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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Fair Wage Act of 2023 [SB-555]
Increasing the State minimum wage rate; repealing the authority of the Board of Public Works to temporarily suspend an increase in the minimum wage rate; and repealing the requirement that the Governor's budgets for certain fiscal years include certain provider rate increases.
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Maryland Native Plants Program [SB-836]
Establishing the Maryland Native Plants Program to respond to the increasing demand for, use of, and sale of plants native to Maryland by retail garden centers and retail and wholesale nurseries and to educate the public on native plants; requiring the Department of Agriculture to administer the Program in coordination with the University of Maryland Extension; requiring the University of Maryland Extension to hire an extension agent to serve as a native plant specialist for certain educational purposes; etc.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Nonpublic Schools - School Health Services Program - Eligibility for Participation [HB-603]
Altering the requirements of the school health services program to allow participation by certain nonpublic schools; prohibiting a county board of education from expending more than $40 per student, adjusted for inflation, to provide school health services to students in certain nonpublic schools; prohibiting a county board from providing adequate school health services in nonpublic schools that discriminate in certain ways; and requiring the Governor to provide $4,000,000 in the annual budget bill starting in fiscal year 2025 for the program.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Fair Wage Act of 2023 [HB-549]
Increasing the State minimum wage rate in effect for certain periods of time; increasing, except under certain circumstances, the State minimum wage rate in effect for certain periods of time based on annual growth in a certain consumer price index; altering the authority of the Board of Public Works to temporarily suspend an increase in the minimum wage rate; and repealing the requirement that the Governor's budgets for certain fiscal years include certain provider rate increases.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Nonpublic Schools - School Health Services Program - Eligibility for Participation [SB-419]
Altering the requirements of the school health services program to allow participation by certain nonpublic schools; prohibiting a county board of education from expending more than $40 per student, adjusted for inflation, to provide school health services to students in certain nonpublic schools; prohibiting a county board from providing adequate school health services in nonpublic schools that discriminate in certain ways; and requiring the Governor to provide $4,000,000 in the annual budget bill starting in fiscal year 2025 for the program.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Motor Fuel Tax Rates - Consumer Price Index Adjustment - Repeal [HB-422]
Repealing a requirement that certain motor fuel tax rates be adjusted in future years based on growth in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Motor Fuel Tax Rates - Consumer Price Index Adjustment - Repeal [SB-261]
Repealing a requirement that certain motor fuel tax rates be adjusted in future years based on growth in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Sales and Use Tax – Alteration of Rate Due to Inflation [HB-67]
Decreasing, from 6% to 5%, the sales and use tax rate for a 12-month period beginning July 1 if a certain inflation rate, as determined by the Comptroller, is at least 6%.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Trustees of the Walters Art Gallery - Collective Bargaining [HB-1485]
Authorizing employees of the Trustees of the Walters Art Gallery to form, join, and participate in an employee organization and engage in certain other activities related to collective bargaining.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Sales and Use Tax - Alteration of Rate Due to Inflation [HB-1405]
Decreasing, from 6% to 5%, the sales and use tax rate for a 12-month period beginning July 1 if a certain inflation rate, as determined by the Comptroller, is at least 6%.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Cannabis - Legalization and Regulation (Cannabis Legalization and Equity Act) [HB-1342]
Legalizing the possession and use of a certain amount of cannabis by a person of at least a certain age; providing for expungement of records, dismissal of charges, and commutation of sentences in certain cases involving cannabis-related charges; providing for a system of regulation of the sale of cannabis by the Maryland Department of Health and local jurisdictions; and providing for the taxation of the sale of cannabis in the State.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Environment - Office of Recycling - Mattress Stewardship Program - Establishment [HB-1226]
Prohibiting, on and after January 1, 2027, a person from disposing of a mattress in a landfill; prohibiting a person from burning or incinerating a mattress as an alternative means of disposal, subject to certain exceptions; requiring certain producers of mattresses sold at retail in the State or a certain representative organization to submit a plan for the establishment of a Mattress Stewardship Program in the Department of the Environment for approval on or before July 1, 2023; etc.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Cost of Living Assistance Act of 2022 [HB-1191]
Altering the motor fuel tax rate.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Health Insurance - Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Reimbursement and Cost Sharing [HB-1009]
Altering the application of the prohibition on pharmacy benefits managers reimbursing a pharmacy or pharmacist in an amount less than the pharmacy benefits manager reimburses itself or an affiliate; repealing provisions of law relating to maximum allowable cost pricing, disputes regarding cost pricing, and reimbursement and fee for performance-based reimbursement; altering how a pharmacy benefits manager may determine reimbursement for a pharmacy or pharmacist; etc.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Transportation - Elderly and Handicapped Transportation Service - County Funding [HB-1019]
Requiring the Secretary of Transportation to identify separately within the Department of Transportation's annual budget at least $4,305,908 of funding in fiscal year 2024 and a certain amount of funding in all subsequent fiscal years to be used for county elderly and handicapped transportation service; and requiring the Secretary to report annually by December 1 to certain committees of the General Assembly on the amount of funding distributed to each county and municipality pursuant to the Act for the prior fiscal year.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Transportation – Elderly and Handicapped Transportation Service – County Funding [SB-838]
Requiring the Secretary of Transportation to identify separately within the Department of Transportation's annual budget at least $4,305,908 of funding in fiscal year 2024 and a certain amount of funding in all subsequent fiscal years to be used for county elderly and handicapped transportation service; and requiring, on or before December 1 each year, the Secretary to report to certain committees of the General Assembly on the amount of funding distributed to each county and municipality under the Act.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Cost of Living Assistance Act of 2022 [SB-737]
Altering the motor fuel tax rate.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Children - Therapeutic Child Care Grant Program - Establishment [HB-725]
Establishing the Therapeutic Child Care Grant Program to provide grants to providers specializing in child care and early childhood education to children under the age of 6 years who have delays in development, physical disabilities, or delays in social, emotional, or behavioral functioning; requiring certain providers who received certain grants to report certain information to the State Department of Education; requiring the Department to compile certain information and report to certain committees of the General Assembly; etc.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Children - Therapeutic Child Care Grant Program - Establishment [SB-506]
Establishing the Therapeutic Child Care Grant Program to provide grants to providers specializing in child care and early childhood education to children under the age of 6 years who have delays in development, physical disabilities, or delays in social, emotional, or behavioral functioning; requiring certain providers who received certain grants to report certain information to the State Department of Education; requiring the Department to compile certain information and report to certain committees of the General Assembly; etc.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Establishment (Time to Care Act 2022) [HB-496]
Establishing the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program in the Maryland Department of Labor to provide temporary benefits to individuals who take leave from employment for certain purposes; establishing the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund to be used to pay certain benefits; requiring certain employees, employers, and self-employed individuals to contribute to the Fund; requiring the Secretary to establish the total rate of contribution; requiring the Secretary to establish a system of appeals; etc.