Financial Protections and Assistance for America’s Consumers, States, Businesses, and Vulnerable Populations Act [HB-6321]
[Finance ]
[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Student Loans ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Poverty ]
Responds to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency and generally provides for financial assistance and other aid to individuals, businesses, and state and local governments for the duration of the emergency period. Among other things, the bill provides direct payments to individuals of up to $2,000 a month, subject to limits based on adjusted gross income; establishes digital wallets for individuals without bank accounts to receive such payments; provides for the suspension of specified housing and consumer loan payments, evictions,
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HB-6321: Financial Protections and Assistance for America’s Consumers, States, Businesses, and Vulnerable Populations Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Maxine Waters
Introduced In House on 03/23/2020
COVID-19 Emergency Housing Relief Act of 2020 [HB-6326]
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[Disaster Relief ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
To provide additional waivers and authorities to HUD and USDA to respond to the COVID-19 emergency, and for other purposes.
HB-6326: COVID-19 Emergency Housing Relief Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Emanuel Cleaver
Introduced In House on 03/23/2020
Housing is a Human Right Act of 2020 [HB-6308]
[Housing ]
[Taxes ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Real Estate ]
[Poverty ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Libraries ]
[Property Tax ]
[Construction ]
[Human Rights ]
Establishes and expands programs to assist homeless and housing-unstable individuals and establishes new real property-related taxes to fund specified Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) programs. HUD must establish the Community Development Block Grant Plus Program for state and local governments to assist homeless and housing-unstable individuals as well as cost-burdened households. These funds may be used only for certain activities that assist these populations, including the construction of new affordable housing. The bill also
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HB-6308: Housing is a Human Right Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Introduced In House on 03/19/2020
HB-614: As introduced, requires a landlord to provide local governmental agencies responsible for enforcing building codes the landlord's email address in addition to the landlord's name, telephone number, and physical address. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 62 and Title 66.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Lynn Weaver
Taken Off Notice For Cal. In Commerce Committee on 06/03/2020
You have voted HB-614: As introduced, requires a landlord to provide local governmental agencies responsible for enforcing building codes the landlord's email address in addition to the landlord's name, telephone number, and physical address. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 62 and Title 66..
AN ACT relating to animals and making an appropriation. [SB-279]
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[Disabilities ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Crime ]
Amend KRS 258.500 to define "person" as a person with a disability who has an ongoing therapeutic relationship with a health care provider and stipulate who can be a health care provider under the definition; exclude from therapeutic relationship fee-based transactions for disability documentation absent a face-to-face consultation with a health care provider; establish requirements for an assistance dog to be granted public accommodation; affirm certain rights and privileges of public establishments as nondiscriminatory and allow additional rights
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SB-279: AN ACT relating to animals and making an appropriation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jimmy Higdon
To Health And Family Services (h) on 03/19/2020
Environment - Mold Inspections - Standards, Reporting, and Penalties [SB-1067]
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[Housing ]
[Public Health ]
[Air Quality ]
[Construction ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Health, the State Department of Education, the Department of Housing and Community Development, and the Department of General Services, to adopt certain regulations on or before June 1, 2022, establishing uniform standards for mold assessment and remediation; requiring the Department of the Environment to submit a certain annual indoor air quality report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1 beginning in 2023; etc.
SB-1067: Environment - Mold Inspections - Standards, Reporting, and Penalties
Sponsored by: Sen. Obie Patterson
Rereferred To Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/14/2020
Legal Assistance to Prevent Evictions Act of 2020 [HB-5884]
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[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Poverty ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Human Services ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development to award grants to nonprofit and governmental entities to provide free legal assistance to eligible low-income tenants at risk of, or subject to, eviction.
HB-5884: Legal Assistance to Prevent Evictions Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 02/13/2020
Legal Assistance to Prevent Evictions Act of 2020 [S.3305]
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[Poverty ]
[Human Services ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development to award grants to nonprofit and governmental entities to provide free legal assistance to eligible low-income tenants at risk of, or subject to, eviction.
S.3305: Legal Assistance to Prevent Evictions Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael F. Bennet
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 02/13/2020
Environment - Mold Inspections - Standards, Reporting, and Penalties [HB-1540]
[Environmental ]
[Housing ]
[Public Health ]
[Air Quality ]
[Construction ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Health, the State Department of Education, the Department of Housing and Community Development, and the Department of General Services, to adopt certain regulations on or before a certain date establishing uniform standards for mold assessment and remediation; requiring the Department of the Environment to submit a certain annual indoor air quality report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1 beginning in 2023; etc.
HB-1540: Environment - Mold Inspections - Standards, Reporting, and Penalties
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Real Property - Redemption or Extinguishment of Ground Rents [HB-1182]
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Altering a certain provision relating to the effect of a redemption or extinguishment of a certain ground rent to provide that it is effective to conclusively divest a certain ground lease holder of a certain reversion and vest the reversion in a certain leasehold tenant, and eliminate certain rights, title, or interest of certain individuals.
HB-1182: Real Property - Redemption or Extinguishment of Ground Rents
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Smith
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 441 on 05/08/2020
SB-2712: As introduced, requires landlords in counties with a population greater than 75,000 to provide security deposit alternatives to tenants. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 28.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Yarbro
Action Deferred In Senate Commerce & Labor Committee on 03/17/2020
You have voted SB-2712: As introduced, requires landlords in counties with a population greater than 75,000 to provide security deposit alternatives to tenants. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 28..
HB-2544: As introduced, requires the landlord to give the tenant 60 days' notice prior to the termination of a residential lease agreement. - Amends TCA Title 66.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Potts
Taken Off Notice For Cal In S/c Business Subcommittee Of Commerce Committee on 02/25/2020
You have voted HB-2544: As introduced, requires the landlord to give the tenant 60 days' notice prior to the termination of a residential lease agreement. - Amends TCA Title 66..
SB-2443: As introduced, requires the landlord to give the tenant 60 days' notice prior to the termination of a residential lease agreement. - Amends TCA Title 66.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sara Kyle
Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate Commerce And Labor Committee on 02/10/2020
You have voted SB-2443: As introduced, requires the landlord to give the tenant 60 days' notice prior to the termination of a residential lease agreement. - Amends TCA Title 66..
HB-2807: As introduced, requires landlords in counties with a population greater than 75,000 to provide security deposit alternatives to tenants. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 28.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bill Beck
Taken Off Notice For Cal In S/c Business Subcommittee Of Commerce Committee on 05/28/2020
You have voted HB-2807: As introduced, requires landlords in counties with a population greater than 75,000 to provide security deposit alternatives to tenants. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 28..
SB-2563: As introduced, reduces, from 10 to two, the number of days from the rendering of a judgment that have to lapse before a writ of possession can issue against a defendant in an unlawful entry, forcible entry and detainer, forcible detainer, or unlawful detainer action. - Amends TCA Title 13; Title 27; Title 29 and Title 66.
Sponsored by: Sen. Steve Southerland
Action Deferred In Senate Judiciary Committee on 03/17/2020
You have voted SB-2563: As introduced, reduces, from 10 to two, the number of days from the rendering of a judgment that have to lapse before a writ of possession can issue against a defendant in an unlawful entry, forcible entry and detainer, forcible detainer, or unlawful detainer action. - Amends TCA Title 13; Title 27; Title 29 and Title 66..
Environment - Business Recycling Reporting Requirements [HB-988]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring a certain business to submit a certain recycling report to a certain county on or before March 1 each year; specifying the contents of the recycling report; establishing a certain penalty for a violation of the Act; providing for the enforcement of the Act; and providing for the distribution of certain penalties.
HB-988: Environment - Business Recycling Reporting Requirements
Sponsored by: Rep. Nick Mosby
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/06/2020