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Education - Collective Bargaining - Exclusive Representative's Access to New Employee Processing [HB-811]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
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.
HB-811: Education - Collective Bargaining - Exclusive Representative's Access to New Employee Processing
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric G Luedtke
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(b) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 22 on 04/05/2018
Vehicle Laws – Dedicated Bus Lanes – Enforcement [HB-749]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
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.
HB-749: Vehicle Laws – Dedicated Bus Lanes – Enforcement
Sponsored by: Rep. Angela Angel
Favorable With Amendments {670015/1 Report Adopted on 03/19/2018
Education - Community Colleges - Collective Bargaining [HB-667]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
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.
HB-667: Education - Community Colleges - Collective Bargaining
Sponsored by: Rep. Tawanna P Gaines
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/20/2018
Education - Student Use of Backpacks - Assessment and Reduction of Health Effects [HB-623]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
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.
HB-623: Education - Student Use of Backpacks - Assessment and Reduction of Health Effects
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles E. Sydnor
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means; Withdrawn on 02/19/2018
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Public Schools – Students With Sickle Cell Disease – Guidelines [HB-622]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
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.
HB-622: Public Schools – Students With Sickle Cell Disease – Guidelines
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]
[Education ]
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.
HB-617: Education - Assessments - Administration by Public School Employees
Sponsored by: Rep. Carolyn J B Howard
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 383 on 05/08/2018
Labor and Employment - Pre-Tax Transportation Fringe Benefit - Requirement (Maryland Pre-Tax Commuter Benefit Act) [HB-540]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
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.
Potomac Compact for Fair Representation [HB-537]
[Elections ]
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.
HB-537: Potomac Compact for Fair Representation
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Unfavorable Report By House Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/29/2018
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State Personnel - Employees in the Same Classification - Report [HB-523]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
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.
HB-523: State Personnel - Employees in the Same Classification - Report
Sponsored by: Rep. Tawanna P Gaines
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 689 on 05/15/2018
State Personnel - Compensation - Shift Differential Pay [HB-504]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
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.
HB-504: State Personnel - Compensation - Shift Differential Pay
Sponsored by: Rep. Tawanna P Gaines
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations; Withdrawn on 04/09/2018
Baltimore City - Property Tax Credit - Low-Income Employees [HB-464]
[Property Tax ]
[Housing ]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Community Development ]
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.
HB-464: Baltimore City - Property Tax Credit - Low-Income Employees
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel I Rosenberg
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2018
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State Personnel - Rights and Protections for Nursing Mothers [HB-306]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
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.
HB-306: State Personnel - Rights and Protections for Nursing Mothers
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 179 on 04/24/2018
County Boards of Education - Home Instruction Program - Observation of Instruction and Reporting of Abuse and Neglect [HB-1798]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
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.
HB-1798: County Boards of Education - Home Instruction Program - Observation of Instruction and Reporting of Abuse and Neglect
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Rereferred To Ways And Means on 03/09/2018
State Government – Appointments Office in the Office of the Governor – Reporting [HB-1788]
[Ethics ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
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.
HB-1788: State Government – Appointments Office in the Office of the Governor – Reporting
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne A. Jones
First Reading Senate Rules on 04/09/2018
Public Information Act - Revisions [HB-1638]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
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.
HB-1638: Public Information Act - Revisions
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen M Dumais
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 04/07/2018
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Mental Health Law - Involuntary Admissions - Procedures [HB-1635]
[Mental Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
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.
HB-1635: Mental Health Law - Involuntary Admissions - Procedures
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 729 on 05/15/2018
State Personnel – Employee Mentoring Leave [HB-1525]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Community Development ]
[Budget and Spending ]
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.
HB-1525: State Personnel – Employee Mentoring Leave
Sponsored by: Rep. Angela Angel
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/01/2018
Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment (Healthy Maryland Act of 2018) [HB-1516]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Insurance ]
[Budget and Spending ]
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.
HB-1516: Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment (Healthy Maryland Act of 2018)
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen M Dumais
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 04/03/2018
Compulsory School Attendance - Truancy Violations - Reporting of Neglect [HB-1507]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
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.
HB-1507: Compulsory School Attendance - Truancy Violations - Reporting of Neglect
Sponsored by: Rep. Angela Angel
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/12/2018