Telecommunications And Information Technology
Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Electric Industry - Community Choice Energy [SB-315]
[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Community Development ]
Applying certain laws regarding net energy metering and community solar generating systems to customers served by a community choice aggregator; repealing a provision that prohibits a county or municipal corporation from acting as an aggregator under certain circumstances; establishing a process by which, beginning October 1, 2021, a county or municipal corporation or group of counties or municipal corporations may form or join a community choice aggregator; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2020
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Education - Community and Local Accountability for Struggling Schools (CLASS) Act of 2020 - Innovation Schools [HB-347]
[Education ]
Requiring a county board of education to designate as an innovation school each school that receives one star under the star rating system for at least the previous two consecutive school years; requiring a county board to establish an Innovation Plan Committee for each innovation school; providing for the contents of an innovation plan; providing the process for review, adoption, modification, or rejection of a proposed innovation plan, including electronic posting, a public comment period, and a requirement for a public hearing; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne Jones
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2020
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Economic Development - Maryland Technology Infrastructure Program [SB-270]
[Economic Development ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Small Business ]
Establishing the Maryland Technology Infrastructure Program in the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to facilitate strategic planning, manage a Maryland Technology Infrastructure Fund, and coordinate economic development service delivery; requiring the Corporation, under certain circumstances, to award capital and operating financial assistance from the Fund to support certain purposes; establishing the Maryland Technology Infrastructure Authority in the Corporation; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2020
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Economic Development - Maryland Technology Infrastructure Program [HB-343]
[Economic Development ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Small Business ]
Establishing the Maryland Technology Infrastructure Program in the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to facilitate strategic planning, manage a Maryland Technology Infrastructure Fund, and coordinate economic development service delivery; requiring the Corporation, under certain circumstances, to award capital and operating financial assistance from the Fund to support certain purposes; establishing the Maryland Technology Infrastructure Authority in the Corporation; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne Jones
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Education - Community and Local Accountability for Struggling Schools (CLASS) Act of 2020 - Innovation Schools [SB-275]
[Education ]
Requiring a county board of education to designate as an innovation school each school that receives one star under the star rating system for at least the previous two consecutive school years; requiring a county board to establish an Innovation Plan Committee for each innovation school; providing for the contents of an innovation plan; providing the process for review, adoption, modification, or rejection of a proposed innovation plan, including electronic posting, a public comment period, and a requirement for a public hearing; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/23/2020
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State Government - Protection of Information - Revisions (Maryland Data Privacy Act) [SB-274]
[Data Privacy ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring certain units of State government to comply with certain standards and guidelines to ensure that the security of all information systems and applications is managed through a certain framework; requiring certain units of State government to undertake activities comprising collection, processing, and sharing of personally identifiable information in good faith; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2020
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Redistricting Reform Act of 2020 [SB-284]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Establishing the Legislative and Congressional Redistricting and Apportionment Commission as an independent unit of State government; providing for the intent of the General Assembly regarding legislative and congressional redistricting; requiring a Redistricting Commission to be selected on or before March 1, 2021, and each year ending in the number 1 thereafter; providing that the Redistricting Commission consists of nine members who are registered voters and meet certain other criteria; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/23/2020
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Redistricting Reform Act of 2020 [HB-346]
[Elections ]
Establishing the Legislative and Congressional Redistricting and Apportionment Commission as an independent unit of State government; providing for the intent of the General Assembly regarding legislative and congressional redistricting; requiring a Redistricting Commission be selected on or before March 1, 2021, and each year ending in the number 1 thereafter; providing that the Redistricting Commission consists of nine members who are registered voters and meet certain other criteria; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne Jones
Hearing 3/02 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Government - Protection of Information - Revisions (Maryland Data Privacy Act) [HB-340]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Education ]
Requiring certain units of State government to comply with certain standards and guidelines to ensure that the security of all information systems and applications is managed through a certain framework; requiring certain units of State government to undertake activities comprising collection, processing, and sharing of personally identifiable information in good faith; establishing that certain provisions of law do not apply to public institutions of higher education; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne Jones
Referred Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/15/2020
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State Department of Education - Guidelines on Trauma-Informed Approach [HB-277]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Health and the Department of Human Services, to develop and distribute guidelines on a trauma-informed approach to assist schools with understanding and responding to an individual with symptoms of chronic interpersonal trauma or traumatic stress; and requiring the State Department of Education to distribute the trauma-informed approach guidelines to each local school system and publish the guidelines on the Department's website.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 148 on 05/08/2020
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Private Passenger Automobile Insurance – Use of Telematics [HB-267]
[Insurance ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Authorizing a private passenger automobile insurer to use data obtained through telematics from a specific vehicle only for establishing an insurance premium for a policy that insures that vehicle if the named insured consents to the data collection for claims investigation purposes including fraud, or for rate filing purposes using aggregated telematics data; authorizing an insurer to sell or exchange for other consideration certain aggregated telematics data only under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Hearing 3/17 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/15/2020
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University System of Maryland – Textbooks – Availability of Free or Low–Cost Digital Materials
(Textbook Transparency Act of 2020) [HB-318]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Disabilities ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring each constituent institution of higher education in the University System of Maryland to develop a method to clearly and conspicuously show students in the online course catalog which courses use free or low cost digital materials and may provide access to certain low-cost print materials; and providing that certain free or low-cost digital materials include certain resources and be equally accessible and usable by individuals with disabilities.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 165 on 05/08/2020
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State Department of Education - School Discipline - Data Collection [HB-328]
[Education ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the State Department of Education to disaggregate certain discipline-related data in an electronic spreadsheet format for the Department's website; requiring certain discipline-related data to be available as a data download; requiring the Department to provide certain discipline-related data to the public in an accessible electronic spreadsheet format; requiring the Department to report a student discipline data report to the Governor and the General Assembly by August 1 each year;
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
Referred Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/16/2020
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Juveniles – Sexting [HB-272]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing a certain mitigating factor in a certain juvenile court proceeding against a child for a certain violation; requiring and authorizing the juvenile court to take certain actions in making a certain disposition on a certain finding; prohibiting the juvenile court from taking certain actions in making a certain disposition on a certain finding; establishing that a child who is found by the juvenile court to have violated a certain provision of law is not subject to certain sex offender registration; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Clippinger
Third Reading Passed (133-0) on 03/13/2020
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Commercial Law - Personal Information Protection Act - Revisions [HB-237]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Requiring a business that maintains personal information of an individual residing in the State to implement and maintain certain security procedures and practices; altering the circumstances under which the owner or licensee of certain computerized data is required to notify certain individuals of a certain breach; altering the time periods within which certain notifications regarding the breach of a security system are required to be given; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ned Carey
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/24/2020
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Consumer Protection - Right to Opt Out of Third-Party Disclosure [HB-249]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Authorizing consumers to demand that a business not disclose the consumer's personal information to third parties and to exercise the right to opt out of third-party disclosure through a certain setting, including a browser setting, browser extension, or global device setting; prohibiting a business from disclosing the personal information of a consumer to a third party if the business has certain knowledge of or willfully disregards the fact the consumer is under the age of 18; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ned Carey
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters; Withdrawn on 03/02/2020
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State Government - Department of Information Technology - Cybersecurity [HB-235]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Education ]
Requiring the Secretary of Information Technology, in consultation with the Attorney General, to advise and oversee a consistent cybersecurity strategy for units of State government, including institutions under the control of the governing boards of public institutions of higher education; requiring the Secretary, in consultation with the Attorney General, to develop guidance on consistent cybersecurity strategies for counties, municipal corporations, certain other entities and political subdivisions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Shane Pendergrass
Referred Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 02/21/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Commercial Law - Personal Information Protection Act - Revisions [SB-201]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Requiring a business that maintains personal information of an individual residing in the State to implement and maintain certain security procedures and practices; altering the circumstances under which the owner or licensee of certain computerized data is required to notify certain individuals of a certain breach; altering the time periods within which certain notifications regarding the breach of a security system are required to be given; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/20/2020
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Baltimore City Community College - Procurement Authority [HB-207]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Exempting Baltimore City Community College from certain provisions of the State procurement law; requiring the Board of Trustees of the College, subject to review and approval by the Board of Public Works and the Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review, to develop certain policies and procedures governing procurement; requiring the Board of Trustees to develop an information technology plan that meets certain requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/11/2020
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Gaming - Sports Wagering - Implementation [HB-225]
[Gaming ]
Authorizing certain license holders to accept wagers on certain sporting events from certain individuals and by certain methods; requiring the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to regulate sports wagering and the conduct of sports wagering; authorizing certain sports wagering licensees to enter into certain agreements for the operation of online sports wagering; providing the term of a sports wagering license is 15 years, subject to an annual fee of $250,000, payable to the Commission at a certain time; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/21/2020