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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kits - Analysis [HB-1076]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring a specified law enforcement agency to submit a sexual assault evidence collection kit to a forensic laboratory for analysis within 30 days of receipt, to notify the victim when the kit was sent and of the results of the analysis, to utilize community-based sexual assault victim service organizations, and ensure privacy protections; requiring a specified forensic laboratory to take specified actions within 150 days; requiring the development of specified policies and procedures; applying the Act retroactively; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/17/2017
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Independent Congressional Redistricting Commission - Mid-Atlantic States Regional Districting Process [SB-1023]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring the Department of Legislative Services to obtain adjusted census data and provide the census data to a temporary redistricting commission; creating a temporary redistricting commission; requiring the Commission to hold at least six public hearings and to include areas that reflect the State's geographic, racial, and ethnic diversity; requiring the Commission to prepare and adopt a districting plan and map for congressional districts; making the Act contingent on the enactment of a similar process by specified states; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Hearing 3/30 At 2:30 P.m. on 03/30/2018
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Providing Electronic Device Location Information - Historical Data [HB-998]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
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 specified evidence is not admissible in a criminal, civil, administrative, or any other proceeding.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Moon
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 03/13/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Maryland Personal Information Protection Act - Security Breach Notification Requirements - Modifications [HB-965]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Small Business ]
Altering the applicability of specified security breach investigation and notification requirements to specified businesses; authorizing a specified business to elect to provide a specified notification; prohibiting a specified business from charging a specified business a fee for providing information needed to provide a specified notification or requiring or compelling a specified business to make a specified election; prohibiting a specified business from using specified information for specified purposes; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Seth Howard
Hearing 4/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/04/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Education - Accountability - Consolidated State Plan and Support and Improvement Plans (Protect Our Schools Act of 2017) [HB-978]
[Education ]
Requiring an educational accountability program to include at least three school quality indicators that measure the comparative opportunities provided to students or the level of student success in public schools; prohibiting the school quality indicators from being based on student testing; requiring the State Board to establish a composite score that provides for a meaningful differentiation of schools under the school accountability system; authorizing a specified plan to include lengthening of the school year; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carolyn Howard
Gubernatorial Veto Override (legislative Date: 4/5/2017) - Chapter 29 on 04/06/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Child Abuse and Neglect - Statewide Reporting - 2-1-1 Maryland [SB-945]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Expanding the duties of 2-1-1 Maryland to include serving as a statewide hotline for the reporting of child abuse and neglect; requiring that 2-1-1 Maryland accept reports of child abuse and neglect 7 days a week, 24 hours a day; requiring the Health and Human Services Board in consultation with the State Department of Human Resources to develop policies for the proper training of 2-1-1 Maryland service provider staff in responding to reports of child abuse and neglect; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. (finance) on 03/09/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Payment of Minimum Wage Required (Fight for Fifteen) [SB-962]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Inflation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
Specifying the State minimum wage rate in effect for specified time periods based on employer size; increasing, except under specified circumstances, the State minimum wage rate based on the annual growth in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for the Washington-Baltimore metropolitan area; requiring the Board of Revenue Estimates during a specified time period to conduct a specified analysis; authorizing, under specified circumstances, the Governor to temporarily suspend a minimum wage rate increase; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Madaleno
Hearing 3/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/16/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Safe Autonomous Vehicle (SAVE) Act [SB-902]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing specified manufacturers of autonomous and connected (AV/CV) vehicles to establish a safe autonomous vehicle (SAVE) project authorizing the manufacturer to supervise the driving of AV/CV vehicles on highways in the State; requiring an AV/CV vehicle manufacturer to certify to the Motor Vehicle Administration that the AV/CV vehicles in its fleet under a SAVE project meet specified standards; establishing that an AV/CV vehicle may be driven on a highway only as part of a SAVE project; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/17/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Cell Site Simulator Technology [SB-878]
[Crime ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing a court to issue an order authorizing or directing a law enforcement officer to use a cell site simulator device after making a specified determination; requiring an application for a specified court order to contain specified information; requiring a law enforcement agency authorized to use a cell site simulator device in accordance with the Act to take specified actions; limiting the period of time during which information may be obtained under an order authorizing the use of a cell site simulator device; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn on 03/09/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Maryland Personal Information Protection Act - Revisions [HB-974]
[Data Privacy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring a specified business, when destroying an employee's or a former employee's records containing specified personal information of the employee or former employee, to take specified steps to protect against unauthorized access to or use of the information; altering the circumstances under which a specified business must conduct an investigation and notify specified persons of a specified breach; authorizing a specified business to provide a specified required notice in a specified manner under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ned Carey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 518 on 05/04/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Safety - Gun Shows - Captured Plate Data [HB-958]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
Establishing that it is not a legitimate law enforcement purpose to collect, store, or share specified captured plate data from a vehicle parked at, entering, or leaving a gun show without a warrant or articulable evidence of illegal activity.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing 3/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/14/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Maryland Law Enforcement and Governmental Trust Act [SB-835]
[Immigration ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a specified government agent from taking specified actions for immigration enforcement purposes; prohibiting a law enforcement official from stopping, arresting, searching, or detaining an individual for purposes of investigating a suspected immigration violation or inquiring about specified matters; requiring the Attorney General, in consultation with stakeholders, to develop and adopt model policies for a specified purpose; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn on 04/10/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Cell Site Simulator Technology [HB-917]
[Crime ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing a court to issue an order authorizing or directing a law enforcement officer to use a cell site simulator device after making a specified determination; requiring an application for use of a cell site simulator device to contain specified information; requiring a law enforcement agency authorized to use a cell site simulator device in accordance with the Act to take specified actions; limiting the period of time during which information may be obtained under an order authorizing the use of a cell site simulator device; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/17/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Medication Adherence Technology Pilot Program [SB-756]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Establishing a specified pilot program to expand the use of medication adherence technology to increase prescription drug adherence of specified Maryland Medical Assistance Program recipients; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to administer the pilot program; requiring the Department to select and provide a medication adherence technology system to specified Maryland Medical Assistance Program recipients; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Astle
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/01/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Education - Identity Protection and Credit Monitoring Services (Student Identity Protection Act) [HB-704]
[Education ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the State Board of Education to provide identity protection and credit monitoring services for at least 5 years for current and former students whose personal information has been compromised by a breach of a public school's or a local school system's computer network in violation of a specified provision of law; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Referred To Interim Study By Ways And Means on 03/18/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Maryland Longitudinal Data System - Student and Workforce Data Linkage - Extension of Time Limit [HB-680]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Extending from 5 years to 20 years the length of time that student data and workforce data used by the Maryland Longitudinal Data System is limited to being linked beyond the date of latest attendance in any educational institution in the State; prohibiting the Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center from selling specified protected information; and prohibiting the Center from charging specified fees.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 791 on 05/27/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Maryland Personal Information Protection Act - Security Breach Notification Requirements - Modifications [SB-552]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Small Business ]
Altering the applicability of specified security breach investigation and notification requirements to specified businesses; authorizing a specified business to elect to provide a specified notification; prohibiting a specified business from requiring or compelling a specified business to make a specified election; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey
Hearing 2/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/23/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Child Abuse and Neglect - Statewide Reporting - 2-1-1 Maryland [HB-697]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Expanding the duties of 2-1-1 Maryland to include serving as a statewide hotline for the reporting of child abuse and neglect; requiring that 2-1-1 Maryland accept reports of child abuse and neglect 7 days a week, 24 hours a day; requiring the Health and Human Services Board in consultation with the State Department of Human Resources to develop policies for the proper training of 2-1-1 Maryland service provider staff in responding to reports of child abuse and neglect; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Luedtke
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/07/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Maryland Personal Information Protection Act - Revisions [SB-525]
[Data Privacy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring a specified business, when destroying an employee's or a former employee's records containing specified personal information of the employee or former employee, to take specified steps to protect against unauthorized access to or use of the information; altering the circumstances under which a business that owns, licenses, or maintains computerized data that includes specified personal information must conduct a specified investigation; authorizing a specified business to provide a required notice in a specified manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/08/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems - Automated External Defibrillators - Study (The Joe Sheya Act) [HB-522]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems to conduct a study regarding the location of automated external defibrillators, the costs associated with owning, using, and training individuals to use automated external defibrillators, and potential liability issues; requiring the study to include any relevant data available for calendar years 2015, 2016, and 2017; requiring the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems to report its findings to the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 35 on 04/11/2017