Telecommunications And Information Technology
Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Higher Education - Admissions Process - Criminal History (Maryland Fair Access to Education Act of 2017) [SB-543]
Prohibiting specified institutions of higher education from using information about the criminal history of applicants on admissions applications; allowing an institution of higher education to use a third-party admissions application that contains questions about the criminal history of the applicant under specified conditions; prohibiting an institution of higher education from automatically or unreasonably restricting a student's admission based on that student's criminal history; etc.
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Gaming - Video Lottery Terminals - Transfer of Ownership and Local Impact Grants [SB-495]
Requiring specified video lottery facilities located in Worcester County or Allegany County to own or lease specified video lottery terminals and associated equipment and software by March 31, 2020; and altering the distribution of specified proceeds of video lottery terminals at specified video lottery facilities.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Government - Toll-Free Calling to Units - Repeal [HB-620]
Repealing the requirement that each unit of State government install and maintain a means of toll-free telephone communication for the purpose of conducting official State business; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Procurement - Information Technology - Nonvisual Access [SB-439]
Requiring the Secretary of Information Technology to appoint a specified access technology officer; requiring the access technology officer to develop a provision for inclusion in all State procurement contracts requiring a specified determination within 18 months of contract commencement; requiring the Department, by January 1, 2018, to adopt new nonvisual access procurement standards consistent with specified federal standards; providing a specified vendor may be subject to specified liquidated damages; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Education - Foreign Language Requirement - Computer Programming Language Courses [SB-458]
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.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Scanning Identification Cards and Driver's Licenses - Prohibition [SB-470]
Prohibiting a person from using a machine to scan an identification card or a driver's license; prohibiting a person from retaining any information collected from scanning an identification card or a driver's license or the barcode on the identification card or driver's license; making a violation of the Act an unfair or deceptive trade practice under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act and subject to specified enforcement and penalty provisions; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Safety - 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System - 9-1-1 Director's Council (Carl Henn's Law) [SB-466]
Establishing the 9-1-1 Director's Council to work with a specified Board and specified organizations to identify, plan for, coordinate, and make recommendations regarding the call-taking and dispatch operations of public safety answering points in the State; requiring the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems to work with the Maryland Association of Counties to secure specified staff and support; requiring the Council to report its recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly by December 1 each year; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Extortion - Unauthorized Software [SB-405]
Prohibiting the creation of or unauthorized introduction into a computer, computer system, or computer network of unauthorized software designed to restrict access or use by an authorized user for the purpose of extorting money, property, or anything of value from another; establishing that a violation is a felony with up to 10 years imprisonment and up to a $10,000 fine; providing that a person who has suffered a specified injury because of a specified violation may bring a civil action in a specified court; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Election Law - Voting System - Digital Scanners [SB-406]
Requiring the State Board of Elections to include, on request by a local board of elections and with the approval of the applicable county governing body, at least two additional digital scanners for specified polling places as part of the voting system for voting in polling places; requiring specified costs to be apportioned evenly between the State and a county; providing that, except under specified circumstances, a local board shall submit a request to the State Board for additional digital scanners by a specified time; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Governmental Procedures - Security of Computerized Data - Encryption of Personal Information [HB-435]
Requiring specified State and local governmental units to secure by encryption specified personal information of an individual that the unit has collected in computerized form.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Digital Equity for All Maryland Students Act of 2017 [SB-370]
Establishing the School Broadband Upgrade Grant Program; providing the purpose of the Program is to provide State and local funding for special construction to leverage federal funds for Category 1 and Category 2 services that are available through a specified federal program to install or upgrade Internet access in every public school in the State; requiring the State Department of Education to administer the Program; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Health Care Practitioners - Use of Teletherapy [HB-352]
Authorizing specified health care practitioners to use teletherapy for a specified patient under specified circumstances; and requiring specified health occupations boards to adopt specified regulations on or before April 1, 2018, that, to the extent practicable, are uniform and nonclinical.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Extortion - Unauthorized Software [HB-340]
Prohibiting the creation of or unauthorized introduction into a computer, computer system, or computer network of unauthorized software designed to restrict access or use by an authorized user for the purpose of extorting money, property, or anything of value from another; establishing that a violation is a felony with up to 10 years imprisonment and up to a $10,000 fine; providing that a person who has suffered a specified injury because of a specified violation may bring a civil action in a specified court; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Civil Action - Unauthorized Access to Computers and Data [SB-287]
Authorizing a victim of a specified offense to bring a civil action for damages against a specified person; providing for the recovery of reasonable attorney's fees and court costs in an action brought under the Act; and providing for the prospective application of the Act.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Government - Closed Captioning Activation Required Without Request [HB-254]
Requiring places of public accommodation to keep closed captioning activated on specified television receivers under specified circumstances regardless of whether the closed captioning was requested.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Statewide Information Technology Master Plan - Inclusion of Cybersecurity Framework - Requirement [SB-286]
Requiring that the statewide information technology master plan developed by the Secretary of Information Technology include a cybersecurity framework; and requiring that the Secretary consider materials developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology in developing or modifying the cybersecurity framework.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Circuit Court Real Property Records Improvement Fund - Change of Name [HB-280]
Changing the name of the Circuit Court Real Property Records Improvement Fund to the State Judiciary Technology Fund.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Use of Handheld Telephone While Driving - Penalty [HB-242]
Providing for a maximum fine of $500 for a violation of specified prohibitions against using a handheld telephone while driving a motor vehicle; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Gaming - Video Lottery Terminals - Transfer of Ownership [HB-91]
Requiring specified video lottery facilities located in Worcester County or Allegany County to own or lease specified video lottery terminals and associated equipment and software by March 31, 2020; and altering the distribution of specified proceeds of video lottery terminals if the licensee assumes ownership or the right to lease each video lottery terminal device and the associated equipment and software used by the facility before January 1, 2018.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Education - Graduation Requirements - Fine Arts [HB-75]
Specifying that a requirement to earn a credit in fine arts in order to graduate from a public high school may be satisfied by completing a course in computer science, multimedia, or computer programming.