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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Protecting Opportunities and Regional Trade (PORT) Act [HB-1526]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Trade ]
[Funding ]
[Economic Development ]
[Unemployment ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Public Safety ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
Establishing the Fallen Transportation Workers Scholarship Program and the Fallen Transportation Workers Scholarship Fund; authorizing the Secretary of Labor to exempt an individual from the requirement to be actively seeking work for unemployment insurance benefits eligibility; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor and the Department of Commerce to establish certain temporary relief programs to provide assistance to individuals and certain entities impacted by a certain closure of the Port of Baltimore; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert B. Long
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 2 on 04/09/2024
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Maryland Protecting Opportunities and Regional Trade (PORT) Act [SB-1188]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Trade ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Unemployment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the Fallen Transportation Workers Scholarship Program and the Fallen Transportation Workers Scholarship Fund to provide tuition assistance to a student who was a dependent or is the surviving spouse of a fallen transportation worker; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor and the Department of Commerce to establish programs to assist individuals and certain entities impacted by the reduced operations of the Port of Baltimore; authorizing the Secretary of Labor to alter certain unemployment eligibility requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Ferguson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 3 on 04/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Veterans - Persons Providing Veterans Benefits Services and Veterans Benefits Appeals Services - Fees and Compensation [HB-1523]
[Veterans ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting, except as authorized by federal law, a person from charging a fee or receiving compensation for providing or referring a certain individual to another person for the provision of veterans benefits services or veterans benefits appeals services; establishing standards for the division of attorney's fees in connection with the provision of veterans benefits services or appeals services; requiring a person who charges fees for providing certain veterans benefits services to comply with certain ethical standards; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Seth A. Howard
Motion Rules Suspend For Late Introduction (delegate Howard) Adopted (138-0) on 03/06/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Personnel - Transfer of Employees in the Department of Transportation Human Resources Management System to the State Personnel Management System [HB-1520]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Transferring employees of the Department of Transportation Human Resources Management System to the State Personnel Management System; and repealing the Department's Human Resources Management System.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Scott Solomon
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/26/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Apprenticeships in Licensed Occupations Act of 2024 [SB-1185]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring professional and occupational regulatory boards to issue licenses, certifications, and registrations to individuals who complete an apprenticeship program that is established under certain provisions of the Act, pass a certain examination, and pay a certain fee; authorizing the Maryland Department of Labor to develop a standard apprenticeship program for a licensed occupation or profession; and establishing a workgroup to establish group-sponsored apprenticeships in certain professions.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/21/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Department of Commerce - Employer Tax Credit Programs - Alterations and Establishment [HB-1508]
[Taxes ]
[Economic Development ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Altering the termination date of the Job Creation Tax Credit Program from 2027 to 2025; providing for the termination date for the One Maryland Economic Development Tax Credit Program on January 1, 2025; establishing the Maryland Jobs Development Tax Credit Program in the Department of Commerce to allow certain qualified business entities to receive credits against the State income tax for creating a certain number of qualified positions or for carrying out a high impact economic development project in the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ways and Means
Hearing Canceled on 03/12/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Social Media Platforms - Vloggers and Video Content Featuring Minors [SB-1162]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Human Rights ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring a vlogger who creates video content that is posted on a social media platform and features a certain minor child to compensate the child under certain circumstances; establishing requirements on social media platforms relating to deleting video content featuring minor children; applying certain requirements related to the labor of minors to children compensated by vloggers; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/11/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Persons Providing Lobbyist Compensation - Statement of Political Contributions - Exemption for Nonprofits [SB-1143]
[Nonprofit ]
[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
Exempting nonprofit organizations qualified under § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code from the requirement for a person providing lobbyist compensation to file a statement of political contributions with the State Board of Elections.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl C. Kagan
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/10/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Benefits [SB-1121]
[Pensions ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Retirement ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Altering the accrual rate from 2.0% to 2.5% for service earned on or after July 1, 2024, for calculating the retirement allowance for certain retirees of the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System; altering the maximum benefit that certain retirees of the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System may receive, from 65% to 70% of the member's average final compensation; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael A. Jackson
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/09/2024
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Howard County Board of Education - Board Member Terms and Compensation Commission Ho. Co. 2-24 [SB-1131]
[Education ]
Altering the terms of the members of the Howard County Board of Education; and establishing the Howard County Board of Education Compensation Commission.
Sponsored by: Sen. Howard County Senators
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Employment Standards - Firefighters - Payment of Overtime and Payroll Information [SB-1117]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
Requiring governmental units that employ firefighters to compute overtime pay in a certain manner; requiring counties and municipalities to provide certain payroll information to each firefighter employed by the county or municipality; and authorizing a firefighter or the firefighter's exclusive representative to initiate a certain grievance if a county or municipality does not provide the payroll information as required.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Fred Kramer
Hearing 3/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/11/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Primary and Secondary Education - Career Ladder Qualifications - Teachers With Relevant Degrees [HB-1433]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Altering the career ladder for teachers to allow teachers with a certain higher degree to participate as an equivalent to teachers with National Board Certification; requiring the State Department of Education to study the efficacy of National Board Certified teachers; and repealing, beginning on a certain date under certain circumstances, the teacher salary increases associated with becoming a National Board Certified teacher or holding a certain higher degree.
Sponsored by: Rep. April Fleming Miller
Hearing Canceled on 02/13/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Election Law - Local Boards of Elections - Compensation [HB-1303]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring that regular and substitute members of local boards of elections be paid certain amounts per day served for the canvass, election day, and in connection with a contested election; and requiring, if the amount of compensation paid to a regular member is less than a certain minimum amount at the end of a fiscal year, the county to pay the regular member the difference between the amount paid and the minimum annual amount.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brooke Grossman
First Reading Ways And Means on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Calvert County Board of Education - Annual Compensation - Increase [HB-1431]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Increasing the annual compensation of the members of the Calvert County Board of Education to be $9,500 for the president of the county board and $8,500 for the other members of the county board, subject to approval from the County Commissioners of Calvert County.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark N Fisher
Hearing Canceled on 02/13/2024
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Early Childhood Education - Publicly Funded Prekindergarten Programs - Alterations [HB-1441]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Altering staff qualifications in eligible prekindergarten programs; authorizing a county board to apply for funding to lease space for prekindergarten programs; establishing an early childhood educator career ladder; requiring the Department of Education to establish prekindergarten provider hubs; requiring the Department to distribute a list of eligible private prekindergarten providers; requiring the Governor to appropriate in fiscal year 2026 an amount that is at least equal to the amount appropriated in fiscal year 2024; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric D. Ebersole
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 165 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Civil Rights - Discrimination Based on Protected Characteristics and Reproductive Freedom [HB-1397]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Human Rights ]
[Disabilities ]
Altering certain provisions of law prohibiting discrimination based on certain protected characteristics to include prohibitions on discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, race, religious beliefs, marital status, and disability; and withdrawing and repealing Chapter 244 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2023.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jon S Cardin
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 377 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County Board of Education - Ombudsman - Establishment [HB-1395]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Anne Arundel County Board of Education to hire an ombudsman before the beginning of the 2024-2025 school year; requiring the president of the county board, in consultation with counsel for the county board, to negotiate the terms of the employment agreement for the ombudsman; providing that the ombudsman is subject to removal by the president of the county board under certain circumstances; requiring the ombudsman to provide certain services; and providing that the salary of the ombudsman is $120,000.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus R Kipke
Hearing Canceled on 02/13/2024
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State Personnel - Correctional Services - Employee Pay and Benefits [HB-1305]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring that employees of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services supporting a State correctional facility who serve in the classification of lieutenant, captain, major, or case management supervisor or manager receive proportionate pay increases that are otherwise limited to certain bargaining unit employees; and requiring that these employees of the Department receive retention and longevity benefits that are limited to other classifications if the employee would otherwise be eligible for the benefits.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/26/2024
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Howard County Board of Education - Board Member Terms and Compensation Commission Ho. Co. 2-24 [HB-1350]
[Education ]
Altering the terms of the members of the Howard County Board of Education; and establishing the Howard County Board of Education Compensation Commission.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
First Reading Ways And Means on 02/09/2024
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Commercial Law - Earned Wage Access Services [HB-1425]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring a certain provider of earned wage access services to register with the Commissioner of Financial Regulation; requiring a provider to file a certain surety bond or an irrevocable letter of credit with the Commissioner in a certain manner; regulating providers and earned wage access services; authorizing a certain consumer to submit a written complaint to the Commissioner under certain circumstances; providing the Commissioner with certain investigatory and enforcement authority; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Vincent Fraser-hidalgo
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/09/2024