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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Department of the Environment - Office of Recycling - Recycling Market Development [SB-116]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
Requiring the Office of Recycling in the Department of the Environment to promote the development of markets for recycled materials and recycled products in the State; requiring the Office to evaluate the availability of certain markets and identify businesses in the State that use recycled materials; requiring that the annual Maryland solid waste management and diversion report be submitted to the General Assembly by September 1, 2022, and each year thereafter, and include certain activities; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl C. Kagan
Hearing 1/21 At 11:00 A.m. on 12/29/2021
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Transportation - Complete Streets Policy - Adoption [SB-850]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring certain modal administrations of the Department of Transportation to adopt a complete streets policy that provides information for the implementation of design features that accommodate and facilitate safe and convenient access and mobility to facilities by all users; specifying the requirements of a complete streets policy and recognizing that facilities differ and user needs should be balanced to ensure community enhancement; providing exceptions to certain requirements under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas McClain Middleton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 718 on 05/15/2018
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State Income and Property Tax Credits – Purple Line Construction Zone [SB-624]
[Taxes ]
[Property Tax ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Construction ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
Allowing certain businesses impacted by the construction of the Purple Line light rail project in Montgomery County and Prince George's County a credit against the State income tax and State property tax; requiring the Department of Transportation, in consultation with the Comptroller, to determine the amount of the income tax credit; requiring the Department to certify a business entity as a qualified business if the business entity can establish loss of business income at a property in the area impacted by the construction; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/28/2018
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State Personnel - Employees in the Same Classification - Report [SB-464]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring the Department of Budget and Management, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Transportation, to submit to the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee and the House Appropriations Committee by January 1, 2020, a report outlining a certain plan and identifying certain information.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 690 on 05/15/2018
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Commission to Study Compliance by State Gaming Facility Licensees With the State Minority Business Enterprise Program [SB-420]
[Gaming ]
[Small Business ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Commission to Study Compliance by State Gaming Facility Licensees With the State Minority Business Enterprise Program; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Commission; prohibiting a member of the Commission from receiving compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of expenses, as specified; requiring the Commission to review, assess, and examine matters and make findings and recommendations concerning procurements by State gaming facility licensees, as specified; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ulysses Currie
Hearing 3/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/21/2018
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Governor’s Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs – Small Business Resources and Data Collection [SB-414]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requiring the Governor's Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs to collaborate with certain State entities to identify all State resources available to small businesses and develop a plan to coordinate resources with the Office; requiring the Office to convene a workgroup to study and make recommendations regarding the collection of data by State agencies that may be used to assist small businesses in accessing State resources and bidding on State contracts; requiring a certain report from the Office by December 1, 2018; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ulysses Currie
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 455 on 05/08/2018
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Transportation - Complete Streets Program - Establishment [SB-407]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Health ]
[Community Development ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
Establishing the Complete Streets Program to provide matching grants to certified jurisdictions to promote healthy communities; providing for program funds to be provided by the Governor in the State budget; specifying the requirements for a local government to be designated as a certified jurisdiction; authorizing a certified jurisdiction to apply for matching grants from the Program; requiring the Department of Transportation to issue a report to certain committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2020; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas McClain Middleton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 722 on 05/15/2018
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State Personnel – Grievance Procedures [SB-338]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Expanding the application of certain provisions of law governing grievance procedures for certain State employees; requiring a grievant to complete certain forms in sufficient detail that will allow for the expeditious resolution of the grievance; applying a certain definition of "grievance" to a certain requirement that the Department of Transportation adopt certain regulations relating to employee grievance procedures; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Favorable With Amendments Report By Finance on 04/09/2018
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Metro Board Member Act [SB-279]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Altering the requirement that Washington Suburban Transit Commission members appointed by the Governor serve as the Commission's appointees to be principal members of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Board of Directors; encouraging each signatory of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact to support reform of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's governance structure to improve the efficiency, accountability, and effectiveness of the Authority's functions; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian J. Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 354 on 04/25/2018
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Maryland Metro/Transit Funding Act [SB-277]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Funding ]
Requiring the Secretary of Transportation to withhold a portion of the State's annual operating grant to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority under certain circumstances; requiring the Department of Transportation to provide an annual grant of at least $167,000,000 to pay capital costs of the Authority; requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to prepare a Central Maryland Regional Transit Plan in consultation with certain entities; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas McClain Middleton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 351 on 04/25/2018
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Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Maryland Transportation Authority Police [SB-1261]
[Taxes ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Expanding a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for law enforcement officers to include law enforcement officers who are members of the Maryland Transportation Authority Police and reside in a political subdivision in which the crime rate exceeds the State's crime rate; and applying the Act to all taxable years after December 31, 2017.
Sponsored by: Sen. Roger P. Manno
Hearing 4/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/04/2018
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Appropriations and Public–Private Partnerships – Transit Lines – [SB-1149]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting an officer or a unit of State government from using an appropriation for the construction of a transit line unless the transit line will have at least three stations in the State; prohibiting certain reporting agencies from entering into a public-private partnership agreement for the purpose of delivering a transit line unless the transit line will have at least three stations in the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Douglas J.J. Peters
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/13/2018
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Procurement - Small Businesses and Minority Businesses - Qualification and Certification [SB-1121]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Requiring the Secretary of General Services, the Secretary of Transportation, the Chancellor of the University System of Maryland, and the President of Morgan State University to adopt regulations to require that a business qualifies as a small business if it has obtained certification under a federal small business certification program; altering a requirement that certain regulations facilitate certification of minority businesses that have received certification under the federal Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne C. Benson
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 04/04/2018
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Sea Level Rise Inundation and Coastal Flooding - Construction, Adaptation, and Mitigation [SB-1006]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Construction ]
[Climate Change ]
[Water ]
[Community Development ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Economic Development ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the definition of the construction practice term "Coast Smart" to include highway facilities; requiring the Coast Smart Council, in conjunction with the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Transportation, to establish Coast Smart siting and design criteria to address sea level rise inundation and coastal flood impacts on State and local projects; requiring a local jurisdiction that experiences nuisance flooding to develop a plan to address the flooding by July 1, 2019; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul G Pinsky
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 629 on 05/15/2018
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Magnetic Levitation Transportation System - Limitations [SB-1003]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
Prohibiting a person from constructing a magnetic levitation transportation system or certain facilities or structures in a local jurisdiction unless the local legislative body and the local executive review and approve the construction; prohibiting a unit of State or local government from approving the construction, or condemnation of property for the construction, of a magnetic levitation transportation system or certain facilities or structures in a local jurisdiction unless certain local bodies review and approve; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Douglas J.J. Peters
Hearing 3/14 At 1:00 P.m. (finance) on 03/14/2018
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State Income and Property Tax Credits - Purple Line Construction Zone [HB-978]
[Taxes ]
[Property Tax ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Construction ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
Allowing certain businesses impacted by the construction of the Purple Line light rail project in Montgomery County and Prince George's County a credit against the State income tax and State property tax; requiring the Department of Transportation, in consultation with the Comptroller, to determine the amount of the income tax credit; requiring the Department to certify a business entity as a qualified business if the business entity can establish loss of business income at a property in the area impacted by the construction; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Ellis Hixson
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/20/2018
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Rural Broadband Communication Services [HB-961]
[Telecommunications ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
Continuing the Maryland Rural Broadband Coordination Board and the Rural Broadband Assistance Fund; expanding the places where certain nonprofit telecommunications services providers are authorized to install broadband communication infrastructure without incurring a fee for the use of an easement; requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to complete an inventory of State and local government assets that can be used to assist with the expansion of services to unserved and underserved areas of the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sally Y Jameson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 176 on 04/24/2018
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Transportation - Dedication of Structures [HB-9]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
Adding State residency to the eligibility requirements for dedicating a bridge or another appropriate structure to a deceased member of the armed forces.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 278 on 04/24/2018
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Vehicle Laws – Dedicated Bus Lanes – Enforcement [HB-749]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration, in consultation with Baltimore City, to examine and analyze dedicated bus lane enforcement mechanisms in use by certain other transit agencies; requiring the analysis to include an examination of best practices and technologies, a review of potential capital and operating costs, and an evaluation of the most effective methods for ensuring compliance with and enforcement of existing law; and requiring the Administration to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2018.
Sponsored by: Rep. Angela Angel
Favorable With Amendments {670015/1 Report Adopted on 03/19/2018
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Transportation - Complete Streets Policy - Adoption [HB-744]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring certain modal administrations of the Department of Transportation to adopt a complete streets policy that provides information for the implementation of design features that accommodate and facilitate safe and convenient access and mobility to facilities by all users; specifying the requirements of a complete streets policy and recognizing that facilities differ and user needs should be balanced to ensure community enhancement; providing exceptions to certain requirements under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephen W Lafferty
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 717 on 05/15/2018