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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Prince George's County Public Schools - Office of Accountability and Compliance - Establishment PG 508-19 [HB-194]
Establishing the Office of Accountability and Compliance in the Prince George's County public school system to provide independent evaluation and recommendations to improve the effectiveness, productivity, or efficiency of local school system programs, policies, practices, and operations; requiring the County Council to appoint the Accountability and Compliance Officer; requiring the Officer to coordinate with the public school system to develop a certain work plan and establish certain goals and priorities; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing 2/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/24/2019
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Prince George’s County Board of Education – Members’ Expense Forms – Publication on Website PG 502–19 [HB-192]
Requiring the Prince George's County public school system to publish prominently on its website links to the expense forms filed by members of the Prince George's County Board of Education for reimbursement by the school system; and requiring certain expense forms filed by members of the county board to be designated as certain public records available to any applicant immediately on request and included on a certain list posted on the school system's website.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means; Withdrawn on 03/04/2019
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Motor Vehicle Administration - Licenses and Identification Cards - Electronic Credentials [HB-180]
Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to issue electronic credentials in addition to, and not instead of, a license or an identification card; defining an "electronic credential" as an electronic representation of a license, an identification card, or a data field; establishing that a credential holder satisfies certain license display requirements; authorizing the Administration to create an electronic credential; authorizing an alcoholic beverages license holder to accept an electronic credential as proof of age; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 142 on 04/18/2019
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Election Law – Candidates – Revisions [HB-176]
Requiring candidates nominated by a new political party to file a certificate of candidacy not later than 5 p.m. on the first Monday in August in the year of the general election for the office, comply with certain requirements for a certificate of candidacy, and file a certificate of nomination with the appropriate board on a certain form; providing that a candidate nominated by a new political party under certain provisions of law is not required to file a declaration of intent; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 155 on 04/18/2019
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Election Law - Absentee Ballot Requests - Last Four Digits of Social Security Number [HB-174]
Altering a certain provision of law to require absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters as defined in the federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act and voters with a disability who do not have a Maryland driver's license or Maryland identification card and who use an online absentee ballot application or another Internet method to request an absentee ballot to provide the last four digits of the applicant's Social Security number, rather than the full Social Security number.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 154 on 04/18/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Election Law – Voter Registration Deadlines [HB-172]
Repealing provisions of law that require the State Board of Elections and a local board of elections to be open for business during certain hours on a certain date; and altering the period during which voter registration is closed before an election.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 153 on 04/18/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission – Processing and Dispensing Medical Cannabis [HB-17]
Authorizing an institution of higher education, a related medical facility, or an affiliated biomedical research firm to file with the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission a registration to purchase medical cannabis for the purpose of conducting a bona fide research project relating to the medical uses, properties, or composition of cannabis; requiring the Commission to allow certain dispensaries and dispensary agents to acquire, possess, transfer, sell, distribute or dispense edible cannabis products; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Shane Pendergrass
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 456 on 05/13/2019
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Public Safety - Reporting of Hate Crimes [HB-168]
Altering certain requirements for the reporting, collection, and analysis of information relating to hate crimes to require the Department of State Police to collect and analyze information about incidents apparently directed against an individual or a group because of color, religious beliefs, gender, disability, national origin, or homelessness; requiring information about incidents directed at certain individuals or groups be provided by local law enforcement agencies and the State Fire Marshal to the Department; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 32 on 04/18/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Labor and Employment – Payment of Wages – Minimum Wage (Fight for Fifteen) [HB-166]
Specifying the State minimum wage rate that is in effect for certain time periods and for certain employers except under certain circumstances; authorizing the Board of Public Works to temporarily suspend an increase to the minimum wage rate if the seasonally adjusted total employment is negative, subject to certain limitations; requiring the Governor's proposed budget for certain fiscal years to include certain rate increases for certain community service providers over the funding provided in certain legislative appropriations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Gubernatorial Veto Override - Chapter 10 on 03/28/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
State Government - Regulations Impacting Small Businesses [HB-157]
Requiring the Department of Budget and Management to provide training to certain Executive Branch agencies on the preparation of certain economic impact analyses; requiring a certain unit to establish a certain electronic registry and post a proposed regulation with a certain compliance guide on the unit's website; requiring a State unit to consider certain conditions and actions in assessing a civil penalty against a small business for certain violations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
First Reading Health And Government Operations on 01/23/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Safe Schools Maryland Act of 2019 [HB-148]
Establishing the Safe Schools Maryland Program in the Maryland Center for School Safety; requiring the School Safety Subcabinet to develop program guidance on or before September 1, 2019; requiring a local school system that elects to participate in the program to follow the program guidance; requiring the Center to perform certain tasks related to the program; providing that certain documents and information submitted to the Center are not subject to the Maryland Public Information Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Hospitals - Patient's Bill of Rights [HB-145]
Requiring each administrator of a hospital to provide patients with a certain patient's bill of rights; requiring each administrator of a hospital to provide certain patients with an interpreter, a translator, or other accommodation to provide assistance to patients; requiring each administrator of a hospital to conspicuously post the patient's bill of rights on the hospital's website and in areas of the hospital accessible to patients and visitors; requiring the Department of Health to submit a certain report by January 1, 2021; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 285 on 04/30/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Providing Electronic Device Location Information - Historical Data [HB-143]
Altering a definition of "location information" to include historical information concerning the geographic location of an electronic device that is or was generated by or derived from the operation of that device; and providing that certain evidence is not admissible in a criminal, civil, administrative, or any other proceeding.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Hearing 2/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/22/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Sea Level Rise Inundation and Coastal Flooding - Construction, Adaptation, and Mitigation [HB-1427]
Altering the application of certain design and siting criteria established by the Coast Smart Council to apply only to certain State and local capital projects; extending the date the projects must comply with the criteria to July 1, 2020, and the date certain local jurisdictions must develop a plan to address certain nuisance flooding to October 1, 2020; requiring the Department of Planning, by October 1, 2019, to develop guidelines to assist local jurisdictions in data collection to establish nuisance flooding baselines; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 442 on 05/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Health Services Cost Review Commission - Duties and Reports - Revisions [HB-1426]
Altering the information required to be included in the annual report to be submitted to certain persons by the Health Services Cost Review Commission to include an update on the status of the State's compliance with the provisions of the current all-payer model contract; altering a certain reporting date from October 1 to May 1; authorizing the Commission, on request by the Secretary of Health, to assist in the implementation of federally approved model programs consistent with the current all-payer model contract; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Favorable Report By Finance on 04/05/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission Transparency Act of 2019 [HB-1424]
Requiring the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission to publish on its website at least 30 days before soliciting certain applications a certain description of the process used by the Commission to approve or deny an application for a medical cannabis grower, dispensary, or processor license; requiring that a certain description include certain information; requiring the Commission to submit a report containing the information published under the Act to the General Assembly on a certain date; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nick Mosby
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/06/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Health - Services for Individuals With Developmental Disabilities - Fee-for-Service Payment Pilot Program [HB-1420]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish a fee-for-service payment pilot program; authorizing providers that provide waiver program services to certain eligible individuals with a developmental disability to participate in the pilot program; requiring the Department to determine, establish, and publish certain rates for the waiver program services in a certain manner; requiring certain providers to submit a claim for payment for certain services on a form the Department requires; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 390 on 05/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County Public Schools - Preventive Measure Unit Pilot Program [HB-1418]
Establishing the Preventive Measure Unit Pilot Program in Anne Arundel County; requiring the Anne Arundel County Board of Education, in collaboration with the County Police Department and the County Mental Health Agency, to establish a preventive measure unit position in three middle schools to monitor students with behavioral, social, or legal difficulties during certain school years; requiring the Governor to make an appropriation sufficient to hire three individuals to implement the Program in selected schools; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/04/2019
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The Blueprint for Maryland's Future [HB-1413]
Establishing principles of The Blueprint for Maryland's Future that are intended to transform Maryland's early childhood, primary, and secondary education system to the levels of high-performing systems around the world; establishing a Concentration of Poverty School Grant Program; extending by 1 year, to 2021, the requirement for the State to provide a supplemental grant to eligible county boards; establishing the Teacher Collaborative Grant Program; requiring certain performance evaluations of local school systems; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne Jones
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. (ways And Means) And Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. (appropriations) on 03/12/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Commercial Law - Internet Privacy and Net Neutrality [HB-141]
Specifying the circumstances under which a broadband Internet access service provider may handle certain customer personal information in a certain manner; establishing a mechanism through which a broadband Internet access service provider may obtain customer consent to have certain personal information handled in a certain manner; declaring the intent of the General Assembly that if the State or a municipality provides broadband Internet services, it may not impose use restrictions that prohibit the exercise of free speech; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/24/2019