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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Racing and Community Development Act of 2020 [HB-1056]
Requiring the State Racing Commission to establish the Equine Health, Safety, and Welfare Advisory Committee; requiring the owner of the Bowie Race Course Training Center to convey the property to the City of Bowie in a certain manner; authorizing, subject to the approval of the Board of Public Works, the Maryland Stadium Authority to issue up to $375,000,000 of bonds for the redevelopment of certain racing facilities, including Laurel Park and Pimlico; establishing certain funds for certain purposes; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne Jones
Favorable With Amendments Report By Budget And Taxation on 03/18/2020
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State Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Maryland Competitive Pharmacy Benefits Manager Marketplace Act [HB-1150]
Requiring the Department of Budget and Management to use a reverse auction, as provided for in certain provisions of law established by the Act, to select a pharmacy benefits manager or other entity to administer the State Rx Program; requiring the Department to procure a certain platform and associated services in a certain manner a certain period of time before the reverse auction is scheduled to be completed; requiring the Department to consult with certain other Departments in conducting a certain procurement; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Shane Pendergrass
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 434 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland Electricians Act of 2020 [HB-1127]
Altering the composition, powers, and duties of the State Board of Master Electricians; changing the name of the State Board of Master Electricians to the State Board of Electricians; establishing a low-voltage electrician license as a State license to be awarded to qualifying electricians; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt regulations to establish the education requirements and qualifications for a State apprentice electrician license and a State-registered apprentice electrician license; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Hornberger
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2020
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State Government – Protection of Personally Identifiable Information – Public Institutions of Higher Education [HB-1122]
Excluding public institutions of higher education from certain provisions of law governing protection of information by government agencies; requiring public institutions of higher education to review and designate certain systems as systems of record based on certain criteria and to develop and adopt a certain privacy governance program to govern each system of record; requiring public institutions of higher education to develop and adopt a certain information security and risk management program for certain purposes; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Shane Pendergrass
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 429 on 05/08/2020
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Frederick County - Alcoholic Beverages - Municipal Golf Course License [HB-1062]
Establishing a Class M-G beer, wine, and liquor license for use at a municipal golf course in Frederick County; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Frederick County to issue the license to a manager of a municipal golf course; specifying that the license authorizes the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor for on-premises consumption on certain land and facilities used for golfing purposes; authorizing the license holder to designate an agent for certain purposes; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carol Krimm
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 416 on 05/08/2020
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Frederick County - Alcoholic Beverages - Municipal Golf Course License [HB-1062]
Establishing a Class M-G beer, wine, and liquor license for use at a municipal golf course in Frederick County; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Frederick County to issue the license to a manager of a municipal golf course; specifying that the license authorizes the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor for on-premises consumption on certain land and facilities used for golfing purposes; authorizing the license holder to designate an agent for certain purposes; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carol Krimm
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 416 on 05/08/2020
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Public Health - Solemn Covenant of the States to Award Prizes for Curing Diseases - Compact [HB-1051]
Entering into the Solemn Covenant of the States to Award Prizes for Curing Diseases Compact; establishing the Solemn Covenant of States Commission to administer the Compact; providing for the composition, voting procedures, operation, and powers and duties of the Commission; establishing certain procedures for the making of rules by the Commission; authorizing the Commission to establish a management committee; providing for the composition, operation, powers and duties of the management committee; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Johnson
Hearing 3/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2020
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Public Ethics – Lobbyists – Gift Exception and Regulated Activities Exemption [HB-1055]
Specifying an exception to the definition of the term "entity" to include a governmental unit that employs an individual regulated lobbyist for the purposes of allowing certain officials and employees to accept certain gifts under certain circumstances; repealing a provision of law that exempts from regulation of lobbying activities an appearance of a certain employee of an association engaged only in representing counties or municipal corporations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Warren Miller
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/12/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Ethics – Lobbyists – Gift Exception and Regulated Activities Exemption [HB-1055]
Specifying an exception to the definition of the term "entity" to include a governmental unit that employs an individual regulated lobbyist for the purposes of allowing certain officials and employees to accept certain gifts under certain circumstances; repealing a provision of law that exempts from regulation of lobbying activities an appearance of a certain employee of an association engaged only in representing counties or municipal corporations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Warren Miller
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/12/2020
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Public Health - Substance-Related Disorder Services (Maryland Patient Protection and Treatment Ethics Act) [HB-1071]
Requiring any marketing or advertising materials published or provided by a behavioral health program to provide certain information about treatment services provided by the behavioral health program; prohibiting a health care practitioner from knowingly and willfully making certain statements or providing certain information; prohibiting a health care practitioner from knowingly making false or misleading statements; requiring a certain behavioral health program to include a certain statement in any advertising; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Public Health - Substance-Related Disorder Services (Maryland Patient Protection and Treatment Ethics Act) [HB-1071]
Requiring any marketing or advertising materials published or provided by a behavioral health program to provide certain information about treatment services provided by the behavioral health program; prohibiting a health care practitioner from knowingly and willfully making certain statements or providing certain information; prohibiting a health care practitioner from knowingly making false or misleading statements; requiring a certain behavioral health program to include a certain statement in any advertising; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Labor and Employment - Employment Contracts - Employment After Contract Termination [HB-1143]
Prohibiting an employer from disqualifying an individual employed under contract with the employer from subsequent employment with the employer under certain circumstances; authorizing a certain individual to bring a civil action in a certain court to enforce the Act; authorizing a court to take certain actions; authorizing the Attorney General to bring a certain action in a certain county for certain remedies; establishing a civil penalty of $5,000 for a violation of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Carl Jackson
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/09/2020
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State Finance and Procurement – Procurement Improvement Council – Form for Discussion and Report on the Required Use of eMaryland Marketplace [HB-1113]
Requiring the Procurement Improvement Council to provide a forum to discuss the use of eMaryland Marketplace and compliance with certain provisions of law; and requiring the Council to report to certain committees of the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2021, on guidelines on the publication of certain notices and awards on eMaryland Marketplace and recommendations on strategies and enforcement mechanisms to improve certain compliance.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Walker
Third Reading Passed (132-0) on 03/15/2020
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Public Service Companies and Contractors - Customer Protection - Personal Information [HB-1065]
Prohibiting a public service company and a contractor from sharing, disclosing, or otherwise making accessible to a third party a customer's personal information, subject to a certain exception; prohibiting a public service company and a contractor from selling a customer's personal information; requiring each public service company and contractor to use reasonable security procedures and practices to protect a customer's personal information from certain unauthorized actions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2020
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Circuit Court and District Court of Maryland Employees – Collective Bargaining [HB-1134]
Establishing collective bargaining rights for certain employees of the circuit courts and the District Court of Maryland; establishing a State Judicial Employees Labor Relations Board; providing for the composition, chair, staffing, powers, and duties of the Board; providing for the staggering of terms of the members of the Board; requiring the Board to recognize one statewide bargaining unit; requiring the Board to adopt certain regulations; requiring the Board to conduct certain investigations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carol Krimm
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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State Board of Physicians - Genetic Counselors - Licensing [HB-1040]
Requiring the State Board of Physicians to license genetic counselors; providing that provisions of the Act do not limit the right of certain individuals to practice certain occupations; establishing the Genetic Counseling Advisory Committee within the Board; requiring individuals, on or after October 1, 2022, to be licensed by the Board as genetic counselors before practicing genetic counseling in the State except under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Arentz
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Establish State Lottery Board/lotteries [HB-239]
An Act establishing a state lottery; providing for participation in multi-state lotteries; establishing the Alaska State Lottery Board in the Department of Revenue; relating to confidentiality of information regarding lottery winners; requiring background investigations by the Department of Public Safety; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored by: Rep. Louise Stutes
Cosponsor(s): Edgmon, Stutes on 02/14/2020
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Workgroup to Study Long-Term Care Medicaid Eligibility and Payments to Providers [HB-977]
Establishing the Workgroup to Study Long-Term Care Medicaid Eligibility and Payments to Providers; providing for the composition, cochairs, and staffing of the Workgroup; requiring the Workgroup to study and make recommendations regarding certain matters; requiring the Workgroup to submit an interim and a final report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2020, and June 30, 2021, respectively; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ariana Kelly
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2020
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Bay Restoration Fund – Use of Funds – Municipal Wastewater Facilities [HB-1035]
Expanding the authorized uses of the Bay Restoration Fund to include certain costs associated with the connection of a property using an on-site sewage disposal system to an existing municipal wastewater facility that has signed a funding agreement with the Department of the Environment and is under construction to achieve enhanced nutrient removal or biological nutrient removal level treatment; specifying that these costs may be provided only if certain conditions are met; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 413 on 05/08/2020
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Environment - Business Recycling Reporting Requirements [HB-988]
Requiring a certain business to submit a certain recycling report to a certain county on or before March 1 each year; specifying the contents of the recycling report; establishing a certain penalty for a violation of the Act; providing for the enforcement of the Act; and providing for the distribution of certain penalties.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nick Mosby
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/06/2020