State Documents
Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Compensation to Individual Erroneously Convicted, Sentenced, and Confined or Whose Conviction or Adjudication Is Reversed [SB-191]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering a provision of law to require, rather than authorize, the Board of Public Works to pay compensation to a certain individual who has been erroneously convicted, sentenced, and confined; requiring certain compensation made by the Board to be in an amount equal to the greater of $50,000 for each year that the individual was in custody or the actual damages sustained by the individual, including any fines, governmental fees, costs, and restitution paid by the individual and determined to be owed to the individual; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 2/12 At 12:00 P.m. on 01/25/2019
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Optional Retirement Program - Regulations [SB-179]
[Retirement ]
[Pensions ]
Requiring the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System to adopt and maintain a written plan document for the optional retirement program; and authorizing the Board of Trustees to adopt certain regulations.
Sponsored by: Sen. Melony Griffith
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/24/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Election Law - Qualification of Voters - Proof of Identity [HB-992]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Requiring an election judge to establish a voter's identity and verify the voter's address if the voter seeks to vote a regular ballot; requiring an election judge to qualify a voter by requesting the voter to present a current government-issued photo identification; requiring an election judge to authorize an individual to vote a regular ballot; allowing a voter who is unable to present a certain form of identification to vote by provisional ballot under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means on 03/04/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Public Health - Abortions Sought by Minors - Parent or Guardian Consent [HB-964]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Prohibiting a physician, except under certain circumstances, from performing an abortion on an unmarried minor unless the physician obtains certain consent from the parent or guardian of the minor; authorizing a physician to perform an abortion on a minor without the consent of the minor's parent or guardian under certain circumstances; authorizing a minor to file a certain petition with a certain court for a certain waiver; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Neil Parrott
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/19/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
University System of Maryland - Board of Regents - Transparency and Oversight [HB-533]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Ethics ]
[Funding ]
Altering the membership of the Board of Regents of the University System of Maryland to include the Secretary of Commerce ex officio, one member each appointed by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House, and one additional student member; requiring the Board to make certain meetings available to the public by live and archived video streaming; requiring the Board to review certain annual financial disclosure statements; requiring the Board to provide education and training on its governance policies; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 346 on 04/30/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Purchase of Motor Vehicles and Building Construction, Renovation, Rehabilitation, and Modification - Social Cost of Carbon Emissions [HB-504]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Construction ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Climate Change ]
[Air Quality ]
Requiring that, on and after July 1, 2020, certain standards for purchase of vehicles by the Department of General Services include the social cost of certain carbon emissions as part of a life-cycle cost; requiring the Department of Budget and Management to adopt certain regulations on or before January 1, 2020; requiring the Department of General Services to calculate the social cost of carbon emissions during the preliminary design phase of the construction or renovation of any building; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Education – County Boards of Education – Disclosures and Requirements [HB-355]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Repealing the requirement that certain county boards of education develop and maintain a funding accountability website; requiring that each county board report annually certain financial information to the Department of Budget and Management beginning January 1, 2020; requiring the Department to post certain information provided by each county board on its Funding Accountability & Transparency website; providing the Act may not be construed to require the disclosure of certain confidential information; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Luedtke
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 541 on 05/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
University of Maryland University College - Renaming [HB-319]
[Education ]
Renaming the University of Maryland University College to be the University of Maryland Global Campus; requiring the publisher of the Annotated Code of Maryland, in consultation with and subject to the approval of the Department of Legislative Services, to correct cross-references and terminology rendered incorrect by the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tawanna Gaines
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 40 on 04/18/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Optional Retirement Program - Regulations [HB-267]
[Retirement ]
[Pensions ]
Requiring the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System to adopt and maintain a written plan document for the optional retirement program; and authorizing the Board of Trustees to adopt certain regulations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ben Barnes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 207 on 04/18/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
General Assembly - Fiscal Notes - Environmental Impact Statements [HB-246]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Air Quality ]
[Water ]
Requiring a fiscal note for a bill to include an environmental impact statement indicating whether the bill may or will have an environmental impact and, if so, to specify the type and category of environmental impact, including any impact on the environment from climate change; requiring the Department of Legislative Services, in consultation with the Department of the Environment or another relevant agency, to determine the type and category of environmental impact by completing a certain environmental assessment form; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Hearing 2/25 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/11/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Public Health – Human Papillomavirus Vaccine – Information and Informed Consent [HB-1332]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring a health care provider, before each administration of a human papillomavirus vaccine, to provide an individual with a supplemental information sheet and obtain a Maryland HPV vaccine written consent form; requiring that a certain information sheet include, at a minimum, certain statements; requiring that a certain consent form developed by the Maryland Department of Health include certain information; requiring the Department to adopt certain regulations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Szeliga
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/15/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Compensation to Individual Erroneously Convicted, Sentenced, and Confined or Whose Conviction or Adjudication Is Reversed [HB-1184]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering a provision of law to require, rather than authorize, the Board of Public Works to pay certain compensation to an individual who has been erroneously convicted, sentenced, and confined; requiring certain compensation made by the Board to be in an amount equal to the greater of $50,000 for each year that the individual was in custody or the actual damages sustained by the individual, including any fines, governmental fees, costs, and restitution paid by the individual and determined to be owed to the individual; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. (judiciary) on 02/11/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment [HB-1087]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Providing that the General Assembly finds that all State residents have a right to health care; providing it is the intent of the General Assembly to establish a comprehensive universal single-payer health care coverage program and a health care cost control system; establishing Healthy Maryland as a public corporation and a unit of State government to provide comprehensive universal health coverage for every State resident; requiring Healthy Maryland to provide certain services for residents of the State by January 1, 2021; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/28/2019
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
AELR Committee - Renaming and Regulatory Adoption Procedures [SB-599]
[Law Enforcement ]
Renaming the Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review to be the Regulatory Oversight Committee; requiring the Division of State Documents to make available to the public direct online searching of specified public comments received by a promulgating unit during a specified comment period; requiring a unit to submit to the Governor a copy of a proposed emergency regulation and a specific description of the grounds requiring the emergency adoption; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Roger Manno
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 04/06/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
General Assembly - Fiscal Notes - Criminal Justice Policy Impact Statements [SB-576]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a fiscal note for a bill to include a criminal justice policy impact statement if the bill creates a criminal offense, significantly alters the elements of an existing criminal offense, alters the penalties applicable to a criminal offense, or changes existing sentencing, parole, or probation procedures; requiring the Department of Legislative Services to prepare the criminal justice policy impact statement by requesting information from specified entities; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Victor Ramirez
Unfavorable Report By Senate Rules on 04/08/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
State Government - Web Sites - Language Access [SB-28]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Human Services ]
Providing that, beginning on October 1, 2016, the reasonable steps specified departments, agencies, and programs are required to take under specified provisions of law include the operation and maintenance of equal access versions of specified Web sites in a language spoken by any limited English proficient population of at least .5% of the overall population within the State and that can be translated free-of-charge; requiring the Department of Information Technology to establish specified minimum standards; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 151 on 04/26/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
General Assembly - Fiscal Notes - Criminal Justice Policy Impact Statements [HB-168]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a fiscal note for a bill to include a criminal justice policy impact statement if the bill creates a criminal offense, significantly alters the elements of an existing criminal offense, alters the penalties applicable to a criminal offense, or changes existing sentencing, parole, or probation procedures; requiring the Department of Legislative Services to prepare the criminal justice policy impact statement by requesting information from specified entities; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
State Government - Legislation Impacting Local Government Land Use Decisions - Economic Impact Analyses [HB-1413]
[Economic Development ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring specified Executive Branch agencies and the Department of Legislative Services to prepare economic impact analyses for specified bills that impact local government land use decisions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Hearing 2/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/29/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
AELR Committee - Renaming and Regulatory Adoption Procedures [HB-1280]
[Law Enforcement ]
Renaming the Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review to be the Regulatory Oversight Committee; requiring the Division of State Documents to make available to the public direct online searching of specified public comments received by a promulgating unit during a specified comment period; requiring a unit to submit to the Governor a copy of a proposed emergency regulation and a specific description of the grounds requiring the emergency adoption; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/09/2016
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Professional Engineers - Responsible Charge - Review and Approval of Engineering Documents [SB-738]
[Construction ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring specified engineering documents prepared in connection with specified projects conducted by, jointly with, or under contract with the State or a political subdivision of the State, where specified skills are required, to be signed, sealed, and dated by a professional engineer; and requiring any review or approval by a unit of State or local government of a specified engineering document to be undertaken by a specified professional engineer with responsible charge; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Simonaire
Hearing 3/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/18/2015