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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Right to Repair - Powered Wheelchairs [HB-31]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Disabilities ]
[Healthcare ]
Requiring, in order to make repairs to powered wheelchairs, that a certain manufacturer make available certain documentation, parts, embedded software, firmware, and tools to a certain independent repair provider or owner of a powered wheelchair; providing that a violation of the Act constitutes an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice subject to certain enforcement and penalty provisions; and applying the Act prospectively.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Hornberger
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 546 on 05/13/2025
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Veterans Benefits Matters - Claim Servicers - Prohibitions and Requirements [HB-267]
[Veterans ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing prohibitions and requirements regarding compensation for certain services related to veterans benefits matters; prohibiting a person that is not V.A. accredited from making certain guarantees; providing for the enforcement of the Act under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act; and repealing certain advertising and disclosure requirements for veterans benefits services and veterans benefits appeals services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Rogers
Third Reading Passed (123-15) on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Revisions [HB-102]
[Insurance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Defining "anchor date" to establish certain reference points for the calculation of a certain covered employee's average weekly wage and eligibility for increases in weekly benefits under the Family Medical Leave and Insurance Program; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt regulations establishing an optional self-employed enrollment program governing the participation of self-employed individuals in the Program; repealing certain requirements related to contributions made by certain participating individuals; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 363 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Protecting Opportunities and Regional Trade (PORT) Act [HB-1526]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Trade ]
[Funding ]
[Economic Development ]
[Unemployment ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Public Safety ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
Establishing the Fallen Transportation Workers Scholarship Program and the Fallen Transportation Workers Scholarship Fund; authorizing the Secretary of Labor to exempt an individual from the requirement to be actively seeking work for unemployment insurance benefits eligibility; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor and the Department of Commerce to establish certain temporary relief programs to provide assistance to individuals and certain entities impacted by a certain closure of the Port of Baltimore; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Long
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 2 on 04/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Protecting Opportunities and Regional Trade (PORT) Act [SB-1188]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Trade ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Unemployment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the Fallen Transportation Workers Scholarship Program and the Fallen Transportation Workers Scholarship Fund to provide tuition assistance to a student who was a dependent or is the surviving spouse of a fallen transportation worker; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor and the Department of Commerce to establish programs to assist individuals and certain entities impacted by the reduced operations of the Port of Baltimore; authorizing the Secretary of Labor to alter certain unemployment eligibility requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 3 on 04/09/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Samuel T. Wright III to the Board of Claims. [SR-280]
[Ethics ]
Confirm the reappointment of Samuel T. Wright III to the Board of Claims for a term expiring June 29, 2027.
Sponsored by: Sen. Julie Adams
Posted For Passage In The Consent Orders Of The Day For Monday, April 15, 2024 on 04/15/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Kathryn M. Thomas to the Board of Claims. [SR-277]
[Ethics ]
Confirm the appointment of Kathryn M. Thomas to the Board of Claims for a term expiring June 29, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Julie Adams
Posted For Passage In The Consent Orders Of The Day For Monday, April 15, 2024 on 04/15/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to juvenile proceedings. [SB-354]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
Amend KRS 610.070 to require open hearings in all juvenile cases; amend KRS 620.050 to remove immunity for persons acting in good faith and upon reasonable cause in relation to reports of child dependency, neglect, and abuse and participation in judicial proceedings; remove requirement of malice from the offense of false reporting; waive the sovereign immunity of the Commonwealth in order to provide a means for a person to bring an action against the Commonwealth, its agents, employees, or political subdivisions in relation to child dependency,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adrienne Southworth
To Judiciary (s) on 03/01/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to victims of crime. [SB-319]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
Amends KRS 49.280 to expand definitions relating to crime victims compensation; amends KRS 49.300 to specify duties of the Crime Victims Compensation Board; amends KRS 49.310 to allow family members and caregivers of a victim to file claims; amends KRS 49.330 to increase access for victims to file claims; amends KRS 49.340 to limit the time for an investigation; amends KRS 49.350 to allow a claim in default to be revived; amends KRS 49.360 to increase the allowable amount of emergency awards; amends KRS 49.370 to raise award limits and expand the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 67) on 04/04/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Real Property - Residential Leases - Fee in Lieu of a Security Deposit [SB-1167]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Authorizing a landlord to offer the payment of a fee in lieu of a security deposit in a residential lease subject to certain requirements; requiring a landlord to purchase certain insurance coverage using a fee in lieu of a security deposit; establishing certain procedural requirements for a landlord and an insurer relating to certain insurance claims; authorizing a tenant to dispute certain claims by a landlord and providing that claims by a landlord or an insurer are void under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Rereferred To Judicial Proceedings on 03/21/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to liability for damage to property adjacent to Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission-managed lands. [HB-627]
[Animals ]
[Property Tax ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Agriculture ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to define "adjacent landowner" and "commission-managed lands"; waive the sovereign immunity of the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources and establish the department's liability when the operations of commission-managed lands results in damages to property of an adjacent landowner; provide that a claim for damages shall be brought in the county in which the adjacent landowner's property is located, and the action shall not be removed to Franklin District or Circuit Court; provide that the Board of Claims
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Sponsored by: Rep. Suzanne Miles
Introduced In House on 02/21/2024
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Alaska 33rd Legislature
Regulatory Sandbox Program [SB-251]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Economic Development ]
[Criminal Justice ]
An Act establishing a regulatory sandbox program; establishing the office of innovation and economic development; establishing the Alaska Innovation Council; relating to claims against the state arising out of an innovative product or service; relating to criminal justice information and national criminal history record checks; and amending Rule 402, Alaska Rules of Evidence.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Kaufman
Read The First Time - Referrals on 02/21/2024
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Alaska 33rd Legislature
Phys Lblty: Gender Trans Procedure;minors [HB-338]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Health ]
An Act relating to physician liability for gender transition procedures performed on minors; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jamie Allard
Jud Rpt 4dp 2dnp 1am on 04/18/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to authorizing the payment of certain claims against the state which have been duly audited and approved according to law and have not been paid because of the lapsing or insufficiency of former appropriations against which the claims were chargeable or the lack of an appropriate procurement document in place, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [HB-602]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Appropriates funds for the payment of claims against the Commonwealth; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Petrie
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 64) on 04/04/2024
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Relating to shortened procedure for road condition claims [HB-5595]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
Relating to shortened procedure for road condition claims
Sponsored by: Rep. Roger Hanshaw
Referred To Finance on 03/04/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Common Ownership Communities - Ombudsman Unit, Governing Document Database, and Local Commissions [HB-1457]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Community Development ]
[Real Estate ]
Establishing the Common Ownership Community Ombudsman Unit in the Division of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General to receive and respond to certain complaints; requiring common ownership communities to file certain documents with the Department of Housing and Community Development; requiring the Department to establish a database of governing documents accessible to the public; and establishing requirements for a local common ownership commission established by the local government of a county.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/12/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Health Insurance - Appeals and Grievances Process - Reporting Requirements [HB-1337]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring carriers to report additional data on the number of members entitled to health care benefits under a policy, plan, or certificate and the number of clean claims for reimbursement processed by a carrier to Maryland Health Commissioner.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 891 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Workers' Compensation - Rehabilitation Practitioners - Licensed Social Workers [HB-1285]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Mental Health ]
[Healthcare ]
Authorizing licensed social workers to register as a rehabilitation practitioner; and authorizing a licensed certified social worker-clinical to provide evaluation services for workers' compensation claims related to permanent impairments involving a behavioral or mental disorder.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan McComas
Third Reading Passed (137-0) on 03/18/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Department of Human Services - Electronic Benefits Transfer Cards - Restoration of Benefits [HB-1434]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Poverty ]
Requiring, subject to a certain provision of law, the Department of Human Services to reimburse a beneficiary for any benefits lost due to the fraudulent use of the beneficiary's Electronic Benefits Transfer card and restore the benefits without further action from the household; and requiring the Department to establish a workgroup to study and make recommendations to the General Assembly by December 1, 2024, on a dedicated funding stream for the restoration of stolen benefits from certain assistance programs.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Hearing 3/21 At 1:00 P.m. (finance) on 03/18/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Private Passenger Motor Vehicle Insurance - Premium Increases - Collisions With Wild Animals [HB-1387]
[Animals ]
[Insurance ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting an insurer, with respect to private passenger motor vehicle insurance, from increasing a premium based on the claims history of an insured where two or fewer of the claims within the immediately preceding 3-year period were for accidents or losses caused by a collision with a free-roaming wild animal and for which the insured was not at fault for the loss.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/09/2024