Minorities
Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Department of Education - Soccer Opportunities Program - Establishment [SB-433]
[Education ]
[Sports ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Community Development ]
[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; and requiring the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2026, to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of at least $80,000 for the Program.
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Gettr Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Commission on African American History and Culture - Museum Name Change [HB-390]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Altering the name of the museum operated by the Commission on African American History and Culture in certain provisions of law from the "Banneker-Douglass Museum" to the "Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum".
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Commission on African American History and Culture - Museum Name Change [SB-341]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Altering the name of the museum operated by the Commission on African American History and Culture in certain provisions of law from the "Banneker-Douglass Museum" to the "Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum".
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Environmental Justice Task Force; establishes, report. [HB-1000]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Community Development ]
Environmental Justice Task Force; report. Establishes the Environmental Justice Task Force for the purpose of furthering environmental justice in the Commonwealth, consisting of the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources, the Secretary of Health and Human Resources, the Secretary of Commerce and Trade, the Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry, and the Secretary of Transportation, or their designees. The bill requires the Task Force to advise the Governor and state agencies of the Commonwealth on environmental justice issues, particularly as
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Environment - Impact of Environmental Permits and State Agency Actions [SB-96]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Health ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to conduct a climate and environmental equity evaluation regarding the impact of issuing an approval for certain environmental permits; requiring the Department to provide opportunities for residents of the State to opt in to text, phone, e-mail, or regular mail notifications regarding any facility with a pending or final permit approval in or adjacent to the resident's census tract; altering certain reporting requirements for certain State agencies; etc.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Maryland State Parks - Funds and Plan Alterations [HB-228]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Funding ]
[Recreation ]
Extending the date by which the Park System Critical Maintenance Fund must be expended to before July 1, 2029; authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to expend up to $400,000 from the Park System Critical Maintenance Fund under certain circumstances; authorizing the Park System Capital Improvements and Acquisition Fund to be used for State projects on lands managed by the Department for public purposes; authorizing the Great Maryland Outdoors Fund to be used for promoting outdoor environmental education in the State; etc.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Commission to Study African American Civil War Soldiers in Maryland [HB-133]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Military ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Funding ]
[Veterans ]
[Community Development ]
Establishing the Commission to Study African American Civil War Soldiers in Maryland; requiring the Commission to study the history of the African American soldiers who fought for the Union Army; requiring the Commission to make certain recommendations regarding the funding, design, construction, and location of an appropriate memorial dedicated to African American Civil War soldiers; and requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendation to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2024.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Department of the Environment - Environmental Justice Evaluation of Environmental Permit Applications [HB-24]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Public Health ]
[Community Development ]
[Water ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to perform a certain environmental justice evaluation of certain environmental permit applications under certain circumstances; authorizing the Department to take certain actions on certain environmental permit applications based on certain findings to address environmental concerns; requiring the Department to maintain a publicly accessible website, part of a website, or application that identifies pending permit applications with specific census tracts; etc.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Maryland State Parks - Funds and Plan Alterations [SB-259]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Recreation ]
Extending the date by which the Park System Critical Maintenance Fund must be expended to July 1, 2029; authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to expend up to $400,000 from the Park System Critical Maintenance Fund for a project that addresses critical maintenance concerns without prior approval of the Department of General Services; authorizing the Park System Capital Improvements and Acquisition Fund to be used for State projects on lands managed by the Department of Natural Resources for public purposes; etc.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Commission on History, Culture, and Civics in Education [HB-50]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Education ]
Establishing the Commission on History, Culture, and Civics in Education to make recommendations to the State Board of Education and the State Department of Education to further the discovery, interpretation, and learning of the history, culture, and civics of the United States and Maryland; and requiring the Commission to report its findings to the Board, the Governor, and the General Assembly by December 30 each year beginning in 2024.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Procurement - Preferences - Historically Underutilized Business Zone Businesses [SB-154]
[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.
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North Carolina 2023-2024 Session
General Assembly Appointments [SB-754]
General Assembly Appointments
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North Carolina 2023-2024 Session
Increase Teacher Diversity/Study [HB-833]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Increase Teacher Diversity/Study
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North Carolina 2023-2024 Session
Financial Institutions/ESG Factors [HB-784]
[Finance ]
[Investments ]
Financial Institutions/ESG Factors
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North Carolina 2023-2024 Session
Add Segregation Score to School Report Cards [HB-729]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Add Segregation Score to School Report Cards
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North Carolina 2023-2024 Session
Fair Access to Financial Services Act [HB-781]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Fair Access to Financial Services Act
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North Carolina 2023-2024 Session
Reform the UNC BOG [HB-794]
[Education ]
Reform the UNC BOG
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North Carolina 2023-2024 Session
Protect Burdened Communities/Adverse Impacts [HB-797]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
[Community Development ]
Protect Burdened Communities/Adverse Impacts
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North Carolina 2023-2024 Session
Environmental Justice in North Carolina [HB-689]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Environmental Justice in North Carolina
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North Carolina 2023-2024 Session
State Recognition for The Tuscarora [HB-699]
[Native American Affairs ]
State Recognition for The Tuscarora