Funeral Establishments, Crematories, and Reduction Facilities - Oversight (Ensuring Dignity and Accountability in Crematory and Funeral Home Operations Act) [HB-1555]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
Requiring the Office of Cemetery Oversight and the State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors to establish and maintain certain online databases and conduct certain inspections; establishing the authority of the Secretary of Health regarding staff for the Board; authorizing the Executive Director of the Board to direct an immediate investigation of certain complaints; establishing requirements for the review of complaints and investigations by the Board; providing a civil penalty of up to $25,000 for certain violations; etc.
HB-1555: Funeral Establishments, Crematories, and Reduction Facilities - Oversight (Ensuring Dignity and Accountability in Crematory and Funeral Home Operations Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/20/2025
You have voted HB-1555: Funeral Establishments, Crematories, and Reduction Facilities - Oversight (Ensuring Dignity and Accountability in Crematory and Funeral Home Operations Act).
Employment - Harassment and Intimidation - Reporting [HB-1548]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Human Rights ]
Establishing requirements related to the reporting of incidents of employee harassment and intimidation, including provisions regarding the reporting of incidents by employers to the Commissioner of Labor and Industry, the creation of a reporting form, and the establishment of an electronic tip program; establishing that certain information shared in the reporting of incidents of employee harassment or intimidation is confidential; etc.
HB-1548: Employment - Harassment and Intimidation - Reporting
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/25/2025
Employment Discrimination - Fire and Rescue Public Safety Employees - Use of Medical Cannabis [SB-1023]
[Cannabis ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting an employer from taking certain discriminatory employment actions against a fire and rescue public safety employee based on the employee's use of medical cannabis, subject to certain conditions; and requiring an employer to report an incident of a fire and rescue public safety employee reporting for work while impaired by cannabis to the State Emergency Medical Services Board.
SB-1023: Employment Discrimination - Fire and Rescue Public Safety Employees - Use of Medical Cannabis
Sponsored by: Sen. Carl Jackson
Third Reading Passed (36-8) on 03/17/2025
Maryland State Department of Education - Publicly Funded Prekindergarten - Analysis and Report (Mixed Delivery Model Viability Act) [HB-1475]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
Requiring the State Department of Education to convene a workgroup to conduct an analysis of the mixed delivery, publicly funded prekindergarten system established under the Blueprint for Maryland's Future; and requiring the workgroup to submit a final report, by December 31, 2027, to the Accountability and Implementation Board and the General Assembly on any changes made by the Department in response to the recommendations in its interim report, and any additional recommendations for changes to the prekindergarten system.
HB-1475: Maryland State Department of Education - Publicly Funded Prekindergarten - Analysis and Report (Mixed Delivery Model Viability Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 374 on 05/06/2025
You have voted HB-1475: Maryland State Department of Education - Publicly Funded Prekindergarten - Analysis and Report (Mixed Delivery Model Viability Act).
Education - Maryland STEM Program - Established [HB-1447]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Establishing the Maryland STEM Program in the State Department of Education to provide additional compensation to educators who teach STEM classes at nonpublic schools; authorizing nonpublic schools to apply for the Program; requiring local school systems to inform current teachers about the Program and share a teacher interest survey; requiring participating nonpublic schools to report certain information to the Department each year; requiring the Governor to include a $250,000 appropriation in the annual budget bill; etc.
HB-1447: Education - Maryland STEM Program - Established
Sponsored by: Rep. Joe Vogel
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
State and Local Agencies - Enforcement of Federal Immigration Law - Restrictions on Access to Information (Maryland Data Privacy Act) [HB-1431]
[Immigration ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering certain provisions of law to require a law enforcement agency or a unit of State or local government to deny access to certain databases by certain individuals seeking access for the purpose of enforcing federal immigration law, under certain circumstances; requiring the Attorney General to enforce certain provisions of the Act; and providing that a State employee who violates certain provisions of the Act is subject to certain discipline.
HB-1431: State and Local Agencies - Enforcement of Federal Immigration Law - Restrictions on Access to Information (Maryland Data Privacy Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
You have voted HB-1431: State and Local Agencies - Enforcement of Federal Immigration Law - Restrictions on Access to Information (Maryland Data Privacy Act).
Higher Education - Antihate and Antidiscrimination Policies and Workgroup (Maryland Campus Accountability and Modernization to Protect University Students Act) [HB-1462]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring institutions of higher education to adopt and enforce policies regarding antihate and antidiscrimination and time, place, and manner requirements for expressive conduct; requiring institutions of higher education to conduct certain meetings with certain approved student organizations; establishing the Campus Community Grant Program; and establishing the Workgroup on Combating Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Other Forms of Racial, Ethnic, and Religious Violence, Harassment, and Intimidation.
HB-1462: Higher Education - Antihate and Antidiscrimination Policies and Workgroup (Maryland Campus Accountability and Modernization to Protect University Students Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
You have voted HB-1462: Higher Education - Antihate and Antidiscrimination Policies and Workgroup (Maryland Campus Accountability and Modernization to Protect University Students Act).
Physicians - Licensing - Internationally Trained Physicians [HB-1199]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Immigration ]
Authorizing the State Board of Physicians, beginning October 1, 2027, to issue a license to practice medicine to an internationally trained physician under certain circumstances; requiring the Board to adopt regulations establishing minimum qualifications and application fees and to provide a pathway to full licensure; etc.
Public Schools - Injury Incidents - Requirements for Tracking and Reporting [HB-1194]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring certain public schools to develop and implement a system to track and report injury incidents, whether intentional or accidental, to a student, teacher, or school employee on the school campus during the school year; and establishing certain reporting requirements for county boards of education, the Juvenile Services Education Program Superintendent, and the State Department of Education regarding certain injury incidents in schools.
HB-1194: Public Schools - Injury Incidents - Requirements for Tracking and Reporting
Sponsored by: Rep. Nino Mangione
Hearing Canceled (ways And Means) on 03/05/2025
Education - Primary and Secondary Schools - Alternative School Options (Right to Learn Act) [HB-1180]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring, on or before January 1 each year, each county board of education to provide certain information to the parents or legal guardians of students who attend a failing school; requiring that a failing school continue to be designated as a failing school until certain conditions are met; requiring that a student who is attending a failing school be provided the opportunity to attend an alternative school; establishing the Broadening Options and Opportunities for Students Today Program; etc.
HB-1180: Education - Primary and Secondary Schools - Alternative School Options (Right to Learn Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Arentz
Hearing 3/03 At 11:00 A.m. on 02/07/2025
Juvenile Law - Confinement and Restrictive Housing - Limitations [HB-1107]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Limiting the circumstances under which an incarcerated minor may be involuntarily placed in restrictive housing to the extent necessary to eliminate identifiable risk; prohibiting the placement of a minor in restrictive housing for more than 6 hours; authorizing a correctional facility to place a minor in restrictive housing at the minor's request; establishing certain requirements for detaining, confining, or transporting a child; etc.
HB-1107: Juvenile Law - Confinement and Restrictive Housing - Limitations
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
Public Schools - Student Fights - School Investigation and Discipline [HB-1132]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring a principal or school administration to investigate each student fight or physical struggle; prohibiting a school employee from disciplining a student who, after an investigation, more likely than not used reasonable force necessary to protect the student or to escape the attack; and requiring a principal or school administration to expunge certain documentation from a student's disciplinary record under certain circumstances.
HB-1132: Public Schools - Student Fights - School Investigation and Discipline
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie Ciliberti
Hearing 3/03 At 11:00 A.m. on 02/07/2025
Juvenile Law - Confinement and Restrictive Housing - Limitations [SB-827]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Limiting the circumstances under which an incarcerated minor may be involuntarily placed in restrictive housing to the extent necessary to eliminate identifiable risk; prohibiting the placement of a minor in restrictive housing for more than 6 hours; and authorizing a correctional facility to place a minor in restrictive housing at the minor's request; establishing certain requirements for detaining, confining, or transporting a child; etc.
SB-827: Juvenile Law - Confinement and Restrictive Housing - Limitations
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
Public Schools - Open Enrollment - Policies and Funding [SB-819]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Authorizing a county board of education to adopt an open enrollment policy to authorize certain students to attend, free of charge, a public school in a county other than the county where the student is domiciled with the student's parent or guardian, subject to certain requirements; requiring county boards to include certain students in full-time equivalent enrollment counts; and directing certain funding to the county in which certain students are enrolled in a public school under an open enrollment policy.
SB-819: Public Schools - Open Enrollment - Policies and Funding
Sponsored by: Rep. Dalya Attar
Hearing Canceled (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 03/04/2025
Anne Arundel County - Board of License Commissioners - Alterations [SB-972]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Ethics ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Increasing from three to five the membership of the Board of License Commissioners for Anne Arundel County; altering the eligibility requirements for Board membership; requiring the Board to adopt and publish a certain ethics policy; prohibiting the Board from using any race or ethnicity information as a factor in determining whether to issue or renew a license; and requiring the Board to submit a report on the racial breakdown of the disciplinary actions taken by the Board to the General Assembly each year.
SB-972: Anne Arundel County - Board of License Commissioners - Alterations
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/16/2025
Higher Education - Antihate and Antidiscrimination Policies and Workgroup (Maryland Campus Accountability and Modernization to Protect University Students Act) [SB-847]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring institutions of higher education to adopt and enforce policies regarding antihate and antidiscrimination and time, place, and manner requirements for expressive conduct; requiring institutions of higher education to conduct certain meetings with certain approved student organizations; establishing the Campus Community Grant Program; and establishing the Workgroup on Combating Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Other Forms of Racial, Ethnic, and Religious Violence, Harassment, and Intimidation.
SB-847: Higher Education - Antihate and Antidiscrimination Policies and Workgroup (Maryland Campus Accountability and Modernization to Protect University Students Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2025
You have voted SB-847: Higher Education - Antihate and Antidiscrimination Policies and Workgroup (Maryland Campus Accountability and Modernization to Protect University Students Act).