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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Commercial Law - Personal Information Protection Act - Revisions [HB-237]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Requiring a business that maintains personal information of an individual residing in the State to implement and maintain certain security procedures and practices; altering the circumstances under which the owner or licensee of certain computerized data is required to notify certain individuals of a certain breach; altering the time periods within which certain notifications regarding the breach of a security system are required to be given; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ned Carey
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/24/2020
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Consumer Protection - Right to Opt Out of Third-Party Disclosure [HB-249]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Authorizing consumers to demand that a business not disclose the consumer's personal information to third parties and to exercise the right to opt out of third-party disclosure through a certain setting, including a browser setting, browser extension, or global device setting; prohibiting a business from disclosing the personal information of a consumer to a third party if the business has certain knowledge of or willfully disregards the fact the consumer is under the age of 18; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ned Carey
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters; Withdrawn on 03/02/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Business Regulation - Flavored Tobacco Products - Prohibition [SB-233]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Small Business ]
Providing that certain licenses to manufacture, sell, buy, and store cigarettes, other tobacco products, and electronic smoking devices do not authorize the licensee to manufacture, ship, import, or sell into or within the State a flavored tobacco product with a taste or smell of fruit, mint, candy, or other nontobacco flavors; providing that a public statement that cigarettes, other tobacco products, or electronic smoking devices have or produce a certain smell or taste is presumptive evidence that they are flavored tobacco products; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
First Reading Finance on 01/17/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Boat Act - Abandoned or Sunken Vessels - Removal [SB-219]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the definition of an "abandoned or sunken vessel" to mean one that has remained at a location for more than 60 instead of 90 days without the consent of the property owner; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to take an abandoned vessel into custody without providing a certain notice if it determines that the vessel poses certain hazards; requiring, within 15 days after taking custody of an abandoned vessel, the Department to send a certain notice to the last known owner and each know secured party of the vessel; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 76 on 05/08/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to bus operation safety. [HB-274]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require the Transportation Cabinet to develop in cooperation with the Department of Education, a risk reduction program for school bus operators; outline requirements of the program; outline school district implementation requirements; require reporting of assaults; create a new section of KRS Chapter 281 to require the Transportation Cabinet to develop a risk reduction program for bus operators; outline requirements; outline implementation requirements; require reporting of assaults; amend KRS 281.990
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jeffery Donohue
To Education (h) on 01/21/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Commercial Law - Personal Information Protection Act - Revisions [SB-201]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Requiring a business that maintains personal information of an individual residing in the State to implement and maintain certain security procedures and practices; altering the circumstances under which the owner or licensee of certain computerized data is required to notify certain individuals of a certain breach; altering the time periods within which certain notifications regarding the breach of a security system are required to be given; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/20/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Highway Administration - Highway Work Permits - Pedestrian Access (Pedestrian Access Act of 2020) [HB-194]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
[Construction ]
Requiring a person that obtains a highway work permit from the State Highway Administration to maintain a safe alternative pedestrian path at work sites that are within 1 mile of Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority rail or bus rapid transit stations or Maryland Transit Administration rail or bus rapid transit stations, including Maryland Area Regional Commuter (MARC) stations; requiring the Administration to make available information on best practices for the maintenance of pedestrian access in certain areas; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 102 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Gaming - Sports Wagering - Implementation [HB-225]
[Gaming ]
Authorizing certain license holders to accept wagers on certain sporting events from certain individuals and by certain methods; requiring the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to regulate sports wagering and the conduct of sports wagering; authorizing certain sports wagering licensees to enter into certain agreements for the operation of online sports wagering; providing the term of a sports wagering license is 15 years, subject to an annual fee of $250,000, payable to the Commission at a certain time; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/21/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Overtaking and Passing Bicycles [SB-199]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing the driver of a vehicle to drive on the left side of the roadway in a no-passing zone to overtake and pass at a safe distance a bicycle traveling in the same direction in accordance with a certain provision of law and in a certain manner.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 115 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Institutions of Higher Education - Outbreak Response Plan (Olivia's Law) [HB-187]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
Requiring a public institution of higher education to submit an outbreak response plan to the Maryland Department of Health on or before August 1 each year, beginning in 2021; requiring a public institution of higher education to implement the outbreak response plan under certain circumstances; requiring the outbreak response plan to include certain processes and the provision of certain staff; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseline Pena-Melnyk
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 98 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Overtaking and Passing Bicycles [HB-230]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing the driver of a vehicle to drive on the left side of the roadway in a no-passing zone to overtake and pass at a safe distance a bicycle traveling in the same direction in accordance with a certain provision of law and in a certain manner.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 114 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) [HB-192]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Construction ]
[Public Safety ]
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 the Department to reduce the lighting of existing State buildings in a certain manner; requiring the Maryland Green Building Council to include certain standards in any requirements that the Council establishes for participation in a higher performance building program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Referred Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/12/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners – Cease and Desist Orders and Civil Penalties [SB-189]
[Agriculture ]
[Animals ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing, on review and approval of the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary's designee, the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners to issue a cease and desist order against a person who practices, attempts to practice, or offers to practice veterinary medicine in violation of certain laws or takes certain actions; specifying that a civil penalty imposed under the Act may not exceed $5,000 for a first offense or $10,000 for a second or subsequent offense; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jason Gallion
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 244 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Motor Vehicle Offenses - Following Too Closely - Application to Trucks [HB-174]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Establishing that certain motor vehicle offenses related to following too closely do not apply to a group of individual trucks that are traveling in a unified manner at electronically connected speeds and are being operated in a certain manner; and authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to adopt regulations governing motor vehicle offenses related to following too closely.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Motion Special Order Until Later Today (senator Waldstreicher) Adopted on 03/18/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Health Insurance - Health Benefit Plans - Special Enrollment Period for Pregnancy [SB-183]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Reproductive Rights ]
[Public Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
Altering, to remove a requirement that a health care practitioner confirms a pregnancy and to add a requirement that the eligible employee or the employee's spouse or dependent attests to the pregnancy, the circumstances under which certain individuals who become pregnant are eligible for a certain special enrollment period; altering the date on which the special enrollment period for certain individuals who become pregnant begins; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
First Reading Finance on 01/15/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles – Electronic Inspection Certificates for Used Vehicles [HB-154]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Repealing the termination date for certain provisions of the used vehicle inspection law applicable to the electronic submission of an inspection certificate; authorizing the Automotive Safety Enforcement Division of the Department of State Police to require electronic submission of an inspection certificate for a used motor vehicle; and repealing the requirement that the Division authorize the use of inspection certificate forms for the submission of an inspection certificate.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 83 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Move Over Safety Monitoring System - Authorization [HB-130]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Authorizing a State or local law enforcement agency and State or local volunteer fire company, rescue squad, fire department, and ambulance service to place a move over safety monitoring system on, or integrate a move over safety monitoring system into, an emergency vehicle for the purpose of recording a motor vehicle committing a violation relating to the operation of a motor vehicle on approach of an emergency vehicle; providing a certain recorded image is admissible in a proceeding concerning a certain civil citation; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/16/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Family Law Services for Sustained Safety Fund [HB-170]
[Crime ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Establishing the Family Law Services for Sustained Safety Fund to increase legal services in family law cases for victims in order to help ensure safety and long-term stability after victimization; requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to administer the Fund; requiring each grantee from the Fund to receive training on the effects of domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, and elder abuse; prohibiting a grantee from requesting an individual to waive certain rights in order to receive services; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 02/17/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Business or Occupational Licenses - Administrative Penalties [HB-157]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to suspend a business or occupational license before holding an administrative hearing if the Administration determines that the license holder is in violation of certain used vehicle safety inspection requirements and that there is a danger of immediate, substantial, and continuing harm to the public if the license is continued pending a hearing; requiring the Administration to grant a hearing request on the license suspension within 7 days of the request; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 85 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Boat Act - Abandoned or Sunken Vessels - Removal [HB-143]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the definition of an "abandoned or sunken vessel", to mean one that has remained at a location for more than 60 instead of 90 days without the consent of the property owner; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to take an abandoned vessel into custody without providing a notice if it determines that the vessel poses certain hazards; requiring, within 15 days after taking custody of an abandoned vessel, the Department to send a certain notice to the last known owner and each known secured party of the vessel; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 75 on 05/08/2020