State Government - Personnel
Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Talbot County - Child Support Enforcement - Transfer of Personnel [HB-805]
Transferring specified employees of Talbot county who served as employees of the child support division of the Talbot County State's Attorney's Office as of September 30, 2013, to the Department of Human Resources on a specified date; requiring that specified position identification numbers be created in a specified manner; requiring that each transferred employee be given specified credit for specified purposes and retain specified annual and sick leave credit and service credit in the Employees' Pension System; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide Eckardt
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 553 on 05/15/2014
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State Personnel - Authority to Set Compensation [HB-765]
Altering provisions of law that authorize specified State officials or units of State government to take specified personnel actions and set the compensation of specified employees in State government; authorizing specified State officials or units of State government to set the compensation of specified State employees in specified positions; requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management, in consultation with the officials or units, to determine the positions for which the officials or units may set compensation; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 613 on 05/15/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Task Force on Workplace Bullying in State Agencies [HB-700]
Establishing the Task Force on Workplace Bullying in State Agencies; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding specified matters related to workplace bullying in State agencies; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and specified standing committees of the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2014; terminating the Act after June 30, 2015; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Carter
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/18/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Intern Transportation Costs - Reimbursement by Employers [HB-640]
Requiring an employer, under specified circumstances, to reimburse an intern for transportation costs incurred by the intern because of the internship; and defining "employer" to include a governmental unit.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/12/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Property Tax Assessment Appeal Board - Member - Salary [HB-581]
Providing that a member of a property tax assessment appeal board is entitled to compensation at an hourly rate equal to $40 per hour.
Sponsored by: Sen. Craig Zucker
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means; Withdrawn on 02/24/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Human Relations - Employment Discrimination - Protections for Interns [HB-381]
Establishing that an intern is considered to be in an employment relationship with an employer for the purposes of specified protections from specified discriminatory acts, access to a specified complaint resolution procedure, and specified administrative remedies; providing that the Act does not create an employment relationship between an employer and an intern for the purposes of specified provisions of law; establishing the exclusive remedies for specified discriminatory acts; defining the term "intern"; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 04/03/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Training Wage for New Employees - Establishment and Payment [HB-374]
Authorizing a county to establish a training wage for employees working in the county; prohibiting the training wage from being less than a specified minimum wage; and authorizing an employer to pay a training wage to employees for the first 2 years of employment if the county in which the employee works established the training wage and the employee has not been employed previously by any employer.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/15/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Maryland Minimum Wage Act of 2014 [HB-295]
Incrementally increasing the State minimum wage rate to $10.10 beginning July 1, 2018; authorizing specified employers to pay employees under the age of 20 years a specified wage under specified circumstances; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to increase reimbursement of community providers serving individuals with developmental disabilities; requiring the Governor, in specified fiscal years, to include in a specified budget proposal specified funding increases; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 262 on 05/05/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Minimum Wage - Establishment by Counties [HB-293]
Authorizing a county to establish a minimum wage rate for employees working in the county; and altering the minimum wage that an employer is required to pay employees.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/15/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights - Investigations [HB-24]
Increasing, from 90 days to 1 year, the time period after which an appointing authority may not bring charges recommending the imposition of discipline against a correctional officer; providing that the 1-year limitation does not apply to charges that relate to criminal activity; and clarifying that the 1-year limitation does not apply to charges that relate to excessive use of force.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Cluster
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 03/10/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Service Fee Exemption - Charity Selection Period [HB-218]
Establishing a specified time period during which a State employee who is exempt from paying service fees to a collective bargaining organization may select the charitable organization that will receive payments from the employee during a specified period of time; and establishing a specified time period during which the employee may change the charitable organization selected by the employee.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Afzali
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 03/14/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Public Safety - Prohibition of Polygraph Examinations by Employers - Exemption [HB-173]
Exempting from the prohibition against an employer requiring, as a condition of employment, that an individual submit to or take a polygraph examination or other similar test an individual who applies for employment or is employed as a correctional officer of a State correctional facility and an individual who applies for employment with or is employed by a State correctional facility in any capacity that involves direct contact with an inmate in a State correctional facility; requiring a report; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/15/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
State Personnel - Applicants for Employment - Criminal History Records Check - Exemptions [HB-1309]
Exempting specified positions in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene from a provision of law that prohibits specified appointing authorities in State government from inquiring into the criminal record or criminal history of an applicant for employment until the applicant has been provided an opportunity for an interview.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Jacobs
Rereferred To Finance on 04/07/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Sworn Police Officers - Binding Arbitration [HB-1224]
Authorizing a designated representative of a system institution of the University System of Maryland, Morgan State University, St. Mary's College of Maryland, or Baltimore City Community College, or the exclusive representative of sworn police officers employed by a system institution of the University System of Maryland, Morgan State University, St. Mary's College of Maryland, or Baltimore City Community College, to request that an arbitrator be employed under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven DeBoy
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 03/10/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Maryland Transportation Authority Police - Collective Bargaining - Binding Arbitration [HB-1066]
Authorizing the Maryland Transportation Authority or the exclusive representative of Maryland Transportation Authority police officers at the rank of first sergeant and below to declare a collective bargaining impasse under specified circumstances; requiring the parties to select an arbitrator; establishing a process for selecting the arbitrator; requiring the arbitrator to direct the parties to submit specified memoranda; requiring the arbitrator to hold a closed hearing and issue a specified report; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 03/10/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
State Personnel - Disciplinary Appeal and Grievance Procedure Documents - Electronic Transmission [HB-1040]
Authorizing the electronic transmission of disciplinary appeal documents and decisions to appropriate parties; requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management to make forms for initiating and processing grievances available on the Department of Budget and Management's Web site; and authorizing the electronic transmission of copies of grievances and dispositions.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 440 on 05/05/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Department of Budget and Management - Budget Analysts - Qualifications [HB-104]
Repealing specified provisions of law governing the experience, education, and other qualifications for individuals appointed as budget analysts by the Secretary of Budget and Management.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 214 on 04/14/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
State Personnel - Contractual Employees - Filling of Vacant Positions [HB-1025]
Requiring that specified selection plans for specified employment in the State Personnel Management System include information that selection for a specified position may be limited to consideration of specified contractual employees; authorizing specified appointing authorities to select specified candidates from a list of contractual employees; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 633 on 05/15/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Maryland Liberty Preservation Act of 2014 [HB-1011]
Prohibiting an agency of the State, a county of the State, an employee of the State or a county acting in an official capacity, or a member of the Maryland National Guard or the Maryland Defense Force, acting on official State duty, to knowingly aid an agency of the United States in the detention of a person in accordance with a specified federal statute.
Sponsored by: Rep. Donald Dwyer
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 03/15/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Public Ethics - Former Officials and Employees - Lobbying Restrictions [HB-1002]
Prohibiting a specified former official of the Executive or Judicial Branch of State government and a former employee of the Legislative Branch of State government from registering as a regulated lobbyist within 1 year after leaving office or employment; prohibiting a former member of the General Assembly from registering as a regulated lobbyist within 2 years after leaving office; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/14/2014