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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Finance and Procurement - Veteran-Owned Small Business Enterprises - Definitions and Penalties [SB-1084]
Defining "veteran" and altering the definition of "veteran-owned small business enterprise" for the purpose of specified provisions of law relating to the structure of a unit's procurement procedures; and authorizing specified penalties to be applied to a person that willfully misrepresents a business as a veteran-owned small business enterprise.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Waugh
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 709 on 05/25/2017
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Transportation - I-270/US 15 Multi-Modal Corridor Study and West Side Mobility Study - Review and Update [SB-1065]
Requiring specified Maryland Department of Transportation business entities to review and update the I-270/US 15 Multi-Modal Corridor Study and the West Side Mobility Study in order to ensure compliance with federal and State project development process requirements for the approval and funding of major public transportation projects; and requiring that a specified report be submitted on or before January 1 each year to specified committees until the completion of the review and update.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 3/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/22/2017
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State Government - Management of Public Buildings - Indoor Air Quality [HB-1290]
Requiring the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation, in consultation with the Department of the Environment, to adopt regulations establishing a specified air quality standard and a schedule for specified testing on or before February 1, 2018; requiring the Department of General Services and the Department of Transportation to submit specified air quality reports pertaining to each public building maintained by the respective department; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/14/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Maryland Transit Administration - Free Ridership for State Employees [HB-1132]
Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to extend to employees of the Judicial Branch and the Legislative Branch of State government the application of any program, policy, or practice through which free ridership on transit vehicles is offered to employees of the Executive Branch of State government.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/14/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Reorganization of State Procurement [HB-1021]
Reorganizing procurement by establishing a Chief Procurement Officer to control and oversee specified State procurement activity; providing for the appointment of the Chief Procurement Officer; renaming the Procurement Advisory Council as the Procurement Improvement Council; requiring the Council to advise the General Assembly on proposed legislation to enhance the efficiency and transparency of State procurement; transferring to the Department of General Services the authority of specified primary procurement units; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 590 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Transportation - I-270/US 15 Multi-Modal Corridor Study and West Side Mobility Study - Review and Update [HB-1050]
Requiring specified Maryland Department of Transportation business entities to review and update the I-270/US 15 Multi-Modal Corridor Study and the West Side Mobility Study in order to ensure compliance with federal and State project development process requirements for the approval and funding of major public transportation projects; and requiring that a specified report be submitted on or before January 1 each year to specified committees until the completion of the review and update.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/10/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Chesapeake Bay Water Transportation Network [SB-850]
Requiring the Department of Transportation and the Maryland Transit Administration to study the feasibility of using the navigable waters of Chesapeake Bay as a water transportation network to link waterfront communities along the Chesapeake Bay; requiring the Department and the Administration to prepare an inventory of specified facilities on the Chesapeake Bay and to estimate the cost of implementing the specified network; requiring a specified report be made to the Governor and General Assembly by June 30, 2019; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/08/2017
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Chesapeake Bay Water Transportation Network [HB-907]
Requiring the Department of Transportation and the Maryland Transit Administration to study the feasibility of using the navigable waters of Chesapeake Bay as a water transportation network to link waterfront communities along the Chesapeake Bay; requiring the Department and the Administration to prepare an inventory of specified facilities on the Chesapeake Bay and to estimate the cost of implementing the specified network; requiring a specified report be made to the Governor and General Assembly by June 30, 2019; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Glen Glass
Hearing 3/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/02/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Personnel - Contractual Employees - Transfer to Budgeted or Permanent Positions [SB-661]
Requiring that contractual employees in the State Personnel Management System who have been employed in a contractual position for a continuous period of 60 months be allowed to transfer to a budgeted position; and requiring specified independent personnel systems in State government to transfer a contractual employee who has been employed in a contractual position for a continuous period of 60 months to a permanent position.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 3/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/02/2017
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State Government - Display of the POW/MIA Flag on State Building Grounds [HB-664]
Requiring the Secretary of General Services and the Secretary of Transportation to cause the POW/MIA flag to be flown on the grounds of State buildings under their control whenever the flag of the United States is flown; defining "POW/MIA flag" as the POW/MIA flag of the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia; and providing specified exceptions.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 33 on 04/11/2017
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State Personnel - Employees in the Same Classification - Pay Rates [HB-614]
Requiring that when an appointing authority of a unit in the State Personnel Management System appoints an employee to a position in the skilled service or the professional service, the Secretary of Budget and Management shall require that the pay rate of each incumbent employee in the unit who is in the same classification as, and has a pay rate lower than, the newly appointed employee be adjusted to equal the pay rate of the newly appointed employee; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tawanna Gaines
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations; Withdrawn on 03/27/2017
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State Personnel - Employees in the Same Classification - Pay Rates [SB-483]
Requiring that when an appointing authority of a unit in the State Personnel Management System appoints an employee to a position in the skilled service or the professional service, the Secretary of Budget and Management shall require that the pay rate of each incumbent employee in the unit who is in the same classification as, and has a pay rate lower than, the newly appointed employee be adjusted to equal the pay rate of the newly appointed employee; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Astle
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/22/2017
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Clean Cars Act of 2017 [SB-393]
Extending and altering for fiscal years 2018 through 2020 the Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment Rebate Program and authorization to issue motor vehicle excise tax credits for specified qualified plug-in electric drive vehicles; increasing, for each fiscal year, the total amount of rebates which may be issued from a maximum of $600,000 to a maximum of $1,200,000; extending and increasing, for specified fiscal years, the amount required to be transferred from the Strategic Energy Investment Fund to the Transportation Trust Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Roger Manno
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 363 on 05/04/2017
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Clean Water Commerce Act of 2017 [HB-417]
Authorizing funds in the Bay Restoration Fund to be used for the costs associated with the purchase of specified nutrient load reductions, not to exceed a specified amount per year in specified years; requiring the load reductions purchased under the Act to be consistent with specified accounting procedures; requiring the Department of the Environment on or before October 1, 2020, to report to specified committees of the General Assembly on the implementation of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Meagan Simonaire
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 366 on 05/04/2017
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Repeal of the Maryland Open Transportation Investment Decision Act of 2016 (Road Kill Bill Repeal) [HB-402]
Repealing specified State transportation goals; repealing a requirement that the Department of Transportation score the extent to which specified transportation projects satisfy the goals; repealing a requirement that the Department develop a specified scoring system and promulgate specified regulations; repealing a requirement that the Department, in accordance with the specified scoring system, rank major transportation projects for inclusion in the draft and final Consolidated Transportation Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. (appropriations) on 03/03/2017
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Improving the State Procurement Oversight Structure [HB-390]
Repealing a specified provision of law relating to prequalification of bidders and offerors; increasing from $100,000 to $200,000 the total value of specified contracts, leases, or other agreements that require a business to file a specified disclosure with the Secretary of State; requiring the Department of Transportation, in consultation with a specified press association, to study the use and costs of public announcements of specified solicitations and report to specified committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 586 on 05/25/2017
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Clean Water Commerce Act of 2017 [SB-314]
Authorizing funds in the Bay Restoration Fund to be used for the costs associated with the purchase of specified nutrient load reductions, not to exceed a specified amount per year in specified years; requiring the load reductions purchased under the Act to be consistent with specified accounting procedures; requiring the Department of the Environment on or before October 1, 2020, to report to specified committees of the General Assembly on the implementation of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 367 on 05/04/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Improving the State Procurement Oversight Structure [SB-310]
Repealing a specified provision of law relating to prequalification of specified bidders and offerors; increasing from $100,000 to $200,000 the total value of specified contracts, leases, or other agreements that require a business to file a specified disclosure with the Secretary of State; requiring the Department of Transportation, in consultation with a specified press association, to study the use and costs of public announcements of specified solicitations and report to specified committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 587 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland Open Transportation Investment Decision Act - Application and Evaluation [SB-307]
Altering the definition of "major transportation project"; requiring the Department to develop a model that uses a specified project-based scoring system to rank specified projects and to make the model available to the public; requiring the Department to use the model to rank specified projects; requiring the Department to include specified rankings and scores in an appendix to the Consolidated Transportation Program and on the Department's Web site; establishing the Workgroup on the Maryland Open Transportation Investment Decision Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ulysses Currie
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 30 on 04/11/2017
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Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2017 [HB-152]
Authorizing or altering the distribution of specified revenue; altering or repealing specified required appropriations; authorizing the use of specified funds for specified purposes; requiring the Department of Budget and Management to review specified interagency agreements; requiring the Department of Commerce to report specified information relating to the compliance of specified companies with a specified letter of intent; requiring a specified financial forecast to maximize the use of specified funds; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. The Speaker
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(b) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 23 on 04/06/2017