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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Employment - Internet and Electronic Account Privacy Protection [HB-364]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting specified employers from requiring an employee or applicant for employment to provide the employer with access to specified Internet sites or electronic accounts through specified electronic devices; prohibiting specified employers from requiring an employee to install specified monitoring or tracking software onto specified electronic devices; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations Withdrawn on 03/12/2012
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Public and Nonpublic Institutions of Higher Education - Internet and Electronic [HB-310]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Prohibiting public and nonpublic institutions of higher education from requiring a student or applicant for admission to provide the academic institution with access to specified Internet sites or electronic accounts through specified electronic devices, to disclose specified password and related information, or to install specified monitoring or tracking software onto specified electronic devices; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Hearing 2/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2012
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Baby Boomer Initiative Council [HB-288]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Community Development ]
[Human Services ]
Reestablishing the Baby Boomer Initiative Council; providing for the membership of the Council; requiring the Governor to appoint the chair of the Council; providing for the staffing of the Council; establishing the duties of the Council; requiring the Council to make recommendations regarding public policy initiatives for utilizing the baby boomer population as a source of social capital and as a way to address community needs; requiring the Council to provide specified reports to the Governor and General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Hubbard
Approved By The Governor on 04/10/2012
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Computers - Video Lottery Terminals - Tampering [HB-257]
[Gaming ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Crime ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Public Safety ]
Expanding the definition of "computer" to clarify that the criminal law related to the unauthorized access to computers and related devices and systems applies to video lottery terminals and the associated equipment owned by the State Lottery Commission.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Hearing 3/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/16/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Prohibition on Use of Text Messaging Device While Driving - [HB-163]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
Establishing that the prohibition on using a text messaging device while driving does not apply to the use of voice recognition technology that allows the hands-free sending of a text message or an electronic message or the use of a text messaging device to listen to a text message or an electronic message; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sam Arora
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters Withdrawn on 02/13/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Towing Practices and Procedures [HB-160]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
Clarifying the application of and altering security requirements for tow trucks; altering penalties for specified violations relating to tow truck vehicle registration; repealing a provision exempting abandoned vehicles from the application of provisions relating to the towing and removal of vehicles from parking lots; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to establish and maintain a database containing addresses for specified insurers and make the database available to any tower free of charge; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Talmadge Branch
Re-referred Judicial Proceedings on 04/07/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Homeowners Associations - Adoption of Rules - Notice to Lot Owners [HB-155]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring the governing body of a homeowners association to provide lot owners with a copy of a proposed rule and specified notice before it may adopt the rule; establishing procedures to allow for commenting on, passing, and appealing the proposed rule; authorizing the proposed rule, the notice of the proposed rule, and the notice of the meeting to adopt the proposed rule to be sent to lot owners by electronic transmission, by posting on the homeowners association's home page, or by including the notice in the newsletter; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Pamela Beidle
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 02/27/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Income Tax - Tax Credits - Electronic Filing Requirements [HB-1456]
[Taxes ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Authorizing the Comptroller to require by regulation that a taxpayer claiming specified income tax credits claim the credits by electronic means; authorizing the Comptroller to require by regulation that additional tax credits be claimed by electronic means; applying the Act to tax years beginning after December 31, 2012; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Heather Mizeur
Approved By The Governor on 05/02/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
State Board of Physicians - Exceptions from Licensing - Physicians Authorized [HB-1400]
[Healthcare ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Telecommunications ]
Expanding an exception from licensing by the State Board of Physicians to include a physician who resides in and is authorized to practice medicine by any other state, instead of an adjoining state, and who meets other requirements; establishing an exception from licensing by the Board for a physician who resides in and is authorized to practice medicine by another state and who provides specified services by telemedicine; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Peter Hammen
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 04/05/2012
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Hospitals - Credentialing and Privileging Process - Telemedicine [HB-1399]
[Healthcare ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Authorizing a hospital, in its credentialing and privileging process for a physician who provides medical services to patients at the hospital only by telemedicine from a distant-site hospital or distant- site telemedicine entity, to rely on credentialing and privileging decisions made for the physician by the distant-site hospital or distant-site telemedicine entity under specified circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Peter Hammen
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 04/05/2012
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Criminal Procedure - Charges Not Resulting in Conviction - Shielding [HB-1292]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing a person who was convicted of one or more charges in a specified unit to file a petition to shield specified information; specifying that a specified petition shall be filed with the Administrative Office of the Courts; specifying that a petition to shield information relating to a specified charge may not be filed until the expiration of a specified amount of time; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/06/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Election Law - Campaign Finance - Requirements [HB-1285]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Ethics ]
Requiring the chairman and treasurer of a campaign finance entity to provide electronic mail addresses of the chairman and treasurer to the State Board of Elections and notify the State Board of a change in the electronic mail addresses by a specified date if the chairman and treasurer consent to receiving specified notice only by electronic mail; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jon Cardin
Approved By The Governor on 05/02/2012
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Public Safety - Emergency Number System - Next Generation 9-1-1 Services [HB-1235]
[Public Safety ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Altering the responsibilities of the Emergency Number Systems Board to include establishing planning guidelines for next generation 9-1-1 services system plans and deployment of next generation 9-1-1 services; and defining "next generation 9-1-1 services".
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Approved By The Governor on 05/02/2012
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Vehicle Laws - Wireless Communication Devices - Enforcement of Prohibitions on [HB-123]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Repealing provisions of law that require enforcement as a secondary offense of specified prohibitions against the use of a wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle.
Sponsored by: Rep. Galen Clagett
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters Withdrawn on 02/13/2012
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Institutions of Postsecondary Education - Fully Online Distance Education [HB-1223]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring institutions of postsecondary education that enroll Maryland students in fully online distance education programs in the State to register with the Maryland Higher Education Commission before commencing or continuing to operate, doing business, or functioning in the State within 6 months of enrolling the first Maryland student under specified circumstances; prohibiting specified institutions from operating in the State; providing for an exception from the requirement for registration; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Approved By The Governor on 05/22/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
State Board of Education - Online Courses - Approval Processing Fees [HB-1222]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
Authorizing the State Board of Education to set reasonable fees for the costs incurred by the State Department of Education for processing approvals for online courses and services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Hixson
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means Withdrawn on 04/04/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Secondary Education - Electronic Reader Pilot Program - Study [HB-1220]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring the State Department of Education to study establishing an electronic reader pilot program in specified middle schools or high schools in the State in accordance with specified requirements; requiring the Department to determine whether to establish an electronic reader pilot program and report findings and recommendations to specified committees of the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2012; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Keith Haynes
Approved By The Governor on 05/02/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Primary and Secondary Education - Online Courses and Services - Development or [HB-1219]
[Education ]
Authorizing county boards of education to request that the State Department of Education develop or review and approve specified online courses and services; requiring the Department to determine within a specified period of time whether a specified delegation will be made; requiring the Department to develop or review and approve specified courses and services within a specified period of time under specified circumstances; authorizing the Department to delegate authority to specified county boards; making the Act an emergency measure; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Talmadge Branch
Approved By The Governor on 05/02/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Primary and Secondary Education - Online Courses - Acceptance of Courses [HB-1215]
[Education ]
Authorizing the State Department of Education or a county board of education to procure online courses and services that have been approved by a state that the Department has determined has curriculum content standards consistent with the Maryland content standards; and making the Act an emergency measure.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Walker
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means Withdrawn on 04/04/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Public Information Act - Required Denials - Newsletters Sent by Public [HB-1202]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring a custodian of records under the Public Information Act to deny inspection of the part of a public record that includes the electronic mail addresses of individuals who were sent a specified newsletter from a public official; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Krebs
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 04/03/2012