Primary and Secondary Education - Nonpublic Schools - Required Information [HB-356]
Requiring the State Department of Education, beginning September 1, 2019, and annually thereafter, to provide to the county agency responsible for permitting and the local fire marshal in the county a list of nonpublic schools in the county that have been issued a certificate of approval and a list of nonpublic schools in the county that have provided the Department with a church-exempt registration form and other documentation required by certain regulations; etc.
HB-356: Primary and Secondary Education - Nonpublic Schools - Required Information
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Luedtke
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 04/03/2019
Education – County Boards of Education – Disclosures and Requirements [HB-355]
Repealing the requirement that certain county boards of education develop and maintain a funding accountability website; requiring that each county board report annually certain financial information to the Department of Budget and Management beginning January 1, 2020; requiring the Department to post certain information provided by each county board on its Funding Accountability & Transparency website; providing the Act may not be construed to require the disclosure of certain confidential information; etc.
HB-355: Education – County Boards of Education – Disclosures and Requirements
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Luedtke
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 541 on 05/13/2019
Public Institutions of Higher Education - Residency Requirement - Determination of In-State Tuition Status [HB-318]
Requiring a public institution of higher education to determine that a student meets the residency requirement if the student provides evidence to the institution that the student graduated from a secondary school in the State or received the equivalent of a high school diploma in the State, resides at an address in the State, and possesses a Social Security number; etc.
HB-318: Public Institutions of Higher Education - Residency Requirement - Determination of In-State Tuition Status
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Sydnor
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations; Withdrawn on 03/14/2019
Vehicle Laws – Race–Based Traffic Stops – Policy and Reporting Requirements [HB-301]
Repealing the termination date on provisions of law related to policy and reporting requirements for race-based traffic stops; requiring the Maryland Statistical Analysis Center, on or before September 1 each year, to post on its website, in a manner easily accessible to the public, a filterable data display showing certain traffic stop data for the previous calendar year; and requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to provide electronic and written notice to the General Assembly when the filterable data display is updated.
Public Safety – DNA Analysis – Search of Data Base [HB-30]
Prohibiting a person from performing a search of the statewide DNA data base or any other DNA or genealogical data base for the purpose of identification of an offender in connection with a crime for which the offender may be a biological relative of the individual from whom the DNA sample was acquired.
HB-30: Public Safety – DNA Analysis – Search of Data Base
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Sydnor
Hearing 1/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/10/2019
Health Occupations - Pharmacists - Disclosure of Price and Cost Share for Prescription Drugs [HB-296]
Requiring, at the point of sale, a certain pharmacist or the pharmacist's designee to inform a retail consumer, to the best of the pharmacist's or pharmacist's designee's knowledge, of the retail price for a prescription drug and, under certain circumstances, the cost share for which the retail consumer is responsible for the prescription drug; and requiring the State Board of Pharmacy to adopt certain procedures.
HB-296: Health Occupations - Pharmacists - Disclosure of Price and Cost Share for Prescription Drugs
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2019
Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership - Chaplains [HB-29]
Altering the membership of the Correctional Officers' Retirement System to include Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services employees in the position of chaplain on or after July 1, 2019; requiring a certain transfer and combination of certain service credit for certain individuals; requiring the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System to calculate a certain disability benefit for certain individuals and to grant a certain benefit under certain circumstances; etc.
HB-29: Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership - Chaplains
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing 1/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/22/2019
Election Law - Registration and Voting at Precinct Polling Places [HB-286]
Providing an exception to the voter registration deadline to allow an individual to appear, on election day, at a precinct polling place in the individual's county of residence and apply to register to vote; requiring an applicant for voter registration on election day to provide certain proof of residency; requiring the State Board of Elections to take appropriate measures to notify potential registrants of the correct precinct polling place for the potential registrants' residence addresses under certain circumstances; etc.
HB-286: Election Law - Registration and Voting at Precinct Polling Places
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne Jones
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 609 on 05/25/2019
Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership [HB-283]
Altering the membership of the Correctional Officers' Retirement System to include Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services employees in certain positions on or after July 1, 2019; requiring a certain transfer and combination of certain service credit for certain individuals; requiring the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System to calculate a certain disability benefit for certain individuals and to grant a certain benefit under certain circumstances; etc.
HB-283: Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership
Natural Resources - State and Local Forest Conservation Funds [HB-272]
Requiring a person that is subject to the Forest Conservation Act to demonstrate that appropriate credits generated by a forest mitigation bank in the same county or watershed are not available before the person may pay money to a State or local forest conservation fund to meet certain requirements; prohibiting a local authority from collecting money for deposit into its forest conservation fund unless it has submitted to the Department of Naural Resources the mitigation plan and accounting procedures; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
HB-272: Natural Resources - State and Local Forest Conservation Funds
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 601 on 05/25/2019
Maryland Community College Promise Scholarship Program - Alterations to the Award of Scholarship Funds [HB-268]
Defining "local promise scholarship" as a community college scholarship program in effect on July 1, 2018, that provides a scholarship to any high school senior who is eligible for enrollment at the community college; and specifying that if an award recipient is eligible for a local promise scholarship, an award under the Maryland Community College Promise Scholarship program shall be credited to the tuition of a scholarship recipient before the award of a local promise scholarship; etc.
HB-268: Maryland Community College Promise Scholarship Program - Alterations to the Award of Scholarship Funds
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/24/2019
Homestead Property Tax Credit - Calculation of Credit for Dwelling Purchased by First-Time Homebuyer [HB-264]
Authorizing certain local governments to allow, by law, a first-time homebuyer in the State to calculate the homestead property tax credit for property that includes a newly purchased dwelling using a certain method; requiring that the credit for a newly purchased dwelling be calculated in a certain manner; providing that a certain homeowner may receive the larger of the homestead property tax credit amounts as calculated using certain methods; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after June 30, 2019.
HB-264: Homestead Property Tax Credit - Calculation of Credit for Dwelling Purchased by First-Time Homebuyer
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Long
First Reading Ways And Means on 01/25/2019
Higher Education - Tuition Rates - Exemptions [HB-262]
Altering the circumstances under which certain individuals are exempt from paying the out-of-state tuition rate at public institutions of higher education; altering the circumstances under which certain individuals are eligible to pay the resident tuition rate at a public senior higher education institution or the in-county rate at a community college; requiring certain individuals to retain a certain tuition status until the individual is awarded a certain degree under certain circumstances; etc.
Baltimore City - Ranked Choice Voting and Open Primaries [HB-26]
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City to adopt, by law, a ranked choice voting system or an open primary system for elections for certain city offices; requiring that certain procedures apply to an open primary system; authorizing a local law implementing ranked choice voting or open primaries to provide for certain matters; authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City to provide for the ballot format to be used in an election conducted by ranked choice voting; making the Act an emergency measure; etc.
HB-26: Baltimore City - Ranked Choice Voting and Open Primaries
Sponsored by: Rep. Brooke Lierman
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means; Withdrawn on 03/04/2019
State Department of Education - Guidelines on Trauma-Informed Approach [HB-256]
Requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Health and the Department of Human Services, to develop guidelines on a trauma-informed approach; defining "trauma-informed approach" as a method for understanding and responding to an individual with symptoms of chronic interpersonal trauma or traumatic stress; and requiring the State Department of Education to distribute certain guidelines to each local school system and publish certain guidelines on the Department's website.
HB-256: State Department of Education - Guidelines on Trauma-Informed Approach
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Walker
First Reading Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/18/2019
Election Law – Correctional Facilities – Voting Coordinators [HB-252]
Requiring each correctional facility to designate an employee to act as the correctional facility's voting coordinator; providing the purpose of the coordinator is to facilitate voter registration and voting by eligible detainees by informing eligible detainees of upcoming elections, the dissemination of eligibility requirements and voter registration applications, and the transmission of certain applications and ballots between eligible detainees and the local boards of elections; etc.
HB-252: Election Law – Correctional Facilities – Voting Coordinators
Sponsored by: Rep. Nick Mosby
Third Reading Passed (96-41) on 03/14/2019
Public Health - Prescription Drug Monitoring Program - Revisions [HB-25]
Requiring, instead of authorizing, the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program to review prescription monitoring data for indications of a possible misuse or abuse of a monitored prescription drug; requiring the Program to report the possible misuse or abuse to the prescriber or dispenser of the monitored prescription drug and to provide certain education to the prescriber or dispenser; authorizing the Program to provide prescription monitoring data to the Office of Controlled Substances Administration for further investigation; etc.
HB-25: Public Health - Prescription Drug Monitoring Program - Revisions
Sponsored by: Rep. Shane Pendergrass
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 531 on 05/13/2019
Education - Student Data Privacy Council [HB-245]
Establishing the Student Data Privacy Council to study the development and implementation of the Student Data Privacy Act of 2015 and review similar laws and best practices in other states and appropriate technologies; specifying the membership of the Council; requiring the Council to report its recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2020, regarding potential statutory and regulatory changes to the Student Data Privacy Act; etc.
HB-245: Education - Student Data Privacy Council
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne Jones
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 398 on 05/13/2019
Procurement - Public Work Contracts - Contractor Occupational Safety and Health Requirements [HB-24]
Requiring a prospective bidder or offeror when submitting a bid or offer for a public work contract to submit to the public body a certain contractor safety and health plan and a certain attestation; requiring a contractor safety and health plan to include certain information; requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to develop a certain safety and health calculation worksheet and certain safety and health rating system; requiring the Commissioner to adopt regulations to carry out the Act; etc.
HB-24: Procurement - Public Work Contracts - Contractor Occupational Safety and Health Requirements
Sponsored by: Rep. Cheryl Glenn
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters; Withdrawn on 03/14/2019
Prince George’s County – New Homes – Drainage Defects PG 408–19 [HB-219]
Requiring the governing body of Prince George's County to establish a program to evaluate complaints of drainage defects in the county under certain circumstances; requiring the program to include certain procedures for an owner to request an evaluation of a drainage defect, for requiring the county to complete a written evaluation of alleged drainage defects, and for requiring the county to collect data regarding homebuilders who have built home with drainage defects.
HB-219: Prince George’s County – New Homes – Drainage Defects PG 408–19
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 350 on 04/30/2019