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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session

Use Tribal ID for Alcohol & Tobacco Purchase [SB-108] [Alcoholic Beverages ] [Native American Affairs ] [Consumer Protection ]
Use Tribal ID for Alcohol & Tobacco Purchase

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Harold Corbin Ref To Com On Rules And Operations Of The Senate on 02/15/2023

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session

Use Tribal ID for Alcohol & Tobacco Purchase [SB-102] [Alcoholic Beverages ] [Native American Affairs ] [Consumer Protection ]
Use Tribal ID for Alcohol & Tobacco Purchase

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jay Chaudhuri Ref To Com On Rules And Operations Of The Senate on 02/15/2023

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Maryland Educator Shortage Act of 2023 [SB-893] [Education ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ]
Requiring the State Department of Education to establish specific goals for the recruitment and retention of teachers in teacher preparation programs; transferring the administration of the Teaching Fellows for Maryland program to the Department and altering the qualifications for the program; establishing the Grow Our Own Educators Scholarship Program and Fund to provide scholarships to individuals who pledge to work full-time as a teacher in the State; establishing the Educator Internship Stipend Program; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson Hearing Canceled (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 03/07/2023

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission - Members MC/PG 109-23 [HB-1009] [Elections ] [Community Development ]
Repealing the requirement that not more than three members of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission from each county be members of the same political party; requiring the County Council of Montgomery County and the County Executive of Prince George's County to consider certain diversity needs when making appointments for membership on the Commission; establishing that the party composition of county commissioners from each county shall be based on the election results for the County Executive; etc.

  

Sponsored by: No sponsors Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/16/2023

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Education - Public Schools - Asian American History Curriculum Requirement [HB-960] [Education ] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Children and Youth ]
Requiring the State Board of Education to develop curriculum content standards for a unit of instruction on Asian American history in public schools in the State; requiring each county board of education to implement the Asian American history curriculum content standards, beginning in the 2024-2025 school year; requiring each county board to ensure that a unit of instruction on Asian American history is taught at least once during elementary school, once during middle school, and once in a history course required to graduate from high school; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve First Reading Ways And Means on 02/10/2023

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2023 Regular Session

State Department of Education - School Psychologist Recruitment Program [HB-961] [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. Nicholaus Kipke First Reading Ways And Means on 02/10/2023

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Public Schools - Expanded American History - Development of Content Standards and Implementation [HB-1164] [Education ]
Requiring the State Board of Education, on or before December 1, 2023, to develop content standards for expanded American history; requiring each county board of education, in collaboration with the local school system, to update and implement certain curriculum guides for expanded American history; requiring each public school to include expanded American history in the social studies curriculum beginning in the 2024-2025 school year; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2023

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Economic Development - Nonprofit Sustainability Fund - Establishment [HB-1226] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Nonprofit ] [Community Development ]
Establishing the Nonprofit Sustainability Fund in the Department of Commerce to provide general operating support to nonprofit organizations in the State; establishing the Nonprofit Sustainability Fund Evaluation Committee to evaluate applications from certain nonprofit organizations in the State for grants from the Fund; establishing criteria for eligibility for a certain grant from the Fund; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey First Reading Appropriations on 02/10/2023

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Voting Rights Act of 2023 - Counties and Municipalities [HB-1104] [Voting Rights ] [Elections ] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting local governments from impairing or diminishing the right of a protected class member to vote or influence election outcomes; establishing requirements on local governments regarding proposals for shifting methods of election and districting plans; requiring the Civil Rights Division of the Office of the Attorney General to approve or deny proposed local government remedies to address certain violations; establishing the Statewide Election Database and Information Office; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Smith Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2023

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Economic Development - Cybersecurity - Cyber Maryland Program [HB-1189] [Economic Development ] [Cybersecurity ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Education ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Establishing the Cyber Maryland Program in the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to increase the cybersecurity workforce in the State, build an advanced cybersecurity workforce, and carry out other purposes related to the cybersecurity workforce in the State; establishing the Cyber Maryland Fund; establishing the Cyber Maryland Board; requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission, in consultation with a certain organization, to expand the Cyber Warrior Diversity Program under certain circumstances; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser Referred Rules on 04/07/2023

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Prince George's County - Board of Education and School System Revisions PG 502-23 [HB-1079] [Education ] [Children and Youth ]
Altering the duties and responsibilities of the Prince George's County Board of Education and certain officers of the county board; altering the voting authority of the student board member; requiring the county board to retain counsel and pay certain counsel fees and expenses incurred for defending a member in litigation involving a member's service in the member's official capacity on the county board under certain circumstances; altering certain procedures for the election of the student member of the county board; etc.

  

Sponsored by: No sponsors Approved By The Governor - Chapter 793 on 05/16/2023

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Maryland Educator Shortage Reduction Act of 2023 [HB-1219] [Education ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Children and Youth ]
Altering the qualifications for early childhood education teacher certification completed through an alternative teacher preparation program; requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Maryland Higher Education Commission, to establish specific goals for the recruitment and retention of teachers in teacher preparation programs; requiring that "high staff qualifications" for publicly funded eligible prekindergarten providers must be implemented by the 2027-2028 school year; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve Approved By The Governor - Chapter 627 on 05/16/2023

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Solid Waste Disposal and Diversion and On-Farm Composting and Compost Use [HB-1139] [Waste Management / Recycling ] [Environmental ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Agriculture ]
Establishing the On-Farm Composting and Compost Use Grant Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; establishing a statewide solid waste disposal surcharge to be collected by owners and operators of refuse disposal systems and requiring that the surcharge revenue be remitted on a quarterly basis beginning April 1, 2024, to the Comptroller; establishing the Waste Reduction Grants Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; authorizing the Department of the Environment to approve a certain local solid waste disposal surcharge program; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Regina Boyce Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/10/2023

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Environment – Office of Recycling – Mattress Stewardship Program – Establishment [HB-930] [Environmental ] [Waste Management / Recycling ]
Prohibiting, on and after January 1, 2028, a person from disposing of a mattress in a landfill, subject to certain exceptions; prohibiting, on and after January 1, 2028, a person from disposing of a mattress in an incinerator; 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, 2024; establishing a Mattress Stewardship Advisory Board; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/13/2023

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Climate, Labor, and Environmental Equity Act of 2023 [HB-840] [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: Rep. Regina Boyce Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/13/2023

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Payment Program and Climate Impact Health Coverage Program – Establishment [HB-915] [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: Rep. Kumar Barve Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. (economic Matters) on 02/10/2023

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2023 Regular Session

State Government - Maryland Reparations Commission - Establishment [HB-875] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Budget and Spending ] [Human Rights ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Economic Development ] [Community 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 are necessary to carry out the Act; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/13/2023

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Commission on History, Culture, and Civics in Education [HB-890] [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 and recommendations to the State Board, the Governor, and the General Assembly o nor before December 30 each year.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gabriel Acevero Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2023

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Voting Rights Act of 2023 - Counties and Municipalities [SB-878] [Voting Rights ] [Elections ] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting local governments from impairing or diminishing the right of a protected class member to vote or influence election outcomes; establishing requirements on local governments regarding proposals for shifting methods of election and districting plans; requiring the Civil Rights Division of the Office of the Attorney General to approve or deny proposed local government remedies to address certain violations; establishing the Statewide Election Database and Information Office; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Sydnor Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/01/2023

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Department of Human Services - Office of African American Affairs - Establishment [HB-805] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Human Services ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ]
Establishing the Office of African American Affairs in the Department of Human Services; requiring the Governor to include an appropriation of $250,000 in the annual budget bill for the salaries of two positions in the Office; and requiring the Office to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on the activities of the office on or before January 1, 2025 and each January 1 thereafter.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Bridges Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2023

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