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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *sb0934* |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE BILL 934 |
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| 8 | 8 | | F1 2lr3226 |
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| 9 | 9 | | |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Senator Ready |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: February 12, 2022 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Rules |
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| 13 | 13 | | |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | County Boards of Education – Face Coverings – Authority to Require Use 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | FOR the purpose of prohibiting the State Department of Education from requiring any 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | student or school staff to wear a face covering in certain school facilities in the State; 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | authorizing a county board of education to determine whether to require students 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | and school staff to wear face coverings in school facilities in the county; and generally 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | relating to face coverings in public schools. 7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | |
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| 26 | 26 | | BY adding to 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Article – Education 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Section 7–450 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 11 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (2018 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 12 |
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| 31 | 31 | | |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13 |
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| 33 | 33 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14 |
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| 34 | 34 | | |
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| 35 | 35 | | Article – Education 15 |
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| 36 | 36 | | |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7–450. 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | INDICATED. 18 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (2) “FACE COVERING” MEANS MATERIAL THAT COVERS THE NOSE 19 |
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| 43 | 43 | | AND MOUTH TO PREVENT RESPIRATORY DROPLETS FROM BEING EXPELLED INTO 20 |
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| 44 | 44 | | THE AIR AND THAT : 21 |
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| 45 | 45 | | |
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| 46 | 46 | | (I) IS SECURED TO THE HEA D, INCLUDING WITH TIES OR EAR 22 |
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| 47 | 47 | | LOOPS; 23 2 SENATE BILL 934 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (II) FITS SNUGLY BUT COMFO RTABLY AGAINST THE S IDE OF 1 |
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| 52 | 52 | | THE FACE; 2 |
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| 53 | 53 | | |
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| 54 | 54 | | (III) IS EITHER MANUFACTURE D OR HOMEMADE ; AND 3 |
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| 55 | 55 | | |
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| 56 | 56 | | (IV) IS A SOLID PIECE OF M ATERIAL WITHOUT SLIT S, 4 |
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| 57 | 57 | | EXHALATION VALVES , OR PUNCTURES . 5 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (3) “SCHOOL FACILITY ” MEANS A BUILDING OR AN ENCLOSED 6 |
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| 60 | 60 | | STRUCTURE THAT IS OW NED, LEASED, OR OPERATED BY A COUNTY BOARD OR 7 |
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| 61 | 61 | | PUBLIC SCHOOL . 8 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (4) “SCHOOL STAFF” MEANS ALL SCHOOL EMP LOYEES, VOLUNTEERS , 9 |
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| 64 | 64 | | AND CONTRACTORS WHO PROVIDE SERVICES WIT HIN A SCHOOL FACILIT Y. 10 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (B) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY O THER PROVISION OF LAW, THE DEPARTMENT 11 |
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| 67 | 67 | | MAY NOT REQUIRE ANY STUDENT OR SCHOOL STAFF TO WEAR A FACE COVERING IN 12 |
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| 68 | 68 | | A SCHOOL FACILITY IN THE STATE. 13 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (C) A COUNTY BOARD MAY DET ERMINE WHETHER TO RE QUIRE STUDENTS 14 |
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| 71 | 71 | | AND SCHOOL STAFF TO WEAR FACE COVERIN GS IN SCHOOL FACILITIES IN THE 15 |
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| 72 | 72 | | COUNTY. 16 |
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| 74 | 74 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 17 |
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| 75 | 75 | | 1, 2022. 18 |
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