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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment [SB-1064]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Establishing the Healthy Maryland Program as a public corporation and a unit of State government; stating that the General Assembly finds that millions of dollars have been diverted or wasted as part of a multipayer health care system; stating that it is the intent of the General Assembly that Healthy Maryland be established to provide comprehensive universal health coverage for every Maryland resident and be funded by certain revenue; establishing the Healthy Maryland Board and the Healthy Maryland Public Advisory Committee; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Carter
Hearing Canceled on 03/15/2020
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Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission - Education Programs and Research Projects - Licenses [HB-1630]
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[Healthcare ]
[Education ]
[Science ]
Authorizing the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission to issue medical cannabis education program licenses and medical cannabis research project licenses for certain purposes; requiring a certain applicant to submit certain information and a certain application fee to the Commission; requiring the Commission to grant a certain application under certain circumstances; requiring the Commission to deny a certain application under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Julian Ivey
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/21/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Health Occupations Boards - Uniform Record-Keeping Requirements [HB-1616]
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[Public Health ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring each health occupations board to request certain information from certain applicants and health care practitioners before issuing, renewing, or reinstating certain licenses, certificates, or registrations; requiring each health occupations board to post certain information on the Board's website in a searchable format; requiring each health occupations board to provide an opportunity to certain applicants and health care practitioners to opt out of having phone numbers and e-mail addresses posted on certain websites; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ariana Kelly
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/19/2020
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Definition Of "disaster": Cybersecurity [HB-245]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Disaster Relief ]
An Act relating to the definition of 'disaster.'
Sponsored by: Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux
Cosponsor(s): Tuck on 02/19/2020
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Rental Vehicle By Private Owner [SB-185]
[Taxes ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
An Act relating to rental vehicles; relating to vehicle rental networks; relating to liability for vehicle rental taxes; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored by: Sen. Peter Micciche
Read The First Time - Referrals on 02/12/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Facial Recognition Privacy Protection Act [HB-1578]
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[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Human Rights ]
Expressing the sense of the General Assembly that facial recognition technology can present certain risks as well as provide a variety of benefits and that safeguards are necessary to allow the use of the technology in ways that benefit society; establishing certain requirements and certain prohibited actions relating to provision of facial recognition services by certain persons; prohibiting certain governmental units from using facial recognition services under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
Hearing Canceled on 03/14/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the use of automated calling equipment. [HB-414]
[Telecommunications ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Small Business ]
Amend KRS 367.461 to allow automatic calling equipment to place calls, with recorded messages or artificial voices, to publicly available phone numbers of businesses.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Bratcher
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 71) on 03/30/2020
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Alaska 31st Legislature
State Gov't Finances: Website [SB-180]
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[Budget and Spending ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Economic Development ]
An Act relating to the establishment and maintenance of an Internet website providing information on state government financial transactions and specifying the information to be made available on the website.
Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Kawasaki
Cosponsor(s): Hughes, Kawasaki, Shower, Gray-jackson on 02/14/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Presidential Candidate Tax Transparency Act [HB-1246]
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[Taxes ]
[Ethics ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring certain candidates for President or Vice President of the United States to file copies of certain federal income tax returns and written consent for the disclosure of those federal income tax returns with the State Board of Elections by 65 days before a presidential general election; requiring the State Board to make federal income tax returns filed by a presidential ticket publicly available on the State Board's website; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Julian Ivey
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Health Care Facilities - Workplace Safety (Safe Care Act) [HB-1568]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
Requiring State residential centers and State-operated hospitals to develop a workplace safety plan; establishing certain requirements for a certain workplace safety plan; requiring that certain training address certain risks and include certain instruction on certain matters; requiring certain State residential centers and State-operated hospitals to collaborate with a certain committee for certain purposes; requiring that certain procedures include certain other procedures; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie Cullison
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Education - Home-Based Instructional Days - Establishment [HB-1270]
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Authorizing a county board of education to develop a policy for public schools in the county to use home-based instructional days during the school year under certain circumstances; requiring a home-based instructional day policy to include certain procedures for instruction, attendance, and notification; requiring a county board, before implementing a home-based instructional policy, to submit the policy to the State Board of Education for approval; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Hornberger
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
21st–Century Economy Fairness Act [SB-1001]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Education ]
Requiring the Comptroller to distribute the sales and use tax revenue on the sale or use of certain digital products to The Blueprint for Maryland's Future Fund; defining "digital product" as one that is obtained electronically by the buyer or delivered by certain means; applying the sales and use tax to a sale or use of certain digital products; providing that the retail sale of a certain digital code or digital product shall be presumed to be made in the state in which a certain customer tax address is located; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Favorable With Amendments {999231/1 Adopted on 03/14/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Election Law - Voter Registration List Maintenance - Reporting (Voter Registration Security Act) [HB-1244]
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[Voting Rights ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring each local board of elections to report certain information to the State Board of Elections on or before January 15 each year regarding certain voters who are placed into inactive status and certain voters who are removed from the statewide voter registration list; requiring the State Board to compile and summarize the data reported by the local boards in a report and publish the report on the State Board's website on or before February 1 each year; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Cox
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means; Withdrawn on 02/28/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Automatic Recurring Payments [HB-1156]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring certain merchants that enroll consumers in certain automatic recurring payments for certain goods or services provided or sold over the Internet to include a link to a web page that allows a consumer to cancel the contract; requiring certain merchants that enroll consumers in certain automatic recurring payments for certain goods or services provided or sold over the Internet, by mail, or over the telephone to provide a consumer a certain form and present recurring automatic payment terms in a clear and conspicuous manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/12/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Medical Cannabis - Dispensary Grower-Processor License [HB-1317]
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[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission to license medical cannabis dispensary grower-processors under certain circumstances; requiring an applicant to meet certain conditions to be licensed as a dispensary grower-processor; providing that an applicant for a dispensary grower-processor license may not have received certain disciplinary action from the Commission or have failed to meet certain deadlines; requiring the Commission to establish a certain application review process; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nick Mosby
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Cannabis - Legalization, Taxation, and Regulation [HB-1400]
[Cannabis ]
[Taxes ]
[Crime ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Substituting the term "cannabis" for the term "marijuana" in certain provisions of law; altering a certain quantity threshold and establishing a certain age limit applicable to a certain civil offense of use or possession of cannabis; establishing an exception to the existing prohibition on obtaining or attempting to obtain a controlled dangerous substance or procuring or attempting to procure the administration of a controlled dangerous substance under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Maggie McIntosh
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. (judiciary) on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Election Law - Postelection Tabulation Audits - Risk-Limiting Audits [HB-1172]
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[Voting Rights ]
Requiring that the State Board of Elections conduct a certain automated software audit in collaboration with the local boards of elections; requiring the State Board, in collaboration with the local boards, to conduct a certain risk-limiting audit after each statewide election; repealing a requirement that the State Board conduct a certain manual audit after each statewide general election; repealing the authority of the State Board to conduct a certain manual audit after each statewide primary election; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Procurement and Correctional Facilities - Employment Opportunities for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals [HB-1524]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring, beginning on January 1, 2021, certain invitations to bid and certain requests for proposals to require bidders and offerors to provide certain documentation; requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services and county departments of corrections to give a preference to certain bidders and offerors based on the number of formerly incarcerated individuals the bidder or offeror employs; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Moon
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Hospitals - Financial Assistance Policies and Bill Collections [HB-1420]
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[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Increasing the family income threshold at which a hospital's financial assistance policy must provide free and reduced cost medically necessary care to patients; requiring that a certain financial assistance policy include a certain payment plan, available to uninsured patients with family income between 200% and 500% of the federal poverty level and a certain mechanism for a patient to request a reconsideration; requiring that a certain financial assistance policy provide presumptive eligibility for certain care; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 470 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance - Replacement Parts for Damaged Motor Vehicles [HB-1418]
[Insurance ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring an insurer that issues or delivers in the State a policy of motor vehicle liability insurance that provides coverage for the repair of physical damage to the insured motor vehicle to provide in the policy that the insured has the option of requiring repairs to be made to the insured motor vehicle using genuine crash parts, certified aftermarket crash parts, or aftermarket crash parts; authorizing the insured to consent in a certain manner to the use of certain aftermarket crash parts; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Ann Lisanti
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters; Withdrawn on 03/14/2020