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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Grounds for Suspension [HB-509]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing the executive secretary of the Baltimore City Board of License Commissioners to immediately suspend a certain alcoholic beverages license if the executive secretary, in conjunction with the Baltimore Police Department, has a probable cause to believe that the license holder failed to take reasonable measures to prevent acts of violence that resulted in death or serious bodily injury from occurring on certain property; requiring the Board to give the license holder certain notice and hold a hearing within 5 business days; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Maggie McIntosh
Referred Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/15/2020
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Public Health - Overdose and Infectious Disease Prevention Services Program [HB-464]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing the establishment of an Overdose and Infectious Disease Prevention Services Program by a community-based organization to provide a place for the consumption of preobtained drugs, provide sterile needles, administer first aid, and provide certain other services; providing the Maryland Department of Health may approve not more than six programs, two programs in urban areas, two in suburban areas, and two in rural areas, to operate at a single location in areas with a high incidence of drug use; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Environment - Drinking Water Outlets in School Buildings - Testing for Elevated Level of Lead [HB-457]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the definition of "elevated level of lead" for purposes of certain provisions of law relating to testing for the presence of lead in certain drinking water outlets in certain school buildings to be a lead concentration in drinking water that exceeds 5 parts per billion rather than a certain standard recommended by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; and requiring certain regulations adopted by the Department of the Environment to require that certain testing be conducted at least once every 18 months.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/28/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Environment - Drinking Water Outlets in School Buildings - Testing for Elevated Level of Lead [HB-457]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the definition of "elevated level of lead" for purposes of certain provisions of law relating to testing for the presence of lead in certain drinking water outlets in certain school buildings to be a lead concentration in drinking water that exceeds 5 parts per billion rather than a certain standard recommended by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; and requiring certain regulations adopted by the Department of the Environment to require that certain testing be conducted at least once every 18 months.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/28/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Environment - Drinking Water Outlets in School Buildings - Testing for Elevated Level of Lead [SB-371]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the definition of "elevated level of lead" for purposes of certain provisions of law relating to testing for the presence of lead in certain drinking water outlets in certain school buildings to be a lead concentration in drinking water that exceeds 5 parts per billion rather than a certain standard recommended by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; and requiring certain regulations adopted by the Department of the Environment to require that certain testing be conducted at least once every 18 months.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/03/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Corporal William Kyle Ferrell Emergency Vehicle Safety Act [HB-486]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing certain emergency personnel to equip certain privately owned motor vehicles with certain emergency lights for use only while at the scene of an accident or other emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Cox
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/06/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Government - Open Meetings - Requirements and Application of Open Meetings Act (Maryland State Agency Transparency Act) [SB-363]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Ethics ]
Requiring certain State agencies to make available on their websites open meeting agendas 48 hours in advance of each meeting; requiring certain State agencies to post on their websites meeting minutes not more than 2 business days after the minutes are approved; requiring certain state agencies to maintain on their websites meeting minutes for 5 years and recordings for 1 year after the meeting; requiring the Department of Information Technology to provide certain staff, support, and equipment to the Maryland Transportation Authority; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 203 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Landlord and Tenant - Repossession for Failure to Pay Rent - Lead Risk Reduction Compliance [HB-491]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Real Estate ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring an action for repossession for failure to pay rent to contain certain statements on whether the property is registered or licensed under local law and is an affected property under certain lead-based paint abatement laws; authorizing a court to adjourn a certain trial to enable either party to obtain documents or certain other proof under certain circumstances; repealing a certain prohibition against raising as an issue of fact a landlord's compliance with certain lead-based paint abatement laws; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/28/2020
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Tour Aircrafts. [SB-3154]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Aerospace ]
[Public Safety ]
[Tourism ]
Requires verification that an applicant for a tour aircraft permit fitted their aircraft with Federal Aviation Administration approved flotation equipment. Requires verification that an applicant for a tour aircraft permit equipped their aircraft with and uses during operation an automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast system. Requires tour aircraft operators to comply with the National Transportation Safety Board safety recommendations. Prohibits any tour aircraft operator from operating an aircraft near a residential property.
Sponsored by: Sen. Kaiali'i Kahele
The Committee On Eet Deferred The Measure. on 02/03/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION urging the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services to apply for grants for social worker and health professional safety. [HR-56]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Mental Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Urge the Secretary of the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services to apply for grants for social worker and human services professional safety.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Westrom
To Health And Family Services (h) on 01/27/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Splash Pads - Lifeguards [SB-337]
[Public Safety ]
[Recreation ]
Prohibiting the State, the governing body of a county, or a municipality from requiring a lifeguard to be present at a splash pad when the splash pad is in use.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide Eckardt
Referred Health And Government Operations on 02/28/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Property Tax Credit - Public Safety Officer - Definition [HB-420]
[Property Tax ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Taxes ]
Altering the definition of "public safety officer" to include certain public safety officers employed full time by a State public safety agency and certain volunteer reserve officers for purposes of a certain property tax credit; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after June 30, 2020; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/28/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Baltimore County - Nuisance Actions - Community Association Standing [SB-340]
[Community Development ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the definitions of "community association" and "local code violation" for purposes of certain provisions of law authorizing community associations to seek judicial relief for nuisance abatement in Baltimore County; and repealing a provision of law requiring a certain court to determine in what amount and under what conditions a bond must be filed by a community association in a certain nuisance action.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Hearing Canceled on 01/29/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Gas Service Regulator Safety (Flower Branch Act) [HB-408]
[Public Safety ]
[Energy ]
[Housing ]
[Construction ]
Requiring that any gas service newly installed at an occupied structure may have a gas service regulator installed only outside the structure; requiring an existing interior gas service regulator in a multifamily residential structure to be relocated outside whenever a gas service line or regulator is replaced; requiring a gas company, on or before January 1, 2021, to file a plan with the Public service Commission to relocate any gas service regulator that provides service to a multifamily residential structure; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle Wilkins
Hearing Canceled on 03/15/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Health - Products Containing a Flame-Retardant Chemical [HB-424]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Children and Youth ]
Prohibiting a person from importing, selling, or offering for sale any juvenile product, mattress, upholstered furniture, or reupholstered furniture that contains more than 0.1% of flame-retardant chemicals by mass; repealing certain provisions of law regarding the importing, sale, or offering for sale of any child care product containing certain chemicals; establishing certain civil penalties; requiring the Secretary of Health to consider certain factors in determining the amount of a certain penalty; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie Cullison
Referred Finance on 03/18/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Government – Open Meetings – Requirements and Application of Open Meetings Act
(Maryland State Agency Transparency Act) [HB-421]
[Ethics ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring certain State agencies to make publicly available on their websites open meeting agendas 48 hours in advance of each meeting or, under certain circumstances, as far in advance of the meeting as practicable; requiring certain State agencies to post on their websites certain meeting minutes not more than 2 business days after the minutes are approved; requiring certain State agencies to maintain on their websites meeting minutes for 5 years and video recordings and certain audio recordings for a minimum of 1 year after a meeting; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 202 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Department of General Services - Energy-Conserving Standards (Maryland Sustainable Buildings Act of 2020) [SB-299]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Construction ]
[Public Safety ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring the Department of General Services to establish and periodically update certain standards for State buildings to conserve energy and minimize adverse impacts on birds; requiring each State building constructed, acquired, or substantially altered by the State to meet the standards to the extent practicable and within budgetary constraints; requiring the Department to reduce the lighting of existing State buildings in a certain manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Hearing Canceled on 02/06/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Montgomery County - Alcoholic Beverages - Consumption Only Marketplace License MC 11-20 [HB-377]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Small Business ]
[Public Safety ]
[Economic Development ]
Defining the term "shopping center" as any combination of privately owned commercial, professional, or retail establishments to which the general public is invited for business purposes; establishing in Montgomery County a consumption only marketplace license; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners to issue the license to the developer of a certain commercial shopping center; authorizing the license holder to allow the consumption of beer, wine, and liquor in a designated outdoor area under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 186 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Maryland Transit Administration - Funding (Transit Safety and Investment Act) [HB-368]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Governor to include certain appropriations in the State budget from the Transportation Trust Fund to the Maryland Transit Administration for certain operating and capital needs of the Administration in certain fiscal years; authorizing the reduction of certain appropriations under certain circumstances; requiring the Administration to submit a report each year on the planning and use of capital funds for certain capital projects in the prior fiscal year; declaring the intent of the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Referred Budget And Taxation on 03/15/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Veterans - Behavioral Health Services - Mental Health First Aid [SB-324]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring that the behavioral health services for which the Maryland Department of Health provides service coordination for veterans under certain provisions of law include mental health first aid; requiring that mental health first aid consist of training for veterans and the immediate family members of veterans on how to identify and respond to signs of mental illness and substance use disorders; requiring entities teaching a mental health first aid course to report certain information to the Department; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing Canceled on 03/16/2020