Occupational Safety
Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public and Nonpublic Schools – Electric Retractable Room Partitions – Operation Requirements [SB-258]
Prohibiting public and nonpublic school employees from operating an electric retractable room partition in a school except under certain circumstances; requiring any annual safety review, evaluation, or exercise for school employees in a certain school building to include certain information and demonstrations; requiring the State Department of Education to develop and disseminate model safety guidelines on the safe operation of electric retractable room partitions; requiring the Department to publish model safety guidelines on its website; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing Canceled on 03/16/2020
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Labor and Employment - Secure Maryland Wage Act [SB-62]
Requiring that certain employees working at a heightened security interest location be paid a certain wage or combination of wages and benefits; declaring findings of the General Assembly; specifying that certain provisions of the Act do not diminish certain rights of certain covered employees; specifying that a certain agreement to work for less than a certain wage is void under certain circumstances; requiring an employer to keep certain records for at least 3 years; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/13/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Secure Maryland Wage Act [SB-62]
Requiring that certain employees working at a heightened security interest location be paid a certain wage or combination of wages and benefits; declaring findings of the General Assembly; specifying that certain provisions of the Act do not diminish certain rights of certain covered employees; specifying that a certain agreement to work for less than a certain wage is void under certain circumstances; requiring an employer to keep certain records for at least 3 years; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/13/2020
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Procurement - Public Work Contracts - Contractor Occupational Safety and Health Requirements [HB-1510]
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: Rep. C. William Frick
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters; Withdrawn on 04/08/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Biosafety Level 3 Laboratories [HB-1172]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to develop and make available a standardized form for a BSL-3 laboratory for specified purposes; requiring the laboratories to report specified information to the Department on or before September 30, 2018, and on or before September 30 each subsequent year; requiring the Department to report, on or before December 31, 2018, and on or before December 31 each subsequent year, the number and location of the laboratories, in total and by local jurisdiction, to specified State officials; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Chang
Hearing 4/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/04/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Act - Voluntary Protection Program [SB-818]
Establishing a Voluntary Protection Program in the Division of Labor and Industry to encourage participating employers to have exemplary worker safety and health programs; requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to recognize specified employers under the Program; requiring an employer who wishes to participate in the Program to submit a specified application; authorizing the Commissioner to perform specified evaluations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 517 on 05/04/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Biosafety Level 3 Laboratories [SB-400]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to develop and make available a standardized form for a BSL-3 laboratory for specified purposes; requiring the laboratories to report specified information to the Department on or before September 30, 2018, and on or before September 30 each subsequent year; requiring the Department to report, on or before December 31, 2018, and on or before December 31 each subsequent year, the number and location of the laboratories, in total and by local jurisdiction, to specified State officials; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Young
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/27/2017