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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Compensation to Individual Erroneously Convicted, Sentenced, and Confined or Whose Conviction or Adjudication Is Reversed [HB-1184]
Altering a provision of law to require, rather than authorize, the Board of Public Works to pay certain compensation to an individual who has been erroneously convicted, sentenced, and confined; requiring certain compensation made by the Board to be in an amount equal to the greater of $50,000 for each year that the individual was in custody or the actual damages sustained by the individual, including any fines, governmental fees, costs, and restitution paid by the individual and determined to be owed to the individual; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. (judiciary) on 02/11/2019
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Public Schools - Reporting of Assaults, Crimes of Violence, and Felonies (Report Act of 2019) [HB-1175]
Requiring a certain school administration to file a police report and an administrative incident report if an assault, a crime of violence, or a felony occurs at a public school and is reported to the school administration; requiring a school administration to provide certain information to a victim or parent of a victim; requiring each county board of education to adopt regulations specifying the requirements of administrative incident reports and a policy specifying the penalty for a certain violation; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2019
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Medical Cannabis - Pesticide Use - Labeling and Study [HB-1174]
Requiring a certain dispensary or dispensary agent to ensure that medical cannabis grown using a pesticide and products containing medical cannabis grown using a pesticide have a label affixed at the time of sale stating that the medical cannabis was grown using pesticides; requiring the Department of Agriculture to study the health impacts of smoking medical cannabis that was grown using pesticides or being in close proximity to smoke from the burning of medical cannabis that was grown using pesticides; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Maggie McIntosh
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 04/08/2019
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Behavioral Health Services Matching Grant Program for Service Members and Veterans - Establishment [HB-1170]
Establishing the Behavioral Health Services Matching Grant Program for Service Members and Veterans; providing for the purpose of the Program; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to administer the Program; requiring the Program to award certain grants to nonprofit organizations to establish and expand certain community behavioral health programs; establishing a certain eligibility requirement; requiring an eligible nonprofit organization to secure certain contributions for the proposal; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Heritage Structure Rehabilitation Tax Credit - Alterations - Opportunity Zones, Targeted Projects, and Transferability [HB-1162]
Authorizing an additional 5% tax credit under the heritage structure rehabilitation tax credit program for certain commercial rehabilitations that qualify as opportunity zone projects; altering the definition of "small commercial project" to include certain residential units sold as part of a development project and certain targeted projects; making the credit transferable and refundable under certain circumstances; requiring the Governor to appropriate at least $20,000,000 for the tax credit reserve fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Ann Lisanti
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2019
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Maryland Personal Information Protection Act - Security Breach Notification Requirements - Modifications [HB-1154]
Altering the applicability of certain security breach investigation requirements to certain businesses; altering the applicability of certain security breach notification requirements to a certain owner or licensee of computerized data to allow notification to national information security organizations created for information-sharing and analysis of security threats, to alert and avert new or expanded breaches; prohibiting a certain business from charging a certain owner or licensee of computerized data a certain fee; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 294 on 04/30/2019
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County Boards of Education - Equal Access to Public Services for Individuals With Limited English Proficiency [HB-1144]
Requiring county boards of education to take certain reasonable steps to provide equal access to public services for certain individuals with limited English proficiency.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 564 on 05/13/2019
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Environment - Hazardous Materials - Disposal of Synthetic Turf and Turf Infill [HB-1142]
Requiring a person to dispose of synthetic turf and turf infill only in a certain hazardous waste facility or closed-loop recycling facility; prohibiting a person from incinerating synthetic turf and turf infill; requiring the Department of the Environment to establish a system for tracking the chain of custody of synthetic turf and turf infill; requiring the Department to publish the chain of custody on its website; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/16/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Unemployment Insurance - Contribution and Employment Reports - Required Information (Workforce Data Act of 2019) [HB-1128]
Requiring that the information that the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation requires to be included in unemployment insurance contribution and employment reports shall include, for each employee, occupation and job title, number of hours worked in a calendar quarter, and work location; and requiring that the location listed in a contribution and employment report under a certain provision of the Act be the employee's actual work site and not the employing unit's place of business.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ben Barnes
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/14/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Financial Consumer Protection Act of 2019 [HB-1127]
Establishing and strengthening consumer protections in certain areas of financial transactions, including mobile home purchases, security breaches, vehicle purchases, money transmission, and other areas; applying certain existing financial consumer protections to new forms of financial transactions; establishing that a mobile home retailer has a duty of good faith and fair dealing; prohibiting a mobile home retailer from steering a consumer borrower to products that offer less favorable terms; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2019
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High Schools - Postsecondary Career and Technology Education Programs - Reporting on Student Acceptance Rates [HB-1125]
Requiring each local school system to report to the State Department of Education on or before March 1 each year the number of high school students accepted into postsecondary career and technology education programs during the previous calendar year and the types of programs in which the students were accepted; and requiring the Department on or before April 1 each year to publish on its website a list of the high schools that reported on students who were accepted into postsecondary career and technology education programs; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2019
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State Government – Regulations Impacting Small Businesses [HB-1124]
Requiring the Department of Budget and Management to provide certain units with training on the preparation of certain economic analyses; requiring a certain promulgating unit to establish an electronic registry and to post on the registry a proposed regulation or the scope of a proposed regulation; requiring certain notification when a proposed regulation or the scope of a proposed regulation is posted; repealing provisions of law relating to the Advisory Council on the Impact of Regulations on Small Businesses; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 212 on 04/30/2019
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Agriculture - Hemp Research and Production [HB-1123]
Altering the name of the Industrial Hemp Pilot Program to be the Hemp Research Pilot Program; establishing the Hemp Farming Program to promote hemp as an agricultural commodity in the State, the commercial sale of hemp products within and outside the State and to facilitate the research of hemp and hemp products; requiring the Department of Agriculture, in consultation with the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission, to adopt regulations to protect hemp growers and medical cannabis growers from the risk of cross-pollination; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 228 on 04/30/2019
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State Government - Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability and Maryland Program Evaluation Act [HB-1113]
Renaming the Joint Audit Committee to be the Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee and altering its powers and duties; establishing the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability in the Department of Legislative Services; requiring the Office to conduct certain performance evaluations of certain units of State government; requiring the Office to conduct certain investigations under certain circumstances; altering the manner in which certain governmental units are evaluated under the Maryland Program Evaluation Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 510 on 05/13/2019
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Youth Sports Programs - Restrictions, Registration, Personnel, and Policy Information - Requirements [HB-1106]
Limiting an annual football season to the months of August through December; prohibiting a youth sports program from offering, approving, or sponsoring football or certain physical activities related to football during the months of January through July; requiring a certain youth athlete to use certain equipment when participating in certain sports; limiting the number of certain types of practices for football for certain youth athletes; limiting the types of contact certain youth athletes may engage in for a certain sport; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2019
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State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists – Licensure, Disciplinary Action, Criminal History Records Checks, and Trainee Status – Revisions [HB-1104]
Authorizing the State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists to take action against a clinical professional counselor only if the Board discusses the proposed action with a Board member who is a licensed clinical professional counselor and who votes, either in the affirmative or negative, on the proposed action; repealing the requirement that the credit hours or educational requirements completed by certain applicants to be licensed by the Board be accredited by the American Art Therapy Association; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 409 on 05/13/2019
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Education - Public Schools - Threat Assessment Report [HB-1103]
Requiring each public school in the State to keep a hard copy of a certain Threat Assessment report in the school; requiring the school principal and each school counselor to keep a hard copy of a certain Threat Assessment report in the school office; requiring a local school system that has developed an emergency plan to distribute a certain Threat Assessment report as part of training materials related to the local school system's emergency plan; requiring the school system to make the plan available to certain staff; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2019
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Health - Mifepristone - Administration [HB-1101]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to adopt certain regulations regarding the administration of mifepristone; requiring that mifepristone be provided by or under the supervision of a physician who meets certain qualifications and conditions; requiring each provider of mifepristone to make certain certifications and disclose certain information; establishing a certain penalty; requiring the Department to report to the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2019, and each December 1 thereafter; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Teresa Reilly
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/19/2019
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Public School Students – Daily Physical Activity (Student Health and Fitness Act) [HB-110]
Requiring physical education to be provided in each public school in a planned and sequential manner to all students, prekindergarten through grade 12, for the purpose of developing the students' good health and physical fitness and to improve motor coordination and physical skills; providing as a goal of the State that each student receive a program totaling 150 minutes each week of developmentally appropriate, moderate-to-vigorous activity, including 90 minutes of physical education and recess; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Favorable With Amendments Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 04/08/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kits - Analysis [HB-1096]
Requiring that a sexual assault evidence collection kit be submitted to a forensic laboratory for analysis unless a certain requirement is met; requiring that a victim who wishes to remain anonymous and not file a criminal complaint be informed that the victim may initiate a criminal complaint at a future time; requiring a certain law enforcement agency that receives a sexual assault evidence collection kit and all requested associated reference standards to submit the kit for forensic analysis within 30 days of receipt of the kit; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 34 on 04/18/2019