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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Correctional Facilities - Transgender, Nonbinary, and Intersex Inmates (Transgender Respect, Agency, and Dignity Act) [HB-426]
Requiring the Commissioner of Correction to report certain information regarding the gender identities of inmates and the housing status of transgender, nonbinary, or intersex inmates; prohibiting an employee of a correctional facility from discriminating against inmates on the basis of certain protected classes; requiring the managing official of a correctional facility to develop a written nondiscrimination policy regarding inmates; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2023
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Frederick County – Adult Detention Center – Polygraph Examinations of Employees [HB-439]
Exempting individuals who apply for employment or are employed in any capacity that involves direct personal contact with an inmate in the Frederick County Adult Detention Center from the prohibition on employers requiring an employee or a prospective employee to take a polygraph examination or similar test as a condition of prospective or continued employment.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing - Limitations (Maryland Mandela Act) [HB-385]
Requiring hearing officers and personnel involved with the supervision and care of individuals placed in restrictive housing to undergo at least 40 hours of training; establishing guidelines and procedures for the placement of incarcerated individuals in certain types of restrictive housing or disciplinary segregation; and requiring each correctional facility to create a monthly report containing certain information about individuals placed in restrictive housing and to publish the report on the facility's website.
Sponsored by: Rep. Juanita Bartlett
First Reading Judiciary on 01/26/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Workers' Compensation - Occupational Disease Presumptions - First Responders [HB-335]
Providing that a first responder who is diagnosed by a licensed psychologist or psychiatrist with post-traumatic stress disorder is presumed under certain circumstances to have an occupational disease that was suffered in the line of duty and is compensable under workers' compensation law; limiting the applicability of the presumption to benefits for services related to the diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder for a period of 2 years immediately following an initial diagnosis; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Correctional Officers’ Retirement System – Special Death Benefits – Applicability [SB-244]
Authorizing an application for special death benefits to be made for the death of members of the Correctional Officers' Retirement System who were correctional officers who died by homicide after June 1, 2001, were members of the Correctional Officers' Retirement System, and whose death was determined to have arisen out of or in the course of the actual performance of the officers' duties.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 165 on 04/24/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Special Death Benefits - Applicability [HB-240]
Authorizing an application for special death benefits to be made for the death of certain members of the Correctional Officers' Retirement System.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carl Anderton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 164 on 04/24/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Correctional Officers’ Retirement System – Talbot County [HB-10]
Requiring membership in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System for certain local detention center officers of Talbot County in the event Talbot County becomes a participating governmental unit in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System; and providing that certain local detention center officers who join the Correctional Officers' Retirement System and receive certain service credit shall no longer be members of the Employees' Pension System and shall have no further rights to any benefit in the Employees' Pension System.
Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Adams
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 74 on 04/11/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Income Tax Subtraction Modification - Military and Public Safety Retirement Income [HB-15]
Increasing the amount of certain subtraction modifications under the Maryland income tax for individuals who are at least 55 years of age for certain retirement income received as a result of the individual's military service or attributable to the individual's employment as a correctional officer, a law enforcement officer, or a fire, rescue, or emergency services personnel; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Rogers
Hearing 2/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/16/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing - Limitations (Maryland Mandela Act) [SB-45]
Requiring hearing officers and personnel involved with the supervision and care of individuals placed in restrictive housing to undergo certain training; establishing guidelines and procedures for the placement of incarcerated individuals in certain types of restrictive housing or disciplinary segregation; and requiring each correctional facility to create a monthly report containing certain information about individuals placed in restrictive housing and to publish the report on the facility's website.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/14/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Property Tax Credit - Public Safety Officer [SB-61]
Repealing the definition of "public safety officer" for purposes of a certain credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on a dwelling owned by a public safety officer; repealing a certain limitation on the amount of the credit; requiring the governing body of a county or municipal corporation that authorizes the credit to establish, by law, the definition of "public safety officer" for purposes of eligibility for the credit; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2023.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 559 on 05/08/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Correctional Officers’ Retirement System – Talbot County [SB-82]
Requiring membership in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System for certain local detention center officers of Talbot County in the event Talbot County becomes a participating governmental unit in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System; and providing that certain local detention center officers who join the Correctional Officers' Retirement System and receive certain service credit shall no longer be members of the Employees' Pension System.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Mautz
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 73 on 04/11/2023
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Talbot County [HB-1476]
Requiring membership in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System for certain local detention center officers of Talbot County in the event Talbot County becomes a participating governmental unit in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System; and providing that certain local detention center officers who join the Correctional Officers' Retirement System and receive certain service credit shall no longer be members of the Employees' Pension System and shall have no further rights to any benefit in that Employees' Pension System.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Mautz
Hearing Canceled on 04/03/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Talbot County [SB-997]
Requiring membership in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System for certain local detention center officers of Talbot County in the event Talbot County becomes a participating governmental unit in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System; and providing that certain local detention center officers who join the Correctional Officers' Retirement System and receive certain service credit shall no longer be members of the Employees' Pension System and shall have no further rights to any benefit in that System.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide Eckardt
Hearing Canceled on 04/08/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Income Tax - Retirement Income Subtraction Modifications and Senior Credit [HB-1468]
Allowing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for individuals who are at least 55 years old for the first $15,000 of income from a certain employee retirement system that is attributable to the individual's employment as a public safety employee; providing that retirement income of public safety employees that is included in the subtraction allowed under the Act may not be taken into account for purposes of a Maryland income tax subtraction modification for certain retirement income; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 3 on 04/01/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Retirement Tax Reduction Act of 2022 [HB-1453]
Allowing individuals with less than $100,000 of federal adjusted gross income a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax if the individual is receiving old age or survivor Social Security benefits or is at least 65 years old and not employed full-time; providing that the subtraction modification may not include income that is included under another subtraction modification; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/24/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Scholarships and Police Officer Recruitment [SB-949]
Requiring law enforcement agencies to develop and implement certain recruitment policies; expanding the Edward T. Conroy and Mary A. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program and the Jean B. Cryor Memorial Scholarship Program to include certain postsecondary institutions outside the State as eligible institutions that may award scholarships under the programs; and establishing the Police Officers Educational Benefit Scholarship I and the Police Officers Educational Benefit Scholarship II.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sarah Elfreth
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/05/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Military Service Credit - Eligibility [HB-1260]
Authorizing certain members and former members of the State Retirement and Pension System to receive credit for certain military service even if the member receives military service credit in another retirement system; and prohibiting an individual from receiving credit more than one time.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/14/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Retirement Income (Fairness in Taxation for Retirees Act) [HB-1198]
Including income from certain retirement plans within a certain subtraction modification allowed under the Maryland income tax for certain retirement income.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
First Reading Ways And Means on 02/11/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Correctional Officers - Polygraph Testing [SB-882]
+Authorizing, instead of requiring, the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services to require an individual to pass a polygraph examination before being appointed to serve as a correctional officer in a correctional facility.
Sponsored by: Jnt.
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/14/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System - Administration - Clarifications and Corrections [HB-744]
Clarifying the procedures for certain State Retirement and Pension System trustee elections; clarifying the survivor benefit for certain beneficiaries of certain retirees of the State Police Retirement System; exempting certain individuals who are retirees of the Correctional Officers' Retirement System from a certain earnings offset under certain circumstances; providing for immediate vesting for certain individuals appointed by the Governor who are serving in certain positions on or after a certain date; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brooke Lierman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 353 on 05/16/2022