Minorities
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session
Community Safety Act [HB-953]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Community Development ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Community Safety Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Belk
Passed 1st Reading on 05/02/2024
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SHALOM Act [HB-942]
SHALOM Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Dennis Riddell
Ch. Sl 2024-27 on 07/01/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
General Provisions - Commemorative Days - Prince Hall Day [HB-1491]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Community Development ]
[Human Rights ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Requiring the Governor to annually proclaim the second Sunday in September as Prince Hall Day.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Rogers
Hearing 3/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/07/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Environment - Office of Recycling - Mattress Stewardship Program - Establishment [HB-1355]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
Prohibiting, on and after January 1, 2029, a person from disposing of a mattress in a landfill, subject to certain exceptions; prohibiting, on and after January 1, 2029, a person from disposing of a mattress in an incinerator, subject to a certain exception; requiring certain producers of mattresses sold at retail in the State or a certain representative organization to submit a plan for the establishment of a Mattress Stewardship Program in the Department of the Environment for approval on or before July 1, 2025; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/12/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Public Health - Maryland Commission on Health Equity and Commission on Public Health - Revisions [HB-1333]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
Requiring the Maryland Commission on Health Equity to develop and monitor the statewide health equity plan required under a cooperative grant funding agreement with the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation; requiring the Maryland Commission on Health Equity to coordinate with the Maryland Department of Health and the Health Services Cost Review Commission when establishing a certain advisory committee; and altering the reporting requirements for the Commission on Public Health.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 787 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Education - School Employee Antibias Training - Requirements [HB-1386]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring the State Department of Education to develop guidelines for an antibias training program for school employees; requiring each county board of education to offer training based on the guidelines; requiring each county board, every other year, to provide antibias training to each public school employee whose job duties include frequent interaction with students; requiring that antibias training be job-embedded, paid professional development training that is provided during nonteaching time; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Edith Patterson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 128 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Department of Education - School Psychologist Recruitment Program [HB-1401]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the School Psychologist Recruitment Program within the State Department of Education to provide professional development programs and aid for a certification fee to school psychologists and individuals seeking to become school psychologists and to reimburse school psychologists for professional conference expenses.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing Canceled on 02/13/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Procurement - Preferences - Historically Underutilized Business Zone Businesses [HB-1184]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requiring a unit to structure procurement procedures to meet federal procurement standards and to try to achieve or exceed a certain overall percentage goal of the unit's total dollar value of procurement contracts to be made with historically underutilized business zone businesses; establishing a certain percentage price preference; and establishing certain penalties.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ric Metzgar
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
African American Heritage Preservation Grant Fund - Alterations [HB-1066]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Altering the uses of the African American Heritage Preservation Grant Fund to include grants to an African American heritage organization to fund the organization's operations and activities; providing that the Grant Fund shall be jointly administered by the Commission on African American History and Culture and the Maryland Historical Trust; allocating certain money in the Grant Fund to be used for certain purposes; altering the required contents of a certain application for a certain grant; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shaneka Henson
Hearing Canceled on 03/06/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
African American Heritage Preservation Grant Fund - Alterations [SB-977]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Altering the uses of the African American Heritage Preservation Grant Fund to include grants to an African American heritage organization to fund the organization's operations and activities; providing that the Grant Fund shall be jointly administered by the Commission on African American History and Culture and the Maryland Historical Trust; allocating certain money in the Grant Fund to be used for certain purposes; altering the required contents of a certain application for a certain grant; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/26/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Plans [HB-864]
[Energy ]
[Housing ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Health ]
[Environmental ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring each electric company, each gas company, and the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop a plan for achieving certain energy efficiency, conservation, and greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets through certain programs and services and superseding certain existing energy efficiency and conservation goals; requiring the Public Service Commission to establish a working group to study and make recommendations on extending certain program assistance to certain moderate-income households; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lily Qi
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 539 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Voting Rights Act of 2024 – Counties and Municipalities [HB-800]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Prohibiting local governments from denying or impairing the right of a protected class member to vote; establishing requirements on the State Board of Elections and local governments related to the provision of language-related assistance in local government elections; requiring the Attorney General or the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County to review and grant preclearance to certain policies before enactment or implementation; prohibiting acts of intimidation or obstruction that interfere with the right to vote; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Smith
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects - Impact Assessments and Workgroup (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2024) [HB-836]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Climate Change ]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Energy ]
Requiring the Department of Transportation, in consultation with the Department of the Environment, to establish a process for performing major highway capacity expansion project impact assessments; requiring the Department and a metropolitan planning organization to perform an impact assessment under certain circumstances; establishing the Workgroup to Study Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects to make certain recommendations to the General Assembly by December 1, 2024, related to certain impact assessments and mitigation plans; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Favorable With Amendments {593127/1 Adopted on 04/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects - Impact Assessments and Mitigation Plans (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2024) [SB-681]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Climate Change ]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Energy ]
[Air Quality ]
Requiring the Department of Transportation to establish a process for performing major highway capacity expansion project impact assessments; requiring the Department and a metropolitan planning organization to perform an impact assessment under certain circumstances; requiring the Department to use the impact assessment to determine whether a project meets certain requirements; requiring the Department and a metropolitan planning organization to develop a certain mitigation plan under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Favorable With Amendments Report By Finance on 04/05/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Voting Rights Act of 2024 - Counties and Municipalities [SB-660]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting local governments from denying or impairing the right of a protected class member to vote; establishing requirements on the State Board of Elections and local governments related to the provision of language-related assistance in local government elections; requiring the Attorney General or the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County to review and grant preclearance to certain policies before enactment or implementation; prohibiting acts of intimidation or obstruction that interfere with the right to vote; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Sydnor
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Procurement - Minority Business Participation - Real Property Title Insurance Services Reporting [SB-587]
[Small Business ]
[Insurance ]
[Real Estate ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Requiring certain reporting relating to minority business participation in State procurement by industry type to include real property title insurance services, including commercial real property title insurance services; and prohibiting the Special Secretary for the Governor's Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs from waiving a certain reporting requirement related to real property title insurance services.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 632 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Department of Education - School Psychologist Recruitment Program [SB-499]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the School Psychologist Recruitment Program within the State Department of Education to provide professional development programs and aid for a certification fee to school psychologists and individuals seeking to become school psychologists and to reimburse school psychologists for professional conference expenses.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
General Provisions - Commemorative Days - Prince Hall Day [SB-467]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Community Development ]
[Human Rights ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Requiring the Governor to annually proclaim the second Sunday in September as Prince Hall Day.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Commission to Study African American Civil War Soldiers in Maryland [SB-448]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Military ]
[Veterans ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Community Development ]
Establishing the Commission to Study African American Civil War Soldiers in Maryland to study the history of the African American soldiers who fought for the Union Army in Maryland and to make findings and recommendations regarding the funding, design, construction, and location of an appropriate memorial dedicated to the African American Civil War soldiers; and requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2024.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 434 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Department of Education - Soccer Opportunities Program - Establishment [HB-450]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Sports ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Establishing the Soccer Opportunities Program in the State Department of Education to increase opportunities for minority students to participate in soccer in their communities; authorizing an agency or youth soccer nonprofit organization to apply for a grant from the Department in furtherance of the purpose of the Program; and requiring the Governor for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter, to include an appropriation of at least $80,000 for the Program in the annual budget bill.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Hearing Canceled on 02/06/2024