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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to certain election practices and procedures; increasing a criminal penalty; providing an administrative penalty. [SB-2975]
[Elections ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
Relating to certain election practices and procedures; increasing a criminal penalty; providing an administrative penalty.
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Bettencourt
Read First Time on 04/07/2025
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Relating to a written request for access to or information from a property owners' association's books and records. [HB-4566]
[Real Estate ]
Relating to a written request for access to or information from a property owners' association's books and records.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stan Kitzman
Read First Time on 04/03/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to certain criminal offenses involving mail or a mail receptacle key or lock; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty. [HB-4414]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Relating to certain criminal offenses involving mail or a mail receptacle key or lock; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Alders
Scheduled For Public Hearing In S/c On . . . on 04/24/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to state fiscal matters. [SB-2192]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
Relating to state fiscal matters.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Huffman
Read First Time on 03/24/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to electronic submission of an application for an early voting ballot by mail by certain persons. [HB-3691]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Relating to electronic submission of an application for an early voting ballot by mail by certain persons.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charlene Ward Johnson
Scheduled For Public Hearing On . . . on 05/08/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County - Actions to Repossess for Failure to Pay Rent - Summons [HB-1531]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Property Tax ]
Requiring the District Court for Anne Arundel County in an action to repossess for failure to pay rent to send a copy of the court's summons to the defendant by first-class mail and for the summons to be served on the tenant, assignee, or subtenant by a private process server retained by the landlord; and prohibiting the court from directing its summons to a constable or sheriff of the county.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrew Pruski
Rereferred To Judiciary on 03/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Publicly Funded Prekindergarten - Eligible Prekindergarten Provider Data Dashboard [HB-1530]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
Requiring, beginning July 1, 2026, the State Department of Education to maintain on its website a data dashboard with certain information regarding certain eligible prekindergarten providers in the State; requiring the Department to partner with a nonprofit organization that has experience in maintaining a data dashboard for child care providers; and requiring the Department to establish a process that allows an eligible prekindergarten provider to opt out of being included in the data dashboard.
Sponsored by: Rep. Aletheia McCaskill
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/24/2025
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Alaska 34th Legislature
Theft: Organized; Med. Records; Mail [HB-106]
[Crime ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
An Act relating to organized theft; relating to theft of medical records and medical information; relating to mail theft; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Read The First Time - Referrals on 02/14/2025
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Alaska 34th Legislature
Address Confidentiality Program [HB-104]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
An Act creating and relating to the address confidentiality program; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rebecca Himschoot
Sta Rpt Cs(sta) 6dp on 04/23/2025
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Alaska 34th Legislature
Theft: Organized; Med. Records; Mail [SB-100]
[Crime ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
An Act relating to organized theft; relating to theft of medical records and medical information; relating to mail theft; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Read The First Time - Referrals on 02/14/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to certain criminal offenses involving mail or a mail receptacle key or lock; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty. [SB-1281]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Relating to certain criminal offenses involving mail or a mail receptacle key or lock; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.
Sponsored by: Sen. Borris Miles
Sent To The Governor on 06/01/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Parole, Commutation of Sentence, Pardon, and Remission of Sentence - Notification [HB-1247]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to notify a victim or victim's representative by certified mail that a parole release hearing has been scheduled or that an incarcerated individual is being considered for a commutation of sentence, pardon, or remission of sentence; and requiring the Department to make at least two attempts in writing by certified mail to notify a victim or victim's representative of certain decisions of the Parole Commission.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Otto
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Charles County - Student Bus Transportation Providers - Provider Displacement [HB-1359]
[Education ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requiring the Charles County Board of Education to provide at least 10 years' notice and hold a certain public hearing before taking any action that results in a certain displacement of a person that has been providing student bus transportation services in Charles County; and requiring the Board of Education to provide written notice by registered mail at least 5 years before the displacement of a person that has been providing student bus transportation services.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/21/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Income, Sales and Use, and Property Taxes - Rescission of Exempt Status for Nonprofit Organizations for Supporting Terrorist Organizations [HB-1192]
[Taxes ]
[Nonprofit ]
[National Security ]
[Property Tax ]
Requiring, as practicable, the Comptroller and the Director of the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to jointly determine on a regular basis whether a certain nonprofit organization in the State has been found to be a certain terrorist-supporting organization; requiring that the Comptroller and the Director rescind a terrorist-supporting organization's tax-exempt status with respect to certain Maryland income tax, sales and use tax, and property tax exemptions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/21/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Residential Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Notice of Landlord Entry [HB-1076]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring a landlord to provide a tenant with certain written notice in a certain manner at least 24 hours in advance of when the landlord intends to enter a leased premises, except in the event of a certain emergency; and authorizing the court to issue a certain injunction or assess certain damages under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 564 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Fraud Prevention and Worker Protections - Prohibitions, Penalties, and Enforcement [HB-1096]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from knowingly making or using, or causing to be made or used, a false record or statement resulting in underpayments of unemployment insurance contributions or payment of unemployment insurance benefits of more than a certain amount; altering the enforcement mechanisms of the Maryland Wage and Hour Law, the Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law, workplace fraud laws, living wage laws, and prevailing wage laws; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing Canceled on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Generating Stations - Generation and Siting (Renewable Energy Certainty Act) [HB-1036]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
Altering the factors the Public Service Commission must consider before taking final action on a certificate of public convenience and necessity; establishing a distributed generation certificate of public convenience and necessity to authorize the construction and operation of a certain distributed solar energy generating system; requiring the Power Plant Research Program, by July 1, 2026, to develop and submit to the Commission proposed siting and design requirements and licensing conditions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 624 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Theft - Mail and Packages (Porch Piracy Act of 2025) [HB-1073]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting the theft of mail or packages from intended recipients; and establishing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 5 years.
Sponsored by: Rep. Karen Toles
Hearing Canceled on 02/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Fraud Prevention and Worker Protections - Prohibitions, Penalties, and Enforcement [SB-938]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Prohibiting a person from knowingly making or using, or causing to be made or used, a false record or statement resulting in underpayments of unemployment insurance contributions or payment of unemployment insurance benefits of more than a certain amount; altering the enforcement mechanisms of the Maryland Wage and Hour Law, the Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law, workplace fraud laws, living wage laws, and prevailing wage laws; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Self-Service Storage Act - Sale of Personal Property in Satisfaction of Lien - Notice Requirements [SB-844]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Real Estate ]
Requiring an operator of a certain self-service storage facility to notify an occupant in default at least 10 days before conducting a sale of the occupant's property stored in the self-storage facility of the time, place, and terms of the sale by hand delivery, verified mail, or electronic mail at the occupant's last known address; and requiring the operator of a self-storage facility to send a second notice if no response has been received 5 days prior to the sale.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 211 on 04/22/2025