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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Ethics - Issue Lobbying Communications - Lobbyist Registration and Disclosure Requirements [SB-927]
[Ethics ]
Requiring a certain entity to register with the State Ethics Commission as a regulated lobbyist if, during a certain reporting period, the entity spends a certain amount for issue lobbying communications; requiring a certain regulated lobbyist to report certain information to the Ethics Commission in addition to certain other reports; requiring a certain regulated lobbyist to report certain information to the Ethics Commission within a certain period of time on receipt of an aggregate donation of a certain amount; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Favorable With Amendments on 03/16/2020
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Sheriff of Baltimore City - Salaries and Collective Bargaining [SB-823]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Authorizing certain sworn law enforcement officers and court security officers in Baltimore City to collectively bargain with the Secretary of Budget and Management and the Sheriff of Baltimore City; requiring the Sheriff and the Secretary to recognize a certain exclusive representative for the purpose of collective bargaining; authorizing the Sheriff, the Secretary, and the exclusive representative to select the number of individuals designated to represent certain parties in collective bargaining; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Hearing Canceled on 02/17/2020
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Public Health - Solemn Covenant of the States to Award Prizes for Curing Diseases - Compact [SB-910]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Entering into the Solemn Covenant of the States to Award Prizes for Curing Diseases Compact; establishing the Solemn Covenant of States Commission to administer the Compact; providing for the composition, voting procedures, operation, and powers and duties of the Commission; establishing certain procedures for the making of rules by the Commission; authorizing the Commission to establish a management committee; providing for the composition, operation, and powers and duties of the management committee; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Hearing Canceled (education, Health, And Environmental Affairs) on 02/06/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Alcoholic Beverages - License Applications - Durational Residency Requirements [SB-765]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Repealing certain requirements that a person be a resident for a certain period of time to be issued certain statewide alcoholic beverages licenses and permits; requiring certain partners to remain residents for the duration of time that a certain license is in effect; repealing from certain local alcoholic beverages licenses certain durational residency requirements; declaring the intent of the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Miller
Third Reading Passed (46-0) on 03/13/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Election Law - Voting Systems - Accessibility for Voters With Disabilities [SB-757]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Disabilities ]
Requiring each voter to use a ballot marking device that is accessible to voters with disabilities to vote at early voting centers and election day polling places to ensure that access is provided to voters with disabilities in accordance with a certain provision of law; applying the Act to all elections beginning with the statewide primary election held under a certain provision of law in 2022; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2020
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State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Maryland Music Therapists Act [SB-766]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Arts and Culture ]
Establishing the Music Therapist Advisory Committee within the State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists; requiring the Board to adopt regulations and a code of ethics for the practice of music therapy; requiring the Board to set reasonable fees for services provided by the Board to music therapists; requiring the Board to pay the fees to the Comptroller; requiring the Comptroller to distribute the fees to the Board; requiring the fees to be used to cover certain costs; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm Augustine
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2020
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Frederick County - Board of Education - Compensation [SB-744]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Increasing the amount of annual compensation of the president of the Frederick County Board of Education, from $11,000 to $15,000, and of the other voting members, from $10,000 to $14,000, beginning with the commencement on December 6, 2022, of the term of office of members of the county board elected in the general election of 2022.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Young
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 364 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Frederick County Board of Education - Student Member [HB-883]
[Education ]
[Ethics ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the duties, rights, and privileges of the student member of the Frederick County Board of Education; altering the group of students who elect the student member; requiring a student member-elect to shadow the student member officeholder for a certain period of time; requiring the student member to comply with certain ethics, financial disclosure, and voting requirements; prohibiting the student member from participating when the county board is carrying out a quasi-judicial function; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carol Krimm
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2020
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Election Law - Voting by Absentee Ballot - Prepaid Postage for Return of Ballots [HB-881]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring that certain required envelopes used by certain voters voting by absentee ballot to return their ballots include prepaid postage; requiring the State Board of Elections to reimburse each local board of elections for 50% of the costs of prepaid postage included on ballot/return envelopes or return envelopes provided to a voter voting by absentee ballot; and requiring that absentee ballots be accompanied by instructions for the postage of certain absentee ballot envelopes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2020
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Election Law - Absentee Ballot Requests, Delivery, and Marking [HB-859]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Requiring the State Board of Elections approved absentee ballot application to require the applicant to provide certain information; repealing a provision of law requiring a local board of elections to provide an absentee ballot by facsimile transmission if requested by a voter; altering a certain provision of law to require a local board to provide an absentee ballot by the Internet only if requested by certain voters, rather than to any voter on request; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marc Korman
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2020
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Montgomery County - Alcoholic Beverages - Town of Kensington MC 15-20 [HB-860]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Small Business ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing, in the Town of Kensington in Montgomery County, the Board of License Commissioners for Montgomery County to provide for a beer and wine tasting (BWT) license; repealing a limitation on the number of beer and wine tasting licenses in Kensington that the Board may issue; authorizing the issuance of not more than four Class 9 limited distillery licenses for use in the town; authorizing the Board to alter the number of Class A-K license holders under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 349 on 05/08/2020
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Election Law - Time Off For Employee Voting [SB-666]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring every employer in the State to allow any employee, rather than any employee who claims to be a registered voter, in the State a certain period of absence from work to vote in an election, rather than only on election day; repealing a requirement that an employee furnish proof to the employer that the employee voted or attempted to vote on a form prescribed by the State Board of Elections; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/02/2020
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Real Property - Residential Leases - Voter Registration [HB-816]
[Real Estate ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Housing ]
Requiring a landlord to provide a residential tenant and each individual at least 16 years old who is authorized to reside at the residential rental property with a State voter registration application within 15 days after the date of occupancy; making a landlord liable for $25 in damages for each voter registration application that the landlord failed to provide; providing that the Act may not be construed to require a landlord to assist residents with completion of the State voter registration application; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/06/2020
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Election Law - Institutions of Higher Education - Voter Registration and Voting by Students (Student Voter Empowerment Act of 2020) [SB-647]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the State Board of Elections to maintain a page on its website that includes clear information about voter registration and voting by students enrolled in institutions of higher education, including links to information on voting by absentee ballot for students outside the State; requiring a public institution of higher education to designate a staff member as the student voting coordinator; requiring the student voting coordinator to develop and implement a plan to increase student voter registration; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/02/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Economic Development - Maryland Technology Partnership Program [SB-602]
[Economic Development ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Small Business ]
Establishing the Maryland Technology Partnership Program in the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to facilitate strategic planning, manage a Maryland Technology Partnership Fund, and coordinate economic development service delivery; requiring the Corporation, under certain circumstances, to award capital and operating financial assistance from the Fund to support certain purposes; establishing the Maryland Technology Partnership Authority in the Corporation; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2020
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Real Property - Homeowners Associations - Number of Declarant Votes [SB-543]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
Altering the method of determining the date on which a declarant has a certain number of votes when voting on a homeowners association matter from the date on which all lots that may be part of the development have been subdivided and recorded in a certain manner to the date on which any lot that may be part of the development has been subdivided and recorded in a certain manner.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Young
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 01/30/2020
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General Assembly - Legislative Newsletters - Publication Expenses and Links to Social Media Accounts [SB-537]
[Elections ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Media and Advertising ]
[Ethics ]
Providing that publication expenses related to unofficial legislative newsletters may be paid by an authorized candidate campaign committee, rather than a campaign account of a campaign finance entity, of an incumbent under certain circumstances; providing that an official electronic legislative newsletter may include a link to a social media account only under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 563 on 05/08/2020
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General Assembly - Legislative Newsletters - Publication Expenses and Links to Social Media Accounts [HB-701]
[Elections ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Media and Advertising ]
[Ethics ]
Providing that publication expenses related to unofficial legislative newsletters may be paid by an authorized candidate campaign committee, rather than a campaign account of a campaign finance entity, of an incumbent under certain circumstances; providing that an official electronic legislative newsletter may include a link to a social media account only under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Hearing 2/24 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators - Renaming and Licensure of Assisted Living Managers [HB-707]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Health ]
Renaming the State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators to be the State Board of Long-Term Care Administrators; establishing a license for assisted living managers; altering the membership of the Board; altering the qualifications for certain Board members; altering the name of a certain rehabilitation committee; providing that the Board is a medical review committee under a certain provision of law; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alfred Carr
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 02/17/2020
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Member-Regulated Cooperatives - Establishment (Rural Broadband for the Eastern Shore Act of 2020) [SB-540]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Small Business ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing a process for a cooperative to operate as a member-regulated cooperative in a certain area; specifying that the Public Service Commission does not have jurisdiction over a member-regulated cooperative, subject to certain exceptions; prohibiting a member-regulated cooperative from exercising a certain power of condemnation for the sole purpose of providing broadband Internet service; specifying certain provisions of law that apply to a member-regulated cooperative; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2020