Public Schools - Student Discipline - Suspension and Expulsion and Policies [HB-1720]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing a principal to suspend a certain student for a certain amount of time if the student's continued presence at school is a threat to certain people or a disruption to the learning environment of other students; authorizing a county superintendent to suspend a certain student, at the request of a certain principal, for more than 10 days or expel the student for certain reasons; requiring each county board of education to adopt a written policy on student discipline to include certain provisions; etc.
HB-1720: Public Schools - Student Discipline - Suspension and Expulsion and Policies
Sponsored by: Rep. Edith Jerry Patterson
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/19/2018
Education - Life Changing Experiences School Program - Established [HB-1698]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the Life Changing Experiences School Program to teach and empower students with the tools and skills to better react to dangerous activities that might jeopardize their health and well-being and to better equip students with the life skills necessary to thrive as an adult; requiring the Program to use certain three-dimensional media presentations; requiring the Program to collect data from students anonymously before and after the Program; requiring the Program to be a multiyear program addressing certain subjects; etc.
HB-1698: Education - Life Changing Experiences School Program - Established
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark S. Chang
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/16/2018
Crimes – Hate Crimes – Defacement [HB-1695]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
Defining the term "deface" for purposes of the hate crimes laws to include affixing, erecting, or placing a noose or swastika on.
HB-1695: Crimes – Hate Crimes – Defacement
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark S. Chang
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/09/2018
Courts - Concealment of Public Hazard and Sexual Harassment (Sunshine in Litigation Act) [HB-1611]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Media and Advertising ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Rights ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Prohibiting a court from entering an order or a judgment that conceals information related to a public hazard; prohibiting a court from entering an order or a judgment that conceals sexual harassment except under certain circumstances; providing that confidentiality provisions that conceal information related to a public hazard are unenforceable; providing that a substantially affected person, including news media, has standing to contest an order, a judgment, an agreement, or a contract that violates the Act; etc.
HB-1611: Courts - Concealment of Public Hazard and Sexual Harassment (Sunshine in Litigation Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen M Dumais
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/26/2018
Public Safety – Extreme Risk Protective Orders [HB-1302]
[Crime ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing certain individuals to file a petition for an extreme risk protective order with a certain court or a District Commissioner under certain circumstances; requiring a petition for an extreme risk protective order to contain certain information on the present danger including the number, types, and location of any known firearms in possession of the respondent; authorizing a judge to enter an interim extreme risk protective order to require the respondent to surrender any firearm in the respondent's possession; etc.
HB-1302: Public Safety – Extreme Risk Protective Orders
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 250 on 04/24/2018
Criminal Law – Human Trafficking and Prostitution Offenses [HB-1276]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing a certain period within which a person is required to commence a certain civil action relating to a violation of certain provisions of the Act; altering the elements of the prohibitions against human trafficking and renaming them sex trafficking; prohibiting a person from knowingly obtaining or procuring for any person the labor or services of another by certain means; prohibiting a person from knowingly causing another to engage in a debt bondage; etc.
HB-1276: Criminal Law – Human Trafficking and Prostitution Offenses
Sponsored by: Rep. Carolyn J B Howard
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/13/2018
Child Protection - Reporting - Threat of Harm [SB-894]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Human Services ]
Authorizing an individual to notify the local department of social services or the appropriate law enforcement agency if the individual has reason to believe that a verbal threat of imminent severe bodily harm or death to a child has been made by the child's parent or a person who has permanent or temporary care or custody or responsibility for supervision of the child and that the child is at a high risk of child abuse; etc.
SB-894: Child Protection - Reporting - Threat of Harm
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm L. Augustine
Hearing Canceled on 02/25/2019
Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment [SB-871]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Providing that the General Assembly finds that all State residents have a right to health care; providing it is the intent of the General Assembly to establish a comprehensive universal single-payer health care coverage program and a health care cost control system; establishing Healthy Maryland as a public corporation and a unit of State government to provide comprehensive universal health coverage for every State resident; requiring Healthy Maryland to provide certain services for residents of the State by January 1, 2021; etc.
SB-871: Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Hearing 3/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/04/2019
Fair Housing Opportunities Act of 2019 [SB-812]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Poverty ]
[Human Services ]
[Community Development ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
[Public Safety ]
Expanding the housing policy of the State to include providing for fair housing to all citizens regardless of source of income; stating the Act seeks to deconcentrate poverty by providing additional opportunities for tenants utilizing public subsidies to live in certain neighborhoods; prohibiting a person from refusing to sell or rent a dwelling to any person because of source of income; establishing qualifications and limitations on the prohibition against discrimination in housing based on source of income; etc.
SB-812: Fair Housing Opportunities Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn on 03/04/2019
Higher Education - Policy on Student Concerns About Athletic Programs and Activities [SB-798]
[Education ]
[Sports ]
Requiring each institution of higher education to develop and adopt a policy on student concerns about athletic programs and activities that meets certain requirements on or before October 1, 2019; requiring each institution of higher education to post the policy and any changes to the policy on the institution's website and to submit the policy to the Maryland Higher Education Commission and certain committees of the General Assembly on or before October 1, 2019; etc.
SB-798: Higher Education - Policy on Student Concerns About Athletic Programs and Activities
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy J Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 507 on 05/13/2019
Public Schools - Student Discipline - Restorative Approaches [SB-766]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring the State Board of Education to provide technical assistance and training to county boards of education regarding the use of restorative approaches under certain circumstances; requiring certain regulations adopted by a county board to incorporate the use of restorative approaches and to state that the primary purpose of any disciplinary measure is rehabilitative, restorative, and educational; requiring that a student discipline data report be submitted to the Governor and the General Assembly by October 1 each year; etc.
SB-766: Public Schools - Student Discipline - Restorative Approaches
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Smith
Third Reading Passed (29-17) on 04/08/2019
Criminal Law - Human Trafficking and Prostitution Offenses [SB-690]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the elements of the prohibitions against human trafficking and renaming them sex trafficking; prohibiting a person from knowingly taking another for prostitution by use of or intent to use force, threat, coercion, or fraud; prohibiting a person from knowingly engaging in certain conduct with the intent to compel another to marry any person under certain circumstances; classifying the offense of human trafficking as a crime of violence under certain provisions of law; etc.
SB-690: Criminal Law - Human Trafficking and Prostitution Offenses
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 22 on 04/18/2019
Criminal Law - Labor Trafficking (Anti-Exploitation Act of 2019) [SB-689]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Prohibiting a person from knowingly taking, placing, harboring, persuading, inducing, or enticing another to provide services or labor by force, fraud, or coercion; prohibiting a person from knowingly receiving a benefit from the provision of services or labor induced by force, fraud, or coercion; prohibiting a person from knowingly aiding or conspiring with another to commit a violation of the Act; authorizing a State's Attorney or the Attorney General to prosecute a violation of the Act; providing certain penalties; etc.
SB-689: Criminal Law - Labor Trafficking (Anti-Exploitation Act of 2019)
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 24 on 04/18/2019
State Government - Legislative and Executive Branches - Workplace Bullying [SB-556]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Ethics ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring each manager and supervisor in the Legislative and Executive branches of State government to immediately report to the appointing authority or head of the principal unit certain incidents of workplace bullying; providing that it is the intent of the State to educate all employees about bullying, ensure that bullying is not tolerated, and deal appropriately with bullying in the workplace; requiring certain human resources departments to collect and share data on complaints and reports; etc.
SB-556: State Government - Legislative and Executive Branches - Workplace Bullying
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 03/11/2019
Vehicle Laws - Manufacturers and Dealers - Advertisements [SB-526]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Trade ]
[Small Business ]
Providing that a manufacturer, distributor, or factory branch may not prohibit a dealer from advertising a vehicle for sale or lease at a certain price or coerce or require a dealer to change the advertising medium for a certain price; and requiring a contract for the sale of a vehicle by a dealer to contain a certain statement.
SB-526: Vehicle Laws - Manufacturers and Dealers - Advertisements
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/28/2019
Education - Curriculum - Holocaust and Genocide Unit (Lessons of the Holocaust and Genocide Act) [SB-416]
[Education ]
[Human Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
Declaring the intent of the General Assembly regarding instruction on the Holocaust and genocide to Maryland students to ensure these tragedies are not forgotten and to gain an understanding of ways to prevent such events in the future; requiring public middle schools and high schools and certain nonpublic middle schools and high schools to include in the curriculum a unit of instruction on the Holocaust and genocide that is consistent with certain guidelines; requiring the State Board to develop certain guidelines by January 1, 2020; etc.
SB-416: Education - Curriculum - Holocaust and Genocide Unit (Lessons of the Holocaust and Genocide Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian J. Feldman
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2019
Hate Crimes – Threats [SB-232]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person from threatening to commit certain hate crimes; and applying certain penalties.
SB-232: Hate Crimes – Threats
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 29 on 04/18/2019
State Department of Education - Guidelines on Trauma-Informed Approach [SB-223]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the Trauma-Informed Schools Initiative in the State Department of Education to expand the use of the trauma-informed approach used in schools and intensively train schools on becoming trauma-informed schools; requiring the Department, in consultation with other relevant departments, to develop certain guidelines; requiring, on or before July 1, 2019, the Department to select one school each from certain areas to receive intensive training on the trauma-informed approach; etc.
SB-223: State Department of Education - Guidelines on Trauma-Informed Approach
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/25/2019
State Government - Regulations Impacting Small Businesses [SB-173]
[Small Business ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
[Nonprofit ]
Requiring the Department of Budget and Management to provide training to certain Executive Branch agencies on the preparation of certain economic impact analyses; requiring a promulgating unit to establish an electronic registry that allows any small business, nonprofit organization, or other interested party to receive electronic notification when a proposed regulation is posted and to provide an opportunity for comments if the proposed regulation will have a significant small business impact; etc.
SB-173: State Government - Regulations Impacting Small Businesses
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/21/2019