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West Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Increasing the amount of annual and incremental salary increases for eligible state employees [HB-2066]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Increasing the amount of annual and incremental salary increases for eligible state employees
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Lynn Caputo
Filed For Introduction on 01/13/2016
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Establishing seniority rights for public employees [HB-2061]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing seniority rights for public employees
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Lynn Caputo
Filed For Introduction on 01/13/2016
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West Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Granting all public employees a $1,000 per year permanent pay increase [HB-2043]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Granting all public employees a $1,000 per year permanent pay increase
Sponsored by: Rep. Nancy Lee Peoples Guthrie
Filed For Introduction on 01/13/2016
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West Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Increasing salary increments paid to principals and assistant principals [HB-2032]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Increasing salary increments paid to principals and assistant principals
Sponsored by: Rep. William Roger Romine
Filed For Introduction on 01/13/2016
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Kent County - Prospective Employees and Volunteers - Criminal History Records Check [SB-912]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
Authorizing the Director of Human Resources of Kent County to request from the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services a State and national criminal history records check for a prospective county employee or volunteer; requiring that the Director submit sets of fingerprints and fees to the Central Repository as part of the application for a criminal history records check; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen S Hershey
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/06/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
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Edward T. and Mary A. Conroy and Jean B. Cryor Memorial Scholarship Programs - Eligibility [SB-865]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Changing the name of the Edward T. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program to the Edward T. and Mary A. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program; and altering the eligibility requirements for the Edward T. and Mary A. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program and the Jean B. Cryor Memorial Scholarship Program to include the stepchildren of specified individuals who are at least 16 years of age.
Sponsored by: Sen. Douglas J.J. Peters
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
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Public Information Act - List of Contact Information for Governmental Unit Representatives [SB-852]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring each governmental unit that maintains public records to identify a representative who a member of the public should contact to request a public record, to maintain specified contact information and post the information on the unit's Web site or keep the information in a specified place, and annually update the information and submit it to the Office of the Attorney General; and requiring the Office to post specified information on the Office's Web site and include specified information in a specified manual.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl C. Kagan
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Discrimination Based on Engagement in Lawful Activities - Prohibition [SB-784]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting, under specified circumstances, an employer from failing or refusing to hire, discharging, or otherwise discriminating against an applicant or employee on the basis of the applicant's or employee's engagement in a lawful activity off the employer's premises during nonworking hours; authorizing an applicant or employee aggrieved by a violation of the Act to file a civil action against the employer to obtain specified relief; providing for a specified limitations period for filing an action under the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Carter Conway
Hearing 3/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
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Employees' Pension System - Town of Sykesville - Service Credit [SB-726]
[Pensions ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Authorizing the Town of Sykesville to purchase specified additional service credit for specified employees; requiring specified additional service credit to be credited to specified employees on July 1 of the fiscal year in which the additional service credit is purchased; requiring a specified adjustment to a specified new entrant valuation that is used to determine a specified employer contribution in the fiscal year in which a specified purchase of service credit is made; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Justin D Ready
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 195 on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
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Electronic Cigarettes - Sale to Minors - Components, Supplies, and Enforcement [SB-7]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Clarifying that the prohibition against selling, distributing, or offering for sale an electronic device to a minor that can be used to deliver nicotine includes any component for the device or product used to refill or resupply the device; clarifying that the exception to the prohibition for devices approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration applies only to devices for sale as a tobacco cessation product; changing a violation of the prohibition from a misdemeanor to a civil infraction; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
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General Provisions - Public Information Act - Enforcement, Fees, and Exemptions [SB-695]
[Ethics ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
Establishing the State Public Information Act Compliance Board and Office of the Public Access Ombudsman; requiring the Governor and the Attorney General to publish on their Web sites specified notice relating to specified applications and the names and qualifications of specified applicants; requiring the Governor to solicit specified recommendations from specified individuals; requiring the Board to report on specified matters to the Governor and General Assembly by October 1, of each year; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jamin B Raskin
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 135 on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Maryland Uniform Collateral Consequences of Conviction Act [SB-686]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Attorney General to take specified steps to identify, collect, and publish in a specified manner laws that impose a specified collateral sanction on a person who is convicted of a specified offense; requiring a State's Attorney to provide specified information to a person charged with an offense; requiring a court to confirm that a specified notice has been received and is understood by a specified person; providing that a new collateral sanction may be imposed only by a specified procedure; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas McClain Middleton
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/09/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Public and Nonpublic Schools - Student Diabetes Management Program [SB-672]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the State Department of Education and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with specified other organizations, to establish specified guidelines for the training of trained diabetes care providers; establishing the purpose of the program is to have trained employee volunteers available to provide diabetes care services to students with diabetes during school hours, and when possible, at school-sponsored activities, including field trips and extracurricular activities; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/26/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
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Teachers' Retirement and Pension Systems - Reemployment of Retirees - Exemptions [SB-639]
[Education ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
Exempting from a specified offset of a retirement allowance specified retirees of the Teachers' Retirement System or the Teachers' Pension System who are employed in specified positions in a local school system or the Maryland School for the Deaf; authorizing local school system superintendents and the superintendent of the Maryland School for the Deaf to employ a maximum of five retirees per year who will not be subject to a specified offset of a retirement allowance; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Andrew A Serafini
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 189 on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
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Active Armed Forces Member - Exemption From Payment of Fees for Certain Court Records [SB-61]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring a clerk of a court to provide without charge a copy of specified papers or records requested by an active armed forces member or by the United States government if the copy is to be used in connection with a claim of the member against the United States government; and requiring a clerk of a court to provide without charge a copy of specified marriage records of an active armed forces member that are requested under specified circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 4 on 04/14/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
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Public Charter School Improvement Act of 2015 [SB-595]
[Education ]
Requiring specified public charter schools to take specified steps to maintain a specified ratio as part of the initial cohort of students in a grade; authorizing specified public charter schools to give specified students a greater weight to the student's lottery status as part of the public charter school's admissions lottery; authorizing a county board to consider specified issues relating to school site and school building utilization when authorizing specified public charter schools to occupy specified sites or buildings; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bob Cassilly
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 311 on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
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Employees' Pension System - Optional Membership [SB-560]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Providing that membership in the Employees' Pension System is optional for specified officials who are elected or appointed for a fixed term; providing that specified individuals' election or failure to elect to join the Employees' Pension System is a one-time, irrevocable decision; simplifying and clarifying specified provisions of law regarding mandatory and optional membership of employees of participating governmental units in the Employees' Pension System; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Douglas J.J. Peters
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 182 on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
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Blind or Visually Impaired Children - Individualized Education Programs - Orientation and Mobility Instruction [SB-538]
[Education ]
[Disabilities ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring individualized education programs for blind or visually impaired children to provide orientation and mobility instruction under specified circumstances; establishing a specified process for a specified individualized education program team to make a specified determination as to whether specified orientation and mobility instruction is appropriate for a specified child and to include it in a specified child's individualized education program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas McClain Middleton
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Maryland Second Chance Act of 2015 [SB-526]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing a person to petition the court to shield court records and police records relating to specified convictions at a specified time; providing that, if a person is convicted of a new crime during a specified time period, the original conviction is not eligible for shielding unless the new conviction becomes eligible for shielding; providing that a person is not eligible for shielding if the person is a defendant in a pending criminal proceeding; authorizing the court to grant a specified petition for good cause; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas McClain Middleton
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judiciary on 04/13/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Child Abuse and Neglect - Failure to Report [SB-525]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring an agency that is participating in a child abuse or neglect investigation and that has reasonable grounds to believe that a person has failed to report child abuse as required under a specified provision of law to file a specified complaint with a specified board, agency, institution, or facility.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Hearing 4/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/01/2015