Immigrants And Citizenship
Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Higher Education - Undocumented Students - Out-of-State Tuition Exemption Eligibility [HB-473]
[Education ]
[Immigration ]
[Student Loans ]
Altering, from 3 years to 2 years, the number of years before an academic year for which an individual or the individual's parent or guardian must file taxes to be eligible to receive an out-of-state tuition exemption.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric D. Ebersole
Referred Education, Energy, And The Environment on 03/11/2024
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Tax Assistance for Low-Income Marylanders - Funding [HB-451]
[Taxes ]
[Funding ]
[Poverty ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the Comptroller, beginning in fiscal year 2025, to distribute a certain amount of abandoned property funds to the Tax Clinics for Low-Income Marylanders Fund; requiring the Governor to include $800,000 in the annual budget for the CASH Campaign of Maryland to award grants for providing certain tax assistance through on-demand and mobile tax clinics; and requiring certain tax clinics to interact with the CASH campaign to ensure sufficient access to tax preparation services for low-income Maryland residents.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 727 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Agricultural Land - Adversarial Foreign Governments - Restrictions on Property Interests [SB-392]
[Agriculture ]
[National Security ]
[Real Estate ]
[Trade ]
[Property Tax ]
Prohibiting adversarial foreign governments from purchasing, acquiring, leasing, or holding any property interest in agricultural land in the State; and requiring the Attorney General to enforce the Act in a certain manner.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jason C. Gallion
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Emergency Medical Services Board - Licenses and Certificates - Application Requirements [HB-380]
[Healthcare ]
[Immigration ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting the State Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Board from requiring an applicant to provide proof that the applicant is lawfully present in the United States or have a Social Security number or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number as a condition for licensure or certification; and requiring the EMS Board to require applicants for a license or certificate to disclose certain information or provide alternative documentation and record the information in the applicant's file for a certain purpose.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Vincent Fraser-hidalgo
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 43 on 04/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure – Facial Recognition Technology – Requirements, Procedures, and Prohibitions [HB-338]
[Crime ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
Establishing requirements, procedures, and prohibitions relating to the use of facial recognition technology by a law enforcement agency; requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to administer a training program regarding the use of facial recognition technology by June 30, 2026; requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services to report to the General Assembly by October 1 each year the information reported by law enforcement agencies using facial recognition technology; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 809 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Emergency Medical Services Board - Licenses and Certificates - Application Requirements [SB-374]
[Healthcare ]
[Immigration ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting the State Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Board from requiring an applicant to provide proof that the applicant is lawfully present in the United States or have a Social Security number or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number as a condition for licensure or certification; and requiring the EMS Board to require applicants for a license or certificate to disclose certain information or provide alternative documentation and record the information in the applicant's file for a certain purpose.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff D. Waldstreicher
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 44 on 04/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission - Police Officer Certification - Eligibility [SB-48]
[Veterans ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Immigration ]
[Military ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering the eligibility requirements for an individual to be certified by the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission as a police officer to remove certain citizenship requirements for an individual who is a permanent legal resident of the United States and an honorably discharged veteran; and providing that an individual who is a permanent legal resident and honorably discharged veteran or current member of the Army National Guard, the Air National Guard, or a reserve component is eligible to be certified as a police officer.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl C. Kagan
Hearing 1/24 At 2:30 P.m. on 01/15/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission - Police Officer Certification - Eligibility [HB-8]
[Veterans ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Immigration ]
[Military ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering the eligibility requirements for an individual to be certified by the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission as a police officer to remove certain citizenship requirements for an individual who is a permanent legal resident of the United States and an honorably discharged veteran; and providing that an individual who is a permanent legal resident and honorably discharged veteran or current member of the Army National Guard, the Air National Guard, or a reserve component is eligible to be certified as a police officer.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Vincent Fraser-hidalgo
First Reading Judiciary on 01/10/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Facial Recognition Technology - Requirements, Procedures, and Prohibitions [SB-182]
[Crime ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
Establishing requirements, procedures, and prohibitions relating to the use of facial recognition technology by a law enforcement agency; requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to develop and administer a training program regarding the use of facial recognition technology on or before June 30, 2026; requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention and Policy, on or before October 1 each year, to report to the General Assembly information reported by law enforcement agencies using facial recognition technology; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles E. Sydnor
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 808 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Public Safety - Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission - Revisions [SB-256]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering the membership and duties of the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission; providing that a law enforcement agency may employ an individual as a police officer for a certain period only if the individual is certified or provisionally certified by the Commission; and altering provisions of law relating to the certification and recertification of police officers.
Sponsored by: Sen. Judicial Proceedings
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/15/2024
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Education - English Learners and Dual Language Immersion Programs - Funding and Establishment (Multilingualism Is an Asset Act) [HB-1098]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Children and Youth ]
Providing additional funding for certain English learners subject to certain conditions; establishing the Dual Language Immersion Program in the State Department of Education to develop, fund, implement, scale up, and sustain the expansion of research-based dual language two-way immersion programs in the State; requiring the Governor, in fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, to include $10,000,000 in the annual budget bill for dual language immersion grants under the Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
First Reading Appropriations on 02/10/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Agricultural Land and Programs - People's Republic of China - Prohibition on Purchase and Participation [HB-968]
[Agriculture ]
[International ]
[Trade ]
[Food ]
[National Security ]
Prohibiting a nonresident alien who is a citizen of the People's Republic of China, a commercial enterprise or business incorporated in the People's Republic of China, or an individual employed or associated with the government of the People's Republic of China from purchasing agricultural land or participating in certain agricultural programs.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie S. Ciliberti
Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/13/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Education - English Learners and Dual Language Immersion Programs - Funding and Establishment (Multilingualism Is an Asset Act) [SB-882]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Children and Youth ]
Providing additional funding for certain English learners subject to certain conditions; establishing the Dual Language Immersion Program in the State Department of Education to develop, fund, implement, scale up, and sustain the expansion of research-based dual language two-way immersion programs in the State; requiring the Governor, in fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, to include $10,000,000 in the annual budget bill for dual language immersion grants under the Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/09/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
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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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Sex Trafficking - Felony [HB-754]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Reclassifying as a felony instead of a misdemeanor certain sex trafficking offenses; and establishing an affirmative defense of duress if a defendant committed an alleged violation as a result of an act of another charged with violating certain prohibitions against sex trafficking.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brian M. Crosby
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/06/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Health Benefit Exchange and Maryland Department of Health - Health Care and Dental Care Coverage for Undocumented Immigrants - Report [SB-806]
[Healthcare ]
[Immigration ]
[Public Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
Requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange and the Maryland Department of Health to develop a report comparing options for offering affordable health care and dental care coverage to State residents who are ineligible for the Maryland Medical Assistance Program, the Maryland Children's Health Program, qualified health plans, or stand-alone dental plans due to the individuals' immigration status; and requiring the Exchange and the Department to report to certain committees of the General Assembly by October 31, 2023.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 384 on 05/03/2023
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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
Family Law - Maryland Child Abduction Prevention Act [SB-383]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing a court to order child abduction prevention measures if the court finds there is a credible risk of abduction of the child; authorizing certain parties to petition the court for child abduction prevention measures; requiring a petition to be verified, include a copy of any existing child custody determination, and specify the risk factors for abduction; requiring the court to consider certain evidence of a credible risk of abduction; establishing requirements for an abduction prevention order; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 760 on 05/16/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Health Occupations - Licenses, Certificates, and Registrations - Lawful Presence and Identification Numbers [HB-454]
[Healthcare ]
[Immigration ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting a health occupations board from requiring that an applicant provide proof that the applicant is lawfully present in the United States or have a Social Security number or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number as a condition for licensure, certification, or registration; requiring each health occupations board to require each applicant for a license to disclose the Social Security number or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number of the applicant or, as permitted by federal law, provide alternative documentation; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 376 on 05/03/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Fair Scheduling Act [HB-349]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Food ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring an employer who employs individuals in a food service facility or retail establishment to pay certain employees at a certain rate of pay for certain shifts of work, except under certain circumstances; providing that certain employees employed in a food service facility or retail establishment have the right to decline to work hours that occur during the 11 hours following the end of a shift; authorizing the Commissioner to conduct an investigation under certain circumstances; imposing certain civil penalties; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David H. Moon
Hearing 2/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2023