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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Government - Maryland Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act [HB-165]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring an official publisher that publishes legal material in an electronic record to designate the electronic record as official, under specified circumstances, and authenticate the electronic record in a specified manner; providing that specified legal material in an electronic record is presumed to be an accurate copy; requiring an official publisher of specified legal material in an electronic record to provide for the preservation and security of the record and to ensure that it is reasonably available to the public; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Erek Barron
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 553 on 05/04/2017
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Home Act of 2017 [HB-172]
[Housing ]
[Poverty ]
[Human Services ]
[Community Development ]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
Stating that the Act seeks to deconcentrate poverty by providing opportunities for tenants utilizing public subsidies to live in neighborhoods other than the neighborhoods in which they are currently and disproportionately residing; expanding the housing policy of the state to include fair housing regardless of source of income; requiring the owner of an apartment complex to rent or make available 15% of the units to persons receiving housing assistance vouchers; prohibiting specified discrimination based on source of income; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Maggie L. McIntosh
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 03/21/2017
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Baltimore County - Public Schools - Active Assailant Event Training and Drills [HB-193]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Baltimore County Superintendent of Schools to conduct active assailant event training for Baltimore County school personnel each school year; requiring the Baltimore County Superintendent to require Baltimore County public schools to hold an active assailant event drill three times each school year; requiring specified training and drills to comply with guidelines established by the Maryland State Police; requiring each Baltimore County public school to keep records of the drills held; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert B. Long
Hearing 2/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2017
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Optometrists and Physicians - Prescriptions for Lenses - Expiration Dates [HB-191]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Healthcare ]
Requiring that licensed optometrists and licensed physicians ensure that prescriptions for specified lenses contain an expiration date of not more than 24 months from the dates the patients are first examined; requiring that specified optometrists and specified physicians who provide prescriptions with less than a 24-month expiration enter the reason in the patient's medical record and provide the patient with a written and an oral explanation; and applying the Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 02/28/2017
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Labor and Employment - Maryland Healthy Working Families Act [SB-230]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring employers that employ 15 or more employees to provide employees with earned sick and safe leave that is paid at the same wage rate as the employee normally earns; requiring employers with 14 or fewer employees to provide unpaid earned sick and safe leave; prohibiting an employer from being required to pay a tipped employee more than a specified wage for earned sick and safe leave; requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to develop a specified model paid sick and safe leave policy for use by specified employers; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas McClain Middleton
First Reading Economic Matters on 03/16/2017
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Insurance - Public Adjusters [HB-136]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Altering specified provisions concerning the licensing and practice of public adjusters; adding and altering specified definitions relating to public adjusters; providing an exception to licensing for specified marketing activities; repealing the requirement that public adjuster license application forms include specified employment disclosures; repealing the requirement for specified experience before taking a specified written examination; applying the Act to all public adjuster licenses issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2018; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Economic Matters
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 106 on 04/11/2017
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Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Board of Review - Repeal [HB-127]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
Repealing provisions of law relating to the Board of Review of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; repealing provisions of law that require the Board of Review to make specified recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, advise the Secretary on specified matters, hear and determine specified appeals, and report at specified intervals to the Secretary; providing that a specified petitioner may not be charged a fee for specified costs under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Health and Government Operations
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 103 on 04/11/2017
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Homelessness and Supportive Services - Transfer to Department of Housing and Community Development [HB-134]
[Housing ]
[Human Services ]
[Community Development ]
[Poverty ]
Transferring specified responsibilities relating to the Interagency Council on Homelessness and the Homeless Women - Crisis Shelter Home Program from the Department of Human Resources to the Department of Housing and Community Development; providing for the transfer of the functions, powers, and duties of the Bureau of Homeless Services; requiring the Council to appoint a specified transition team; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Environment and Transportation
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 105 on 04/11/2017
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Unemployment Insurance - Electronic Transmission of Information and Documents - Authority [HB-135]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Insurance ]
Authorizing the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation, individuals, and employers to electronically send specified information and documents relating to unemployment insurance; and requiring the Department to adopt regulations establishing the methods and means for information and documents to be sent electronically.
Sponsored by: Rep. Economic Matters
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 250 on 04/18/2017
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Financial Institutions - Mortgage Lenders - Examinations and Records [HB-142]
[Finance ]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Altering the time period during which the Commissioner of Financial Regulation must examine the business of specified mortgage lender licensees from at least once during any 36-month period to at least once during any 60-month period; and altering the minimum time period for which licensed mortgage lenders must retain specified records from 25 to 61 months.
Sponsored by: Rep. Economic Matters
Hearing 2/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2017
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Office of Cemetery Oversight - Cemetery Financial Statement - Requirements [SB-192]
[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
Requiring a specified financial statement required to be submitted by a specified cemetery to the Director of the Office of Cemetery Oversight to contain a balance sheet from the most recent federal tax return filed by the business, or on a form specified by the Director; and repealing the requirement that a specified financial statement contain a specified statement by a certified public accountant and a review of the financial stability of the cemetery by a certified public accountant.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Ann Klausmeier
Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 03/23/2017
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Civil Actions - Prelitigation Discovery of Insurance Coverage [SB-144]
[Insurance ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Making specified provisions of law authorizing the prelitigation discovery of specified insurance coverage information relating to claims involving vehicle accidents applicable to claims involving any tort involving death or bodily injury; providing that an insurer is only required to provide a claimant with documentation of the applicable limits of coverage in a specified automobile insurance policy, homeowner's insurance policy, or renter's insurance policy; providing for the prospective application of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert A Zirkin
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 04/10/2017
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State Government - Maryland Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act [SB-137]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring an official publisher that publishes legal material in an electronic record to designate the electronic record as official, under specified circumstances, and authenticate the electronic record in a specified manner; providing that specified legal material in an electronic record is presumed to be an accurate copy; requiring an official publisher of specified legal material in an electronic record to provide for the preservation and security of the record, and to ensure that it is reasonably available to the public; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 554 on 05/04/2017
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State Government - Maryland Manual - Revisions (Maryland Manual Modernization Act) [HB-78]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Libraries ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Altering specified provisions of law to require the State Archives to compile, edit, and publish an online Maryland Manual that describes the State, its government, and federal officials and agencies directly related to the State; requiring, as provided in the State budget, the State Archives to update the Maryland Manual to maintain its accuracy and to annually preserve a version that contains changes made in the preceding year; encouraging the Archivist to reach out to specified entities regarding the availability of the Maryland Manual; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel T Oaks
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 552 on 05/04/2017
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Records Management and Preservation - State Units and Public Officials - Responsibilities [SB-44]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Altering the procedures required to be included in a program for the management of records; requiring each head of a unit of State government to designate a records officer to carry out specified functions; providing that the Records Management Division is required to study the records management practices of the units of State government; altering examples of records that are required to be offered by a public official to the State Archives for transfer; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 539 on 05/04/2017
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Juvenile Court Records - Disclosure [SB-43]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Funding ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Establishing that specified provisions regarding the confidentiality of juvenile court records do not prohibit access to and confidential use of a juvenile court record by the Department of Human Resources for the purpose of claiming specified federal funds.
Sponsored by: Sen. Judicial Proceedings
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 193 on 04/18/2017
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Financial Institutions - Mortgage Lenders - Examinations and Records [SB-33]
[Finance ]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Altering the time period during which the Commissioner of Financial Regulation must examine the business of specified mortgage lender licensees from at least once during any 36-month period to at least once during any 60-month period; and altering the minimum time period for which licensed mortgage lenders must retain specified records from 25 to 61 months.
Sponsored by: Sen. Finance
First Reading Economic Matters on 01/25/2017
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Public Ethics - Bicounty Commissions - Financial Disclosure [SB-18]
[Ethics ]
Altering duties of executive directors of bicounty commissions relating to the provision of ethics forms, as specified; requiring commissioners and applicants for appointment as commissioners to file financial disclosure statements electronically with the Ethics Commission; requiring the filing of paper copies of financial disclosure statements with specified officials in specified counties; requiring the Ethics Commission to promptly delete a statement electronically filed by an applicant who is not appointed; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 283 on 04/18/2017
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Insurance - Surplus Lines Insurers, Surplus Lines Brokers, and Reinsurers [SB-19]
[Insurance ]
Altering the requirements an insurer must meet to be approved as a surplus lines insurer by the Maryland Insurance Commissioner; providing for the expiration of a surplus lines insurer's approval; establishing a process for renewal of a surplus lines insurer's approval; clarifying that a requirement to report specified business subject to tax and pay the tax stated in the report at specified intervals applies only to surplus lines brokers that have transacted surplus lines business in the State during the reporting period; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Finance
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 37 on 04/11/2017
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Motor Vehicle Administration - Driving Instructors - Criminal History Records Checks [SB-45]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to provide to the Motor Vehicle Administration specified revised criminal history record information under specified circumstances; altering the application process for a criminal history records check for driving instructors; making a technical correction; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Judicial Proceedings
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 195 on 04/18/2017