Salaries And Compensation
Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Compensation for Erroneous Conviction and Imprisonment - Certification of Error [SB-348]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing a specified individual to request that a State's Attorney certify that a conviction was made in error under specified circumstances; providing that an individual is eligible for a specified grant from the Board of Public Works if a State's Attorney has certified that the individual's conviction was made in error; establishing the Task Force to Study Erroneous Conviction and Imprisonment; requiring the Task Force to report its findings to the Governor and General Assembly by December 15, 2017.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 799 on 05/27/2017
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Optional Retirement Program - Annuity Contract Providers [HB-328]
[Retirement ]
[Pensions ]
Repealing a default inclusion as an optional retirement program annuity contract provider of a company designated by a governing board of an employing institution on or before a specified date; altering the definition of "designated company" to mean one that is designated by the Board of Trustees; and providing the Board of Trustees may designate not more than five companies from which annuity contracts are to be purchased under the program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ben Barnes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 276 on 04/18/2017
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State Personnel - Leap Year - Personal Leave [HB-324]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Human Services ]
Providing 7 days, not to exceed 56 hours, of personal leave to each employee in the State Personnel Management System, except a temporary employee, during each calendar year that is a leap year.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Hearing 3/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/23/2018
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Optional Retirement Program - Annuity Contracts - Employee Rights [SB-353]
[Retirement ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Pensions ]
Repealing a requirement that annuity contracts purchased under the optional retirement program shall be issued to and become the property of participating employees of the program; clarifying that the rights of participating employees who purchase annuity contracts under the program are fully vested and not subject to forfeit; authorizing a participating employee in the optional retirement program to select specified annuity contracts for the transfer of existing balances; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy J Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 528 on 05/04/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Cybersecurity Investment Fund and Enterprise Fund - Higher Education Loan Repayment - Expanded Use [HB-347]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Student Loans ]
[Education ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Expanding the authorized uses of the Cybersecurity Investment Fund and the Enterprise Fund within the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to include authorizing specified companies to use funding received from the Fund to assist in the repayment of higher education loans owed by employees of the company who meet specified income limits; requiring companies that use specified funding to assist specified employees in the repayment of higher education loans to provide a specified amount of company funding to the employees; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel I Rosenberg
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters; Withdrawn on 02/27/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Charles County - State's Attorney's Office and Child Support Enforcement Administration - Transfer of Personnel [SB-347]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Services ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Children and Youth ]
Transferring the Child Support Unit of the Office of the State's Attorney for Charles County to the Child Support Enforcement Administration of the Department of Human Resources; requiring that the employees be transferred in accordance with specified provisions of law; requiring that specified transferred employees be given credit with the State for years of county employment for the purposes of determining specified retirement eligibility and also be subject to specified benefit selections in the Employees' Pension System; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles County Senators
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 135 on 04/11/2017
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Commonsense Paid Leave Act [HB-382]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Requiring specified employers to provide employees with specified paid time off; providing that specified employers are eligible for a specified tax subtraction modification under specified circumstances; providing for the method of determining whether an employer is required to provide paid time off; providing for the manner in which paid time off is accrued by the employee and treated by the employer; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. The Speaker
Hearing 2/10 At 12:30 P.m. on 02/10/2017
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University of Maryland School of Public Health, Center for Health Equity - Workgroup on Health in All Policies [SB-340]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Community Development ]
[Human Services ]
[Education ]
Requiring the University of Maryland School of Public Health, Center for Health Equity, in consultation with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, to convene a workgroup to study and make recommendations to units of State and local government on laws and policies that will positively impact the health of residents of the State; requiring the University of Maryland School of Public Health, Center for Health Equity to report the workgroup findings and any draft legislation by January 31, 2018, to the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 559 on 05/04/2017
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Labor and Employment - Wages and Benefits - Preemption of Local Authority [HB-317]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Limiting the authority of the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to enforce a local minimum wage law; prohibiting a county or municipality from enacting a law that regulates wages or benefits for employees other than employees of the county or municipality; and prohibiting a law enacted by a county or municipality that regulates wages or benefits for employees other than employees of the county or municipality from being enforced if the specified provision was enacted on or after January 1, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sally Y Jameson
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters; Withdrawn on 03/07/2017
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St. Mary's County - Sheriff, County Treasurer, and State's Attorney - Salaries [SB-298]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Altering the salary of the Sheriff of St. Mary's County, the County Treasurer of St. Mary's County, and the State's Attorney for St. Mary's County; and providing for the application of the Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen M. Waugh
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 428 on 05/04/2017
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Maryland Environmental Service - Collective Bargaining [HB-239]
[Environmental ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring the Maryland Environmental Service, consistent with specified provisions of law, to recognize and deal with an employee organization once elected as an exclusive representative, to collectively bargain, and to enter into specified types of agreements applicable to specified State employees; and providing for an exception to an exemption from specified provisions of State personnel law.
Sponsored by: Rep. C. William Frick
Hearing 2/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2017
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Maryland Environmental Service - Collective Bargaining [SB-291]
[Environmental ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring the Maryland Environmental Service, consistent with specified provisions of law, to recognize and deal with an employee organization once elected as an exclusive representative, to collectively bargain, and to enter into specified types of agreements applicable to specified State employees; and providing for an exception to an exemption from specified provisions of State personnel law.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(b) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 15 on 04/06/2017
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Housing Navigator and Aftercare Program [HB-269]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Human Services ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Poverty ]
Establishing the Housing Navigator and Aftercare Program to assist families and individuals who are experiencing, or who are in imminent danger of, a housing crisis in obtaining and maintaining permanent housing; requiring the Governor, subject to limitations of the State budget, to include an appropriation for the Program of $516,828 in the annual budget each fiscal year beginning in fiscal year 2019; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 637 on 05/25/2017
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Commonsense Paid Leave Act [SB-305]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
Requiring specified employers to provide employees with specified paid time off; providing that specified employers are eligible for a specified tax subtraction modification under specified circumstances; providing for the method of determining whether an employer is required to provide paid time off; providing for the manner in which paid time off is accrued by the employee and treated by the employer; applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas V. Miller
Hearing 2/09 At 1:00 P.m. (finance) on 02/09/2017
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Employees' and Teachers' Pension Systems - Reformed Contributory Pension Benefit - Service Credit Purchase Clarification [SB-256]
[Pensions ]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Retirement ]
Clarifying that a member of the Employees' Pension System or the Teachers' Pension System who is subject to the Reformed Contributory Pension Benefit is eligible to purchase service credit for a specified period of employment under specified circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy J Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 269 on 04/18/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Employees' and Teachers' Pension Systems - Reformed Contributory Pension Benefit - Service Credit Purchase Clarification [HB-201]
[Pensions ]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Clarifying that a member of the Employees' Pension System or the Teachers' Pension System who is subject to the Reformed Contributory Pension Benefit is eligible to purchase service credit for a specified period of employment under specified circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ben Barnes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 270 on 04/18/2017
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Somerset County - State's Attorney - Annual Salary [SB-246]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Finance ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Increasing the annual salary of the State's Attorney for Somerset County from $98,000 to $113,066; and providing that the provisions of the Act will take effect at the beginning of the next following term of office.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
Hearing 3/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/21/2018
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Anne Arundel County - Property Tax - Credit for Seniors of Limited Income [SB-251]
[Property Tax ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Taxes ]
Authorizing the governing body of Anne Arundel County or of a municipal corporation in Anne Arundel County to grant, by law, a tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on real property owned and used as a principal residence by an individual who is at least 62 years old and of limited income; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after June 30, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 59 on 04/11/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Home Act of 2017 [HB-172]
[Housing ]
[Poverty ]
[Human Services ]
[Community Development ]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
Stating that the Act seeks to deconcentrate poverty by providing opportunities for tenants utilizing public subsidies to live in neighborhoods other than the neighborhoods in which they are currently and disproportionately residing; expanding the housing policy of the state to include fair housing regardless of source of income; requiring the owner of an apartment complex to rent or make available 15% of the units to persons receiving housing assistance vouchers; prohibiting specified discrimination based on source of income; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Maggie L. McIntosh
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 03/21/2017
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Labor and Employment - Maryland Healthy Working Families Act [SB-230]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
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 unpaid earned sick and safe leave; prohibiting an employer from being required to pay a tipped employee more than a specified 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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas McClain Middleton
First Reading Economic Matters on 03/16/2017