Public Ethics - Officials and Employees - Acceptance of Gifts and Prohibited Retaliation [SB-4]
[Ethics ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting an official or a State employee from accepting a gift from an association, or any entity acting on behalf of an association, that is engaged only in representing counties or municipal corporations; and prohibiting an official or employee from retaliating against an individual for reporting or participating in an investigation of a potential violation of the Maryland Public Ethics Law.
SB-4: Public Ethics - Officials and Employees - Acceptance of Gifts and Prohibited Retaliation
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 254 on 05/18/2021
Public Schools – Social Media Use by Educators [SB-904]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the State Board of Education to develop a certain model policy for public schools regarding the use of social media by educators; requiring the model policy to include certain guidelines and model forms; requiring each local school system to establish a certain policy regarding the use of social media and to provide certain training; prohibiting an educator from publishing a work product or image of a student on a social media personal account; etc.
SB-904: Public Schools – Social Media Use by Educators
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Waugh
Hearing 3/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/29/2018
Criminal Law - Electronic Harassment and Bullying (Grace's Law 2.0) [SB-726]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering prohibited actions relating to electronic harassment of minors; prohibiting a person from maliciously engaging in electronic communication under certain circumstances with a certain intent; prohibiting a person from using an electronic communication to maliciously engage in a certain act or in a certain course of conduct; prohibiting a person from using a computer or a computer network to engage in certain activity with the intent to intimidate, torment, or harass a minor; etc.
SB-726: Criminal Law - Electronic Harassment and Bullying (Grace's Law 2.0)
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/27/2018
Bullying, Cyberbullying, Harassment, and Intimidation – School Response [SB-725]
[Education ]
[Crime ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Authorizing a school principal to make a report to a law enforcement agency if, after an investigation is completed, the principal has reason to believe that a student has engaged in conduct that constitutes a certain criminal offense; requiring certain school policies prohibiting bullying, harassment, or intimidation to include procedures for providing notice of an act of bullying, harassment, or intimidation to a parent or guardian of the alleged victim and of the alleged perpetrator within 5 days after the act is reported; etc.
SB-725: Bullying, Cyberbullying, Harassment, and Intimidation – School Response
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 366 on 05/08/2018
Criminal Law - Hate Crimes Group Victim [SB-528]
[Crime ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from committing certain acts against another person or a group because of another person's or group's race, color, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, gender, disability, or national origin, or because another person or group is homeless.
SB-528: Criminal Law - Hate Crimes Group Victim
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 499 on 05/08/2018
Public Institutions of Higher Education – Discriminatory Harassment [SB-525]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
Requiring a public institution of higher education upon gaining knowledge of an act of discriminatory harassment in the institution to take immediate action to eliminate the act of discriminatory harassment and address the effects of discriminatory harassment; providing that a public institution of higher education that is deliberately indifferent to a known act of discriminatory harassment is a certain violation; establishing a 1 year time limitation during which certain actions may be brought; etc.
SB-525: Public Institutions of Higher Education – Discriminatory Harassment
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Salling
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/05/2018
Criminal Law – Comprehensive Crime Bill of 2018 [SB-122]
[Crime ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Providing that the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony or other crime of violence constitutes a crime of violence; expanding the list of controlled dangerous substances applicable to a certain prohibition against volume dealing; increasing maximum penalties for certain crimes; establishing the Tyrone Ray Violence Intervention and Prevention Fund to be used to support effective violence reduction strategies through grants to local communities; establishing the Task Force to Study Maryland's Criminal Gang Statutes; etc.
SB-122: Criminal Law – Comprehensive Crime Bill of 2018
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Zirkin
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 04/09/2018
Family Law - Domestic Violence - Definition of Abuse [SB-121]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the definition of "abuse" for purposes of certain provisions of law relating to domestic violence to include revenge porn.
SB-121: Family Law - Domestic Violence - Definition of Abuse
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 501 on 05/08/2018
Legislative Branch of State Government - Sexual Harassment [SB-1138]
[Ethics ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing any entity to file with the State Ethics Commission a written complaint alleging that a regulated lobbyist has sexually harassed a member of the General Assembly or a certain employee; authorizing any entity to file with the State Ethics Commission a written complaint alleging that a member of the General Assembly has sexually harassed a regulated lobbyist; requiring the Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics to refer certain complaints to an outside and independent investigator; etc.
SB-1138: Legislative Branch of State Government - Sexual Harassment
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/16/2018
Vehicle Laws – Manufacturers and Dealers – Consumer Data Protection [SB-1031]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requiring vehicle manufacturers, distributors, and factory branches, or their agents, to allow vehicle dealers to furnish certain consumer data in a certain manner; authorizing manufacturers, distributors, and factory branches, or their agents, to access data management systems with express written consent of the dealer; prohibiting manufacturers, distributors, and factory branches from taking adverse action against dealers that refuse to grant access to certain data; etc.
SB-1031: Vehicle Laws – Manufacturers and Dealers – Consumer Data Protection
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Third Reading Passed (44-0) on 04/06/2018
Disclosing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Act of 2018 [SB-1010]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Providing that, except as prohibited by federal law, a provision in certain employment contracts, policies, or agreements that waive certain rights or remedies to a claim of sexual harassment or certain retaliation is null and void as being against the public policy of the State; requiring employers with 50 or more employees to submit a certain survey to the Commission on Civil Rights; requiring the Commission to make the survey responses accessible to the public by posting certain information on the Commission's website; etc.
SB-1010: Disclosing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Act of 2018
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 739 on 05/15/2018
Criminal Law - Hate Crimes - Group Victim [HB-700]
[Crime ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from committing certain acts against a group because of the group's race, color, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, gender, disability, or national origin, or because the group is homeless.
HB-700: Criminal Law - Hate Crimes - Group Victim
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 498 on 05/08/2018
Institutions of Higher Education - Hazing - Required Reporting and Education [HB-368]
[Education ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the governing board of each institution of higher education to adopt and submit to the Maryland Higher Education Commission a written policy on hazing; requiring institutions of higher education to provide students with a certain educational program on hazing; requiring the Commission to take certain actions regarding hazing policies and to provide the General Assembly with an annual report on certain policies adopted, the number of hazing incidents reported, and the outcomes of the incidents by August 1; etc.
HB-368: Institutions of Higher Education - Hazing - Required Reporting and Education
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/07/2018
Family Law - Domestic Violence - Definition of Abuse [HB-328]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Crime ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering the definition of "abuse" for purposes of certain provisions of law relating to domestic violence to include misuse of telephone facilities and equipment, misuse of electronic communication or interactive computer service, revenge porn, and visual surveillance.
HB-328: Family Law - Domestic Violence - Definition of Abuse
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 03/15/2018
Family Law – Domestic Violence – Definition of Abuse [HB-30]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the definition of "abuse" for purposes of certain provisions of law relating to domestic violence to include revenge porn.
HB-30: Family Law – Domestic Violence – Definition of Abuse
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Hearing 3/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/28/2018
Education - Life Changing Experiences School Program - Established [HB-1698]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the Life Changing Experiences School Program to teach and empower students with the tools and skills to better react to dangerous activities that might jeopardize their health and well-being and to better equip students with the life skills necessary to thrive as an adult; requiring the Program to use certain three-dimensional media presentations; requiring the Program to collect data from students anonymously before and after the Program; requiring the Program to be a multiyear program addressing certain subjects; etc.
HB-1698: Education - Life Changing Experiences School Program - Established
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Chang
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/16/2018
Crimes – Hate Crimes – Defacement [HB-1695]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
Defining the term "deface" for purposes of the hate crimes laws to include affixing, erecting, or placing a noose or swastika on.
HB-1695: Crimes – Hate Crimes – Defacement
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Chang
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/09/2018