Ethnic Affairs
Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Irvine Nature Center Native American Village [HB-765]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Recreation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $150,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Trustees of the Irvine Natural Science Center, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction and capital equipping of the Native American village site at the Irvine Nature Center, located in Baltimore County; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/11/2016
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Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington Children's Playground [HB-702]
[Children and Youth ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
[Recreation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $150,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of a children's playground, located in Montgomery County; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Smith
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/11/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Maryland Commission on Health in All Policies [HB-423]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing the Maryland Commission on Health in All Policies; providing for the purpose, composition, chair, and staffing of the Commission; specifying the duties of the Commission; requiring specified health impact assessments to be performed in a specified manner; requiring the Commission to report to the Governor and General Assembly on December 1 of each year on the findings from and recommendations based on any health impact assessments performed by the Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dan K Morhaim
Hearing 2/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Commission to Study the Employment of Ethnic Minorities and Women Under Procurement Contracts at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport [HB-333]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Commission to Study the Employment of Ethnic Minorities and Women Under Procurement Contracts at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Commission; prohibiting a member of the Commission from receiving specified compensation; requiring the Commission to review, assess, and examine specified matters and to report its findings to the Governor and General Assembly on or before December 31, 2016; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel T Oaks
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/14/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Jewish Community Center of Baltimore - Gordon Center [HB-210]
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[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $100,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Jewish Community Center of Baltimore, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the Gordon Center for the Performing Arts, located in Baltimore County; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/11/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Commission on the Solemn Remembrance of the Victims of Lynching [HB-173]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Community Development ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Establishing the Commission on the Solemn Remembrance of the Victims of Lynching; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Commission; requiring the Commission to study and make recommendations regarding the construction of appropriate markers or memorials in solemn remembrance of the victims of lynching in the State; requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2016; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel T Oaks
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/15/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
General Assembly - Fiscal Notes - Criminal Justice Policy Impact Statements [HB-168]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a fiscal note for a bill to include a criminal justice policy impact statement if the bill creates a criminal offense, significantly alters the elements of an existing criminal offense, alters the penalties applicable to a criminal offense, or changes existing sentencing, parole, or probation procedures; requiring the Department of Legislative Services to prepare the criminal justice policy impact statement by requesting information from specified entities; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara A. Robinson
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Education - History and Culture Curriculum - Larry Gibson Teacher Award [HB-1604]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Student Loans ]
[Arts and Culture ]
Requiring the Chief Academic Officer in the Baltimore City Public School System to develop and implement curriculum content standards for specified grades relating to the history and culture of any minority group that constitutes two-thirds of the student body of the Baltimore City Public School System; establishing the Larry Gibson Teacher Award to assist in the repayment of student loans owed by public school teachers in the State who received an undergraduate degree from Coppin State or Morgan State University; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel T Oaks
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/25/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Creation of a State Debt - Harford County - American Indian First Contact Waterfront Heritage Park [HB-1577]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Recreation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $500,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Mayor and City Council of the City of Havre de Grace for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the American Indian First Contact Waterfront Heritage Park, located in Harford County; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Ann Lisanti
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/11/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Maryland Multicultural Youth Centers [HB-1517]
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[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Education ]
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $200,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Latin American Youth Center, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the Center for Educational Partnership of the Maryland Multicultural Youth Centers, located in Prince George's County; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tawanna P Gaines
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/11/2016
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Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Jewish Foundation for Group Homes [HB-1512]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Housing ]
[Human Services ]
[Nonprofit ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $100,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Jewish Foundation for Group Homes, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of multiple group homes within the Jewish Foundation of Group Homes program, located in Montgomery County; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie L Cullison
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/11/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Foster Care - Standards for Foster Parents [HB-1465]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Requiring the Social Services Administration of the Department of Human Resources to adopt regulations that provide for the selection of foster parents for a specified child considered for placement that have the capacity to value, respect, appreciate, and educate the child regarding the child's, racial, ethnic, religious and cultural heritage, disability, if any, and sexual orientation or gender identity.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Hearing 3/31 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/31/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Election Law - Voter Registration and Absentee Voting - Proof of Citizenship [HB-1390]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Requiring individuals who apply to register to vote after June 30, 2016, to submit proof of United States citizenship; providing that individuals who are not citizens of the United States are not qualified to be registered voters; requiring an applicant for voter registration to submit specified documents or information to prove United States citizenship; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus R Kipke
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means; Withdrawn on 03/17/2016
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Health Benefit Plans - Network Access Standards and Provider Network Directories [HB-1318]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring specified carriers to maintain or adhere to specified standards that assure that enrollees have access to specified health care providers and covered services; specifying the provisions of State insurance law relating to provider panels that apply to managed care organizations; authorizing the Commissioner to designate an insurer or nonprofit health service plan to offer a preferred provider insurance policy that conditions the payment of benefits on the use of preferred providers under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel T Oaks
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 309 on 04/26/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Child Custody - Legal Decision Making and Parenting Time [HB-1232]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Repealing references to the terms "child custody" and "visitation" and substituting the terms "legal decision making" and "parenting time" in specified instances; authorizing the court to consider how best to promote stability and long-term health and welfare for children; requiring the court, in determining the appropriate allocation of legal decision making or parenting time between the parties, to consider the ability of the parties to meet the child's developmental needs and create family parenting time schedule; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen M Dumais
Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/09/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Education - Broadening Options and Opportunity for Students and Teachers (BOOST) Program - Establishment [HB-1213]
[Education ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Broadening Options and Opportunity for Students and Teachers (BOOST) Program for specified purposes; establishing a BOOST Authority in the Department of Economic Competitiveness and Commerce for specified purposes; providing for the membership and duties of the Authority; prohibiting members of the Authority from having specified financial interests; requiring members of the Authority to file specified financial disclosures, etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/07/2016
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Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Fil-American Multicultural Center [HB-1056]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $200,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the National Philippine Cultural Foundation, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the Fil-American Multicultural Center, located in Prince George's County; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Knotts
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/11/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Income Tax Credit - Holocaust Survivors [HB-1050]
[Taxes ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Retirement ]
[Human Rights ]
Allowing an individual who is a Holocaust survivor to claim a credit against the State income tax of $2,000 for an individual and $4,000 for a married couple if both are holocaust survivors; providing that the credit may not be claimed by a taxpayer with retirement income that exceeds $100,000; providing that the credit may not be carried forward to another taxable year; requiring the Comptroller to adopt specified regulations; applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2015; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C. William Frick
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/01/2016
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State Government - Vietnamese Freedom and Heritage Flag [SJR-4]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Community Development ]
[Human Rights ]
Urging the Governor to recognize, by proclamation, the Freedom and Heritage flag as the official flag of the Vietnamese American community; urging the Governor to require that a specified flag, if flown on the grounds of State buildings and institutions of higher education, be replaced by the Freedom and Heritage flag; and providing that a copy of the resolution be forwarded by the Department of Legislative Services to specified individuals.
Sponsored by: Sen. Catherine E Pugh
Hearing 3/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/18/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Anne L. Bronfman Center and Misler Adult Day Center [SB-658]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $95,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Jewish Council for the Aging of Greater Washington, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the Anne L. Bronfman Center and Misler Adult Day Center, located in Montgomery County; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Hearing 3/16 At 10:30 A.m. on 03/16/2015