Safety
Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to fire safety inspections at public and private schools. [SB-1177]
Relating to fire safety inspections at public and private schools.
Sponsored by: Sen. Juan Hinojosa
Reported Favorably W/o Amendment(s) on 04/30/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to school safety. [HB-14]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to allow school districts to implement a wearable panic alert system; establish system criteria; require the Department of Education to provide a list of approved wearable panic alert systems; require the Center for School Safety to establish the Wearable Panic Alert Grant Program; amend KRS 158.446 to allow the Center for School Safety to distribute wearable panic alert grants using funds appropriated in the biennial budget to support school safety.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Received In Senate on 03/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Catastrophic Health Emergency - Immunity for Health Care Providers - Repeal [HB-1437]
Repealing immunity from civil and criminal liability for health care providers acting in good faith and under a catastrophic health emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Arentz
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/12/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Support and Protections for Individuals Affected by Federal Actions (Protect Our Federal Workers Act) [HB-1424]
Renaming the Federal Government Shutdown Employee Assistance Loan Fund to be the Federal Government Employee Assistance Loan Fund; authorizing funds appropriated to the Catastrophic Event Account to be expended to assist in funding costs connected to a relocation, closure, or mass layoff of a unit of the federal government; establishing the Expedited Hiring Program in the Department of Budget and Management; authorizing an appointing authority to recruit for certain vacant positions in State government; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 97 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Montgomery County - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Health and Safety MC 21-25 [HB-1229]
Requiring the Board of License Commissioners for Montgomery County to consider, before deciding whether to approve an application and issue a new license permitting the sale of alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption, the impact of the density of existing retail establishments licensed in the county to sell alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption on the public health and safety of the community.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Referred Finance on 03/18/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Prekindergarten Savings Account Program - Establishment [HB-1326]
Establishing the Prekindergarten Savings Account Program in the State administered by the State Department of Education; providing that the State shall deposit into an account of an eligible student a certain percentage of the per pupil amount of State and local funds for each education program in the resident school district for which the eligible student would be included in the enrollment count; and allowing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for deposits into an education savings account.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Wivell
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Health - Milk Products - Direct-to-Consumer Sale of Raw Milk for Human Consumption [HB-1449]
Excluding certain sales of raw milk for human consumption from certain State regulation of milk products; requiring a person to obtain a permit from the Secretary of Health before the person may sell raw milk direct to the consumer for human consumption; and establishing certain requirements for raw milk produced and sold direct to the consumer for human consumption in the State.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing Canceled on 03/08/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Fully Autonomous Vehicles [HB-1256]
Establishing certain standards and requirements for the operation of fully autonomous vehicles on highways in the State; requiring, before operating a fully autonomous vehicle on a highway in the State, a person to submit a law enforcement interaction plan to the Motor Vehicle Administration; and establishing that a State agency or local political subdivision may not prohibit the operation of fully autonomous vehicles on highways under their jurisdiction.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Hornberger
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Howard County - Study on Detecting Deadly Weapons in Public Middle and High Schools Ho. Co. 15-25 [HB-1384]
Requiring the Howard County Board of Education to study how best to detect deadly weapons in Howard County public middle and high schools and how best to rapidly report the detection of weapons to a law enforcement agency; and requiring, by October 1, 2025, in a manner that does not jeopardize school safety, the Howard County Board of Education to report on the findings of its study to the State
Superintendent of Schools and the Howard County Delegation to the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Vaccinations by Pharmacists and Health Insurance Coverage for Immunizations [HB-1315]
Altering the vaccinations that a pharmacist may administer, subject to certain requirements, to an individual of at least a certain age; altering the vaccinations included in the minimum package of child wellness services for which certain health insurers and nonprofit health service plans are required to provide coverage to include those recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as of December 31, 2024.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Returned Passed on 04/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Security Guards and Security Guard Employers - Registration, Certification, and Regulation [HB-1347]
Providing that a cannabis agent who is employed to provide security services for a cannabis licensee or cannabis registrant as a security guard or by a security guard agency is not required to obtain a State or national criminal history records check if the cannabis agent is authorized to provide security guard services; altering the definition of "security guard employer" for purposes of certain provisions of law to exclude video lottery facilities, sports wagering facility licensees, and health care facilities; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Adams
House Concurs Senate Amendments on 04/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Charles County - Off-Highway Recreational Vehicles - Regulation and Enforcement [HB-1283]
Authorizing Charles County to regulate the operation of off-highway recreational vehicles in the county and to impound an off-highway recreational vehicle that is the subject of certain alleged motor vehicle violations.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Third Reading Passed (46-0) on 04/02/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Alcoholic Beverages - Class A License - Retail Establishments (Alcoholic Beverages Modernization Act of 2025) [HB-1379]
Authorizing a certain establishment that operates as a food retailer, pharmacy, or retail service station that sells gasoline and diesel fuel or has on-site electric charging capabilities for a minimum of six motor vehicles simultaneously to offer to purchase a Class A license from a Class A license holder under certain circumstances; and authorizing the retail establishments to apply to a local licensing board for a Class A license under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marlon Amprey
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Electric Distribution System Plans - Establishment (Affordable Grid Act) [HB-1225]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to adopt regulations or issue orders on or before December 31, 2025, that require electric companies to, every 3 years, develop an electric system distribution plan to be approved by the Commission and provide the Commission with annual progress reports; requiring the Commission to adopt regulations or issue orders adopting certain metrics to monitor and assess electric distribution system plans; requiring an electric company to provide certain public comment opportunities; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Zero Emission Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council - Revisions [HB-1427]
Altering the membership of the Maryland Zero Emission Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council to include the Secretary of State Police or the Secretary's designee; requiring the Council to study and make recommendations on safety design elements and the reliability of charging stations and submit a final report of its work to the Governor and the General Assembly by June 30, 2026; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. April Rose
Hearing 3/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/18/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Carroll County - Board of Health and Health Department [HB-1426]
Establishing the Carroll County Board of Commissioners as the Carroll County Board of Health; requiring the board of health to take certain actions related to operating procedures for the Carroll County Health Department, records of the Department, and evaluations of the health officer, deputy health officers, and other employees of the health department; authorizing the board of health to remove the health officer or a deputy health officer under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. April Rose
Hearing Canceled on 02/26/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Youth Sports Programs - Registrations, Personnel, and Policy [HB-1393]
Requiring youth sports programs to maintain and update a registry of youth sports program personnel who participate in the youth sports program; requiring a parent or guardian of a youth registered with a youth sports program to sign and submit to the youth sports program an acknowledgment of the receipt of certain information; and requiring a youth sports program to post its removal and return-to-play policy on its website, if available.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 3/03 At 11:00 A.m. on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Land Use and Real Property - Accessory Dwelling Units - Requirements and Prohibitions [HB-1466]
Establishing the policy of the State to promote and encourage the creation of accessory dwelling units on land with a single-family detached dwelling unit as the primary dwelling unit in order to meet the housing needs of the citizens of the State; requiring, on or before October 1, 2026, the legislative body of certain counties or municipal corporations to adopt a local law authorizing the development of accessory dwelling units on land with certain single-family detached dwelling units subject to certain requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 197 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Health Facilities - Assisted Living Programs - Family Councils [HB-1291]
Providing for the composition of a family council for certain assisted living programs; authorizing a family council to be created and, under certain circumstances, led by the owner, operator, or staff of an assisted living program; requiring certain assisted living programs to give new and prospective residents information about the family council; requiring certain assisted living programs to respond in writing to certain communications from the family council within 14 calendar days; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Greg Wims
Hearing Canceled on 03/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Baltimore City and Takoma Park - Stop Sign Monitoring Systems - Authorization [HB-1226]
Authorizing the use of stop sign monitoring systems in school zones in Baltimore City and the City of Takoma Park under the pilot program authorized for Prince George's County if authorized by local law; requiring a local jurisdiction that implements a stop sign monitoring system to prominently place signs on highways within the local jurisdiction providing notice that stop sign monitoring systems are in use; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Favorable With Amendments Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/05/2025