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HB 935

An Act amending the act of July 7, 1980 (P.L.380, No.97), known as the Solid Waste Management Act, in general provisions, providing for areas where landfills are prohibited.

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Tim Bonner

Maryland HB 935 requires venue-specific emergency action plans for high school football games, ensuring on-site medical coverage through trained professionals or ready EMS support.

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Bill Summary · HB 935

Summary — “HB 935” (multiple state bills with the same number)

Note: “HB 935” refers to different bills in different states. The materials provided include three distinct measures: (1) Maryland HB 935 (venue‑specific emergency action plans for high school football games), (2) North Carolina HB 935 (exclude fire/emergency response agency property from use as polling places under specified conditions), and (3) Illinois HB0935 (technical amendment to the Compensation Review Act). Below are concise, jurisdiction‑specific summaries.

Maryland — HB 935: Venue‑Specific Emergency Action Plans — High School Football Games

  • Purpose: Strengthen on‑site emergency medical coverage at high school football games through venue‑specific emergency action plans (EAPs).
  • Key provisions:
    • For all public and state‑funded nonpublic high school football programs, EAPs must provide during a game either:
    • A volunteer or school employee who is a trained health care professional (defined to include a licensed athletic trainer; a licensed or certified EMS provider; a licensed nurse; or a licensed physician), OR
    • An ambulance staffed with appropriate EMS personnel located at the game or at a fire/rescue/ambulance facility within 3 driving miles. The ambulance may respond to other emergencies during the game.
    • Existing EAP elements (AED availability and use, heat‑acclimatization, coordination for emergent injuries, cardiac emergency response plans) remain required.
  • Who is affected: Local public school systems and state‑funded nonpublic schools that operate high school football programs; local EMS providers and athletic training contractors.
  • Fiscal/procedural impact:
    • State effect: None (bill pertains to local school systems).
    • Local effect: Some local school systems may incur significant additional costs to ensure compliance (staffing athletic trainers or contracted ambulances), though several large systems reported existing compliance. The bill may impose a mandate on units of local government.
    • Effective date: July 1, 2025.
  • Legislative status (from provided logs): Introduced Jan 31, 2025; reported favorably with amendments from Ways and Means; enacted progress through readings and committee actions (see official docket for final status).

North Carolina — HB 935: Fire/Emergency Agency Property Voting Limits

  • Purpose: Prevent county boards of elections from requisitioning fire or emergency response agency property for use as voting places where such use would inhibit emergency response.
  • Key provisions:
    • Fire or emergency response agency property is exempt from demand/use by county boards of elections if:
    • The fire chief responsible determines the proposed use would inhibit emergency response;
    • The fire chief timely appeals the board of elections’ demand to the county board of commissioners; and
    • The board of county commissioners upholds the fire chief’s appeal.
  • Who is affected: County boards of elections, fire/emergency response agencies, county boards of commissioners, voters (potential change in polling‑place availability in some precincts).
  • Fiscal/procedural impact: Immediate operational effect for election officials who currently rely on fire stations as polling sites; no fiscal note in the materials. Effective when law takes effect.
  • Legislative status (from provided logs): Filed April 10–14, 2025; passed 1st reading Apr 14, 2025 and referred to Election Law (further actions varied in docket).

Illinois — HB0935: Compensation Review Act (technical change)

  • Purpose: Technical amendment to Section 1 (short title) of the Compensation Review Act—corrects duplication/typo in the statute’s short title.
  • Impact: Technical/housekeeping; no substantive policy or fiscal effect.
  • Legislative status: Introduced Jan 9, 2025 (Rep. Emanuel “Chris” Welch).

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