Human Rights
Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Shieldable Conviction - Motion to Vacate Judgment [SB-480]
Altering the type of conviction on which a specified motion to vacate may be based; altering the contents of the motion; requiring a specified person to provide the State's Attorney with a copy of the motion; authorizing the State's Attorney to file a response to the motion at a specified time; etc.
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Maine 128th Legislature
An Act To Protect Political Speech and Prevent Climate Change Policy Profiling [HB-771]
An Act To Protect Political Speech and Prevent Climate Change Policy Profiling
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Shieldable Conviction - Motion to Vacate Judgment [HB-502]
Altering the type of conviction on which a specified motion to vacate may be based; altering the contents of a specified motion to vacate; requiring a specified person to provide the State's Attorney with a copy of the motion; authorizing the State's Attorney to file a response to a motion to vacate; etc.
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Maine 128th Legislature
RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Explicitly Protect against Sex Discrimination [HB-197]
RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Explicitly Protect against Sex Discrimination
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Schools - Voluntary Nonsectarian Prayer at School-Sponsored Student Events [HB-372]
Requiring specified county boards of education to allow nonsectarian student-initiated voluntary prayer during mandatory and voluntary school-sponsored student events; providing that the Act does not diminish specified rights of specified individuals relating to free speech and the free exercise of religion; providing that the exercise of specified rights may not be construed as a specified support, approval, or sanction of the contents of a specified prayer; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Sexual Assault Victims' Rights - Disposal of Rape Kit Evidence and Notification [SB-349]
Requiring a specified health care provider to provide a victim of sexual assault with written information describing the laws and policies governing the testing, preservation, and disposal of a sexual assault evidence collection kit; requiring a hospital or child advocacy center to transfer a sexual assault evidence collection kit to a law enforcement agency within 30 days of the exam; prohibiting a law enforcement agency from destroying or disposing of specified evidence of sexual assault within 20 years of its collection; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Child Abuse - Sex Trafficking (Protecting Victims of Sex Trafficking Act of 2017) [SB-308]
Altering the definition of "sexual abuse" in provisions of law relating to child abuse to include the sex trafficking of a child by any individual; defining the terms "sexual molestation or exploitation" and "sex trafficking" in provisions of law relating to child abuse; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Sexual Assault Victims' Rights - Disposal of Rape Kit Evidence and Notification [HB-255]
Requiring a specified health care provider to provide a victim of sexual assault with written information describing the laws and policies governing the testing, preservation, and disposal of a sexual assault evidence collection kit; requiring a hospital or child advocacy center to transfer a sexual assault evidence collection kit to a law enforcement agency within 30 days of the exam; prohibiting a law enforcement agency from destroying or disposing of specified evidence of sexual assault within 20 years of its collection; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Human Trafficking - Civil Actions - Statute of Limitations [HB-276]
Extending the statute of limitations applicable to specified civil actions relating to human trafficking; and providing that the Act may not be construed to apply retroactively to revive any action that was barred by the application of the period of limitations applicable before October 1, 2017.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Adult Entertainment Establishments - National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline Information - Sign Posting Requirements [HB-258]
Requiring the owner of an adult entertainment establishment to post the National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline information sign in each restroom of the adult entertainment establishment in a specified manner; requiring a specified agency that determines a specified violation has occurred to notify the owner of the adult entertainment establishment or the owner's agent of the violation; providing a maximum civil penalty of $1,000 for each restroom without the specified notification; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Guardianship and Child in Need of Assistance Proceedings - Jurisdiction and Authority of Juvenile Court [SB-272]
Authorizing the juvenile court to direct the provision of specified services to a specified child during a specified disposition hearing; requiring the juvenile court to direct the provision of specified services to a specified child during a permanency planning hearing or guardianship hearing; providing that, if the juvenile court enters an order directing the provision of services to a specified child under specified provisions of law, the juvenile court retains jurisdiction for as long as the order is effective and for specified purposes; etc.
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Maine 128th Legislature
An Act To Coordinate and Enforce Existing Workplace Training Requirements [HB-1477]
An Act To Coordinate and Enforce Existing Workplace Training Requirements
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Prostitution and Assignation - Penalties [SB-271]
Altering the penalty to which a person is subject on conviction of procuring or soliciting or offering to procure or solicit for prostitution or assignation; altering the penalty to which a person is subject on conviction of engaging in prostitution or assignation; and altering the penalty to which a person is subject for keeping, setting up, occupying, maintaining, or operating specified structures for prostitution or assignation.
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Maine 128th Legislature
An Act To Increase Efficiency in Enforcement of the Maine Human Rights Act [HB-1239]
An Act To Increase Efficiency in Enforcement of the Maine Human Rights Act
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Discrimination in Employment - Conditions Related to Pregnancy or Childbirth [HB-214]
Requiring employers to make reasonable accommodations for employees and applicants for employment who have known limitations due to conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth; establishing a rebuttable presumption that a specified accommodation is not an undue hardship if the employer would provide it to an employee with a disability; requiring the Commission on Civil Rights to develop specified courses and public education programs regarding specified rights and responsibilities; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Adult Entertainment Establishments - National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline Information - Sign Posting Requirements [SB-221]
Requiring the owner of an adult entertainment establishment to post the National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline information sign in each restroom of the adult entertainment establishment in a specified manner; requiring an agency that determines a specified violation has occurred to notify the owner of the adult entertainment establishment or the owner's agent of the violation; providing a maximum civil penalty of $1,000 for each restroom without the specified notification; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Human Trafficking - Civil Actions - Statute of Limitations [SB-222]
Extending the statute of limitations applicable to specified civil actions relating to human trafficking; and providing that the Act may not be construed to apply retroactively to revive any action that was barred by the application of the period of limitation applicable before October 1, 2017.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Police Training Commission - Training Requirements - Human Trafficking [SB-220]
Requiring the Police Training Commission to require that the specified entrance-level and in-service police training conducted by the State and each county and municipal police training school include specified training relating to the criminal laws concerning human trafficking, including services and support available to victims and the rights and appropriate treatment of victims; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County Board of Education - Human Trafficking Awareness Pilot Program [HB-102]
Establishing the Human Trafficking Awareness Pilot Program in Anne Arundel County; requiring the Anne Arundel County Board of Education, beginning in the 2018-2019 school year, in collaboration with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention, to provide awareness for all school-based personnel on human trafficking for 2 years; requiring the Department and the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to provide to the Board specified materials for distribution; etc.
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US Congress 115th Congress
Countering Iran's Destabilizing Activities Act of 2017 [S.722]
Countering Iran's Destabilizing Activities Act of 2017 This bill directs the Departments of State, Defense, and Treasury and the Director of National Intelligence to submit a strategy every two years for deterring conventional and asymmetric Iranian activities that threaten the United States and key allies in the Middle East, North Africa, and beyond. The President shall impose asset blocking and U.S. exclusion sanctions against any person that materially contributes to: (1) Iran's ballistic missile or weapons of mass destruction programs, or (2)
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