by local school systems to high school students by October 31 each year; etc.
HB-46: Education - Student Horizon Database and Scorecard (Students Right to Know Act of 2021)
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael J. Griffith
Hearing Canceled on 01/21/2021
Electric Generation - Transition From Fossil Fuels - Carbon Dioxide Emissions Rate and Transition Plan and Fund (Maryland Coal Community Transition Act of 2021) [HB-66]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Community Development ]
Prohibiting the carbon dioxide emissions rate for certain affected electric generating units from exceeding 180 pounds per million British thermal units; establishing the Fossil Fuel Community Transition Fund to provide grants to certain individuals and communities; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to establish certain policies and procedures for the administration of the Fund; requiring the Maryland Energy Administration to use the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund to provide certain funding; etc.
HB-66: Electric Generation - Transition From Fossil Fuels - Carbon Dioxide Emissions Rate and Transition Plan and Fund (Maryland Coal Community Transition Act of 2021)
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/25/2021
You have voted HB-66: Electric Generation - Transition From Fossil Fuels - Carbon Dioxide Emissions Rate and Transition Plan and Fund (Maryland Coal Community Transition Act of 2021).
Utility Regulation - Consideration of Climate and Labor [HB-298]
[Energy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Climate Change ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Secretary of the Environment to prepare a certain recommendation in connection with certain issues considered by the Public Service Commission; requiring the Secretary of Natural Resources to incorporate an evaluation of the impact of certain electric power plants on climate change into the Power Plant Research Program; requiring the Commission to consider the maintenance of fair and stable labor standards and the protection of the global climate in supervising and regulating certain public service companies; etc.
HB-298: Utility Regulation - Consideration of Climate and Labor
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 614 on 05/30/2021
State Child Welfare System - Reporting [HB-258]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
[Human Services ]
Altering the contents of a certain report required by the Department of Human Services regarding children and foster youth in the State child welfare system; requiring the State Department of Education, on or before December 1 each year, to report to the General Assembly and Department of Human Services certain information regarding children and foster youth in the State child welfare system; requiring the Department of Education to publish each report on its website within 30 days after submission to the General Assembly; etc.
HB-258: State Child Welfare System - Reporting
Sponsored by: Rep. Michele Guyton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 315 on 05/18/2021
Utility Regulation - Consideration of Climate and Labor [SB-83]
[Energy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Climate Change ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Secretary of the Environment to prepare a certain recommendation in connection with certain issues considered by the Public Service Commission; requiring the Secretary of Natural Resources to incorporate an evaluation of the impact of certain electric power plants on climate change into the Power Plant Research Program; requiring the Commission to consider the maintenance of fair and stable labor standards and the protection of the global climate in supervising and regulating certain public service companies; etc.
SB-83: Utility Regulation - Consideration of Climate and Labor
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Fred Kramer
Hearing 1/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 12/23/2021
Electric Generation – Transition From Fossil Fuels – Carbon Dioxide Emissions Rate and Transition Plan and Fund (Maryland Coal Community Transition Act of 2021) [SB-148]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Community Development ]
Prohibiting the carbon dioxide emissions rate for certain affected electric generating units from exceeding 180 pounds per million British thermal units; establishing the Fossil Fuel Community Transition Fund to provide grants to certain individuals and communities; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to establish certain policies and procedures for the administration of the Fund; requiring the Maryland Energy Administration to use the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund to provide certain funding; etc.
SB-148: Electric Generation – Transition From Fossil Fuels – Carbon Dioxide Emissions Rate and Transition Plan and Fund (Maryland Coal Community Transition Act of 2021)
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian J. Feldman
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/12/2021
You have voted SB-148: Electric Generation – Transition From Fossil Fuels – Carbon Dioxide Emissions Rate and Transition Plan and Fund (Maryland Coal Community Transition Act of 2021).
Career Preparation Expansion Act [SB-978]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Authorizing a student or a student's parent or guardian to release the student's Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery score to certain apprenticeship programs and certain employers; authorizing the State Department of Education to adopt regulations requiring the award of credit toward high school graduation for time spent in certain apprenticeship programs; authorizing a Workforce Development Sequence Scholarship to assist with the cost of participation in certain apprenticeship programs; etc.
SB-978: Career Preparation Expansion Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 695 on 05/15/2018
Career Education Policy Act [SB-949]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requiring public high schools to make students aware of certain employment and skills training opportunities through certain apprenticeship sponsors and employers; specifying that a requirement to earn a credit in technology education to graduate may be satisfied by completing certain courses selected by the county board; authorizing certain applicants for legislative scholarships to be enrolled in Workforce Development Sequence courses or be participating in an apprenticeship training program; etc.
SB-949: Career Education Policy Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/26/2018
Public Safety – Elevator Inspections – Testing and Apprenticeship Program [SB-831]
[Public Safety ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring that a certain test on an elevator unit performed in connection with a certain inspection be performed by a certain licensed elevator mechanic; requiring a third-party qualified elevator inspector to be physically present during a certain test in its entirety to witness that the test has been performed correctly and to verify the proper recording of the result; requiring the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to establish an apprenticeship program for third-party qualified elevator inspectors; etc.
SB-831: Public Safety – Elevator Inspections – Testing and Apprenticeship Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas McClain Middleton
Third Reading Passed (44-0) on 04/05/2018
HBCU Internship in Maryland Government Scholarship Program [SB-776]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Establishing the HBCU Internship in Maryland Government Scholarship Program to award scholarships to HBCU students so that they may explore State government career opportunities through government internships; establishing the HBCU Internship in Maryland Government Scholarship Committee; requiring the Office of Student Financial Assistance in the Maryland Higher Education Commission to administer the Program, subject to a certain exception; etc.
SB-776: HBCU Internship in Maryland Government Scholarship Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 04/05/2018
Career Youth and Public Sector Apprenticeship Act [SB-618]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
Authorizing a county board of education to award credit to a high school student who completes work-based training or classroom instruction under a registered apprenticeship program; authorizing a county board to count toward high school attendance the time certain apprentices spend during certain work-based training with certain employers; requiring the State Board of Education to report on progress, by high school and community college, toward the attainment of certain goals; etc.
SB-618: Career Youth and Public Sector Apprenticeship Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Delegates Luedtke, Wilkins, And Rose on 04/09/2018
Career Apprenticeship Investment Act [SB-517]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Economic Development ]
Authorizing the Governor to provide an additional $2,000,000 annually, in addition to the $1,000,000 annual appropriation, to the Maryland Higher Education Commission for Workforce Development Sequence Scholarships; requiring the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to create a statewide media campaign to promote participation in career and technical education, apprenticeships, and workforce development in workforce shortage occupations in the State; etc.
SB-517: Career Apprenticeship Investment Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Hearing 3/20 At 1:00 P.m. (appropriations) on 03/20/2018
Foster Care Recipients and Unaccompanied Homeless Youth - Employment Program (Fostering Employment Act of 2018) [SB-308]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Housing ]
[Poverty ]
[Education ]
Establishing the Fostering Employment Program to provide employment opportunities for certain foster care recipients and unaccompanied homeless youth through training leading to certain credentials; requiring the Department of Human Services, in coordination with the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation, and certain other entities to develop and implement the Program; establishing certain eligibility; defining certain terms; etc.
SB-308: Foster Care Recipients and Unaccompanied Homeless Youth - Employment Program (Fostering Employment Act of 2018)
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 380 on 05/08/2018
Community Colleges – Vocational Certificates, Apprenticeship Training Programs, and Associate Degrees – Tuition Assistance [SB-261]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Establishing the Community College Vocational Certificate, Apprenticeship Training Program, and Associate's Degree Tuition Assistance Program; specifying that participation in the Program is voluntary; requiring an individual, to participate in the Program, to enroll at a community college within 6 months of obtaining a high school diploma or a certain equivalent; requiring participants to complete at least 15 hours of community service; providing certain reimbursement to community colleges for foregone tuition; etc.
SB-261: Community Colleges – Vocational Certificates, Apprenticeship Training Programs, and Associate Degrees – Tuition Assistance
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Hearing 2/07 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Health, And Environmental Affairs) on 02/07/2018