Public Employees
Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Local Pension Systems - Special Disability Retirement Allowance [HB-645]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Disabilities ]
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: Rep. Haven Shoemaker
Hearing 3/28 At 8:30 A.m. on 03/20/2019
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Public Ethics - Meals and Receptions - Governmental Unit That Employs an Individual Regulated Lobbyist [HB-617]
[Ethics ]
Specifying an exception to the definition of the term "entity" to include a governmental unit that employs an individual regulated lobbyist for the purposes of allowing certain officials and employees to accept certain gifts under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Warren Miller
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Election Law – County Employee Service as Election Judge – Administrative Leave [HB-577]
[Elections ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring that a county employee who serves as an election judge during hours that the employee is scheduled to work for the county receive certain administrative leave and certain election judge compensation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Shoemaker
Hearing 3/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Education - Public Charter Schools - Virtual Learning Programs [HB-536]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Altering the definition of "public charter school" to include a virtual learning program; requiring a virtual learning program of a public charter school to employ a teacher with the same certification required by professional staff of other public schools.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Prevailing Wage Rates - Public Work Contracts - Suits by Employees [HB-524]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
Authorizing certain employees to sue to recover the difference between certain prevailing wage rates and certain amounts under certain circumstances; providing that a certain determination by the Commissioner of Labor and Industry does not preclude certain employees from filing a certain action; and providing for the liability of certain contractors and subcontractors under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 663 on 05/25/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Department of the Environment - Public and Nonpublic Schools - Inspections for Environmental Hazards [HB-496]
[Environmental ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Air Quality ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment, in consultation with the State Department of Education, the Department of General Services, and Maryland Occupational Safety and Health, to adopt certain regulations under certain circumstances and to require periodic inspections for the presence of environmental hazards in each occupied public and nonpublic school facility; authorizing the Department, in consultation with the State Department of Education, to grant a waiver from the inspection requirements under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/16/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Education - Personnel Matters - Child Sexual Abuse and Sexual Misconduct Prevention [HB-486]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring county boards of education, nonpublic schools, and contracting agencies to require an applicant for a position involving direct contact with minors to submit certain information; requiring a county board, nonpublic school, or contracting agency to review the employment history of a certain applicant before hiring an applicant; requiring the county board, nonpublic school, or contracting agency to check certain eligibility of an applicant for a substitute position involving direct contact with minors; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 55 on 04/18/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Education - Salaries of Noncertificated Public School Employees - Minimum Living Salaries [HB-479]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Inflation ]
Requiring that certain public school employees in certain areas be paid at least certain minimum living salaries; specifying the minimum living salaries that are in effect for certain time periods; increasing the minimum living salaries in effect for certain time periods based on a certain Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers; requiring that a certain minimum living salary remain the same as the salary that was in effect for a certain time period under certain circumstances; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 2/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Supplemental Retirement Plans - Investments - Procurement of Investment Management Services [HB-469]
[Retirement ]
[Pensions ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Finance ]
[Investments ]
Requiring the Board of Trustees of the Maryland Teachers and State Employees Supplemental Retirement Plans to make arrangements for the safe custody of investments with one or more duly qualified custodian banks or trust companies; and exempting certain agreements with managers and custodians of assets in certain investment elections authorized under the statements of investment policy adopted by the Board from certain provisions of the procurement law.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 273 on 04/30/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Accountability in Education Act of 2019 [HB-45]
[Education ]
Establishing the Education Monitoring Unit in the State to investigate, analyze, and report on a range of specific matters relating to public schools and public school facilities; providing that the Unit is an independent unit in the State; establishing the Inspector General Selection and Review Commission in the Unit; requiring the Unit to establish an anonymous electronic tip program; requiring the Unit to submit an annual report by December 15 to the State Board, the Governor, and the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System - Military Service Credit [HB-430]
[Military ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Veterans ]
Repealing a certain prohibition on receiving credit in the State Retirement and Pension System for certain military service.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Cox
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 03/11/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Public Information Act - Personnel and Investigatory Records - Formal Complaints Against Public Employees [HB-413]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Ethics ]
Establishing that records related to a formal complaint of job-related misconduct made against a public employee do not constitute personnel records under the Public Information Act; and authorizing a custodian to deny inspection of records of an investigation, a hearing, or a decision by a governmental unit connected with a complaint of job-related misconduct made against a public employee.
Sponsored by: Rep. Maggie McIntosh
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/11/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
State Department of Education - Employment Categories and Practices [HB-390]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Altering the employment categories of certain employees of the State Department of Education; requiring that all positions in the Department be appointed positions in the professional service and skilled service as well as the executive service and management service, subject to a certain exception; repealing the authority for special appointment positions; requiring the Department to determine which employment classifications at the Department would be described as being skilled service or professional service; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne Jones
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 645 on 05/25/2019
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Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission - Collective Bargaining - Exclusive Representative Duty of Fair Representation MC/PG 109-19 [HB-362]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the duty of an employee organization recognized as the exclusive representative of certain employees of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission to represent all employees, including law enforcement personnel, in a certain bargaining unit fairly and without discrimination; authorizing the exclusive representative to require an employee who does not pay certain dues or fees to pay certain costs and fees for filing a certain grievance or arbitrating a certain matter; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 562 on 05/13/2019
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Education – County Boards of Education – Disclosures and Requirements [HB-355]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Repealing the requirement that certain county boards of education develop and maintain a funding accountability website; requiring that each county board report annually certain financial information to the Department of Budget and Management beginning January 1, 2020; requiring the Department to post certain information provided by each county board on its Funding Accountability & Transparency website; providing the Act may not be construed to require the disclosure of certain confidential information; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Luedtke
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 541 on 05/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Civilian Federal Employees – Unemployment Insurance Benefits and Federal Government Shutdown Employee Assistance Loan Fund (Federal Shutdown Paycheck Protection Act) [HB-336]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Human Services ]
Specifying that an individual who is a civilian employee of the federal government is eligible to receive unemployment benefits under certain circumstances; altering the purpose of the Catastrophic Event Account to enable the State to respond to federal civilian employee financial hardship from a full or partial federal government shutdown due to a lapse in federal appropriations; establishing a certain loan fund to provide loans to civilian employees of the federal government under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 1 on 03/26/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Education - County Boards of Education - County Superintendent Contracts [HB-330]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring a certain contract of a county superintendent of schools or a certain chief executive officer, executed on or after June 1, 2020, to include a provision that if the contract is terminated, the maximum cash settlement may not exceed certain amounts; prohibiting a certain cash settlement from including any compensation other than cash, subject to a certain exception; prohibiting a county superintendent or chief executive officer who is removed under certain circumstances from being compensated in a certain manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Shane Pendergrass
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/18/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Office of the Inspector General - Technical Changes MC/PG 104-19 [HB-326]
[Water ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Ethics ]
Correcting certain references to the Office of the Inspector General in statutes of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission; correcting certain erroneous references to the executive director of the Commission in certain provisions of law regarding certain action related to the failure of certain employees and officials to provide certain information to the Inspector General; providing that the Office shall review and approve certain costs for certain facilities designed and constructed by certain developers; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 163 on 04/18/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Mental Health - Involuntary Admission - Inmates in Correctional Facilities [HB-306]
[Mental Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Repealing a certain provision of law to allow an application for involuntary admission to a facility of an inmate in certain institutions to be made by any person who has a legitimate interest in the welfare of the individual; altering the circumstances under which a facility operated by the Maryland Department of Health is required to receive and evaluate an inmate in a correctional facility who has been certified for involuntary admission; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2019
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Montgomery County Housing Opportunities Commission - Collective Bargaining - Exclusive Representative Duty of Fair Representation MC 26-19 [HB-302]
[Housing ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Altering the duty of an employee organization certified as the exclusive representative of certain employees of the Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County to represent all employees in a certain bargaining unit in a certain manner; authorizing the exclusive representative to require an employee who does not pay certain dues or fees to pay certain costs and fees for filing a certain grievance or arbitrating a certain matter; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 561 on 05/13/2019