Telecommunications And Information Technology
Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Required Security - Electronic Reporting Requirements [HB-1180]
[Insurance ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring insurers and other providers of required vehicle security to report the issuance of specified new policies, changes to specified fleet policies, and terminations or lapses of required security electronically within a specified period of time; defining "fleet policy"; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David D Rudolph
Approved By The Governor on 05/02/2012
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Fracking Records Transparency Act [HB-1170]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Water ]
Requiring a holder of a specified permit to drill for natural gas to keep and maintain specified records in accordance with specified requirements; and requiring the records to be updated weekly and made publicly accessible on the permit holder's Web site.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Ann Frush
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/14/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Health Insurance - Coverage for Services Delivered Through Telemedicine [HB-1149]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for health care services delivered through telemedicine in a specified manner; prohibiting insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from excluding a health care service from coverage solely because it is delivered by telemedicine and not in another manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Approved By The Governor on 05/22/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Environment - Recycling - Manufacturer Takeback for E-Waste [HB-1136]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting, beginning on January 1, 2013, specified electronics manufacturers from selling, offering for sale, or delivering for subsequent sale in the State specified electronic devices unless a specified label is permanently affixed to the device and the manufacturer has registered with and submitted a specified fee to the Department of the Environment in a specified manner; requiring specified electronics manufacturers to implement and finance specified electronics takeback programs and file specified reports; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kirill Reznik
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters Withdrawn on 03/05/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
State Highways - Telematics Technology - Request for Proposals [HB-1132]
[Telecommunications ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Infrastructure ]
Requiring the State Highway Administration, in collaboration with the Maryland Transportation Authority, to initiate the process to issue a request for proposals on or before December 31, 2012, to install telematics technology along or near State highways; defining "telematics technology"; and providing that the request for proposals be issued in accordance with specified procurement requirements.
Sponsored by: Rep. Glen Glass
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 03/13/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Personal Property Tax - Financial Institutions - Repeal of Tax Exemptions [HB-1096]
[Taxes ]
[Property Tax ]
[Finance ]
Repealing a property tax exemption for personal property owned by specified financial institutions; repealing a property tax exemption for a specified computer program or hardware owned by a bank or trust company or a savings and loan association; applying the Act to tax years beginning after June 30, 2012; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Hucker
Hearing 3/2 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/15/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Portable Electronics Insurance [HB-1093]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Repealing a limitation on the authority of a vendor of portable electronics insurance to sell coverage under a policy of portable electronics insurance; altering the circumstances under which a vendor that collects premiums for portable electronics insurance need not keep the premiums in a segregated account; providing an exception to a specified requirement to itemize premiums and charges; altering information that must be submitted to the Maryland Insurance Commissioner; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sally Y Jameson
Approved By The Governor on 05/22/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Communications Companies - Universal Service Trust Fund - Surcharge [HB-1087]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Expanding the services that are subject to the Universal Service Trust Fund surcharge; requiring the surcharge to be applied to specified bills and to be payable at a specified time; altering the maximum amount of a specified surcharge; requiring the Secretary of Information Technology to direct specified companies to add the surcharge to bills for services under specified circumstances; requiring specified companies to act as collection agents for the Fund and to remit proceeds to the Comptroller for deposit in the Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Ellis Hixson
Approved By The Governor on 05/22/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Division of Correction - Revocation of Diminution Credits - Telecommunication [HB-1086]
[Crime ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Division of Correction to revoke all of the good conduct diminution credits awarded when an inmate violates specified rules regarding a telecommunication device or knowingly possesses or receives a telecommunication device; and prohibiting the Division from restoring specified revoked diminution credits.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Fred Kramer
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/23/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
State Department of Education - Virtual Learning Opportunities - Survey and [HB-1079]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring the State Department of Education to conduct a survey of the county boards of education to make a specified determination about the use of virtual learning opportunities for students across the State; and requiring the Department to develop and adopt specified guidelines and policies regarding the utilization of virtual learning opportunities for all students in the State.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gail H Bates
Hearing 3/8 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/15/2012
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Health Insurance - Habilitative Services - Required Coverage, Workgroup, and [HB-1055]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Disabilities ]
Specifying the format in which specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations must provide a notice about the coverage of habilitative services; requiring the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to establish a workgroup on access to habilitative services benefits; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Approved By The Governor on 05/02/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Use of Wireless Communication Device - Prohibited Acts, [HB-104]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
Repealing provisions of law that require enforcement as a secondary offense of specified violations involving the use of a wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle; repealing provisions of law that apply prohibitions involving the use of a wireless communication device to specified operators of motor vehicles only if the motor vehicle is in motion; providing that specified prohibitions apply only if the motor vehicle is in the travel portion of a roadway; altering a specified penalty; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Wade Kach
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/30/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Automotive Dismantlers and Recyclers or Scrap Processors - [HB-1008]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Repealing provisions of law that authorize specified persons to transfer inoperable vehicles to an automotive dismantler and recycler or scrap processor without providing a certificate of title or fulfilling notice requirements; repealing a provision of law that authorizes an automotive dismantler and recycler or scrap processor to require specified vehicle transferors to execute a specified indemnity agreement; requiring the State Police to perform a stolen vehicle investigation under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Ann Frush
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/24/2012
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Government – State of Emergency and Catastrophic Health Emergency – Authority of Governor and Unemployment Insurance Benefits
(COVID–19 Public Health Emergency Protection Act of 2020) [HB-1663]
[Insurance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Unemployment ]
[Healthcare ]
Authorizing the Governor to take certain actions as a result of the issuance by the Governor on March 5, 2020, of the proclamation declaring a state of emergency for the duration of a certain emergency; providing that a certain violation is subject to certain provisions of law under certain circumstances; providing that a certain alternative workweek may allow an employee to work certain hours or shifts; requiring that an employee authorized to work an alternative workweek is considered a full-time employee; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne A. Jones
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 14 on 03/19/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Government – State of Emergency and Catastrophic Health Emergency – Authority of Governor and Unemployment Insurance Benefits
(COVID–19 Public Health Emergency Protection Act of 2020) [HB-1663]
[Insurance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Unemployment ]
[Healthcare ]
Authorizing the Governor to take certain actions as a result of the issuance by the Governor on March 5, 2020, of the proclamation declaring a state of emergency for the duration of a certain emergency; providing that a certain violation is subject to certain provisions of law under certain circumstances; providing that a certain alternative workweek may allow an employee to work certain hours or shifts; requiring that an employee authorized to work an alternative workweek is considered a full-time employee; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne A. Jones
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 14 on 03/19/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Government – State of Emergency and Catastrophic Health
Emergency – Authority of Governor and Unemployment Insurance Benefits
(COVID–19 Public Health Emergency Protection Act of 2020) [SB-1080]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Unemployment ]
[Healthcare ]
Authorizing the Governor to take certain actions as a result of the issuance by the Governor on March 5, 2020, of the proclamation declaring a state of emergency for the duration of a certain emergency; providing that a certain alternative workweek may allow an employee to work certain hours or shifts; requiring that an employee authorized to work an alternative workweek is considered a full-time employee; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Ferguson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 13 on 03/19/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Government – State of Emergency and Catastrophic Health
Emergency – Authority of Governor and Unemployment Insurance Benefits
(COVID–19 Public Health Emergency Protection Act of 2020) [SB-1080]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Unemployment ]
[Healthcare ]
Authorizing the Governor to take certain actions as a result of the issuance by the Governor on March 5, 2020, of the proclamation declaring a state of emergency for the duration of a certain emergency; providing that a certain alternative workweek may allow an employee to work certain hours or shifts; requiring that an employee authorized to work an alternative workweek is considered a full-time employee; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Ferguson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 13 on 03/19/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Commercial Law - Consumer Privacy and Data Collection [HB-1656]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring certain businesses that collect a consumer's personal information to provide certain clear and conspicuous notices to the consumer at or before the point of collection; authorizing a consumer to submit a certain request for information to a certain business that collects the consumer's personal information; requiring a certain business to comply with a certain request for information in a certain manner and within a certain time; establishing the Consumer Privacy Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan K McComas
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/02/2020
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Maryland Sign Language Interpreter Act [HB-1652]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Disabilities ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing the State Board of Sign Language Interpreters in the Maryland Department of Labor for purposes of ensuring effective communications for deaf, deaf-blind, and hard of hearing persons and to promote the public welfare by regulating those who provide sign language interpretation services; providing that certain provisions of law do not apply to certain individuals; authorizing the Board to set licensing requirements for sign language interpreters and certain fees; establishing the Sign Language Interpreters Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Trent Mitchell Kittleman
Unfavorable Report By House Rules And Executive Nominations; Withdrawn on 03/18/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment [HB-1648]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Establishing the Healthy Maryland Program as a public corporation and a unit of State government; stating that the General Assembly finds that millions of dollars have been diverted or wasted as part of a multipayer health care system; stating that it is the intent of the General Assembly that Healthy Maryland be established to provide comprehensive universal health coverage for every Maryland resident and be funded by certain revenue; establishing the Healthy Maryland Board and the Healthy Maryland Public Advisory Committee; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gabriel Acevero
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/27/2020