The veto of a multi-billion dollar education bill in Maryland may be overridden this week, along with tax increases to fund it, as the state Legislature is expected to take up the three related bills by Friday.
Capital News Service
Long gun restrictions among four Md. Senate veto overrides
The Maryland Senate overrode four vetoes from Gov. Larry Hogan, R, on Tuesday, including one that would require a licensed firearms dealer to facilitate most transactions involving rifles and shotguns.
Maryland bill would allow therapy dogs in schools
A bill in the Maryland state legislature would require public schools to allow the use of therapy dogs across the state. There’s currently no Maryland-wide policy for these dogs.
Maryland may ban plastic carryout bags at retail shops
A Maryland House committee on Friday voted to approve a bill prohibiting all retail establishments from distributing a plastic carryout bag at the point of sale.
Bill would require minimum wage pay for Md. inmates
Maryland inmates make as little as $0.17 per hour for voluntary prison employment and training, a stipend that one lawmaker compared to “slave labor” in support of legislation that would require the state to pay more.
Bill could make Maryland police discipline records public
Maryland legislators have introduced a bill that could allow public access to police officers’ disciplinary records.
HB0120, the reintroduction of Anton’s Law, sponsored by Del. Gabriel Acevero, D-Montgomery and Del. Erek L. Barron, D-Prince George’s, aims to increase the transparency associated with police misconduct investigations, allowing the public to better understand how complaints against police are carried out.
Proposed Maryland legislation expands hate crime law
Judges will be allowed to require people charged with hate crimes to complete anti-bias education programs if a bill to expand the current Maryland hate crime law is passed.
State lawmakers seek to lock in transit repair funding
By AUDREY DECKER ANNAPOLIS, Md. — State lawmakers are pushing a transportation bill that would increase funding to the Maryland Transit Administration to make the state’s bus system, MARC train, Metro and Light Rail more safe and reliable. The state of Maryland had...
Maryland mourns late Senate President Emeritus Mike Miller
Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr., the longest-serving state Senate president in U.S. history and titan of Maryland politics for decades, lay in state Friday as part of a multi-day memorial that will conclude with the family’s private Mass and interment Saturday.
Maryland legislation aids school children who have seizures
All teachers would need to take online seizure recognition coursework every year — provided by the Epilepsy Foundation of America.
The bill has been dubbed “Brynleigh’s Act” after Shillinger’s daughter, whose rare genetic disorder, tuberous sclerosis complex, has caused her to have as many as 25 seizures per day.
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