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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Study on the Feasibility of Relocating the Prince George's County Public School System Headquarters PG 501-24 [HB-376]
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Requiring the Prince George's County Board of Education to hire an independent consultant to study and make recommendations on the feasibility of relocating the Prince George's County public school system headquarters and to report its recommendations by June 1, 2026; and requiring the County board to cover the cost of the study.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 372 on 04/25/2024
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Outdoor Lighting - Standards and Use of State Funds [HB-305]
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[Public Health ]
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[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
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Requiring the Department of the Environment, on or before October 1, 2025, to develop outdoor lighting standards that consider energy consumption, the environment, and public health and safety; requiring the Department to consult with the Maryland Department of Health, the Maryland Energy Administration, and the State Highway Administration in developing the standards; prohibiting the use of State funds for the installation or replacement of certain permanent outdoor luminaires in certain areas under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle Wilkins
Hearing Canceled on 02/14/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Local Government - Condominium and Homeowners Associations - Repair and Rehabilitation Funds [HB-280]
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[Community Development ]
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Authorizing a county or a municipality to establish a certain fund for the purpose of providing support for the repair of infrastructure in a community subject to a condominium association or a homeowners association; and requiring that certain property tax revenues be assigned to a fund created under the Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 298 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Highway Projects - Removal, Relocation, and Adjustment of Utility Facilities - Notification, Work Plans, and Compliance [HB-101]
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[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
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Requiring the State Highway Administration to provide certain notices to the owner or operator of a utility facility for the removal, relocation, or adjustment of the utility facility for a State highway project; requiring the owner or operator of the utility facility to provide certain information to the Administration; requiring the owner or operator of a utility facility to pay for certain costs and damages under certain circumstances; prohibiting a certain utility from recovering through rates certain costs; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Referred To Interim Study By Economic Matters on 03/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Workgroup to Study Funding for the Westernport Wastewater Treatment Facility - Establishment [SB-135]
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Establishing the Workgroup to Study Funding for the Westernport Wastewater Treatment Facility to identify and examine existing funding sources that support the Facility and study whether increased funding could enhance operations at the Facility, the funding sources of comparable facilities in the region, and available and potential federal, State, and local funding sources for the Facility; and requiring the Workgroup to report, on or before December 1, 2024, its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 640 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Street Lighting Equipment - Acquisitions and Reporting (County and Municipal Street Lighting Investment Act) [SB-37]
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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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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Counties - Construction of Sidewalks and Crosswalks - Safe Alternative Routes to Public Schools [SB-200]
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Requiring a county board of education each year to prepare and post to the county's website a report that identifies pathways that public school students may use to travel to school using only safe alternative routes under certain circumstances; requiring the governing body of a county each year to review a certain report and construct any sidewalks and crosswalks necessary to create safe alternative routes for public school students under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Arthur Ellis
Hearing Canceled on 01/25/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to soil and water conservation and declaring an emergency. [HB-130]
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Amends KRS 147A.029 to allow soil and water conservation districts and watershed conservancy districts to use funds appropriated for the Local Match Participation Program for flood-related projects with federal government agencies, including the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service; amends KRS 262.240 to provide immunity to a supervisor serving on a soil and water conservation board; creates a new section of KRS 262.700 to 262.795 to establish the procedure for the discontinuance of watershed conservancy
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Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Heath
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 77) on 04/04/2024
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Alaska 33rd Legislature
Public Construction Contracts Wage Rates [HB-173]
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An Act relating to public construction contracts; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored by: Rep. Craig Johnson
Sta Rpt 5dp 1dnp on 04/18/2024
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Maine 131st Legislature
An Act to Require Responsible Contracting Practices for Public Construction Projects [HB-1746]
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An Act to Require Responsible Contracting Practices for Public Construction Projects
Sponsored by: Sen. Troy Jackson
Pursuant To Joint Rule 310.3 Placed In Legislative Files (dead) on 05/30/2023
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Louisiana 2023 Regular Session
Provides relative to design-build. (8/1/23) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) [SB-167]
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Provides relative to design-build. (8/1/23) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Abraham
Effective Date 8/1/2023. on 06/09/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION honoring the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) on its 90th anniversary and declaring May 18 to 24, 2023, as TVA Appreciation Week. [HR-91]
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Honor the Tennessee Valley Authority on its 90th anniversary and recognize May 18-24, 2023 as TVA Appreciation Week.
Sponsored by: Rep. Chris Freeland
Taken From Committee On Committees (h) on 03/16/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION honoring the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) on its 90th anniversary and declaring May 18 to 24, 2023, as TVA Appreciation Week. [SR-230]
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Honor the Tennessee Valley Authority on its 90th anniversary and recognize May 18-24, 2023 as TVA Appreciation Week.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Mills
Adopted By Voice Vote on 03/30/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Carroll County - Contracts and Purchasing [HB-1285]
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Increasing from $25,000 to $50,000 the cost of a public work or improvement or the purchase price of supplies or equipment for which the County Commissioners of Carroll County may enter into a contract; and requiring that, when the cost of a public work or improvement or the purchase price of supplies or equipment in Carroll County exceeds $50,000 under certain conditions, the Chief of the Bureau of Purchasing for the County Commissioners advertise for bids for at least 1 week in a medium accessible to the general public.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/26/2023
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Maine 131st Legislature
An Act to Require an Analysis Prior to the Start of State-funded Building Construction over $1,000,000 [SB-863]
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An Act to Require an Analysis Prior to the Start of State-funded Building Construction over $1,000,000
Sponsored by: Sen. Joseph Baldacci
Pursuant To Joint Rule 310.3 Placed In Legislative Files (dead) on 05/16/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to public contracts. [HB-451]
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Create new sections of KRS Chapters 45A, 56, and 65 requiring that state and local contracts contain a provision that any iron, steel, aluminum, manufactured goods used in all state and local projects be manufactured in the United States unless a waiver is granted; amend KRS Chapters 45A.343, 45A.352, 65.027, 162.070, 164A.575, 176.070, 176.080, and 424.260 to conform; establish a short title of Kentucky Buy American Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Blanton
Introduced In House on 02/21/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to biosolids. [SB-213]
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Create a new section of Subchapter 50 of KRS Chapter 224 to require the Energy and Environment Cabinet to promulgate new administrative regulations to regulate biosolids from wastewater treatment at a publicly owned treatment works in conformity with and no more stringent than federal standards under 40 C.F.R. pt. 503.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jimmy Higdon
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 22) on 03/20/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to public schools and declaring an emergency. [HB-421]
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Amend KRS 160.160 to allow a local board of education to enter into an agreement for the construction of adjoining road improvements and require the Transportation Cabinet to reimburse the cost of those improvements; authorize a local board to expend funds to ensure adequate connection to those improvements; amend KRS 45A.352 to allow a local school district to request proposals for energy savings contracts based on the decommissioning and sale or transfer of inefficient buildings and the development of new, energy-efficient buildings; amend KRS
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Returned To Transportation (s) on 03/16/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the regionalization of public water and wastewater systems. [SB-263]
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[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Construction ]
[Community Development ]
Amend KRS 224A.011 to define "asset management plan" and "merger"; amend KRS 224A.300 to clarify the goal of offering secure water and adding managerial and technical resources as needed resources for the improvement of infrastructure for the security and safety of water systems; require the Energy and Environment cabinet to provide technical support to the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority; amend KRS 224A.302 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 224.304 to rename an account in the infrastructure revolving fund and add to the purpose of the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Steve West
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 179) on 04/06/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to prevailing wage. [HB-366]
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[Construction ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Establish new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to create a prevailing wage law for all public works projects; amend KRS 12.020, 99.480, 227.487, 336.015, 151B.015 337.010, and 337.990 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
Introduced In House on 02/17/2023