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Number	Legislature	Summary	Subjects
SB-230	State (Maryland)	Requiring employers that employ 15 or more employees to provide employees with earned sick and safe leave that is paid at the same wage rate as the employee normally earns; requiring employers with 14 or fewer employees to provide unpaid earned sick and safe leave; prohibiting an employer from being required to pay a tipped employee more than a specified wage for earned sick and safe leave; requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to develop a specified model paid sick and safe leave policy for use by specified employers; etc. Democrat: 100% (24) 100% Democrat support	Private Sector Labor And Industry State Government - Personnel Civil Actions Committees And Commissions Health Hearings Inspections Investigations And Inquiries Leave Mental And Behavioral Health
SB-225	State (Maryland)	Altering the maximum amount of noneconomic damages that may be recovered in health care malpractice and other civil actions for a catastrophic injury under specified circumstances; etc. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Civil Actions And Procedures Arbitration Blind Persons Civil Actions Damages Disabilities Judicial Review Liability Medical Malpractice Negligence
SB-144	State (Maryland)	Making specified provisions of law authorizing the prelitigation discovery of specified insurance coverage information relating to claims involving vehicle accidents applicable to claims involving any tort involving death or bodily injury; providing that an insurer is only required to provide a claimant with documentation of the applicable limits of coverage in a specified automobile insurance policy, homeowner's insurance policy, or renter's insurance policy; providing for the prospective application of the Act; etc. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Civil Actions And Procedures Accidents Beneficiaries Civil Actions Disclosure Insurance Records Torts Attorneys
SB-65	State (Maryland)	Prohibiting a person from making specified assertions of copyright infringement in bad faith; authorizing a court to consider specified factors as evidence of whether a person has made an assertion of copyright infringement in bad faith or in good faith; altering the authority of the Attorney General and the Division of Consumer Protection of the Office of the Attorney General to take specified actions; etc. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Commercial Law - Generally Attorney General Civil Actions Consumer Protection Copyright Courts Damages Registration
SB-77	State (Maryland)	Expanding the application of the Courthouse Dog and Child Witness Pilot Program to civil court proceedings. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Courts And Court Personnel - Local Anne Arundel County Civil Actions Dogs Harford County Minors Sunset Witnesses
SB-79	State (Maryland)	Adding the extraordinary medical expenses of a destitute adult child with a developmental disability to the support required from the destitute adult child's parent if the parent has or is able to earn sufficient means to provide the support; providing that a court may divide the support obligation for the extraordinary medical expenses of a destitute adult child with a developmental disability between the destitute adult child's parents in proportion to the parents' income; etc. Republican: 50% (1) Democrat: 50% (1) 50% Republican support 50% Democrat support	Family Law Civil Actions And Procedures Civil Actions Developmental Disabilities Health Vulnerable Adults
SB-21	State (Maryland)	Authorizing the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to recover unemployment insurance benefits by assessment in the same manner as provided in a specified provision of law for the assessment of past due contributions; and requiring the Secretary, if the Secretary seeks to recover specified unemployment benefits by assessment, to allow a claimant to elect, within 30 days of the date of the notice of assessment, to have the amount collected by suit instead of by assessment. Unaffiliated: 100% (1) 100% Unaffiliated support	Unemployment Insurance Assessments Insurance Labor, Licensing, And Regulation, Department Of Unemployment Civil Actions
SB-26	State (Maryland)	Altering the definition of "governmental entity" to include a municipal corporation for purposes of the Maryland False Claims Act; requiring the attorney for each municipal corporation to report annually, beginning October 1, 2016, to the General Assembly on the number of specified civil actions and the number of specified claims made by a governmental entity that are settled without filing a civil action; and providing for the prospective application of the Act. Democrat: 100% (4) 100% Democrat support	Civil Actions And Procedures Administrative Agencies Claims Municipal Corporations Attorneys Civil Actions Reports
HB-65	State (Maryland)	Requiring employers that employ 15 or more employees to provide employees with earned sick and safe leave that is paid at the same wage rate as the employee normally earns; requiring employers with 14 or fewer employees to provide an employee with unpaid earned sick and safe leave; providing for the manner in which earned sick and safe leave is accrued; authorizing an employee to work additional hours or trade shifts with another employee under specified circumstances; applying the Act prospectively; etc. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Private Sector Labor And Industry State Government - Personnel Civil Actions Committees And Commissions Health Hearings Inspections Investigations And Inquiries Leave Mental And Behavioral Health
HB-1	State (Maryland)	Requiring employers with 15 or more employees to provide employees with earned sick and safe leave that is paid at the same wage rate as the employee normally earns; requiring employers with 14 or fewer employees to provide unpaid earned sick and safe leave; prohibiting an employer from being required to pay a tipped employee more than a minimum wage for earned sick and safe leave; requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to develop a specified model paid sick and safe leave policy for use by specified employers; etc. Democrat: 100% (79) 100% Democrat support	Private Sector Labor And Industry State Government - Personnel Civil Actions Committees And Commissions Health Hearings Inspections Investigations And Inquiries Leave Mental And Behavioral Health
HB-15	State (Maryland)	Adding the extraordinary medical expenses of a destitute adult child with a developmental disability to the support required from the destitute adult child's parent if the parent has or is able to earn sufficient means to provide the support; providing that a court may divide the support obligation for the extraordinary medical expenses of a destitute adult child with a developmental disability between the destitute adult child's parents in proportion to the parents' income; etc. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Family Law Civil Actions And Procedures Civil Actions Developmental Disabilities Health Vulnerable Adults

Title: Labor and Employment - Maryland Healthy Working Families Act

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: SB-230

Subjects: Private Sector Labor And Industry, State Government - Personnel, Civil Actions, Committees And Commissions, Health, Hearings, Inspections, Investigations And Inquiries, Leave, Mental And Behavioral Health

Democrat: 100% (24)

Title: Civil Actions - Noneconomic Damages - Catastrophic Injury

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: SB-225

Subjects: Civil Actions And Procedures, Arbitration, Blind Persons, Civil Actions, Damages, Disabilities, Judicial Review, Liability, Medical Malpractice, Negligence

Democrat: 100% (1)

Title: Civil Actions - Prelitigation Discovery of Insurance Coverage

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: SB-144

Subjects: Civil Actions And Procedures, Accidents, Beneficiaries, Civil Actions, Disclosure, Insurance, Records, Torts, Attorneys

Democrat: 100% (1)

Title: Commercial Law - Copyright Infringement - Assertions Made in Bad Faith

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: SB-65

Subjects: Commercial Law - Generally, Attorney General, Civil Actions, Consumer Protection, Copyright, Courts, Damages, Registration

Republican: 100% (1)

Title: Anne Arundel County and Harford County - Courthouse Dog and Child Witness Pilot Program

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: SB-77

Subjects: Courts And Court Personnel - Local, Anne Arundel County, Civil Actions, Dogs, Harford County, Minors, Sunset, Witnesses

Republican: 100% (1)

Title: Family Law - Destitute Adults - Extraordinary Medical Expenses for Developmental Disabilities and Civil Action

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: SB-79

Subjects: Family Law, Civil Actions And Procedures, Civil Actions, Developmental Disabilities, Health, Vulnerable Adults

Republican: 50% (1) Democrat: 50% (1)

Title: Unemployment Insurance - Recovery of Benefits - Collection by Assessment

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: SB-21

Subjects: Unemployment Insurance, Assessments, Insurance, Labor, Licensing, And Regulation, Department Of, Unemployment, Civil Actions

Unaffiliated: 100% (1)

Title: Maryland False Claims Act - Municipal Corporations

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: SB-26

Subjects: Civil Actions And Procedures, Administrative Agencies, Claims, Municipal Corporations, Attorneys, Civil Actions, Reports

Democrat: 100% (4)

Title: Labor and Employment - Maryland Healthy Working Families Act

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: HB-65

Subjects: Private Sector Labor And Industry, State Government - Personnel, Civil Actions, Committees And Commissions, Health, Hearings, Inspections, Investigations And Inquiries, Leave, Mental And Behavioral Health

Democrat: 100% (1)

Title: Labor and Employment - Maryland Healthy Working Families Act

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: HB-1

Subjects: Private Sector Labor And Industry, State Government - Personnel, Civil Actions, Committees And Commissions, Health, Hearings, Inspections, Investigations And Inquiries, Leave, Mental And Behavioral Health

Democrat: 100% (79)

Title: Family Law - Destitute Adults - Extraordinary Medical Expenses for Developmental Disabilities and Civil Action

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: HB-15

Subjects: Family Law, Civil Actions And Procedures, Civil Actions, Developmental Disabilities, Health, Vulnerable Adults

Democrat: 100% (1)

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