State Government - Personnel
Maryland 2013 Regular Session
State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Health Improvement and Cost Savings Act of 2013 [SB-843]
Requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management, in consultation with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, to establish a wellness pilot project in the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program; requiring the wellness pilot project to achieve savings through participation in qualified programs by State employees and their dependents; establishing the dates on which the wellness pilot project begins and ends; requiring participation in the wellness pilot project to be voluntary; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Catherine Pugh
Unfavorable Report By Finance Withdrawn on 03/14/2013
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Higher Education Fair Share Act [SB-841]
Altering the matters of negotiation that may be included in collective bargaining between an employee organization and specified system institutions, Morgan State University, St. Mary's College of Maryland, or Baltimore City Community College; requiring employees of specified institutions of higher education to furnish written proof to the President of the institution or the President's designee regarding specified payments; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 428 on 05/16/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Task Force to Study Phased Retirement for Maryland State Employees [SB-800]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Phased Retirement for Maryland State Employees; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding a phased retirement option for experienced State employees; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2013; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Verna Jones-Rodwell
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/13/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Employment Discrimination - Reasonable Accommodations for Disabilities Due to Pregnancy [SB-784]
Requiring an employer to explore specified means of reasonably accommodating a disability caused or contributed to by pregnancy if an employee requests a reasonable accommodation; requiring an employer to transfer an employee to a less strenuous or less hazardous position for a specified period of time in specified circumstances; authorizing an employer to require an employee to provide a specified certification under specified conditions; requiring an employer to post specified information; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 547 on 05/16/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Fraudulent Liens - Prohibition [SB-770]
Prohibiting a person from filing false liens or encumbrances against specified individuals; providing for penalties for a violation of the Act; authorizing a specified person to file a specified action and obtain relief in specified circumstances; and authorizing a court to award compensatory damages and reasonable attorney's fees in a specified action.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Hearing 4/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/02/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
State Personnel - Equality for Maryland Caregivers Act of 2013 [SB-759]
Providing specified collective bargaining rights to specified employees of the University of Maryland Medical Center.
Sponsored by: Sen. Victor Ramirez
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/07/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
State Personnel - Program to Improve Employee to Supervisor Ratio and Employee Span of Control Review Board [SB-724]
Requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management, in collaboration with the heads of units in the Executive Branch of State government, to establish a program to improve the ratio of Executive Branch employees to supervisors beginning on specified dates; requiring the Secretary to waive program requirements under specified circumstances; providing that the program requirements do not apply if federal requirements exist; establishing the Employee Span of Control Review Board; providing for the membership of the Board; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Madaleno
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/14/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Maryland Earned Sick and Safe Leave Act [SB-698]
Requiring specified employers to provide employees with specified earned sick and safe leave; providing for the manner in which earned sick and safe leave is accrued by the employee and treated by the employer; requiring an employer to allow an employee to use earned sick and safe leave for specified purposes; requiring an employee, under specified circumstances, to request leave, notify the employer of specified information, and comply with specified procedures; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Madaleno
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/27/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Collective Bargaining - State Labor Relations Board and State Higher Education Labor Relations Board - Enforcement Authority [SB-677]
Requiring the State Labor Relations Board and the State Higher Education Labor Relations Board to decide specified controversies and disputes; authorizing the boards to order a respondent to make specified payments to a complainant under specified circumstances; authorizing the boards to bring actions to enforce specified orders; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Catherine Pugh
Unfavorable Report By Finance Withdrawn on 03/14/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Right to Work [SB-668]
Prohibiting an employer from refusing to employ or refusing to continue to employ an individual based on membership or nonmembership in a labor organization; prohibiting an employer from requiring an individual to refrain from joining or from requiring an individual to become a member of a labor organization; prohibiting an employer from requiring an individual to pay specified charges to a labor organization; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Brinkley
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/21/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Correctional Training Commission - Members [SB-441]
Altering the membership of the Correctional Training Commission.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ulysses Currie
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 55 on 04/09/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
State Personnel - Applicants for Employment - Criminal History Records Checks [SB-4]
Prohibiting specified appointing authorities in the Judicial, Executive, and Legislative branches of 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; providing that the Act does not prohibit specified appointing authorities from notifying an applicant for employment of specified information; providing for exceptions; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Catherine Pugh
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 160 on 05/02/2013
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State Personnel - Hiring Preferences for Graduates of Public Institutions of Higher Education [SB-329]
Requiring an appointing authority to apply a credit of one point on a selection test for specified positions in the State Personnel Management System for each degree successfully completed by an applicant at specified public institutions of higher education; requiring specified appointing authorities to develop a hiring preference that is equivalent to a specified credit; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lisa Gladden
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 02/21/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Wellness Program [SB-224]
Requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management to include a specified wellness program in the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program; establishing requirements for the wellness program; requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management to submit reports on implementation to the Governor and specified legislative committees on two specified dates, the latter being on or before February 1, 2016; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 208 on 05/02/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Leave - Deployment of Family Members in the Armed Forces [SB-12]
Authorizing specified employees to take leave from work on the day that an immediate family member is leaving for, or returning from, active duty outside the United States as a member of the armed forces of the United States; prohibiting an employer from requiring an employee to use compensatory, sick, or vacation leave when taking leave under the Act; authorizing an employer to require an employee who takes leave under the Act to submit specified proof to the employer; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Zirkin
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 163 on 05/02/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Fraudulent Liens - Prohibition [HB-941]
Prohibiting a person from filing false liens or encumbrances against another under specified circumstances; and providing for penalties for a violation of the Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven DeBoy
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 656 on 05/16/2013
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State Personnel - Equality for Maryland Caregivers Act of 2013 [HB-893]
Providing specified collective bargaining rights to specified employees of the University of Maryland Medical Center.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/05/2013
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Higher Education Fair Share Act [HB-863]
Altering the matters of negotiation that may be included in collective bargaining between an employee organization and specified system institutions, Morgan State University, St. Mary's College of Maryland, or Baltimore City Community College; requiring employees of specified institutions of higher education to furnish written proof of specified payments to the President of the institution or the President's designee; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/16/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Employment Discrimination - Reasonable Accommodations for Disabilities Due to Pregnancy [HB-804]
Requiring an employer to explore specified means of reasonably accommodating a disability caused or contributed to by pregnancy if an employee requests a reasonable accommodation; requiring an employer to transfer an employee to a less strenuous or less hazardous position for a specified period of time in specified circumstances; authorizing an employer to require an employee to provide a specified certification under specified conditions; requiring an employer to post specified information; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alfred Carr
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 548 on 05/16/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
State Employees - Collective Bargaining - Judicial Branch Employees [HB-790]
Expanding the scope of provisions of law governing collective bargaining to include all State employees of the Judicial Branch of State government; altering the membership of the State Labor Relations Board to include two members appointed by the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals; providing that the Chief Judge may remove a member appointed by the Chief Judge only for specified reasons; altering the responsibilities and powers of the Board; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations Withdrawn on 02/18/2013