Environment - Solid Waste and Recycling Facilities [HB-124]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt specified regulations relating to recycling facilities, including conditions for specified permit exemptions; providing that specified enforcement provisions apply to specified violations; requiring the Department to convene and consult with a workgroup of affected stakeholders in developing specified regulations; and requiring the workgroup to include representatives of specified entities.
HB-124: Environment - Solid Waste and Recycling Facilities
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 376 on 05/04/2017
Environment - Emergency Action Plans for Dams [HB-125]
Requiring specified dam owners to prepare and submit to the Department of the Environment an emergency action plan that contains specified information by August 1, 2017; requiring specified dam owners to test an emergency action plan at least once every 5 years and to report the results in the annual update to the emergency action plan submitted in the same year; establishing the intent of the General Assembly to require the Department to work with specified owners and consider establishing a specified dam safety repair and removal program; etc.
HB-125: Environment - Emergency Action Plans for Dams
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 377 on 05/04/2017
Environment - Hazardous Material Security - Repeal [HB-121]
Repealing a requirement to deposit specified fees collected by the Department of the Environment into a separate account within the Community Right-to-Know Fund; repealing a requirement that specified persons analyze the security of specified facilities in accordance with specified requirements; repealing a specified fee; repealing a requirement that the Department adopt specified hazardous material security standards; repealing a requirement that the Department adopt specified regulations; etc.
HB-121: Environment - Hazardous Material Security - Repeal
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 375 on 05/04/2017
School Vehicles - Seat Belts - Requirements [SB-155]
Requiring school vehicles registered in the State and purchased on or after July 1, 2018, regardless of the date the school vehicle was manufactured or assembled, to be equipped with specified seat belts for every seat on the school vehicle; and providing for the application of specified requirements relating to seat belts on school vehicles.
SB-155: School Vehicles - Seat Belts - Requirements
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 02/06/2017
Elevator Safety Review Board - Sunset Extension, Program Evaluation, and Reporting Requirement [HB-117]
Continuing the Elevator Safety Review Board in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (sunset law) by extending to July 1, 2029, the termination provisions relating to the statutory and regulatory authority of the Board; requiring that an evaluation of the Board and the statutes and regulations that govern the Board be performed on or before a specified date; requiring the Board to study, make recommendations, and report its findings on specified matters on or before October 1, 2018; etc.
HB-117: Elevator Safety Review Board - Sunset Extension, Program Evaluation, and Reporting Requirement
Sponsored by: Rep. The Speaker
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 58 on 04/11/2017
SB-1456: Relating to the building code standards for new residential construction in the unincorporated area of certain counties; creating a criminal offense and affecting the prosecution of a criminal offense.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Nichols
Read First Time on 03/20/2017
You have voted SB-1456: Relating to the building code standards for new residential construction in the unincorporated area of certain counties; creating a criminal offense and affecting the prosecution of a criminal offense..
Task Force to Study Bicycle Safety on Maryland Highways [SB-142]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Bicycle Safety on Maryland Highways; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations on specified issues related to bicycle safety on highways in the State; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2017; etc.
SB-142: Task Force to Study Bicycle Safety on Maryland Highways
Sponsored by: Sen. Roger Manno
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 836 on 05/27/2017
HB-3227: Relating to the administration and enforcement of produce safety standards by the Department of Agriculture; authorizing an administrative penalty.
Sponsored by: Sen. Eddie Lucio
Effective Immediately on 06/15/2017
You have voted HB-3227: Relating to the administration and enforcement of produce safety standards by the Department of Agriculture; authorizing an administrative penalty..
HB-3211: Relating to requirements for the notice that excavators must provide to notification centers and underground facility operators for certain excavation operations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Chris Paddie
Read First Time on 03/30/2017
You have voted HB-3211: Relating to requirements for the notice that excavators must provide to notification centers and underground facility operators for certain excavation operations..
Vehicle Laws - Obstruction Hanging From Rearview Mirror - Enforcement [SB-12]
Providing for enforcement only as a secondary offense for a violation of the prohibition under specified circumstances against a person driving a vehicle on a highway with any object, material, or obstruction hanging from the rearview mirror that interferes with the clear view of the driver through the windshield.
Hunter Safety Courses - Application of Requirement and Establishment of Incentives Program [SB-66]
Requiring a specified person to make, in order to procure a specified hunting license under specified circumstances, an affidavit that the person hunted before July 1, 1977, rather than that the person had a specified hunting license; limiting the exemption from the application of the Act to a person who purchases a nonresident 3-day license in the State to hunt wild waterfowl; Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to adopt regulations establishing incentives related to a hunter safety course for specified individuals; etc.
SB-66: Hunter Safety Courses - Application of Requirement and Establishment of Incentives Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Simonaire
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 402 on 05/04/2017
Labor and Employment - Maryland Healthy Working Families Act [HB-65]
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 an employee with unpaid earned sick and safe leave; providing for the manner in which earned sick and safe leave is accrued; authorizing an employee to work additional hours or trade shifts with another employee under specified circumstances; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
HB-65: Labor and Employment - Maryland Healthy Working Families Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters; Withdrawn on 01/30/2017
Labor and Employment - Maryland Healthy Working Families Act [HB-1]
Requiring employers with 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 minimum 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.
HB-1: Labor and Employment - Maryland Healthy Working Families Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Hearing 3/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/14/2018