Human Relations
Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Places of Public Accommodation and Public Buildings - Single-Occupancy Public Restrooms - Availability (The Accessible to All Act) [SB-401]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Rights ]
[Disabilities ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring that a single-occupancy public restroom be marked with certain gender-inclusive signage in certain places of public accommodation and certain public buildings; authorizing certain places of public accommodation to use certain gender-inclusive signage that was in use before October 1, 2020; providing that a county or municipality is responsible for enforcing the signage requirement in place of public accommodation; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Hearing Canceled (judicial Proceedings) on 01/29/2020
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Family Investment Program - Temporary Cash Assistance - Funding [HB-559]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
[Public Health ]
[Social Security ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Governor to provide sufficient funds in the budget to ensure that the value of temporary cash assistance, combined with federal food stamps, is equal to at least 61% of the State minimum living level for fiscal year 2021, increasing to at least 71% of the State minimum living level by fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark S. Chang
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Maryland Commission on Civil Rights - Civil Penalties [HB-579]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Human Rights ]
Providing that certain maximum penalty amounts the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights is authorized to seek if it finds that a respondent has engaged in a discriminatory act regarding public accommodations and certain actions by persons licensed or regulated by a unit in the Maryland Department of Labor do not apply if the discriminatory act is committed by the agent or employee of the respondent; requiring any civil penalties collected under the Act be paid to the complainant, not the General Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie L Cullison
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/13/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Maryland Commission on Civil Rights - Civil Penalties [SB-364]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Human Rights ]
Providing that certain maximum penalty amounts the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights is authorized to seek if it finds that a respondent has engaged in a discriminatory act regarding public accommodations and certain actions by persons licensed or regulated by a unit in the Maryland Department of Labor do not apply if the discriminatory act is committed by the agent or employee of the respondent; requiring any civil penalties collected under the Act be paid to the complainant, not the General Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Hearing Canceled on 01/29/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Human Relations - Places of Public Accommodation - Pricing of Goods and Services [HB-429]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Prohibiting the owner or operator of a place of public accommodation or an agent or employee of the owner or operator from selling or offering for sale certain substantially similar products or services if the products or services are priced differently based on gender; and providing that a certain violation is within the scope of the enforcement duties and powers of the Division of Consumer Protection of the Office of the Attorney General.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric D. Ebersole
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters; Withdrawn on 03/12/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Discrimination in Employment - Reasonable Accommodations for Applicants With Disabilities [HB-312]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Disabilities ]
[Human Rights ]
Prohibiting an employer from failing or refusing to make a reasonable accommodation for the known disability of an otherwise qualified applicant for employment; and expanding a certain undue hardship exception for employers regarding providing a certain reasonable accommodation to include certain qualified disabled applicants for employment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 02/25/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Human Relations - Employment Discrimination - Waiver of Immunity From Suit in Federal Court and Venue [SB-250]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
Waiving the State's right to immunity from suit brought in a certain federal court alleging certain employment discrimination; and authorizing certain actions alleging discrimination to be brought in a federal court of competent jurisdiction.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/21/2020
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Sexual Harassment Prevention Training - Designated Coordinator - University System of Maryland [HB-325]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
Applying certain sexual harassment prevention training requirements to all units in the Executive, Judicial, and Legislative branches of State government and to each constituent institution of the University System of Maryland; and repealing the requirement that a certain representative designated by a unit of the University System of Maryland to coordinate certain sexual harassment prevention training be the unit's Title IX Coordinator.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 168 on 05/08/2020
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Housing Opportunities Made Equal Act [HB-231]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Poverty ]
[Community Development ]
[Human Services ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
Expanding the housing policy of the State to include providing for fair housing to all citizens regardless of source of income; stating the Act seeks to deconcentrate poverty by providing additional opportunities for tenants utilizing public subsidies to live in certain neighborhoods; prohibiting a person from refusing to sell or rent a dwelling to any person because of source of income; establishing qualifications and limitations on the prohibition against discrimination in housing based on source of income; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 116 on 05/08/2020
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Human Relations - Employment Discrimination - Waiver of Immunity From Suit in Federal Court and Venue [HB-183]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
Waiving the State's right to immunity from suit brought in a certain federal court alleging certain employment discrimination; and authorizing certain actions alleging discrimination to be brought in a federal court of competent jurisdiction.
Sponsored by: Rep. Erek Barron
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2020
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Relating to designating English as the official language of this state. [HB-4208]
[Immigration ]
Relating to designating English as the official language of this state.
Sponsored by: Rep. Valoree Swanson
Read First Time on 04/03/2017
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Relating to the creation of the Texas Slavery and Segregation Commission. [HB-4009]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
Relating to the creation of the Texas Slavery and Segregation Commission.
Sponsored by: Rep. Shawn Thierry
Read First Time on 03/31/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
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Schools and Child Care Centers - State Grant Program - Security Upgrades for Facilities at Risk of Hate Crimes or Attacks [SB-1191]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing the Maryland Center for School Safety to make grants for specified security-related projects to schools and child care centers determined to be at risk of specified hate crimes or attacks; authorizing specified schools or child care centers to apply to the Center for a specified State grant; establishing the terms and conditions for the use of specified State grant funds by specified recipients; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Roger P. Manno
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 732 on 05/25/2017
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Schools and Child Care Centers - State Grant Program - Security Upgrades for Facilities at Risk of Hate Crimes or Attacks [HB-1661]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing the Maryland Center for School Safety to make grants for specified security-related projects to schools and child care centers determined to be at risk of specified crimes or attacks; authorizing specified schools or child care centers to apply to the Center for a specified State grant; establishing the terms and conditions for the use of specified State grant funds by specified recipients; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Ellis Hixson
Hearing 4/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/05/2018
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Employment Discrimination - Sexual Harassment - Definition of Employer [HB-1659]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Altering the definition of "employer" for purposes of a complaint alleging sexual harassment by reducing from 15 to 1 the minimum number of employees an employer has; and providing that the Act preempts or prevails over specified local laws that require that an employer have more than one employee for purposes of a complaint alleging employment discrimination based on sexual harassment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Meagan Christin Simonaire
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/10/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Individuals With Disabilities - Establishing Community-Based Long-Term Services and Supports (Maryland Disability Integration Act) [HB-1613]
[Disabilities ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring public entities to provide community-based long-term services and supports to specified individuals; requiring the Department of Disabilities to adopt a comprehensive plan that includes a specific and reasonable time frame and that is funded from any source; requiring the Department to complete its comprehensive plan no later July 1, 2018; providing that public entities may not discriminate against individuals who require long-term services and supports by specified means; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marice Ivette Morales
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/23/2017
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Prince George's County Local Management Board - Strategic Plan, Report, and Study PG 426-17 [HB-1551]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Nonprofit ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring the Prince George's County Local Management Board to develop and implement a strategic plan to raise revenues to match the total funding provided by the Governor's Office for Children by January 1, 2018; requiring the Local Management Board to submit a specified report by January 1 each year; requiring Prince George's County to study the feasibility of converting the Local Management Board into a quasi-public nonprofit corporation and the leveraging of specified funds by specified quasi-public nonprofit corporations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Prince George's County Delegation
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 456 on 05/04/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Morgan State University - Task Force on Reconciliation and Equity [HB-1519]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Education ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring Morgan State University to convene a task force to foster reconciliation and achieve racial equity by taking specified actions; requiring the task force to include specified members and consult with specified units of State government; requiring the task force to hold hearings at locations throughout the State and invite persons to testify, to study and make recommendations regarding specified matters, and to monitor and evaluate the implementation of specified recommendations using specified criteria; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations; Withdrawn on 03/27/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Human Relations - Discrimination by a Place of Public Accommodation - Enforcement and Remedies [HB-1175]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing specified persons to elect to have the claims asserted in a specified complaint alleging discrimination by a place of public accommodation determined in a civil action brought by the Commission on Civil Rights under specified circumstances; requiring a civil action brought by the Commission to be filed within a specified time period after an election; expanding the remedies available for discrimination by a place of public accommodation; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles E Barkley
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/08/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Nonpublic Elementary and Secondary Schools - Discrimination - Prohibition [SB-849]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Funding ]
[Human Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
Prohibiting a nonpublic elementary or secondary school that receives State funds from refusing enrollment of, expelling, withholding privileges from, or otherwise discriminating against any student or prospective student because of specified factors; making specified provisions of law prohibiting discrimination in employment applicable to nonpublic elementary and secondary schools that receive State funds; making specified remedies and procedures regarding discrimination applicable to specified discriminatory acts; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/28/2017