Telecommunications And Information Technology
Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Task Force on Electric Power Grid Security [HB-1454]
Establishing the Task Force on Electric Power Grid Security; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving specified compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of specified expenses; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding specified matters; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2018; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Neil Parrott
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/14/2017
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Natural Resources - Apprentice Hunting License - Establishment [HB-1427]
Establishing an apprentice hunting license that confers specified rights on a purchaser of the license; authorizing a person to obtain an apprentice hunting license on satisfactory completion of a short online or electronic course of instruction in competency in firearms and hunter safety approved by the Department of Natural Resources; authorizing specified persons to hunt under an apprentice license only if accompanied and directly supervised by a person who is at least 18 years old and has a valid resident nonapprentice hunting license; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 403 on 05/04/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Calvert County - Personal Property Tax - Exemption [HB-1426]
Exempting specified personal property from the Calvert County property tax beginning on the date on which Dominion Resources, Inc. makes its first payment in lieu of taxes payment to Calvert County; providing that specified personal property remains subject to the Calvert County property tax; providing that specified personal property subject to a payment in lieu of taxes agreement shall be subject to the Calvert County property tax on the termination of the agreement; applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Fisher
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/03/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Prohibition on Use of Wireless Communication and Text-Messaging Devices While Driving - Enforcement - Study [HB-1359]
Requiring the Department of State Police, in consultation with the Maryland Chiefs of Police Association and the Maryland Sheriffs' Association, to conduct a study of potential methods of improving the enforcement of laws that prohibit the use of wireless communication and text-messaging devices while operating a motor vehicle; requiring the Department to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/13/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Telephone Companies - Wired Broadband (Wired Broadband Act of 2017) [HB-1313]
Requiring a specified telephone company to provide and maintain wired broadband service or pay the cost of providing wired broadband service to the Rural Broadband Assistance Fund; requiring the Public Service Commission, to the extent authorized under federal law, to cooperate with the Federal Communications Commission on efforts to promote universal wired broadband access in the State; and requiring the Commission to make a specified annual report and recommendations to the General Assembly on or before January 31 each year.
Sponsored by: Rep. Seth Howard
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/16/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Bodies - Use and Retention of E-Mail - Requirements [HB-1241]
Prohibiting an employee of a public body from creating or maintaining government e-mail by using a personal e-mail account; requiring an employee of a public body, under specified circumstances, to forward government e-mail to the official e-mail account of the employee within 5 days after the government e-mail is received; requiring each public body to retain government e-mail for at least 1 year; requiring the State Archivist to adopt specified regulations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 03/13/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Wireless Communication Devices - Prohibited Acts [HB-1477]
Repealing a provision of law that applies a specified prohibition involving the use of a wireless communication device to drivers of Class H (school) vehicles only if the motor vehicle is in motion; and providing that prohibitions against the use of a wireless communication device by a driver of a Class H (school) vehicle or a minor while operating a motor vehicle apply only if the motor vehicle is in the travel portion of the roadway.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/27/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Residential Copper Landline Replacement - Moratorium and Study [HB-1221]
Prohibiting a telephone company that provides specified service from replacing specified copper landline service with optical fiber cable or Voice over Internet Protocol, subject to an exception; and requiring the Public Service Commission to report its findings and recommendations on specified matters to specified committees of the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2021.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carolyn Howard
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/15/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Environment - Natural Gas and Oil Interest Restitution Fund [HB-1461]
Establishing the Natural Gas and Oil Interest Restitution Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; specifying the purpose of the Fund; requiring the Department of the Environment to administer the Fund; requiring the State Treasurer to hold the Fund and the Comptroller to account for the Fund; specifying the contents of the Fund; specifying the purpose for which the Fund may be used; requiring that a specified owner of a natural gas or oil interest make a specified demonstration in order to receive compensation from the Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Shoemaker
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 04/03/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Maryland Public Broadcasting Commission - Funding and Video Streaming [SB-1034]
Requiring, beginning in fiscal year 2019, that the Governor include in the annual budget bill a specified appropriation to the Maryland Public Broadcasting Commission; requiring, if a specified amount of specified funds received in a specified fiscal year is lower than the amount of specified budgeted funds in a specified fiscal year, the Governor to include a specified appropriation to the Commission in the upcoming fiscal year; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Astle
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 816 on 05/27/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Commercial Law - Assertions Made in Bad Faith - Prohibition [HB-1493]
Prohibiting a person from making in bad faith a specified assertion regarding a Web site or other electronic communication failing to comply with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act; authorizing a court to consider specified factors as evidence of whether a person has made a specified assertion in bad faith or in good faith; altering the authority of the Division of Consumer Protection of the Office of the Attorney General to take specified actions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/08/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Education - Foreign Language Requirement - Computer Programming Language Courses [HB-1351]
Allowing county boards of education to authorize a student to satisfy a State or county middle or high school foreign language requirement by completing a course in computer programming language; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Referred To Interim Study By Ways And Means on 03/17/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Connecting Rural Maryland Act of 2017 [HB-1169]
Establishing the Task Force on Rural Internet, Broadband, Wireless, and Cellular Service; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations on ways Western Maryland counties, Southern Maryland counties, Eastern Shore counties, and Frederick, Carroll, and Harford counties can work together to obtain federal assistance to improve communications services and accessibility in the specified counties; requiring the Task Force to report its findings to the Governor and the General Assembly by November 30, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C. William Frick
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 620 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Institutions of Higher Education - Access of Students to Emergency Contraception [HB-1205]
Requiring a public institution of higher education to require a student health center to provide during the regular hours of operation of the student health center on-site access to specified emergency contraception and contraceptive counseling or referrals for contraceptive counseling to other qualified health care providers; requiring a public institution of higher education to ensure the availability of specified emergency contraception at all times; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Hearing 3/14 At 1:00 P.m. (health And Government Operations) on 03/14/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Procurement - Information Technology - Nonvisual Access [HB-1140]
Requiring the Secretary of Information Technology to appoint an access technology officer in accordance with specified requirements; requiring the access technology officer to develop a provision for inclusion in all State procurement contracts that requires a specified determination 18 months from contract commencement; requiring the Department of Information Technology, on or before January 1, 2018, to adopt new nonvisual access procurement standards that are consistent with specified federal standards; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/14/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Harford County - Bingo [HB-990]
Allowing an individual in Harford County who is at least 21 years old to conduct a bingo game without a bingo license if the bingo game is conducted in a common area of a residential property that is restricted to residents who are at least 55 years old; prohibiting an individual from conducting more than one bingo game in a 7-day period without a license; prohibiting a bingo game from involving specified devices, advertising, fees, or use of money; and establishing a $1,000 total limit that may be wagered in a 24-hour period.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing 4/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/05/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Safe Autonomous Vehicle (SAVE) Act [HB-1013]
Authorizing specified manufacturers of autonomous and connected (AV/CV) vehicles to establish a safe autonomous vehicle (SAVE) project authorizing the manufacturer to supervise the driving of AV/CV vehicles on highways in the State; requiring an AV/CV vehicle manufacturer to certify to the Motor Vehicle Administration that the AV/CV vehicles in its fleet under a SAVE project meet specified standards; establishing that an AV/CV vehicle may be driven on a highway only as part of a SAVE project; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/14/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Health Insurance - Health Care Services Delivered Through Telehealth - Coverage [HB-983]
Requiring the health care services delivered through telehealth under health insurance to include counseling for substance use disorders; and applying the Act to all policies, contracts, and health benefit plans issued, delivered, or renewed in the State on or after October 1, 2017.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 765 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Maryland Education Development Collaborative - Established [SB-908]
Establishing the Maryland Education Development Collaborative for specified purposes to include activities to promote and enhance 21st-century learning and socioeconomic diversity in the State's public schools; providing that the Collaborative is an instrumentality of the State; establishing a Governing Board of the Collaborative; requiring the Board to establish an Advisory Council to provide advice on matters relating to 21st-century learning, data collection and sharing, and other specified issues; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 849 on 05/27/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Government - Acknowledgments, Oaths, and Affirmations - Recordations and Notarizations [HB-939]
Authorizing a notary public to perform notarial acts electronically; requiring a specified notary public to register with the Secretary of State before performing specified electronic notarizations; requiring the Secretary to develop a specified registration form for an electronic notary; requiring an electronic notary to reregister with the Secretary under specified circumstances; specifying requirements for electronic notarizations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Vallario
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/31/2017