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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Public Schools – Students With Sickle Cell Disease – Guidelines [HB-622]
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: Rep. Talmadge Branch
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 386 on 05/08/2018
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Education - Assessments - Administration by Public School Employees [HB-617]
Authorizing the principal of a public school to select any employee to administer certain assessments, under certain circumstances; and requiring a local superintendent to review and approve a principal's employee selection for administering a certain assessment before the assessment is administered.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carolyn Howard
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 383 on 05/08/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Pre-Tax Transportation Fringe Benefit - Requirement (Maryland Pre-Tax Commuter Benefit Act) [HB-540]
Requiring certain employers to provide certain employees an opportunity to use a certain pre-tax transportation fringe benefit; authorizing an employee to file a written complaint with the Commissioner of Labor and Industry under certain circumstances; authorizing the Commissioner to attempt to resolve a certain matter informally or request the Attorney General to bring a certain action on behalf of the employee; providing that an employer that violates the Act is subject to a certain civil penalty; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 02/15/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Potomac Compact for Fair Representation [HB-537]
Establishing the Potomac Compact for Fair Representation; providing that a compacting state is not required to comply with the Compact under certain circumstances; establishing the Congressional Districting Commission; requiring the Executive Director of the Department of Legislative Services to determine the size and composition of the Commission and, on or before June 1 of the year following the decennial census, select the members of the Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Unfavorable Report By House Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/29/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
State Personnel - Employees in the Same Classification - Report [HB-523]
Requiring the Department of Budget and Management, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Transportation, to submit to the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee and the House Appropriations Committee by January 1, 2020, a report outlining a certain plan and identifying certain information.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tawanna Gaines
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 689 on 05/15/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
State Personnel - Compensation - Shift Differential Pay [HB-504]
Requiring that certain employees in the State Personnel Management System are entitled to certain rates of shift differential pay; and authorizing the Secretary of Budget and Management to adopt certain regulations to increase certain rates of shift differential pay.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tawanna Gaines
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations; Withdrawn on 04/09/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Property Tax Credit - Low-Income Employees [HB-464]
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: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
State Personnel - Rights and Protections for Nursing Mothers [HB-306]
Requiring the State, through its appropriate officers and employees, to provide a reasonable break time for an employee to express breast milk for her nursing child after the child's birth each time the employee needs to express the milk and, on notice, to provide a certain place that may be used by an employee to express breast milk; and prohibiting the State from being required to compensate an employee receiving reasonable break time for any time spent expressing breast milk at work.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 179 on 04/24/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
County Boards of Education - Home Instruction Program - Observation of Instruction and Reporting of Abuse and Neglect [HB-1798]
Requiring the parent or guardian of a certain student to submit certain information to the county board of education before the student begins a home instruction program; requiring the parent or guardian of a student in a home instruction program to allow a representative of the county board to observe instruction of the home instruction program; requiring a representative of a county board to notify certain agencies if the representative has reason to believe a child has been subjected to abuse or neglect; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Rereferred To Ways And Means on 03/09/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
State Government – Appointments Office in the Office of the Governor – Reporting [HB-1788]
Requiring the Appointments Office in the Office of the Governor to submit a certain report by December 31, 2018, regarding certain activities of the Office to the Joint Committee on Fair Practices and State Personnel Oversight of the General Assembly; and providing for the termination of the Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne Jones
First Reading Senate Rules on 04/09/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Public Information Act - Revisions [HB-1638]
Providing that, except as otherwise provided by law, the Public Information Act does not authorize a custodian of records to allow the inspection of the Social Security number or date of birth of an individual except to a person in interest; requiring, except under certain circumstances, a custodian to deny inspection of a certain part of a personal surveillance video; requiring that a victim who is the subject of a record that is denied inspection be notified of all requests to inspect the record; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 04/07/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Mental Health Law - Involuntary Admissions - Procedures [HB-1635]
Prohibiting a certain hearing officer from ordering the release of an individual who meets the requirements for involuntary admission under a certain provision of law on the grounds that the individual was kept at an emergency facility for more than 30 hours.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 729 on 05/15/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
State Personnel – Employee Mentoring Leave [HB-1525]
Entitling State employees to receive up to 40 hours per year of mentoring leave to mentor at-risk youth in certain approved organizations; requiring employees to match certain compensated time for mentoring with personal leave; requiring certain employees to assist with academic tutoring at public schools or nonprofit organizations or to engage in site or community-based mentoring; requiring the Department of Budget and Management to approve certain organizations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Angela Angel
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/01/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment (Healthy Maryland Act of 2018) [HB-1516]
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 Health Maryland Board to organize, administer, and market Healthy Maryland and Healthy Maryland Services as a single-payer program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 04/03/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Compulsory School Attendance - Truancy Violations - Reporting of Neglect [HB-1507]
Requiring a school employee to report any person to the local department of social services for neglect of a child if the person has legal custody or care and control of a child who is between certain ages and fails to see that the child attends school or receives certain instruction; repealing certain provisions of law providing a criminal penalty for certain persons; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Angela Angel
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/12/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Prince George's County - Truancy Violations - Reporting of Neglect PG 515-18 [HB-1464]
Requiring a school employee, in Prince George's County, to report any person to the Prince George's County Department of Social Services for neglect of a child if the person has legal custody or care and control of a child who is between the ages of 5 and 17 and fails to see that the child attends school or receives certain instruction; providing that a certain criminal penalty does not apply in Prince George's County; etc.
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Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/19/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Injury or Death of Vulnerable Road User - Penalties [HB-142]
Prohibiting a person from causing the serious physical injury or death of a vulnerable road user as a result of the person operating a vehicle in a careless or distracted manner or in violation of certain provisions of the Maryland Vehicle Law; establishing certain penalties for a violation of the Act; defining the term "vulnerable road user"; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephen Lafferty
Hearing 1/31 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Public Schools – Reporting Child Abuse – Telephone Number [HB-1386]
Encouraging public schools to post the appropriate telephone number for reporting suspected child abuse or neglect conspicuously in a high-traffic, widely used area of the school; and requiring a county board to ensure that the appropriate telephone number for reporting suspected child abuse or neglect is published in student handbooks and on the website of the county board or local school system.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carolyn Howard
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 32 on 04/10/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Public Ethics Law - Conflicts of Interest - Political Consulting [HB-1330]
Designating a contractual or temporary employee of a State's Attorney paid at a rate equivalent to at least State grade level 16 as a public official for a certain purpose; prohibiting an official or employee from being employed by or having a financial interest in an entity that provides political consulting services to State or local officials or candidates; and providing the requirement to file a financial disclosure statement excludes a contractual or temporary employee.
Sponsored by: Rep. Herbert McMillan
Third Reading Passed (137-0) on 04/09/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Washington County Board of Education - Teachers and Other Personnel - Conclusion of Negotiations [HB-1220]
Requiring parties in certain collective bargaining negotiations for teachers and other personnel in Washington County to make reasonable efforts to conclude negotiations in a timely manner.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/01/2018