Telecommunications And Information Technology
Maryland 2020 Regular Session
21st–Century Economy Fairness Act [HB-932]
[Taxes ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring the Comptroller to distribute the sales and use tax revenue from certain digital products to The Blueprint for Maryland's Future Fund; defining "digital product" as one that is obtained by the buyer or delivered electronically; 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;
stating the intent of the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marc Korman
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/07/2020
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Personal Property Tax - Exemption for Business Personal Property [HB-940]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
Exempting business personal property from the property tax imposed by a county or municipal corporation, subject to certain exceptions; requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to identify certain provisions of law and submit a certain report to the General Assembly; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after June 30, 2020.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie Ciliberti
First Reading Ways And Means on 02/05/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Prescription Drug Benefits - Use of Real-Time Benefit Check Technology [HB-905]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring, beginning on January 1, 2021, a prescriber or dispenser of a prescription drug to have access to and use, under certain circumstances, certain technology that provides patient-specific prescription drug benefit and cost information in a certain manner; requiring certain payors, providers, pharmacies, and other organizations to take certain actions necessary to facilitate access to and use of the technology; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/13/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Untraceable Firearms [HB-910]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person from manufacturing, causing to be manufactured, assembling, constructing, possessing, selling, offering to sell, transferring, purchasing, or receiving certain firearms; prohibiting a person from using a certain 3-dimensional printer to manufacture, cause to be manufactured, assemble, or construct a certain firearm; prohibiting a person from distributing a certain computer program; establishing certain penalties for violations of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission - Summer Math, Reading, and Science Pilot Program - Study PG/MC 108-20 [HB-1025]
[Education ]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Recreation ]
[Community Development ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission to coordinate with the Prince George's County public school system to study the development of the Summer Math, Reading, and Science Pilot Program that integrates math, reading, science, technology, and social sciences content into summer parks and recreation programs offered in Prince George's County; requiring the Commission to report on the feasibility of implementing the Program to the Prince George's County House Delegation on or before December 1, 2020; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Referred Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/15/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Safety - 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System [HB-934]
[Public Safety ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Law Enforcement ]
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: Rep. Susan Krebs
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 375 on 05/08/2020
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Department of Information Technology - Cybersecurity Response Team [HB-996]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Department of Information Technology, in consultation with the Maryland Cybersecurity Council, to establish a Cybersecurity Response Team; setting forth the duties of the Cybersecurity Response Team; altering the purposes of the 9-1-1 Trust Fund; requiring the Comptroller to disperse certain funds from the 9-1-1 Trust Fund to certain local jurisdictions for a certain purpose; and requiring the Department to report annually to the Governor and the General Assembly on the activities of the Cybersecurity Response Team.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Ann Lisanti
Hearing Canceled on 02/28/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Economic Development - Makerspace Initiative Pilot Program [SB-826]
[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: 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]
[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 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]
[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 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 Department of Health - Residential Service Agencies - Training Requirements [SB-897]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[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 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]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Environmental ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
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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Health Facilities - Hospitals - Medical Debt Protection [SB-873]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Consumer Protection ]
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]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
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]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
[Recreation ]
[Sports ]
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]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
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]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
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 Technology Internship Program – Units of State Government [SB-895]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
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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Facial Recognition Services - Moratorium [SB-857]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Criminal Justice ]
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]
[Agriculture ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
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