Occupational Safety
Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Construction Safety and Health Training - Public Work Contracts [HB-330]
Requiring specified individuals performing work on public work projects to complete construction safety training; requiring contractors, before beginning work on a public work contract, to provide a certification to a public body indicating that each individual working on the site has completed the construction safety training course within the past 5 years; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters Withdrawn on 03/19/2013
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Division of Labor and Industry and Associated Boards and Councils - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation [HB-296]
Continuing the State Amusement Ride Safety Advisory Board, the Occupational Safety and Health Advisory Board, the Apprenticeship and Training Council, and the Board of Boiler Rules in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (Sunset Law) by extending to July 1, 2024 the termination provisions relating to the statutory and regulatory authority of the boards and council; repealing the termination provision for the Division of Labor and Industry; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 02/26/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Procurement - Occupational Safety and Health Prequalification [HB-1486]
Requiring the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to develop and adopt by regulation a specified safety questionnaire and safety rating system; requiring the Department to calculate by using a specified safety rating system the safety rating that a prospective bidder or offeror has attained on a specified safety questionnaire; providing that a prospective bidder or offeror that attains a specified safety rating is deemed to have prequalified to submit a bid or an offer on specified contracts; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C. William Frick
Rereferred To Economic Matters on 03/20/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Occupational Safety and Health - Good Faith Actions by Business Owners - Penalty Forgiveness [HB-104]
Prohibiting the Commissioner of Labor and Industry from assessing under specified circumstances a civil penalty against an employer for specified violations of the Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Act, specified orders passed under that Act, or specified regulations adopted to carry out that Act; and making the Act subject to a contingency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/12/2013
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Maryland Program Evaluation Act - Revisions [SB-378]
Repealing the requirement that an evaluation of specified governmental activities or units and the statutes and regulations that relate to those activities or units be performed; requiring the Office of Policy Analysis in the Department of Legislative Services to implement a specified research agenda as approved by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House; repealing the termination provisions applicable to specified governmental activities or units subject to the Maryland Program Evaluation Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Education
Hearing 3/28 At 1:00 P.m. (health And Government Operations) on 03/21/2012
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Business Occupations and Professions - Qualified Industrial Hygienists and [SB-268]
Prohibiting an individual from representing the individual to be a qualified industrial hygienist or an industrial hygiene technologist unless the individual has specified qualifications; requiring an individual who represents the individual to be a qualified industrial hygienist or an industrial hygiene technologist to make specified credentials available for inspection on request from specified individuals; creating a specified evidentiary presumption related to the failure to present specified credentials; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barry Glassman
Unfavorable Report By Finance Withdrawn on 03/08/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Construction Safety and Health Training - Public Work Contracts [HB-1330]
Requiring specified individuals performing work on public work projects to complete construction safety training; requiring contractors, before beginning work on a public work contract, to provide a certification to a public body indicating that each individual working on the site has completed the construction safety training course within the past 5 years; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Referred To Interim Study By Economic Matters on 04/08/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Occupational Safety - Manholes and Confined Spaces - Training in First Aid and [HB-1303]
Requiring an employer to provide in-person training in basic first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation at least once every 3 years to an employee who works in or in the immediate vicinity of a manhole or a specified confined space; prohibiting an employer from allowing or causing an employee to work in a manhole or a specified confined space unless each employee working in or in the immediate vicinity of the manhole or confined space is trained to administer basic first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Hucker
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters Withdrawn on 03/26/2011
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Children's Environmental Health Protection Act [HB-1503]
Requiring each county board to adopt a health and safety policy that includes specified standards for specified plans; providing for the scope of the Act; requiring a hazardous substance removal plan, fire and life safety code repair plan, and facility and equipment violation plan to contain specified provisions; requiring a health, safety, and environmental management plan to require the use of specified cleaning and maintenance products; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Hubbard
Hearing 3/23 At 1:00 P.m.(ways And Means) on 03/16/2010
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Maine 124th Legislature
An Act To Require United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration Training for Government Construction Contracts [HB-658]
An Act To Require United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration Training for Government Construction Contracts
Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Wright (s) Pursuant To Joint Rule 310.3 Placed In Legislative Files (dead) on 05/21/2009
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Maine 124th Legislature
Resolve, To Study Safety Measures Relating to Open Trenches and Excavations [HB-1094]
Resolve, To Study Safety Measures Relating to Open Trenches and Excavations
Sponsored by: Rep. Gary Connor (s) Under Suspension Of The Rules Finally Passed In Concurrence on 05/21/2009
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Environment - Higher Education Facilities - Mold Hazards and Mold or Moisture Problems [HB-1428]
Requiring the Department of the Environment, in consultation with certain entities, to adopt regulations to require periodic inspections for the presence of mold hazards and mold or moisture problems in each occupied higher education facility in the State; authorizing the Department of the Environment, in consultation with the Maryland Higher Education Commission, to grant a waiver from certain inspection requirements; requiring an annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly on the findings of the inspections; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Hearing Canceled on 03/02/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
School Buildings - Drinking Water Outlets - Elevated Level of Lead (Safe School Drinking Water Act) [HB-1475]
Altering the definition of "elevated level of lead" for purposes of certain provisions of law requiring the periodic testing for the presence of lead in drinking water outlets in occupied public and nonpublic school buildings.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Safety - 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System [HB-934]
Altering references to the terms "9-1-1 fee" and "additional charge", respectively, to be "State 9-1-1 fee" and "county 9-1-1 fee", respectively, and altering the definition of "public safety answering point" for purposes of provisions of law concerning the 9-1-1 emergency telephone system; renaming the Emergency Number Systems Board to be the Maryland 9-1-1 Board; requiring a certain report by the Department of General Services by June 30, 2020; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Krebs
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 375 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Safety - 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System [SB-838]
Altering references to the terms "9-1-1 fee" and "additional charge", respectively, to be "State 9-1-1 fee" and "county 9-1-1 fee", respectively, and altering the definition of "public safety answering point" for purposes of provisions of law concerning the 9-1-1 emergency telephone system; renaming the Emergency Number Systems Board to be the Maryland 9-1-1 Board; requiring a certain report by the Department of General Services by June 30, 2020; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 376 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
School Buildings - Drinking Water Outlets - Elevated Level of Lead (Safe School Drinking Water Act) [SB-992]
Altering the definition of "elevated level of lead" for purposes of certain provisions of law requiring the periodic testing for the presence of lead in drinking water outlets in occupied public and nonpublic school buildings; and requiring by August 1, 2021, a school to take certain remedial measures on a drinking water outlet tested on or before June 1, 2020, if the test indicated a concentration of lead that was more than 5 parts per billion but less than 20 parts per billion.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Referred Environment And Transportation Ways And Means on 02/28/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Occupational Safety and Health - Heat Stress Standards [HB-722]
Requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry, in consultation with the Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Advisory Board to develop and adopt regulations, on or before October 1, 2022, that require employers to protect employees from heat-related illness caused by heat stress; requiring Maryland Occupational Safety and Health to hold certain informational meetings before beginning a certain process; requiring the Commissioner to consider certain standards in developing regulations; requiring the Commissioner to make a certain report; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 308 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Health Care Facilities - Workplace Safety Program - Revisions [HB-612]
Requiring that a certain annual assessment required to be included in a certain workplace safety program include certain recommendations to reduce injuries that could result from a lack of workplace safety; requiring a health care facility to guarantee that a health care worker who reports a physical assault or threatening behavior under a certain process may elect not to care for the individual who caused the harm or issued the threat; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Cox
Hearing 3/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Workers' Compensation Act - Death Benefits - Release of Claim [SB-438]
Altering the circumstances under which a dependent of a covered employee who is entitled to compensation for the death of the covered employee resulting from an accidental injury or occupational disease is required to be paid certain workers' compensation death benefits; requiring the Workers' Compensation Commission to establish a procedure by which a dependent of a covered employee may agree to the application of a final compromise and settlement and the release of any future death benefits by the dependent; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Occupational Safety and Health - Heat Stress Standards [SB-434]
Requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to adopt regulations, on or before October 1, 2022, that include a certain standard establishing certain heat stress levels and to ensure that all employers comply with certain requirements with respect to occupational exposure to excessive heat; requiring certain employers to develop, implement, and maintain a certain excessive heat-related illness prevention plan for employees; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2020