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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2019 Regular Session

Interstate Human Trafficking of Minors Prohibition Act [HB-1152] [Crime ] [Human Rights ] [Public Safety ] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ]
Establishing that certain persons who are required to provide certain notice or make certain reports of suspected child pregnancy as required by the Act may not knowingly fail to give the notice or make the report; providing certain penalties for a violation of a certain provision of the Act; prohibiting a person from bringing or causing another to bring a minor into the State to commit certain violations of the law prohibiting human trafficking; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Impallaria Hearing Canceled on 02/13/2019

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2019 Regular Session

Vehicle Laws - Injury or Death of Vulnerable Individual - Penalties [HB-112] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ] [Criminal Justice ] [Crime ]
Prohibiting a person from causing the serious physical injury or death of a vulnerable individual as a result of the person operating a vehicle in a careless or distracted manner or in violation of any other rules of the road provisions of the Maryland Vehicle Law; establishing that a person convicted of a violation of the Act may be fined up to $2,000 and must appear in court and may not prepay the fine; establishing additional penalties of participation in a motor vehicle safety course and up to 150 hours of community service; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve Hearing 4/02 At 12:00 P.m. on 03/29/2019

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2019 Regular Session

Education - Public Schools - Threat Assessment Report [HB-1103] [Education ] [Public Safety ] [Children and Youth ]
Requiring each public school in the State to keep a hard copy of a certain Threat Assessment report in the school; requiring the school principal and each school counselor to keep a hard copy of a certain Threat Assessment report in the school office; requiring a local school system that has developed an emergency plan to distribute a certain Threat Assessment report as part of training materials related to the local school system's emergency plan; requiring the school system to make the plan available to certain staff; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2019

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2019 Regular Session

Education - Juvenile Services Education Programs - Management and Operation [HB-1074] [Education ] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ]
Altering the categories of individuals who are authorized to be employed or contracted to provide education services for a 10-month or 2-month period with a salary commensurate with the period of employment; extending the date for a certain workgroup to convene and analyze the results of the Juvenile Services Education County Pilot Program to January 1, 2020; charging the workgroup with identifying reforms highlighted by the pilot program and academic research on best practices on education in institutional settings; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Luedtke Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/21/2019

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2019 Regular Session

Labor and Employment - Exemptions From Overtime Pay - Administrative, Executive, or Professional Capacity (Overtime Modernization Act of 2019) [HB-1040] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
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. Cheryl Glenn Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/14/2019

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2019 Regular Session

State Prescription Drug Benefits - Retiree Benefits - Alterations [HB-1033] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Retirement ] [Senior Citizens ] [Insurance ]
Requiring the State to continue providing a certain State prescription drug benefit plan to certain retirees; authorizing certain retirees who participate in the State prescription drug benefit plan to elect to have their spouse or dependent child covered under the plan; authorizing certain surviving dependents to enroll in a certain State prescription drug benefit plan; authorizing the State to include a prescription drug benefit plan in certain health insurance benefit options for Medicare-eligible individuals; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Cox Hearing Canceled on 02/14/2019

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2019 Regular Session

Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Benefits [HB-103] [Pensions ] [Law Enforcement ] [Retirement ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Public Safety ]
Altering the accrual rate to 2.5% for service earned on or after July 1, 2019, for calculating the retirement allowance for certain retirees of the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System; and altering from 65% to 70% the maximum benefit that certain retirees of the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System may receive.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Teresa Reilly Unfavorable Report By Appropriations; Withdrawn on 02/11/2019

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2019 Regular Session

Criminal Procedure - State Child Abuse Registry [HB-1012] [Crime ] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Requiring individuals convicted of child abuse to register with a certain supervising authority by a certain time and to register annually with a local law enforcement unit for a certain term; requiring a certain registration to include a digital image that shall be updated at least once each year; requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to establish a State child abuse registry and to provide certain information on the Internet; establishing penalties for a violation of the Act; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Shoemaker Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 02/25/2019

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State (Louisiana)
Louisiana 2019 Regular Session

Adds post traumatic stress disorder to the list of injuries which are compensable for injured public employees. (8/1/19) (EN NO IMPACT APV) [SB-107] [Workers' Compensation ] [Public Safety ] [Mental Health ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Healthcare ]
Adds post traumatic stress disorder to the list of injuries which are compensable for injured public employees. (8/1/19) (EN NO IMPACT APV)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Wesley Bishop Effective Date 8/1/2019. on 06/05/2019

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2019 Regular Session

Relating To Collective Bargaining. [SB-487] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Budget and Spending ]
Requires public employers to reimburse employee organizations for costs germane to the collective bargaining process, contract administration, and pursing matters affecting wages, hours, and other conditions of employment for public employees. Specifies requirement for direct reimbursement. Allows for an employee organization to bargain for other concession regarding wages, hours, benefits, or other terms or conditions of employment in lieu of the direct reimbursement. Repeals mandatory payroll deductions by public employers from nonmember employees (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Les Ihara Referred To Lca, Wam. on 01/24/2019

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2019 Regular Session

Relating To Hours Of Work. [SB-1349] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Authorizes staggered work weeks for public employees. Takes effect on 1/1/2051. (SD1)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Stanley Chang Reported From Lca (stand. Com. Rep. No. 625) With Recommendation Of Passage On Second Reading, As Amended (sd 1) And Referral To Wam. on 02/15/2019

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2019 Regular Session

Urging The Department Of Commerce And Consumer Affairs And The Commissioner Of Securities To Be Notified Of And Authorized To Attend Any Meeting At Which Public Employees Are Subject To A Broker-dealer Offering Brokerage Services To Those Public Employees. [HCR-158] [Consumer Protection ] [Finance ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Urging The Department Of Commerce And Consumer Affairs And The Commissioner Of Securities To Be Notified Of And Authorized To Attend Any Meeting At Which Public Employees Are Subject To A Broker-dealer Offering Brokerage Services To Those Public Employees.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama Referred To Cph. on 04/09/2019

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State (Arizona)
Arizona Fifty-fourth Legislature

Public employees; collective bargaining [SB-1433] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Public Safety ]
Public employees; collective bargaining

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Andrade Senate Read Second Time on 02/06/2019

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2018 Regular Session

Relating to salary increase for Regional Jail Authority employees [HB-2947] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Law Enforcement ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Relating to salary increase for Regional Jail Authority employees

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Eldridge Filed For Introduction on 01/10/2018

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2018 Regular Session

Relating to the compensation of personnel employed at the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind [HB-2462] [Education ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Disabilities ]
The purpose of this bill is to clarify a minimum salary scale for personnel employed by the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind, and to authorize the state board to establish salary schedules for additional compensation for certain teachers.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Daryl Cowles Filed For Introduction on 01/10/2018

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2018 Regular Session

Creating an additional magistrate court deputy clerk position for Marion County [HB-2181] [Law Enforcement ] [Criminal Justice ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ]
The purpose of this bill is to create a new magistrate court deputy clerk position for Marion County.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Caputo Filed For Introduction on 01/10/2018

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2018 Regular Session

Reducing personnel employed by the West Virginia Department of Education [HB-2194] [Education ] [Budget and Spending ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Reducing personnel employed by the West Virginia Department of Education

  

Sponsored by: Rep. George Ambler Filed For Introduction on 01/10/2018

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2018 Regular Session

Granting all public employees, all teachers, all service employees, all public employee retirees, all teacher retirees and all service employee retirees a $1,000 per year permanent pay increase [HB-2174] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Budget and Spending ] [Pensions ] [Retirement ] [Education ]
Granting all public employees, all teachers, all service employees, all public employee retirees, all teacher retirees and all service employee retirees a $1,000 per year permanent pay increase

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kenneth Hicks Filed For Introduction on 01/10/2018

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2018 Regular Session

Increasing the amount of retirement income to be excluded from the gross income of individuals receiving retirement benefits under the West Virginia Public Employees Retirement System [HB-2110] [Retirement ] [Pensions ] [Taxes ] [Senior Citizens ]
The purpose of this bill is to increase from $2,000 to $20,000 the amount of retirement income to be excluded from the gross income of individuals receiving retirement benefits under the West Virginia Public Employees Retirement System and the West Virginia State Teachers Retirement System. The bill also provides an effective date.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Eldridge Filed For Introduction on 01/10/2018

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2018 Regular Session

Establishing seniority rights for public employees [HB-2074] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Public Safety ]
The purpose of this bill is to establish seniority preference for all civil service workers bidding on jobs, seeking to transfer, or affected by reduction in force.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Caputo Filed For Introduction on 01/10/2018

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