Energy Efficiency and Conservation Plans [HB-864]
[Energy ]
[Housing ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Health ]
[Environmental ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring each electric company, each gas company, and the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop a plan for achieving certain energy efficiency, conservation, and greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets through certain programs and services and superseding certain existing energy efficiency and conservation goals; requiring the Public Service Commission to establish a working group to study and make recommendations on extending certain program assistance to certain moderate-income households; etc.
HB-864: Energy Efficiency and Conservation Plans
Sponsored by: Rep. Lily Qi
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 539 on 05/09/2024
Cannabis - Community Reinvestment Impact Districts - Establishment [SB-815]
[Cannabis ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
Authorizing a county or an Equitable Community Investment Council to designate an area that meets certain criteria as a Community Reinvestment Impact District, subject to certain requirements; and requiring that a district shall receive at least 20% of the funds distributed from the Community Reinvestment and Repair Fund for at least 5 years.
SB-815: Cannabis - Community Reinvestment Impact Districts - Establishment
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024
Maryland Department of Labor - Unemployment Insurance - Study on Actively Seeking Work Requirements [SB-846]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor, on or before December 1, 2024, to conduct a study on the actively seeking work requirement of the unemployment insurance system in the State and other states to evaluate the effects of ghosting on actively seeking work requirements and report on the study to the General Assembly.
SB-846: Maryland Department of Labor - Unemployment Insurance - Study on Actively Seeking Work Requirements
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 284 on 04/25/2024
You have voted HB-715: Fishing and Hunting Licenses and Trout Stamps - Complimentary Licenses and Stamp Exemption - Veterans Determined to be Unemployable.
Natural Resources - Recreational Catching of Oysters or Clams - Requirements [HB-613]
[Animals ]
[Environmental ]
[Recreation ]
[Water ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering certain authorizations to recreationally catch clams in the State; establishing a recreational oyster license; requiring an applicant for a recreational oyster license to be at least 16 years of age; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to use a part of the application fees collected to replenish public fishery oysters bars; requiring the Department to issue complimentary or discounted recreational oyster licenses; authorizing certain individuals to catch oysters without a license under certain circumstances; etc.
HB-613: Natural Resources - Recreational Catching of Oysters or Clams - Requirements
Sponsored by: Rep. Regina Boyce
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 518 on 05/09/2024
You have voted SB-533: Fishing and Hunting Licenses and Trout Stamps - Complimentary Licenses and Stamp Exemption - Veterans Determined to be Unemployable.
Unemployment Insurance - Benefits - Election Judges [SB-460]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Elections ]
[Unemployment ]
Prohibiting a payment to an individual as compensation received for serving as an election judge for a local board of elections in the State from being included when computing the wages required to be subtracted from an eligible claimant's weekly benefit amount; and prohibiting an individual from being denied unemployment benefits for failure to meet certain requirements due to service as an election judge in the State.
Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2024 [HB-352]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Taxes ]
Altering or repealing certain required appropriations; authorizing the use of certain funds for certain purposes; altering the funding formula for community colleges and the State aid program for private nonprofit institutions of higher education; authorizing or altering the distribution of certain revenue; requiring interest earnings for certain special funds to accrue to the General Fund of the State for fiscal years 2024 through 2028; authorizing the transfer of certain funds; etc.
HB-352: Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2024
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing Canceled on 02/27/2024
Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2024 [SB-362]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Economic Development ]
Altering or repealing certain required appropriations; authorizing the use of certain funds for certain purposes; altering, from December 1, 2024, to January 15, 2027, the date by which the Accountability and Implementation Board has to conduct and submit a certain independent evaluation; altering the sales and use tax rate on certain electronic smoking devices; repealing a certain small business relief tax credit; requiring interest earnings for certain special funds to accrue to the General Fund of the State during certain fiscal years; etc.
SB-362: Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2024
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 717 on 05/16/2024
Unemployment Insurance - Disqualification - Stoppage of Work Caused by Labor Dispute [HB-339]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Insurance ]
Establishing that the disqualification from receiving unemployment insurance benefits due to a stoppage of work does not apply for any week beginning after the first 14 days of an individual's unemployment resulting from the stoppage of work that exists because of a labor dispute at the premises where the individual was last employed.
HB-339: Unemployment Insurance - Disqualification - Stoppage of Work Caused by Labor Dispute
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle Wilkins
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/12/2024
Unemployment Insurance - Benefits - Election Judges [HB-261]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Elections ]
[Unemployment ]
Prohibiting a payment to an individual as compensation received for serving as an election judge for a local board of elections in the State from being included when computing the wages required to be subtracted from an eligible claimant's weekly benefit amount; and prohibiting an individual from being denied unemployment benefits for failure to meet certain requirements due to service as an election judge in the State.
HB-2282: Unemployment; requirements; disqualifications; shared work
Sponsored by: Rep. Leo Biasiucci
House Miscellaneous Motion: Motion By Representative Biasiucci To Further Extend The Reconsideration Period For Hb2282. Passed By Sv 30-29. on 03/13/2024
Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act of 2024 [HB-205]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Taxes ]
[Economic Development ]
[Insurance ]
Repealing and establishing the methodology used to calculate the weekly benefit amount; altering the taxable wage base used to determine employer contributions to the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund, the dependent allowance, and the amount of earned wages subtracted from a weekly benefit amount; requiring the Secretary of Labor to set the taxable wage base and the maximum weekly benefit amount in a certain manner beginning in calendar year 2027 and each calendar year thereafter; etc.
HB-205: Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act of 2024
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/14/2024
You have voted HB-197: Unemployment Insurance - Work Search Requirement - Exemption for Federal Civilian Employees During a Federal Government Shutdown.
You have voted SB-234: Unemployment Insurance - Work Search Requirement - Exemption for Federal Civilian Employees During a Federal Government Shutdown.
Unemployment Insurance - Covered Employment - Employees of Governmental Entities or Charitable, Educational, or Religious Organizations [HB-251]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Insurance ]
Specifying that certain limitations on the payment of benefits to employees of governmental entities or charitable, educational, or religious organizations do not apply with respect to service in other covered employment, including covered employment for a for-profit employing unit, even if the service is provided exclusively for a governmental entity or a charitable, educational, religious, or other organization.
HB-251: Unemployment Insurance - Covered Employment - Employees of Governmental Entities or Charitable, Educational, or Religious Organizations
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 105 on 04/09/2024
You have voted HB-251: Unemployment Insurance - Covered Employment - Employees of Governmental Entities or Charitable, Educational, or Religious Organizations.
Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act of 2024 [SB-104]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Taxes ]
[Economic Development ]
[Insurance ]
Repealing and establishing the methodology used to calculate the weekly benefit amount; altering the taxable wage base used to determine employer contributions to the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund, the dependent allowance, and the amount of earned wages subtracted from a weekly benefit amount; requiring the Secretary of Labor to set the taxable wage base and the maximum weekly benefit amount in a certain manner beginning in calendar year 2027 and each calendar year thereafter; etc.
SB-104: Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act of 2024
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/02/2024