Community Parks and Playgrounds Program - Baltimore County and Howard County - Expansion [HB-203]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
[Recreation ]
Altering the purpose of the Community Parks and Playgrounds Program to include making flexible grants available to the governing bodies of Baltimore County and Howard County for certain purposes; and altering a certain public policy.
HB-203: Community Parks and Playgrounds Program - Baltimore County and Howard County - Expansion
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/02/2020
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.
Criminal Procedure - Petition to Modify or Reduce Sentence (Maryland Second Look Act) [HB-323]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing a person who is serving a term of confinement to petition a court to modify or reduce the sentence under certain circumstances; requiring a person to file a petition under the Act in a certain court; requiring a court to hold a hearing under certain circumstances; providing for a hearing held under the Act; requiring a State's Attorney to provide certain notice to a victim and a victim's representative under certain circumstances; etc.
HB-323: Criminal Procedure - Petition to Modify or Reduce Sentence (Maryland Second Look Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Shane Pendergrass
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/21/2020
Transportation - I-270 Commuter Bus Route Study [HB-390]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
Requiring the Department of Transportation to study and make recommendations on the feasibility of establishing a point-to-point commuter bus route that serves certain population centers along the I-270 corridor and provides service to and from job centers in Northern Virginia; requiring the Department, in conducting the study, to consult with certain governments, stakeholders, and entities and to study and make recommendations to the Governor and certain Committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2021; etc.
HB-390: Transportation - I-270 Commuter Bus Route Study
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Third Reading Passed (133-0) on 03/17/2020
Electric Industry - Community Choice Energy - Pilot Program [HB-561]
[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Safety ]
Applying certain laws regarding net energy metering and community solar generating systems to customers served by a community choice aggregator; altering the circumstances under which counties and municipal corporations may act as an aggregator; establishing a certain Community Choice Aggregator Pilot Program; establishing a process by which, beginning on October 1, 2022, a certain county may form a community choice aggregator; requiring a certain county to develop a plan and give notice of a certain aggregation plan; etc.
HB-561: Electric Industry - Community Choice Energy - Pilot Program
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Referred Finance on 03/15/2020
Education - Sexual Abuse and Assault Awareness and Prevention Program - Human and Sex Trafficking [HB-575]
[Education ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the State Board of Education and certain nonpublic schools to develop and implement a program of age-appropriate education on the awareness and prevention of sexual abuse and assault; and including, for students in grades 6 through 8, material promoting the awareness and prevention of human and sex trafficking.
HB-575: Education - Sexual Abuse and Assault Awareness and Prevention Program - Human and Sex Trafficking
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2020
Transportation - Kim Lamphier Bikeways Network Program [HB-748]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Grants ]
Codifying the Bikeways Network Program; specifying that the Program is to provide grant support for bicycle network development activities; requiring the Department of Transportation to establish application and eligibility criteria for the Program; and renaming the Program to be the Kim Lamphier Bikeways Network Program.
HB-748: Transportation - Kim Lamphier Bikeways Network Program
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 310 on 05/08/2020
Maryland Green Purchasing Committee – Food and Beverage Procurement – Greenhouse Gas Emissions [HB-772]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Energy ]
[Food ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring the Maryland Green Purchasing Committee in consultation with the Departments of the Environment, Agriculture, General Services, and other stakeholders, to develop, by January 1, 2022, a certain methodology for State agencies to estimate greenhouse gas emissions of food and beverages procured, establish a certain baseline measurement by January 1, 2023, and develop certain strategies and policy recommendations; establishing a goal to reduce certain greenhouse gas emissions by State units by 25% by fiscal year 2030; etc.
HB-772: Maryland Green Purchasing Committee – Food and Beverage Procurement – Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Referred Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/16/2020
United States Constitution - Amendments Convention - Congressional Term Limits Amendment [HJR-5]
[Elections ]
Applying to the U.S. Congress for an amendments convention called under Article V of the U.S. Constitution, on the application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the several states, to propose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that limits the number of terms that a person may be elected as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives or a member of the U.S. Senate.
HJR-5: United States Constitution - Amendments Convention - Congressional Term Limits Amendment
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie Ciliberti
Hearing 3/02 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
Estates and Trusts - Closed Estates - Subsequent Discovery of Check [HB-543]
[Finance ]
[Property Tax ]
Authorizing a court, following the discovery of a check to a decedent or the estate of a decedent payable for a sum not exceeding $1,000 after the estate is closed and the appointment of the personal representative is terminated, to enter an order authorizing a certain interested person to indorse and deposit the check into the interested person's bank account for the limited purpose of distributing the funds in a certain manner; providing that a hearing is not required before a court may enter a certain order; etc.
HB-543: Estates and Trusts - Closed Estates - Subsequent Discovery of Check
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 239 on 05/08/2020