AB-3505: Establishes protected leave under "Family Leave Act" and family temporary disability leave benefits for bereavement for death of child, miscarriage, stillbirth, and certain other circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Karabinchak
Reported From Senate Committee, 2nd Reading on 12/05/2024
You have voted AB-3505: Establishes protected leave under "Family Leave Act" and family temporary disability leave benefits for bereavement for death of child, miscarriage, stillbirth, and certain other circumstances..
SB-2894: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9, to clarify the appropriation of funds to certain debt issuers for debt service payments. This act makes appropriations for debt service obligations for an indefinite period of time.
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Bailey
Assigned To General Subcommittee Of Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee on 03/20/2024
You have voted SB-2894: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9, to clarify the appropriation of funds to certain debt issuers for debt service payments. This act makes appropriations for debt service obligations for an indefinite period of time..
Battery Storage and Solar Arrays Safety Training Grant Program and Fund [SB-788]
[Energy ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Construction ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Science ]
Establishing the Battery Storage and Solar Arrays Safety Training Grant Program in the Maryland Energy Administration to provide grants to the Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute to train local fire departments on certain safety aspects associated with lithium-ion battery storage systems installed with solar arrays; requiring the Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute to consult with certain entities in determining how to meet the purpose of the Program with the grants awarded under the Program; etc.
SB-788: Battery Storage and Solar Arrays Safety Training Grant Program and Fund
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
First Reading Budget And Taxation on 02/01/2024
Public Safety - Maryland Entertainment District Security Grant Program [SB-774]
[Public Safety ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Community Development ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Maryland Entertainment District Security Grant Program to assist community organizations, nonprofit entities, and local governments in funding security operations during times of high pedestrian traffic in certain entertainment districts; establishing the Maryland Entertainment District Security Grant Program Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; authorizing the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter, to appropriate up to $1,000,000 in the annual budget bill to the Fund; etc.
SB-774: Public Safety - Maryland Entertainment District Security Grant Program
Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 747 on 05/16/2024
Testing Facilities That Use Animals - Licensing and Regulation [SB-761]
[Animals ]
[Agriculture ]
[Science ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring each testing facility in the State to be licensed by the Department of Agriculture to use animals in research, education, or testing; establishing requirements for the use and treatment of dogs or cats by a testing facility; prohibiting a testing facility from using certain dogs and cats for research or testing purposes and performing certain procedures on dogs or cats; prohibiting a testing facility from using traditional animal test methods under certain circumstances; etc.
SB-761: Testing Facilities That Use Animals - Licensing and Regulation
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Hearing Canceled on 02/13/2024
Education - Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program and Fund - Established [SB-797]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
Requiring certain information to be provided to the parents of a child with a disability under certain circumstances; establishing the Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program; establishing the Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Fund; requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $1,000,000 to the Fund beginning in fiscal year 2026; etc.
SB-797: Education - Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program and Fund - Established
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 170 on 04/25/2024
Primary and Secondary Education - School Safety and Student Well-Being - Examination of Policies and Funding [SB-756]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Maryland Center for School Safety, the State Department of Education, and the Interagency Commission on School Construction by July 1, 2025, and every 2 years thereafter, to review and promulgate guidelines on the state of physical security in schools; altering the amount and uses of annual funding relating to school safety; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $20,000,000 to the Safe Schools Fund to provide grants to local school systems to enhance school safety; etc.
SB-756: Primary and Secondary Education - School Safety and Student Well-Being - Examination of Policies and Funding
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 02/08/2024
Economic Development - Business Diversity Incubator Program and Fund - Established [SB-765]
[Economic Development ]
[Small Business ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Establishing the Business Diversity Incubator Program and Fund in the Department of Commerce to provide grants to certain business entities to establish diverse and effective business incubators in the State; authorizing the Governor in each of fiscal years 2026 through 2031, to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $5,000,000 to the Business Diversity Incubator Fund; etc.
SB-765: Economic Development - Business Diversity Incubator Program and Fund - Established
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Hearing Canceled on 03/28/2024
AN ACT relating to overdose good samaritans and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-435]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Healthcare ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Crime ]
Amend KRS 218A.133 to provide that a person who seeks or renders aid to someone experiencing a possible drug overdose or is the person experiencing a possible drug overdose cannot be arrested on a warrant or be subject to revocation of his or her conditions of release if the evidence for the arrest or motion to revoke is obtained as a result of the need for aid for the possible drug overdose; establish that the immunity extends from the time law enforcement or medical personnel respond at the location of a possible overdose until law enforcement
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HB-435: AN ACT relating to overdose good samaritans and making an appropriation therefor.
Sponsored by: Rep. Josie Raymond
Introduced In House on 01/31/2024
AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages and declaring an emergency. [HB-439]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Amends KRS 211.285 to rename the “malt beverage education fund” as the “alcohol wellness and responsibility education fund,” to add proceeds from Alcoholic Beverage Control Board distilled spirit auctions to the fund, to issue moneys from the fund to the Alcohol Wellness and Responsibility Education Corporation, to modify membership of the corporation’s board of directors, to authorize the corporation to accept grant applications from Kentucky high schools, colleges, universities, and other entities that promote alcohol responsibility, and to increase
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HB-439: AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ruth Palumbo
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 46) on 04/04/2024
HB-2718: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9, to clarify the appropriation of funds to certain debt issuers for debt service payments. This act makes appropriations for debt service obligations for an indefinite period of time.
Sponsored by: Rep. Johnny Garrett
Assigned To S/c Finance, Ways, And Means Subcommittee on 02/07/2024
You have voted HB-2718: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9, to clarify the appropriation of funds to certain debt issuers for debt service payments. This act makes appropriations for debt service obligations for an indefinite period of time..
Approp: Supplemental; Reapprop; Amending [SB-216]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
An Act making supplemental appropriations, reappropriations, and other appropriations; amending appropriations; capitalizing funds; and providing for an effective date.
SB-216: Approp: Supplemental; Reapprop; Amending
Sponsored by: Sen.
Read The First Time - Referrals on 01/31/2024
Approp: Supplemental; Reapprop; Amending [HB-299]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
An Act making supplemental appropriations, reappropriations, and other appropriations; amending appropriations; capitalizing funds; and providing for an effective date.
HB-299: Approp: Supplemental; Reapprop; Amending
Sponsored by: Rep.
Read The First Time - Referrals on 01/31/2024
You have voted HB-819: State Finance – Catastrophic Event Account and Federal Government Shutdown Employee Assistance Loan Fund – Noncivilian Federal Employees.
Human Services - Individuals With Disabilities and Service-Disabled Veterans Boating Fund [HB-773]
[Human Services ]
[Disabilities ]
[Veterans ]
[Recreation ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Establishing the Individuals With Disabilities and Service-Disabled Veterans Boating Fund to provide sailing, boating, kayaking, canoeing, and paddleboarding and surfing opportunities for individuals with disabilities and service-disabled veterans; requiring the Department of Disabilities to administer the Fund; prohibiting the Department from providing a grant of more than $40,000 in a fiscal year; and establishing the qualifications for certain nonprofit organizations to receive a grant from the Fund.
HB-773: Human Services - Individuals With Disabilities and Service-Disabled Veterans Boating Fund
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 193 on 04/25/2024
Operating Budget - Funding - Scholarships for Nonpublic School Students [HB-791]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Taxes ]
Requiring the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2026, to include in the annual budget bill General Fund appropriations of certain amounts for the Broadening Options and Opportunities for Students Today Program.
HB-791: Operating Budget - Funding - Scholarships for Nonpublic School Students
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 02/26/2024
Prince George's County Family Child Care Home Expansion Grant Program - Establishment PG 505-24 [HB-838]
[Children and Youth ]
[Community Development ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
Establishing the Prince George's County Family Child Care Home Expansion Grant Program in the Prince George's County public school system; providing that the purpose of the Program is to increase the number of registered family child care providers, registered family child care homes, and registered large family child care homes in low-income communities in the county; requiring a local school system to develop a certain application process; etc.
HB-838: Prince George's County Family Child Care Home Expansion Grant Program - Establishment PG 505-24
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 373 on 04/25/2024
Education – Curriculum Content Standards – Peace and Conflict Studies (Peace and Conflict Studies Education Act) [HB-795]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the State Board of Education to develop curriculum content standards for a high school course on peace and conflict studies; requiring each county board of education to implement a course on peace and conflict studies in each public high school in the county beginning in the 2025-2026 school year; and requiring each public high school to hire a mediator to provide education and support to students and school personnel relating to conflict resolution and peaceful communications in resolving disputes.
HB-795: Education – Curriculum Content Standards – Peace and Conflict Studies (Peace and Conflict Studies Education Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Harry Bhandari
First Reading Ways And Means on 01/31/2024