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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Environment - Office of Recycling - Mattresses and Box Springs [HB-502]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
Requiring the Office of Recycling within the Department of the Environment to provide to local communities certain encouragement, information, and examples relating to certain programs that divert mattresses and box springs from disposal in landfills and incinerators and that recycle or reuse mattresses and box springs; and requiring the Office, in coordination with the Maryland Environmental Service, to include in a certain report certain information relating to mattresses and box springs.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tawanna Gaines
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2019
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Department of Agriculture - Maryland Produce Safety Program [HB-50]
[Agriculture ]
[Food ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Establishing the Maryland Produce Safety Program in the Department of Agriculture to reduce the risk of adverse impacts on human health from the consumption of contaminated produce; requiring the Program to conform with certain federal standards for growing, harvesting, packing, and holding produce for human consumption; defining a "covered farm" as one which sold produce, over a 3-year period, with an average annual monetary value of $25,000; requiring the Secretary of Agriculture to administer and enforce the Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 131 on 04/18/2019
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Commercial Driver's Licenses - Recognition, Prevention, and Reporting of Human Trafficking [HB-5]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring commercial driver's license training schools to include training on the recognition, prevention, and effective reporting of human trafficking as part of the curriculum; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to include content on the recognition, prevention, and effective reporting of human trafficking in its Commercial Driver's License Manual; and requiring the Administration to provide to an applicant renewing a commercial driver's license certain information from the Manual; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 02/25/2019
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Department of the Environment - Public and Nonpublic Schools - Inspections for Environmental Hazards [HB-496]
[Environmental ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Air Quality ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment, in consultation with the State Department of Education, the Department of General Services, and Maryland Occupational Safety and Health, to adopt certain regulations under certain circumstances and to require periodic inspections for the presence of environmental hazards in each occupied public and nonpublic school facility; authorizing the Department, in consultation with the State Department of Education, to grant a waiver from the inspection requirements under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/16/2019
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Procurement - Carbon-Intensive Foods [HB-492]
[Environmental ]
[Food ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Maryland Green Purchasing Committee to publish a list of carbon-intensive foods, in consultation with the Department of the Environment and the Department of General Services, and to establish best practices for units to reduce the volume of carbon-intensive foods purchased to the maximum extent practicable as a percentage of gross food purchases; establishing as a goal for the Department of General Services a reduction, to the extent practicable, of the volume of carbon-intensive foods purchased by State procurement units; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/21/2019
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Education - Personnel Matters - Child Sexual Abuse and Sexual Misconduct Prevention [HB-486]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring county boards of education, nonpublic schools, and contracting agencies to require an applicant for a position involving direct contact with minors to submit certain information; requiring a county board, nonpublic school, or contracting agency to review the employment history of a certain applicant before hiring an applicant; requiring the county board, nonpublic school, or contracting agency to check certain eligibility of an applicant for a substitute position involving direct contact with minors; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 55 on 04/18/2019
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Service Contracts - Work Verification Clause [HB-483]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Funding ]
Requiring that certain service contracts entered into by the State contain a certain work verification clause; requiring the work verification clause to require the contractor to use certain work verification software for a certain purpose, specify that the State is liable only for the cost of certain work that is verified in a certain manner, specify the requirements of the work verification software, and require that certain data be stored for a least 7 years and be provided to the State without cost under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 02/25/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Procurement - Qualification Based Selection - Land Surveying Services [HB-478]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Construction ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
Authorizing a procurement officer in the Department of General Services or the Department of Transportation to use qualification based selection as a method of procuring land surveying services; and applying certain parameters, standards, and requirements of qualification based selection to land surveying services.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ariana Kelly
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 356 on 04/30/2019
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Health Occupations - Requirements for the Practice of Optometry - Miscellaneous Revisions [HB-471]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Repealing certain provisions of law requiring a therapeutically certified optometrist to refer a certain patient to an ophthalmologist under certain circumstances; repealing the authority of a therapeutically certified optometrist to prescribe certain topical therapeutic pharmaceutical agents and authorizing the prescription of therapeutic pharmaceutical agents for the prevention, management, or treatment of conditions and diseases of the eye and ocular adnexa; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Shane Pendergrass
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 344 on 04/30/2019
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State Board of Dental Examiners - Ownership, Management, or Operation of a Dental Practice [HB-470]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring a dental practice to be owned, managed, or operated by a licensed dentist, subject to certain exceptions; authorizing an unlicensed person to take certain actions; prohibiting an unlicensed person from receiving compensation in the form of fees negotiated with and approved by the dentist owners of the dental practice under certain circumstances; prohibiting a licensed dentist from raising a certain defense in a certain action; repealing a certain exemption from the requirements of the Maryland Dentistry Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie Cullison
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 04/01/2019
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Prescription Drug Monitoring Program - Program Evaluation [HB-466]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
Requiring the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program to provide prescription monitoring data to the Office of the Attorney General on issuance of a subpoena to further a bona fide existing investigation; requiring the Program to provide prescription monitoring data to the medical director of a health care facility to give certain health care practitioners access to the prescription monitoring data in connection with the provision of medical care and dispensing of prescription drugs; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Shane Pendergrass
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 364 on 04/30/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Accountability in Education Act of 2019 [HB-45]
[Education ]
Establishing the Education Monitoring Unit in the State to investigate, analyze, and report on a range of specific matters relating to public schools and public school facilities; providing that the Unit is an independent unit in the State; establishing the Inspector General Selection and Review Commission in the Unit; requiring the Unit to establish an anonymous electronic tip program; requiring the Unit to submit an annual report by December 15 to the State Board, the Governor, and the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2019
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Prince George's County - State Highways - Mowing, Maintenance, and Litter Removal PG 419-19 [HB-444]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Public Safety ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to meet with the County Executive of Prince George's County or a designee at least four times each year to develop, review, and coordinate mowing, maintenance, and litter removal activities for State highways in the county; requiring the Administration to provide at least once each month a schedule of planned mowing, maintenance, and litter removal activities for State highways in the county to the County Executive of Prince George's County or a designee; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/29/2019
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Public Schools - School Resource Officers - Prohibited Conduct [HB-439]
[Education ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Prohibiting a school administrator or official or a school safety coordinator from directing a school resource officer to enforce certain discipline-related policies, rules, regulations, or procedures; prohibiting a school resource officer from unilaterally enforcing certain discipline-related policies, rules, regulations, or procedures; requiring a specialized curriculum for use in training of school resource officers to include training in conduct that is prohibited; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/18/2019
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Elections - Legislative and Congressional Redistricting and Apportionment - Commission and Process [HB-43]
[Elections ]
Establishing the Legislative and Congressional Redistricting and Apportionment Commission as an independent unit of State government; providing for the intent of the General Assembly regarding legislative and congressional redistricting; requiring the members of the Redistricting Commission to be selected by March 1, 2021 and each year ending in the number one thereafter; requiring the Redistricting Commission to conduct a certain selection process, establish certain districts, and conduct its business in a certain manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Unfavorable Report By House Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/14/2019
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Election Law – Voter Registration Drive – High Schools [HB-423]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring each local board of elections to conduct a voter registration drive at least once each school year in each public high school in the county in a manner specified in an agreement between the local board and county board of education; requiring each public official responsible for the use of a public high school to make available to the local board of elections, without charge, the space that is needed in the building for the proper conduct of a voter registration drive; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/22/2019
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Vehicle Laws - Licenses, Identification Cards, and Moped Operator's Permits - Indication of Applicant's Sex [HB-421]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring an application for a license, an identification card, or a moped operator's permit to allow an applicant to indicate the applicant's sex as female, male, or unspecified or other; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to ensure that the license, identification card, or moped operator's permit of an applicant who indicates that the applicant's sex is unspecified or other displays an "X" in the location on the license, identification card, or permit that indicates the applicant's sex; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 648 on 05/25/2019
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Pharmacists - Administering Injectable Medications and Biological Products [HB-419]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizing a pharmacist who meets the requirements of certain regulations to administer an injectable medication or a biological product to a patient under certain circumstances; requiring the State Board of Pharmacy, on or before September 1, 2020, and in consultation with the State Board of Physicians and the State Board of Nursing, to adopt certain regulations for pharmacists to administer an injectable medication or a biological product; establishing certain requirements for the regulations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2019
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Public Information Act - Personnel and Investigatory Records - Formal Complaints Against Public Employees [HB-413]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Ethics ]
Establishing that records related to a formal complaint of job-related misconduct made against a public employee do not constitute personnel records under the Public Information Act; and authorizing a custodian to deny inspection of records of an investigation, a hearing, or a decision by a governmental unit connected with a complaint of job-related misconduct made against a public employee.
Sponsored by: Rep. Maggie McIntosh
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/11/2019
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Natural Resources - Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Trust Fund [HB-408]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Funding ]
[Public Health ]
Renaming the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund to be the Chesapeake Bay and State Waters Trust Fund; modifying the purpose of the Fund to include the restoration and protection of the health of the waters of the State; and expanding the use of the Fund to include certain projects to improve and protect the health of the waters of the State.
Sponsored by: Rep. Wendell Beitzel
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/04/2019