State Government - Personnel
Maryland 2019 Regular Session
State Contractual Employees - Paid Leave [HB-491]
Authorizing the Secretary of Budget and Management to adopt regulations providing for paid leave for State contractual employees whose unit is closed on a scheduled workday at the contractual employee's regular rate of pay.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations; Withdrawn on 04/08/2019
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State Prescription Drug Benefit Plan - Termination of Coverage for Retirees - Exemptions and Alterations [HB-490]
Authorizing certain retirees, spouses, and dependent children to elect coverage under the State prescription drug benefit plan; altering to January 1, 2020, the date by which the State is required to discontinue coverage under the State prescription drug benefit plan for certain Medicare-eligible retirees, spouses, and dependent children; exempting certain retirees, spouses, and dependent children from the requirement for the State to terminate coverage under the State prescription drug benefit plan for certain individuals; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Shoemaker
Hearing Canceled on 02/14/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
State Department of Education - Employment Categories and Practices [HB-390]
Altering the employment categories of certain employees of the State Department of Education; requiring that all positions in the Department be appointed positions in the professional service and skilled service as well as the executive service and management service, subject to a certain exception; repealing the authority for special appointment positions; requiring the Department to determine which employment classifications at the Department would be described as being skilled service or professional service; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne Jones
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 645 on 05/25/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Labor and Employment – Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program – Establishment [HB-341]
Establishing the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program; providing for the manner in which the Program is to be administered; providing for the powers and duties of the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation under the Program; requiring, beginning on January 1, 2020, certain employees and employers to pay the Secretary certain contributions; requiring, beginning on July 1, 2021, an individual to meet certain conditions to be eligible for benefits; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Higher Education - Collective Bargaining - Graduate Assistants (Graduate Assistant Collective Bargaining Fairness Act) [HB-270]
Providing collective bargaining rights to certain graduate assistants at certain public institutions of higher education; establishing a separate collective bargaining unit for certain graduate assistants; and altering certain exceptions to the applicability of provisions of law governing collective bargaining for State employees.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
First Reading Finance on 03/15/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Maryland Transit Administration – State Employees – Free Ridership (Transit Benefit for State Employees) [HB-201]
Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to provide ridership services on transit vehicles to any permanent employee in any unit of the Executive Branch of State government, including a unit with an independent personnel system; prohibiting the Administration from collecting fees or reimbursement for certain transit services; and requiring the Maryland Department of Transportation and the Department of Budget and Management to report to certain committees of the General Assembly on the cost and feasibility of expanding the program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tawanna Gaines
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/24/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Labor and Employment – Payment of Wages – Minimum Wage (Fight for Fifteen) [HB-166]
Specifying the State minimum wage rate that is in effect for certain time periods and for certain employers except under certain circumstances; authorizing the Board of Public Works to temporarily suspend an increase to the minimum wage rate if the seasonally adjusted total employment is negative, subject to certain limitations; requiring the Governor's proposed budget for certain fiscal years to include certain rate increases for certain community service providers over the funding provided in certain legislative appropriations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Gubernatorial Veto Override - Chapter 10 on 03/28/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
State Personnel Recruitment Modernization Act of 2019 [HB-158]
Altering the recruitment and appointment process for certain positions in the skilled service or professional service in the State Personnel Management System under certain circumstances; requiring an appointing authority initiating a certain recruitment and appointment to notify the Department of Budget and Management of the recruitment; repealing certain time frames for the preparation of certain job announcements by certain appointing authorities for a certain position in State government; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations; Withdrawn on 03/15/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
State Personnel - Professional Service - Maryland School for the Deaf - Teachers [HB-137]
Requiring that teachers employed by the Maryland School for the Deaf are in the professional service in the State Personnel Management System.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Luedtke
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 538 on 05/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Maryland Transportation Authority Police - Collective Bargaining - Binding Recommendations of Fact Finder [HB-1298]
Requiring that the written recommendations of a fact finder are binding in a collective bargaining dispute between the Maryland Transportation Authority and the exclusive representative of the full-time Maryland Transportation Authority police officers at the rank of first sergeant and below.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/14/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Office of Administrative Hearings - Administrative Law Judges - Special Education Law Training [HB-1275]
Requiring an administrative law judge to complete a training course on special education law before conducting a mediation session or due process hearing related to special education on or after August 1, 2020; establishing certain criteria for a certain training course; prohibiting an administrative law judge from conducting a certain mediation session or due process hearing under certain circumstances; requiring the Office of Administrative Hearings to convene a certain committee for a certain purpose; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 03/15/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
State Personnel – Merit Pay [HB-1240]
Requiring the Governor to include a certain appropriation in the Fiscal 2021 budget for merit pay increases for certain permanent employees in the Executive Branch of State government.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 4/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/26/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Higher Education - Collective Bargaining - Tenured Faculty, Adjunct Faculty, and Graduate Student Employees [HB-1143]
Providing collective bargaining rights to certain tenured or tenure-track faculty, adjunct faculty, and graduate student employees at certain public institutions of higher education; altering certain exceptions to the applicability of provisions of law governing collective bargaining for State employees; establishing separate collective bargaining units for certain tenured or tenure-track faculty, adjunct faculty, and graduate student employees; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle Wilkins
Hearing Canceled on 03/01/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
State Prescription Drug Benefits - Retiree Benefits - Revisions [HB-1120]
Authorizing retirees who participate in a certain prescription drug benefit plan to elect to have a spouse or dependent child covered under a certain State plan; requiring the Department of Budget and Management, on or before January 1, 2020, to establish the Maryland State Retiree Prescription Drug Coverage Program that reimburses participants for out-of-pocket costs that exceed certain limits; requiring the Department to establish a Maryland State Retiree Life-Sustaining Prescription Drug Assistance Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Third Reading Passed With Amendments (46-0) on 04/08/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
State Prescription Drug Benefits - Retiree Benefits - Alterations [HB-1033]
Requiring the State to continue providing a certain State prescription drug benefit plan to certain retirees; authorizing certain retirees who participate in the State prescription drug benefit plan to elect to have their spouse or dependent child covered under the plan; authorizing certain surviving dependents to enroll in a certain State prescription drug benefit plan; authorizing the State to include a prescription drug benefit plan in certain health insurance benefit options for Medicare-eligible individuals; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Cox
Hearing Canceled on 02/14/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Prescription Drug Benefit Plan Reimbursement [HB-1004]
Requiring the State to reimburse retirees from State employment, certain spouses, and certain dependent children for certain prescription drug costs under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie Ciliberti
Hearing Canceled on 02/14/2019
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Equal Pay for Equal Work - Revisions [SB-994]
Establishing the Equal Pay Commission to study and promote research on wage disparities and recommend ways to remediate wage disparities in the public and private sectors, between men and women and between minorities and nonminorities; requiring an employer to include specified information in a job advertisement to recruit an employee or individual contractor to fill a position within the employer's organization; prohibiting an employer from seeking salary history information by specified methods; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Young
Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 03/24/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
State Government - Administrative Procedure Act - Contested Cases - Judicial Review [SB-942]
Altering the circumstances under which a court may reverse or modify the decision of an agency in specified contested cases on judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 704 on 05/28/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Payment of Wages - Minimum Wage and Repeal of Tip Credit [SB-940]
Specifying the State minimum wage rate that is in effect for specified time periods; increasing, except under specified circumstances, the State minimum wage rate in effect for specified periods of time based on the annual growth in the Consumer Price Index; repealing the authority of an employer to include, as part of an employee's wage, a specified amount to represent the tips of the employee; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Madaleno
Hearing 3/17 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/17/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Human Services - Weighted Caseload Analysis - Study [SB-894]
Requiring the Department of Human Resources to study the feasibility of performing a specified weighted caseload analysis to consider the number and type of public assistance cases handled by personnel of the Family Investment Administration and local departments and the time and effort required for specified cases; requiring the Department to submit to the Governor and specified committees of the General Assembly a report on the results of the study on or before December 1, 2016; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Kasemeyer
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations; Withdrawn on 03/31/2016