Collective Bargaining - Local Government Employees and Public Employee Relations Act [HB-1509]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing collective bargaining rights for public local employees; applying the Maryland Public Employee Relations Act to county and municipal government employers and their employees; providing that a public employee may be deemed a certain management employee for purposes of establishing collective bargaining rights; establishing impasse procedures for collective bargaining between public local employees and their employers that include binding arbitration; etc.
HB-1509: Collective Bargaining - Local Government Employees and Public Employee Relations Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Harris
Hearing Canceled on 03/26/2025
AN ACT relating to government personnel policies and declaring an emergency. [SB-164]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Ethics ]
[Human Rights ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 61 to prohibit a state or local government or public agency from providing preferential treatment to individuals or entities on the basis of religion, race, sex, color, or national origin when they contract or seek employment with the state or local government; define terms; prohibit a state or local government from requiring or incentivizing a person to attend a diversity, equity, and inclusion training or provide any differential treatment or benefits to an individual based on the individual's participation in
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SB-164: AN ACT relating to government personnel policies and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Wilson
To State & Local Government (s) on 02/18/2025
AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance. [SB-162]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 341 to require the Education and Labor Cabinet to refer suspected unemployment insurance fraud cases to the United States Department of Justice, the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, and the county attorney or Commonwealth's attorney within 30 days of the suspected fraud determination; require that public agencies immediately terminate employees or contractors determined to have collected or attempted to collect unemployment benefits while employed by the public agency; do not require a legal disposition
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SB-162: AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance.
Sponsored by: Sen. Donald Douglas
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 52) on 03/24/2025
State Procurement - Construction and Services - Contract Modification [HB-1499]
[Construction ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a procurement contract for 3 years or more in duration and valued at greater than $1,000,000 for construction or security services to include a clause requiring contract modification for increased costs for compensation and benefits as a result of statutory changes increasing required compensation or benefits or collective bargaining; and requiring a certain contract that is modified to be contingent on approval by the Board of Public Works.
HB-1499: State Procurement - Construction and Services - Contract Modification
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/20/2025
AN ACT relating to retail installment contracts. [SB-145]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
Amend KRS 190.100 to authorize holders of retail installment contracts that utilize installment periods that are under 28 days to have a shorter waiting period prior to charging a delinquency and collection fee.
SB-145: AN ACT relating to retail installment contracts.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Givens
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 55) on 03/24/2025
Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Program - Funding [HB-1492]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Increasing the appropriation that the Governor is required to make in the annual budget bill to $900,000 for the Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Program for fiscal years 2027 and 2028.
HB-1492: Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Program - Funding
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Solomon
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/12/2025
Commissioned Public Art - Artist Rights [SB-1006]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Prohibiting an entity from including in a contract for State public art a provision requiring artists to waive copyright protections or certain rights; defining "State public art" as public art commissioned for a project that receives State funding, regardless of whether the State funding directly paid for the public art; and prohibiting enforcement of a certain waiver in an existing contract.
SB-1006: Commissioned Public Art - Artist Rights
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing 3/12 At 3:00 P.m. on 03/10/2025
Large-scale Clean Energy Projects [SB-91]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Climate Change ]
An Act relating to clean energy project development licenses and leases of state land for clean energy projects.
SB-91: Large-scale Clean Energy Projects
Sponsored by: Sen.
Read The First Time - Referrals on 02/10/2025
Gaming - Sports Wagering - Sports Wagering Facility Licensees [SB-1000]
[Gaming ]
Authorizing certain sports wagering facility licensees to submit a written request to the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to relocate the sports wagering facility if the facility was originally issued a Class B sports wagering facility license on or before September 30, 2023, and meets certain requirements; authorizing certain sports wagering facility licensees to utilize certain branding and loyalty rewards programs; prohibiting the sports wagering facility licensee from allowing certain account wallet utilization; etc.
Physician Assistant Scope Of Practice [SB-89]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
An Act relating to physician assistants; relating to collaborative agreements between physicians and physician assistants; relating to the practice of medicine; relating to health care providers; and relating to provisions regarding physician assistants in contracts between certain health care providers and health care insurers.
SB-89: Physician Assistant Scope Of Practice
Sponsored by: Rep. Shelley Hughes
Referred To Rules on 05/19/2025
Consumer Protection - Artificial Intelligence [HB-1331]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Data Privacy ]
Regulating the manner in which a developer or deployer of artificial intelligence must protect consumers from certain risks; requiring a developer that offers to sell a certain artificial intelligence system to provide certain information and make certain disclosures; requiring a deployer to implement a certain risk management policy and take certain precautions to protect consumers from certain risks; requiring a deployer to complete an impact assessment and make certain disclosures; etc.
Consumer Protection - Third-Party Litigation Financing [HB-1274]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting certain litigation financiers from engaging in certain conduct with respect to litigation financing transactions and certain litigation financing contracts; requiring that the litigation financing contracts contain certain disclosures and be executed in a certain manner; requiring a certain disclosure of a litigation financing contract in certain civil actions; and imposing a fiduciary duty on litigation financiers in certain class actions.
Garrett County - Bids and Contracts - Advertisement Exceptions [HB-1334]
[Small Business ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Providing that, in Garrett County, a certain requirement to advertise for bids does not apply to a certain contract for goods or services procured on an as-needed basis over time or for certain vehicles.
HB-1334: Garrett County - Bids and Contracts - Advertisement Exceptions
Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Hinebaugh
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 779 on 05/20/2025
Cyber Maryland Program – Revisions [HB-1468]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Education ]
Transferring the Cyber Maryland Program from the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to the Maryland Department of Labor; altering the duties of the Program; requiring the Program to issue competitive grants and contracts to enhance cybersecurity workforce development, including cybersecurity for operational technology beginning in fiscal year 2026; requiring the Program in conjunction with other agencies to report on certain Program activities to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2026; etc.
HB-1468: Cyber Maryland Program – Revisions
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Rereferred To Education, Energy, And The Environment on 04/07/2025
Home Improvement Contractors - Disaster Mitigating Services - Regulation and Prohibition [HB-1348]
[Construction ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Housing ]
[Insurance ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Real Estate ]
[Small Business ]
Altering the definition of "home improvement" to include the provision of certain disaster mitigating services for purposes of licensing and regulations of home improvement contractors; authorizing a certain owner to rescind a home improvement contract for disaster mitigating services under certain circumstances; and authorizing the governing body of a county to impose certain limitations on in-person solicitation of a victim of a disaster by a contractor offering disaster mitigation services.
HB-1348: Home Improvement Contractors - Disaster Mitigating Services - Regulation and Prohibition
Sponsored by: Rep. Marlon Amprey
Hearing 4/07 At 11:00 A.m. on 04/06/2025