Telecommunications And Information Technology
Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Economic Development - Makerspace Initiative Pilot Program [SB-826]
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: Sen. Cory McCray
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. (finance) on 02/13/2020
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Maryland Online Consumer Protection Act [SB-957]
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 45 days after receiving a verifiable consumer request; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Maryland Online Consumer Protection Act [SB-957]
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 45 days after receiving a verifiable consumer request; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Health - Residential Service Agencies - Training Requirements [SB-897]
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 list of training programs to each residential agency; requiring an individual employed as a residential service agency's direct care or supervisory staff to complete certain training; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Industrial Partnerships - Sustainable Materials Management Program - Established [SB-980]
Requiring the Maryland Industrial Partnerships Program to enter into a certain memorandum of understanding with certain agencies to establish a Sustainable Materials Management Program; requiring the Governor to appropriate a certain amount in certain fiscal years to the Maryland Technology Development Corporation for a certain program; requiring the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to distribute certain funds to the Maryland Industrial Partnerships Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Hearing Canceled (education, Health, And Environmental Affairs) on 02/24/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Health Facilities - Hospitals - Medical Debt Protection [SB-873]
Requiring a hospital to annually submit a report to the Health Services Cost Review Commission on the total number of patients by race or ethnicity, gender, and zip code against whom the hospital has filed an action to collect a debt, or to whom the hospital has and has not reported or classified a bad debt, and the total amount of costs owed but not collected; requiring that a certain policy provide a mechanism to a patient to modify a payment plan and prohibit the hospital from collecting a certain debt for a certain patient; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 03/06/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Financial Institutions - Consumer Protection - Money Transmissions and Virtual Currencies [SB-754]
Adding certain sources of revenue required to be credited to the Nondepository Special Fund; requiring the Commissioner of Financial Regulation to pay certain fines and penalties into the General Fund of the State; altering certain provisions on the regulation of money transmission by the Commissioner; authorizing the Commissioner to identify certain activities as money transmission for certain purposes; establishing licensing requirements for certain money transmission locations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Third Reading Passed (46-0) on 03/13/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Racing and Community Development Act of 2020 [SB-987]
Requiring the State Racing Commission to establish the Equine Health, Safety, and Welfare Advisory Committee; requiring the owner of Bowie Race Course Training Center to convey the property to the City of Bowie in a certain manner; authorizing, subject to the approval of the Board of Public Works, the Maryland Stadium Authority to issue up to $375,000,000 of bonds for the redevelopment of certain racing facilities; requiring the Authority, before issuing certain bonds, to ensure certain agreements are executed; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 590 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Health Insurance, Health Care Facilities, and Providers - Balance Billing - Limitations [SB-776]
Defining "health care facility-based physician" for the purpose of applying certain provisions of law relating to the assignment of benefits and the reimbursement of nonpreferred providers who are physicians to physicians based in certain health care facilities; requiring a carrier to provide certain coverage and apply certain cost-sharing requirements for certain services under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 03/02/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Rental Vehicles - Driver's License Verification and Records [SB-898]
Prohibiting a vehicle lessor from renting a vehicle to another person unless the lessor verifies that the person's driver's license is not expired; authorizing a vehicle lessor to meet certain inspection and verification requirements related to the driver's license of a vehicle lessee through electronic or digital means; authorizing a vehicle lessor to keep certain records in an electronic or digital format; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Referred Environment And Transportation on 03/16/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Maryland Technology Internship Program – Units of State Government [SB-895]
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 or local 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. Katie Hester
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Health, And Environmental Affairs) on 02/05/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Facial Recognition Services - Moratorium [SB-857]
Prohibiting certain persons and certain units of State and local government from using a facial recognition service or any information derived from a facial recognition service in the State; declaring certain findings of the General Assembly; granting certain authority to the Office of the Attorney General to enforce certain provisions of the Act; establishing that certain violators of certain provisions of the Act may be subject to an injunction and certain penalties; and terminating the Act 1 year after it is enacted.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Sydnor
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Schools – Agricultural Education and Grant Programs [SB-986]
Requiring each county board of education, beginning in a certain 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 Governor to include an appropriation of $785,000 to the Program for fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal year thereafter; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Justin Ready
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Health, And Environmental Affairs) on 02/05/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Education - Maryland Data Analysis and Accountability Program - Established [SB-983]
Establishing the Maryland Data Analysis and Accountability Program in the Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center; stating the purpose of the Program; requiring the Center to perform certain functions and duties; establishing a certain governing board with certain membership subject to certain terms; providing for the duties of the Board; requiring the Center to make a certain report to the General Assembly, the Governor, certain oversight boards, and local boards on or before a certain date; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Andrew Serafini
Hearing Canceled on 02/20/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Procurement - Major Information Technology Development Projects [SB-832]
Requiring the Secretary of Information Technology to conduct a certain risk assessment of certain major information technology development projects under certain circumstances; requiring the risk assessment to consider certain factors; 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 and include certain information; requiring the Chief Procurement Officer to review a certain recommendation; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. J.B. Jennings
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Health - Non-Controlled Dangerous Substance Prescription Record System Program [SB-752]
Establishing the NCDS Prescription Record System Program under the Maryland Health Care Commission; providing the purpose of the Program is to improve patient safety and reduce health care costs by allowing a prescriber and prescriber delegate to access NCDS prescription drug history of patients; requiring the Commission to establish standards for selecting a certain prescription information system and any other means for the transmission of certain information within the Program; requiring that certain standards include certain requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing Canceled on 02/21/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Safety - 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System [SB-838]
Altering references to the terms "9-1-1 fee" and "additional charge", respectively, to be "State 9-1-1 fee" and "county 9-1-1 fee", respectively, and altering the definition of "public safety answering point" for purposes of provisions of law concerning the 9-1-1 emergency telephone system; renaming the Emergency Number Systems Board to be the Maryland 9-1-1 Board; requiring a certain report by the Department of General Services by June 30, 2020; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 376 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
County Boards of Education - Computer Science Courses [SB-894]
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: Sen. Katie Hester
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Water Systems - Supplier Requirements (Water Quality Accountability Act of 2020) [SB-820]
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: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Human Services – Department of Disabilities – Accessibility Programs [SB-851]
Transferring the administration and management of the Telecommunications Access of Maryland and Telecommunications Devices and Distribution of Accessible Information for Disabled Individuals programs from the Department of Information Technology to the Department of Disabilities; requiring the Department of Disabilities to provide staff, including a director, to the Governor's Advisory Board for Telecommunications Relay; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 586 on 05/08/2020