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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Cleaning Product Right-to-Know Act [HB-1080]
Requiring a manufacturer of a certain product to disclose certain information on the label of the product and on the website of the manufacturer under certain circumstances beginning January 1, 2021; requiring a manufacturer of a certain product to make certain information available in a certain format; providing that a manufacturer of a certain product may protect and is not required to disclose certain information; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/14/2018
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Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment [SB-871]
Providing that the General Assembly finds that all State residents have a right to health care; providing it is the intent of the General Assembly to establish a comprehensive universal single-payer health care coverage program and a health care cost control system; establishing Healthy Maryland as a public corporation and a unit of State government to provide comprehensive universal health coverage for every State resident; requiring Healthy Maryland to provide certain services for residents of the State by January 1, 2021; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/04/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Occupational Safety and Health - Enforcement of Regulations [SB-66]
Authorizing the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to suspend, delay, or alter enforcement of an occupational safety and health regulation if the federal government has taken certain action related to the corresponding federal regulation.
Sponsored by: Sen.
First Reading Finance on 01/09/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Workers' Compensation - Medical Presumptions for Diseases and Cancer - Eligibility (Firefighter Jesse McCullough's Cancer Protection Law) [SB-646]
Altering the circumstances under which certain firefighters, fire fighting instructors, rescue squad members, advanced life support unit members, and sworn members of the Office of the State Fire Marshal are presumed to be suffering from an occupational disease that was suffered in the line of duty and is compensable under the workers' compensation law; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 216 on 04/30/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
State Government - Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability and Maryland Program Evaluation Act [SB-640]
Establishing the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability in the Department of Legislative Services; requiring the Office to conduct certain performance evaluations of certain units of State government; renaming the Joint Audit Committee as the Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee with an expanded role in reviewing evaluations conducted by the Office; requiring the Office to conduct certain investigations under certain circumstances; altering the manner in which certain governmental units are evaluated; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Craig Zucker
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 511 on 05/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Clean Energy Jobs [SB-516]
Requiring the Small, Minority, and Women-Owned Businesses Account to receive certain money from the Strategic Energy Investment Fund; establishing certain criteria for qualified offshore wind projects applied for on or after July 1, 2017, termed Round 2 offshore wind projects; establishing the Clean Energy Workforce Account to provide grants for apprenticeships and training to establish career paths in sectors of the clean energy industry; requiring the Power Plant Research Program to conduct additional studies; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 757 on 05/25/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Workers' Compensation - Medical Presumptions [SB-160]
Adding bladder cancer and kidney or renal cell cancer to the types of cancer that are considered occupational diseases suffered in the line of duty and are compensable in a certain manner.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/25/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Workers’ Compensation – Permanent Partial Disability – Baltimore City Deputy Sheriffs [HB-795]
Providing for enhanced workers' compensation benefits for a Baltimore City deputy sheriff for a compensable permanent partial disability of less than a certain number of weeks; and providing for the prospective application of the Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Talmadge Branch
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 256 on 04/30/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Workers’ Compensation – Medical Presumptions for Diseases and Cancer – Eligibility (Firefighter Jesse McCullough’s Cancer Protection Law) [HB-604]
Altering the circumstances under which firefighters, fire fighting instructors, rescue squad members, advanced life support unit members, and members of the Office of the State Fire Marshal are presumed to be suffering from an occupational disease that was suffered in the line of duty and is compensable under the workers' compensation law to encompass individuals with at least 10 years of cumulative service within the State and the cancer or leukemia has resulted in partial or total disability or death; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tawanna Gaines
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 215 on 04/30/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Department of the Environment - Public and Nonpublic Schools - Inspections for Environmental Hazards [HB-496]
Requiring the Department of the Environment, in consultation with the State Department of Education, the Department of General Services, and Maryland Occupational Safety and Health, to adopt certain regulations under certain circumstances and to require periodic inspections for the presence of environmental hazards in each occupied public and nonpublic school facility; authorizing the Department, in consultation with the State Department of Education, to grant a waiver from the inspection requirements under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/16/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Procurement - Public Work Contracts - Contractor Occupational Safety and Health Requirements [HB-24]
Requiring a prospective bidder or offeror when submitting a bid or offer for a public work contract to submit to the public body a certain contractor safety and health plan and a certain attestation; requiring a contractor safety and health plan to include certain information; requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to develop a certain safety and health calculation worksheet and certain safety and health rating system; requiring the Commissioner to adopt regulations to carry out the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Cheryl Glenn
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters; Withdrawn on 03/14/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Maryland Pilots Act - Refusal of Tugboat Services - Pilot Assignment and Reporting [HB-1429]
Requiring the Association of Maryland Pilots to assign a certain licensed pilot to provide pilotage for a vessel if a certain other licensed pilot refuses to engage the services of a certain tugboat company; requiring, within 48 hours after three licensed pilots assigned to a particular vessel have refused to engage the services of the tugboat company, the pilots jointly to submit a detailed report to the Association, the State Board of Pilots, the U.S. Coast Guard, and the tugboat company explaining the reasons for their refusals; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Impallaria
Motion Rules Suspended For Late Introduction (delegate Impallaria) Adopted (128-5) on 03/27/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Discrimination in Employment for Use of Medical Cannabis - Prohibition [HB-1239]
Prohibiting an employer, except under certain circumstances, from discriminating against an individual because of the individual's receipt of a certain written certification for the use of medical cannabis or the individual's positive drug test under certain circumstances; establishing that certain provisions prohibiting employment discrimination do not require an employer to allow certain use of medical cannabis or make certain reasonable accommodations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Smith
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters; Withdrawn on 03/11/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
State Government - Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability and Maryland Program Evaluation Act [HB-1113]
Renaming the Joint Audit Committee to be the Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee and altering its powers and duties; establishing the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability in the Department of Legislative Services; requiring the Office to conduct certain performance evaluations of certain units of State government; requiring the Office to conduct certain investigations under certain circumstances; altering the manner in which certain governmental units are evaluated under the Maryland Program Evaluation Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 510 on 05/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment [HB-1087]
Providing that the General Assembly finds that all State residents have a right to health care; providing it is the intent of the General Assembly to establish a comprehensive universal single-payer health care coverage program and a health care cost control system; establishing Healthy Maryland as a public corporation and a unit of State government to provide comprehensive universal health coverage for every State resident; requiring Healthy Maryland to provide certain services for residents of the State by January 1, 2021; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/28/2019
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Charles County Sheriff - Salaries and Collective Bargaining [SB-390]
Requiring the salary schedule for deputy sheriffs of Charles County to correspond to the Department of State Police salary schedule; authorizing sworn law enforcement officers and correctional officers in Charles County to collectively bargain with the County Commissioners of Charles County, in addition to the Sheriff; requiring the Sheriff and the County Commissioners, to recognize the specified exclusive representatives as of September 30, 2016 as the exclusive representative of those specified employees; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 669 on 05/28/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Workers' Compensation Commission - Location of Hearings - Claims Filed by Employees of Governmental Agencies [SB-174]
Requiring the Workers' Compensation Commission, under specified circumstances, to conduct a hearing on a claim filed by an employee of a governmental agency be held at a regional hearing location convenient to all parties, a location covering the county where the employee resided when the specified medical condition occurred, or in Baltimore City; authorizing the Commission to conduct the hearing at an alternative hearing location if the covered employee demonstrates, through a detailed medical report, a specified medical necessity; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 03/14/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
State Board of Dental Examiners - Ownership, Management, and Operation of a Dental Practice [SB-1082]
Altering a specified provision of law to exempt specified entities from the requirements of the Maryland Dentistry Act; prohibiting the State Board of Dental Examiners from requiring a person to be licensed by the Board to engage in specified activities in the State; prohibiting the Board from adopting regulations restricting specified activities; altering specified penalties; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway
Hearing 3/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/16/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Maryland Transit Administration - Labor Relations - Resolution of Labor Disputes [SB-101]
Authorizing, except under specified circumstances, either the Maryland Transit Administration or an accredited representative to request that a fact finder be employed to resolve a labor dispute; repealing the requirement that the Administration submit a specified labor dispute to an arbitration board; requiring the Administration, under specified circumstances, to request the State Labor Relations Board to resolve a specified labor dispute in a specified manner; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing 1/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/28/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Procurement - Public Work Contracts - Contractor Occupational Safety and Health Requirements [HB-977]
Requiring a prospective bidder or offeror when submitting a bid or offer for a public work contract to submit to the public body a specified contractor safety and health plan and a specified attestation; requiring a contractor safety and health plan to include specified information; requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to develop a specified safety and health calculation worksheet and specified safety and health rating system; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/04/2016