| Legislation/Issues | Synopsis | Resources | New This Week/Upcoming Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| SB 559 (HB 529) - Estates and Trusts - Supported Decision Making | Authorizing the use of supported decision making to assist an adult through the provision of certain support for the adult in making, communicating, or effectuating certain decisions and preventing the need for the appointment of certain substitute decision makers for the adult; recognizing the right of an adult to enter into a supported decision-making agreement with one or more supporters under certain circumstances; providing immunity from civil or criminal liability under certain circumstances; etc. | SB 559 HB 529 | Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 631 (5/29) Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings (4/8) SB 559: Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.@Judiciary SB 559: Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.@Judicial Proceedings HB 529: Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m.@Judiciary |
| HB 78 - Discrimination in Employment - Reasonable Accommodations for Applicants With Disabilities | Prohibiting an employer from failing or refusing to make a certain accommodation for the known disability of an applicant for employment; and establishing that an employer is not required to accommodate an applicant for employment's disability if the accommodation would cause undue hardship on the conduct of the employer's business. | HB 78 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 325 (5/12) HB 78: Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.@Judicial Proceedings HB 78: Hearing 1/25 at 1:00 p.m.@Economic Matters |