Telecommunications And Information Technology
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
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Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment [SB-1064]
[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: Sen. Jill P Carter
Hearing Canceled on 03/15/2020
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Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment [SB-1064]
[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: Sen. Jill P Carter
Hearing Canceled on 03/15/2020
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Cybersecurity Talent Pipeline Management Program [SB-1049]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Cybersecurity Talent Pipeline Management Program to provide funds to a certain collaborative; defining "collaborative" as commitments of partnership between at least two cybersecurity organizations to improve the State's cybersecurity workforce needs, as per a signed agreement; authorizing the Program to award only one competitive matching grant in the first year; requiring the Governor, in fiscal years 2022 through 2024, to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of up $1,000,000 for the Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Fry Hester
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/20/2020
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Maryland Emergency Management Agency – Cybersecurity Coordination and Operations Office – Establishment [HB-1618]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Establishing the Cybersecurity Coordination and Operations Office within the Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) to help improve statewide cybersecurity readiness and response; requiring the Director of MEMA to appoint an Executive Director as head of the Office; requiring the Office to be provided with sufficient staff to perform the Office's functions; requiring the Office to establish regional assistance groups to deliver or coordinate support services to political subdivisions, agencies, or regions; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael A. Jackson
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/19/2020
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Public Information Act - Denial of Part of a Public Record - Victims and Witnesses [HB-1619]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Data Privacy ]
Defining "contrary to the public interest" for the purposes of a certain provision of law authorizing a custodian to deny inspection of a part of a public record because the custodian believes the inspection would reveal the identity of a victim or a witness; defining the term "witness" for the purposes of certain provisions of the Act relating to inspections of part of a 9-1-1 communications record; requiring a custodian to take certain actions before granting inspection of part of a 9-1-1 communications record; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael A. Jackson
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/19/2020
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Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Funding [SB-1043]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to establish certain new units to assist in evaluating and reviewing certain proposals for new programs and substantial modifications of existing programs; requiring the Governor, in each of fiscal years 2022 through 2031, to include in the annual State operating budget $57,700,000 to be allocated to certain historically black colleges and universities; establishing the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Reserve Fund; specifying the purpose and uses of the Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. (budget And Taxation) on 02/27/2020
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Maryland Emergency Management Agency - Cybersecurity Coordination and Operations Office - Establishment [SB-1036]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
[National Security ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Establishing the Cybersecurity Coordination and Operations Office within the Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) to help improve statewide cybersecurity readiness and response; requiring the Director of MEMA to appoint an Executive Director as head of the Office; requiring the Office to be provided with sufficient staff to perform the Office's functions; requiring the Office to establish regional assistance groups to deliver or coordinate support services to political subdivisions, agencies, or regions; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Fry Hester
Favorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/17/2020
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Procurement - Major Information Technology Development Projects [HB-1588]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Secretary of Information Technology to conduct a risk assessment of any major information technology development project the Secretary believes may present an exceptional risk to the State; requiring the risk assessment to consider the nature, processing, and use of sensitive or personally identifiable information; authorizing the Secretary to recommend an increase in a certain limitation of liability amount under certain circumstances; requiring a certain recommendation to be made in a certain manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus R Kipke
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/13/2020
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Task Force to Study Access to Mental Health Care in Higher Education [SB-1015]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Access to Mental Health Care in Higher Education; providing the purpose of the Task Force is to study policies and procedures related to the treatment of mental illness in students, and review certain best practices and models for accessing certain mental health services; requiring the Task Force to make certain recommendations on certain matters; requiring the Task Force to submit an interim report by December 1, 2020, and a final report by December 1, 2021, to certain committees of the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide C Eckardt
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/24/2020
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Facial Recognition Privacy Protection Act [HB-1578]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Human Rights ]
Expressing the sense of the General Assembly that facial recognition technology can present certain risks as well as provide a variety of benefits and that safeguards are necessary to allow the use of the technology in ways that benefit society; establishing certain requirements and certain prohibited actions relating to provision of facial recognition services by certain persons; prohibiting certain governmental units from using facial recognition services under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
Hearing Canceled on 03/14/2020
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Maryland Technology Internship Program - Units of State Government [HB-1581]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Altering the purpose of the Maryland Technology Internship Program; providing for the cumulative 2.5 grade point average that an individual shall maintain to qualify for participation in the Program with a unit of State government; providing for the qualifications that a technology-based business or unit of State or local government must meet to participate in the Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael A. Jackson
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/12/2020
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State Personnel - Information Technology and Cybersecurity Qualifications - Established (Maryland State IT Hiring Act) [HB-1580]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management, in partnership with the Secretary of Information Technology and the State Chief Information Security Officer, to establish certain minimum qualifications for skilled service and professional service classes of State employees in the information technology and cybersecurity fields; requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management to revise the standards for position selection plans for certain classifications of State employees in certain fields by January 1, 2022; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael A. Jackson
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/12/2020
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Public Schools – Mathematics Credit – College Preparatory Computer Science or Computer Programming Course [HB-1153]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Authorizing a student who is enrolled at a public high school to satisfy a certain requirement to earn credits in mathematics by completing a credit in a certain college preparatory computer science or computer programming course selected by the county board; and requiring the county board to certify to the State Department of Education that the computer science or computer programming course may count toward the mathematics graduation requirement.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Third Reading Passed (127-5) on 03/17/2020
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Public Water Systems - Supplier Requirements (Water Quality Accountability Act of 2020) [HB-1416]
[Water ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Public Health ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a supplier of water to inspect certain valves in a public water system in a certain manner, repair or replace certain valves, inspect certain fire hydrants, formulate and implement a certain plan, identify the locations of certain valves, and record certain characteristics and identifiers of certain valves; requiring a supplier of water to develop a certain cybersecurity program by February 1, 2021; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Warren E. Miller
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/12/2020
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Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Funding [HB-1260]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to establish a certain new unit to assist in evaluating and reviewing certain proposals for new programs and substantial modifications of existing programs; requiring the Governor, in each of fiscal years 2023 through 2031, to include in the annual State operating budget $57,700,000 to be allocated to certain historically black colleges and universities; establishing the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Reserve Fund; specifying the purpose and uses of the Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne A. Jones
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/07/2020
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Education - Home-Based Instructional Days - Establishment [HB-1270]
[Education ]
Authorizing a county board of education to develop a policy for public schools in the county to use home-based instructional days during the school year under certain circumstances; requiring a home-based instructional day policy to include certain procedures for instruction, attendance, and notification; requiring a county board, before implementing a home-based instructional policy, to submit the policy to the State Board of Education for approval; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Bailey Hornberger
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2020
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21st–Century Economy Fairness Act [SB-1001]
[Taxes ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Education ]
Requiring the Comptroller to distribute the sales and use tax revenue on the sale or use of certain digital products to The Blueprint for Maryland's Future Fund; defining "digital product" as one that is obtained electronically by the buyer or delivered by certain means; applying the sales and use tax to a sale or use of certain digital products; providing that the retail sale of a certain digital code or digital product shall be presumed to be made in the state in which a certain customer tax address is located; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Favorable With Amendments {999231/1 Adopted on 03/14/2020
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Economic Development - Makerspace Initiative Pilot Program [HB-1455]
[Economic Development ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Small Business ]
[Community Development ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Establishing the Makerspace Initiative Pilot Program in the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to encourage the establishment and expansion of makerspaces throughout the State; authorizing the Corporation to award certain financial assistance to local governments, certain designees of local governments, and certain nonprofit entities for the establishment of makerspaces in the State; requiring the Corporation, after consulting with the Secretary of Commerce, to adopt certain standards; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Maggie L. McIntosh
Third Reading Passed (131-0) on 03/15/2020
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Harford County - Telecommunications Service Tax - Authorization [HB-1366]
[Telecommunications ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Education ]
Authorizing the governing body of Harford County to impose, by law, and collect a sales and use tax on residential, nonresidential, and mobile telecommunications service in Harford County under certain circumstances; requiring that the tax be itemized on the telecommunications service bill and collected by the telecommunications service vendor on behalf of Harford County; providing that the net proceeds of the tax may be used only for expenditures of the Harford County public school system; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Ann Lisanti
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means; Withdrawn on 03/05/2020