Public School/university Health Insurance [HB-156]
An Act relating to group insurance coverage and self-insurance coverage for school district employees, employees of the University of Alaska, and employees of other governmental units in the state; and providing for an effective date.
HB-156: Public School/university Health Insurance
Sponsored by: Rep. Sarah Vance
Read The First Time - Referrals on 05/13/2019
Building Opportunity Act of 2020 [SB-276]
Authorizing the Maryland Stadium Authority, on approval by the Board of Public Works, to issue bonds to finance the construction of or improvements to certain public school facilities; establishing the Building Opportunity Financing Fund and the Building Opportunity Facilities Fund; exempting certain public school construction projects that use alternative financing methods from certain requirements; expanding certain provisions relating to financing and funding public school construction projects to apply statewide; etc.
SB-276: Building Opportunity Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2020
Education - Community and Local Accountability for Struggling Schools (CLASS) Act of 2020 - Innovation Schools [HB-347]
Requiring a county board of education to designate as an innovation school each school that receives one star under the star rating system for at least the previous two consecutive school years; requiring a county board to establish an Innovation Plan Committee for each innovation school; providing for the contents of an innovation plan; providing the process for review, adoption, modification, or rejection of a proposed innovation plan, including electronic posting, a public comment period, and a requirement for a public hearing; etc.
HB-347: Education - Community and Local Accountability for Struggling Schools (CLASS) Act of 2020 - Innovation Schools
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne Jones
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2020
Maryland Collection Agency Licensing Act - Definitions and Legislative Intent [SB-262]
Defining "mortgage lender" to mean a person that is duly licensed under certain provisions of the Financial Institutions Article; clarifying the definition of "consumer claim"; and declaring the intent of the General Assembly that the Act be construed as clarifying the Maryland Collection Agency Licensing Act and that, with regard to sales of real property to bona fide purchasers, the Act applies only to sales made on or after June 1, 2020.
Homeowner's Insurance - Weather-Related Claims and Notice of Cancellation or Nonrenewal [HB-333]
Repealing a certain exception that allowed an insurer to cancel or refuse to renew coverage for homeowner's insurance based on weather-related claims if there were three or more weather-related claims within a certain time period; and requiring that a certain written notice of intention to cancel or not renew a homeowner's insurance policy include a form adopted by the Maryland Insurance Commissioner that allows the insured to protest the proposed action and request a hearing 30 days after the mailing date of the notice.
HB-333: Homeowner's Insurance - Weather-Related Claims and Notice of Cancellation or Nonrenewal
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/02/2020
Maryland Arts Capital Grant Program [SB-287]
Establishing the Maryland Arts Capital Grant Program to provide grants for the expansion of, the renovation of, or major repairs to a facility operated by a certain eligible organization; requiring the Governor, for fiscal years 2022 through 2027, to include $3,000,000 for the Program in the State budget; requiring the establishment of a competitive application process and a quantitative system to evaluate each application; prohibiting an organization from receiving a grant for a single project that exceeds $1,000,000 in any fiscal year; etc.
SB-287: Maryland Arts Capital Grant Program
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Referred Appropriations on 03/12/2020
Maryland Collection Agency Licensing Act - Definitions and Legislative Intent [HB-334]
Defining "mortgage lender" to mean a person that is duly licensed under certain provisions of the Financial Institutions Article; clarifying the definition of "consumer claim"; and declaring the intent of the General Assembly that the Act be construed as clarifying the Maryland Collection Agency Licensing Act and that, with regard to sales of real property to bona fide purchasers, the Act applies only to sales made on or after June 1, 2020.
Education - Community and Local Accountability for Struggling Schools (CLASS) Act of 2020 - Innovation Schools [SB-275]
Requiring a county board of education to designate as an innovation school each school that receives one star under the star rating system for at least the previous two consecutive school years; requiring a county board to establish an Innovation Plan Committee for each innovation school; providing for the contents of an innovation plan; providing the process for review, adoption, modification, or rejection of a proposed innovation plan, including electronic posting, a public comment period, and a requirement for a public hearing; etc.
SB-275: Education - Community and Local Accountability for Struggling Schools (CLASS) Act of 2020 - Innovation Schools
Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/23/2020
Building Opportunity Act of 2020 [HB-338]
Authorizing the Maryland Stadium Authority, on approval by the Board of Public Works, to issue bonds to finance the construction of or improvements to certain public school facilities; establishing the Building Opportunity Financing Fund and the Building Opportunity Facilities Fund; exempting certain public school construction projects that use alternative financing methods from certain requirements; expanding certain provisions relating to financing and funding public school construction projects to apply statewide; etc.
HB-338: Building Opportunity Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne Jones
Hearing Canceled on 02/13/2020
Insurer & Group Insurance Disclosure [HB-78]
An Act relating to insurance; relating to an insurer's corporate governance; relating to insurance holding companies and insurance company holding systems; amending Rule 26, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure, and Rules 402 and 501, Alaska Rules of Evidence; and providing for an effective date.
HB-78: Insurer & Group Insurance Disclosure
Sponsored by: Rep.
Effective Date(s) Of Law 7/20/19 on 07/22/2019
Office Of Administrative Hearings [SB-88]
An Act relating to the office of administrative hearings; relating to the types of proceedings handled by the office of administrative hearings; relating to the entities that may use the services of the office of administrative hearings; relating to the duties of the chief administrative law judge, including the power to hire professional staff; relating to the qualifications and powers of administrative law judges, including subpoena power; relating to the compensation of the chief administrative law judge; relating to complaints against administrative
(continued...)
SB-88: Office Of Administrative Hearings
Sponsored by: Sen. Peter Micciche
Sta Rpt Cs 2dp 1nr Same Title on 03/18/2020
Rip For Public Employees/teachers [SB-102]
An Act relating to retirement incentives for members of the defined benefit retirement plan of the teachers' retirement system and the defined benefit retirement plan of the Public Employees' Retirement System of Alaska; and providing for an effective date.
SB-102: Rip For Public Employees/teachers
Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Begich
Read The First Time - Referrals on 04/03/2019
Health Insurance Info.; Incentive Program [SB-27]
An Act relating to health care insurers; relating to availability of payment information; relating to an incentive program for electing to receive health care services for less than the average price paid; relating to filing and reporting requirements; relating to municipal regulation of disclosure of health care services and price information; and providing for an effective date.
SB-27: Health Insurance Info.; Incentive Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelley Hughes
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/01/2019
Virtual Ed/teacher Exam./course Exam. [SB-79]
An Act relating to course credit for students; relating to annual reports regarding school district performance and school district employees; relating to school operating fund reserves; relating to competency examinations for teacher certificates; relating to the duties and powers of the Department of Education and Early Development; relating to the Professional Teaching Practices Commission; relating to a virtual education consortium; and providing for an effective date.
SB-79: Virtual Ed/teacher Exam./course Exam.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelley Hughes
Read The First Time - Referrals on 03/06/2019
Virtual Ed; Coll Cr For Hs; Misc Ed Admin [SB-114]
An Act relating to course credit for students; relating to annual reports regarding school district performance and school district employees; relating to cooperative arrangements between school districts; relating to school operating fund reserves; relating to competency examinations for teacher certificates; relating to the duties and powers of the Department of Education and Early Development; relating to the Professional Teaching Practices Commission; relating to a virtual education consortium; establishing a reading intervention program for
(continued...)
SB-114: Virtual Ed; Coll Cr For Hs; Misc Ed Admin
Sponsored by: Sen.
Read The First Time - Referrals on 04/15/2019
Ak Perm. Fund Corp. Procurement Exemption [HB-139]
An Act providing an exemption from the state procurement code for the acquisition of investment-related services for assets managed by the Board of Trustees of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation.
HB-139: Ak Perm. Fund Corp. Procurement Exemption
Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer Johnston
Referred To Finance on 01/21/2020