Immigrants And Citizenship

State (Maryland)
Maryland 2019 Regular Session

Victims and Witnesses - U Nonimmigrant Status - Certification of Victim Helpfulness [HB-214] [Crime ] [Immigration ] [Human Services ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing, for purposes of filing a petition for U Nonimmigrant Status, a victim of qualifying criminal activity or the victim's parent, guardian, or next friend to request a certifying official to certify victim helpfulness on a Form I-918, Supplement B certification under certain circumstances; providing the certifying entity must certify or decline certification of the form within 90 days of receiving a certain request; providing that a certifying entity or official is immune from certain criminal or civil liability; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais Approved By The Governor - Chapter 422 on 05/13/2019

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Maryland 2019 Regular Session

Immigration Enforcement – Public Schools, Hospitals, and Courthouses – Policies [HB-1273] [Immigration ] [Education ] [Healthcare ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Requiring the Attorney General, in consultation with the appropriate stakeholders, to develop guidelines to assist public schools, hospitals, and courthouses to draft policies that limit civil immigration enforcement activities on their premises for certain purposes; authorizing public schools, hospitals, and courthouses to establish and publish policies that limit immigration enforcement on their premises to the fullest extent possible consistent with federal and State law and based on the Attorney General's guidelines; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Luedtke First Reading Judicial Proceedings And Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/18/2019

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2019 Regular Session

State Government – Government Agents – Requests for and Use of Immigration Status Information [HB-1165] [Immigration ] [Law Enforcement ] [Human Rights ]
Prohibiting, except under certain circumstances, a government agent from requesting information about immigration or citizenship status of a person or a person's family members or acquaintances; prohibiting a government agent from coercing information or action from a person by using certain information; prohibiting a government agent from detaining or questioning a person based on a certain immigration or citizenship status of the person or any other person; authorizing a person to use a certain legal remedy under certain circumstances; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill Third Reading Passed (91-48) on 03/18/2019

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Division of Workforce Development and Adult Learning - Adult Education and Literacy Services - Revisions [SB-95] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Education ]
Repealing the Workforce Creation and Adult Education Transition Council; altering the responsibility of the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation as it relates to the development of a specified State plan; repealing a specified provision of law authorizing each county board of education to establish and maintain day and evening schools for adults; altering the circumstances under which an individual may obtain a high school diploma by examination under a specified provision of law; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Approved By The Governor - Chapter 346 on 05/10/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Fair Scheduling, Wages, and Benefits Act [SB-664] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Consumer Protection ]
Requiring an employer to provide specified employees with specified estimates and work schedules within specified time periods and notify employees of specified changes; prohibiting an employer, except under specified circumstances, from requiring an employee to work specified hours; authorizing an employer to make specified changes to a scheduled shift within a specified period of time; requiring an employer, except under specified circumstances, to pay specified predictability pay under specified circumstances; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 03/24/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Surety Insurance - Application for Bonds [SB-470] [Insurance ] [Immigration ] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Altering the prohibition against a surety insurer inquiring about specified information in connection with an application for a bail bond or an immigration bond.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Reilly Favorable on 03/09/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Election Law - Ballot Issues - Contributions or Donations by Foreign Nationals [SB-420] [Elections ]
Prohibiting a foreign national from making a contribution to a ballot issue committee or making a donation to a person that makes independent expenditures or electioneering communications relating to a ballot issue; and defining a specified term.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Simonaire Hearing 3/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/30/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

State Government - Web Sites - Language Access [SB-28] [Technology and Innovation ] [Data Privacy ] [Human Services ]
Providing that, beginning on October 1, 2016, the reasonable steps specified departments, agencies, and programs are required to take under specified provisions of law include the operation and maintenance of equal access versions of specified Web sites in a language spoken by any limited English proficient population of at least .5% of the overall population within the State and that can be translated free-of-charge; requiring the Department of Information Technology to establish specified minimum standards; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe Approved By The Governor - Chapter 151 on 04/26/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Juvenile Law - Adjudication of Delinquency - Collateral Consequences [SB-209] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ] [Crime ]
Requiring that, before a child admits to the commission of a delinquent act, the child's counsel inform the child in developmentally and age-appropriate language of specified collateral consequences that may result from an adjudication of delinquency.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 02/15/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Criminal Law - Extortion - Immigration Status [SB-178] [Crime ] [Immigration ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from committing a specified act of extortion by wrongful use of actual or threatened notification of law enforcement officials about another person's undocumented or illegal immigration status.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee Approved By The Governor - Chapter 536 on 05/19/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Drivers' Licenses, Identification Cards, and Moped Operators' Permits - Enhanced Identification Documents [SB-153] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Data Privacy ] [Public Safety ]
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to make available to an applicant for a driver's license, an identification card, or a moped operator's permit the opportunity to upgrade to an enhanced identification document; establishing that the Administration may issue an enhanced identification document to individuals who provide proof of identity, State residence, and United States' citizenship; requiring an individual who applies for such an identification document to provide to the Administration a biometric identifier; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Reilly Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 02/08/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Victims and Witnesses - U Nonimmigrant Status - Certification of Victim Helpfulness [SB-1023] [Crime ] [Immigration ] [Human Services ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing, for purposes of filing a petition for U Nonimmigrant Status, a victim or victim's family member to request a certifying official to certify victim helpfulness on a Form I-918, Supplement B certification; providing that, for the purpose of the Act, a victim shall be considered to be helpful, have been helpful, or likely to be helpful to the detection, investigation, or prosecution of a qualifying criminal activity; requiring the certifying official to sign and complete the certification in a specified manner; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Victor Ramirez Hearing 3/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/16/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Lawyers - Admission to the Bar - Qualifications [HB-975] [Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing specified applicants to qualify for admission to the Bar of Maryland if the applicant meets specified requirements.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 02/29/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Labor and Employment - Number of Employees Granted H-1B or L-1 Visa - Disclosure [HB-950] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Immigration ] [Data Privacy ]
Requiring each employer to make available to the public the number of the employer's employees who have been granted an H-1B or L-1 visa by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/08/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Drivers' Licenses, Identification Cards, and Moped Operators' Permits - Enhanced Identification Documents [HB-732] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Data Privacy ] [Public Safety ]
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to make available to an applicant for a driver's license, an identification card, or a moped operator's permit the opportunity to upgrade to an enhanced identification document; establishing that the Administration may issue an enhanced identification document to individuals who provide proof of identity, State residence, and United States' citizenship; requiring an individual who applies for such an identification document to provide to the Administration a biometric identifier, etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Malone Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/07/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Surety Insurance - Application for Bonds [HB-678] [Insurance ] [Immigration ] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ]
Altering the prohibition against a surety insurer inquiring about specified information in connection with an application for a bail bond or an immigration bond.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Talmadge Branch Hearing 3/24 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/24/2016

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Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Juvenile Law - Adjudication of Delinquency - Collateral Consequences [HB-634] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ] [Crime ]
Requiring that, before a child admits to the commission of a delinquent act, the child's counsel inform the child in developmentally and age-appropriate language of specified collateral consequences that may result from an adjudication of delinquency.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 02/22/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Criminal Law - Extortion - Immigration Status [HB-493] [Crime ] [Immigration ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from committing a specified act of extortion by wrongful use of actual or threatened notification of law enforcement officials about another person's undocumented or illegal immigration status.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith Approved By The Governor - Chapter 537 on 05/19/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Election Law - Voter Registration and Absentee Voting - Proof of Citizenship [HB-1390] [Elections ] [Voting Rights ]
Requiring individuals who apply to register to vote after June 30, 2016, to submit proof of United States citizenship; providing that individuals who are not citizens of the United States are not qualified to be registered voters; requiring an applicant for voter registration to submit specified documents or information to prove United States citizenship; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means; Withdrawn on 03/17/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Baltimore County - Release From Local Correctional Facilities - Notification of Immigration Status [HB-1298] [Immigration ] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Requiring the managing official of a local correctional facility in Baltimore County to give notice to the United States Department of Homeland Security of the release of an inmate who has an undocumented immigration status or is otherwise not authorized to be present within the country at least 10 days before the inmate's release.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick McDonough Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/17/2016

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