Ethnic Affairs
Maryland 2021 Regular Session
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Environment - Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities - Reform [HB-1207]
[Environmental ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Health ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Altering the membership of the Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities; requiring the Commission's membership to reflect the diversity of the State to the extent practicable; requiring the Commission to meet at least six times a year; requiring the Commission to host at least four community listening sessions a year; requiring the Commission to conduct its meetings and sessions in different geographic locations in the State; requiring the sessions and meetings of the Commission to be accessible to all attendees; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Bridges
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 634 on 05/30/2021
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Equity in Transportation Sector – Guidelines and Analyses (Transportation Equity Analyses and Assurances Act of 2021) [HB-1204]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Disabilities ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Maryland Transportation Plan to include achieving equity in the transportation sector in the State transportation goals; requiring the State Report on Transportation to include certain measurable transportation indicators; requiring the State Department of Transportation to evaluate the transportation indicators to identify any racial disparities; requiring the Department to evaluate certain indicators to identify any impact on persons with disabilities; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Ruth
Hearing 3/11 At 1:30 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/25/2021
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Maryland Emergency Management Agency – Emergency Planning and Management Cultural Competency – Study [HB-1276]
[Public Safety ]
[Community Development ]
[Human Services ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Requiring the Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) to study and make recommendations on best practices and model policies, including those addressing emergency responder training, for the culturally sensitive inclusion of minority communities in State and local emergency plans and management; requiring MEMA to conduct a survey of State and local emergency management plans to ascertain certain current emergency planning strategies; requiring MEMA to review certain emergency management plans; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shaneka Henson
Hearing 3/10 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/12/2021
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Behavioral Health Services and Voluntary Placement Agreements – Children and Young Adults – Report Modifications [HB-1243]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring that the Director of the Behavioral Health Administration's annual report on behavioral health services for children and young adults in the State include certain information relating to outpatient and substance-related disorders program services used by children and young adults and behavioral health services provided through telehealth; altering the scope of certain data required to be included in the report; requiring that certain data in the report be grouped by race and ethnicity; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheree Sample-Hughes
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 481 on 05/30/2021
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State Board of Elections and Local Boards of Elections - Membership and Staff [SB-766]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Requiring each member of the State Board of Elections to have at least 5 years of experience in administering elections and have extensive knowledge of State election laws; establishing the position of Racial Equity Coordinator within the State Board to ensure that all registered voters across the State receive the same treatment and access to resources, investigate racial disparities in ballot access and voter turnout, and make recommendations on ways to improve racial equity in the administration of elections in the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Hearing Canceled on 03/03/2021
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Vehicle Laws - Policies and Prohibition Against Discriminatory Traffic Stops [HB-1046]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
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 on national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, or sexual identity; requiring a law enforcement officer making a traffic stop to report certain information to the law enforcement agency that employs the officer; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel I Rosenberg
Hearing 3/10 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/10/2021
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Environment - Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities - Reform [SB-674]
[Environmental ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Health ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
Altering the membership of the Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities; requiring the Commission's membership to reflect the diversity of the State to the extent practicable; requiring the Commission to meet at least six times a year; requiring the Commission to host at least four community listening sessions a year; requiring the Commission to conduct its meetings and sessions in different geographic locations in the State; requiring the sessions and meetings of the Commission to be accessible to all attendees; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy J Guzzone
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 635 on 05/30/2021
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Education – Commission on Multicultural Education – Establishment [SB-662]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the Commission on Multicultural Education to develop standards and a model statewide curriculum for multicultural education and a certain framework for teachers and students; requiring the Commission to conduct certain research and develop certain recommendations; requiring the Commission to submit an interim report and a final report on its findings and recommendations to certain entities on or before July 1, 2023, and July 1, 2024; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Arthur Ellis
Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2021
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State Procurement - Minority Business Enterprise Program - Participation by Gender or Race [SB-697]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
Repealing a prohibition on counting a certain minority business enterprise as both a woman-owned business and a business owned by a member of an ethnic or racial group for purposes of the State Minority Business Enterprise Program; and requiring the Board of Public Works to adopt certain regulations.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide C Eckardt
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 322 on 05/18/2021
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Public Health - Data - Race and Ethnicity Information [SB-565]
[Public Health ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Healthcare ]
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 Office to also collaborate with certain health occupations boards and to include certain information in the report card; requiring the Office, as permitted by certain privacy laws, to respond to requests for health data that includes race and ethnicity information within 30 days of receipt of the request; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 762 on 05/30/2021
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Behavioral Health Services and Voluntary Placement Agreements - Children and Young Adults - Report Modifications [SB-520]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Human Services ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Requiring that the Director of the Behavioral Health Administration's annual report on behavioral health services for children and young adults in the State include certain information relating to outpatient and substance-related disorders program services by children and young adults and behavioral health services provided through telehealth; altering the scope of certain data required to be included in the report; requiring that certain data in the report be grouped by race and ethnicity; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Ann Klausmeier
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 482 on 05/30/2021
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Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment [HB-534]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Establishing the Healthy Maryland Program as a public corporation and a unit of State government; stating that the General Assembly finds that millions of dollars have been diverted or wasted as part of a multipayer health care system; stating that it is the intent of the General Assembly that Healthy Maryland be established to provide comprehensive universal health coverage for every Maryland resident and be funded by certain revenue; establishing the Healthy Maryland Board and the Healthy Maryland Public Advisory Committee; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gabriel Acevero
Hearing 3/11 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/11/2021
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St. Mary’s County Human Relations Commission – Equal Treatment [HB-527]
[Human Rights ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Housing ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Community Development ]
Altering the duties of the St. Mary's County Human Relations Commission with regard to encouraging and ensuring the equal treatment of all people; and requiring the Commission to maintain a list on a publicly accessible website of protected classes of people in federal, State, and local laws and regulations related to housing, employment, and public accommodations.
Sponsored by: Rep. St. Mary's County Delegation
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 04/12/2021
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State Department of Education - School Discipline - Data Collection [HB-171]
[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; requiring certain discipline-related data to be available as a data download; requiring the Department to provide certain discipline-related data to the public in an accessible electronic spreadsheet format; requiring the Department to report on student discipline data to the Governor and the General Assembly by August 1 each year; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo T. Washington
Hearing 1/20 At 1:30 P.m. on 12/22/2021
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Crimes - Mitigation and Defense - Race, Color, National Origin, Sex, Gender Identity, or Sexual Orientation [SB-46]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing that the discovery or perception of, or belief about, another person's race, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, or sexual orientation, whether or not accurate, does not constitute legally adequate provocation to mitigate a killing from the crime of murder to manslaughter; and establishing that a certain discovery or perception of, or belief about, another person's race, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, or sexual orientation is not a defense to the crime of assault in any degree.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
Hearing 2/04 At 11:00 A.m. on 12/28/2021
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Urging the Renaming of the Town of Indian Head [SJR-2]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Human Rights ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Community Development ]
Urging the Mayor and Town Council of the Town of Indian Head to rename the Town in order to better reflect the State of Maryland's respect of indigenous history, culture, and persons.
Sponsored by: Sen. Arthur Ellis
Hearing Canceled on 02/23/2021
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Public Safety - Police Officers' Performance Review Board [SB-260]
[Crime ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Establishing the Police Officers' Performance Review Board as an independent board that functions in the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services; requiring the Board to require all law enforcement agencies to collect certain data on certain citizen encounters with officers, establish standards for appropriate race neutral behaviors, and impose sanctions for racially discriminatory behavior by officers; authorizing the Board to hold hearings in conducting annual reviews of police officer performance; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Arthur Ellis
Hearing 1/21 At 11:00 A.m. on 12/28/2021
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Public Health - Implicit Bias Training and the Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities [SB-5]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Mental Health ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Altering the information to be included in the Health Care Disparities Policy Report Card to include disparities in morbidity and mortality rates for dementia; requiring the Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities to publish health data that includes race and ethnicity information and to update the data biannually; requiring the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2023, to include at least $1,788,314 in the annual budget bill for the Office; requiring a certain program to identify and approve implicit bias training programs; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 745 on 05/30/2021
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Task Force on Oral Health in Maryland [SB-100]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing the Task Force on Oral Health in Maryland to study access to dental services for all State residents, identify areas lacking in dental services for a significant number of people, identify barriers to receiving services, analyze the impact of barriers, assess options to eliminate barriers, and make recommendations on methods to increase access to dental services; requiring the Task Force to submit an interim report by May 1, 2022, and a final report by December 1, 2022, to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly;
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Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Hearing 1/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 12/23/2021
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Crimes - Mitigation and Defense - Race, Color, National Origin, Sex, Gender Identity, or Sexual Orientation [HB-231]
[Crime ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing that the discovery or perception of, or belief about, another person's race, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, or sexual orientation, whether or not accurate, does not constitute legally adequate provocation to mitigate a killing from the crime of murder to manslaughter nor is it a defense to the crime of assault in any degree.
Sponsored by: Rep. Julie Palakovich Carr
Hearing 1/19 At 1:30 P.m. on 12/23/2021