Relief; Kingrea, David Wayne, compensation for wrongful inclusion on sex offender registry. [HB-641]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Claims; David Wayne Kingrea; compensation for wrongful inclusion on sex offender registry. Grants relief in an amount to be appropriated to David Wayne Kingrea, who was wrongly convicted of taking indecent liberties with a minor and, as a result of such wrongful conviction, was required to register on the sex offender registry. Claims; David Wayne Kingrea; compensation for wrongful inclusion on sex offender registry. Grants relief in an amount to be appropriated to David Wayne Kingrea, who was wrongly convicted of taking indecent liberties with
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HB-641: Relief; Kingrea, David Wayne, compensation for wrongful inclusion on sex offender registry.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Sullivan
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0143) on 03/26/2024
Firefighter Workers Comp Requirements [HB-218]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
An Act relating to coverage for disability from diseases for certain firefighters; and providing for an effective date.
HB-218: Firefighter Workers Comp Requirements
Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Saddler
L&c Rpt Cs(l&c) 1dp 6nr on 03/27/2024
Workers' Comp & Post-traumatic Stress [HB-239]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Mental Health ]
An Act relating to the presumption of compensability for workers' compensation claims related to post-traumatic stress disorder; and providing for an effective date.
HB-239: Workers' Comp & Post-traumatic Stress
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrew Josephson
Prefile Released 1/8/24 on 01/16/2024
Museums: Notice To Acquire Property [HB-231]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Property Tax ]
An Act relating to notice requirements allowing museums to acquire title to undocumented property.
HB-231: Museums: Notice To Acquire Property
Sponsored by: Rep. George Rauscher
Cosponsor(s): Himschoot on 02/12/2024
Reproductive Health: Legal Protections [HB-241]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Healthcare ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Health ]
[Crime ]
An Act relating to reproductive health care services; relating to the Uniform Arbitration Act in matters involving reproductive health care services; establishing a civil action for interference with reproductive health care services; relating to arrests and search warrants related to crimes involving reproductive health care services; relating to the Uniform Act to Secure Attendance of Witnesses in Criminal Proceedings in matters involving reproductive health care services; relating to the disclosure of criminal justice information in matters involving
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HB-241: Reproductive Health: Legal Protections
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrew Josephson
Prefile Released 1/8/24 on 01/16/2024
State Retirement and Pension System - Forfeiture of Benefits [HB-9]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Ethics ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing that a public employee is subject to forfeiture of benefits from the State Retirement and Pension System when a public employee is found guilty of, pleads guilty to, or enters a plea of nolo contendere to a qualifying crime that is committed in the course of the performance of the public employee's duties; providing for the processes and procedures to implement a forfeiture of benefits; and providing for the processes and procedures to reverse a forfeiture of benefits.
HB-9: State Retirement and Pension System - Forfeiture of Benefits
Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Crosby
First Reading Appropriations on 01/10/2024
Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act of 2024 [HB-205]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Taxes ]
[Economic Development ]
[Insurance ]
Repealing and establishing the methodology used to calculate the weekly benefit amount; altering the taxable wage base used to determine employer contributions to the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund, the dependent allowance, and the amount of earned wages subtracted from a weekly benefit amount; requiring the Secretary of Labor to set the taxable wage base and the maximum weekly benefit amount in a certain manner beginning in calendar year 2027 and each calendar year thereafter; etc.
HB-205: Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act of 2024
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/14/2024
Private Passenger Motor Vehicle Insurance - Premium Increases - Collisions With Wild Animals [SB-172]
[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.
SB-172: Private Passenger Motor Vehicle Insurance - Premium Increases - Collisions With Wild Animals
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Bailey
Hearing 1/31 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/15/2024
Tobacco Tax Stamp Refunds - Loss Due to Theft [SB-72]
[Taxes ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing a claimant who buys tobacco tax stamps to receive a refund for tobacco tax stamps affixed to stolen property; requiring the claimant to provide the Comptroller with certain documentation when making a claim for a refund; and providing for a fine for making a false claim of double the amount of any tax refund received in addition to any other authorized penalties.
SB-72: Tobacco Tax Stamp Refunds - Loss Due to Theft
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 896 on 05/16/2024
Workers' Compensation - Occupational Disease Presumptions - First Responders [HB-190]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Mental Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Providing that a first responder who is diagnosed by a licensed psychologist or psychiatrist with post-traumatic stress disorder is presumed under certain circumstances to have an occupational disease that was suffered in the line of duty and is compensable under workers' compensation law; and specifying that the presumption does not limit any other right or claim an individual may have under workers' compensation law.
HB-190: Workers' Compensation - Occupational Disease Presumptions - First Responders
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Referred To Interim Study By Economic Matters on 03/04/2024
Insurance - Protections After Loss or Damage to Property [HB-36]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting a public adjuster, or anyone acting on behalf of a public adjuster, from soliciting or attempting to solicit a client between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.; altering the statements that are required to be included in a public adjuster contract; altering a certain rescission period for public adjuster contracts; and requiring a public adjuster to provide notice to the Commissioner, in a form and manner the Commissioner determines, within 1 business day after the public adjuster has entered into a contract.
HB-36: Insurance - Protections After Loss or Damage to Property
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 826 on 05/16/2024
Tobacco Tax Stamp Refunds - Loss Due to Theft [HB-147]
[Taxes ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Small Business ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing a claimant who buys tobacco tax stamps to receive a refund for tobacco tax stamps affixed to stolen property; requiring the claimant to provide the Comptroller with certain documentation when making a claim for a refund; and providing for a fine for making a false claim of double the amount of any tax refund in addition to any other authorized penalties.
HB-147: Tobacco Tax Stamp Refunds - Loss Due to Theft
Sponsored by: Rep. Wayne Hartman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 895 on 05/16/2024
Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act of 2024 [SB-104]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Taxes ]
[Economic Development ]
[Insurance ]
Repealing and establishing the methodology used to calculate the weekly benefit amount; altering the taxable wage base used to determine employer contributions to the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund, the dependent allowance, and the amount of earned wages subtracted from a weekly benefit amount; requiring the Secretary of Labor to set the taxable wage base and the maximum weekly benefit amount in a certain manner beginning in calendar year 2027 and each calendar year thereafter; etc.
SB-104: Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act of 2024
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/02/2024
Insurance – Protections After Loss or Damage to Property [SB-231]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a public adjuster, or anyone acting on behalf of a public adjuster, from soliciting or attempting to solicit a client during the progress of a loss-producing occurrence or between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.; requiring a public adjuster to provide notice to the Maryland Insurance Commissioner if the public adjuster enters into a public adjuster contract within 72 hours after the loss giving rise to an insurance claim; altering the statements that are required to be included in a public adjuster contract; etc.
SB-231: Insurance – Protections After Loss or Damage to Property
Sponsored by: Sen.
House Conference Committee Appointed (delegates Fraser-hidalgo, Qi And Wilson) on 04/08/2024
AN ACT relating to postsecondary institutions. [SB-6]
[Education ]
[Human Rights ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to define terms; provide that a student or employee of a public postsecondary education institution shall not be penalized, discriminated against, or receive any adverse treatment due to the individual's refusal to support or endorse any divisive concept; provide that a student or employee of a public postsecondary education institution shall not be required to endorse a specific ideology or political viewpoint to be eligible for hiring, contract renewal, tenure, promotion, or graduation and prohibit an institution
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SB-6: AN ACT relating to postsecondary institutions.
Sponsored by: Sen. Damon Thayer
Posted For Passage For Concurrence In House Committee Substitute (1) on 04/12/2024
Workers' Comp.; Extnd Sr Benefits Payment [SB-147]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Mental Health ]
An Act relating to workers' compensation reemployment rights and benefits; establishing a workers' compensation stay-at-work program; relating to the workers' compensation benefits guaranty fund; relating to the presumption of compensability for workers' compensation claims related to post-traumatic stress disorder; relating to the Alaska senior benefits payment program; and providing for an effective date.
SB-147: Workers' Comp.; Extnd Sr Benefits Payment
Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Kawasaki
Effective Date(s) Of Law See Chapter on 10/09/2024
Prior Auth Exempt For Health Providers [HB-187]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
An Act relating to utilization review entities; exempting certain health care providers from making preauthorization requests for certain services; and providing for an effective date.
HB-187: Prior Auth Exempt For Health Providers
Sponsored by: Rep. Jesse Sumner
Referred To Rules on 04/24/2024