Courts - Concealment of Public Hazards (Sunshine in Litigation Act) [SB-528]
Prohibiting a court from entering an order or a judgment that conceals information related to a public hazard; providing that confidentiality provisions that conceal information related to a public hazard are unenforceable; providing that a substantially affected person, including news media, has standing to contest an order, a judgment, an agreement, or a contract that violates the Act; providing that a person with standing may bring an action for declaratory judgment to contest a violation of the Act; etc.
SB-528: Courts - Concealment of Public Hazards (Sunshine in Litigation Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn on 02/20/2017
Public Safety - 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System - 9-1-1 Director's Council (Carl Henn's Law) [SB-466]
Establishing the 9-1-1 Director's Council to work with a specified Board and specified organizations to identify, plan for, coordinate, and make recommendations regarding the call-taking and dispatch operations of public safety answering points in the State; requiring the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems to work with the Maryland Association of Counties to secure specified staff and support; requiring the Council to report its recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly by December 1 each year; etc.
SB-466: Public Safety - 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System - 9-1-1 Director's Council (Carl Henn's Law)
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Rereferred To Health And Government Operations on 04/08/2017
Education - Participants in Interscholastic Athletic Activities - Concussions - Penalties for Coaches [HB-513]
Requiring a county board of education, on the recommendation of the county superintendent, to suspend a coach who violates specified provisions of law relating to the removal from play of a student who is suspected of sustaining a concussion or other head injury in a practice or game and the return to play of the student; requiring a county board to send to a coach a copy of specified charges and give the coach an opportunity to request a hearing before suspending the coach; etc.
HB-513: Education - Participants in Interscholastic Athletic Activities - Concussions - Penalties for Coaches
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Chang
Hearing 2/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2017
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Biosafety Level 3 Laboratories [SB-400]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to develop and make available a standardized form for a BSL-3 laboratory for specified purposes; requiring the laboratories to report specified information to the Department on or before September 30, 2018, and on or before September 30 each subsequent year; requiring the Department to report, on or before December 31, 2018, and on or before December 31 each subsequent year, the number and location of the laboratories, in total and by local jurisdiction, to specified State officials; etc.
SB-400: Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Biosafety Level 3 Laboratories
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Young
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/27/2017
Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission - Composition and Licenses [HB-487]
Altering the membership of the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission; providing that an appointment made to the Commission is subject to confirmation by the Senate of Maryland; requiring the membership of the Commission to reflect the racial diversity of the State; prohibiting a member of the Commission from being employed or otherwise affiliated with a grower, processor, or dispensary for 2 years from the date on which the term of the member ended; increasing the number of growers that may be licensed by the Commission; etc.
HB-487: Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission - Composition and Licenses
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/03/2017
Charles County - Collective Bargaining for Public Safety Officials [HB-446]
Altering the definition of "employer" to include Charles County under specified provisions of law; authorizing fire, emergency medical service, paramedic, and rescue employees to collectively bargain with specified counties and municipal corporations; altering a specified provision of law to provide that, with respect to Charles County, a memorandum of understanding between Charles County and a specified exclusive representative is subject to specified provisions concerning budgetary and fiscal procedures; etc.
HB-446: Charles County - Collective Bargaining for Public Safety Officials
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 178 on 04/18/2017
Public Schools - Suspensions and Expulsions [HB-425]
Prohibiting the suspension or expulsion of prekindergarten, kindergarten, first grade, or second grade students from public schools with specified exceptions for an expulsion required by federal law or a suspension for not more than 5 school days under specified circumstances; requiring the principal or school administration to contact a student's parent or guardian under specified circumstances; etc.
HB-425: Public Schools - Suspensions and Expulsions
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 844 on 05/27/2017
Health Care Practitioners - Use of Teletherapy [HB-352]
Authorizing specified health care practitioners to use teletherapy for a specified patient under specified circumstances; and requiring specified health occupations boards to adopt specified regulations on or before April 1, 2018, that, to the extent practicable, are uniform and nonclinical.
HB-352: Health Care Practitioners - Use of Teletherapy
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Hearing 2/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2018
Montgomery County - Archery Hunting - Safety Zone MC 10-17 [HB-313]
Altering the size of the safety zone for archery hunters in Montgomery County within which archery hunting may not take place except under specified circumstances; and requiring archery hunters in Montgomery County to use a tree stand when hunting specified animals within 50 to 100 yards of a dwelling house, residence, church, public or nonpublic school, or other building or camp occupied by human beings.
HB-313: Montgomery County - Archery Hunting - Safety Zone MC 10-17
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 443 on 05/04/2017