Minorities
Maryland 2023 Regular Session
State Procurement – Minority Business Enterprise Program – Extension and Reports [HB-809]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Altering to July 1, 2025, the termination date for certain provisions of law governing the Minority Business Enterprise Program and its application to offshore wind projects and video lottery terminals; and altering the date by which certain reports, studies, and guidelines must be submitted.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 137 on 04/24/2023
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Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Payment Program and Climate Impact Health Coverage Program – Establishment [SB-843]
[Climate Change ]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Public Health ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Funding ]
Establishing the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Payment Program in the Department of the Environment to secure payments from certain businesses that extract fossil fuels or refine petroleum products in order to provide a source of revenue for certain climate change adaptive or mitigation infrastructure projects and efforts to address the health impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations; establishing the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Kramer
Hearing Canceled (education, Energy, And The Environment) And Hearing Canceled (finance) on 03/07/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Economic Development - Cybersecurity - Cyber Maryland Program [SB-801]
[Economic Development ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Education ]
Establishing the Cyber Maryland Program in the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to create and execute a talent pipeline that materially reduces workforce vacancies by July 1, 2026, build an advanced cybersecurity workforce, and carry out other purposes related to the cybersecurity workforce in the State; establishing the Cyber Maryland Fund; authorizing the Governor to include an appropriation of $250,000 for the Fund in the annual budget bill for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. J.B. Jennings
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 578 on 05/08/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Primary and Secondary Education - Virtual Education [SB-610]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Requiring a teacher preparation program to include certain training related to teaching in a virtual learning environment as a component of instruction; providing that a county board of education may authorize a county superintendent of schools, under certain circumstances, to provide virtual education days to students instead of closing the public schools in the county because of severe weather conditions; altering the requirements for virtual schools established by a county board of education; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 804 on 05/28/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Climate, Labor, and Environmental Equity Act of 2023 [SB-743]
[Environmental ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Air Quality ]
[Climate Change ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to conduct a certain evaluation regarding the impact of issuing an approval for certain environmental permits; requiring the Department to provide opportunities for certain communication with certain residents in a certain manner; and altering certain reporting requirements for certain State agencies.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Hearing 2/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
School Discipline - Behavioral Health and Safety - Data Collection and School Resource Officers [SB-811]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Mental Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring the State Department of Education to disaggregate certain discipline-related data in an electronic spreadsheet format for the Department's website, make the data available to the public, and report certain discipline-related information each year; requiring the Department to lower and maintain a certain risk ratio used to identify a school's disproportional disciplinary practices; requiring each county board of education to develop a behavioral health and safety plan for certain schools by September 1, 2024; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington
Hearing Canceled on 03/10/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Career and Technical Education Committee - Alterations [SB-585]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Altering the composition of the Career and Technical Education Committee; altering the Committee's duties and authorized actions to include the perspective of career colleges and skilled trade organizations; and requiring the Committee to develop and provide to guidance counselors and public schools in the State a list of all skilled trade organization programs and career school programs in the State.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Favorable on 03/16/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Department of Service and Civic Innovation and Maryland Corps Program Service Year Option Pathways - Established (Serving Every Region Through Vocational Exploration Act of 2023) [SB-551]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Nonprofit ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Department of Service and Civic Innovation; providing that the purpose of the Department is to promote service and volunteerism in the State; establishing the Secretary of Service and Civic Innovation and the duties and responsibilities of the Secretary; altering the provisions of the Maryland Corps Program, including requiring the Department to administer the Program; establishing the Young Adult Service Year Option Pathway Fund; providing for the purposes, use, administration, and contents of the Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 99 on 04/24/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland African American Museum Corporation - Board of Directors - Membership [HB-690]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Altering the membership of the Board of Directors of the Maryland African American Museum Corporation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 140 on 04/24/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Land Conservation - Establishment of Goals and Programs (Maryland the Beautiful Act) [SB-470]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Real Estate ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Water ]
[Community Development ]
Establishing certain goals and programs related to land conservation; establishing the Local Land Trust Revolving Loan Program to provide loans to land trusts to purchase land for conservation purposes; authorizing the Maryland Environmental Trust to exercise certain remedies under certain circumstances; prohibiting a person from making any false statements affecting a Local Land Trust Revolving Loan Program loan; establishing the 40 x 40 Land Conservation Implementation Grant Program to support land conservation goals; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 546 on 05/08/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Land Conservation - Establishment of Goals and Programs (Maryland the Beautiful Act) [HB-631]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Real Estate ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Water ]
[Community Development ]
Establishing certain goals and programs related to land conservation; establishing the Local Land Trust Revolving Loan Program to provide loans to certain land trusts to purchase land for conservation purposes; establishing the Land Preservation Rapid Response Advisory Committee to review loan applications and make recommendations on which projects to fund; establishing the Local Land Trust Revolving Loan Fund; establishing the 40 x 40 Land Conservation Implementation Grant Program to support land conservation goals; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Favorable With Amendments Report By Budget And Taxation on 04/10/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Serving Every Region Through Vocational Exploration Act of 2023 [HB-546]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Community Development ]
[Human Services ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Insurance ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing the Maryland Corps Program; requiring the Department of Service and Civic Innovation to administer and provide staff for the Program; requiring a Program participant to work at least 30 hours per week and partner with an on-site mentor while working in a service placement; requiring a participating employer to pay a Program participant $15 per hour and provide health insurance benefits; authorizing the Department to disburse a stipend of up to $6,000 to a Program participant who completes a service placement; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Third Reading Passed (37-9) on 03/31/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Workgroup on Black, Latino, Asian American Pacific Islander, and Other Underrepresented Behavioral Health Professionals - Extension of Dates [HB-615]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Services ]
Extending the reporting and termination dates, to July 1, 2024, and June 30, 2025, respectively, for the Workgroup on Black, Latino, Asian American Pacific Islander, and Other Underrepresented Behavioral Health Professionals.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marlon Amprey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 392 on 05/03/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Economic Development - Woman- and Minority-Owned Shellfish Aquaculture Enterprise Fund [SB-433]
[Economic Development ]
[Small Business ]
[Agriculture ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Establishing the Woman- and Minority-Owned Shellfish Aquaculture Enterprise Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund to assist woman- and minority-owned businesses entering into or expanding in the shellfish aquaculture industry; requiring the Maryland Agricultural and Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation to develop partnerships with certain entities to facilitate the award of loans from the Fund and identify potential loan recipients; and requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. (finance) on 02/03/2023
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North Carolina 2023-2024 Session
Honoring NC's Contributions to Civil Rights [HB-42]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Honoring NC's Contributions to Civil Rights
Sponsored by: Rep. Dennis Riddell
Ref To The Com On Appropriations, If Favorable, Rules, Calendar, And Operations Of The House on 02/06/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Economic Development – Independent Innovation Agency of Prince George’s County – Establishment PG 401–23 [HB-479]
[Economic Development ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Small Business ]
[Community Development ]
Establishing the Independent Innovation Agency of Prince George's County to promote innovation and technology in the County; authorizing the Agency to enter into certain contracts, accept grants, contributions, or other assistance from federal, State, or local governments or from a college or university; establishing the Innovation Places Program in the Agency to foster entrepreneurship in the County; establishing the Industry Sector Workgroup in the Agency to convene interested stakeholders in the county; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 2/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Department of Housing and Community Development - Racial Equity Impact Assessment [HB-460]
[Housing ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development, by December 31, 2024 and each year thereafter, to complete a racial equity impact assessment evaluating the impact of financial assistance administered by the Department and whether the assistance is equitably invested in the communities with the greatest need and those with the largest population of economically marginalized peoples; and requiring the Department to work with independent experts on the assessment and to make the assessment available to the public.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Green Career Gender and Minority Empowerment and Training Pilot Program [HB-415]
[Environmental ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requiring the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City to establish, under certain circumstances, the Green Career Gender and Minority Empowerment and Training Pilot Program by January 1, 2024, to encourage young women and minorities to pursue green careers; and requiring funding for the Program to be provided in certain amounts in fiscal years 2025 through 2028 through the Mayor's Office of Minority and Women-Owned Business Development.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Smith
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 01/30/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
State Government - Maryland Reparations Commission - Establishment (Harriet Tubman Community Investment Act) [HB-409]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Maryland Reparations Commission to develop and administer a program to provide compensatory benefits to the descendants of individuals enslaved in the State; providing that any individual whose ancestors were enslaved in the State is eligible to receive certain benefits; authorizing the Commission to seek the assistance of State agencies to develop and evaluate processes and applications; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill such sums as necessary to carry out the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gabriel Acevero
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/13/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland African American Museum Corporation - Board of Directors - Membership [SB-332]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Altering the membership of the Board of Directors of the Maryland African American Museum Corporation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 139 on 04/24/2023