Liability
Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Department of Labor – Electricians – State Licensing Workgroup [SB-994]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to convene a workgroup to study certain issues regarding the provision of electrical services and low-voltage electrical services in the State; requiring the workgroup to include certain representatives; requiring the Department to provide certain notice of certain meetings to certain persons; requiring the Department to submit a report on the findings of the workgroup to certain committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2020; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 591 on 05/08/2020
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Procurement - Major Information Technology Development Projects [SB-832]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requiring the Secretary of Information Technology to conduct a certain risk assessment of certain major information technology development projects under certain circumstances; requiring the risk assessment to consider certain factors; authorizing the Secretary to recommend an increase in a certain limitation of liability amount under certain circumstances; requiring a certain recommendation to be made in a certain manner and include certain information; requiring the Chief Procurement Officer to review a certain recommendation; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. J.B. Jennings
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Education - Harford County - Liability of School Bus Contractors [SB-755]
[Education ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing that an entity operating a school bus under a contract with the Harford County Board of Education to provide student transportation services may not be held liable beyond the limits of the entity's insurance coverage under the contract with the Harford County Board of Education through the Maryland Association of Boards of Education in any suit that arises from a vehicular accident or an act or omission of an officer, a director, or an employee of the entity except under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Third Reading Passed (46-0) on 03/13/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Civil Claim Against Private Police - Prohibition Against Nondisclosure Provision in Settlement Agreement [SB-829]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
Prohibiting the use or enforcement of a confidentiality or nondisclosure provision in a settlement agreement or other release of liability between the parties in a claim of misconduct in the performance of duties against a law enforcement officer of a private law enforcement agency in Baltimore City.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Hearing 3/04 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/06/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Financing Act - State Senate and House of Delegates Candidates and Matching Fund Revisions [SB-947]
[Elections ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Ethics ]
Altering the candidates authorized to receive public contributions from the Fair Campaign Financing Fund to include candidates for State Senator and member of the House of Delegates; requiring the Comptroller to distribute public contributions to a certain campaign finance entity established to receive public contributions for certain eligible candidates; altering the frequency with which the Comptroller is required to submit a certain statement to the State Board of Elections; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Pinsky
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Health, And Environmental Affairs) on 02/05/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Immigration Detention - Prohibition (Dignity Not Detention Act) [SB-850]
[Immigration ]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Stating certain findings of the General Assembly; prohibiting certain governmental entities from entering into agreements facilitating immigration-related detention by private entities; prohibiting governmental entities from entering into certain agreements to house immigration-related detainees; requiring governmental entities to terminate existing contracts for the detention of immigration-related detainees not later than October 1, 2021; and making the provisions of the Act severable.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 2/26 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/06/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Distracted Driving Monitoring Systems - Authorization [SB-819]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Crime ]
Authorizing certain agencies to place distracted driver monitoring systems on certain highways under certain circumstances; requiring that a recorded image made by a distracted driver monitoring system include two or more photographs, microphotographs, or electronic images or videotape, or other medium as well as clear identification of the registration plate number; providing that the owner or driver of a motor vehicle recorded committing a certain violation is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $500; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Hearing 2/27 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/06/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Wage Payment and Collection - General Contractor Liability [SB-831]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
Altering the circumstances under which general contractors are jointly and severally liable for violations of the wage payment and collection law by subcontractors; prohibiting an obligation of contract right from being impaired by the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. J.B. Jennings
Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 03/14/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Allegany County and Garrett County - Definition of "Tree Expert" - Alteration [SB-867]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
Altering the definition of "tree expert" to exclude, in Allegany County and Garrett County, a person who, for the immediately preceding 3 years, has participated in a certain program and has been engaged continuously in the practice of timber harvesting, carries certain liability and property damage insurance, and is compensated for cutting, trimming, or removing certain trees on private property.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Edwards
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State and Local Government - Participation in Federal Immigration Enforcement [SB-901]
[Immigration ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Providing that a certain official is immune from criminal and civil liability for refusing to provide information to the federal government or another state for a certain purpose; authorizing the State to indemnify a certain official for certain costs or a certain judgment; expressing the intent of the General Assembly to maintain community trust in Maryland governmental operations and law enforcement efforts by clarifying the parameters of State and local participation in federal immigration enforcement efforts; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Hearing 2/26 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/06/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Health - Maryland Suicide Fatality Review Committee (Suicide Mortality Review and Prevention Act of 2020) [SB-789]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the Maryland Suicide Fatality Review Committee to identify and address the factors contributing to suicide deaths and facilitate system changes in the State to prevent suicide deaths; requiring the Committee to meet at least quarterly each year, report at least annually to the Governor and the General Assembly on certain matters, perform certain annual studies, and disseminate certain findings and recommendations to policymakers, health care providers, health care facilities, and the public; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide Eckardt
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Underground Facilities Damage Prevention - Revision [SB-877]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Construction ]
Revising provisions relating to the Maryland Underground Facilities Damage Prevention Authority; altering the application and scope of certain provisions relating to underground facilities and damage prevention; requiring certain newly installed underground facilities to be detectable or locatable after October 1, 2021; requiring certain previously detectable or locatable facilities to be restored to a certain status after a certain date; altering the qualifications of certain members of the Authority; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/07/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Maryland Trust Act - Liability of Trustee - Report and Release by Interested Party [SB-886]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing a trustee to send certain interested parties in a certain manner a certain report when the trust terminates or on the resignation or removal of the trustee in accordance with the terms of the trust or certain provisions of law; providing that, if an interested party does not submit an objection to the report within 120 days after the trustee mailed the report, the interested party shall be deemed to have released the trustee and to have consented to and ratified the actions of the trustee; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 362 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Dangerous and Potentially Dangerous Dogs - Classification and Requirements [SB-925]
[Animals ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Repealing a certain provision of law authorizing an appropriate unit of a county or municipal corporation to determine whether a dog is potentially dangerous under certain circumstances and relating to ownership of a dangerous dog; requiring an appropriate unit of a county or municipal corporation to classify a certain dog by level of potential danger as determined by certain factors, subject to certain exceptions; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Hough
Hearing 3/03 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/06/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Fair Recruitment and Transparency Act [SB-742]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Rights ]
[Immigration ]
Providing that an agreement by a foreign worker to waive certain rights is void as contrary to public policy; requiring an individual to be licensed by the Commissioner of Labor and Industry before the individual may perform a foreign labor contracting service in the State for consideration; providing that a certain license authorizes the licensee to perform foreign labor contracting services for consideration; establishing a Workgroup to Study the International Exchange Visitor Workers in Maryland; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2020
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Alaska 31st Legislature
Electronic Display Of Fish/game License [HB-231]
[Animals ]
[Sports ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
An Act relating to displaying fishing, hunting, and trapping licenses on an electronic device.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Kopp
Read The First Time - Referrals on 02/03/2020
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Alaska 31st Legislature
License Mobile Intensive Care Paramedics [SB-173]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
An Act relating to mobile intensive care paramedics; relating to duties of the State Medical Board and the Department of Health and Social Services; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored by: Sen. Peter Micciche
Referred To Rules on 03/18/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance - Premium Increases - Consumer Complaints [SB-654]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Repealing a requirement that an insured mail or transmit to the Maryland Insurance Commissioner a protest within 30 days after the mailing date of a certain notice when protesting a proposed premium increase for a policy of private passenger motor vehicle liability insurance; and requiring the Maryland Insurance Administration to submit to the General Assembly a report on or before December 1 each year detailing the number of protests of motor vehicle liability insurance premium increases received and the insurers involved.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Civil Actions - Civil Immunity - Educator Intervention in Student Violence (Good Teacher Protection Act) [HB-802]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Providing that a staff member of a school, acting in an official capacity, is not civilly liable for personal injury or property damage resulting from intervention in a student altercation or other student disturbance if the staff member intervened in a reasonably prudent manner and the actions taken do not constitute grossly negligent, willful, wanton, or intentionally tortious conduct.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/12/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Montgomery County - Distracted Driving Monitoring Systems - Authorization MC 24-20 [HB-875]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Authorizing a law enforcement agency in Montgomery County to place distracted driver monitoring systems on highways located in Montgomery County, if authorized by the governing body of Montgomery County; requiring that a recorded image made by a distracted driver monitoring system include an image of the vehicle, the license plates, and the time, date, and location of the violation; providing that the driver of a motor vehicle recorded committing a certain violation is subject to a certain civil penalty of up to $500; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 02/24/2020