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Utah 2023 General Session
Medicaid Disability Coverage Amendments [HB-558]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Disabilities ]
Medicaid Disability Coverage Amendments
Sponsored by: Rep. Melissa Garff Ballard
House/ Strike Enacting Clause In Clerk Of The House on 03/03/2023
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Minimum Wage Modifications [HB-549]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Inflation ]
[Poverty ]
[Economic Development ]
Minimum Wage Modifications
Sponsored by: Rep. Brett Garner
House/ Strike Enacting Clause In Clerk Of The House on 03/03/2023
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Utah 2023 General Session
Veteran Property Tax Exemption [HB-539]
[Property Tax ]
[Veterans ]
Veteran Property Tax Exemption
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael McKell
Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/23/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
State Board of Pharmacy - Accessible Prescription Labels, Bag Tags, and Medical Guides for Blind, Visually Impaired, and Print Disabled Individuals - Regulations [SB-940]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Disabilities ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring the State Board of Pharmacy to adopt regulations necessary to ensure that individuals who are blind, visually impaired, or otherwise print disabled have appropriate access to prescription labels, bag tags, and medical guides; requiring the Board to give visually impaired individuals an opportunity to comment on the regulations; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health to report by December 1, 2023, to the General Assembly on the process for and costs of implementing certain enhanced professional dispensing fees.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 279 on 05/03/2023
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Utah 2023 General Session
Requirements for Supported Decision-making Agreements [HB-510]
[Disabilities ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Human Services ]
Requirements for Supported Decision-making Agreements
Sponsored by: Rep. Marsha Judkins
House/ Strike Enacting Clause In Clerk Of The House on 03/03/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
State Department of Education - Division of Rehabilitation Services - Funding and Staffing [SB-934]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Education ]
[Human Services ]
Authorizing the Governor to include in the annual budget bill certain appropriations to the Division of Rehabilitation Services in the State Department of Education in accordance with certain federal acts and, beginning in fiscal year 2025, sufficient to employ additional staff members in the Division.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Rereferred To Appropriations on 04/10/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Public Safety - Gun Violence Victim Relocation Program - Establishment [SB-921]
[Crime ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Establishing the Gun Violence Victim Relocation Program within the Victim Services Unit of the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services to provide certain victims of gun violence certain services and assistance related to relocating for the safety of the victim or the victim's family; establishing the Gun Violence Victim Relocation Program Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; requiring the Victim Services Unit to establish a certain oversight commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/16/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
County Boards of Education - Due Process Proceedings for Children With Disabilities - Burden of Proof [SB-926]
[Education ]
[Disabilities ]
[Children and Youth ]
.Requiring a county board of education to bear the burden of proof in due process proceedings that initiate from a due process complaint regarding the provision of special education services or a program for a child with disabilities in the county in which the county board is located, except under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington
Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/01/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Property Tax Credit for Disabled Veterans - Established [HB-1258]
[Property Tax ]
[Veterans ]
[Disabilities ]
[Taxes ]
Requiring the governing body of a county or of a municipal corporation to grant a tax credit against the property tax imposed on the dwelling house of certain disabled veterans; establishing a property tax credit in an amount equal to the service-connected disability rating of the disabled veteran; requiring certain disabled veterans to provide certain documents when applying for the credits under the Act; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after June 30, 2023.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Harris
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/16/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Special Education - Judicial Actions - Attorney's Fees and Related Costs [HB-1237]
[Education ]
[Disabilities ]
[Children and Youth ]
Authorizing a court to award reasonable attorney's fees and related costs to the parent of a child with a disability who is the prevailing party in a certain special education proceeding; prohibiting a court from awarding attorney's fees and related costs to certain parents in a certain proceeding under certain circumstances; and authorizing an award of attorney's fees and related costs to a parent of a child with a disability who is a prevailing party under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Solomon
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 708 on 05/16/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Education - Community Eligibility Provision Schools and Prekindergarten Enrollment and Funding - Alterations [SB-913]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Children and Youth ]
Exempting certain schools from the requirement to collect a certain eligibility form if the school is in a local school system in which all schools participate in the community eligibility provision; altering the definition of "prekindergarten enrollment", beginning in a certain school year, to include certain Tier II children for certain funding purposes; altering the categories of certain Tier II children who are given priority for the expansion of prekindergarten slots; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Third Reading Passed (124-11) on 04/10/2023
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Utah 2023 General Session
Paratransit Services Amendments [HB-474]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Disabilities ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
Paratransit Services Amendments
Sponsored by: Rep. Ryan Wilcox
House/ Strike Enacting Clause In Clerk Of The House on 03/03/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Child Custody - Legal Decision Making and Parenting Time [HB-1020]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Repealing references to the terms "child custody" and "visitation" in certain instances and substituting the terms "legal decision making" and "parenting time" in certain instances; authorizing the court, in determining certain legal-decision-making authority and parenting time in certain child custody proceedings, to consider certain factors; authorizing the court to award joint legal decision making to both parents or make other modifications to a custody or visitation order under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan McComas
Hearing 3/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Higher Education - Edward T. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program - Surviving Spouses of Service Members [SB-886]
[Education ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Specifying that a certain surviving spouse of a member of the armed forces is eligible to apply for a scholarship under the Edward T. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program if the service member died, suffered a service connected disability, or was declared to be a prisoner of war or missing in action under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Watson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 694 on 05/16/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
State Department of Education - Division of Rehabilitation Services - Funding and Staffing [HB-1222]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Education ]
[Human Services ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring, beginning in fiscal year 2025, the Governor to include in the annual budget bill certain appropriations to the Division of Rehabilitation Services in the State Department of Education in accordance with certain federal acts and to employ certain staff.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michele Guyton
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission - Members MC/PG 109-23 [HB-1009]
[Elections ]
[Community Development ]
Repealing the requirement that not more than three members of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission from each county be members of the same political party; requiring the County Council of Montgomery County and the County Executive of Prince George's County to consider certain diversity needs when making appointments for membership on the Commission; establishing that the party composition of county commissioners from each county shall be based on the election results for the County Executive; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/16/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Modifications [HB-988]
[Insurance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
Modifying the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program by clarifying and altering certain provisions relating to the administration of the Program; establishing the employer and employee shares of the total rate of contribution; prohibiting the total rate of contribution from exceeding 1.2% of an employee's wages; requiring the State to pay for certain contributions for certain covered employees; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to reimburse certain community providers for certain employer contributions in a certain manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 258 on 05/03/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Economic Development - Nonprofit Sustainability Fund - Establishment [HB-1226]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Nonprofit ]
[Community Development ]
Establishing the Nonprofit Sustainability Fund in the Department of Commerce to provide general operating support to nonprofit organizations in the State; establishing the Nonprofit Sustainability Fund Evaluation Committee to evaluate applications from certain nonprofit organizations in the State for grants from the Fund; establishing criteria for eligibility for a certain grant from the Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
First Reading Appropriations on 02/10/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Education - Screening Requirements for Students With Reading Difficulties - Alterations [HB-1091]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the types of students who are subject to screening for reading difficulties on entering or transferring into a public school to include an English language learner who is at risk of reading difficulties.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michele Guyton
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Real Estate Brokers - Disability or Death and Termination of Employment of a Broker [HB-1225]
[Real Estate ]
[Disabilities ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring an adult family member to submit a death certificate or evidence of disability to the State Real Estate Commission before the family member may carry on the business of a disabled or deceased licensed real estate broker; permitting a certain business to designate a licensed real estate broker to provide real estate brokerage services under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Seth Howard
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 516 on 05/08/2023