Port Of Southcentral Ak; Port Authority [HB-7]
An Act relating to the Port of Southcentral Alaska; establishing the Port of Southcentral Alaska Authority to manage and operate the Port of Southcentral Alaska; and providing for an effective date.
HB-7: Port Of Southcentral Ak; Port Authority
Sponsored by: Rep. George Rauscher
Prefile Released 1/10/25 on 01/22/2025
Loans Under $25,000; Payday Loans [SB-39]
An Act relating to loans in an amount of $25,000 or less; relating to the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System and Registry; relating to deferred deposit advances; and providing for an effective date.
SB-39: Loans Under $25,000; Payday Loans
Sponsored by: Sen. Scott Kawasaki
L&c Rpt Cs 3nr 2dp Same Title on 02/26/2025
Flood Insurance [SB-11]
An Act relating to flood insurance; relating to property insurance; establishing the Alaska Flood Authority and the Alaska flood insurance fund; and providing for an effective date.
SB-11: Flood Insurance
Sponsored by: Sen. Bert Stedman
Cosponsor(s): Dunbar on 02/14/2025
Interstate Social Work Licensure Compact [HB-345]
Entering into the Social Work Licensure Compact for the purpose of authorizing regulated social workers who hold multistate licenses to practice social work in member states in order to improve public access to competent social work services; establishing requirements for multistate licensure; establishing the Social Work Licensure Compact Commission; providing for withdrawal from the Compact; and providing the Act is contingent on the enactment of substantially similar legislation in six other states.
HB-345: Interstate Social Work Licensure Compact
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed on 03/25/2025
Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - 43rd Alcoholic Beverages District - Class B-D-7 Licenses [HB-346]
Authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore City to issue additional B-D-7 beer, wine, and liquor licenses in certain areas of the 43rd alcoholic beverages district of Baltimore City if the license applicant meets certain criteria; and extending to July 1, 2026, an alcoholic beverages license issued for a certain area for the purpose of renewal.
HB-346: Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - 43rd Alcoholic Beverages District - Class B-D-7 Licenses
Sponsored by: Rep. Regina Boyce
Referred Finance on 03/18/2025
AN ACT relating to contracts for the improvement of real estate. [SB-76]
Amend KRS 371.160 to increase the threshold for the creation of escrow accounts for real estate improvement contracts from $500,000 to $2,000,000; amend KRS 371.405 to prohibit the waiver by contract of any provision of KRS 371.160.
SB-76: AN ACT relating to contracts for the improvement of real estate.
Sponsored by: Sen. Greg Elkins
2nd Reading, To Rules on 03/12/2025
Election Law - Municipal Elections - Administration [HB-322]
Authorizing the State Administrator of Elections to enter into memoranda of understanding with municipal corporations that allow the State Administrator to work collaboratively with a municipal corporation to support the administration of the municipal corporation's elections; authorizing the State Administrator to lease a voting system or other equipment used to administer an election for use in a municipal election; repealing the authority of a local board to lease a voting system to certain entities within the county; etc.
HB-322: Election Law - Municipal Elections - Administration
Sponsored by: Rep. Greg Wims
Referred Education, Energy, And The Environment on 02/28/2025
Arbitration Reform for State Employees Act of 2025 [SB-288]
Altering the collective bargaining process for State employees, including by requiring the selection of a neutral arbitrator to oversee all aspects of collective bargaining, establishing a process of arbitration in the event of impasse, and providing that certain decisions of a neutral arbitrator are advisory; requiring that each budget bill contain the appropriations necessary to implement all terms and conditions of employment in certain memoranda of understanding for the next ensuing fiscal year; etc.
SB-288: Arbitration Reform for State Employees Act of 2025
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Hearing 1/22 At 10:30 A.m. (budget And Taxation) on 01/14/2025
State Procurement - Transparency and Procedures [HB-304]
Requiring a unit of State government to provide a certain debriefing of a contract award to certain persons on request; requiring each procurement contract to include a clause pertaining to certain contract modifications related to changes in law; altering from 30 to 60 days the time within which a written notice of a claim relating to a certain procurement contract shall be made; altering the procedures for reviewing and making a certain determination related to a certain contract claim; etc.
HB-304: State Procurement - Transparency and Procedures
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/20/2025
Cooperative Housing Corporations, Condominiums, and Homeowners Associations - Funding of Reserve Accounts and Preparation of Funding Plans [HB-292]
Requiring that certain funds for certain reserve accounts be deposited on or before the last day of each fiscal year; requiring that certain updated reserve studies be prepared by a certain person; requiring the governing body of a cooperative housing corporation, a residential condominium, or a homeowners association to prepare a certain funding plan subject to certain requirements; authorizing a reasonable deviation from certain reserve funding requirements following a certain financial hardship determination; etc.
HB-292: Cooperative Housing Corporations, Condominiums, and Homeowners Associations - Funding of Reserve Accounts and Preparation of Funding Plans
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Third Reading Passed With Amendments (37-8) on 03/28/2025
You have voted HB-292: Cooperative Housing Corporations, Condominiums, and Homeowners Associations - Funding of Reserve Accounts and Preparation of Funding Plans.
Real Property - Regulation of Common Ownership Community Managers [HB-303]
Creating the State Board of Common Ownership Community Managers in the Maryland Department of Labor to oversee the licensing of community managers who provide management services for common ownership communities; providing that certain provisions of the Act do not prohibit certain persons from providing certain services under certain circumstances; requiring an individual to be issued a license by the Board before providing management services for a common ownership community under certain circumstances; etc.
HB-303: Real Property - Regulation of Common Ownership Community Managers
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
State Government - Grants and Contracts - Reimbursement of Indirect Costs [HB-300]
Altering the rate at which nonprofit organizations receiving State-funded grants or contracts may be reimbursed for indirect costs to match the rate established under relevant federal guidelines; and requiring the Department of Budget and Management to examine the salaries of senior staff, the organization's administrative expenses, and conduct a certain cost comparison of certain grant or contract recipients and report its findings to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2028.
HB-300: State Government - Grants and Contracts - Reimbursement of Indirect Costs
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/20/2025
AN ACT relating to firefighters' work schedules. [HB-131]
Amend KRS 95.500 to allow, absent a collective bargaining agreement, specified fire personnel to have schedules consisting of 48 hours on duty followed by 96 hours of off duty time; specify that collective bargaining agreements maintained by a city or urban-county government may control work hours in lieu of the specified schedules.
HB-131: AN ACT relating to firefighters' work schedules.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Meredith
Signed By Governor (acts Ch.24) on 03/17/2025
AN ACT relating to Medicaid managed care. [SB-13]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to limit the number of managed care organizations contracted by the Department for Medicaid Services to no more than three; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2026.
SB-13: AN ACT relating to Medicaid managed care.
Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Carroll
Received In House on 02/19/2025
Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact [HB-45]
Entering into the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact; authorizing a dentist or dental hygienist to practice in a participating state under certain scope of practice rules; establishing a Commission to oversee the Compact and its duties and powers; providing the Act is contingent on the enactment of substantially similar provisions in seven other states; and requiring the Department of Health to notify the Department of Legislative Services within 10 days after enactment of similar legislation by seven other states.
HB-45: Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing Canceled on 01/21/2025