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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Environment - Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities - Reform [HB-1207]
[Environmental ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Health ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Altering the membership of the Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities; requiring the Commission's membership to reflect the diversity of the State to the extent practicable; requiring the Commission to meet at least six times a year; requiring the Commission to host at least four community listening sessions a year; requiring the Commission to conduct its meetings and sessions in different geographic locations in the State; requiring the sessions and meetings of the Commission to be accessible to all attendees; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Bridges
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 634 on 05/30/2021
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Maryland Healthy Working Families Act – Revisions and Public Health Emergency Leave [HB-1326]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Repealing the exemption from the Maryland Healthy Working Families Act for certain on-call employees; requiring employers to allow employees to use earned sick and safe leave during a public health emergency; requiring certain employers to provide employees certain earned sick and safe leave on the date that a public health emergency is declared or proclaimed for a jurisdiction; requiring an employer to provide certain earned sick and safe leave regardless of the employee's length of employment with the employer; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 04/08/2021
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Equity in Transportation Sector – Guidelines and Analyses (Transportation Equity Analyses and Assurances Act of 2021) [HB-1204]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Disabilities ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Maryland Transportation Plan to include achieving equity in the transportation sector in the State transportation goals; requiring the State Report on Transportation to include certain measurable transportation indicators; requiring the State Department of Transportation to evaluate the transportation indicators to identify any racial disparities; requiring the Department to evaluate certain indicators to identify any impact on persons with disabilities; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Ruth
Hearing 3/11 At 1:30 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/25/2021
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Maryland Emergency Management Agency – Emergency Planning and Management Cultural Competency – Study [HB-1276]
[Public Safety ]
[Community Development ]
[Human Services ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Requiring the Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) to study and make recommendations on best practices and model policies, including those addressing emergency responder training, for the culturally sensitive inclusion of minority communities in State and local emergency plans and management; requiring MEMA to conduct a survey of State and local emergency management plans to ascertain certain current emergency planning strategies; requiring MEMA to review certain emergency management plans; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shaneka Henson
Hearing 3/10 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/12/2021
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Unemployment - Insurance Revisions and Special Enrollment Period for Health Benefits [HB-1002]
[Unemployment ]
[Insurance ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to open a special or other enrollment period for an individual who consents to share information through a certain system; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to begin implementing a system, by September 1, 2021, through which an individual who has filed a claim for benefits may consent to the sharing of relevant information by the Department with the Exchange and the Maryland Department of Health to determine whether the individual qualifies for free or low-cost insurance; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(b) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 49 on 04/09/2021
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Public Health - Maternal and Child Mortality - Review and Perinatal Hospice Services [HB-1112]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Authorizing the State Child Fatality Review Team to enter into a certain agreement for secure storage of data and requiring the agreement to provide certain protection and address certain issues; requiring a certain entity to comply with certain confidentiality requirements; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop a certain list of certain perinatal hospice programs; authorizing a perinatal hospice program to request that the Department include certain information on the Department's website; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Wivell
Hearing Canceled on 03/18/2021
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Maryland Healthy Working Families Act – Revisions and Public Health Emergency Leave [SB-727]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Repealing the exemption from the Maryland Healthy Working Families Act for certain on-call employees; requiring employers to allow employees to use earned sick and safe leave during a public health emergency; requiring certain employers to provide employees certain earned sick and safe leave on the date that a public health emergency is declared or proclaimed for a jurisdiction; requiring an employer to provide certain earned sick and safe leave regardless of the employee's length of employment with the employer; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Hearing Canceled on 02/19/2021
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Mortgage Servicers - Requirements and Prohibitions During and After a State of Emergency and Catastrophic Health Emergency (Foreclosure Relief Act of 2021) [SB-724]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Insurance ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Property Tax ]
[Public Safety ]
[Economic Development ]
Prohibiting a certain mortgage servicer from commencing or completing an action to foreclose a mortgage or deed of trust during a state of emergency and catastrophic health emergency; requiring a servicer to grant a forbearance to a borrower under certain circumstances; prohibiting a period of forbearance from lasting more than 180 days except under certain circumstances; requiring a servicer to notify a borrower of a certain right to mediation under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Carter
Hearing 3/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2021
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Labor and Employment - Worker Safety and Health - Injury and Illness Prevention Program [SB-728]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Small Business ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring employers with 10 or more employees, or whose rate of work-related injury and illness exceeds the average incidence rate of all industries in the State to develop and implement a health and safety committee to promote health and safety in the workplace; providing for the membership, meetings, and duties of the committee; requiring that the committee maintain certain records and retain the records for a certain period of time; requiring each employer to establish and maintain an injury and illness prevention program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Hearing Canceled on 02/19/2021
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State Board of Education Membership and Terms - Capability and Capacity Study of Education Agencies [SB-785]
[Education ]
Requiring the Governor to appoint or reappoint a member of the State Board of Education on or before January 1 of the year in which the member's term expires; requiring members appointed to the State Board to reasonably reflect specified demographic diversity of the State, to the extent practicable; establishing qualifications for members of the Board; requiring a member's term to begin on the July 1 after appointment; requiring the Accountability and Implementation Board to contract with a consultant to conduct a certain study; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson
Favorable With Amendments Report By Ways And Means on 04/12/2021
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Mortgage Servicers - Requirements and Prohibitions During and After a State of Emergency and Catastrophic Health Emergency (Foreclosure Relief Act of 2021) [HB-1009]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Insurance ]
[Healthcare ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a certain mortgage servicer from commencing or completing an action to foreclose a mortgage or deed of trust during a state of emergency and catastrophic health emergency; requiring a servicer to grant a forbearance to a borrower under certain circumstances; prohibiting a period of forbearance from lasting more than 180 days except under certain circumstances; requiring a servicer to notify a borrower of a certain right to mediation under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vaughn Stewart
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 04/10/2021
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Labor and Employment – Reinstatement of Employment – Employees at Baltimore–Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI–Thurgood Marshall Workers’ Right to Reinstatement Act) [HB-1012]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Air Quality ]
Requiring certain employers at the Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport to reinstate certain laid-off employees under certain circumstances; requiring certain employers to provide certain laid-off employees with certain written notice of a layoff in a certain manner and at the time of the layoff; requiring certain employers to offer certain laid-off employees certain job positions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vaughn Stewart
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/17/2021
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County Boards of Education - In-Person Instruction and Related Services - Requirement [HB-998]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
Requiring, notwithstanding any law, regulation, or executive order to the contrary, each county board of education, for the 2021-2022 school year, to require school buildings to be open each school day to provide in-person instruction and related services, including services such as speech-language pathology services, counseling, physical therapy, and occupational therapy, to certain students; requiring each county board to provide instruction and related services to certain students in person except under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Griffith
Hearing 2/24 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/09/2021
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Labor and Employment – Worker Safety and Health – Injury and Illness Prevention Program [HB-923]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Small Business ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring employers with 10 or more employees, or whose rate of work-related injury and illness exceeds the average incidence rate of all industries in the State to develop and implement a health and safety committee to promote health and safety in the workplace; providing for the membership, meetings, and duties of the committee; requiring that the committee maintain certain records and retain the records for a certain period of time; requiring each employer to establish and maintain an injury and illness prevention program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseline Pena-Melnyk
Hearing 3/05 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/09/2021
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Environment - Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities - Reform [SB-674]
[Environmental ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Health ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
Altering the membership of the Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities; requiring the Commission's membership to reflect the diversity of the State to the extent practicable; requiring the Commission to meet at least six times a year; requiring the Commission to host at least four community listening sessions a year; requiring the Commission to conduct its meetings and sessions in different geographic locations in the State; requiring the sessions and meetings of the Commission to be accessible to all attendees; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 635 on 05/30/2021
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County Boards of Education - Specialty Courses - Reporting Requirements [HB-820]
[Education ]
Requiring each county board of education, beginning in the 2023-2024 school year, to submit a report on or before April 30 each year to the State Board of Education and the General Assembly on specialty courses offered in public schools in the county in the prior school year; requiring each county board to include certain information about the specialty courses offered in each public school in the county in the report and to post certain data conspicuously on its website; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. April Rose
Referred Rules on 04/08/2021
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Public Health - Long-Term Care Planning [SB-652]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, on or before April 1, 2022, to develop and publish materials to assist State residents with long-term care family planning; requiring the Department to make certain materials available in certain languages; requiring the Department to ensure that certain materials are understandable to individuals with limited literacy skills; requiring certain State agencies to update certain websites in a certain manner on or before April 1, 2022; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 486 on 05/30/2021
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Education - Student-Organized Peaceful Demonstrations - Student Discipline and Policy [HB-753]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a public school from prohibiting a student from engaging in a student-organized peaceful demonstration or imposing certain limits on a student's right to free speech, subject to certain limitations; prohibiting a public school from disciplining a student for engaging in a student-organized peaceful demonstration under certain circumstances; authorizing a public school to impose certain limitations on a student-organized peaceful demonstration under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
Hearing 4/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/24/2021
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Office of the Attorney General - Right to Counsel in Immigration Proceedings Coordinator [HB-750]
[Immigration ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Human Rights ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Establishing that certain individuals have a right to legal representation in certain immigration proceedings; establishing the Right to Counsel in Immigration Proceedings Coordinator in the Office of the Attorney General to manage services and resources in order to provide all covered individuals with access to certain legal representation; requiring the Coordinator to designate appropriate community groups to provide outreach and education services to individuals and communities impacted by immigration detention; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Hearing 3/03 At 1:30 P.m. on 01/31/2021
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Election Law - Absentee Ballot Envelopes - Party Affiliation [HB-746]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Prohibiting the form and content required to be prescribed by the State Board of Elections for an envelope enclosing an absentee ballot from including language or information that visibly identifies the party affiliation of the voter; prohibiting ballot/return and return envelopes for absentee ballots from including language or information that visibly identifies the party affiliation of the voter; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Wivell
Hearing 4/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/24/2021