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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Education - School Employee Antibias Training - Requirements [HB-1386]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring the State Department of Education to develop guidelines for an antibias training program for school employees; requiring each county board of education to offer training based on the guidelines; requiring each county board, every other year, to provide antibias training to each public school employee whose job duties include frequent interaction with students; requiring that antibias training be job-embedded, paid professional development training that is provided during nonteaching time; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Edith Patterson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 128 on 04/25/2024
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Human Relations – Protections Against Discrimination – Genetic Procedures [HB-1422]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Education ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting discrimination based on an individual's refusal to undergo a genetic procedure in education, public accommodations, commercial leasing, housing, and employment and by certain licensed or regulated persons.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Johnson
Hearing 3/08 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/14/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Deep Fake Representations and Revenge Porn [HB-1062]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Crime ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing a person to bring and maintain a civil action for defamation under certain circumstances; establishing the statute of limitations for a certain prosecution relating to harassment by distribution of a deep fake image to begin at the time the victim knew or reasonably should have known of the violation; establishing that it is harassment for a person to distribute a certain deep fake representation that is indistinguishable from an actual and identifiable human being; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lesley Lopez
Motion Special Order Until Later This Session (delegate Pippy) Adopted on 04/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Human Relations - Protections Against Discrimination - Genetic Procedures [SB-914]
[Human Rights ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting discrimination based on an individual's refusal to undergo a genetic procedure in education, public accommodations, commercial leasing, housing, and employment and by certain licensed or regulated persons.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing 2/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Threats and Stalking - Recklessness [HB-941]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the mental state required as an element of certain threat crimes and stalking from knowledge to recklessness.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Revenge Porn - Civil Action and Reporting Requirement [SB-858]
[Crime ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing a person to bring and maintain a civil action for defamation under certain circumstances; and altering the prohibition against revenge porn to prohibit a person from knowingly distributing a computer-generated visual representation that is indistinguishable from another actual and identifiable person under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Third Reading Passed (134-0) on 04/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Primary and Secondary Education - School Safety and Student Well-Being - Examination of Policies and Funding [SB-756]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Maryland Center for School Safety, the State Department of Education, and the Interagency Commission on School Construction by July 1, 2025, and every 2 years thereafter, to review and promulgate guidelines on the state of physical security in schools; altering the amount and uses of annual funding relating to school safety; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $20,000,000 to the Safe Schools Fund to provide grants to local school systems to enhance school safety; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 02/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Family Law - Protective Orders - Crimes of Violence and Stalking [SB-743]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Adding stalking to the list of offenses for which a certain individual may petition for a protective order; and altering certain provisions of law relating to the issuance of a permanent protective order.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Human Relations - Protections Against Discrimination - Criminal Records [HB-788]
[Crime ]
[Housing ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting discrimination based on an individual's criminal record in public accommodations, commercial leasing, housing, and employment and by certain licensed or regulated persons; establishing certain exceptions to certain prohibitions established under the Act; and establishing that certain crimes are not included in the definition of "criminal record" for the purposes of certain provisions prohibiting discrimination.
Sponsored by: Rep. Diana Fennell
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Family Law - Protective Orders - Stalking and Permanent Protective Orders [HB-745]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Expanding the definition of "person eligible for relief" under the domestic violence statutes to include an individual who alleges that the respondent committed stalking under certain circumstances; and altering certain provisions of law relating to the issuance of a permanent protective order.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/21/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Crimes – Interception of Wire, Oral, or Electronic Communications – Exception for Imminent Danger [SB-610]
[Crime ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
Authorizing a person to intercept a wire, oral, or electronic communication if the person has a good faith belief that the person intercepting the communication or another person is in imminent danger of becoming the victim of a crime of violence, stalking, abuse, or a violation of a protective order.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2024
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Arizona Fifty-sixth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2024)
Qualified schools; harassment; bullying; policies [SB-1396]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Qualified schools; harassment; bullying; policies
Sponsored by: Sen. Lela Alston
Senate Read Second Time on 02/01/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Court Personnel - Protection of Personal Information (Judge Andrew F. Wilkinson Judicial Security Act) [HB-664]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing a certain protected individual or the Office of Information Privacy in the Administrative Office of the Courts to request that a governmental entity or person not publish personal information of the individual on the Internet, social media, or social networks or remove the information from any existing publication; specifying certain procedures for the protection of personal information of a protected individual; authorizing certain relief for a violation of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 414 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Court Personnel - Protection of Personal Information (Judge Andrew F. Wilkinson Judicial Security Act) [SB-575]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing a certain protected individual or the Office of Information Privacy in the Administrative Office of the Courts to request that a governmental entity or person not publish personal information of the protected individual on the Internet, social media, or social networks or remove the information from any existing publication; specifying certain procedures for the protection of personal information of a protected individual; authorizing certain relief for a violation of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 415 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Discrimination - Military Status - Prohibition [HB-598]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Housing ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Human Rights ]
Prohibiting discrimination based on military status with regard to housing and employment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 322 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Unauthorized Dissemination of Personal Identifying Information - Prohibition [HB-555]
[Crime ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Prohibiting the unauthorized dissemination of certain personal identifying information without permission, with the intent to threaten, intimidate, abuse, harass or frighten a person, or place the person in reasonable fear of death or serious bodily injury or intend the information to be used in such a way; establishing a cause of action for a person injured by the intentional dissemination of certain personal identifying information; establishing certain penalties; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Sexual Harassment Prevention Training - Morgan State University and St. Mary's College of Maryland - Training Format [HB-506]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Providing that a certain required sexual harassment prevention training for employees of Morgan State University and St. Mary's College of Maryland may consist of webinar, computer-based, or online training if the training includes a certain evaluative component.
Sponsored by: Rep. Regina Boyce
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 278 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Sexual Extortion, Stalking, and Revenge Porn - Statute of Limitations and In Banc Review [HB-544]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the statute of limitations applicable to the crime of sexual extortion to be 5 years; altering the statute of limitations applicable to the crime of stalking to be 10 years; providing that the State may institute a prosecution for revenge porn at any time; and providing that, for purposes of the Maryland Constitution, a person who commits revenge porn shall be deemed to have committed a misdemeanor whose punishment is confinement in the penitentiary and may reserve a point or question for a certain in banc review.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 773 on 05/16/2024
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Aquatic Life. [HB-2528]
[Animals ]
[Crime ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Provides that a person who violates aquatic life conservation law in a manner that harasses aquatic life, if convicted, shall be imprisoned for no fewer than 48 hours for the violation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Saiki
Referred To Jha, Referral Sheet 3 on 01/26/2024
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Residential Tenants. [SB-2944]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Establishes a process by which a neighbor of a tenant may seek relief from the tenant's landlord for acts of harassment by the tenant. Includes an alternative process for the eviction of tenants.
Sponsored by: Sen. Henry Aquino
Introduced. on 01/24/2024