Public Employees
Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Education - Community Colleges - Collective Bargaining [SB-408]
Establishing collective bargaining rights for community college employees; establishing procedures for the selection of an exclusive bargaining representative; establishing that a maximum of six bargaining units may be designated; requiring certain contracts and agreements entered into before October 1, 2018, to remain in effect until the agreement or contract expires; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/15/2018
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Baltimore City - Property Tax Credit - Low-Income Employees [SB-189]
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City to grant, by law, a certain property tax credit against the property tax imposed on certain dwellings in Baltimore City that are owned by certain low-income employees of Baltimore City; providing that the credit may not exceed the lesser of $2,500 per dwelling or the amount of property tax imposed on the dwelling; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after June 30, 2018; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway
Hearing 1/30 At 1:30 P.m. on 01/30/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Education - Student Use of Backpacks - Assessment and Reduction of Health Effects [SB-164]
Requiring that public school personnel, parents, and students receive educational information concerning the health effects of student use of overweight backpacks; authorizing a county board of education to allow Doctors of Chiropractic Medicine to conduct scoliosis examinations on students in the county schools; requiring school personnel to engage parent-teacher associations and students to assess matters concerning students' use of backpacks and to promote certain strategies relating to students' backpack usage; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 02/12/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Public Schools – Students With Sickle Cell Disease – Guidelines [SB-161]
Requiring the State Department of Education and the Maryland Department of Health to establish certain guidelines by December 1, 2018, for public schools regarding the administration of health care services to students with sickle cell disease; requiring the State Department of Education and the Maryland Department of Health by December 1, 2018, to provide technical assistance on implementation of the guidelines and to develop a process to monitor implementation of the guidelines; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 385 on 05/08/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Paid Leave Compromise Act of 2018 [SB-135]
Requiring certain employers with at least a certain number of employees to provide employees with paid time off that is paid at the same wage rate as the employee normally earns and that may be used by the employee for any reason; authorizing an employer to apply to the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation for a certain waiver; requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to create and make available a certain poster and notice; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Miller
First Reading Finance on 01/11/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Maryland Safe to Learn Act of 2018 [SB-1265]
Requiring the Maryland Center for School Safety to collaborate with certain persons and entities to provide a comprehensive approach to school safety; requiring the School Safety Subcabinet to develop a model policy for building assessment teams; requiring the development of a training curriculum for school resource officers and other school security employees; authorizing the Safe Schools Fund to provide grants to local school systems to enhance school safety; requiring a $10,000,000 annual appropriation to the Fund for certain purposes;etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 30 on 04/10/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County - Short-Term Residential Rentals - Taxation and Regulation [SB-1225]
Imposing the Anne Arundel County hotel occupancy tax on certain consideration paid for the use or occupancy of a short-term residential rental in the county; providing for the administration and collection of the Anne Arundel County hotel occupancy tax on short-term residential rentals; prohibiting a person from operating a short-term residential rental without a license; authorizing certain short-term residential rentals as a conditional use allowed in certain residential districts; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Astle
First Reading Senate Rules on 03/01/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Procurement - Prevailing Wage - Modifications [SB-1224]
Altering the definition of "public body" to increase, from 25% to 50%, the percentage of money used for construction that must be State money for a certain entity or person to be included with respect to the construction of an elementary or secondary school for purposes of certain provisions of law governing the prevailing wage; authorizing the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to set regional prevailing wage rates for each classification of worker engaged in work of the same or similar character for certain regions; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Andrew Serafini
First Reading Senate Rules on 03/01/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Public Schools - Student Discipline - Suspensions and Expulsions [SB-1213]
Requiring the county superintendent of schools or the county superintendent's designated representative, when making a decision to extend a student's suspension, to complete a certain investigation by the 10th day of a student's initial suspension; requiring a certain student to return to school after a suspension if a certain investigation has not been completed within a certain period of time except under certain circumstances; requiring a county board to provide access to a certain student to the student's assignments; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Andrew Serafini
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/22/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Workers' Compensation - Temporary Partial Disability - Concurrent Employment [SB-1207]
Authorizing a covered employee, during the time the employee is receiving temporary partial disability benefits as a result of an accidental personal injury or occupational disease, to earn wages, under certain circumstances, from concurrent employment in which the covered employee was engaged at the time that the accidental personal injury or occupational disease occurred; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Hearing 3/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/20/2018
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Property Tax Credit - 9-1-1 Public Safety Telecommunicators [SB-1053]
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or a municipal corporation to grant a property tax credit in an amount not to exceed the lesser of $2,500 per dwelling or the amount of property tax imposed on the dwelling for certain 9-1-1 public safety telecommunicators in the county or municipal corporation where the individuals reside; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 735 on 05/15/2018
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Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment (Healthy Maryland Act of 2018) [SB-1002]
Establishing Healthy Maryland as a public corporation and a unit of State government to provide comprehensive universal health coverage for every Maryland resident; requiring Healthy Maryland to provide certain services, a certain system, certain choice and access to certain coordinators and certain providers, and certain financing for residents of the State on or before January 1, 2020; establishing the Healthy Maryland Board to organize, administer, and market Healthy Maryland and Healthy Maryland Services as a single-payer program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/07/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Paid Leave Compromise Act of 2018 [HB-98]
Requiring certain employers with at least a certain number of employees to provide employees with paid time off that is paid at the same wage rate as the employee normally earns and that may be used by the employee for any reason; authorizing an employer to apply to the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation for a certain waiver; requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to create and make available a certain poster and notice; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. The Speaker
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/06/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Exemptions From Overtime Pay - Administrative, Executive, or Professional Capacity [HB-974]
Altering the conditions under which an individual who works in a certain administrative, executive, or professional capacity qualifies for an exemption from overtime pay; requiring that an individual be compensated on a salary basis at $900 or more per week exclusive of board, lodging, or other facilities, to qualify as an individual who is employed in an administrative, executive, or professional capacity; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/15/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Local Pension Systems - Special Disability Retirement Allowance [HB-971]
Requiring that the appropriate authority of a local pension system offer a special disability retirement allowance to certain members under certain circumstances; providing for the calculation of a special disability retirement allowance; exempting the appropriate authority of a local pension system from the requirements of the Act under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
First Reading Senate Rules on 04/05/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Education - Collective Bargaining - Exclusive Representative's Access to New Employee Processing [HB-811]
Requiring certain public school employers to provide an exclusive representative with access to new employee processing; requiring that the structure, time, and manner of certain access be determined through certain negotiations; authorizing certain parties to request certain impasse proceedings under certain circumstances; requiring the public school employer to provide the exclusive representative with certain information within 30 days of the date of hire or by the first pay period after the date of hire; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Luedtke
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(b) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 22 on 04/05/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Education – Collective Bargaining for Noncertificated Employees – Supervisory Employees and Management Personnel [HB-808]
Altering the definitions of "supervisory employee" and "management personnel" by removing a provision that status as a supervisory employee and management personnel may be determined by certain negotiations between a certain public school employer and a certain employee organization.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Luedtke
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/25/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws – Dedicated Bus Lanes – Enforcement [HB-749]
Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration, in consultation with Baltimore City, to examine and analyze dedicated bus lane enforcement mechanisms in use by certain other transit agencies; requiring the analysis to include an examination of best practices and technologies, a review of potential capital and operating costs, and an evaluation of the most effective methods for ensuring compliance with and enforcement of existing law; and requiring the Administration to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2018.
Sponsored by: Rep. Angela Angel
Favorable With Amendments {670015/1 Report Adopted on 03/19/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Education - Community Colleges - Collective Bargaining [HB-667]
Establishing collective bargaining rights for community college employees; establishing procedures for the selection of an exclusive bargaining representative; establishing that a maximum number of six bargaining units may be designated; requiring certain contracts and agreements entered into before October 1, 2018, to remain in effect until the agreement or contract expires; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tawanna Gaines
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/20/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Education - Student Use of Backpacks - Assessment and Reduction of Health Effects [HB-623]
Requiring that public school personnel, parents, and students receive educational information concerning the health effects of student use of overweight backpacks; authorizing a county board of education to allow Doctors of Chiropractic Medicine to conduct scoliosis examinations on students in the county schools; requiring school personnel to engage parent-teacher associations and students to assess matters concerning students' use of backpacks and to promote certain strategies relating to students' backpack usage; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Sydnor
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means; Withdrawn on 02/19/2018