Telecommunications And Information Technology
Maryland 2022 Regular Session
State Government - Information Technology - Review of Projects and Proposals [SB-183]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the information technology proposals about which a unit of State government is required to advise the Secretary of Information Technology to include those involving the sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition of communications sites, communications facilities, or communications frequencies for certain purposes.
Sponsored by: Sen. Budget and Taxation
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 115 on 04/12/2022
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Maryland Insurance Administration - Virtual Hearings [SB-185]
[Insurance ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring that hearings held by the Maryland Insurance Commissioner be considered open to the public if a member of the public can observe the hearing virtually through an electronic media platform; authorizing the Commissioner to direct that a hearing be held virtually, subject to certain limitations; and requiring the Commissioner to make available a space within the office of the Maryland Insurance Administration with access to the equipment necessary to allow parties to participate in the virtual hearing.
Sponsored by: Sen. Finance
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 230 on 04/21/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Insurance Carriers and Managed Care Organizations - Cybersecurity Standards [SB-207]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Insurance ]
[Healthcare ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing certain cybersecurity standards applicable to insurance carriers, including health maintenance organizations and third-party administrators; requiring a carrier to take certain actions related to cybersecurity, including developing, implementing, and maintaining a written information security program, identifying certain threats, and establishing a certain incident response plan; applying certain requirements relating to cybersecurity to managed care organizations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Finance
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 231 on 04/21/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Workgroup on Online Consumer Personal Information Privacy [SB-11]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Establishing the Workgroup on Online Consumer Personal Information Privacy to review current practices of business entities relating to the collection, use, storage, disclosure, analysis, deletion, and modification of online personal information of consumers in the State; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations, including any recommended legislation, to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2022.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 04/08/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Election Law - Ballots - Processing and Reporting Procedures [SB-163]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Altering the procedures for the canvassing of and curing of errors on absentee and provisional ballots; repealing the requirements that a certain statement of election results be by precinct and that the local boards of elections publish copies of the complete election results in a certain manner; and requiring that a certain report of election results by the State Board of Elections be reported by precinct, including reports of the early, absentee, and provisional vote; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl C. Kagan
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/27/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Public Safety - Communications With Public Safety Answering Points [SB-57]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Telecommunications ]
Prohibiting a person from making communications that are reasonably expected to impair the functioning of a public safety answering point or intended to disrupt an emergency response; prohibiting a person from making a false statement, report, or complaint to a public safety answering point or law enforcement officer that results in a certain response and providing a person who violates the Act is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment of up to 5 years or a fine of up to $25,000, or both.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl C. Kagan
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 01/12/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Public Schools – Cyber Safety Guide and Training Course – Development, Implementation, and Reporting [SB-162]
[Education ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the State Department of Education, the Behavioral Health Administration within the Maryland Department of Health, the Maryland Center for School Safety, and the Department of Information Technology jointly to develop and publish a cyber safety guide and training course to be implemented in public schools beginning in the 2023-2024 school year; requiring the cyber safety guide and training course to be developed in consultation with professionals who specialize in child development and child psychology; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Fry Hester
First Reading Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 01/12/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Public Safety - Interference with a Public Safety Answering Point - Penalties [SB-83]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Prohibiting a person from committing computer-related crimes with the intent to interrupt or impair the functioning of a public safety answering point.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl C. Kagan
Hearing 3/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/16/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Wills and Trust Instruments – Electronic Execution [SB-36]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Authorizing a person to execute an electronic will or remotely witnessed will without a notary public if the supervising attorney creates a certified will that contains a certain form attached or annexed to the will; prohibiting a supervising attorney from being a witness to an electronic will or remotely witnessed will if the will is executed without a notary public; and authorizing a notary public located in the State to perform a notarial act using communication technology for a remotely located individual for a trust instrument.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 177 on 04/21/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Cybersecurity Scholarship Program - Alterations [SB-4]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Altering certain criteria for the Cybersecurity Public Service Scholarship Program, including increasing the number of years a recipient may hold an award, expanding the qualifying positions for a scholarship recipient to fulfill a work obligation, and establishing criteria for part-time students, beginning with the 2023-2024 Program application period, to be eligible for the scholarship, hold an award, and fulfill a work obligation; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Fry Hester
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 208 on 04/21/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Compact [SB-154]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Entering into the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Compact; establishing criteria for participating states; authorizing an advanced practice registered nurse to practice in a party state under certain scope of practice rules; establishing the Interstate Commission of APRN Compact Administrators and its duties and powers; providing for the amendment of and withdrawal from the Compact; and providing the Compact is contingent on the enacting of substantially similar legislation in six other states.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide C Eckardt
Hearing 2/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/26/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
State Government - State and Local Government Employees and Contractors - Cybersecurity Training [SB-107]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Education ]
Making certain provisions of law governing the protection of information by government agencies applicable to the Legislative and Judicial branches of State government; requiring the Maryland Cybersecurity Coordinating Council to develop a Cybersecurity Awareness and Training Program; establishing certain criteria for the Program; requiring the State Chief Information Security Officer to coordinate with the Council to certify certain cybersecurity trainings; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael A. Jackson
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
State Government - State and Local Government Employees and Contractors - Cybersecurity Training [HB-5]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Education ]
Making certain provisions of law governing the protection of information by government agencies applicable to the Legislative and Judicial branches of State government; requiring the Maryland Cybersecurity Coordinating Council to develop a Cybersecurity Awareness and Training Program; establishing certain criteria for the Program; requiring the State Chief Information Security Officer to coordinate with the Council to certify certain cybersecurity trainings; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carol L. Krimm
Hearing Canceled on 02/03/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Cybersecurity Scholarship Program - Alterations [HB-24]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Altering certain criteria for the Cybersecurity Public Service Scholarship Program, including increasing the number of years a recipient may hold an award, and expanding the qualifying positions for a scholarship recipient to fulfill a work obligation; authorizing, beginning in the 2023-2024 program application period, part-time students to be eligible for the scholarship, hold an award, and fulfill a work obligation; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric G Luedtke
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 209 on 04/21/2022
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Revisions [HB-1372]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering certain policy and funding provisions and implementation dates relating to the Blueprint for Maryland's Future; requiring the State Department of Education to submit a certain report on information technology; requiring, beginning in the 2022-2023 school year, the Department to review schools where students continue to show learning loss related to the COVID-19 pandemic; requiring a certain workgroup for English language learners to study the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(b) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 55 on 04/09/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Health Information Exchanges - Electronic Health Information - Sharing and Disclosure [HB-1375]
[Healthcare ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Health ]
Altering the laws with which certain regulations adopted by the Maryland Health Care Commission must comply; requiring that certain regulations adopted by the Commission require the State-designated health information exchange to develop and maintain a certain consent management application, subject to certain laws, and provide for certain penalties; requiring that, subject to certain laws, certain regulations allow certain entities to use electronic health information for certain purposes; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ariana M. Kelly
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 798 on 05/30/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Primary and Secondary Education - Virtual Education - Requirements [HB-1376]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring the Professional Standards and Teacher Education Board to design a course of training in the pedagogy of virtual education for teacher preparation programs; requiring the State Department of Education to provide guidance to local school systems for professional development and support of certain persons to achieve certain virtual education best practice principles; establishing the Flip the Classroom Pilot Program to develop best practices related to inverted classroom and blended instructional models; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo T. Washington
Referred Rules on 04/08/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Revisions [SB-965]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
Altering certain policy and funding provisions relating to the Blueprint for Maryland's Future; altering certain dates for the implementation of the Blueprint for Maryland's Future; requiring the State Department of Education to submit certain data to the Department of Budget and Management and the Department of Legislative Services; specifying that the target per pupil foundation amount includes educational technology costs; altering the amount of a certain personnel grant; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/15 At 3:00 P.m. (education, Health, And Environmental Affairs) on 03/10/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Procurement - Information Technology - Cloud-Based Virtual Desktop Infrastructure [HB-1361]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Requiring the Department of Information Technology to issue a request for proposals for or make a certain determination on the implementation and ongoing maintenance of cloud-based virtual desktop infrastructure to be used by each unit of State government as desktop support and management systems; requiring the Department to review certain contracts entered into by other states and consider participating in certain agreements; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Pat Young
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/25/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Veterans Affairs – Office of Communications and Public Affairs – Veterans Advocacy and Education Act [SB-948]
[Veterans ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
Altering the name of the Outreach and Advocacy Program in the Department of Veterans Affairs to be the Office of Communications and Public Affairs; requiring the Office, in collaboration with the Maryland Higher Education Commission, to actively help veterans and their dependents become aware of and access certain benefits; altering certain responsibilities of the director of the Office; repealing a certain requirement that the Department develop and maintain a certain database of veterans in the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Ann Klausmeier
Rereferred To Health And Government Operations on 04/06/2021