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Utah 2024 General Session
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Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Amendments [SB-205]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Amendments
Sponsored by: Rep. Karianne Lisonbee
Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/21/2024
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Special Education Amendments [HB-485]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
Special Education Amendments
Sponsored by: Sen. Derrin R. Owens
Senate/ Strike Enacting Clause In Senate Secretary on 03/01/2024
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Expressing support for designation of the week of February 5, 2024, through February 9, 2024, as "National School Counseling Week". [HJR-112]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Mental Health ]
Expressing support for designation of the week of February 5, 2024, through February 9, 2024, as "National School Counseling Week".
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Introduced In House on 02/05/2024
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CAMPUS Act Combating Anti-Semitic Messaging and Promoting Unity in School Act [HB-7231]
[Education ]
[Human Rights ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
To prohibit Federal support for institutions of higher education that promote antisemitism, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Duncan
Introduced In House on 02/05/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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Annual Corrective Bill [SB-1106]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Correcting certain errors or omissions in certain articles of the Annotated Code; clarifying language; correcting certain obsolete references; reorganizing certain sections of the Annotated Code; providing that this Act is not intended to affect any law other than to correct technical errors; and providing for the correction of certain errors and obsolete provisions by the publishers of the Annotated Code.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 382 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Green Schools - Model Professional Development Facilities - Designation [HB-997]
[Environmental ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources, in collaboration with the State Department of Education and in consultation with other relevant parties, to establish criteria for designating green schools in the State as model professional development facilities; requiring the Maryland Association of Environmental and Outdoor Education to use a fiscal year 2026 appropriation of $5,000 to update its recertification application on or before September 1, 2025; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark S. Chang
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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Public Schools - School Security Employees - Appropriations [SB-1077]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Children and Youth ]
Authorizing local school systems to use certain funds for school security employees.
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Corderman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 179 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Maryland Correctional Enterprises - Formerly Incarcerated Individuals [SB-1017]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring Maryland Correctional Enterprises to develop a plan for program participants to obtain employment after release on parole or supervised mandatory release; requiring the Division of Parole and Probation to report on individuals who participated in Maryland Correctional Enterprises programming; establishing certain procedures for appointing formerly incarcerated individuals to certain State positions; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo T. Washington
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/13/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Retail Choice Customer Education and Protection Fund - Purposes and Uses [SB-918]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Changing the name of the Retail Choice Customer Education and Protection Fund to the Education and Protection Fund; and modifying the purpose and uses of the Fund to include educating certain customers on certain energy choices and developing a certain training and educational program for persons licensed by the Public Service Commission as electricity suppliers or gas suppliers.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin T. Brooks
Hearing Canceled on 02/28/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Public Schools - Student Use of Force - Authorization [SB-1032]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing a student to take reasonable action necessary to prevent violence on school premises or on a school-sponsored trip; authorizing a student to use reasonable force necessary to protect themselves or escape an attack under certain circumstances; requiring the principal or school administration to investigate each student use of force incident; and prohibiting a school from disciplining a student under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill P Carter
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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Education – Blind and Visually Impaired Students – Textbook Equity [SB-1091]
[Education ]
[Disabilities ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing requirements for each county board of education regarding provision of the instructional materials that will be used in the upcoming school year by students with individualized education programs; requiring the county board to coordinate with the Instructional Resources Center to provide instructional materials in a specialized format to blind or visually impaired students; requiring, beginning January 1, 2025, certain textbook publishers to provide an electronic file of pupil edition textbooks to a certain entity; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 750 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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Emergency Services - Automated External Defibrillator and Naloxone Co-Location Initiative - Requirements for Public Buildings [SB-1099]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the State Emergency Medical Services Board, in collaboration with the Maryland Department of Health, to develop and implement an initiative under the Public Access Automated External Defibrillator Program to require that naloxone be co-located with each automated external defibrillator placed in a public building; establishing a certain immunity from liability for individuals who administer naloxone made available under the initiative in response to a known or suspected drug overdose; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 764 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Workers’ Compensation – Rehabilitation Practitioners – Licensed Social Workers [SB-931]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Mental Health ]
[Healthcare ]
Authorizing certain licensed social workers to register as a rehabilitation practitioner; and authorizing a licensed certified social worker-clinical to provide evaluation services for workers' compensation claims related to permanent impairments involving a behavioral or mental disorder.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Ann Klausmeier
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Public Schools – Restorative Practices Schools – Establishment [SB-917]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the duties of behavioral health services coordinators and the Maryland Consortium on Coordinated Community Supports regarding duties related to implementing Restorative Practices Schools throughout the State; requiring the State Department of Education to develop a comprehensive plan to implement requirements for the establishment of Restorative Practices Schools; and requiring the Department to annually report to the General Assembly on the implementation of Restorative Practices Schools beginning December 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin T. Brooks
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Lottery - Instant Ticket Lottery Machines - Veterans' and Fraternal Organizations [SB-1013]
[Gaming ]
[Veterans ]
Authorizing the Director of the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency to issue certain fraternal organizations a license for not more than five instant ticket lottery machines; altering the distribution of proceeds from certain instant ticket lottery machine sales by a veterans' organization; repealing a requirement that certain veterans' organizations purchase or lease certain instant ticket lottery machines; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nick Charles
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Commemorative Weeks - Maryland Climate Education Week [HB-993]
[Climate Change ]
[Education ]
[Environmental ]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim the first week of April as Maryland Climate Education Week; and requiring the proclamation to urge residents of all ages to participate in educational activities that promote awareness of climate change and take action toward the State's climate commitments.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Hearing 3/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/22/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Education - Computer Science - Content Standards and Requirements [SB-980]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Requiring public high schools to promote and increase the enrollment of certain students in high school computer science courses; requiring, beginning on or before June 1, 2025, the State Board of Education to update computer science content standards to include certain information; and requiring county boards of education to provide developmentally appropriate computer science instruction in public elementary and middle schools in the county.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Fry Hester
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Governor's Workforce Development Board - Study on Advancing Skills-Based Hiring [SB-910]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring the Governor's Workforce Development Board, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Labor, to conduct a study on discrimination in employment opportunities in the State against individuals who do not hold a high school diploma or a degree from an institution of higher education and advancing skills-driven education and training, hiring, and internal advancement practices; and requiring the Board to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and certain committees on or before July 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Referred Economic Matters on 03/19/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Education - Curriculum Standards - Antihate and Holocaust Education (Educate to Stop the Hate Act) [SB-1058]
[Education ]
[Human Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring county boards of education to establish curriculum guides and courses of study that are aligned with certain content standards developed by the State Department of Education, and requiring the State Board of Education to withhold certain funds from county boards that fail to do so; establishing certain requirements for the Department's process for developing, reviewing, and adopting certain content standards, curriculum standards, and curriculum resources; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian J. Feldman
Hearing Canceled on 03/27/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services - Establishment [SB-1036]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services; and requiring the Task Force to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 936 on 05/16/2024