Human Relations
Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Human Relations - Civil Rights Enforcement - Powers of the Attorney General [HB-772]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing the Attorney General to investigate, prosecute, and remediate certain civil rights violations under certain circumstances and in a certain manner; authorizing the Attorney General to intervene in certain causes of action under certain circumstances; establishing certain penalties and authorizing the Attorney General to obtain certain relief in certain civil actions, conciliation agreements, and settlement agreements; establishing the Civil Rights Enforcement Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Rereferred To Judicial Proceedings on 04/05/2023
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Human Relations - Patterns and Practices of Civil Rights Violations - Remedies [HB-771]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing the Attorney General to investigate and initiate a civil action to remedy unlawful patterns or practices committed by certain government officials; providing that the Attorney General shall have subpoena power to support certain investigations; and providing that the Attorney General may obtain equitable and declaratory relief to eliminate the pattern or practice of certain conduct.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2023
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Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to state recognition of the Tap Pilam Coahuiltecan Nation. [HB-2005]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Relating to state recognition of the Tap Pilam Coahuiltecan Nation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Dorazio
Read First Time on 03/08/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Human Relations - Patterns and Practices of Civil Rights Violations - Remedies [SB-658]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing the Attorney General to investigate and initiate a civil action to remedy unlawful patterns or practices committed by certain government officials; providing that the Attorney General shall have subpoena power to support certain investigations; and providing that the Attorney General may obtain equitable and declaratory relief to eliminate the pattern or practice of certain conduct.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Reporting and Sunset Extension [SB-478]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
Extending the time for the submission of the final report of the Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission to December 1, 2025; and extending the termination date for the Commission to June 30, 2026.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Anthony Muse
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 12 on 04/11/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Human Relations - Civil Rights Enforcement - Powers of the Attorney General [SB-540]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing the Attorney General to investigate, prosecute, and remediate certain civil rights violations under certain circumstances and in a certain manner; authorizing the Attorney General to intervene in certain causes of action under certain circumstances; establishing certain penalties and authorizing the Attorney General to obtain certain relief in certain civil actions, conciliation agreements, and settlement agreements; authorizing the Attorney General to recover certain investigation and litigation costs in a certain manner; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 629 on 05/16/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Human Relations - Housing Discrimination - Service Dogs [HB-608]
[Housing ]
[Disabilities ]
[Animals ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Human Rights ]
Prohibiting a person from discriminating in the sale or rental of, or otherwise making unavailable or denying, a dwelling to an individual with a disability who has, obtains, or retains a certain service dog.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 211 on 04/24/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Human Relations - Discrimination in Housing - Reentry-Into-Society Status [HB-577]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing reentry-into-society status as a protected class for purposes of State fair housing laws and prohibiting discriminatory practices in residential real estate transactions and the sale or rental of a dwelling because of a person's reentry-into-society status; and defining "reentry-into-society status" as the state of having completed a court-ordered sentence of imprisonment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Darryl Barnes
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/27/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Human Relations - Housing Discrimination - Service Dogs [SB-535]
[Housing ]
[Disabilities ]
[Animals ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Human Rights ]
Prohibiting a person from discriminating in the sale or rental of, or otherwise making unavailable or denying, a dwelling to an individual with a disability who has, obtains, or retains a certain service dog; and defining "service dog" as a dog that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Smith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 212 on 04/24/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Places of Public Accommodation - Motion Picture Houses - Captioning [SB-400]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Disabilities ]
Requiring all motion picture houses to offer closed captioning for each screening of a motion picture; and requiring that a place of public accommodation that controls, operates, owns, or leases at least two motion picture houses in the State to provide open captioning for at least two screenings each week.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Anthony Muse
Referred To Interim Study By Judicial Proceedings on 03/27/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
State Government - Maryland Reparations Commission - Establishment (Harriet Tubman Community Investment Act) [HB-409]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Maryland Reparations Commission to develop and administer a program to provide compensatory benefits to the descendants of individuals enslaved in the State; providing that any individual whose ancestors were enslaved in the State is eligible to receive certain benefits; authorizing the Commission to seek the assistance of State agencies to develop and evaluate processes and applications; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill such sums as necessary to carry out the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gabriel Acevero
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/13/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Education – Interscholastic and Intramural Junior Varsity and Varsity Teams and Sports – Designation Based on Sex (Save Women’s Sports Act) [HB-359]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Sports ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Requiring certain interscholastic and intramural junior varsity and varsity athletic teams or sports sponsored by certain schools to be expressly designated based on biological sex; prohibiting certain entities from taking certain adverse actions against a school or county board of education for maintaining separate interscholastic and intramural junior varsity and varsity athletic teams and sports for students of the female sex; and providing that certain individuals have the right to bring a civil action under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus R Kipke
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means on 02/20/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Places of Public Accommodation - Motion Picture Houses - Captioning [HB-264]
[Disabilities ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Arts and Culture ]
Requiring all places of public accommodation that are motion picture houses to offer closed captioning for each screening of a motion picture; and requiring that a place of public accommodation that controls, operates, owns, or leases at least two motion picture houses in the State to provide open captioning for at least two screenings each week.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Craig Johnson
First Reading Economic Matters on 01/25/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Reporting and Sunset Extension [HB-339]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Extending the time for the submission of the final report of the Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission to December 1, 2025; and extending the termination date for the Commission to June 30, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne A. Jones
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 11 on 04/11/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Places of Public Accommodation and Public Buildings - Gender-Inclusive Signage [SB-84]
[Public Safety ]
[Construction ]
[Housing ]
[Human Rights ]
[Disabilities ]
Requiring that single-occupancy public restrooms be marked with gender-inclusive signage that does not indicate a specific gender, contains certain descriptive language, and contains a picture or icon that does not indicate a specific gender in certain places of public accommodation and certain public buildings; providing that a county is responsible for enforcing the signage requirement in places of public accommodation; and authorizing a county to set certain fines for second and subsequent violations after a certain period of time.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl C. Kagan
Hearing 1/31 At 1:00 P.m. (judicial Proceedings) on 01/16/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Places of Public Accommodation and Public Buildings - Gender-Inclusive Signage [HB-40]
[Public Safety ]
[Construction ]
[Housing ]
[Human Rights ]
[Disabilities ]
Requiring that single-occupancy public restrooms be marked with gender-inclusive signage that does not indicate a specific gender, contains certain descriptive language, and contains a picture or icon that does not indicate a specific gender in certain places of public accommodation and certain public buildings; providing that a county is responsible for enforcing the signage requirement in places of public accommodation; and authorizing a county to set certain fines for second and subsequent violations after a certain period of time.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Scott Solomon
Hearing 2/08 At 1:00 P.m. (economic Matters) And Hearing Canceled (health And Government Operations) on 02/13/2023
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Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to measures to assist students enrolled at public institutions of higher education who are homeless or who are or were in foster care. [HB-1142]
[Education ]
[Housing ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
Relating to measures to assist students enrolled at public institutions of higher education who are homeless or who are or were in foster care.
Sponsored by: Rep. Donna Howard
Referred To S/c On Higher Education By Pres on 04/24/2023
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Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to measures to assist students enrolled at public institutions of higher education who are homeless or who are or were in foster care. [HB-320]
[Education ]
[Housing ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Poverty ]
Relating to measures to assist students enrolled at public institutions of higher education who are homeless or who are or were in foster care.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jarvis Johnson
Read First Time on 02/23/2023
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
United States Congress - Support for the Francis G. Newlands Memorial Removal Act [SJR-10]
[Arts and Culture ]
Affirming the Maryland General Assembly's support for the enactment of the Francis G. Newlands Memorial Removal Act by the United States Congress.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff D. Waldstreicher
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/24/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Harassment and Sexual Harassment - Definitions - Employment Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Prevention Training [HB-1393]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Rights ]
[Ethics ]
Altering the definition of "harassment" for purposes of certain provisions relating to discrimination in employment to include sexual harassment and certain unwelcome and offensive conduct; and altering the definition of "sexual harassment" for purposes of certain provisions relating to State government sexual harassment prevention training.
Sponsored by: Rep. Pamela Queen
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/15/2022