Telecommunications And Information Technology
Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Implementation [HB-1300]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Children and Youth ]
Repealing, altering, and adding certain provisions of law to implement The Blueprint for Maryland's Future, which is intended to transform Maryland's education system to the levels of high-performing systems around the world; establishing a method for verifying certain synthesized or compiled school-level and school system data; requiring certain funds be distributed to certain workforce development boards; establishing the Teacher Quality and Diversity Program and the Teacher Quality and Diversity Grant Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne Jones
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/07/2020
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Clean Energy Attribute Credits and Procurement [HB-1349]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
Establishing a clean energy attribute credit standard for certain purposes; repealing certain provisions relating to the renewable energy portfolio standard; stating certain findings of the General Assembly; stating certain policies of the State regarding certain energy sources and markets; requiring the Public Service Commission to appoint an independent administrator for certain purposes with certain qualifications and certain duties; providing for the term and reappointment of the independent administrator; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Adams
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/12/2020
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Election Law - Postelection Tabulation Audits - Risk-Limiting Audits [HB-1172]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Requiring that the State Board of Elections conduct a certain automated software audit in collaboration with the local boards of elections; requiring the State Board, in collaboration with the local boards, to conduct a certain risk-limiting audit after each statewide election; repealing a requirement that the State Board conduct a certain manual audit after each statewide general election; repealing the authority of the State Board to conduct a certain manual audit after each statewide primary election; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Telehealth – Mental Health and Chronic Condition Management Services – Coverage and Pilot Program [HB-1208]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program, subject to a certain limitation, to provide mental health services appropriately delivered through telehealth to a patient in the patient's home setting; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to apply, on or before December 1, 2020, to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for an amendment to certain waivers to implement a pilot program to provide certain telehealth services to recipients under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 17 on 04/03/2020
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Public Schools - Agricultural Education and Grant Programs [HB-1487]
[Agriculture ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring each county board of education, beginning in the 2021-2022 school year, to implement a certain agriculture science curriculum; requiring each county board to implement an agricultural education program that prepares students for certain careers and informed choices in a certain manner; establishing the Maryland Agricultural Education Grant Program; requiring the State Department of Education to implement the Program; requiring the Governor to include an appropriation of $785,000 to the Program each fiscal year; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. (ways And Means) on 02/11/2020
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Procurement and Correctional Facilities - Employment Opportunities for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals [HB-1524]
[Crime ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring, beginning on January 1, 2021, certain invitations to bid and certain requests for proposals to require bidders and offerors to provide certain documentation; requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services and county departments of corrections to give a preference to certain bidders and offerors based on the number of formerly incarcerated individuals the bidder or offeror employs; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Moon
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Implementation [SB-1000]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
Repealing, altering, and adding certain provisions of law to implement The Blueprint for Maryland's Future, which is intended to transform Maryland's early childhood, primary, and secondary education system to the levels of high-performing systems around the world; requiring the State and each county to distribute to county boards of education certain amounts of education aid under certain programs in certain fiscal years; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson
Hearing 2/17 At 12:00 P.m. (education, Health, And Environmental Affairs) on 02/11/2020
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Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance - Replacement Parts for Damaged Motor Vehicles [HB-1418]
[Insurance ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring an insurer that issues or delivers in the State a policy of motor vehicle liability insurance that provides coverage for the repair of physical damage to the insured motor vehicle to provide in the policy that the insured has the option of requiring repairs to be made to the insured motor vehicle using genuine crash parts, certified aftermarket crash parts, or aftermarket crash parts; authorizing the insured to consent in a certain manner to the use of certain aftermarket crash parts; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Ann Lisanti
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters; Withdrawn on 03/14/2020
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State Government - Information Technology - Cybersecurity [HB-1183]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
[Crime ]
Codifying the establishment of the Office of Security Management within the Department of Information Technology, the position of State Chief Information Security Officer, and the Maryland Cybersecurity Coordinating Council; altering the membership of the Council; requiring each unit of the Legislative or Judicial Branch of State government that uses a certain network to certify certain compliance to the Department on or before December 1 each year; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Referred Rules on 03/15/2020
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Calvert County - Procurement - Contract Renewal [HB-1556]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Finance ]
[Funding ]
Limiting the number of times certain contracts entered into by Calvert County that require the payment of funds from appropriations of more than one fiscal year may be renewed.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 486 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland Department of Health - Residential Service Agencies - Training Requirements [HB-1168]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring each residential service agency to ensure that certain individuals receive certain training relating to dementia; requiring each residential service agency to ensure that individuals providing certain training have certain experience and have completed certain training; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to provide a certain list of training programs to each residential service agency; requiring an individual employed as a residential service agency's direct care or supervisory staff to complete certain training; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services - Standards at State Correctional Facilities [HB-1414]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Stating the intent of the General Assembly that the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services ensure that State correctional facilities adhere to certain standards; requiring the Department to submit a report annually to certain committees of the General Assembly on efforts to adhere to the standards; requiring the report to be posted on the Department's website; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nick Mosby
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Labor and Employment - Use of Facial Recognition Services - Prohibition [HB-1202]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
Prohibiting an employer from using certain facial recognition services during an applicant's interview for employment unless the applicant consents under a certain provision of the Act; authorizing an applicant to consent to the use of certain facial recognition service technologies during an interview by signing a waiver; and providing for the contents of a certain waiver.
Sponsored by: Rep. Seth Howard
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 446 on 05/08/2020
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County Boards of Education - Computer Science Courses [HB-1195]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring each county board of education, beginning in the 2022-2023 school year, to submit a report on or before April 30 each year to the State Board of Education and the General Assembly on computer science courses offered in public schools in the county in the prior school year; requiring each county board to include certain information in the report and post certain data on its website; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2020
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County Boards of Education - Computer Science Courses [HB-1195]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring each county board of education, beginning in the 2022-2023 school year, to submit a report on or before April 30 each year to the State Board of Education and the General Assembly on computer science courses offered in public schools in the county in the prior school year; requiring each county board to include certain information in the report and post certain data on its website; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2020
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Voice Over Internet Protocol - Robocalls - Customer Information [HB-1278]
[Telecommunications ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Requiring a voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) service provider to obtain certain information from a person making certain robocalls through the VoIP service provider; providing that a person who willfully violates certain provisions is subject to a civil penalty of $500 for each robocall made; defining certain terms; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Maryland Personal Information Protection Act – Geolocation Information and Unfair, Abusive, and Deceptive Trade Practices [HB-1389]
[Data Privacy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Prohibiting a business from collecting, using, storing, or disclosing certain geolocation information from a certain application on a mobile device of an individual except in certain circumstances; authorizing a business to collect, use, store, or disclose certain geolocation information from a certain application on a mobile device of an individual if certain notification is provided to and consent is obtained from the individual; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sara Love
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters; Withdrawn on 03/12/2020
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Task Force to Study Access to Mental Health Care in Higher Education [HB-1504]
[Mental Health ]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Access to Mental Health Care in Higher Education; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding certain matters; requiring the Task Force to submit an interim report on or before December 1, 2020, and a final report on or before December 1, 2021, to certain committees of the General Assembly; terminating the Act after May 31, 2022; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Sales and Use Tax and Personal Property Tax - Exemptions - Data Centers [HB-1339]
[Taxes ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Economic Development ]
[Property Tax ]
Providing an exemption from the sales and use tax for certain sales of certain qualified data center personal property for use at certain qualified data centers under certain circumstances; requiring an individual or a corporation to apply to the Department of Commerce for an exemption certificate for the exemption; authorizing the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to reduce or eliminate the assessment of certain personal property used in certain qualified data centers; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Walker
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Opioid-Exposed Newborns and Parents Addicted to Opioids - Mobile Application - Pilot Program (I'm Alive Today App) [HB-1518]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Human Services ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Social Services Administration, in consultation with the local departments of social services, to establish a pilot program in Allegany, Garrett, and Washington counties to communicate with a certain opioid-addicted parent through a mobile application; requiring the local departments of social services in Allegany, Garrett, and Washington counties, if appropriate, to communicate with a certain opioid-addicted parent through a certain mobile application under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/13/2020