Baltimore City Sheriff - Staffing [HB-1034]
Increasing from one to three the number of assistant sheriffs required to be appointed by the Baltimore City Sheriff; authorizing the Baltimore City Sheriff to appoint social workers and any additional sworn or civilian personnel if the funding for the personnel is provided in the ordinance of estimates or any other source; and applying the Act to all full-time sworn law enforcement officers who are deputy sheriffs at the rank of lieutenant or below and court security officers.
HB-1034: Baltimore City Sheriff - Staffing
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Smith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 202 on 04/25/2024
Employee Autoimmune Disorder Protection Act [HB-1084]
Prohibiting an employer from requiring an employee to work on-site at the employer's workplace if the employee provides documentation from a physician or other licensed health care practitioner that the employee has been diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder or other qualifying illness and that on-site work, or travel to and from the workplace, would be unsafe for the employee and the duties of the employee may reasonably be fulfilled at the home of the employee.
Financial Institutions - Heritage Areas - Canal Place [SB-1070]
Altering the Canal Place Preservation and Development Authority to be the Passages of the Western Potomac Heritage Area Authority; altering and repealing certain duties and powers of the Authority; establishing the Canal Place Preservation and Development Board to manage the Canal Place Properties; requiring the Board, to the extent practicable, to enter into certain memoranda of understanding to delegate the management of certain Canal Place Properties and other projects; etc.
SB-1070: Financial Institutions - Heritage Areas - Canal Place
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/04/2024
Employee Autoimmune Disorder Protection Act [SB-1061]
Prohibiting an employer from requiring an employee to work on-site at the employer's workplace if the employee provides documentation from a physician or other licensed health care practitioner that the employee has been diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder or other qualifying illness and that on-site work, or travel to and from the workplace, would be unsafe for the employee and the duties of the employee may reasonably be fulfilled at the home of the employee.
Employment Standards - Firefighters - Payment of Overtime and Payroll Information [HB-900]
Requiring governmental units that employ firefighters to compute overtime pay in a certain manner; requiring counties and municipalities to provide certain payroll information to each firefighter employed by the county or municipality; and authorizing a firefighter or the firefighter's exclusive representative to initiate a certain grievance if a county or municipality does not provide the payroll information as required.
HB-900: Employment Standards - Firefighters - Payment of Overtime and Payroll Information
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Hearing Canceled on 02/27/2024
Employee Retirement Benefits/sbs [HB-302]
An Act relating to supplemental employee benefits; relating to retirement benefits of peace officers and firefighters hired after June 30, 2006; and providing for an effective date.
HB-302: Employee Retirement Benefits/sbs
Sponsored by: Rep. Benjamin Carpenter
Sta Rpt Cs(sta) New Title 5dp 1nr 1am on 05/11/2024
You have voted HB-819: State Finance – Catastrophic Event Account and Federal Government Shutdown Employee Assistance Loan Fund – Noncivilian Federal Employees.
Members of Boards, Committees, Commissions, Task Forces, or Workgroups – Removal or Suspension [HB-809]
Providing that a member of a board, committee, commission, task force, or workgroup created by State law may be removed or suspended for misconduct, incompetence, neglect of duties, or other good cause by the individual or entity that appointed the member under certain circumstances; authorizing the removal or suspension of an appointed member only after consultation with the chair of the board, committee, commission, task force, or workgroup and the member has been given an opportunity to be heard regarding the removal or suspension; etc.
HB-809: Members of Boards, Committees, Commissions, Task Forces, or Workgroups – Removal or Suspension
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 469 on 05/09/2024
Public Health - Service Sector Employees - Mental Health Awareness and Skills Building Training [HB-829]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, subject to the limitations of its budget, to provide a virtual mental health awareness and skills building training program for service sector employees; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health, subject to the limitations of its budget and in coordination with the Maryland Department of Labor and the Public Service Commission, to conduct a public awareness campaign to increase the awareness among service sector employees of the availability of the training program.
HB-829: Public Health - Service Sector Employees - Mental Health Awareness and Skills Building Training
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 3/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/18/2024
Public Information Act - Surveillance Images - Illegal Dumping in Baltimore City [SB-643]
Altering a requirement that a custodian deny inspection of certain surveillance images of illegal dumping in Baltimore City to allow inspection by employees or agents of the Baltimore City Department of Housing and Community Development; and authorizing the Baltimore City Department of Housing and Community Development to publicly disseminate a surveillance image as part of an investigation.
SB-643: Public Information Act - Surveillance Images - Illegal Dumping in Baltimore City
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Carter
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 204 on 04/25/2024
Criminal Procedure - Automated Expungement, Waiting Periods, and Adverse Actions (Clean Slate Act of 2024) [SB-602]
Altering certain provisions of law relating to waiting periods for the filing of certain petitions for expungement to authorize the filing of a petition a certain amount of time after the completion of the sentence; establishing procedures for the automated expungement of certain clean slate eligible charges; requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to submit a report semiannually detailing the progress and outcomes of the automated expungement process during the preceding 6 months; etc.
SB-602: Criminal Procedure - Automated Expungement, Waiting Periods, and Adverse Actions (Clean Slate Act of 2024)
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2024
You have voted SB-628: State Finance – Catastrophic Event Account and Federal Government Shutdown Employee Assistance Loan Fund – Noncivilian Federal Employees.
Election Law - Election Judges - Revisions [HB-700]
Requiring the State Board to develop and implement a marketing campaign to recruit individuals to serve as election judges; authorizing a local board to supplement the marketing campaign implemented by the State Board; requiring that a county employee who serves as an election judge during hours that the employee is scheduled to work receive certain administrative leave and certain election judge compensation; requiring the State Board to adopt certain regulations related to service as an election judge; etc.
HB-700: Election Law - Election Judges - Revisions
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Jones
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 504 on 05/09/2024
Criminal Procedure – Automated Expungement, Waiting Periods, and Adverse Actions (Clean Slate Act of 2024) [HB-658]
Altering certain provisions of law relating to waiting periods for the filing of certain petitions for expungement to authorize the filing of a petition a certain amount of time after the completion of the sentence; establishing procedures for the automated expungement of certain clean slate eligible charges; requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to submit a report semiannually detailing the progress and outcomes of the automated expungement process during the preceding 6 months; etc.
HB-658: Criminal Procedure – Automated Expungement, Waiting Periods, and Adverse Actions (Clean Slate Act of 2024)
Sponsored by: Rep. David Moon
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2024
Relating To Family Leave. [HB-2586]
Establishes a paid family leave program for state and county employees. Authorizes a qualifying employee to take up to twelve weeks of paid leave for the birth or placement of a child or to care for a family member who has a serious health condition.
HB-2586: Relating To Family Leave.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lauren Matsumoto
Referred To Lgo, Cpc, Fin, Referral Sheet 3 on 01/26/2024
Relating To Legislative Employees. [HB-2632]
Specifies that the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall each have one vote if they have employees in a particular bargaining unit for the purposes of negotiating a collective bargaining agreement. Repeals staff of the legislative branch of the State from the list of individuals not included in any appropriate bargaining unit.
HB-2632: Relating To Legislative Employees.
Sponsored by: Rep. Amy Perruso
Referred To Lmg/lgo, Fin, Referral Sheet 3 on 01/26/2024
Disclosure of Tax Information - Tax Compliance Activity and Binding Data Use Agreements [HB-454]
Altering the definition of "tax information" for purposes of law governing the confidentiality and disclosure of tax information; authorizing, subject to certain limitations, the disclosure of certain tax information to certain tax compliance organizations and governmental entities to assist the Comptroller in tax compliance activity; requiring the Comptroller to require the party to whom the information is to be disclosed to enter into a written, binding agreement regarding the use and security of the tax information; etc.
HB-454: Disclosure of Tax Information - Tax Compliance Activity and Binding Data Use Agreements
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 728 on 05/16/2024