State Government – Government Agents – Requests for and Use of Immigration Status Information [HB-1165]
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.
HB-1165: State Government – Government Agents – Requests for and Use of Immigration Status Information
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Third Reading Passed (91-48) on 03/18/2019
Division of Workforce Development and Adult Learning - Adult Education and Literacy Services - Revisions [SB-95]
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.
SB-95: Division of Workforce Development and Adult Learning - Adult Education and Literacy Services - Revisions
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 346 on 05/10/2016
Fair Scheduling, Wages, and Benefits Act [SB-664]
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.
SB-664: Fair Scheduling, Wages, and Benefits Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 03/24/2016
Surety Insurance - Application for Bonds [SB-470]
Altering the prohibition against a surety insurer inquiring about specified information in connection with an application for a bail bond or an immigration bond.
SB-470: Surety Insurance - Application for Bonds
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Reilly
Favorable on 03/09/2016
State Government - Web Sites - Language Access [SB-28]
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.
SB-28: State Government - Web Sites - Language Access
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 151 on 04/26/2016
Juvenile Law - Adjudication of Delinquency - Collateral Consequences [SB-209]
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.
SB-209: Juvenile Law - Adjudication of Delinquency - Collateral Consequences
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 02/15/2016
Criminal Law - Extortion - Immigration Status [SB-178]
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.
SB-178: Criminal Law - Extortion - Immigration Status
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 536 on 05/19/2016
Drivers' Licenses, Identification Cards, and Moped Operators' Permits - Enhanced Identification Documents [SB-153]
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.
Victims and Witnesses - U Nonimmigrant Status - Certification of Victim Helpfulness [SB-1023]
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.
SB-1023: Victims and Witnesses - U Nonimmigrant Status - Certification of Victim Helpfulness
Sponsored by: Sen. Victor Ramirez
Hearing 3/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/16/2016
Drivers' Licenses, Identification Cards, and Moped Operators' Permits - Enhanced Identification Documents [HB-732]
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.
Surety Insurance - Application for Bonds [HB-678]
Altering the prohibition against a surety insurer inquiring about specified information in connection with an application for a bail bond or an immigration bond.
HB-678: Surety Insurance - Application for Bonds
Sponsored by: Rep. Talmadge Branch
Hearing 3/24 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/24/2016
Juvenile Law - Adjudication of Delinquency - Collateral Consequences [HB-634]
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.
HB-634: Juvenile Law - Adjudication of Delinquency - Collateral Consequences
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 02/22/2016
Criminal Law - Extortion - Immigration Status [HB-493]
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.
HB-493: Criminal Law - Extortion - Immigration Status
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 537 on 05/19/2016
Election Law - Voter Registration and Absentee Voting - Proof of Citizenship [HB-1390]
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.
HB-1390: Election Law - Voter Registration and Absentee Voting - Proof of Citizenship
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means; Withdrawn on 03/17/2016
Baltimore County - Release From Local Correctional Facilities - Notification of Immigration Status [HB-1298]
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.
HB-1298: Baltimore County - Release From Local Correctional Facilities - Notification of Immigration Status
Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick McDonough
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/17/2016
State and Local Correctional Facilities - Release - Notification of Immigration Status [HB-1292]
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services or the managing official of a correctional facility to give notice to the United States Department of Homeland Security of the impending release from a State correctional facility or a local correctional facility of an inmate who has an undocumented immigration status or is otherwise not lawfully permitted to be present in the country at least 10 days prior to the inmate's release from custody.
HB-1292: State and Local Correctional Facilities - Release - Notification of Immigration Status
Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick McDonough
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/17/2016
Fair Scheduling, Wages, and Benefits Act [HB-1175]
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.
HB-1175: Fair Scheduling, Wages, and Benefits Act
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters; Withdrawn on 03/17/2016