Ethnic Affairs
Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Education - Student Horizon Database and Scorecard (Students Right to Know Act of 2022) [SB-498]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Military ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring the State Department of Education, in collaboration with certain agencies, to annually collect certain information on the military and jobs, high schools, private career schools, and certain institutions of higher education in the State and to create and maintain a Student Horizon database on the Department's website that contains the information collected; requiring the Department to publish, and each local school system to distribute, the Student Horizon Scorecard on or before certain dates each year; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jason C. Gallion
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/08/2022
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Public Safety - Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission - Prohibition Against Certain Affiliation or Support by Police Officers [HB-524]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to prohibit police officers from affiliating with, supporting, or advocating for white supremacist groups, ideologies, or causes or participating in or actively promoting a certain extremist group.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gabriel Acevero
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Policies and Prohibition Against Discriminatory Traffic Stops [HB-426]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission in consultation with the Maryland Statistical Analysis Center to expand the model policy against race-based traffic stops to include traffic stops based solely on an individual's national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation and requiring law enforcement agencies to adopt similar policies; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel I Rosenberg
Hearing 2/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Education - American Studies and Social Equity Standards Advisory Board - Academic Standards and Model Policy [HB-352]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the American Studies and Social Equity Standards Advisory Board; requiring that at least 80% of the Board's members reflect the geographic diversity of the State and have a background in advocacy for certain ethnic and social groups; requiring the Advisory Board to review academic standards for American studies and develop a model policy on ethnic and social equity in public schools; requiring each county board of education to implement a curriculum for American studies before the 2025-2026 school year; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Vincent Fraser-hidalgo
Hearing 3/04 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/16/2022
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Primary and Secondary Education - Virtual Education - Requirements [SB-362]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring a teacher preparation program to include certain training related to teaching in a virtual learning environment as a component of instruction; providing that a county board of education may authorize a county superintendent of schools, under certain circumstances, to provide virtual education days to students instead of closing the public schools in the county because of severe weather conditions; requiring the county board to publish the plan for the use of virtual instruction on the school system's website; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl C. Kagan
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/27/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Civil Actions - Damages - Use of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender Data [SB-313]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Prohibiting a calculation of damages for loss of earnings resulting from personal injury or wrongful death from being reduced based on race, ethnicity, or gender; and applying the Act prospectively.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill P Carter
Third Reading Passed (43-0) on 03/29/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Occupational Licensing Boards and Commission on Judicial Disabilities - Reporting Disciplinary Activities [HB-292]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring business occupation licensing boards to include on license, registration, and certification application and renewal forms an option for the applicant to provide the applicant's gender, race, and ethnicity; requiring the business occupation licensing boards to encourage applicants to provide gender, race, and ethnicity information; requiring business and health occupation licensing boards to include certain information related to disciplinary activities in the boards' annual reports; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Debra Davis
Hearing 2/08 At 3:00 P.m. (health And Government Operations) And Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. (economic Matters) on 02/03/2022
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Civil Actions - Damages - Use of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender Data [HB-244]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Prohibiting a calculation of damages for loss of earnings resulting from personal injury or wrongful death from being reduced based on race, ethnicity, or gender; and applying the Act prospectively.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason C. Buckel
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 541 on 05/29/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Workgroup on Online Consumer Personal Information Privacy [SB-11]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Establishing the Workgroup on Online Consumer Personal Information Privacy to review current practices of business entities relating to the collection, use, storage, disclosure, analysis, deletion, and modification of online personal information of consumers in the State; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations, including any recommended legislation, to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2022.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 04/08/2022
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Public Schools - Inclusive and Diverse English Language Arts - Development of Content Standards and Implementation [SB-116]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the State Board of Education, by December 1, 2022, to develop content standards for inclusive and diverse English language arts to be included in the State Standards and Frameworks for English Language Arts; requiring each county board of education to develop and implement age-appropriate curriculum guides for inclusive and diverse English language arts; and requiring each public school to include inclusive and diverse English language arts in the English language arts curriculum beginning in the 2023-2024 school year.
Sponsored by: Sen. Arthur Ellis
Hearing 2/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/20/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Commission on Student Behavioral Health and Mental Health Treatment [HB-56]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the Commission on Student Behavioral Health and Mental Health Treatment; and requiring, on or before July 1, 2023 and December 1, 2023, the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor, the State Board of Education, and the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Rep. Heather Bagnall
Hearing 2/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/12/2022
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Education - Student Horizon Database and Scorecard (Students Right to Know Act of 2022) [HB-132]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Military ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring the State Department of Education, in collaboration with certain agencies, to annually collect certain information on the military and jobs, high schools, private career schools, and certain institutions of higher education in the State and to create and maintain a Student Horizon database on the Department's website that contains the information collected; requiring the Department to publish, and each local school system to distribute, the Student Horizon Scorecard on or before certain dates each year; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael J. Griffith
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/28/2022
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Workgroup on Black, Latino, Asian American Pacific Islander, and Other Underrepresented Behavioral Health Professionals [HB-97]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Services ]
Establishing the Workgroup on Black, Latino, Asian American Pacific Islander, and Other Underrepresented Behavioral Health Professionals; and requiring the Workgroup, on or before July 1, 2023, to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marlon Amprey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 318 on 05/12/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Public Schools – Expanded American History – Development of Content Standards and Implementation [HB-47]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the State Board of Education to, by December 1, 2022, develop content standards for expanded American history; requiring each county board of education, in collaboration with the local school system, to develop and implement certain curriculum guides for expanded American history; requiring each public school, by the 2023-2024 school year, to include expanded American history in the social studies curriculum; and requiring the State Department of Education and the State Board to jointly analyze certain content standards.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
First Reading Ways And Means on 01/12/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Economic Justice and Racial Reconciliation Act [HB-159]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Taxes ]
[Funding ]
[Economic Development ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing the Commission for Economic Justice and Reconciliation to study racial disparities in wealth and resources as a result of tax laws and systems in place in the State from the Reconstruction Era through the enactment of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964; requiring the Commission to make recommendations relating to compensation of the State's African American communities for the racial disparities identified, to study possible sources of State funding, and to make recommendations for future legislation; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marlon Amprey
Hearing Canceled on 01/25/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
School Discipline - Data Collection [HB-23]
[Education ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the State Department of Education to disaggregate certain discipline-related data in an electronic spreadsheet format for the Department's website, make the data available to the public, and report certain discipline-related information by August 1 each year; requiring the Department maintain a certain risk ratio used to identify a school's disproportional disciplinary practices and report disproportionality data for high-suspending schools; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo T. Washington
Hearing Canceled on 04/05/2022
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
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Historic St. Mary's City Fort to 400 Commission [HB-1364]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Community Development ]
Establishing the Historic St. Mary's City Fort to 400 Commission to plan and conduct observances in 2034 commemorating the 400th anniversary of Maryland's founding; requiring the membership of the Commission to reflect the diversity of the State to the extent practicable; requiring the Commission to meet at least twice a year; requiring the Commission to provide an update to the Governor and the General Assembly by November 1, 2022, and each year thereafter on the plan of action for the commemoration; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brian M. Crosby
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 687 on 05/30/2021
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Historic St. Mary's City Fort to 400 Commission [SB-946]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Community Development ]
[Tourism ]
Establishing the Historic St. Mary's City Fort to 400 Commission to plan and conduct observances commemorating the 400th year of Maryland's founding in 2034; requiring the membership of the Commission to reflect the diversity of the State to the extent practical; requiring the Commission to meet at least twice a year; requiring the Commission to provide an update to the Governor and the General Assembly by November 1, 2022, and each year thereafter on the plan of action for the commemoration; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 688 on 05/30/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Maryland Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities and Maryland Health Care Commission – Reporting Requirements [SB-796]
[Healthcare ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Public Health ]
Altering a certain provision of law requiring the Maryland Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities to collaborate with the Maryland Health Care Commission to publish and provide a certain report card to require the report card to include the racial and ethnic composition of all individuals who hold a certain license or certificate, rather than only physicians; requiring the report card to include a comparison of certain information; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide C Eckardt
Hearing 3/30 At 1:30 P.m. on 03/24/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Health Enterprise Zones - Established (Restoring the Promise Act of 2021) [HB-1258]
[Healthcare ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Disabilities ]
[Economic Development ]
Declaring certain findings related to Health Enterprise Zones; requiring the Governor to include $68,000,000 in the annual budget bill for fiscal year 2023 for waiting list services for individuals with developmental disabilities; requiring the Secretary of Health to designate contiguous geographic areas with documented health disparities and poor health outcomes as Health Enterprise Zones; authorizing certain entities to apply on behalf of certain areas for designation as Health Enterprise Zones; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus R Kipke
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/15/2021