Relating To The Low-income Household Renters Tax Credit. [SB-2165]
Increases the credit amount and the income eligibility cap thresholds for the income tax credit for low-income household renters by using tax brackets. Provides for inflation increases every 3 years based on the urban Hawaii consumer price index. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
SB-2165: Relating To The Low-income Household Renters Tax Credit.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stanley Chang
Passed Second Reading And Referred To The Committee(s) On Fin With None Voting Aye With Reservations; None Voting No (0) And Representative(s) Ohno Excused (1). on 03/24/2022
Relating To The Low-income Household Renters Tax Credit. [HB-1513]
Increases the credit amount and the income eligibility cap thresholds for the income tax credit for low-income household renters by using tax brackets. Provides for inflation increases every three years based on the urban Hawaii consumer price index beginning with taxable years beginning after 12/31/2023. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
HB-1513: Relating To The Low-income Household Renters Tax Credit.
Sponsored by: Rep. Roy Takumi
Reported From Hsg (stand. Com. Rep. No. 248-22) As Amended In Hd 1, Recommending Passage On Second Reading And Referral To Fin. on 02/15/2022
Labor and Employment – Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program – Establishment (Time to Care Act of 2022) [SB-275]
Establishing the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program in the Maryland Department of Labor to provide benefits to individuals who take leave from employment for certain purposes; establishing the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund; requiring, beginning October 1, 2023, certain employees, employers, and self-employed individuals to contribute to the Fund; requiring the Secretary to establish the total rate of contribution and the percentages of the total rate of contribution to be paid by certain employees and employers; etc.
SB-275: Labor and Employment – Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program – Establishment (Time to Care Act of 2022)
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Gubernatorial Veto Override (legislative Date: 4/8/2022) - Chapter 48 on 04/09/2022
Labor and Employment – Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program – Establishment (Time to Care Act of 2022) [HB-8]
Establishing the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program in the Maryland Department of Labor to provide certain benefits to individuals who take leave from employment for certain purposes; establishing the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; requiring, beginning January 1, 2023, certain employees, employers, and self-employed individuals to contribute to the Fund in a certain manner; etc.
HB-8: Labor and Employment – Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program – Establishment (Time to Care Act of 2022)
Sponsored by: Rep. Kriselda Valderrama
Hearing Canceled on 01/25/2022
Public Utilities – Bills for Electricity Service – Meter Reading [SB-949]
Requiring the Public Service Commission, by regulation or order, to require that a customer's bill for electricity service include the customer's exact meter readings for the close of the last billing cycle and the close of the current billing cycle.
SB-949: Public Utilities – Bills for Electricity Service – Meter Reading
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/31/2021
Local Health Departments – Funding [HB-1123]
Specifying the amount of funding required to be included in the State budget for local health services for certain fiscal years; altering the purposes for which local health department funding may be used to include protective equipment for certain health care personnel and materials appropriate to prepare for potential communicable disease emergencies; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to conduct a certain evaluation by December 1, 2021; requiring the Department to submit a certain report by December 15, 2021; etc.
HB-1123: Local Health Departments – Funding
Sponsored by: Rep. Kirill Reznik
Hearing 2/25 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/11/2021
Real Property - Mobile Home Parks - Rent Increases [HB-924]
Requiring a certain owner of a mobile home park to provide written notice of any increase in the annual rent for a site to a certain resident, a certain homeowners association, and the Division of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General at least 90 days before the effective date of the increase; authorizing an increase in annual rent to exceed an increase in a certain index only under certain circumstances; requiring a park owner to schedule a certain meeting and provide certain information; etc.
HB-924: Real Property - Mobile Home Parks - Rent Increases
Sponsored by: Rep. Lauren Arikan
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/19/2021
Local Health Departments - Funding [SB-563]
Specifying the amount of funding required to be included in the State budget for local health services for certain fiscal years; altering the purposes for which local health department funding may be used to include protective equipment for certain health care personnel and materials appropriate to prepare for potential communicable disease emergencies; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to conduct a certain evaluation by December 1, 2021; requiring the Department to submit a certain report by December 15, 2021; etc.
SB-563: Local Health Departments - Funding
Sponsored by: Sen. Melony Griffith
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 805 on 05/30/2021
Labor and Employment - Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Establishment (Time to Care Act of 2021) [HB-375]
Establishing the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program to provide temporary benefits to a covered individual who is taking leave from employment; establishing the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund; requiring, beginning January 1, 2022, certain employees, employers, and self-employed individuals to pay certain contributions; authorizing, beginning July 1, 2023, a covered individual taking certain leave from employment to submit a claim for benefits; authorizing the establishment of private employer plans; etc.
HB-375: Labor and Employment - Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Establishment (Time to Care Act of 2021)
Sponsored by: Rep. Kriselda Valderrama
Hearing Canceled on 02/08/2021
Education - Salaries of Noncertificated Public School Employees - Minimum Living Salaries [SB-775]
Requiring that certain public school employees in certain areas be paid at least certain minimum living salaries; specifying the minimum living salaries that are in effect for certain time periods; increasing the minimum living salaries in effect for certain time periods based on a certain Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers; requiring that a certain minimum living salary remain the same as the salary that was in effect for a certain time period under certain circumstances; etc.
SB-775: Education - Salaries of Noncertificated Public School Employees - Minimum Living Salaries
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/15/2018
Labor and Employment - Payment of the Minimum Wage Required (Fight for Fifteen) [SB-543]
Specifying the State minimum wage rate that is in effect for certain time periods; increasing, except under certain circumstances, the State minimum wage rate based on the annual growth in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for the Washington-Baltimore metropolitan area; specifying the tip credit amount that is in effect for certain time periods; prohibiting an employer, beginning July 1, 2026, from including the tip credit amount as part of the wage of certain employees; etc.
SB-543: Labor and Employment - Payment of the Minimum Wage Required (Fight for Fifteen)
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/08/2018
Labor and Employment - State Minimum Wage Rate - Increase [SB-368]
Specifying the State minimum wage rate in effect for certain time periods based on employer size; increasing the State minimum wage rate based on the annual growth in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for the Washington-Baltimore metropolitan area, or a certain successor index; requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry, beginning at a certain time, to annually determine and announce the growth in the Consumer Price Index and the new State minimum wage rate; etc.
SB-368: Labor and Employment - State Minimum Wage Rate - Increase
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/08/2018
Labor and Employment - Minimum Wage - Indexing [SB-235]
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; and requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry, beginning March 1, 2019, to annually determine and announce the growth in the Consumer Price Index, if any, and the new State minimum wage rate.
SB-235: Labor and Employment - Minimum Wage - Indexing
Sponsored by: Sen. Roger Manno
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/08/2018
Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2018 [SB-187]
Authorizing or altering the distribution of certain revenue; altering or repealing certain required appropriations; requiring that any increase in judicial salary be included in the portion of the budget bill relating to the judiciary department; establishing the Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education Fund to assist in providing a world-class education to Maryland students; requiring the Commission to make recommendations regarding inflationary indices to be used in certain formulas; etc.
SB-187: Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2018
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Miller
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 10 on 04/05/2018
Health Insurance - Access to and Coverage of Specialty Drugs - Definition [SB-1076]
Altering the definition of "specialty drug" for purposes of certain provisions of law governing access to specialty drugs through certain pharmacies so as to include a drug designated as a limited distribution drug, a drug that is not available in an oral or self-administered formulation, or a drug that requires special handling above and beyond refrigeration or patient counseling; etc.
SB-1076: Health Insurance - Access to and Coverage of Specialty Drugs - Definition
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
Hearing 3/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/21/2018
Labor and Employment - State Minimum Wage Rate - Increase [SB-1019]
Specifying the State minimum wage rate that is in effect for certain time periods for certain employers, including midsized and small employers; increasing, except under certain circumstances, the State minimum wage rate in effect for certain periods of time based on certain calculations; requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry, beginning at a certain time, to annually determine and announce the growth in the Consumer Price Index, if any, and the new State minimum wage rate under a certain provision of the Act; etc.
SB-1019: Labor and Employment - State Minimum Wage Rate - Increase
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/08/2018