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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To Health Insurance. [HB-1583] [Healthcare ] [Insurance ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Budget and Spending ] [Public Health ]
Establishes the public employee health benefits working group to investigate the feasibility of establishing and offering a fully self-insured health benefits plan with no deductible or monthly premium cost to state and county public employees. Requires a report to the Legislature.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Amy Perruso Referred To Lgo, Fin, Referral Sheet 1 on 01/24/2024

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State (Alaska)
Alaska 33rd Legislature

Approp: Operating Budget; Cap; Supp; Am [HB-268] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ]
An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of state government and for certain programs; capitalizing funds; repealing appropriations; amending appropriations; making supplemental appropriations and reappropriations; and providing for an effective date.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Cc Report: Ccs Hb 268 Received 5/14 9:21 A.m. on 05/15/2024

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State (Alaska)
Alaska 33rd Legislature

Approp: Operating Budget; Cap; Supp; Am [SB-186] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ]
An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of state government and for certain programs; capitalizing funds; amending appropriations; making capital appropriations; making supplemental appropriations; making reappropriations; making appropriations under art. IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska, from the constitutional budget reserve fund; and providing for an effective date.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Read The First Time - Referrals on 01/16/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Office of the Correctional Ombudsman - Establishment and Funding [HB-297] [Crime ] [Funding ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Establishing the Office of the Correctional Ombudsman; authorizing the Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board to make a recommendation for the distribution of money from the Performance Incentive Grant Fund to the Office; requiring the Office to conduct investigations, reviews, and assessments of administrative acts taken by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, by the Department of Juvenile Services, or in relation to individuals confined by either department; providing for the confidentiality of certain communications; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Charlotte Crutchfield Rereferred To Judicial Proceedings on 04/05/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Criminal Procedure - Disclosure of Expunged Records - Alterations [HB-269] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Clarifying that refusal by a person to disclose information about criminal charges that have been expunged may not be the sole reason for a unit, an official, or an employee of the State or political subdivision of the State to deny the person's application for a license, permit, registration, or governmental service or for an educational institution to expel or refuse to admit the person.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2024

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Collective bargaining by public employees; labor organization representation. [SB-374] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Elections ] [Public Safety ]
Collective bargaining by public employees; labor organization representation. Repeals the existing prohibition on collective bargaining by public employees. The bill creates the Public Employee Relations Board, which shall determine appropriate bargaining units and provide for certification and decertification elections for exclusive bargaining representatives of state employees and local government employees. The bill requires public employers and employee organizations that are exclusive bargaining representatives to meet at reasonable times to (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mamie Locke Left In Finance And Appropriations on 02/14/2024

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Collective bargaining by public employees; public transportation providers. [HB-780] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Collective bargaining by public employees; public transportation providers. Permits the governing body of a public transportation provider, as defined in the bill, to adopt a resolution authorizing such public transportation provider to (i) recognize a labor union or other employee association as a bargaining agent of public officers and employees and (ii) collectively bargain or enter into a collective bargaining contract with such union or association or its agents with respect to any matter relating to such transportation district or its employees.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alfonso Lopez Incorporated By Labor And Commerce on 01/30/2024

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Collective bargaining by public employees; labor organization representation. [HB-1001] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Public Safety ]
Collective bargaining by public employees; labor organization representation. Repeals the existing prohibition on collective bargaining by public employees. The bill creates the Public Employee Relations Board, which shall determine appropriate bargaining units and provide for certification and decertification elections for exclusive bargaining representatives of state employees and local government employees. The bill requires public employers and employee organizations that are exclusive bargaining representatives to meet at reasonable times to (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alfonso Lopez Left In Appropriations on 02/13/2024

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State (Alaska)
Alaska 33rd Legislature

Teachers:out-of-state Experience, Retired [HB-230] [Education ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Retirement ]
An Act relating to teacher certificates for retired teachers; repealing the limit on the number of years of out-of-state school experience that may be substituted for in-state experience in teacher salary scales; relating to teacher national board certification; and providing for an effective date.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Kawasaki Effective Date(s) Of Law See Chapter on 08/26/2024

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State (Alaska)
Alaska 33rd Legislature

Disabled Veterans: Retirement Benefits [HB-232] [Veterans ] [Retirement ]
An Act relating to retirement benefits and military service.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Ortiz Referred To Rules on 05/06/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

State Retirement and Pension System - Forfeiture of Benefits [HB-9] [Pensions ] [Retirement ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Ethics ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Establishing that a public employee is subject to forfeiture of benefits from the State Retirement and Pension System when a public employee is found guilty of, pleads guilty to, or enters a plea of nolo contendere to a qualifying crime that is committed in the course of the performance of the public employee's duties; providing for the processes and procedures to implement a forfeiture of benefits; and providing for the processes and procedures to reverse a forfeiture of benefits.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Crosby First Reading Appropriations on 01/10/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Prince George's County - Public School Employees Property Tax Credit and Office of Integrity and Compliance PG 503-24 [SB-191] [Property Tax ] [Education ] [Taxes ] [Housing ] [Community Development ]
Authorizing the governing body of Prince George's County to grant, by law, a property tax credit against the county property tax imposed on dwellings that are owned by certain eligible employees of the Prince George's County Public School System; requiring the Prince George's County government to submit a certain report concerning the credit to certain persons on or before a certain date; providing that the Office of Integrity and Compliance is an independent unit within the school system; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington Approved By The Governor - Chapter 776 on 05/16/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Public Employee Relations Act - Alterations [SB-232] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Public Safety ]
Altering certain provisions of the Public Employee Relations Act, including adding the definition of interested employee organization, altering the timing of exclusive representative access to new employees, clarifying the responsibilities of certain deputy directors, and clarifying the process for certain investigations of unfair labor practices.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Approved By The Governor - Chapter 52 on 04/09/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Public Utilities - Street Lighting Equipment - Acquisitions and Reporting (County and Municipal Street Lighting Investment Act) [SB-37] [Energy ] [Public Safety ] [Telecommunications ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Infrastructure ]
Finding that local governments pay electric companies large sums to light streets and are limited in how this public safety resource can be managed, the Act authorizes certain counties or municipalities to acquire certain street lighting equipment by purchase or condemnation, convert its street lighting service to a customer-owned street lighting tariff, enter into an agreement to purchase electricity, and contract with an electric company for the maintenance of the street lighting equipment; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher Withdrawn By Sponsor on 01/29/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Property Tax Credits - Public School Employees, Health and Safety Improvements, and Property Used for Local Housing Programs [HB-66] [Property Tax ] [Housing ] [Education ] [Healthcare ] [Taxes ] [Real Estate ] [Public Health ]
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant, by law, a certain property tax credit for certain residential real property owned by a public school employee under certain circumstances; authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant, by law, a certain property tax credit for certain buildings if the owner made certain health or safety improvements on or after July 1, 2024; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian Approved By The Governor - Chapter 897 on 05/16/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Unemployment Insurance - Work Search Requirement - Exemption for Federal Civilian Employees During a Federal Government Shutdown [HB-197] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Unemployment ] [Insurance ] [Budget and Spending ]
Authorizing the Secretary of Labor to exempt a federal civilian employee who has been furloughed from the requirement to be actively seeking work for unemployment insurance benefits eligibility if, during the furlough, the employee remains able to work, available for work, and work-attached.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Approved By The Governor - Chapter 102 on 04/09/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Maryland Department of Transportation - Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Awareness, Training, and Response [SB-153] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Human Rights ] [Public Safety ] [Children and Youth ] [Law Enforcement ] [Human Services ] [Crime ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Transportation to develop and implement a certain training program for certain transportation-sector employees, taxicab drivers, and transportation network operators on the identification and reporting of suspected child exploitation and human trafficking; requiring certain transportation-sector employers to establish procedures for reporting suspected child exploitation and human trafficking to certain entities; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson Hearing 1/31 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/15/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Unemployment Insurance - Work Search Requirement - Exemption for Federal Civilian Employees During a Federal Government Shutdown [SB-234] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Unemployment ] [Insurance ] [Budget and Spending ]
Authorizing the Secretary of Labor to exempt a federal civilian employee who has been furloughed from the requirement to be actively seeking work for unemployment insurance benefits eligibility if, during the furlough, the employee remains able to work, available for work, and work-attached.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Approved By The Governor - Chapter 103 on 04/09/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Motor Vehicles - School Vehicle Drivers - Medical Examinations [SB-63] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Education ] [Public Health ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring a school vehicle driver to pass an appropriate medical examination before employment and once during each 2 years of employment.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Bailey Hearing 1/31 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/15/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Unemployment Insurance - Covered Employment - Employees of Governmental Entities or Charitable, Educational, or Religious Organizations [HB-251] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Unemployment ] [Insurance ]
Specifying that certain limitations on the payment of benefits to employees of governmental entities or charitable, educational, or religious organizations do not apply with respect to service in other covered employment, including covered employment for a for-profit employing unit, even if the service is provided exclusively for a governmental entity or a charitable, educational, religious, or other organization.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Approved By The Governor - Chapter 105 on 04/09/2024

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