General Assembly 2006

Advocacy

General Assembly 2006 Session

JOTF tracks workforce development legislation in the Maryland State Senate and Maryland House of Delegates. We also provide written and verbal testimony on a variety of local, state, and national legislative and budget issues.

Bill or Budget Item	Status	JOTF Testimony
HB 64 - Criminal Procedure - Expungement of Polic Records - Arrest Without Charge - Automatic	Bill Failed - Unfavorable Report by House Judiciary	Read Testimony
HB 129 - Education - Adult External High School Program	Bill Passed Both Houses	Read Testimony
HB 347 - Income Tax - Center for Providing Adult Literacy Programs	Bill Failed - Died in House Ways and Means
HB 802 - Unemployment Insurance - Special Administrative Expense Fund	Bill Passed Both Houses
HB 1130 - Education - Funding Formula for Adult Education and Literacy Grants	Bill Passed Both Houses	Read JOTF Fact Sheet
HB 1142 -Minimum Wage - Constitutional Right and Provisions	Bill Failed - Unfavorable Report by House Economic Matters	Read Testimony
HB 1264 - Child Support Enforcement - Child Support Incentive Program	Bill Failed - Unfavorable Report by Senate Judicial Proceedings	Read Testimony
HB 1336 - Day Laborer Regulation Act of 2006	Bill Failed - Unfavorable Report by House Economic Matters. (JOTF opposed this bill.)	Read Testimony
HB 1376 - Correctional Services - Offender Rehabilitation and Reentry Pilot Program	Bill Withdrawn by Sponsor, March 23
HB 1391 - Pilot Program for the Long-Term Employment of Qualified Ex-Felons	Bill Passed Both Houses	Read Testimony
HB 1492 - Economic Development and Tax Incentive Act	Bill Failed - Died in House Ways and Means	Read Testimony
SB 114 - Correctional Services - Maryland Correctional Enterprises - Construction	Bill Failed - Unfavorable Report by Senate Judicial Proceedings	Read Testimony
SB 193 - Pilot Program for the Long-Term Employment of Qualified Ex-Felons	Bill Passed Both Houses	Read Testimony
SB 373 - Education - Adult External High School Program	Became Law	Read Testimony
SB 585 - Unemployment Insurance - Special Administrative Expense Fund	Bill Passed Both Houses
SB 598 - Criminal Procedure - Expungement of Police Records - Arrest Without Charge - Automatic	Bill Failed - Died in Senate Judicial Proceedings	See Testimony for HB 64
SB 650 - Education - Funding Formula for Adult Education and Literacy Grants	Bill Failed - Passed Senate; Never Made it to House	Read JOTF Fact Sheet

For more information on Maryland House and Senate bills, visit the Maryland General Assembly web site.