Environment - Public and Nonpublic Schools - Inspections for Mold Hazards and Mold or Moisture Problems [HB-7]
[Environmental ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Air Quality ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment, in consultation with certain State agencies, to adopt regulations to require periodic inspections for the presence of mold hazards and mold or moisture problems in each occupied public or nonpublic school facility in the State; authorizing the Department of the Environment along with the State Department of Education, to grant a waiver from certain inspection requirements; requiring an annual report to the Governor and General Assembly on the findings of the inspections; etc.
HB-7: Environment - Public and Nonpublic Schools - Inspections for Mold Hazards and Mold or Moisture Problems
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Hearing Canceled (ways And Means) And Hearing Canceled (environment And Transportation) on 01/28/2020
Vehicle Laws – Failure to Pay Video Toll – Penalties [HB-38]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Repealing the requirement that the Motor Vehicle Administration, under certain circumstances, suspend the registration of a motor vehicle that incurs a certain toll violation; etc.
HB-38: Vehicle Laws – Failure to Pay Video Toll – Penalties
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/16/2020
Criminal Law - Abuse or Neglect of a Vulnerable Adult - Causing Severe Emotional Distress [HB-33]
[Crime ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
Prohibiting a certain person from intentionally and maliciously inflicting severe emotional distress on a vulnerable adult; and applying a penalty of imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $5,000 or both.
HB-33: Criminal Law - Abuse or Neglect of a Vulnerable Adult - Causing Severe Emotional Distress
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 34 on 05/08/2020
Labor and Employment - Wage History and Wage Range [HB-123]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring an employer, on request, to provide to an applicant for employment the wage range for the position for which the applicant applied; prohibiting an employer from taking negative actions against an applicant for employment because the applicant did not provide wage history or a wage range; prohibiting an employer from relying on wage history, except when voluntarily provided, for the purpose of determining fair wage, and from seeking an applicant's wage history from former employers or their agents; etc.
HB-123: Labor and Employment - Wage History and Wage Range
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 67 on 05/08/2020
Board of Public Works - Land Acquisition - Requirements [HB-125]
[Real Estate ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Prohibiting the Board of Public Works from approving the acquisition of certain real property with an appraised value of at least $500,000 unless the Board has provided the Legislative Policy Committee with certain information; prohibiting the Board from approving the acquisition of real property with an appraised value of at least $500,000 from the federal government until the Board provides a certain notice and, on a certain request, a study assessing the ongoing fiscal impact the acquisition would have on the State; etc.
HB-125: Board of Public Works - Land Acquisition - Requirements
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/07/2020
Vehicle Laws - Move Over Safety Monitoring System - Authorization [HB-130]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Authorizing a State or local law enforcement agency and State or local volunteer fire company, rescue squad, fire department, and ambulance service to place a move over safety monitoring system on, or integrate a move over safety monitoring system into, an emergency vehicle for the purpose of recording a motor vehicle committing a violation relating to the operation of a motor vehicle on approach of an emergency vehicle; providing a certain recorded image is admissible in a proceeding concerning a certain civil citation; etc.
HB-130: Vehicle Laws - Move Over Safety Monitoring System - Authorization
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/16/2020
Department of General Services - Energy-Conserving Standards (Maryland Sustainable Buildings Act of 2020) [HB-192]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Construction ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Department of General Services to establish and periodically update certain standards for State buildings to conserve energy and minimize adverse impacts on birds; requiring the Department to reduce the lighting of existing State buildings in a certain manner; requiring the Maryland Green Building Council to include certain standards in any requirements that the Council establishes for participation in a higher performance building program; etc.
HB-192: Department of General Services - Energy-Conserving Standards (Maryland Sustainable Buildings Act of 2020)
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Referred Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/12/2020
Plastic Bag Reduction Act [HB-209]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Manufacturing ]
Prohibiting, on or after July 1, 2021, a certain retail establishment from distributing plastic carryout bags to a customer at the point of sale; providing that, on or after July 1, 2021, only the State may enact a law or take other action to prohibit, restrict, or regulate the use of certain plastic bags by a retail establishment, that certain authority of a county or municipality is preempted, and that certain laws or ordinances are superseded; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt certain regulations; etc.
HB-209: Plastic Bag Reduction Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Favorable Report By Finance on 03/18/2020
Southern Maryland Rapid Transit Project - Requirements and Funding [HB-205]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Environmental ]
[Funding ]
Requiring the State Department of Transportation promptly to
undertake all steps necessary to complete the design, engineering, and National Environmental Policy Act process and secure a record of decision for the Southern Maryland Rapid Transit Project; requiring the Governor to include in the annual State budget an appropriation of $12,000,000 from the Transportation Trust Fund in fiscal years 2022 and $15,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 for certain purposes related to the Project; etc.
HB-205: Southern Maryland Rapid Transit Project - Requirements and Funding
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Hearing 1/28 At 1:00 P.m. (appropriations) And Hearing Canceled (environment And Transportation) on 01/22/2020
Higher Education - Collective Bargaining - Graduate Assistants (Graduate Assistant Collective Bargaining Fairness Act) [HB-214]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Granting collective bargaining rights to graduate assistants within the University of Maryland system, Morgan State University, and St. Mary's College of Maryland; and defining "graduate assistant" as a graduate student at a certain institution who is a teaching, administrative, or research assistant, or in a comparable position, a fellow, or a postdoctoral intern.