Sen. Karen Lewis Young
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Election Law - Voting Order Priority - Individuals Who Need Extra Assistance [HB-142]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Disabilities ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring a chief election judge to give voting order priority to individuals with certain mobility problems, individuals assisting others who have mobility problems, or an individual accompanied by a child with a disability; authorizing certain individuals to request voting order priority of any election judge serving at a polling place or early voting center; requiring the State Board to adopt regulations regarding methods for providing notice to voters of the option to request voting order priority and training guidelines for judges; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Maggie McIntosh
Referred Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/15/2020
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Crimes Against Animals – Interference With Equines [HB-171]
[Animals ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering a certain prohibition against interfering with, injuring, tampering with, or destroying a horse used for a certain purpose to prohibit a person from interfering with, injuring, tampering with or destroying an equine used for a certain purpose or for any other lawful activity; changing the crime from a felony to a misdemeanor; altering the maximum penalty to include a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or both; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 93 on 05/08/2020
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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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 67 on 05/08/2020
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Potomac Compact for Fair Representation [HB-182]
[Elections ]
Establishing the Potomac Compact for Fair Representation between the State of Maryland the Commonwealth of Virginia; establishing the Congressional Districting Commission to develop a congressional districting plan; requiring the Executive Director of the Department of Legislative Services to determine the size and composition of the Commission and, on or before June 1 of the year following the decennial census, select the members of the Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
Hearing 3/02 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Election Law - Petitions and Ballot Questions - Plain Language Requirement [HB-140]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Requiring that the signature page of a petition seeking to place a question on the ballot provide, under certain circumstances, certain information in plain language reasonably calculated to be understood by an individual who has attained no higher than a grade 6 level of reading comprehension; and requiring that a certain statement about the purpose of a question on the ballot be in plain language reasonably calculated to be understood by an individual who has attained no higher than a grade 6 level of reading comprehension.
Sponsored by: Rep. Maggie McIntosh
First Reading Ways And Means on 01/15/2020
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Education - High School Teachers Teaching Dual Enrollment Courses - Qualifications [HB-147]
[Education ]
Requiring certain county boards of education to allow a high school teacher to teach a dual enrollment course offered by an institution of higher education if the teacher has earned a master's degree or higher degree in the field of instruction or has earned a certain degree, has taught a college-level course, has received certain professional development, and has been observed and approved for instruction by a particular faculty member.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means; Withdrawn on 01/30/2020
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General Provisions - State Song - Advisory Panel [HB-181]
[Arts and Culture ]
Repealing the State song; establishing the State Song Advisory Panel; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Advisory Panel; requiring the Advisory Panel to review certain submissions and suggestions for a new State song and to hold at least three public hearings; requiring the Advisory Panel to report its recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2020; terminating a certain provision of the Act after June 30, 2021; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/17/2020
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Public Schools - Provision of Menstrual Hygiene Products [HB-208]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring each county board of education to ensure that each public school provide, at no charge to students, menstrual hygiene products via dispensers in the restrooms at the school; requiring a public middle or high school to install menstrual hygiene product dispensers in at least two restrooms on or before October 1, 2020, and certain restrooms on or before August 1, 2024; requiring a public elementary school to install menstrual hygiene product dispensers in at least one restroom by October 1, 2020; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Referred Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/15/2020
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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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Favorable Report By Finance on 03/18/2020
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End Ineffective Business Subsidies Act of 2020 [HB-223]
[Taxes ]
[Economic Development ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
[Finance ]
Prohibiting the Secretary of Commerce from designating or expanding certain enterprise zones and focus areas on or after June 1, 2020; providing for the termination of the One Maryland Economic Development Tax Credit Program on January 1, 2022; applying the Opportunity Zone Enhancement Program to taxable years 2019 through 2021; prohibiting the Department of Commerce from issuing tax credit certificates to certain investors in certain biotechnology companies on or after January 1, 2022; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nick Mosby
Hearing Canceled on 01/29/2020