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Maine 130th Legislature
An Act To Prohibit Cyberbullying of School Employees by Students [HB-1444]
[Education ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
An Act To Prohibit Cyberbullying of School Employees by Students
Sponsored by: Rep. Holly Stover
Pursuant To Joint Rule 310.3 Placed In Legislative Files (dead) on 06/03/2021
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An Act To Align the Expulsion Process with School Disciplinary Policies [HB-1451]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
An Act To Align the Expulsion Process with School Disciplinary Policies
Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Cuddy
Passed To Be Enacted, In Concurrence. on 06/09/2021
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Consortium on Collective Impact for Student and Family Well-Being - Renaming and Revisions [SB-961]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Renaming the Maryland Consortium on Coordinated Community Supports to be the Consortium on Collective Impact for Student and Family Well-Being; requiring the Consortium to dedicate staff to coordinate with behavioral health services coordinators and local education agency staff; altering the duties of behavioral health services coordinators; requiring the Department of Human Services to designate a primary contact for school services; requiring the Governor's Office for Children to provide staff for the Consortium; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Corderman
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/21/2021
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An Act To Protect School Employees from Workplace Bullying [SB-880]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
An Act To Protect School Employees from Workplace Bullying
Sponsored by: Sen. Matthea Larsen Daughtry
Passed To Be Enacted In Concurrence on 07/02/2021
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Charles County - Citizens Complaint Oversight Board [SB-939]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Establishing the Citizens Complaint Oversight Board of Charles County to conduct investigations into incidents of alleged police misconduct that occur in Charles County in a fair and timely manner, identify and address patterns of police misconduct, and make recommendations for improving the policies and operations of law enforcement units to reduce incidents of police misconduct; establishing certain requirements for members of the Board; requiring the Board to employ staff; requiring the Board to employ attorneys; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/17/2021
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State Board of Dental Examiners Disciplinary Process and Actions Report [SB-836]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the State Board of Dental Examiners to study and make recommendations on certain matters; and requiring the Board to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by November 1, 2021, its findings and recommendations regarding necessary revisions to the disciplinary process and actions of the State Board of Dental Examiners to improve the process of disciplining dentists in the State.
Sponsored by: Sen. Pamela Beidle
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 361 on 05/30/2021
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Sheriff of Baltimore City [SB-914]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing all full-time sworn law enforcement officers who are deputy sheriffs at the rank of lieutenant or below and court security officers in Baltimore City to collectively bargain with the Secretary of Budget and Management and the Sheriff of Baltimore City; requiring the Sheriff and the Secretary to recognize an exclusive representative for the purpose of collective bargaining; authorizing the Sheriff, the Secretary, and the exclusive representative to select the number of individuals designated to represent the respective parties; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 522 on 05/30/2021
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Education - Physical Restraint and Seclusion - Reporting and Training [HB-1166]
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[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring a certain report on the use of physical restraint or seclusion incidents to include, for the prior school year, certain information on the number of physical restraint and seclusion incidents for certain students; requiring the Department to make recommendations for improvements in data collection and positive behavioral interactions to certain schools unable to verify reported data; requiring a report to the Department by December 1 each year on steps taken to encourage positive behavioral interventions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
Hearing 3/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/24/2021
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Public Health - Abortion - Drug-Induced Abortions [HB-1198]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Crime ]
Providing that an abortion-inducing drug may be prescribed only by a qualified physician; requiring a qualified physician to meet certain requirements to be authorized to prescribe an abortion-inducing drug; requiring a physician to take certain actions before prescribing an abortion-inducing drug; prohibiting certain consent from being considered completed except under certain circumstances; providing that a physician who violates certain provisions of the Act in a certain manner is guilty of a felony; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Cox
Hearing Canceled on 03/18/2021
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Education - Student Data Privacy - Reports and Student Data Privacy Council Sunset Extension [HB-1062]
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[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring each county board of education to provide a certain list of digital tools to the State Department of Education by a certain date each year; requiring the Department to publish an online database of digital tools provided by county boards by September 1 each year; requiring the State Department of Education to report to certain committees of the General Assembly by July 1, 2022, on best practices in areas of data management, engagement by county boards, and recommended statutory changes; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Jones
Referred Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/19/2021
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Baltimore City - Police Officers - Promotional Appointments [SB-752]
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[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering the procedures used by the Police Commissioner of Baltimore City to award promotional appointments; and authorizing the Commissioner to remove certain applicants from the list of eligible appointees if the Civilian Review Board or the Baltimore City Police Department's Disciplinary Review Committee has sustained a certain misconduct complaint against the applicant between the time the applicant applied for the promotion and the time in which the applicant is to be selected for the promotion.
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 366 on 05/30/2021
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Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact [HB-970]
[Healthcare ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Mental Health ]
Entering into the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact; stating the purpose of the Compact is to regulate the practice of telepsychology across state boundaries; establishing certain criteria and duties for compact states; requiring certain psychologists to hold a certain license from a home state and meet certain eligibility requirements to exercise certain authority to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology and certain temporary authority to practice in-person, face-to-face psychology in certain compact states; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Johnson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 329 on 05/18/2021
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Education - Student Data Privacy - Reports and Student Data Privacy Council Sunset Extension [SB-733]
[Education ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring each county board of education to provide a certain list of digital tools to the State Department of Education on or before July 1 each year; requiring the Department to publish certain information on digital tools provided by each county board on or before September 1 each year; requiring the Student Data Privacy Council to submit a certain report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2024; and extending the termination date for the Council to September 30, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2021
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Prince George's County - Board of Education - Student Member Voting and Member Candidacy PG 506-21 [HB-975]
[Education ]
[Elections ]
[Children and Youth ]
Authorizing the student member of the Prince George's County Board of Education to vote on all matters before the county board, with the exception of certain teacher and administrator disciplinary matters; and repealing a prohibition on members of the county board from being candidates for a public office other than a position on the county board while serving on the county board.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing 2/24 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/09/2021
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Charles County - Citizens Complaint Oversight Board [HB-1024]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Establishing the Citizens Complaint Oversight Board of Charles County to conduct investigations into incidents of alleged police misconduct that occur in Charles County in a fair and timely manner, identify and address patterns of police misconduct, and make recommendations for improving the policies and operations of law enforcement units to reduce incidents of police misconduct; establishing certain requirements for members of the Board; requiring the Board to employ staff; requiring the Board to employ attorneys; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
First Reading Judiciary on 02/05/2021
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Maryland Licensure of Certified Midwives Act [SB-684]
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[Public Health ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing a licensing and regulatory system for the practice of certified midwifery under the State Board of Nursing; requiring the Board to set standards for the practice of certified midwifery, maintain a list of all licensed certified midwives in the State, and set certain fees; altering the circumstances under which the Board shall require an applicant or a licensee to submit to a certain examination; requiring the Board to give certain persons a hearing before taking certain actions; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 463 on 05/30/2021
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Public Schools - Self-Contained Special Education Classrooms - Use of Video Recording Devices [SB-665]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring each county board of education, beginning in the 2021-2022 school year, to install at least one video recording device in each self-contained special education classroom; requiring video recording devices to record self-contained special education classrooms and exclusion areas during school hours and during any time that the classroom or exclusion area is in use; prohibiting the use of a video recording device in bathrooms or in areas that students use to change clothing; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Douglas Peters
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/12/2021
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Cannabis – Legalization and Regulation [SB-708]
[Cannabis ]
[Crime ]
[Funding ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Substituting the term "cannabis" for the term "marijuana" in certain provisions of law; altering a certain quantity threshold and establishing a certain age limit applicable to a certain civil offense of use or possession of cannabis; establishing a civil offense for use or possession of a certain amount of cannabis for a person of at least a certain age; establishing the Social Equity Start-Up Fund, the Community Reinvestment and Repair Fund, the Cannabis Regulation Fund, and the Cannabis Education and Training Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. (finance) on 02/08/2021
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Public Safety – Required Drug and Alcohol Testing for Law Enforcement Officers [SB-601]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Public Health ]
Expanding the procedures for conducting an investigation or interrogation under certain circumstances that may lead to disciplinary action, demotion, or dismissal of a law enforcement officer; establishing an exception to an existing authorization for a law enforcement agency to require a certain law enforcement officer to submit to certain testing under certain circumstances; requiring a law enforcement officer to submit to certain drug and alcohol testing under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Hearing Canceled on 02/02/2021
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Good Teacher Protection Act [HB-828]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Providing that a staff member of a school, acting in an official capacity, is not civilly liable for personal injury or property damage resulting from intervention in a student altercation or other student disturbance if the staff member intervened in a reasonably prudent manner and the actions taken do not constitute grossly negligent, willful, wanton, or intentionally tortious conduct.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Cox
Hearing 2/10 At 1:30 P.m. on 01/31/2021