Below is a listing of current legislation from the Maryland House of Delegates. Bill information is retrieved from the Maryland Library and Information Services website (http://mlis.state.md.us/).
| 2012 Regular Session bill information current as of March 16, 2012 - 1:31 a.m. | |||
| Bill Title | Sponsor | Bill Subjects | Summary |
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HB1 Environment - Recycling - Apartment Buildings and Condominiums Last House Action: 3/16 Third Reading Passed (98-38) Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Lafferty |
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Filed Under: Environment Requiring owners or managers of apartment buildings or councils of unit owners of condominiums that contain 10 or more units to provide residents with the opportunity for recycling on or before October 1, 2014; authorizing a county to require an owner or manager of an apartment building or a council of unit owners to report to the county on recycling activities; requiring that the recycling required under the Act be done in accordance with county recycling plans; specifying a civil penalty for a violation of the Act; etc. |
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HB2 Public School Buildings - Carbon Monoxide Detection and Warning Equipment Last House Action: 3/8 Third Reading Passed (123-15) Last Senate Action: 3/9 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegate Glenn |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Requiring public school buildings constructed or substantially remodeled in accordance with specified provisions of law to install approved carbon monoxide detectors in areas of new and existing educational occupancies where fuel fired equipment is present; requiring a signal from specified carbon monoxide detectors be automatically transmitted to an approved supervising station or to a constantly attended on-site location; etc. |
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HB3 Creation of a State Debt - Talbot County - Easton Head Start Center Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 10:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Cane |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $250,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Shore Up!, Inc. for the construction and capital equipping of the Easton Head Start Center, located in Easton; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB4 Baltimore County - Orphans' Court Judges - Qualifications Last House Action: 2/9 Motion vote previous question (Delegate Minnick) Adopted Third Reading Passed (104-30) Last Senate Action: 2/10 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegates Cardin, Stein, DeBoy, Minnick, and Nathan-Pulliam |
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Filed Under: Courts and Court Personnel - Local Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to change qualifications for judges of the Orphans' Court for Baltimore County; requiring judges of the Orphans' Court for Baltimore County to be citizens of the State and residents in Baltimore County for twelve months preceding the election, and to have been admitted to practice law in the State and be members in good standing of the Maryland Bar; and submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State for adoption or rejection. |
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HB5 Prince George's County - Development and Ethics Reform Act of 2012 Last House Action: 2/13 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Frush |
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Filed Under: Ethics Establishing a Board of Planning and Zoning Appeals in Prince George's County; providing for the membership, appointment, terms, and responsibilities of the Board; transferring specified powers and responsibilities of the County Council of Prince George's County, sitting as a district council, to the Board; authorizing the Board to make specified decisions on specified zoning map amendments and special exception applications; etc. |
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HB6 Election Law - Use of Campaign Funds for Meeting and Conference Expenses Last House Action: 2/24 Third Reading Passed (133-0) Last Senate Action: 3/7 Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m. |
Delegates Howard and Cardin |
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Filed Under: Elections Including as an allowable expenditure of funds from a campaign account under the State election law a disbursement to pay for travel, lodging, meals, and registration expenses associated with attendance of an office holder or a candidate at meetings or conferences focused on legislative issues, process, or public policy analyses pertinent to the office the elected official holds or that the candidate seeks. |
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HB7 Criminal Law - Betting, Wagering, and Gambling - Fantasy Competition Last House Action: 2/16 Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Olszewski |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Exempting fantasy competitions from Maryland gaming prohibitions. |
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HB8 Crimes - Electronic Communication - Harassment Last House Action: 2/24 Third Reading Passed (134-0) Last Senate Action: 2/27 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegate Washington |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Prohibiting the use of electronic communication to maliciously engage in a course of conduct that alarms or seriously annoys another under specified circumstances; changing the defined term "electronic mail" to "electronic communication" and altering the definition; and making violation of the Act a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $500 or both. |
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HB9 Education - Children and Youth - Reporting of Information Concerning Student Health, Well-Being, and Growth Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Howard |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Requiring each county superintendent of schools to report specified information relating to student growth, health, and well-being to the State Superintendent of Schools on or before December 1 of each year; requiring the State Department of Education to report specified information to the Governor and the General Assembly relating to student growth, health, and well-being on or before specified dates; etc. |
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HB10 Business Occupations - Electrical Inspectors - Master Electrician License Required Last House Action: 3/16 Favorable with Amendments {733595/1 Committee Amendment Withdrawn Substitute Committee Amendment {793199/1 Adopted Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted Second Reading Passed with Amendments Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Haddaway-Riccio |
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Filed Under: Business Regulation and Occupations Requiring the State, a county, or a municipal corporation to employ as electrical inspectors only individuals who hold, or have previously held within the last 5 years, a State license or local license, as applicable, to provide electrical services as a master electrician. |
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HB11 Criminal Law - Third Degree Sexual Offense - Person in Position of Authority Last House Action: 2/6 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Glenn |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Repealing the requirement that the prosecution of a misdemeanor offense of the prohibition against a specified person in a position of authority engaging in a sexual act or sexual contact with a minor, under specified circumstances, be instituted within 3 years after the offense was committed; prohibiting a specified person in a position of authority who is at least 6 years older than the victim from engaging in sexual contact or a sexual act while the minor is enrolled or participating in a specified institution, program, or activity; etc. |
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HB12 Baltimore City - 45th Legislative District - Liquor Stores - Premises Near Places of Worship or Schools Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (125-7) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegate Glenn |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Increasing the distance that liquor stores in a specified legislative district in Baltimore City are required to be from places of worship or schools; etc. |
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HB13 Baltimore City - 45th Legislative District - Alcoholic Beverages - Landlords - Licensed Premises Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (127-5) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegate Glenn |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Making it a misdemeanor in a specified legislative district in Baltimore City for a landlord to rent out a premises to be used for the sale of alcoholic beverages by a holder of a specified alcoholic beverages license if the landlord has reason to know that the use would violate a specified minimum distance requirement between a licensed premises and a place of worship or school; establishing a penalty; etc. |
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HB14 Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners - Selection of Members - Local Referendum (Democracy in Education Act of 2012) Last House Action: 1/25 Hearing 2/2 at 2:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Glenn |
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Filed Under: Education - Local Bills Increasing the number of members of the Baltimore City School Commissioners; requiring a specified number of board members to be elected at-large by the voters of Baltimore City; altering the length of a term of the members of the board; requiring specified board members to be elected at a specified election and in accordance with specified provisions of law; providing for the termination of the term of the initial elected members of the board; submitting the Act to a referendum of qualified voters of Baltimore City; etc. |
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HB15 Maryland Medical Marijuana Act Last House Action: 2/23 Hearing 3/9 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations) Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Glenn |
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Filed Under: Public Health Authorizing the medical use of marijuana under specified circumstances; repealing criminal provisions that allow the imposition of a fine or the use of an affirmative defense for use or possession of marijuana or use or possession of drug paraphernalia related to marijuana under specified circumstances; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt regulations on or before September 1, 2012; authorizing the Department to vary application and renewal fees along a sliding scale; requiring a specified annual report; etc. |
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HB16 Talbot County - Alcoholic Beverages Violations - Issuance of Citations Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (134-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegate Haddaway-Riccio |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Authorizing alcoholic beverages inspectors in Talbot County to issue citations for specified alcoholic beverages violations in the inspectors' jurisdiction. |
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HB17 Crimes - Elder Abuse or Neglect - Increased Penalties and Restrictions on Pretrial Release (The John H. Taylor Act) Last House Action: 2/6 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Glenn |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Altering the penalties for the crime of causing abuse or neglect of a vulnerable adult in the first or second degree; prohibiting a District Court commissioner from authorizing the pretrial release of a defendant charged with causing abuse or neglect of a vulnerable adult in the first or second degree; providing that a judge may authorize the pretrial release of the defendant on specified conditions; etc. |
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HB18 Crimes - Requirement to Report Death or Disappearance of Minor - Penalties ("Caylee's Law") Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Howard |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Requiring a parent or other person who has permanent care or custody or responsibility for the supervision of a minor to notify, within specified periods of time, the appropriate law enforcement agency that the minor is missing; requiring a parent or other person who has permanent care or custody or responsibility for the supervision of a minor to notify the appropriate law enforcement agency or medical authority within 1 hour of becoming aware of the death that the minor has died; etc. |
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HB19 State Retirement and Pension System - Military Service Credit - Reservists Last House Action: 1/18 Hearing 1/31 at 2:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Kach |
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Filed Under: State Pensions and Retirement Authorizing members of the State Retirement and Pension System who are members of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States to receive 4 months of service credit for each full year of military service as a member of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States. |
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HB20 Crimes - Requirement to Report Death or Disappearance of Minor - Penalties Last House Action: 3/8 Third Reading Passed (137-0) Last Senate Action: 3/9 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegates K. Kelly, Kramer, Simmons, Howard, Aumann, Szeliga, Holmes, Afzali, Bates, Beitzel, Boteler, Burns, Cluster, Conway, DeBoy, Eckardt, Frank, Frush, Gaines, George, Glenn, Guzzone, Haddaway-Riccio, Hogan, James, Kach, Kaiser, Kipke, Krebs, Laff |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Requiring, under specified circumstances, a parent or other person who has permanent care or custody or responsibility for the supervision of a minor under a specified age to notify, within a specified period of time, the appropriate law enforcement agency that the minor is a missing child; requiring, under specified circumstances, a specified person to notify, within a specified period of time, the appropriate law enforcement agency or medical authority that the minor has died; etc. |
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HB21 Environment - Reduction of Lead Risk in Housing - Repeal of Obsolete Language Last House Action: 2/13 Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate McConkey |
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Filed Under: Environment Removing obsolete language in provisions relating to reduction of lead risk in rental housing; and making conforming changes. |
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HB22 Real Property - Residential Leases - Interest on Security Deposits Last House Action: 3/8 Third Reading Passed (135-2) Last Senate Action: 3/9 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegate McMillan |
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Filed Under: Real Property Changing the interest rate paid on a security deposit both under a residential lease at the end of a tenancy and when an evicted or ejected tenant makes a timely written demand for return of the security deposit from 3% per annum to the daily U.S. Treasury yield curve rate for 1 year, as of the first business day of each year, or 1.5%, whichever is greater; requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to maintain on its Web site a specified list or calculator; applying the Act prospectively; etc. |
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HB23 Dedicated State Funds Protection Act Last House Action: 1/18 Hearing 1/31 at 2:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates McMillan, Aumann, Bromwell, Carter, Fisher, George, Haddaway-Riccio, Kach, K. Kelly, W. Miller, Minnick, O'Donnell, Schuh, Simmons, Sophocleus, Vitale, Weir, Wood, Kramer, and Wilson |
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Filed Under: Operating Budget Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution prohibiting specified transfers of dedicated State funds to the General Fund except for specified purposes under specified circumstances; requiring the Governor to include specified provisions in the budget that provide for the repayment of specified dedicated State funds under specified circumstances within a specified period of time; submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejection; etc. |
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HB24 Maryland-Mined Coal Tax Credit - Repeal Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate McMillan |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Miscellaneous Repealing specified tax credits allowed against the public service company franchise tax and State income tax for the purchase of Maryland-mined coal; providing for the application of the Act to tax years after 2011; etc. |
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HB25 Crimes - Malicious Destruction of Property by Graffiti - Penalties Last House Action: 2/6 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Olszewski |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Altering the requirement that a court order a person convicted of causing malicious destruction of property by an act of graffiti to either pay restitution or perform community service or both so as to require that the court order both the payment of restitution and community service. |
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HB26 State Emblems - State Lighthouse - Millers Island Lighthouse Last House Action: 1/11 First Reading Health and Government Operations Hearing 1/18 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Olszewski |
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Filed Under: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials Designating Millers Island Lighthouse as the State lighthouse. |
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HB27 Election Law - Petitions - Confidentiality Last House Action: 1/25 Hearing 2/1 at 2:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Parrott |
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Filed Under: Elections Prohibiting public inspection of a petition after the petition is filed with the State Board of Elections or a county board of elections, with a specified exception; requiring a custodian to permit a person to inspect a petition if the person requires access to the petition to facilitate judicial review of a determination concerning the sufficiency of the petition; providing that a custodian may not disclose personal information contained in a petition to the general public; defining a specified term; etc. |
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HB28 Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Roland Water Tower Stabilization Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 11:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates B. Robinson, Conaway, and Tarrant |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $250,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Mayor and City Council of the City of Baltimore for the planning, design, repair, renovation, and restoration of the Roland Water Tower; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB29 Minority Business Enterprises - Not for Profit Entities and Termination Extension Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing 2/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate B. Robinson |
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Filed Under: State Government - Procurement Providing that a not for profit entity organized to promote the interests of physically or mentally disabled individuals is included in a specified definition of minority business enterprise only if the annual operating budget of the not for profit entity does not exceed a specified amount and the majority of the individuals on the board of directors or other governing body of the not for profit entity are socially and economically disadvantaged individuals; etc. |
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HB30 Motor Vehicle Administration - Selective Service Registration - Driver's License, Moped Operator's Permit, and Identification Card Applicants Last House Action: 2/27 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Schuh |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration Expanding the applicability of specified provisions of law relating to the Motor Vehicle Administration's collection and forwarding of Selective Service registration information to women, specified minors, and applicants for moped operators' permits; altering the conditions under which specified information about an applicant is forwarded to the Selective Service System; repealing certain provisions relating to federal funds for the collection and electronic forwarding of Selective Service registration information; etc. |
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HB31 Baltimore County Revenue Authority - Sale of Property Last House Action: 3/9 Third Reading Passed (137-1) Last Senate Action: 3/14 Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m. |
Baltimore County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Counties - Local Laws Making a specified conveyance, sale, or transfer of a specified project or part thereof, or a specified property or interest therein, by the Baltimore County Revenue Authority subject to the prior approval of the Baltimore County Council; and making the Act an emergency measure. |
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HB32 Department of Planning - State Development Plan - Approval by the General Assembly Last House Action: 2/20 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Clagett |
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Filed Under: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials Requiring the Secretary of Planning to submit a State Development Plan to the General Assembly; prohibiting a specified plan from being finalized until it is approved by an Act of the General Assembly; requiring the Governor to file with the Secretary of State the Plan, part of the Plan, or revision to the Plan, together with any comments made by the Governor after enactment of a law that approves the Plan; and making the Act an emergency measure. |
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HB33 Environment - Watershed Implementation Plans - Implementation Deadlines Last House Action: 2/13 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Clagett |
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Filed Under: Environment Prohibiting the State from submitting Watershed Implementation Plan documents to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that are based on nutrient or sediment reduction goals that exceed federal requirements; and making the Act an emergency measure. |
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HB34 Criminal Procedure - Discharge from Commitment of Person Previously Found Not Criminally Responsible - Judicial Hearing Last House Action: 3/8 Third Reading Passed (136-0) Last Senate Action: 3/9 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegate Smigiel |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Authorizing a court, under specified circumstances, on its own initiative or on a motion of a party, to receive additional evidence for a specified purpose after receiving a report of recommendations from the Office of Administrative Hearings regarding discharge from commitment of a person previously found not criminally responsible; etc. |
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HB35 Private Property Rights - Regulatory Infringement - Compensation Last House Action: 3/12 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Smigiel, Cluster, Eckardt, Hough, Kach, Krebs, McComas, McDermott, Schulz, and Vitale |
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Filed Under: Civil Actions and Procedures Giving an owner of private property a cause of action under specified circumstances against the Department of the Environment, the Department of Natural Resources, or the Department of Planning if the application of specified regulations infringes on a private property right; providing that the cause of action shall be filed in a specified court; providing for the sum that a private property owner may recover; etc. |
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HB36 Department of Planning - State Development Plan - Approval or Modification by the General Assembly Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Smigiel, Cluster, Haddaway-Riccio, Krebs, McComas, Hough, and Parrott |
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Filed Under: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials Requiring the Secretary of Planning to submit the State Development Plan and any substantial part or revision of the Plan to the General Assembly; prohibiting the Plan from being finalized until it is approved by an Act of the General Assembly; authorizing the General Assembly to modify the Plan as submitted by the Secretary; requiring the Governor to file with the Secretary of State the Plan, part of the Plan, or a revision to the Plan, together with specified comments, after enactment of a law that approves or modifies the Plan; etc. |
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HB37 Declaration of Rights - Victims' Bill of Rights Last House Action: 2/6 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Smigiel |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Declaration of Rights to expand the rights of a victim of crime; establishing the right of a victim of crime to be treated with fairness; establishing that the rights of a victim of crime apply during the juvenile justice process; expanding specified rights of a victim of crime during specified phases of the criminal and juvenile justice process; submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejection; etc. |
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HB38 Sales and Use Tax - Exemption - University and College Textbooks Last House Action: 1/18 Hearing 1/25 at 11:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Smigiel, McComas, Schulz, Kach, Vitale, Krebs, Kipke, and McDermott |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Sales and Use Exempting from the sales and use tax a sale of a textbook that is purchased by a full-time or part-time student enrolled at an institution of higher education. |
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HB39 State and Local Government - Officials and General Assembly Members - Legislative Privilege Exception Last House Action: 2/6 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Smigiel |
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Filed Under: State Government - General Assembly Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to allow the use of evidence of legislative acts in a criminal prosecution of a member of the General Assembly for bribery of a public officer; providing an exception to the prohibition on the bringing of a civil or criminal action against a local official for specified words spoken by an official during specified meetings of specified local public bodies for criminal prosecution of a local official for bribery of a public employee; etc. |
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HB40 Transportation - Toll, Fee, or Other Charge Increases - Notice and Public Comment Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing cancelled Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Smigiel, Cluster, Haddaway-Riccio, Hough, Kach, McComas, McDermott, Schulz, and Vitale |
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Filed Under: Transportation - Generally Requiring specified staff of the Maryland Transportation Authority to provide, by a specified date, public notice regarding a proposal to increase specified tolls, fees, or other charges; requiring the Authority to make the proposal available to the public in a specified manner; and requiring the Authority to receive comments from the public at the meeting at which the Authority votes to implement the proposal. |
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HB41 Election Law - Petitions - Public Verification and Counting of Signatures Last House Action: 1/18 Hearing 1/25 at 11:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Smigiel, McDermott, McComas, Hough, Krebs, Schuh, Otto, Kipke, Vitale, and Cluster |
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Filed Under: Elections Requiring that the process of verifying and counting signatures on petitions be open to observation by the public, subject to regulations adopted by the State Board of Elections to ensure the integrity, accuracy, and efficiency of the process. |
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HB42 Election Law - Petitions - Resubmission of Signatures Last House Action: 1/18 Hearing 1/25 at 11:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Smigiel, McComas, Vitale, Hough, Krebs, Schuh, Parrott, Cluster, McDermott, and Kipke |
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Filed Under: Elections Authorizing an individual whose signature on a petition is not validated and counted during the initial verification process to resubmit the signature under specified circumstances and in a specified manner; requiring the State Board of Elections or a local board of elections to provide public notice of the names of individuals whose signatures on a petition are not validated and counted during the initial verification process; etc. |
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HB43 Maryland Constitution - Laws Making an Appropriation Made Subject to Petition Referendum Last House Action: 2/13 Unfavorable Report by Appropriations Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Smigiel, McComas, Dwyer, Hough, Krebs, Parrott, Kipke, Cluster, and W. Miller |
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Filed Under: State Government - General Assembly Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to provide that a law making a specified appropriation shall be subject to rejection or repeal by the voters of the State under the petition referendum process provided under the Maryland Constitution; and submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejection. |
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HB44 Health Insurance - Coverage of In Vitro Fertilization Services Last House Action: 2/14 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Waldstreicher |
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Filed Under: Insurance - Health Altering the circumstances under which specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations must provide coverage for specified benefits for outpatient expenses arising from in vitro fertilization procedures; etc. |
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HB45 Handgun Permits - Qualifications - Presumption and Burden of Proof Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Smigiel |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Repealing the requirement that the Secretary of State Police base a finding that an applicant for a handgun permit has a good and substantial reason to wear, carry, or transport a handgun on an investigation; establishing a presumption that an applicant for a handgun permit has a good and substantial reason to wear, carry, or transport a handgun for the purposes of qualifying for a handgun permit; and establishing that the Secretary has the burden of specified proof. |
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HB46 Flash Mob Theft Act of 2012 Last House Action: 2/6 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Waldstreicher |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Establishing that when multiple acts of theft are committed by multiple individuals under specified circumstances, the acts may be considered as one crime and the value of the property may be aggregated in determining whether the theft is a felony or a misdemeanor. |
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HB47 Environment - County Plans - Authority Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Smigiel, Cluster, Haddaway-Riccio, Hough, McComas, McDermott, Parrott, Schulz, and Vitale |
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Filed Under: Environment Repealing the authority of the Department of the Environment to order a person to prepare and submit specified subdivision plans under specified circumstances; repealing the Department's authority to order the installation of specified water supply or sewerage systems for subdivisions under specified circumstances; repealing a requirement that a specified county plan be approved by the Department; repealing a requirement that a county adopt a revision or amendment to a specified county plan; etc. |
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HB48 Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Conference and Visitors Bureau - Roof Replacement Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 12:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Busch |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $100,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Conference and Visitors Bureau, Inc. for the planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, and reconstruction of the roof for the Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Conference and Visitors Bureau, Inc., located in Annapolis; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. |
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HB49 Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - Shiplap House Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 12:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Busch |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $250,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Trustees of Historic Annapolis, Inc. for the planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the Shiplap House, located in Annapolis; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB50 Somerset County - County Commissioners - Districts Last House Action: 1/11 First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Otto |
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Filed Under: Counties - Local Laws Repealing the current boundaries for the county commissioner districts in Somerset County; establishing new boundaries for the county commissioner districts in Somerset County; providing for the reopening of a specified candidate filing deadline for a candidate for the office of member of the Somerset County Board of Education who will be elected at the general election in November 2012; and prohibiting a specified withdrawal of candidacy. |
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HB51 Dorchester County - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Beer, Wine and Liquor Licenses - Clubs Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (133-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegates Eckardt, Cane, and Haddaway-Riccio |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Updating obsolete language by requiring the County Council of Dorchester County to pay a license fee for a Class C beer, wine and liquor license to the mayor and city council of a city or town under specified circumstances; and requiring the County Council of Dorchester County to pay a Class C beer, wine and liquor license fee to the Finance Department of Dorchester County under specified circumstances. |
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HB52 Vehicle Laws - Suspension or Revocation of Driver's License or Privilege to Drive - Fee for Reinstatement Last House Action: 1/18 Hearing 1/31 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Hubbard |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration Requiring an applicant for reinstatement of a suspended license to pay a fee of $50 to the Motor Vehicle Administration; establishing a fee of $100 for reinstatement of a revoked license or privilege to drive; establishing increased reinstatement fees for suspensions or revocations resulting from specified alcohol-related violations; etc. |
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HB53 Higher Education - Community Colleges - Tuition Waiver for Disabled Individuals Last House Action: 2/24 Third Reading Passed (135-0) Last Senate Action: 3/9 Hearing cancelled |
Delegates Luedtke, Cullison, Frick, Hixson, Howard, Kaiser, A. Kelly, A. Miller, Mizeur, Reznik, Ross, Summers, and Zucker |
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Filed Under: Higher Education Altering a requirement for obtaining an exemption from the payment of tuition at community colleges for specified disabled individuals who are enrolled in classes for continuing education instruction designed to lead to employment. |
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HB54 Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2006 - Rural Heritage Transportation Museum Last House Action: 1/18 Hearing 1/31 at 2:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Washington County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Prior Authorizations Amending the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2006 to change the location of a grant for the Rural Heritage Transportation Museum. |
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HB55 Motor Vehicles - Use of Text Messaging Device While Driving Last House Action: 2/16 Third Reading Passed (121-14) Last Senate Action: 2/17 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegate Malone |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road Altering the definition of "wireless communication device" to include a hand-held or handsfree telephone but to remove from the definition a text messaging device; establishing that a specified prohibition against a minor using a wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle does not apply to the use of a text messaging device; altering the enforcement provision of the prohibition against a minor texting while driving; etc. |
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HB56 Dorchester County - Alcoholic Beverages - Hours for Sale Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (133-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegates Eckardt, Cane, and Haddaway-Riccio |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Altering the Sunday sales hours for holders of a Class B (on-sale) beer, wine and liquor license in Dorchester County. |
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HB57 Dorchester County - Sailwinds Park, Inc. - Service of Alcohol - Wristbands Last House Action: 1/25 Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Eckardt, Cane, and Haddaway-Riccio |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Requiring Sailwinds Park, Inc. to distribute wristbands to specified individuals at specified events; and prohibiting Sailwinds Park, Inc. from serving alcoholic beverages to individuals who do not wear wristbands at specified events. |
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HB58 Dorchester County - Alcohol Awareness Program - Certificate of Completion Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (134-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegates Eckardt, Cane, and Haddaway-Riccio |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Prohibiting the use of a certificate of completion of a specified alcohol awareness program by specified employees or employers at more than one licensed establishment in Dorchester County. |
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HB59 Anne Arundel County - Property Tax Payment Deferral - Eligibility Last House Action: 1/18 Hearing 1/25 at 11:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates McConkey, Costa, Dwyer, George, McMillan, Schuh, Sophocleus, and Vitale |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Property - Local Authorizing the governing body of Anne Arundel County to provide, by law, a payment deferral of the county property tax for specified residential real property; requiring the governing body of Anne Arundel County to specify the duration and amounts, restrictions, and income eligibility requirements for the payment deferral; requiring the payment of the deferred property taxes under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB60 Talbot County - Zoning Regulations - Enforcement Last House Action: 2/16 Third Reading Passed (134-0) Last Senate Action: 2/17 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegates Haddaway-Riccio and Eckardt |
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Filed Under: Local Government - Generally Authorizing the legislative body of Talbot County to provide by local law for an administrative proceeding to enforce specified zoning regulations; and allowing the local law to include specified authority to impose specified fines and penalties for zoning violations. |
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HB61 Dorchester County - Bay Restoration Fund - Collection of Restoration Fee Last House Action: 2/16 Third Reading Passed (129-3) Last Senate Action: 2/17 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegates Eckardt, Cane, and Haddaway-Riccio |
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Filed Under: Environment Authorizing the Dorchester County Council to collect the Bay Restoration Fee on behalf of the Dorchester County Sanitary District. |
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HB62 State Government - Public Information Act - Public Institutions of Higher Education - Permissible Denials Last House Action: 3/13 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Rosenberg and Reznik |
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Filed Under: State Government - Regulations and Procedures Authorizing a custodian of a public record to deny inspection under the Public Information Act of the part of the record that contains specified data or information that is produced or collected by or for faculty or staff of a public institution of higher education under specified circumstances; authorizing a custodian of a public record to deny inspection of the part of the record that contains correspondence or research produced by faculty of a public institution of higher education on public policy issues; etc. |
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HB63 Wicomico County - Employees - Criminal History Records Checks Last House Action: 2/9 Third Reading Passed (136-0) Last Senate Action: 3/9 Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m. |
Wicomico County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Authorizing the Director of Administration of Wicomico County to request State and national criminal history records checks from the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository for prospective or current employees; requiring the Director of Administration to submit specified items to the Central Repository; requiring the Central Repository to forward to the prospective or current employee and the Director of Administration the employee's criminal history record information; etc. |
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HB64 Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - Hospice of the Chesapeake Renovation Phase 1 Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 10:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Beidle, Barnes, Costa, Frush, George, Kipke, Love, Schuh, Sophocleus, and Vitale |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $600,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Hospice of the Chesapeake Foundation, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the Hospice of the Chesapeake headquarters office building, located in Pasadena; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. |
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HB65 Injured Workers' Insurance Fund - Cancellation of Policies - Failure to Pay a Premium Last House Action: 3/1 Third Reading Passed (132-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m. |
Delegates Jameson and Minnick |
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Filed Under: Workers' Compensation Altering the manner in which the Injured Workers' Insurance Fund may cancel polices when a policyholder has failed to pay a premium; repealing a requirement that the Board for the Injured Workers' Insurance Fund refer cases for collection to the Office of the Attorney General; etc. |
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HB66 Public Health - Glucose Testing - Permit Last House Action: 3/13 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Krebs |
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Filed Under: Public Health Requiring a person to obtain a permit from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene before offering to provide a glucose test and conducting the glucose test outside a specified permanently located medical laboratory; providing that a glucose testing permit is not required for a medical laboratory under specified circumstances; requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt regulations; etc. |
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HB67 Vehicle Laws - Nonfunctioning Traffic Control Signals - Requirement to Stop Last House Action: 2/16 Third Reading Passed (133-0) Last Senate Action: 2/17 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegates S. Robinson, Carr, and Olszewski |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road Altering a provision of law requiring vehicular traffic to stop and take specified actions when approaching a nonfunctioning traffic control signal at specified intersections to apply the requirement to all intersections; and requiring vehicular traffic approaching a nonfunctioning traffic control signal at an intersection to stop in a specified manner, yield to other vehicles or pedestrians in the intersection, and remain stopped until it is safe to enter and continue through the intersection. |
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HB68 Medical Treatment - Youth - Registered Nurses, Physician Assistants, and Licensed Clinical Social Workers Last House Action: 1/25 Hearing 1/31 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Rosenberg and Hubbard |
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Filed Under: Public Health Providing that a minor has the same capacity as an adult to consent to medical treatment if a registered nurse, physician assistant, or licensed clinical social worker makes a specified determination; providing that a registered nurse, physician assistant, licensed clinical social worker, or an individual under the direction of a registered nurse, physician assistant, or licensed clinical social worker who treats a minor is not liable for civil damages or subject to specified penalties under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB69 Property Tax - Assessment Appeal - Time Limit for Determination Last House Action: 2/27 Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Kach |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Property Requiring the Department of Assessments and Taxation, a supervisor of assessments for a county, or a property tax assessment appeal board to determine each appeal within 30 days after the appeal is heard or notify each party of the reasons for the delay and the date a determination is expected; etc. |
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HB70 State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors - Examinations of Applicants and Licensees Last House Action: 1/18 Hearing 1/26 at 1:30 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Kach |
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Filed Under: Health Occupations Requiring the State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors to require specified applicants or licensees to submit to a mental or physical examination under specified circumstances; providing that applicants or licensees are deemed to have consented to submit to an examination and to have waived a specified claim of privilege under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB71 Family Security Trust Fund - Requirement to Transfer Interest to the General Fund - Exemption Last House Action: 3/7 Third Reading Passed (131-8) Last Senate Action: 3/8 First Reading Budget and Taxation |
Delegate Morhaim |
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Filed Under: Operating Budget Exempting the Family Security Trust Fund, under specified circumstances, from a requirement that specified interest accrue to the General Fund; and requiring the State Treasurer, under specified circumstances, to pay investment earnings into the General Fund of the State. |
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HB72 State Board for Certification of Residential Child Care Program Professionals - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation Last House Action: 2/16 Third Reading Passed (134-0) Last Senate Action: 2/20 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
The Speaker (By Request - Department of Legislative Services) |
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Filed Under: Health Occupations Continuing the State Board for Certification of Residential Child Care Program Professionals in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (sunset law) by extending to July 1, 2024, the termination provisions relating to specified authority of the Board; requiring that an evaluation of the Board and the statutes and regulations that relate to the Board be performed on or before July 1, 2023; and requiring the Board to submit specified reports to specified committees of the General Assembly. |
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HB73 State Board of Social Work Examiners - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation Last House Action: 2/16 Third Reading Passed (135-0) Last Senate Action: 2/20 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
The Speaker (By Request - Department of Legislative Services) |
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Filed Under: Health Occupations Continuing the State Board of Social Work Examiners in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (sunset law) by extending to July 1, 2024, the termination provisions relating to specified authority of the board; requiring that an evaluation of the board and the statutes and regulations that relate to the board be performed on or before July 1, 2023; and requiring the board to report to specified committees of the General Assembly on or before October 1, 2013. |
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HB74 Occupational and Professional Licensing Design Boards - Sunset Provisions and Program Evaluation Last House Action: 2/24 Third Reading Passed (110-24) Last Senate Action: 2/27 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
The Speaker (By Request - Department of Legislative Services) |
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Filed Under: Business Regulation and Occupations Continuing the State Board of Certified Interior Designers in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (sunset law) by extending to July 1, 2024, termination provisions relating to the statutory and regulatory authority of the Board; requiring that an evaluation of the Board and the statutes and regulations that relate to the Board be performed on or before July 1, 2023; and repealing termination provisions relating to the Occupational and Professional Licensing Design Boards' Fund. |
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HB75 Residential Property - Condominium Unit Owners or Lot Owners - Provision of Disclosure Documents Last House Action: 2/27 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Braveboy |
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Filed Under: Real Property Providing that a residential condominium unit owner or a vendor of or a lot owner in a development who is selling the property shall provide specified disclosure documents without charge to a purchaser; and providing that, notwithstanding any other provision in specified provisions of law, the mortgagee or trustee designated under the deed of trust shall provide disclosure documents to the purchaser of a condominium unit or a lot in a development at a foreclosure sale. |
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HB76 Real Property - Common Ownership Communities - Dispute Settlement Mechanism Last House Action: 3/8 Third Reading Passed (137-0) Last Senate Action: 3/9 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegate Braveboy |
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Filed Under: Real Property Altering the application of a specified dispute settlement mechanism under the Maryland Condominium Act; establishing a specified dispute settlement mechanism under the Maryland Homeowners Association Act; providing an exception to the application of the dispute settlement mechanism established under the Act if the condominium declaration or bylaws or homeowners association declaration, bylaws, or other documents meet specified requirements; authorizing a specified action for damages or injunctive relief; etc. |
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HB77 Real Property - Condominiums and Homeowners Associations - Foreclosure of Certain Liens Prohibited Last House Action: 2/27 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Braveboy |
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Filed Under: Real Property Prohibiting a council of condominium unit owners or a homeowners association from foreclosing a lien under the Maryland Contract Lien Act if the damages secured by the lien consist only of specified fines or attorney's fees; and requiring a council of unit owners and a homeowners association to apply a specified payment to a unit or lot owner's account in a specified order of priority. |
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HB78 Condominiums and Homeowners Associations - Payments Under Protest Last House Action: 2/27 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Braveboy |
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Filed Under: Real Property Authorizing a unit owner or lot owner to pay an assessment or other charge owed to a condominium council of unit owners or a homeowners association under protest by giving written notice at the time of payment that the payment is under protest and stating the basis on which the unit or lot owner disputes the charge; and establishing that a unit owner or lot owner reserves the right to dispute a charge that is paid under protest. |
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HB79 Real Property - Condominiums and Homeowners Associations - Governing Bodies Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Braveboy |
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Filed Under: Real Property Requiring the governing body of a condominium to convene at least two meetings each year; requiring the developer of a condominium to appoint a unit owner to the governing body within 30 days from the date 25 percent of units are conveyed under specified circumstances; requiring a developer to deliver specified notices regarding a bond provided by the developer to a governmental unit to each officer or member of the board of directors within 15 days of the meeting of the council of unit owners to elect a board of directors; etc. |
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HB80 Criminal Law - Shelter and Weather Protection Requirement - Bison Exemption Last House Action: 2/13 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Eckardt, Cane, and Haddaway-Riccio |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Providing that the prohibition against unnecessarily failing to provide an animal with shelter or protection from the weather does not apply to a person who has charge or custody of bison, as owner or otherwise. |
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HB81 Real Property - Homeowners Associations - Election of Governing Body Last House Action: 2/27 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Braveboy, Barnes, Frush, and Pena-Melnyk |
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Filed Under: Real Property Prohibiting, with respect to a homeowners association, a declarant and its affiliates from voting to elect the governing body of a homeowners association at a specified meeting to elect the governing body. |
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HB82 State Government - E-Verify Program Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates W. Miller, Aumann, Bates, Beitzel, Boteler, Cluster, Costa, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Fisher, Frank, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Hogan, Hough, Impallaria, Jacobs, Kach, Kipke, Krebs, McComas, McConkey, McDermott, McDonough, McMillan, Myers, Norm |
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Filed Under: State Government - Procurement Declaring that it is the public policy of the State to restrict and deter the use of unauthorized alien workers in the performance of public contracts and grants in the State; specifying criteria for mandatory registration in a federal E-Verify program for specified contractors and grantees; prohibiting noncompliant persons or entities from performing specified contracts; imposing specified requirements on subcontractors; authorizing the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to assess penalties; etc. |
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HB83 Property Tax - Charter Counties - Limits Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hixson, Barve, and McIntosh |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Property - Local Authorizing the county council of a charter county, by a two-thirds vote of the full membership of the council, to set a property tax rate that is higher than the rate authorized under the county's charter or collect more property tax revenues than the revenues authorized under the county's charter, notwithstanding any provision of a county charter that places a limit on that county's property tax rate or revenues; and applying the Act to tax years beginning after June 30, 2012. |
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HB84 State Retirement and Pension System - Reemployment of Retirees - Exemptions Last House Action: 3/1 Third Reading Passed (133-0) Last Senate Action: 3/2 First Reading Budget and Taxation Hearing 3/8 at 8:30 a.m. |
Delegate Griffith (Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions) |
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Filed Under: State Pensions and Retirement Providing that specified retirees of the Correctional Officers' Retirement System are subject to a specified offset of a retirement allowance under specified circumstances; reducing from 9 to 5 years the number of years required after retirement for specified retirees of the State Police Retirement System or Correctional Officers System to be exempt from an earnings offset of their retirement allowance when reemployed by specified employers; and providing for the effective dates of specified provisions of the Act. |
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HB85 Budget Bill (Fiscal Year 2013) Last House Action: 1/18 First Reading Appropriations Last Senate Action: No Action |
The Speaker (By Request - Administration) |
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Filed Under: Operating Budget Making the proposed appropriations contained in the State Budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, in accordance with Article III, Section 52 of the Maryland Constitution; etc. |
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HB86 Creation of a State Debt - Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2012, and the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loans of 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011 Last House Action: 1/18 First Reading Appropriations Last Senate Action: No Action |
The Speaker (By Request - Administration) |
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Filed Under: Capital Budget Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $1,112,880,000, the proceeds to be used for specified necessary building, construction, demolition, planning, renovation, conversion, replacement, and capital equipment purchases of the State, for acquiring specified real estate in connection therewith, and for grants to specified subdivisions and other organizations for specified development and improvement purposes, subject to specified matching fund requirements by specified dates; etc. |
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HB87 Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2012 Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/1 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations) Last Senate Action: No Action |
The Speaker (By Request - Administration) |
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Filed Under: Operating Budget Altering or repealing specified required appropriations; altering the distribution of specified revenues; altering or repealing specified funding requirements; altering the authorized use of specified funds; authorizing the transfer of specified funds; etc. |
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HB88 State Retirement and Pension System - Medical Board Participation Last House Action: 3/1 Third Reading Passed (131-0) Last Senate Action: 3/2 First Reading Budget and Taxation Hearing 3/8 at 8:30 a.m. |
Delegate Griffith (Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions) |
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Filed Under: State Pensions and Retirement Authorizing the Board of Trustees of the State Retirement and Pension System to appoint a physician who is a participating employee in the Optional Retirement Program to serve on a medical board, subject to a specified condition; and prohibiting a medical board physician who is a participating employee in the Optional Retirement Program from participating in specified cases under specified circumstances. |
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HB89 Public Safety - Elevators - Accessibility Lift Mechanic License Last House Action: 3/16 Third Reading Passed (135-0) Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Stifler, Burns, Haddaway-Riccio, Jameson, Love, W. Miller, Minnick, and Schuh |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Authorizing the Elevator Safety Review Board to establish specified fees for the application, issuance, and renewal of licenses issued to accessibility lift mechanics; requiring the Board to adopt specified regulations to certify a licensed accessibility lift mechanic as an accessibility lift mechanic specialist; requiring a person to be licensed by the Board as an accessibility lift mechanic before providing specified services; establishing requirements for an applicant for an accessibility lift mechanic license; etc. |
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HB90 Election Law - Baltimore County Republican Party Central Committee - Election of Chairman Last House Action: 1/25 Hearing 2/1 at 2:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Aumann, Frank, Boteler, Cluster, Impallaria, Kach, and Szeliga |
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Filed Under: Elections Requiring the Chairman of the Baltimore County Republican Party Central Committee to be elected by the members of the central committee from among its members and in accordance with its bylaws instead of being elected at large; and altering the number of members of the central committee. |
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HB91 Labor and Employment - Labor Organizations - Right to Work Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates W. Miller, Aumann, Bates, Beitzel, Boteler, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Fisher, Frank, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Hogan, Hough, Impallaria, Jacobs, Kach, Kipke, Krebs, McComas, McConkey, McDermott, McDonough, McMillan, Norman, Otto, Parrott, Read |
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Filed Under: Private Sector Labor and Industry Prohibiting an employer from requiring, as a condition of employment or continued employment, an employee or prospective employee to join or remain a member of a labor organization, pay charges to a labor organization, or pay a specified amount to a third party under specified circumstances; prohibiting an employer from threatening an employee or a prospective employee with specified action; providing that a specified violation of law is a misdemeanor and is subject to specified penalties; etc. |
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HB92 Peace and Protective Orders - Shielding - Complete Removal of Information from Public Web Site Last House Action: 2/16 Third Reading Passed (135-0) Last Senate Action: 2/17 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegates Simmons and Dumais |
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Filed Under: Family Law Clarifying the definition of "shielding" in provisions relating to the removal from the public Web site maintained by the Maryland Judiciary of specified court records relating to peace order or protective order proceedings. |
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HB93 Creation of a State Debt - Qualified Zone Academy Bonds Last House Action: 1/25 Hearing 2/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
The Speaker (By Request - Administration) |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $15,324,000, the proceeds to be used as grants to the Interagency Committee on School Construction and the Maryland State Department of Education for specified development or improvement purposes; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds and the further grant of funds to eligible school systems for specified purposes, subject to a requirement that the grantees document the provision of a required matching fund; etc. |
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HB94 Vehicle Laws - Special and Commemorative Registration Plates Last House Action: 2/24 Third Reading Passed (135-0) Last Senate Action: 2/27 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegates Haddaway-Riccio, Afzali, Anderson, Arora, Aumann, Barkley, Barnes, Barve, Beitzel, Branch, Bromwell, Cane, Clippinger, Conway, Donoghue, Dumais, Eckardt, Elliott, Feldman, Frank, Frush, Gaines, George, Gilchrist, Glass, Glenn, Hershey, Hogan, |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration Repealing the authority of the Motor Vehicle Administration to issue specified commemorative registration plates; requiring rather than authorizing the Administration to issue a special Chesapeake Bay Commemorative Registration Plate; requiring the Administration to disburse specified fees to the Chesapeake Bay Trust; requiring the Administration to consult with the Chesapeake Bay Trust on specified matters; repealing the termination provision for the Chesapeake Bay Commemorative Plate Program; etc. |
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HB95 Criminal Procedure - District Court Commissioners - Arrest Warrants Last House Action: 1/20 Hearing 1/31 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Anderson and McDermott |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Prohibiting a District Court Commissioner from issuing an arrest warrant based solely on an application for statement of charges filed by a person other than a peace officer or State's Attorney. |
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HB96 Criminal Procedure - Probation Before Judgment - Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance Last House Action: 3/7 Third Reading Passed (106-33) Last Senate Action: 3/8 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegates Anderson, Braveboy, Cane, Carter, Clippinger, Conaway, Dumais, Glenn, Hammen, Haynes, Holmes, Howard, Ivey, Jones, K. Kelly, McDermott, McHale, McIntosh, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, B. Robinson, Rosenberg, Stukes, Summers, |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Authorizing a court to impose probation before judgment for a second controlled dangerous substance crime if the court requires the defendant to graduate from drug court or successfully complete a substance abuse treatment program as a condition of probation and the defendant meets the requirement. |
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HB97 Baltimore City - Hotel Room Tax - Convention Center Promotion Last House Action: 1/25 Hearing 1/31 at 11:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Anderson (By Request - Baltimore City Administration) |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Miscellaneous - Local Extending through fiscal year 2017, provisions requiring that 40% of the proceeds from a hotel room tax imposed by Baltimore City be appropriated specifically for Convention Center marketing and tourism promotion. |
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HB98 Teachers' Retirement and Pension Systems - Reemployment of Retirees - Maryland School for the Deaf Exemption Last House Action: 3/1 Third Reading Passed (133-0) Last Senate Action: 3/2 First Reading Budget and Taxation Hearing 3/8 at 8:30 a.m. |
Delegate Griffith (Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions) |
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Filed Under: State Pensions and Retirement Exempting from a specified offset of a retirement allowance specified retirees of the Teachers' Retirement System or the Teachers' Pension System who are employed by the Maryland School for the Deaf; providing that the superintendent of the Maryland School for the Deaf may employ a specified number of retirees who will not be subject to an offset of a retirement allowance; requiring that the superintendent of the Maryland School for the Deaf is responsible for specified reimbursements under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB99 Anne Arundel County - Semipermanent Food Service Facilities - Requirements Last House Action: 3/7 Third Reading Passed (140-0) Last Senate Action: 3/8 First Reading Finance |
Delegate Kipke |
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Filed Under: Public Health Requiring the operator of a specified semipermanent food service facility to meet specified requirements regarding wastewater disposal and access to a potable water supply; defining "semipermanent food service facility"; etc. |
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HB100 Vital Records - Certificates of Death - Amendments to Cause of Death Last House Action: 2/28 Third Reading Passed (134-0) Last Senate Action: 2/29 First Reading Finance |
Delegate Pena-Melnyk |
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Filed Under: Public Health Authorizing the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to amend the cause of death on a certificate of death at any time after issuance without a court order. |
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HB101 Health - General - Posthumous Use of Donor Sperm and Eggs Last House Action: 3/16 Special Order until 3/20 (Delegate Pena-Melnyk) Adopted Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Anderson, Costa, and Hubbard |
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Filed Under: Public Health Prohibiting a person from using sperm or eggs from a known donor after the donor's death for the purpose of assisted reproduction without the prior consent of the donor; establishing requirements for a valid consent; and establishing penalties for a violation of the Act. |
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HB102 State Government - Commemorative Month - German-American Heritage Month Last House Action: 1/25 Hearing 2/2 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Aumann, Bates, Beitzel, Boteler, Cluster, Eckardt, Frank, George, Hough, Jacobs, Jameson, Kach, Luedtke, McDonough, Minnick, Norman, Otto, Szeliga, and Wood |
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Filed Under: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials Requiring the Governor to proclaim October each year as German-American Heritage Month; and requiring the proclamation to urge educational and cultural organizations to observe the month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities. |
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HB103 Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Independent Foster Care Adolescents - Age of Eligibility Last House Action: 1/25 Hearing 1/31 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Wilson, Anderson, Braveboy, Costa, Cullison, Donoghue, Elliott, Frick, Frush, Griffith, Hubbard, Kach, A. Kelly, Kipke, Luedtke, Morhaim, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Proctor, Reznik, Ross, Tarrant, V. Turner, Walker, and Washin |
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Filed Under: Public Health Increasing the age of eligibility for independent foster care adolescents to receive specified health care services from the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; terminating the Act under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB104 Motor Vehicles - Use of Wireless Communication Device - Prohibited Acts, Enforcement, and Penalties Last House Action: 2/24 Third Reading Passed (105-30) Last Senate Action: 2/27 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegates Malone and Kach |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road Repealing provisions of law that require enforcement as a secondary offense of specified violations involving the use of a wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle; repealing provisions of law that apply prohibitions involving the use of a wireless communication device to specified operators of motor vehicles only if the motor vehicle is in motion; providing that specified prohibitions apply only if the motor vehicle is in the travel portion of a roadway; altering a specified penalty; etc. |
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HB105 Anne Arundel County Board of Education - Selection of Members - Straw Ballot Last House Action: 1/25 Hearing 2/2 at 2:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate McConkey |
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Filed Under: Education - Local Bills Requiring that a question be placed on the ballot in Anne Arundel County at the November general election of 2012 to determine the sense of the voters of the County on the issue of changing the method of selecting members of the Anne Arundel County Board of Education; and providing for the carrying out of the straw ballot. |
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HB106 Anne Arundel County Board of Education - Appointed Members Subject to Contested Elections Last House Action: 1/25 Hearing 2/2 at 2:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate McConkey |
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Filed Under: Education - Local Bills Requiring that the appointed members of the Anne Arundel County Board of Education be subject to contested elections; repealing provisions relating to a retention election for appointed members of the county board, as specified; providing for a nonpartisan election for the county board under specified circumstances; providing that candidates for election to the county board be nominated and the elections be conducted in a specified manner; establishing rules; etc. |
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HB107 Public Health - Child Care Products Containing Flame Retardant Chemicals (TRIS) - Prohibition Last House Action: 1/25 Hearing 1/31 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hubbard, Barnes, Braveboy, Carr, Costa, Cullison, Donoghue, Frush, Gaines, Hucker, Ivey, A. Kelly, Kipke, Luedtke, Morhaim, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Reznik, S. Robinson, Ross, Tarrant, V. Turner, Valent |
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Filed Under: Public Health Prohibiting a person from selling or offering for sale specified child care products containing flame retardant chemicals (TRIS); providing that the Act does not apply to the sale or distribution of a child care product that is resold, offered for resale, or distributed by a consumer for consumer use; providing for penalties; authorizing a court to enjoin specified actions; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt regulations on or before January 1, 2013; etc. |
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HB108 Vehicle Laws - Stopping, Standing, and Parking - Plug-In Vehicles Last House Action: 1/25 Hearing 2/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Luedtke, Bobo, Frush, Guzzone, Jameson, Kaiser, A. Kelly, McDermott, A. Miller, Reznik, S. Robinson, and Zucker |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road Prohibiting a person from stopping, standing, or parking a vehicle that is not a plug-in vehicle in a space that is marked for the use of plug-in vehicles and provides access to a plug-in vehicle recharging station. |
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HB109 Public Safety - Elevator Safety Review Board - Membership Last House Action: 2/24 Third Reading Passed (135-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m. |
Delegate Vitale |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Altering the membership of the Elevator Safety Review Board to add a member representing the elevator interior renovation industry or who is a licensed contractor other than an elevator contractor. |
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HB110 Alcoholic Beverages - Criminal History Records Checks - Procedures Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (134-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegates Barkley, Harrison, Hershey, Jameson, Love, and Schulz |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Statewide Bills Establishing uniform procedures for specified criminal history records checks requested from the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository by specified local licensing boards; requiring the Central Repository to provide local licensing boards with a revised printed criminal record statement of a license applicant or a license holder if information is reported to the Central Repository after the initial criminal history records check is completed; etc. |
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HB111 Criminal Law - Failure to Return Rental Vehicle - Notice Last House Action: 2/16 Third Reading Passed (135-1) Last Senate Action: 2/17 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegates Anderson, Braveboy, Cane, Carter, Conaway, Glenn, Haynes, Holmes, McDermott, McIntosh, Mitchell, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, B. Robinson, Rosenberg, Washington, and Zucker |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Providing that a person may not be prosecuted under a provision of law prohibiting the abandonment or refusal to return a rented motor vehicle if, within 10 days after a written demand for the return of the motor vehicle is mailed, return receipt requested, to the person who leased or rented the motor vehicle, the person returns or accounts for the motor vehicle to the person who delivered the motor vehicle; and providing that a prosecution may not be started until 10 days after the written demand is mailed. |
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HB112 Criminal Procedure - Public Defender - Representation Last House Action: 1/20 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 1/31 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate McDermott |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Establishing an exception to a requirement that representation be provided by the Office of the Public Defender at all stages of specified proceedings; and making the Act an emergency measure. |
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HB113 Election Law - Polling Places - Proof of Identity Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Kipke, Aumann, Bates, Boteler, Bromwell, Costa, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Frank, George, Glass, Hogan, Kach, K. Kelly, Krebs, McComas, McDermott, McMillan, Myers, Schuh, Schulz, Smigiel, Stocksdale, Szeliga, Vitale, and Wood |
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Filed Under: Elections Requiring an election judge to establish a voter's identity by requiring the voter to present specified proof of identity; requiring a voter to vote a provisional ballot if the voter is unable to provide specified proof of identity; prohibiting a person from knowingly and willfully voting or attempting to vote under a false form of identification; and making conforming and clarifying changes. |
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HB114 Subsequent Injury Fund and Uninsured Employers' Fund - Assessments on Settlement Agreements Last House Action: 3/1 Third Reading Passed (133-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m. |
Delegates Jameson and Minnick |
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Filed Under: Workers' Compensation Excluding from the assessments imposed by the Workers' Compensation Commission and payable to the Subsequent Injury Fund and the Uninsured Employers' Fund the amount of specified medical benefits under a specified settlement agreement under specified circumstances. |
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HB115 Criminal Procedure - Warrantless Arrests - Theft Crimes Last House Action: 2/16 Third Reading Passed (132-3) Last Senate Action: 2/17 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegates Jameson, Cluster, and DeBoy |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Expanding the authority of a police officer without a warrant to arrest a person suspected of committing a specified theft crime. |
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HB116 Blind Industries and Services - Procurement Preference - Exception Last House Action: 1/25 Hearing 2/2 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Kipke and George |
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Filed Under: State Government - Procurement Creating an exception to the requirement that the State or a State aided or controlled entity buy supplies and services from the Blind Industries and Services of Maryland under specified circumstances for supplies or services available at a 10% price preference; and requiring the State or a State aided or controlled entity that obtains supplies or services under the exception to report the procurement to the Secretary of General Services in a specified manner. |
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HB117 State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy - Annual Report - Reporting Date Last House Action: 2/16 Third Reading Passed (136-0) Last Senate Action: 2/17 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegates Mitchell, Anderson, Clippinger, Conaway, McDermott, Simmons, Smigiel, Stukes, and Washington |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Altering the date by which the State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy must submit its annual report to the General Assembly from December 1 to January 31 on the activities of the preceding calendar year; and clarifying the contents of the report. |
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HB118 Education - Retiree Health Savings - Maintenance of Effort Last House Action: 2/2 Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Anderson (By Request - Baltimore City Administration) |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Excluding from the maintenance of effort calculation a reduction in retiree health costs under specified circumstances; excluding from the maintenance of effort calculation a specified calculation for a specified year; and applying the Act to a county's required maintenance of effort amount beginning in fiscal year 2013. |
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HB119 Criminal Procedure - Misdemeanors and Local Ordinance Violations - Citations and Study Last House Action: 3/7 Third Reading Passed (126-14) Last Senate Action: 3/8 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegates McDermott, Anderson, Clippinger, Conaway, Hough, McComas, Mitchell, Smigiel, Waldstreicher, Jameson, Murphy, and Wilson |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Requiring a police officer to charge a person by citation for specified misdemeanors and local ordinance violations; expanding the authority of a police officer to charge a person by citation to include specified misdemeanors and local ordinance violations; establishing that a police officer may charge a defendant by citation only under specified circumstances; providing that, under specified circumstances, an officer who has grounds to make a warrantless arrest may take a specified action; etc. |
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HB120 Maryland Income Tax Refund - Anne Arundel County - Warrants Last House Action: 1/25 Hearing 1/31 at 11:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Sophocleus, Beidle, Costa, Dwyer, Frush, George, Kipke, Love, and Vitale |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Income Authorizing a warrant official to certify to the Comptroller the existence of an outstanding warrant; providing that the Comptroller may not pay Maryland income tax refunds to individuals with outstanding warrants under specified circumstances; providing that the requirement applies only to residents of Anne Arundel County or individuals with warrants from Anne Arundel County; requiring the Comptroller to withhold and pay required amounts under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB121 Dedicated Funds - Prohibition of Transfer - Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund and Bay Restoration Fund Last House Action: 1/25 Hearing 2/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Beitzel |
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Filed Under: Operating Budget Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to prohibit the transfer to the General Fund of funds dedicated to the Bay Restoration Fund or the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund; and submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State of Maryland for their adoption or rejection. |
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HB122 Crimes - Death or Disappearance of Minor - Required Reporting and Prohibited Acts ("Caylee's Law") Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Aumann, Szeliga, Holmes, Afzali, Bates, Beitzel, Boteler, Burns, Cluster, Conway, DeBoy, Eckardt, Frank, Frush, Gaines, George, Glenn, Guzzone, Haddaway-Riccio, Hogan, James, Kach, Kaiser, Kipke, Krebs, Lafferty, McComas, McConkey, McDermott, |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Requiring a parent or other person who has permanent care or custody or responsibility for the supervision of a minor to notify, under specified circumstances and within specified periods of time, the appropriate law enforcement agency that the minor is missing or the appropriate law enforcement agency or medical authority that the minor has died; prohibiting specified conduct that may impede an investigation following the death of a minor; establishing penalties; etc. |
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HB123 Vehicle Laws - Wireless Communication Devices - Enforcement of Prohibitions on Use While Driving Last House Action: 2/13 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Clagett |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road Repealing provisions of law that require enforcement as a secondary offense of specified prohibitions against the use of a wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle. |
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HB124 Frederick County - Public Facilities Bonds Last House Action: 2/16 Third Reading Passed (136-0) Last Senate Action: 3/14 Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m. |
Frederick County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Local Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Frederick County, from time to time, to borrow not more than $100,000,000 in order to finance the cost of specified public facilities in Frederick County and to effect such borrowing by the issuance and sale at public or private sale of its general obligation bonds; etc. |
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HB125 Frederick County - Property Tax Credit - Job Creation by Small Businesses Last House Action: 1/25 Hearing 1/31 at 11:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Frederick County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Property - Local Authorizing the governing body of Frederick County to grant, by law, a property tax credit against the county property tax imposed on real property owned or leased by specified new or existing business entities located in Frederick County that meet specified requirements; providing for the amount and duration of the property tax credits; etc. |
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HB126 Maryland Condominium Act - Right of Entry to Investigate Damage and Make Repairs Last House Action: 3/1 Third Reading Passed (132-0) Last Senate Action: 3/2 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegates Beidle, Niemann, and Weir |
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Filed Under: Real Property Authorizing the council of unit owners of a condominium or its authorized designee to enter units to investigate damage under specified circumstances; requiring a council of unit owners to make a reasonable effort to give notice to the owner of a unit to be entered for the purpose of investigation except under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB127 Maryland Referendum Integrity Act Last House Action: 2/24 Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Luedtke, Cardin, Hixson, and Ivey |
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Filed Under: Elections Requiring each individual who signs a petition to provide specified information on the petition printed in the individual's own handwriting; requiring that an affidavit executed by a petition circulator on each signature page of a petition be notarized; prohibiting an individual who is convicted of specified election law violations from being a petition circulator; extending the period of time during which judicial review of a determination concerning a petition may be sought; etc. |
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HB128 Taxes - Electing Small Business Trusts State Tax Loophole Elimination Act Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Arora, Barve, Bobo, Feldman, Washington, and Zucker |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Property - Local Modifying the definition of federal adjusted gross income as it relates to specified fiduciaries to include the amount of income of an electing small business trust consisting of stock of one or more S corporations that is subject to specified taxing rules; providing for the application of the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011; etc. |
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HB129 Caroline County - Deer Hunting on Private Property - Sundays Last House Action: 3/8 Third Reading Passed (124-9) Last Senate Action: 3/9 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Caroline County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Hunting and Fishing Authorizing a person in Caroline County to hunt deer on specified Sundays on private property using specified hunting equipment during specified months. |
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HB130 Laser Safety Act Last House Action: 1/23 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 2/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Arora, Conaway, McComas, McDermott, McMillan, Mitchell, and Washington |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Making it a misdemeanor to knowingly and willfully cause or attempt to cause bodily injury by shining, pointing, or focusing the beam of a laser pointer on an individual operating a motor vehicle, vessel, or aircraft; exempting specified individuals under specified circumstances from provisions of the Act; specifying a penalty; and specifying that a sentence imposed under the Act is in addition to a specified other sentence. |
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HB131 Retail Pet Stores - Sales of Dogs - Required Records, Health Disclosures, and Purchaser Remedies Last House Action: 2/16 Third Reading Passed (130-4) Last Senate Action: 3/16 Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m. |
Delegates Kipke, Barkley, Barnes, Barve, Bobo, Boteler, Cardin, Carr, Eckardt, Feldman, Frick, Frush, Glass, Glenn, Haddaway-Riccio, Hucker, Impallaria, Jameson, Kach, Kaiser, A. Kelly, K. Kelly, Kramer, Love, Luedtke, McComas, McDermott, McHale, A. Mi |
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Filed Under: Business Regulation and Occupations Requiring a retail pet store that sells dogs to post conspicuously on each dog's cage specified information about the dog; requiring a retail pet store to maintain a written record that contains specified information about each dog in the possession of the retail pet store; requiring a retail pet store to maintain a record for at least 1 year after the date of sale of a dog and to make specified records available to the Division of Consumer Protection of the Office of the Attorney General under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB132 State Highway Administration - Roundabouts - Displaying Flag of the United States Last House Action: 1/30 Hearing cancelled Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates W. Miller and Bates |
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Filed Under: Transportation - Highways Requiring the State Highway Administration to establish a permit program and safety guidelines allowing individuals and organizations to display a United States flag on State-owned circular islands at the center of a traffic roundabout; authorizing the Administration to charge a permit fee to offset specified costs; and requiring the Administration to adopt specified regulations. |
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HB133 Carroll County - Gaming Last House Action: 2/16 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Carroll County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Gaming Authorizing specified organizations in Carroll County to conduct a card game, card tournament, or casino night under specified circumstances; requiring an organization to obtain a permit from the Board of License Commissioners of Carroll County before conducting a card game, card tournament, or casino night; requiring an organization that seeks a permit to meet specified requirements; specifying that a card game, card tournament, or casino night may be managed and organized by specified organizations; etc. |
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HB134 Carroll County - Archery Hunting - Safety Zone Last House Action: 3/1 Third Reading Passed (127-2) Last Senate Action: 3/2 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Carroll County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Hunting and Fishing Establishing for archery hunters in Carroll County a 50-yard safety zone within which archery hunting may not take place except under specified circumstances. |
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HB135 Carroll County - Board of Elections - Membership Last House Action: 1/25 Hearing 2/1 at 2:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Carroll County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Elections Increasing the number of regular members and eliminating substitute members on the Carroll County Board of Elections; requiring the members of the board to be of specified political parties; requiring that a vacancy on the board be filled in a specified manner; etc. |
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HB136 Carroll County - Property Tax Credit for Housing Units at Independent Living Retirement Communities Last House Action: 1/25 Hearing 1/31 at 11:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Carroll County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Property - Local Authorizing the governing body of Carroll County or of a municipal corporation in Carroll County to grant, by law, a tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on specified housing units at independent living retirement communities; etc. |
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HB137 Vehicle Laws - Death of Joint Vehicle Owner - Certificate of Title Fee Last House Action: 1/25 Hearing 2/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Frick |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration Prohibiting the Motor Vehicle Administration from charging a fee for the issuance of a certificate of title for a vehicle to the joint owner of the vehicle on the death of another joint owner. |
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HB138 Carroll County - Polling Places - Electioneering Boundaries Last House Action: 1/25 Hearing 2/1 at 2:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Carroll County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Elections Specifying that in Carroll County the line beyond which electioneering is prohibited outside a polling place is to be located as near as practicable to 100 feet from the entrance and exit to the polling place. |
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HB139 Carroll County - Election Law - Early Voting Centers Last House Action: 1/25 Hearing 2/1 at 2:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Carroll County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Elections Requiring Carroll County to have at least one but not more than three early voting centers in the county if the county has fewer than 150,000 registered voters. |
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HB140 Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services - Annual Report on Effectiveness of Programs for Offenders Last House Action: 1/23 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 2/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hough, Afzali, Boteler, Cluster, Dwyer, Eckardt, Frank, George, Hogan, Kaiser, Kipke, McComas, McDermott, McDonough, McMillan, Parrott, Ready, and Smigiel |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to study the effectiveness of specified programs for offenders; requiring the study to contain specified information; requiring the Department to report annually to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before June 1, beginning in 2013; etc. |
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HB141 Life Sciences Advisory Board - Purpose and Membership Last House Action: 2/16 Third Reading Passed (131-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m. |
Delegate Feldman |
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Filed Under: Economic and Community Development Establishing that the purpose of the Life Sciences Advisory Board in the Department of Business and Economic Development is to recommend State and federal policies, priorities, practices, and legislation to expedite the creation of private sector jobs through the commercialization of life sciences research; and altering the membership of the Advisory Board. |
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HB142 Garrett County - Alcoholic Beverages - Follow-Up Criminal History Records Checks Last House Action: 1/25 Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Beitzel |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Requiring the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository (CJIS) to provide the Board of License Commissioners for Garrett County with a revised printed criminal record statement of a license applicant or license holder if information is reported to CJIS after the initial criminal history records check is completed; and requiring CJIS to stop providing the Board with revised printed statements under specified circumstances. |
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HB143 Garrett County - Salary Study Commission - Membership Last House Action: 2/24 Third Reading Passed (135-0) Last Senate Action: 3/7 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. |
Delegate Beitzel |
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Filed Under: Counties - Local Laws Altering the membership of the Salary Study Commission in Garrett County to substitute a member of the League of Women Voters of Garrett County with a member of the Garrett County Mayors Association. |
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HB144 Caroline County and Dorchester County - Turkey Hunting on Private Property - Sundays Last House Action: 3/1 Third Reading Passed (122-5) Last Senate Action: 3/2 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegates Eckardt, Cane, and Haddaway-Riccio |
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Filed Under: Hunting and Fishing Authorizing a person to hunt turkey on private property on Sundays during the spring turkey hunting season in Caroline County and Dorchester County; and making the Act an emergency measure. |
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HB145 Frederick County - Adult Detention Center - Processing and Administrative Fees Last House Action: 2/13 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Frederick County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Establishing a processing fee and general educational development administrative fee for specified individuals in the Frederick County Adult Detention Center. |
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HB146 Transportation Trust Fund Protection Act Last House Action: 1/25 Hearing 2/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Krebs, Afzali, Aumann, Barkley, Bates, Beitzel, Boteler, Cluster, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Fisher, Frank, George, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Hogan, Hough, Jacobs, Kach, Kipke, McComas, McConkey, McDermott, McDonough, McMillan, W. Miller, Norma |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Transportation Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to establish a Transportation Trust Fund to be used only for purposes relating to transportation with a specified exception; prohibiting the reversion or crediting of any part of the Transportation Trust Fund to the General Fund or a special fund of the State; requiring that specified taxes, fees, charges, and revenues be credited to the Transportation Trust Fund; etc. |
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HB147 Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - YWCA Counseling and Community Service Building Renovation Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 10:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Beidle, Love, Pena-Melnyk, and Sophocleus |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $325,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Young Women's Christian Association of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Maryland, Inc. for the planning, design, repair, renovation, and capital equipping of the YWCA Counseling and Community Service Building, located in Arnold; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. |
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HB148 Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - Samaritan House Addition Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 10:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Beidle, Love, Pena-Melnyk, and Sophocleus |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $100,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Samaritan House, Inc. for the design, construction, and capital equipping of the Samaritan House, located in Annapolis; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB149 Mopeds and Motor Scooters - Titling, Registration, Insurance, and Required Use of Protective Headgear Last House Action: 1/25 Hearing 2/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Beidle, Olszewski, Glenn, Lafferty, Niemann, and Norman |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration Requiring a moped or motor scooter in the State to be titled and registered by the Motor Vehicle Administration; requiring an owner or prospective owner of a moped or motor scooter to obtain or maintain required security; establishing an annual registration fee and surcharge; prohibiting an individual from operating or riding on a moped or motor scooter unless the individual is wearing protective headgear and specified eye protection; providing for the registration classification of mopeds and motor scooters; etc. |
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HB150 Allegany County - Solicitation of Money or Donations from Occupants of Vehicles - Prohibitions and Permit Program Last House Action: 3/1 Third Reading Passed (130-1) Last Senate Action: 3/2 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Allegany County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Transportation - Generally Prohibiting, in Allegany County, a person from standing, or causing, encouraging, allowing, or petitioning another to stand, in a roadway, median divider, or intersection to solicit money or donations from the occupant of a vehicle, subject to a specified exception; authorizing the governing body of the county or of a municipal corporation in the county to enact a specified permit program to allow specified individuals to solicit money or donations from the occupant of a vehicle in a specified manner; etc. |
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HB151 Frederick County - Slot Machines for Nonprofit Organizations Last House Action: 2/16 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Frederick County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Gaming Adding Frederick County to the list of counties in which specified nonprofit fraternal, religious, and war veterans' organizations may own and operate not more than five slot machines under specified circumstances. |
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HB152 Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Patterson Park Public Charter School Facade Restoration Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/12 at 9:30 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hammen, Clippinger, and McHale |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $50,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Patterson Park Public Charter School, Inc. for the planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, and reconstruction of the facade of Patterson Park Public Charter School; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB153 Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Meals on Wheels Green Building Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/12 at 9:30 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hammen, Clippinger, and McHale |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $150,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Meals on Wheels of Central Maryland, Inc. for the design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping, including replacement of the roof and HVAC system, of the Meals on Wheels Building, located in Baltimore City; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. |
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HB154 Estate Tax - Exclusion of Qualified Agricultural Property Last House Action: 2/3 Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Afzali, Barkley, Clagett, Elliott, Feldman, George, Glass, Hershey, Hogan, Hough, Ivey, Jacobs, A. Kelly, Krebs, McComas, A. Miller, Myers, Niemann, Otto, Parrott, Ready, Schulz, and Sophocleus |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Miscellaneous Altering the determination of the Maryland estate tax under specified circumstances to exclude from the value of the gross estate up to $5,000,000 of the value of qualified agricultural property; providing that the Maryland estate tax on qualified agricultural property may not exceed 5% of the value of specified agricultural property exceeding $5,000,000; providing for the recapture of specified Maryland estate tax under specified circumstances; requiring the Comptroller to adopt specified regulations; etc. |
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HB155 Homeowners Associations - Adoption of Rules - Notice to Lot Owners Last House Action: 2/27 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Beidle |
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Filed Under: Real Property Requiring the governing body of a homeowners association to provide lot owners with a copy of a proposed rule and specified notice before it may adopt the rule; establishing procedures to allow for commenting on, passing, and appealing the proposed rule; authorizing the proposed rule, the notice of the proposed rule, and the notice of the meeting to adopt the proposed rule to be sent to lot owners by electronic transmission, by posting on the homeowners association's home page, or by including the notice in the newsletter; etc. |
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HB156 Real Property - Condominiums - Rescission of Sales Contracts Last House Action: 3/1 Third Reading Passed (132-0) Last Senate Action: 3/2 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegate Beidle |
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Filed Under: Real Property Limiting a condominium purchaser's right to rescind in writing a contract of sale based on amended material in a vendor's public offering statement to specified amendments that affect materially and adversely the purchaser's rights; requiring a purchaser to state in writing the purchaser's reason for rescission when it is based on specified amended material in a vendor's public offering statement; stating the intent of the General Assembly; etc. |
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HB157 Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - Sprinkler Assistance Revolving Fund Last House Action: 2/13 Unfavorable Report by Appropriations Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates George, Costa, McMillan, Schuh, and Sophocleus |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $500,000, the proceeds to be used by the Board of Directors of the Annapolis Economic Development Corporation for grants, loans, and other financial assistance in the acquisition, design, construction, and capital equipping of the installation of fire sprinkler systems in commercial and residential buildings located in Annapolis; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB158 Property Tax - High Performance Building Tax Credit - National Green Building Standards Last House Action: 2/29 Recommit to Committee Ways and Means (Delegate Cardin) Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Beidle and Vitale |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Property Altering the definition of "high performance building" for purposes of the high performance building tax credit to include a building that achieves at least a silver rating according to the International Code Council's 700 National Green Building Standards. |
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HB159 Agriculture - Maryland Standard of Identity for Honey Last House Action: 2/24 Third Reading Passed (135-0) Last Senate Action: 2/27 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegates Afzali, Barkley, Clagett, Elliott, Feldman, Gaines, Glass, Hershey, Hogan, Ivey, Jacobs, A. Kelly, Krebs, Luedtke, McComas, McDermott, McHale, A. Miller, Myers, Niemann, Otto, Parrott, Ready, Ross, Schulz, Sophocleus, Walker, and Wilson |
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Filed Under: Agriculture Establishing a Maryland standard of identity for honey; requiring the standard to be applied to specified products; authorizing the designation of specified products as honey; requiring specified products to be distinguished from pure honey under specified circumstances; authorizing specified persons to file an action to enforce the Act in a specified court; authorizing the court to order relief under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB160 Motor Vehicles - Towing Practices and Procedures Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing cancelled Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Niemann, Barnes, Beidle, Branch, Braveboy, Carr, Carter, Clippinger, Frush, Gilchrist, Glenn, Healey, Hogan, Holmes, Kipke, Lafferty, McMillan, Proctor, Ross, Summers, V. Turner, and Weir |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Miscellaneous Providing for the statewide application of provisions of law governing the towing or removal of vehicles from parking lots; establishing a motor vehicle towing, recovery, and storage lien on a towed motor vehicle on behalf of the tower or agent for specified charges; prohibiting a motor vehicle towing, recovery, and storage lienor from selling the motor vehicle to which the lien is attached under specified circumstances; specifying the manner in which a motor vehicle towing, recovery, and storage lienor may sell a vehicle; etc. |
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HB161 Courts and Judicial Proceedings - Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County - Fees for Appearance of Counsel Last House Action: 1/23 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 2/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates George, Barnes, Beidle, Frush, Kipke, and Sophocleus |
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Filed Under: Courts and Court Personnel - Local Increasing to $20 from $10 specified appearance of counsel fees collected or charged by the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County. |
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HB162 State Retirement and Pension System - Administrative and Operational Expenses - Certifications and Notifications Last House Action: 1/25 Hearing 2/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Griffith (Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions) |
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Filed Under: State Pensions and Retirement Requiring the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System to send specified certifications and notifications of the amounts payable by local employers for administrative and operational expenses of the Board of Trustees and the State Retirement Agency on or before specified dates. |
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HB163 Motor Vehicles - Prohibition on Use of Text Messaging Device While Driving - Exceptions Last House Action: 2/13 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Arora |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road Establishing that the prohibition on using a text messaging device while driving does not apply to the use of voice recognition technology that allows the hands-free sending of a text message or an electronic message or the use of a text messaging device to listen to a text message or an electronic message; etc. |
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HB164 Family Law - Marriage Licenses and Ceremonies Last House Action: 2/27 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Rosenberg |
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Filed Under: Family Law Repealing the requirement that a marriage license be issued by the clerk for the county in which the marriage is performed; authorizing a clerk of any county of the State to issue a marriage license; etc. |
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HB165 State Government - Commemorative Days - Juneteenth National Freedom Day Last House Action: 1/25 Hearing 2/2 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Stukes, Alston, Anderson, Arora, Boteler, Braveboy, Burns, Cane, Carr, Carter, Conaway, Davis, Gilchrist, Glenn, Gutierrez, Harrison, Haynes, Holmes, Howard, Ivey, Jones, Love, A. Miller, Mitchell, Myers, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Pr |
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Filed Under: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim June 19 as Juneteenth National Freedom Day. |
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HB166 Maryland Transit Administration - Audio and Video Recording Devices on Vehicles Used for Transit Service Last House Action: 1/25 Hearing 2/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Stukes, Boteler, Braveboy, Gutierrez, Howard, A. Miller, Myers, Summers, and Walker |
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Filed Under: Transportation - Generally Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to activate an audio recording device on specified vehicles; requiring the Administration to post a notice on vehicles, as specified; limiting, to specified persons and for specified purposes, the review of any audio recording made on a vehicle used to provide transit service; requiring the Administration to adopt specified regulations; etc. |
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HB167 Agriculture - Commercial Feed - Arsenic Prohibition Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing cancelled Hearing 2/8 at 1:30 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hucker, Anderson, Arora, Barve, Bobo, Carr, Carter, Conaway, Cullison, Frush, Gilchrist, Holmes, Howard, A. Kelly, Lafferty, Luedtke, Oaks, Reznik, S. Robinson, Stein, Waldstreicher, and Washington |
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Filed Under: Agriculture Prohibiting a person from using, selling, or distributing specified commercial feed intended for use as poultry feed that contains roxarsone or any other additive that contains arsenic. |
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HB168 Human Relations - Housing Discrimination - Source of Income Last House Action: 1/25 Hearing 2/9 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Lafferty, Anderson, Barnes, Bobo, Braveboy, Cane, Carr, Davis, Frush, Gaines, Gilchrist, Healey, Hubbard, Hucker, Ivey, Kaiser, Luedtke, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, S. Robinson, Rosenberg, Ross, Summers, V. Turner, Waldstreicher, and Washing |
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Filed Under: Human Relations Expanding the housing policy of the State regarding the provision of fair housing to include providing for fair housing regardless of source of income; establishing specified qualifications and limitations on the general prohibition against discrimination in housing based on source of income; providing that specified provisions regarding housing discrimination due to a person's source of income do not apply to an assisted rental housing development; etc. |
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HB169 Environment - At-Store Recycling - Plastic Carryout Bags Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing cancelled Hearing 2/8 at 1:30 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Lafferty |
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Filed Under: Environment Requiring the operator of specified stores to establish an at-store recycling program for plastic carryout bags; requiring specified stores to print or display specified language on plastic carryout bags; requiring specified stores to provide collection bins for the recycling of plastic carryout bags; etc. |
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HB170 State Employees' Retirement and Pension Systems - Eligible Employees - St. Mary's Nursing Center, Inc. Last House Action: 3/8 Third Reading Passed (138-0) Last Senate Action: 3/9 First Reading Budget and Taxation |
St. Mary's County Delegation |
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Filed Under: State Pensions and Retirement Authorizing specified employees of the St. Mary's Nursing Center, Inc. to continue to participate in the State employees' retirement and pension systems; and updating the name of the St. Mary's County Nursing Home in a specified list of governmental units eligible for participation in the State employees' retirement and pension systems. |
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HB171 St. Mary's County and Dorchester County - Winery Special Event Permits - Farmers' Markets Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (133-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
St. Mary's County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Authorizing the Office of the Comptroller to issue winery special event permits to Class 4 Maryland limited wineries in St. Mary's County and Dorchester County for unlimited use 1 day each week at farmers' markets in St. Mary's County and Dorchester County that are listed on the Farmers' Market Directory of the Maryland Department of Agriculture. |
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HB172 Health Occupations - Dental Hygienists - Local Anesthesia Last House Action: 3/9 Third Reading Passed (137-1) Last Senate Action: 3/12 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegate Kipke |
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Filed Under: Health Occupations Authorizing a dental hygienist to administer specified local anesthesia by inferior alveolar nerve block under specified circumstances; requiring a dental hygienist to complete specified education and examination requirements before performing specified functions; requiring a dental hygienist who completed specified requirements before October 1, 2011, to take a specified course and clinical examination; requiring the Board to report to specified committees of the General Assembly on the impact of the Act; etc. |
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HB173 Election Law - Voter Registration Agencies - Electronic Signatures Last House Action: 2/24 Third Reading Passed (98-37) Last Senate Action: 3/7 Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m. |
Delegates Cardin and George |
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Filed Under: Elections Authorizing an applicant registering to vote at a voter registration agency to consent to the use of an electronic copy of the applicant's signature that is on file with the voter registration agency as the applicant's signature for the application being submitted; and requiring a voter registration agency to transmit an electronic copy of the signature of specified applicants for voter registration to the State Board within 5 days. |
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HB174 Local Government Self-Insurance Funds - Investment Guidelines Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (133-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Budget and Taxation |
Delegate George |
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Filed Under: Local Government - Generally Altering the definition of "public funds", as it relates to local government investment guidelines, to exclude funds held by specified local governments for self-insurance purposes. |
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HB175 Baltimore County Revenue Authority - Public Ethics Law Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (134-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Baltimore County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Counties - Local Laws Altering the provisions of the Maryland Public Ethics Law to include each member and the chief executive of the Baltimore County Revenue Authority in the definition of "local official" for all purposes of the Baltimore County Public Ethics Law. |
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HB176 Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loans of 2002 and 2009 - Montgomery County - MacDonald Knolls Center Last House Action: 3/1 Third Reading Passed (128-5) Last Senate Action: 3/7 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. |
Delegates Gutierrez, Carr, and Waldstreicher |
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Filed Under: Prior Authorizations Amending the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loans of 2002 and 2009 to extend the deadline for the Board of Directors of CHI Centers, Inc. to present evidence that a matching fund will be provided for a specified grant; requiring that the Board of Public Works expend or encumber the proceeds of the loans by June 1, 2014; and making the Act an emergency measure. |
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HB177 Ground Leases - Registration - Failure to Register Last House Action: 3/15 Favorable with Amendments {860212/1 Report Adopted Second Reading Passed with Amendments Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates McIntosh, Anderson, Beidle, Clippinger, Glenn, Hammen, Lafferty, Love, Mitchell, Oaks, B. Robinson, Sophocleus, Stein, and Washington |
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Filed Under: Real Property Prohibiting a ground lease holder from collecting ground rent payments, bringing a specified action, or obtaining a specified lien unless the ground lease is registered with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation and the ground lease holder has mailed a bill to specified addresses; repealing a specified deadline for registering a ground lease with the Department; repealing specified provisions of law relating to the extinguishment of the reversionary interest of a ground lease; etc. |
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HB178 Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2010 - St. Mary's County - United States Colored Troops Memorial Monument Last House Action: 1/25 First Reading Appropriations Hearing 2/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Bohanan |
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Filed Under: Prior Authorizations Amending the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2010 to add the Board of County Commissioners of St. Mary's County as a grantee to a specified grant, expanding the purpose of the grant, and altering the matching fund requirement of the grant; etc. |
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HB179 St. Mary's County - Alcoholic Beverages - Distillery Licenses Last House Action: 1/25 First Reading Economic Matters Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
St. Mary's County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Authorizing a holder of a Class 1 manufacturer's license for a distillery in St. Mary's County to provide liquor samples to individuals in a guided tour of the distillery; establishing a Class 7 distillery wholesaler's license to allow a holder to operate a distillery in St. Mary's County and sell and deliver up to 27,500 gallons of liquor annually to a retail licensee or permit holder in the State authorized to acquire the liquor; etc. |
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HB180 Task Force to Study the County and Municipal Revenue Structure Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing 2/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hixson, Branch, A. Miller, Rosenberg, Ross, Stukes, and Walker |
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Filed Under: Counties - Generally Establishing a Task Force to Study the County and Municipal Revenue Structure; providing for the membership and duties of the Task Force; providing for the designation of a chair of the Task Force; requiring the Department of Legislative Services to provide staff for the Task Force; prohibiting members of the Task Force from receiving compensation; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2012; etc. |
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HB181 Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Overtime Compensation Last House Action: 1/25 First Reading Ways and Means Hearing 1/31 at 11:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Summers |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Income Providing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for the first $5,000 of income received as overtime compensation required by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938; applying the Act to tax years after 2011 but before 2022; etc. |
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HB182 St. Mary's County Board of Elections - Salary Last House Action: 1/25 First Reading Ways and Means Hearing 2/1 at 2:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
St. Mary's County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Elections Increasing the salary of the members of the St. Mary's County Board of Elections to $3,000; and providing that the Act does not apply to the salary or compensation of the incumbent members of the St. Mary's County Board of Elections. |
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HB183 State Government - Human Relations - Discrimination in Housing, Employment, and Places of Public Accommodation Last House Action: 2/28 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Rosenberg, Carter, Cullison, Elliott, Frank, Gutierrez, Love, Luedtke, Mizeur, Oaks, Summers, and Tarrant |
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Filed Under: Human Relations Making specified provisions of law related to discrimination by a place of public accommodation applicable to the Internet Web site of a specified business entity; authorizing the remedy for discrimination by a place of public accommodation to include compensatory damages; authorizing specified persons to elect a civil action when a complaint filed with the Commission on Civil Rights alleges discrimination by a place of public accommodation; etc. |
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HB184 Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Quebec Terrace Lighting Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/12 at 9:30 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hixson, Hucker, and Mizeur |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $120,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Trustees of ArtPreneurs, Inc. for the planning, design, and construction of the Quebec Terrace lighting, located in Wheaton; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB185 Education - Talbot County - Participation in High School Athletic Programs Last House Action: 1/25 First Reading Ways and Means Hearing 2/2 at 2:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Haddaway-Riccio and Eckardt |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Allowing a student to participate in interscholastic athletic activities in another public high school in Talbot County if that athletic activity is not offered at the public secondary school in the student's geographical attendance area. |
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HB186 Department of the Environment - Permit Proceedings - Judicial Review Last House Action: 2/24 Third Reading Passed (135-0) Last Senate Action: 3/7 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. |
Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Environment) |
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Filed Under: Environment Clarifying the right of parties to appeal to the Court of Special Appeals a decision by a circuit court regarding specified final permit determinations by the Department of the Environment; applying the Act retroactively to affect specified appeals pending in a circuit court on the effective date of the Act; and making the Act an emergency measure. |
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HB187 Criminal Procedure - Expungement - Filing on Behalf of Deceased Person Last House Action: 2/16 Third Reading Passed (122-12) Last Senate Action: 2/17 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegates K. Kelly and Simmons |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Authorizing a person's attorney or personal representative to file a petition for expungement on behalf of the person if the person died before disposition of the underlying charge by nolle prosequi or dismissal; and providing for the retroactive application of the Act. |
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HB188 Criminal Law - Controlled Dangerous Substances - Synthetic Cannabinoids Last House Action: 1/25 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Eckardt, Beidle, Dwyer, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Jacobs, Kipke, McConkey, and Valentino-Smith |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Listing specified chemical compounds, known as synthetic cannabinoids, on Schedule I for purposes of designating controlled dangerous substances that may not be legally used, possessed, or distributed. |
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HB189 State Government - Sickle Cell Anemia Awareness Month Last House Action: 1/25 First Reading Health and Government Operations Hearing 2/2 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Walker and Oaks |
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Filed Under: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials Requiring the Governor to proclaim the month of September each year as "Sickle Cell Anemia Awareness Month". |
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HB190 Environment - Noise Control Last House Action: 2/24 Third Reading Passed (134-1) Last Senate Action: 3/7 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. |
Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Environment) |
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Filed Under: Environment Requiring the Department of the Environment to revise specified noise standards and sound level limits under specified circumstances; repealing requirements that the Department develop a specified plan, coordinate specified programs, and keep specified records; repealing requirements for the adoption and enforcement of noise standards, sound level limits, or noise control regulations by the Department or other units; authorizing a political subdivision to enforce specified sound level limits and noise control regulations; etc. |
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HB191 State Board of Education - Financial Literacy Curriculum - Graduation Requirement Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Walker |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Requiring the State Board of Education to develop curriculum content for a course in financial literacy; requiring each county board of education to implement the financial literacy curriculum content developed by the State Board in every high school in the county; and requiring students to complete a course in financial literacy in order to graduate from high school. |
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HB192 Kent County - Alcoholic Beverages - Micro-Brewery Licenses Last House Action: 1/25 First Reading Economic Matters Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Jacobs, Hershey, and Smigiel |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Adding Kent County to the list of counties in which a Class 7 micro- brewery license may be issued; adding the county to the list of counties in which the license holder may sell at retail beer brewed under the license for consumption off the licensed premises under specified conditions; providing that the license may be issued only to a holder of a Class D beer (off-sale) license; etc. |
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HB193 Consumer Protection - Home Appliances - Warranty Enforcement Last House Action: 1/31 Hearing 2/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Walker |
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Filed Under: Commercial Law - Consumer Protection Requiring a manufacturer of home appliances or its agent to repair or correct a nonconformity in a home appliance at no cost to the consumer if the home appliance does not conform to the manufacturer's express warranties; requiring a manufacturer, under specified circumstances and at the option of the consumer, to replace a home appliance with a comparable home appliance or accept return of a home appliance and refund the purchase price less reasonable allowances; etc. |
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HB194 State Traumatic Brain Injury Trust Fund Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing 2/7 at 1:30 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates McConkey, Braveboy, Cullison, Elliott, Fisher, Frank, Glass, Hubbard, Kipke, Krebs, McComas, A. Miller, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Ready, Stukes, and V. Turner |
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Filed Under: Public Health Establishing the State Traumatic Brain Injury Trust Fund as a special fund to be used to support specified services for specified individuals with traumatic brain injuries; requiring the Director of the Developmental Disabilities Administration or the Director's designee to administer the Fund; requiring the Director or the Director's designee to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before a specified date each year; and establishing eligibility for individuals to receive assistance from the Fund. |
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HB195 Public Funding and Small Donor Act for General Assembly Elections Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Cardin, Arora, Barkley, Barnes, Barve, Bobo, Carr, Frick, Healey, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, Hucker, Ivey, Kaiser, Lafferty, Luedtke, McIntosh, Mizeur, Murphy, Niemann, Pendergrass, Reznik, Rosenberg, Stein, Summers, V. Turner, and Waldstreiche |
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Filed Under: Elections Creating a public financing system for General Assembly candidates; repealing the Public Financing Act for gubernatorial candidates; altering limits on contributions and transfers, as specified; providing that specified contributions be considered as being made by one contributor; authorizing the governing body of a county to enact laws to regulate public campaign finance activity for county elective offices and candidates for those offices, as specified; specifying expenditure limits for participating candidates; etc. |
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HB196 Student Health and Fitness Act Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing 2/9 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Walker, Alston, Anderson, Bates, Braveboy, Burns, Cardin, Davis, Feldman, Frank, Frush, George, Haynes, Healey, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Ivey, Kach, Lafferty, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Olszewski, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, B. Robinson, Ross, Summers, |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Requiring that a public school student in elementary school be provided a daily program of physical activity totaling at least 150 minutes of physical activity each week, including at least 90 minutes of physical education; requiring that the program of physical activity for a specified category of student be consistent with a specified plan for the student; requiring public elementary schools to designate a specified group to plan and coordinate specified activities; etc. |
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HB197 Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services - Representation on Boards, Commissions, and Councils Last House Action: 2/24 Third Reading Passed (135-0) Last Senate Action: 3/9 Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m. |
Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Departmental - Public Safety and Correctional Services) |
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Filed Under: State Government - Regulations and Procedures Altering the membership representing the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services on the Correctional Training Commission, the Sexual Offender Advisory Board, and the State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council. |
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HB198 Correctional Services - Delegation of the Secretary's Authority Last House Action: 2/24 Third Reading Passed (135-0) Last Senate Action: 3/9 Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m. |
Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Departmental - Public Safety and Correctional Services) |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Authorizing the Deputy Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services to exercise specified authority with the approval of the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services; and prohibiting the Deputy Secretary from exercising specified authority. |
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HB199 Courts - Sentence Review - Review Panel Last House Action: 3/7 Third Reading Passed (114-25) Last Senate Action: 3/8 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Maryland Judicial Conference) |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Altering the number of judges on a criminal sentence review panel; altering a definition to require review panel judges to be of a specified judicial circuit; clarifying who is entitled to a sentence review by a review panel; clarifying that a sentence includes any suspended portion for the purposes of a sentence review; repealing a provision of law authorizing a specified sentencing judge to sit with a review panel in an advisory capacity; prohibiting a review panel from conferring with a specified sentencing judge; etc. |
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HB200 Election Law - Voting by Registered Offenders at Polling Places - Prohibition Last House Action: 2/7 Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Walker and Olszewski |
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Filed Under: Elections Prohibiting specified registered offenders from voting at polling places or early voting centers located on school grounds; authorizing specified registered offenders who are prohibited from voting at polling places or early voting centers on school grounds to vote at early voting centers not located on school grounds or by absentee ballot; requiring the supervising authority of specified registered offenders to give written notice and explain the requirements of the Act when a registrant registers; etc. |
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HB201 Public Schools - Meal Menus - Nutrition Information Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing 2/9 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Niemann |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Requiring each public school, beginning in the 2012-2013 school year, to list the number of calories contained in a menu item next to the menu item on a meal menu published by the school. |
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HB202 Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Walker Mill Community Development Corporation Last House Action: 3/12 Unfavorable Report by Appropriations Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Griffith, Braveboy, and Davis |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $250,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Walker Mill Community Development Corporation for the planning, design, and construction of the Walker Mill Community Development Corporation, located in Capitol Heights; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB203 Maryland Death Taxes - Family Property Protection Act Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Krebs, Aumann, Bates, Boteler, Cluster, Eckardt, Elliott, Fisher, Frank, George, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Hogan, Hough, Jacobs, Kach, Kipke, McComas, McConkey, McDermott, McDonough, McMillan, W. Miller, Norman, O'Donnell, Otto, Parrott, Read |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Miscellaneous Repealing a limit on the unified credit used for determining the Maryland estate tax; repealing a requirement that the Maryland estate tax shall be in effect even if the federal estate tax is not in effect; repealing a requirement that the Maryland estate tax be determined without regard to a specified deduction allowed under the federal estate tax; and applying the Act to decedents dying after December 31, 2011. |
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HB204 Harford County - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Residency Requirement for Applicants Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (133-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Harford County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Altering the residency requirement for applicants for alcoholic beverages licenses in Harford County. |
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HB205 Harford County - Alcoholic Beverages - Wine Festival License Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (133-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Harford County Delegation and Delegates Impallaria, James, McComas, McDonough, Norman, and Stifler |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Removing the requirement that wine festivals in Harford County be held one weekend annually, during the months of June, July, August, or September, and not conflict with other specified wine festivals. |
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HB206 Secondhand Precious Metal Object Dealers - Securing and Tagging Items - Requirements Last House Action: 2/16 Third Reading Passed (135-0) Last Senate Action: 2/20 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegates Jameson, Barkley, Burns, Haddaway-Riccio, Impallaria, Love, W. Miller, Olszewski, and Vaughn |
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Filed Under: Business Regulation and Occupations Authorizing a secondhand precious metal object dealer, during the required holding period, to place specified items into a secure container under specified circumstances; and requiring a dealer to tag specified items in a specified manner when the dealer places specified items in the dealer's inventory. |
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HB207 Tanning Devices - Use by Minors - Prohibition Last House Action: 1/26 Hearing 2/9 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Reznik and Love |
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Filed Under: Public Health Prohibiting owners, employees, and operators of tanning facilities from allowing minors to use tanning devices. |
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HB208 Baltimore City Public School System - Governance Last House Action: 2/27 Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Mitchell |
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Filed Under: Education - Local Bills Altering the appointment process of specified members of the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners; altering the composition and purpose of the board; making the board responsible for functions assigned to it by the Chief Executive Officer of the board; repealing specified powers and functions of the board; requiring the Mayor to employ the Chief Executive Officer and establish a salary; requiring the board to establish a specified personnel system proposed by the Chief Executive Officer; etc. |
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HB209 Public Safety - Possession of Firearms - Crimes Committed in Other States Last House Action: 2/10 Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Mitchell, Anderson, Arora, Clippinger, Cluster, Dumais, Glenn, Hubbard, McDermott, B. Robinson, Simmons, Stukes, Summers, Tarrant, Valentino-Smith, Waldstreicher, Washington, and Zucker |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Prohibiting a person from possessing a regulated firearm, rifle, or shotgun if the person was previously convicted of an offense under the laws of another state or the United States that would constitute a crime of violence or a violation of specified provisions of law if committed in this State. |
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HB210 St. Mary's County - School Buses - Length of Operation Last House Action: 3/8 Third Reading Passed (137-0) Last Senate Action: 3/14 Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m. |
St. Mary's County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Extending to 15 years the period of time that a school vehicle may be operated in St. Mary's County, subject to specified requirements. |
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HB211 Elected Officials - Removal from Office - Crimes Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (135-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegates Ivey, Vaughn, Griffith, Afzali, Alston, Anderson, Arora, Barkley, Barnes, Barve, Beidle, Beitzel, Bohanan, Branch, Braveboy, Burns, Cane, Carr, Carter, Clagett, Clippinger, Cullison, Davis, DeBoy, Feldman, Frick, Frush, Gaines, George, Gilchr |
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Filed Under: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials Requiring that an elected official of the State or of a county or municipal corporation who is found guilty of a felony or specified misdemeanors be suspended and, under specified circumstances, removed from office by operation of law; requiring that an elected official of the State or of a county or municipal corporation who enters a plea of guilty or nolo contendere relating to a felony or specified misdemeanors be removed from office by operation of law; submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State; etc. |
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HB212 Caroline County, Dorchester County, and Talbot County - Prospective Employees and Volunteers - Criminal History Records Check Last House Action: 2/16 Third Reading Passed (136-0) Last Senate Action: 2/17 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegates Eckardt, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Jacobs, McDermott, and Smigiel |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Authorizing a specified officer in Caroline County, Dorchester County, and Talbot County to request from the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services a State and national criminal history records check for a prospective county employee or volunteer; requiring that a specified officer submit sets of fingerprints and fees to the Central Repository as part of the application for a criminal history records check; etc. |
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HB213 Baltimore City Community Enhancement Transit-Oriented Development Fund Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. (Environmental Matters) Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Branch, McIntosh, Anderson, Clippinger, Glenn, Hammen, McHale, Mitchell, Oaks, B. Robinson, and Washington |
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Filed Under: Economic and Community Development Establishing the Baltimore City Community Enhancement Transit-Oriented Development Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund for specified purposes; providing for the contents and uses of the Fund; requiring that a portion of revenues from projects and other money, as specified, be paid into the Fund; requiring the Comptroller to pay specified money from the Fund to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City in a specified manner; authorizing the Mayor and City Council to use or award money from the Fund for specified purposes; etc. |
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HB214 Harford County - Harford Community College - Authority to Incur Debt Last House Action: 2/16 Third Reading Passed (134-1) Last Senate Action: 3/14 Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m. |
Harford County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Community Colleges - Local Bills Authorizing the Harford Community College Board of Trustees to borrow money for specified purposes and secure debt in a specified manner. |
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HB215 Local Government - Investment in Our Youth (IO-YOUth) Programs Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. (Environmental Matters) Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Stukes, Anderson, Boteler, Braveboy, Burns, Carter, Clippinger, Conaway, Glenn, Gutierrez, Hammen, Harrison, Haynes, Howard, McHale, Mitchell, Tarrant, Walker, and Washington |
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Filed Under: Counties - Generally Authorizing a county to establish an Investment in Our Youth (IO- YOUth) Program; specifying that the purpose of a Program is to provide grants to nonprofit organizations to provide summer jobs for youths who are between 14 and 18 years of age; requiring a county that establishes a Program to establish a special fund that is to be used to fund the Program; specifying that the Program is to be funded by specified funds and donations; etc. |
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HB216 Washington County - Distribution of Amounts to Town of Williamsport - Payments in Lieu of Property Taxes on Electricity Generation Facilities Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing 2/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Washington County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Property - Local Altering the requirement that Washington County distribute to the Town of Williamsport 35% of any amount received under specified payments in lieu of property taxes from an electricity generation facility under specified circumstances; applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2012; etc. |
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HB217 Council for the Procurement of Health, Educational, and Social Services Last House Action: 2/28 Third Reading Passed (133-0) Last Senate Action: 2/29 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Gutierrez, and Reznik |
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Filed Under: State Government - Procurement Establishing the Council for the Procurement of Health, Educational, and Social Services; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Council; requiring the Council to advise the Board of Public Works on the Task Force Report to the Governor and the General Assembly on Procurement of Health, Education and Social Services by State Agencies and make specified recommendations for the procurement process for health, educational, and social services; etc. |
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HB218 Commission on Civil Rights - Discrimination in Employment - Computation of Time for Filing a Civil Action Last House Action: 1/26 Hearing cancelled Hearing 2/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Gutierrez, Oaks, and Tarrant |
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Filed Under: Human Relations Providing that the time during which specified administrative proceedings are pending is not included in the computation of the 2- year time period for filing a civil action alleging an unlawful employment practice. |
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HB219 State Lottery - Problem Gambling Measures Last House Action: 2/16 Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Kipke, Arora, Eckardt, Elliott, Frank, George, Hough, McDermott, Minnick, Ready, and Stocksdale |
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Filed Under: Gaming Requiring that specified regulations of the State Lottery Agency include measures intended to reduce or mitigate the effects of problem gambling. |
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HB220 Procurement - Community Service Providers - Executive Compensation - Reporting Requirements Last House Action: 2/14 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Kipke, Costa, A. Kelly, Krebs, Murphy, Pena-Melnyk, Ready, Reznik, Tarrant, and V. Turner |
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Filed Under: State Government - Procurement Requiring a community service provider that participates in the Employment Works Program in a given year to prepare a report of all federally taxable compensation paid to executives of the community service provider during the year and submit the report to the Secretary of General Services and specified committees of the General Assembly. |
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HB221 Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Healthy Start Client Service Center Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 11:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Tarrant, Conaway, and B. Robinson |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $200,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Baltimore Healthy Start, Inc. for the acquisition, repair, renovation, and capital equipping of the Healthy Start Client Service Center, located in Baltimore City; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB222 Garrett County - Alcoholic Beverages - Nudity and Sexual Displays - License Revocation Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (133-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegate Beitzel |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Authorizing the Board of License Commissioners in Garrett County to determine whether to revoke the alcoholic beverages license of a licensee if any of specified activities regarding nudity or sexual displays are found to have occurred on the premises or location for which the license was issued. |
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HB223 Garrett County - Alcoholic Beverages - Special Class C Beer, Wine and Liquor License Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (134-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegate Beitzel |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Authorizing in Garrett County the holder of a special Class C beer, wine and liquor license to purchase beer and light wine from a wholesale dealer. |
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HB224 Garrett County - Hotel Rental Tax Rate Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing 2/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Beitzel |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Miscellaneous - Local Increasing from 5% to 6% the maximum hotel rental tax rate that may be set in Garrett County. |
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HB225 Election Law - Special Elections - Voting by Mail Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing 2/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Cardin, Barve, Gilchrist, Kramer, Luedtke, and Simmons |
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Filed Under: Elections Authorizing the Governor, a county council, or a board of county commissioners to direct that voting by mail be utilized in specified special elections; specifying the application of specified provisions of law to a special election conducted by mail; requiring a local board of elections to mail a vote-by-mail ballot to each registered voter who is eligible to vote in a special election conducted by mail unless the voter has requested that the ballot be transmitted by other means; etc. |
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HB226 Election Law - Citizens Who Have Not Lived in the United States - Right to Vote Last House Action: 3/13 Special Order until later today (Delegate Cardin) Adopted Motion vote previous question (Delegate Cane) Adopted Third Reading Passed (84-52) Last Senate Action: 3/14 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegate Cardin |
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Filed Under: Elections Providing that a citizen who has not lived in the United States but has a parent who is a registered voter in the State is a resident of the State for purposes of voter registration; prohibiting an individual from being considered a resident of the State if the individual has established a domicile outside the State; and authorizing an individual to register to vote and vote only in elections for federal office in the county in the State where a parent resides if the individual meets specified requirements. |
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HB227 Income Tax Credit for Services Donated to Community Health Organizations Last House Action: 2/3 Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hixson, Branch, Cardin, Howard, Ivey, Kaiser, Luedtke, A. Miller, Rosenberg, Ross, Stukes, Summers, and Walker |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Income Allowing a State income tax credit for specified health care professionals who donate services to community health organizations providing health care services to low-income individuals; providing for allocation of the tax credit among community health organizations; limiting the total tax credit that may be allocated in the State to $250,000 each year; etc. |
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HB228 Consuming Wine Beverages Not Bought on Premises - Restaurants, Clubs, and Hotels Last House Action: 1/31 Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Feldman, Ivey, Afzali, Arora, Barnes, Barve, Beitzel, Bobo, Carr, Cullison, Dumais, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Frank, Frick, Glass, Harrison, Healey, Holmes, Hough, Howard, Hubbard, Hucker, Kach, Kaiser, A. Kelly, Kipke, Krebs, Lee, Luedtke, Mc |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Statewide Bills Allowing an individual in a restaurant, club, or hotel for which a specified alcoholic beverages license is issued the privilege of consuming wine not purchased from or provided by the license holder; requiring, for an individual to exercise the privilege, that the wine be consumed with a meal and the individual receive the approval of the license holder; authorizing a license holder to determine and charge an individual a fee for the privilege; etc. |
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HB229 Maryland Plastic Bag Recycling Act Last House Action: 1/30 Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Lafferty, Barnes, Beidle, Bromwell, Frush, Hogan, Niemann, Olszewski, Tarrant, Vaughn, Washington, and Weir |
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Filed Under: Environment Prohibiting a plastic carryout bag manufacturer from providing, selling, or offering for sale plastic carryout bags for use or distribution in the State unless specified language is printed or displayed on the bags and the manufacturer has registered with the Department of the Environment in a specified manner; requiring a plastic carryout bag manufacturer to register every 2 years by submitting to the Department a specified registration form, fee, and plan; terminating the Act after September 30, 2020; etc. |
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HB230 Public Safety - Department of State Police - Yellow Dot Program Last House Action: 3/13 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates K. Kelly, Alston, Anderson, Arora, Aumann, Barve, Beitzel, Boteler, Bromwell, Burns, Carter, Clagett, Clippinger, Cluster, Conaway, Costa, DeBoy, Dumais, Elliott, Frank, George, Gilchrist, Glass, Glenn, Haddaway-Riccio, Hogan, Holmes, Hough, |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Establishing the Yellow Dot Program in the Department of State Police to provide specified health information to emergency responders under specified circumstances; requiring the Department to design and make available specified materials necessary to implement and administer the Program; requiring the Department to publicize the Program and distribute Program materials in cooperation with the Motor Vehicle Administration; etc. |
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HB231 Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Skatepark of Baltimore at Roosevelt Park Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 11:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Tarrant, Conaway, and B. Robinson |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $150,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Skatepark of Baltimore, Inc. for the construction of the Skatepark of Baltimore at Roosevelt Park, located in Baltimore City; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB232 Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages License - Repeal of Voter Registration Requirement for Licensees Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (133-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegates Tarrant, Branch, Clippinger, Conaway, Haynes, Mitchell, B. Robinson, Stukes, and Washington |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Repealing, as to Baltimore City, the requirement that an authorized person of a limited liability company who holds an alcoholic beverages license be a registered voter in the City. |
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HB233 Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - St. Francis Neighborhood Center Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 11:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Tarrant, Conaway, and B. Robinson |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $200,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the St. Francis Neighborhood Center Corporation, Inc. for the planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, and capital equipping of the St. Francis Neighborhood Center, located in Baltimore City; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB234 Corporate Income Tax - Rate Reduction Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Ready, Afzali, Aumann, Beitzel, Boteler, Eckardt, Elliott, Frank, George, Glass, Hogan, Hough, Jacobs, Kach, Kipke, Krebs, McDermott, McDonough, Minnick, Norman, Parrott, Schuh, Stocksdale, Vitale, and Wood |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Income Reducing the State corporate income tax rate from 8.25% to 7% for taxable years after tax year 2011. |
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HB235 Criminal Justice Information System - Prohibited Dissemination Last House Action: 3/8 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Stukes, Anderson, Carter, Conaway, Glenn, Harrison, Haynes, Howard, McConkey, A. Miller, Mitchell, Oaks, B. Robinson, Tarrant, and Walker |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Prohibiting the dissemination of criminal history record information to a person other than a criminal justice unit if the information relates to a charge or conviction for a nonviolent crime that was allegedly committed more than 10 years previously, with a specified exception; and providing that this prohibition may not be abrogated by waiver or consent. |
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HB236 Insurance - Maryland Insurance Information Day (MII Day) Last House Action: 3/6 Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Stukes, Anderson, Carter, Conaway, Glenn, Harrison, Haynes, Howard, McConkey, A. Miller, Oaks, B. Robinson, Tarrant, Valentino-Smith, and Walker |
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Filed Under: Insurance - Other than Health Authorizing insurance carriers and insurance producers to hold insurance coverage symposiums for specified purposes; authorizing the symposiums to be held in specified locations and to include specified information; authorizing insurance carriers and insurance producers to accept applications for insurance at the symposiums; authorizing the public to be made aware of the symposiums through specified mechanisms; requiring a symposium to be called a "Maryland Insurance Information Day (MII Day)"; etc. |
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HB237 Criminal Procedure - Explanation of Expungement Provisions Relating to Proposed Disposition of Charge Last House Action: 3/8 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Stukes, Anderson, Conaway, Glenn, Harrison, Howard, A. Miller, B. Robinson, and Walker |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Altering a provision of law relating to the expungement of criminal records so as to require a court, before disposing of a charge against a defendant, to provide a detailed explanation to the defendant of specified expungement provisions; and requiring the court, after providing the explanation, to give the defendant the opportunity to reject a disposition of probation before judgment, nolle prosequi, plea of guilty, or stet. |
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HB238 State Board of Nursing - Nurses, Nursing Assistants, Medication Technicians, and Electrologists - Licensure and Certification Requirements Last House Action: 3/9 Third Reading Passed (136-1) Last Senate Action: 3/12 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Eckardt, Kipke, V. Turner, and Valentino-Smith |
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Filed Under: Health Occupations Exempting individuals who provide gratuitous care for specified individuals from the requirement that an individual must be licensed or certified before practicing specified health occupations; exempting individuals who respond to a disaster situation in the State from the requirement that an individual must be licensed before practicing registered nursing or licensed practical nursing under specified circumstances; authorizing the Board to issue specified licenses by endorsement; etc. |
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HB239 Frederick County Board of Education - Membership and Employment Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing 2/9 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Frederick County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Education - Local Bills Repealing a provision of law prohibiting specified individuals in Frederick County from being elected to or serving on the county board of education; and repealing a provision of law prohibiting specified individuals in Frederick County from being hired as an administrator or a teacher under specified circumstances. |
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HB240 Creation of a State Debt - Frederick County - Goodwill Industries of Monocacy Valley Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Clagett |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $300,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Goodwill Industries of Monocacy Valley, Inc. for the renovation, including addition of a HVAC system, to the Goodwill Facility, located in the City of Frederick; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB241 Frederick County - Hotel Rental Tax - Rate and Distribution of Revenue Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Clagett |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Miscellaneous - Local Setting the hotel rental tax rate in Frederick County at 5%; altering the distribution of specified hotel rental tax revenue in Frederick County; etc. |
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HB242 Creation of a State Debt - Frederick County - Mental Health Association Building Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Clagett |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $300,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Mental Health Association of Frederick County, Inc. for the renovation of the Mental Health Association Building, located in Frederick; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB243 Kathleen A. Mathias Chemotherapy Parity Act of 2012 Last House Action: 3/16 Third Reading Passed (137-0) Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Braveboy, Burns, Conway, Donoghue, Eckardt, Frush, Howard, Hubbard, Jones, A. Kelly, Kipke, Morhaim, Murphy, Pena-Melnyk, Tarrant, V. Turner, Cullison, Krebs, Bromwell, Ready, Reznik, Elliott, Hammen, Pendergrass, Kach, McDono |
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Filed Under: Insurance - Health Prohibiting insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations that provide coverage for cancer chemotherapy under specified health insurance policies or contracts from imposing limits or cost sharing on coverage for orally administered cancer chemotherapy that are less favorable to an insured or enrollee than the limits or cost sharing on coverage for cancer chemotherapy that is administered intravenously or by injection; etc. |
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HB244 State Government - Commemorative Days - Maryland Centenarians Day Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing 2/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Braveboy, Burns, Frush, Jones, A. Kelly, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Tarrant, and V. Turner |
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Filed Under: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim the second Thursday in May as Maryland Centenarians Day. |
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HB245 Charles County - School Buses - Length of Operation Last House Action: 3/8 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Charles County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Altering the length of time a school bus may be operated in Charles County. |
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HB246 Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - National Aquarium Infrastructure Last House Action: 3/2 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Clippinger, Hammen, and McHale |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $4,000,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the National Aquarium in Baltimore, Inc. for the planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the National Aquarium Infrastructure; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB247 State Plumbing Code - Adoption of International Code Council Standards Last House Action: 2/16 Third Reading Passed (136-0) Last Senate Action: 3/7 Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m. |
Delegates Myers, Afzali, Barkley, Bates, Beitzel, Cluster, Feldman, George, Glass, Haddaway-Riccio, Impallaria, Jacobs, K. Kelly, Love, W. Miller, Minnick, Norman, Olszewski, Otto, Parrott, Schuh, Schulz, Serafini, Stifler, Vaughn, Vitale, Wood, and Ja |
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Filed Under: Business Regulation and Occupations Authorizing the State Board of Plumbing to adopt standards of the International Code Council as part of the State Plumbing Code; requiring the Board to periodically review specified standards of the International Code Council; requiring the Board to amend the State Plumbing Code to incorporate specified standards for a water conserving appliance, device, fitting, or fixture under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB248 Harford County - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Class C-3 Club License Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (133-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Harford County Delegation and Delegates Glass, James, McComas, McDonough, and Norman |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Removing the requirement in Harford County for a country club to maintain a specified number of tennis courts to be eligible for a Class C-3 club alcoholic beverages license. |
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HB249 Judges' Retirement System - Contribution Rates for New Members Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
The Speaker (By Request - Judicial Compensation Commission) |
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Filed Under: State Pensions and Retirement Altering from 6% to 8% of earnable compensation the rate of member contributions for individuals who become members of the Judges' Retirement System on or after July 1, 2012. |
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HB250 Elections - Baltimore City - Election Dates Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing 2/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Oaks, Carter, and Rosenberg |
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Filed Under: Elections Altering the dates of specified elections for municipal offices in Baltimore City; and specifying the terms of municipal officers in Baltimore City who were elected in a specified year. |
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HB251 Town of Ocean City - Criminal History Records Check - Taxi Driver Applicants Last House Action: 2/24 Third Reading Passed (133-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m. |
Delegates McDermott and Conway |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Authorizing the Ocean City Police Department to request State and national criminal history records checks for taxi driver applicants in Ocean City from the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository; requiring the Ocean City Police Department to submit sets of fingerprints of taxi driver applicants and pay specified fees to the Central Repository as part of the application for a records check; requiring the Central Repository to forward specified information to specified persons; etc. |
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HB252 Task Force on Military Service Members, Veterans, and the Courts Last House Action: 3/19 Favorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Burns, Valentino-Smith, Aumann, Boteler, Minnick, and Weir |
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Filed Under: Courts and Court Personnel - Statewide Creating a Task Force on Military Service Members, Veterans, and the Courts; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; providing that a member of the Task Force may not receive compensation but may be reimbursed for specified expenses; requiring the Task Force to study military service-related mental health issues and substance abuse problems and to make recommendations on or before December 1, 2013, concerning the establishment of a special court for defendants who are military members or veterans; etc. |
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HB253 Department of Planning - Local and Regional Planning and Land Use Powers - Prohibition on Restriction Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Smigiel, Afzali, Boteler, Cluster, Elliott, Glass, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Hough, Jacobs, Krebs, McComas, McDermott, Parrott, Ready, Schulz, Vitale, Aumann, Bates, Costa, Eckardt, Fisher, Frank, George, Hogan, Kipke, McConkey, McDonough, W. |
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Filed Under: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials Prohibiting the Department of Planning from adopting any regulation or taking any action that restricts the planning and land use powers of local governments or regional planning agencies; etc. |
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HB254 Cecil County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class BLX Licenses Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (133-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Cecil County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Lowering to $400,000 the minimum capital investment for dining room facilities and kitchen equipment required for a restaurant to qualify for a Class BLX on-sale license in Cecil County. |
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HB255 Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Muslim Community Center Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 9:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Luedtke, Kaiser, Zucker, Barve, A. Miller, Reznik, and Waldstreicher |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $250,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors and Board of Trustees of the Muslim Community Center, Inc. for the planning, design, and construction of the Muslim Community Center, located in North Potomac; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB256 Regulated Firearms - License Issued by Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, or West Virginia - Reciprocity Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Smigiel, Afzali, Anderson, Aumann, Bates, Beidle, Boteler, Bromwell, Carter, Cluster, Costa, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Fisher, Frank, George, Glass, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Hough, Jacobs, Kach, K. Kelly, Kipke, McComas, McConkey, McDermott, |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Specifying that a license to carry a regulated firearm, including a concealed regulated firearm, issued to an individual by Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, or West Virginia is valid in Maryland. |
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HB257 Computers - Video Lottery Terminals - Tampering Last House Action: 2/16 Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates McDermott, Alston, Arora, Clippinger, Cluster, Conaway, Hough, Jacobs, K. Kelly, McComas, Mitchell, Parrott, and Smigiel |
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Filed Under: Gaming Expanding the definition of "computer" to clarify that the criminal law related to the unauthorized access to computers and related devices and systems applies to video lottery terminals and the associated equipment owned by the State Lottery Commission. |
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HB258 Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Sale or Transfer of Solar Renewable Energy Credits - Minimum Required Term Last House Action: 3/9 Third Reading Passed (138-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m. |
Delegate Haddaway-Riccio |
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Filed Under: Utility Regulation Providing that a specified minimum required term for specified contracts between an electricity supplier and a renewable on-site generator involving the sale or transfer of solar renewable energy credits applies only to contracts with an on-site generator that exceeds a specified capacity. |
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HB259 Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund - Municipal Electric Utility - Exemption Last House Action: 2/14 Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Haddaway-Riccio, Donoghue, Eckardt, McDermott, Myers, and Serafini |
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Filed Under: Utility Regulation Providing that a specified provision of law relating to the use of specified proceeds received by the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund and credited to a specified account does not apply to residential customers of a municipal electric utility. |
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HB260 State Lottery Agency - Veterans Lottery - Established Last House Action: 2/16 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Boteler, Aumann, Cluster, DeBoy, Dwyer, Fisher, Frank, George, Glass, Impallaria, Kach, Krebs, McDonough, A. Miller, Minnick, Mitchell, Norman, Olszewski, Schulz, Stein, Stukes, Szeliga, V. Turner, Weir, and Wood |
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Filed Under: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials Requiring the State Lottery Agency to conduct an annual lottery for the benefit of the Maryland Veterans Trust Fund; requiring the Agency to deposit into the Fund a percentage of the proceeds, after specified expenses are paid; and requiring the State Lottery Agency to meet specified advertising criteria in conducting the veterans lottery. |
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HB261 Criminal Procedure - Criminal Defendants - Court Appearances Last House Action: 3/1 Third Reading Passed (133-0) Last Senate Action: 3/2 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegates Vallario, McDermott, Anderson, Dumais, Glenn, K. Kelly, Simmons, Smigiel, Valentino-Smith, and Wilson |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Declaring the intention of the General Assembly to monitor issues and determine whether modification of a specified Act is required; prohibiting specified ex parte communications between a District Court commissioner and a State's Attorney, an attorney for the defendant, or a law enforcement officer; prohibiting a statement made by a defendant during the course of an initial appearance before a District Court commissioner from being used as evidence against the defendant in specified proceedings; etc. |
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HB262 Condominiums and Homeowners Associations - Sales Contracts - Notice of Potential Special Assessments Last House Action: 2/27 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Beidle, Carr, Glenn, Healey, Lafferty, S. Robinson, and Wilson |
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Filed Under: Real Property Providing that a contract for the resale of a unit in a condominium is not enforceable unless the contract of sale contains a specified notice and the unit owner furnishes specified information concerning potential special assessments; providing that a contract for the resale of a lot in a development, or for the initial sale of a lot in a development containing 12 or fewer lots, is not enforceable unless the purchaser is given a specified notice concerning potential special assessments; and applying the Act only prospectively. |
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HB263 Baltimore City - Park Heights Redevelopment Area - Alcoholic Beverages - Store Closing Hours Last House Action: 1/31 Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates B. Robinson, Carter, Conaway, Oaks, and Tarrant |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Altering to 10 p.m. the time at which establishments issued Class A beer and wine or beer, wine and liquor beverages licenses in the Park Heights Redevelopment Area in Baltimore City must stop selling alcoholic beverages. |
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HB264 State Council on Child Abuse and Neglect - Transfer to Department of Human Resources Last House Action: 2/24 Third Reading Passed (134-0) Last Senate Action: 3/9 Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m. |
Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Departmental - Human Resources) |
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Filed Under: Family Law Transferring the State Council on Child Abuse and Neglect from the Office for Children, Youth, and Families to the Department of Human Resources; repealing a provision relating to the term of a person who is a member of the Governor's Council on Child Abuse and Neglect on a specified date; repealing specified committees of the State Council; etc. |
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HB265 Task Force to Study Implementing a Civil Right to Counsel in Maryland Last House Action: 3/19 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Maryland Judicial Conference) |
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Filed Under: Courts and Court Personnel - Statewide Establishing the Task Force to Study Implementing a Civil Right to Counsel in Maryland; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving specified compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of specified expenses; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding specified matters; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to specified public officials on or before October 1, 2013; etc. |
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HB266 Division of Parole and Probation - Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision - Application Fee Last House Action: 2/20 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Departmental - Public Safety and Correctional Services) |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Establishing an application fee of $100 for offenders who apply through the Division of Parole and Probation for transfer of probation, parole, or mandatory release supervision to another state in accordance with the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision; establishing the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; specifying that the Fund may be used only to pay costs incurred for the return of supervisees to Maryland as required; etc. |
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HB267 Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2011 - Baltimore County - Liberty Road Corridor Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Jones, Burns, and Nathan-Pulliam |
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Filed Under: Prior Authorizations Amending the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2011 to alter the location of the project from Liberty and Old Court Roads to Liberty Road and Owings Mills Boulevard South; altering the matching fund requirement of a specified grant; etc. |
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HB268 Motor Vehicle Administration - Vehicle Dealers Last House Action: 1/30 Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Transportation) |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration Decreasing from five to three the minimum number of vehicles a person must offer to sell during a 12-month period in order for the person to be considered a "dealer" for purposes of the Maryland Vehicle Law; repealing a specified requirement that a licensed dealer apply for at least five temporary registration plates in order to qualify for specified registration plates; requiring a licensed dealer to pay a specified annual fee for each business location; etc. |
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HB269 Natural Resources - Boating - Disclosure of Personal Information Last House Action: 3/8 Third Reading Passed (133-0) Last Senate Action: 3/14 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. |
Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Natural Resources) |
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Filed Under: Natural Resources - Generally Narrowing the prohibition against and exception for the disclosure of specified records held by the Department of Natural Resources by applying the prohibition and exception only to personal information about the owner of a registered vessel; and clarifying the application of specified exceptions to the prohibition under specified circumstances against the Department disclosing specified personal information about an owner of a registered vessel. |
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HB270 Vehicle Laws - Enforcement - Police Officers Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Cluster and DeBoy |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Equipment and Inspections Altering the defined term "police officer", as it applies to the enforcement of motor vehicle equipment requirements, the issuance of safety equipment repair orders, the implementation of the Diesel Vehicle Emissions Control Program, the enforcement of vehicle size and weight limits, and motor carrier safety inspections, to include a police officer who prominently displays the police officer's badge or other insignia of office. |
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HB271 Housing and Community Development - Disaster Relief Housing Program Last House Action: 3/1 Third Reading Passed (131-0) Last Senate Action: 3/7 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. |
Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Housing and Community Development) |
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Filed Under: Economic and Community Development Clarifying the purposes of the Disaster Relief Housing Program in the Department of Housing and Community Development; and authorizing the Department to continue to provide specified financial assistance after the expiration of a state of emergency. |
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HB272 Criminal Law - Mail Theft - Penalty Last House Action: 2/20 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Niemann |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Prohibiting a person from knowingly and willfully removing, taking, possessing, obtaining, or receiving mail under specified circumstances without the permission of the United States Postal Service or the intended recipient; providing penalties for a violation of the Act; repealing a provision that prohibits opening a letter without permission that is rendered inconsistent with the Act; providing that a prosecution under the Act does not preclude a prosecution for theft; etc. |
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HB273 General Assembly - Disclosure of Financial Interests Last House Action: 1/30 Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Rosenberg and Lafferty |
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Filed Under: Ethics Requiring a member of the General Assembly who is required under the Maryland Public Ethics Law to publicly disclose specified information to disclose the same information to a governmental entity in the State if the legislator engages in business-related communication with an official or employee of the governmental entity. |
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HB274 Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Dinosaur Park Improvements Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hubbard, Barnes, Frush, Holmes, Pena-Melnyk, and Valentino-Smith |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $25,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission for planning, design, and construction of the Dinosaur Park Improvements; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB275 Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Qualified Maryland Toll Expenses Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing 2/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Weir, Aumann, Boteler, Cluster, Jacobs, Minnick, and Olszewski |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Income Allowing a subtraction modification of $500 for individuals under the Maryland income tax for specified tolls paid through the use of the E- ZPass Maryland program; defining terms; providing for the application of the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011; etc. |
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HB276 Health Occupations - Psychologists - Penalties for Misrepresentation and Practicing Without a License Last House Action: 3/9 Third Reading Passed (137-0) Last Senate Action: 3/12 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegate Hubbard |
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Filed Under: Health Occupations Altering the maximum penalties for a violation of specified provisions of law governing the practice of psychology; authorizing the State Board of Examiners of Psychologists to assess a civil fine of not more than $50,000, in accordance with regulations adopted by the Board, against a person who practices, attempts to practice, or offers to practice psychology without a license; and requiring the Board to pay specified penalties into a specified fund. |
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HB277 State Government - Brokerage and Investment Management Services - Use of Minority Business Enterprises - Application Last House Action: 2/29 Third Reading Passed (134-2) Last Senate Action: 3/1 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs & Budget and Taxation |
Delegates Walker, Vaughn, Pendergrass, Costa, Cullison, Hubbard, A. Kelly, Morhaim, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, and Tarrant |
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Filed Under: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials Making additional State units that are responsible for the management of specified funds subject to requirements under current law concerning the use of minority business enterprise brokerage and investment services firms, as specified; specifying that an annual report that must be submitted to the Governor and the General Assembly by all of the units that are subject to the minority business enterprise brokerage and investment services firm requirements include diversity information, as specified; etc. |
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HB278 Criminal Law - Dangerous Dogs and At-Risk Owners Last House Action: 2/20 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Reznik, Burns, Carr, Clippinger, DeBoy, A. Kelly, Luedtke, McDonough, and Waldstreicher |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Authorizing an appropriate unit of a county or municipal corporation to determine that a person is an at-risk owner under specified circumstances; authorizing the unit to require an at-risk owner to register with the unit and pay a registration fee set by the unit; requiring an at-risk owner to provide a letter containing specified information to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and complete a responsible pet ownership course before acquiring a dog; etc. |
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HB279 Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund - Claims for Bodily Injury or Death - Payment Limitation Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Barkley |
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Filed Under: Insurance - Other than Health Increasing from $20,000 to $30,000 the maximum amount payable from the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund for specified claims on account of injury to or death of one individual arising from a motor vehicle accident; and increasing from $40,000 to $60,000 the maximum amount payable from the Fund for specified claims on account of injury to or death of more than one individual arising from a motor vehicle accident. |
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HB280 Electric Service Quality and Reliability Standards - Deadlines Last House Action: 2/16 Third Reading Passed (137-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m. |
Delegate Feldman |
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Filed Under: Utility Regulation Altering the dates by which the Public Service Commission is required to determine whether specified electric companies have met specified service quality and reliability standards under specified circumstances; and altering the date by which specified electric companies are required to submit to the Commission a specified annual performance report. |
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HB281 St. Mary's County - Real Property - Exception for Prerequisites to Recording Last House Action: 3/15 Favorable Report Adopted Second Reading Passed Last Senate Action: No Action |
St. Mary's County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Real Property Providing that a specified provision of law regarding the transfer of property on the assessment books or records does not apply in St. Mary's County for a deed transferring property to the county when the controller or treasurer of the county has certified that the conveyance does not impair the security for any public taxes, assessments, and charges due on the remaining property of the grantor. |
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HB282 Vehicle Laws - Speed Monitoring Systems - Warnings Last House Action: 2/27 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates McConkey, Fisher, Frank, Glass, Holmes, Jacobs, Kipke, McComas, McMillan, Norman, Otto, Schulz, Smigiel, Vitale, and Weir |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road Requiring specified agencies to mail warning notices instead of citations for specified violations recorded by a speed monitoring system during the first 30 days that the speed monitoring system is in use. |
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HB283 State Board of Pharmacy - Sunset Extension and Revisions Last House Action: 2/28 Third Reading Passed (134-0) Last Senate Action: 2/29 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee and Delegate Elliott |
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Filed Under: Health Occupations Continuing the State Board of Pharmacy in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (sunset law) by extending to July 1, 2023, the termination provisions relating to the statutory and regulatory authority of the Board; providing that staff of the Board hired after a specified date are in the executive service or management service or are a specified other appointment; repealing specified provisions relating to physician-pharmacist agreements; etc. |
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HB284 Education - Children in Out-of-County Living Arrangements - Payments for Children with Disabilities Last House Action: 2/24 Third Reading Passed (135-0) Last Senate Action: 2/27 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Chair, Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - Education) |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Altering a provision relating to funding the education of disabled children placed in out-of-county living arrangements; and defining "least restrictive environment C" and "least restrictive environment F". |
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HB285 Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Riverdale Sportsplex Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 9:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Davis, Griffith, and Braveboy |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $350,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the School Board of the Riverdale Baptist School, Inc. for the construction of the Riverdale Sportsplex, located in Upper Marlboro; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB286 Managed Care Organizations - Medical Loss Ratio Information - Publication Last House Action: 2/28 Third Reading Passed (134-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m. |
Delegates Hubbard, Anderson, Costa, Cullison, Frank, Hammen, A. Kelly, Kipke, Morhaim, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Pendergrass, Ready, Reznik, Rosenberg, V. Turner, Oaks, Krebs, Donoghue, and Pena-Melnyk |
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Filed Under: Public Health Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to publish in a specified manner specified medical loss ratio information for managed care organizations participating in the medical assistance program on the Web site of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. |
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HB287 Civil Rights - Discrimination by a Place of Public Accommodation - Enforcement and Remedies Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hubbard, Frush, Hixson, Ivey, A. Kelly, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Rosenberg, Summers, and V. Turner |
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Filed Under: Human Relations Authorizing specified persons or the Commission on Civil Rights to elect to have the claims asserted in a complaint alleging discrimination by a place of public accommodation determined in a civil action brought by the Commission; authorizing a complainant alleging discrimination by a place of public accommodation to bring a specified civil action; requiring specified remedies available for specified discrimination; authorizing specified remedies for specified discrimination; etc. |
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HB288 Baby Boomer Initiative Council Last House Action: 2/28 Third Reading Passed (124-9) Last Senate Action: 3/16 Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m. |
Delegate Hubbard |
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Filed Under: Public Health Reestablishing the Baby Boomer Initiative Council; providing for the membership of the Council; requiring the Governor to appoint the chair of the Council; providing for the staffing of the Council; establishing the duties of the Council; requiring the Council to make recommendations regarding public policy initiatives for utilizing the baby boomer population as a source of social capital and as a way to address community needs; requiring the Council to provide specified reports to the Governor and General Assembly; etc. |
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HB289 Economic Development - Maryland Stem Cell Research Act - Revisions Last House Action: 3/6 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Feldman |
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Filed Under: Economic and Community Development Altering the name of the Stem Cell Research Commission to be the Stem Cell and Biotechnologies Commercialization Commission; requiring the Commission to establish procedures and guidelines regarding research supporting a qualified technology; altering the name of the Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund to be the Maryland Stem Cell and Biotechnologies Commercialization Fund; altering the purpose of the Fund so as to support innovative biotechnology research and development that has the potential to create job growth; etc. |
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HB290 Commissioner of Labor and Industry - Enforcement of Orders - Central Collection Unit Last House Action: 2/27 Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation) |
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Filed Under: Civil Actions and Procedures Authorizing the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to authorize the Central Collection Unit to proceed in the District Court to enforce payment of a civil penalty assessed or money due under an order issued by the Commissioner if it is not paid within 30 days after the order becomes final. |
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HB291 Labor and Employment - Employment of Minors - Work Permits Last House Action: 2/27 Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation) |
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Filed Under: Private Sector Labor and Industry Altering the circumstances under which the Commissioner of Labor and Industry is required to issue a specified work permit for a minor; repealing a specified provision of law authorizing a county superintendent of schools or a superintendent's designee to issue a work permit; requiring an employer to apply online to obtain a specified work permit and to make specified certifications; etc. |
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HB292 Vehicle Laws - Provisional Driver's Licenses - Driver Education Requirements Last House Action: 1/30 Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Glenn, Anderson, Beidle, Conaway, Gilchrist, Hammen, McHale, McMillan, Mitchell, Niemann, Otto, B. Robinson, S. Robinson, Stein, Stukes, Tarrant, Vitale, Washington, and Wilson |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration Reducing the period of time that specified individuals at least 25 years old who hold a learner's instructional permit are required to wait before taking an examination for a provisional driver's license; establishing that specified driving practice requirements and a requirement to complete a driver skills log book before taking examinations for a provisional driver's license do not apply to an individual at least 25 years old; etc. |
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HB293 Worker's Compensation - Uninsured Employers' Fund Last House Action: 3/16 Third Reading Passed (135-0) Last Senate Action: No Action |
Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Uninsured Employers' Fund) |
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Filed Under: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials Requiring the Uninsured Employers' Fund Board to review the administration of the Uninsured Employers' Fund by the Director of the Fund; specifying that the Director shall have immediate supervision and direction over the administration of the Fund; authorizing the Director to employ staff in accordance with the State budget; establishing the Director as the appointing authority for all staff of the Fund; authorizing an employee to appeal a disciplinary action taken by the Director to the Board; etc. |
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HB294 Child Support - Child Care Expenses Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Vitale, Dumais, Eckardt, Kipke, Lafferty, McDermott, Schulz, and Smigiel |
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Filed Under: Family Law Requiring that actual child care expenses incurred on behalf of a child due to the full-time attendance by either parent at a specified educational institution be added to the basic child support obligation and divided by the parents in proportion to their adjusted actual incomes under the child support guidelines. |
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HB295 Legislative and Congressional Districting Process Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/2 at 2:30 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Vitale, Afzali, Dwyer, Eckardt, George, Kipke, McDermott, Norman, Schuh, Schulz, and Smigiel |
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Filed Under: State Government - General Assembly Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to require the Governor to present a legislative districting plan and any revision to the plan to the public for review and comment for a period of time, as specified; requiring the Governor to present a congressional districting plan to the public for review and comment for a period of time, as specified; requiring the Governor to post the plans on the State's Web site; making specified provisions of the Act contingent on the passage and ratification of a constitutional amendment; etc. |
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HB296 Environment - Hydraulic Fracturing Wastewater - Prohibited Acts Last House Action: 3/14 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates S. Robinson, Arora, Conaway, Hucker, A. Kelly, Luedtke, and Washington |
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Filed Under: Environment Prohibiting a person from shipping or transporting into the State, or storing, treating, discharging, or disposing of in the State, wastewater resulting from hydraulic fracturing activities occurring in another state. |
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HB297 Motor Vehicle Registration Fees - Exemptions - Gold Star Wives of America, Inc. Last House Action: 1/30 Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Weir, Aumann, Boteler, Cluster, Frank, Minnick, and Olszewski |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration Exempting specified members of the Gold Star Wives of America, Inc. from motor vehicle registration fees. |
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HB298 Procurement - State Funds - Energy Efficient Outdoor Lighting Fixtures Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing 2/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Carr |
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Filed Under: State Government - Procurement Expanding the prohibition on the use of State funds to install or replace a permanent outdoor luminaire to include all permanent outdoor luminaires unless the luminaire meets specified requirements. |
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HB299 Amusement Parks - Safety Warnings Last House Action: 3/1 Third Reading Passed (114-18) Last Senate Action: 3/16 Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m. |
Delegates Kipke, Aumann, Burns, DeBoy, Hubbard, Kaiser, McDonough, Reznik, and Valentino-Smith |
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Filed Under: Business Regulation and Occupations Requiring that the State Amusement Ride Safety Advisory Board, in consultation with the State Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Board, determine if it is necessary to require a concussion warning at amusement park rides in which a specified passenger is at risk, and the appropriate method of warning passengers; and requiring the State Amusement Ride Safety Advisory Board to report its findings on or before December 1, 2012. |
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HB300 Public Safety - Handgun Permits - Renewal Period for Retired Law Enforcement Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Cluster, Alston, Boteler, Clippinger, Dwyer, Hough, K. Kelly, McComas, McDermott, Mitchell, Parrott, Smigiel, and Valentino-Smith |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Establishing that a handgun permit issued to a retired law enforcement officer of the State or a county or municipal corporation of the State expires on the last day of the holder's birth month following 5 years after the date the permit is issued and may be renewed for successive periods of 5 years each if, at the time of an application for renewal, the applicant possesses the qualifications for the issuance of a permit. |
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HB301 Insurance Fraud - Applications for Insurance and Claim Forms - Required Disclosure Statement Last House Action: 2/16 Third Reading Passed (136-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m. |
Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland) |
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Filed Under: Insurance - Other than Health Altering a statement required to be contained in specified applications for insurance and claim forms; and making the Act effective January 1, 2013. |
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HB302 Creation of a State Debt - Worcester County - Ocean City Center for the Arts Last House Action: 3/7 Hearing cancelled Hearing 3/10 at 2:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Conway |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $250,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Art League of Ocean City Inc. for the renovation and reconstruction of the Ocean City Center for the Arts; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB303 Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - PMO Community Youth Center Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 11:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Stukes, Haynes, and Mitchell |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $300,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Payne Memorial Outreach, Inc. for the design, construction, renovation, and reconstruction of the Payne Memorial Outreach Community Youth Center, located in Baltimore; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; prohibiting the use of the loan proceeds or matching fund for sectarian religious purposes; etc. |
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HB304 Baltimore City - School Construction - Block Grant Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 2/28 at 1:30 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Haynes, Anderson, Branch, Carter, Clippinger, Hammen, Harrison, McHale, McIntosh, Mitchell, Oaks, B. Robinson, Rosenberg, Stukes, Tarrant, and Washington |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Requiring the State to provide a specified block grant each year to Baltimore City for public school construction projects; providing for the initial amount, the source of funding, and an annual increase in the amount of an annual block grant for school construction projects in Baltimore City; and authorizing the Baltimore City Board of Education to acquire, construct, reconstruct, equip, maintain, repair, or renovate facilities through another entity acting as its agent and to enter into contracts with entities for such purposes. |
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HB305 Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Arch Social Club Historic Site Restoration Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 11:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Stukes, Haynes, and Mitchell |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $118,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Trustees of the Arch Social Club, Inc. for the planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, and reconstruction of the Arch Social Club Historic Site, located in Baltimore; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; requiring the grantee to grant and convey a specified easement to the Maryland Historical Trust; etc. |
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HB306 Talbot County - Alcoholic Beverages - Wineries Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (133-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegates Haddaway-Riccio and Eckardt |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Repealing specified provisions of law that limit the wine sampling privileges of licensed wineries in Talbot County; and clarifying that the statewide wine sampling privileges of licensed wineries apply in Talbot County by repealing a specified inconsistent provision relating to Talbot County. |
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HB307 Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2008 - Prince George's County - New Carrollton Recreation Center Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Gaines, Healey, and Ross |
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Filed Under: Prior Authorizations Amending the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2008 to alter the purpose of the New Carrollton Recreation Center grant to authorize the use of funds for the planning, design, and construction of lights and a scoreboard for Beckett Field; etc. |
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HB308 Tobacco-Free Schools Act Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing 2/9 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Luedtke |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Prohibiting the use of tobacco products in school buildings, on school grounds, and inside school buses; prohibiting the use of tobacco products by specified persons at specified school-sponsored events; providing a penalty for a violation and requiring the penalty to be paid to the Cigarette Restitution Fund; authorizing a waiver of the penalty in specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB309 Labor and Employment - Independent Contractor - Definition Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates W. Miller, Haddaway-Riccio, Impallaria, Minnick, Schuh, Schulz, and Stifler |
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Filed Under: Business Regulation and Occupations Defining "independent contractor" as an individual who is not an employee for purposes of the Federal Insurance Contributions Act and the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, based on application of the 20 factors set forth in a specified Internal Revenue Service Revenue Ruling. |
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HB310 Public and Nonpublic Institutions of Higher Education - Internet and Electronic Account Privacy Protection Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Tarrant, Frank, Oaks, and Pena-Melnyk |
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Filed Under: Higher Education Prohibiting public and nonpublic institutions of higher education from requiring a student or applicant for admission to provide the academic institution with access to specified Internet sites or electronic accounts through specified electronic devices, to disclose specified password and related information, or to install specified monitoring or tracking software onto specified electronic devices; etc. |
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HB311 Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Easter Seals Inter-Generational Center Expansion Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/12 at 9:30 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hixson, Hucker, and Mizeur |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $100,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Easter Seals of Greater Washington-Baltimore Region, Inc. for the construction and renovation of the Easter Seals Inter-Generational Center Expansion, located in Silver Spring; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB312 Election Law - Petitions - Prohibited Actions Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing 2/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Rosenberg, Barve, Cardin, Ivey, Ross, and Summers |
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Filed Under: Elections Prohibiting a person from willfully and knowingly obtaining or attempting to obtain a signature on a petition by threat, menace, or intimidation; and prohibiting a person from willfully and knowingly preventing, hindering, or delaying a person who has a lawful right to sign a petition from signing a petition through the use of fraud, duress, force, threat, menace, or intimidation. |
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HB313 Motor Vehicles - Child Seating and Safety Seats - Requirements and Prohibition Last House Action: 1/30 First Reading Environmental Matters Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Stein, Bobo, Carr, Glenn, Hubbard, and S. Robinson |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Equipment and Inspections Requiring a person transporting a child under the age of 2 years in a motor vehicle to secure the child in a rear-facing child safety seat in accordance with specified instructions; repealing the exception for children weighing more than 65 pounds to the requirement that a child under the age of 8 years must be secured in a child safety seat; prohibiting a person from transporting a child under the age of 13 years in a motor vehicle if the child is seated in the outboard front seat of the motor vehicle; etc. |
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HB314 Voter's Rights Protection Act of 2012 Last House Action: 3/9 Third Reading Passed (95-40) Last Senate Action: 3/12 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs & Judicial Proceedings |
Delegates Rosenberg, Cardin, Kipke, Walker, Howard, Luedtke, F. Turner, Stukes, A. Miller, and Hixson |
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Filed Under: Elections Authorizing the Attorney General to institute an action in a circuit court for injunctive relief to prohibit a person from engaging in or continuing to engage in specified violations of election law; providing that injunctive relief may be granted under the Act only to prevent specified violations of election law from affecting a pending election; requiring a circuit court to hear and determine an action filed under the Act as soon as practicable; etc. |
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HB315 Income Tax - Military Retirement Income Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Proctor, Anderson, Aumann, Barkley, Bates, Beidle, Cane, Cluster, DeBoy, Dumais, Eckardt, Elliott, Feldman, Frank, Frush, Hershey, Howard, Hubbard, Hucker, Impallaria, Kaiser, Krebs, Love, Malone, McDonough, McHale, O'Donnell, Vallario, and W |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Income Increasing the maximum amount for a subtraction modification under the State income tax for military retirement income from $5,000 to $10,000 of military retirement income received; providing for a delayed effective date; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013. |
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HB316 State Board of Pharmacy - Wholesale Distributor Permits - Permit and Application Requirements Last House Action: 2/28 Third Reading Passed (134-0) Last Senate Action: 2/29 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegates Costa, Kipke, Hammen, Pendergrass, Bromwell, Cullison, Donoghue, Elliott, Frank, Kach, A. Kelly, Krebs, McDonough, Morhaim, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Ready, Reznik, and Tarrant |
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Filed Under: Health Occupations Exempting a manufacturer that distributes its own prescription devices that are approved or authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for specified permit requirements; altering the information required to be included in an application for a wholesale distributor permit; limiting a requirement that the State Board of Pharmacy or its designee conduct a specified inspection to apply only to applicants that hold prescription drugs or devices; etc. |
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HB317 State Government - Commemorative Day - Young Heroes Day Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing 2/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate McConkey |
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Filed Under: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim the first Monday of October to be Young Heroes Day, in recognition of positive contributions that minors have made to society. |
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HB318 Estates - Small Estate Administration - Eligibility Thresholds Last House Action: 3/1 Third Reading Passed (133-0) Last Senate Action: 3/2 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegate Feldman |
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Filed Under: Estates and Trusts Increasing the maximum value of property of specified decedents that may be eligible to be administered as a small estate; increasing the value of property discovered after filing a specified petition that requires removing an estate from small estate administration; adjusting the fee schedule for specified small estates; etc. |
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HB319 Sales and Use Tax - Exemption - Veterans' Organizations Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Proctor, Anderson, Aumann, Bates, Beidle, Cane, Cluster, DeBoy, Dumais, Eckardt, Elliott, Feldman, Frank, Frush, Hershey, Howard, Hubbard, Hucker, Impallaria, Krebs, Love, Malone, McDonough, McHale, O'Donnell, Ross, Vallario, and Wood |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Sales and Use Repealing a specified termination provision applicable to a sales and use tax exemption for sales to specified veterans' organizations; etc. |
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HB320 Baltimore County - Casino Events - Money Prizes Last House Action: 2/16 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Malone |
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Filed Under: Gaming Repealing the prohibition in Baltimore County against the offering or awarding of a money prize to a player by a person who holds a casino event that includes a card game or roulette. |
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HB321 Harford County - Deer Hunting on Private Property - Sundays Last House Action: 3/12 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Glass, Impallaria, and Norman |
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Filed Under: Hunting and Fishing Authorizing a person in Harford County to hunt deer on specified Sundays on private property using specified hunting equipment during specified months. |
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HB322 Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - Coordinating Center for Home and Community Care Building Facilities Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Love, Beidle, Costa, Frush, George, Kipke, Pena-Melnyk, Schuh, Sophocleus, and Vitale |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $600,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Coordinating Center for Home and Community Care, Inc. for the capital equipping and build-out of the building facilities for the Coordinating Center for Home and Community Care, located in Millersville; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. |
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HB323 Health Occupations - Licensed Podiatrists - Scope of Practice Last House Action: 3/13 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Reznik |
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Filed Under: Health Occupations Altering the definition of "practice podiatry" to include the surgical treatment of acute ankle fracture in the scope of practice of licensed podiatrists. |
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HB324 Cecil County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class 6 Pub-Brewery Licenses Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (133-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Cecil County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Adding Cecil County to the list of jurisdictions in which the holder of a Class 6 pub-brewery license may sell malt beverages for off- premises consumption in sealed refillable containers under specified circumstances. |
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HB325 Slot Machines for Nonprofit Organizations on the Eastern Shore - Uses of Proceeds Last House Action: 2/16 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Conway and McDermott |
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Filed Under: Gaming Altering a provision so as to require that at least one-half of the net after payout proceeds from slot machines operated by specified nonprofit organizations in counties on the Eastern Shore must benefit charities; and making the Act an emergency measure. |
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HB326 Vehicle Laws - Use of Work Zone Speed Control Systems - Presence of Workers Required Last House Action: 2/27 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Frank, Aumann, Bates, Beitzel, Boteler, Bromwell, Cluster, Conaway, DeBoy, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Fisher, George, Glass, Guzzone, Hogan, Hough, Impallaria, Jacobs, Kach, K. Kelly, Kipke, McConkey, McDermott, McDonough, W. Miller, Minnick, M |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road Altering the definition of "work zone" as it relates to work zone speed control systems; and providing that a work zone speed control system may be used only when a worker is present on the roadway, median divider, or shoulder within or adjacent to the work zone. |
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HB327 Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2010 - Prince George's County - Community Forklift Facility Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Gaines, Healey, and Ross |
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Filed Under: Prior Authorizations Amending the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2010 to extend the deadline for the Board of Directors of the Sustainable Community Initiatives, Inc. to present evidence that a matching fund will be provided for the acquisition, construction, and repair of the Community Forklift Facility in Edmonston in Prince George's County; requiring the Board of Public Works to expend or encumber the proceeds of the loan by June 1, 2013; etc. |
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HB328 Health - Tattoo Facilities - Protection of Minors Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing 2/9 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Malone |
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Filed Under: Public Health Prohibiting an owner, employee, or operator of a tattoo facility from allowing a minor to receive a tattoo unless the minor's parent or legal guardian provides written consent in a specified manner; requiring an owner, employee, or operator of a tattoo facility to require specified documentation before allowing an individual to receive a tattoo; authorizing the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to impose specified penalties and adopt specified regulations; providing for the construction of the Act; etc. |
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HB329 Anne Arundel County - Alcoholic Beverages - Video Lottery Facility - Licenses and Hours for Sale and Consumption Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (131-1) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Anne Arundel County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Altering the hours for the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages at a video lottery facility in Anne Arundel County to match the hours of operation for a video lottery facility; providing that a subsidiary of a specified entity may be issued an entertainment facility license; etc. |
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HB330 State Lottery - Licenses - Veterans' Organizations Last House Action: 2/16 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Proctor, Anderson, Aumann, Beidle, Cane, Cluster, DeBoy, Dumais, Elliott, Feldman, Frank, Frush, Howard, Hubbard, Impallaria, Krebs, Love, Malone, McDonough, McHale, O'Donnell, Ross, Vallario, and Wood |
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Filed Under: Gaming Authorizing the Director of the State Lottery Agency to issue to specified veterans' organizations a license for not more than five instant ticket lottery machines under specified circumstances; exempting specified counties from specified provisions; requiring a veterans' organization to locate and operate specified instant ticket lottery machines in specified places; authorizing the Director to adopt regulations; etc. |
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HB331 Income Tax - Refundable Earned Income Credit Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Rosenberg, Hixson, and Frick |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Income Increasing from 25% to 30% the percentage of the earned income credit allowable for the taxable year under ? 32 of the Internal Revenue Code that determines the amount an individual may claim as an income tax refund under specified circumstances; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011; etc. |
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HB332 Creation of a State Debt - Worcester County - Coastal Hospice at the Ocean Residence Project Last House Action: 3/7 Hearing cancelled Hearing 3/10 at 2:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Conway |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $500,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Coastal Hospice, Inc. for the acquisition, design, and construction of the Coastal Hospice at the Ocean Residence Project, located in Salisbury; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB333 Creation of a State Debt - Caroline County - Senior Housing for the Disabled Last House Action: 3/7 Hearing cancelled Hearing 3/10 at 2:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Conway |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $350,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Benedictine School for Exceptional Children, Inc. for the construction of senior housing for the disabled, located in Ridgely; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB334 Health Occupations - State Board of Pharmacy - Jurisdiction Over Nonresident Pharmacies Last House Action: 3/16 Third Reading Passed (137-0) Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Costa and Kipke |
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Filed Under: Health Occupations Requiring a nonresident pharmacy to have a pharmacist on staff who is licensed for providing specified services to patients; requiring a nonresident pharmacy to comply with requirements when dispensing prescription drugs or devices to a patient or otherwise engaging in the practice of pharmacy in Maryland; requiring that toll-free telephone service provided by a nonresident pharmacy facilitate communication between patients in Maryland and a pharmacist who is required to refer specified patients to a specified pharmacist, etc. |
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HB335 Education - Public Secondary Schools Near Boundary of Two Counties Last House Action: 2/2 Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Myers, Afzali, Barve, Boteler, Branch, Cardin, Fisher, Frick, George, Glass, Haddaway-Riccio, Hixson, Howard, Ivey, Kaiser, Luedtke, McDonough, A. Miller, Parrott, Rosenberg, Ross, Serafini, Stukes, Summers, and Walker |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Allowing specified students to attend a public secondary school in an adjoining county under specified circumstances; and authorizing the State Board of Education to adopt specified regulations. |
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HB336 Criminal Law - Animal Cruelty - Assignment and Costs of Animal Last House Action: 1/27 Hearing 2/9 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Haddaway-Riccio, Conway, Eckardt, McDermott, and Otto |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Requiring a court to order a defendant convicted of a specified charge of animal cruelty, as a condition of sentencing, to assign ownership of a specified animal to the agency or organization that confiscated the animal for disposal at the discretion of that agency or organization and to pay, in addition to any other fines and costs, all reasonable costs incurred in removing, feeding, housing, treating, or euthanizing an animal confiscated from the defendant. |
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HB337 Courts - Discovery - Examination in Aid of Enforcement of Money Judgment Last House Action: 3/8 Third Reading Passed (133-0) Last Senate Action: 3/9 First Reading Judicial Proceedings Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m. |
Delegates Norman, Alston, Barnes, Braveboy, Cardin, Clippinger, Dumais, Feldman, James, K. Kelly, Lafferty, McComas, Mitchell, Niemann, Reznik, Rosenberg, Simmons, Smigiel, Stein, Valentino-Smith, Vallario, Vitale, and Wilson |
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Filed Under: Civil Actions and Procedures Authorizing a judgment creditor to obtain discovery in aid of enforcement of a money judgment entered or recorded in circuit court or in the District Court by use of a court ordered examination under oath before a judge or examiner of a judgment debtor or any other person deemed by the court likely to possess or have knowledge of assets subject to execution; and establishing timing, notice, and procedural requirements for court ordered examinations to aid in enforcement of a money judgment. |
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HB338 Criminal Procedure - Pretrial Release - Restrictions Last House Action: 2/27 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hough, Afzali, Cluster, DeBoy, Eckardt, Glass, Haddaway-Riccio, K. Kelly, Krebs, McComas, McDermott, Parrott, Schuh, Schulz, Simmons, and Stocksdale |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Prohibiting a District Court commissioner from authorizing the pretrial release of a defendant who is charged with specified crimes; providing that a judge may authorize the pretrial release of a specified defendant on specified conditions and cash bail, a corporate surety bond, or a specified property bond; and creating a rebuttable presumption that a specified defendant will flee and pose a danger to another person or the community. |
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HB339 Admissions and Amusement Tax - Returns and Penalties Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Niemann |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Miscellaneous Increasing specified penalties for willful failure to file an admissions and amusement tax return under specified circumstances; increasing specified penalties for willfully making a false statement or misleading omission on specified admissions and amusement tax returns; increasing penalties for willful failure to keep specified admissions and amusement tax records; etc. |
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HB340 Vehicle Laws - Seat Belts and Child Safety Seats Last House Action: 2/6 Hearing cancelled Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Arora and Wilson |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Equipment and Inspections Requiring restrictions on specified provisional driver's licenses to prohibit specified licensees from operating a motor vehicle unless each occupant is restrained by a seat belt or a child safety seat; altering the standard for the number of seat belts required to be equipped in the front and back seats of specified motor vehicles; redefining a specified term; clarifying the circumstances under which specified restraint devices may be sold; altering specified penalties for violating specified provisions of this Act; etc. |
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HB341 State Commission of Real Estate Appraisers and Home Inspectors - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation Last House Action: 2/24 Third Reading Passed (135-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m. |
Chair, Economic Matters Committee |
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Filed Under: Business Regulation and Occupations Continuing the State Commission of Real Estate Appraisers and Home Inspectors in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act by extending to July 1, 2023, the termination date; renaming the Commission; requiring that an evaluation of the Commission be performed by July 1, 2022; repealing a requirement for the Commission to submit a specified report to specified committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2002; requiring the Commission to submit specified reports by specified dates; etc. |
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HB342 Education - Regional School of the Arts for Cecil, Kent, and Queen Anne's Counties - Feasibility Study Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing 2/9 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Smigiel, Hershey, and Jacobs |
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Filed Under: Education - Miscellaneous Requiring the State Department of Education, jointly with specified local boards of education, to study the feasibility of establishing a regional school of the arts for Cecil, Kent, and Queen Anne's counties; requiring the State Superintendent of Schools to submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2012; and terminating the Act at the end of June 30, 2013. |
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HB343 Vehicle Laws - Child Safety Seats and Seat Belts - Penalty Last House Action: 3/12 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Reznik, Barkley, Bobo, Bromwell, Clagett, Clippinger, Hogan, Howard, Hubbard, A. Kelly, Kipke, Luedtke, B. Robinson, and S. Robinson |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road Increasing the fine from $25 to $75 for failing to secure a child under a specified age in a child safety seat or seat belt while transporting the child in a motor vehicle or operating a motor vehicle; and repealing a requirement that court costs are included in a specified fine. |
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HB344 State Government - E-Verify Program Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate McDonough |
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Filed Under: State Government - Procurement Declaring that it is the public policy of the State to restrict and deter the use of unauthorized aliens in the performance of public contracts and grants in the State; specifying criteria for mandatory registration in a federal E-Verify program for specified contractors and grantees; prohibiting noncompliant persons or entities from performing specified contracts; imposing specified requirements on subcontractors; authorizing the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to assess penalties; etc. |
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HB345 State Finance and Procurement - Transportation Projects - Use of Federal E-Verify Program Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate McDonough |
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Filed Under: Transportation - Generally Declaring that it is the public policy of the State to restrict and deter the use of unauthorized alien workers in the performance of specified Transportation Trust Fund contracts in the State; specifying criteria for mandatory registration in a federal E-Verify program; prohibiting noncompliant persons from performing specified contracts; imposing, as specified, requirements on specified subcontractors; restricting eligibility for prequalification to contractors in compliance with specified provisions of law; etc. |
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HB346 Tobacco Products - Tobacco Tax - Exemptions and Penalties Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing 2/7 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means) Last Senate Action: No Action |
Chair, Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - Comptroller) |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Miscellaneous Increasing the exemptions from the tobacco tax for cigarettes and other tobacco products brought into the State by specified consumers; establishing mandatory fines for first and subsequent violations; and establishing additional penalties of terms of imprisonment for first and subsequent violations for a person who willfully ships, imports, sells into or within, or transports within the State cigarettes or other tobacco products on which the tobacco tax has not been paid. |
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HB347 Income Tax - Credit for Long-Term Care Premiums Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing 2/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hubbard, Aumann, Barkley, Barnes, Bates, Beidle, Bohanan, Boteler, Braveboy, Clagett, Cluster, Costa, DeBoy, Elliott, Fisher, Frush, Gaines, George, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Holmes, Howard, Hucker, Impallaria, Ivey, Kramer, Krebs, Lee, Love, Luedt |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Income Altering a limitation on claiming the income tax credit for eligible long-term care insurance premiums for more than 1 year with respect to the same insured individual; altering the amount of the credit from a onetime $500 credit to an annual $200 credit; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012. |
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HB348 State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Certified Professional Counselor-Alcohol and Drug - Repeal Last House Action: 3/7 Third Reading Passed (140-0) Last Senate Action: 3/8 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegate Hubbard |
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Filed Under: Health Occupations Repealing provisions of law relating to the requirements that must be met to qualify as a certified professional counselor-alcohol and drug; prohibiting the State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists from placing a certified professional counselor-alcohol and drug on inactive status; prohibiting the Board from reinstating the certificate of a certified professional counselor-alcohol and drug under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB349 Criminal Law - Misdemeanor Possession of Child Pornography - Statute of Limitations Last House Action: 3/13 Third Reading Passed (136-0) Last Senate Action: 3/14 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegates Clippinger, Wilson, Anderson, Arora, Dumais, Glenn, Guzzone, Hough, A. Kelly, Lee, Luedtke, McComas, McDermott, A. Miller, Parrott, Simmons, Smigiel, Valentino-Smith, and Waldstreicher |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Increasing, from 1 to 2 years, the period of time within which a prosecution for misdemeanor possession of child pornography must be instituted after the offense was committed. |
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HB350 Criminal Law - Possession of Marijuana - De Minimus Quantity Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Clippinger, Alston, Anderson, Bobo, Carter, Cluster, Cullison, Dumais, Dwyer, Glenn, Hammen, Kaiser, K. Kelly, Luedtke, McDermott, McHale, McIntosh, Mitchell, Niemann, B. Robinson, Rosenberg, Simmons, Smigiel, Tarrant, Valentino-Smith, Waldst |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Establishing that a person convicted of the use or possession of less than 14 grams of marijuana is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 90 days; and providing that, unless specifically charged by the State, the use or possession of less than 14 grams of marijuana may not be considered a lesser included crime of any other crime. |
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HB351 Criminal Law - Third Degree Sexual Offense - Burglary Last House Action: 1/30 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Clippinger, Anderson, Arora, Dumais, Glenn, Guzzone, Hough, Howard, A. Kelly, Lee, Luedtke, McComas, McDermott, A. Miller, Parrott, Simmons, Smigiel, Valentino-Smith, Waldstreicher, and Wilson |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Establishing that engaging in sexual contact with another without the consent of the other in connection with a first, second, or third degree burglary constitutes sexual offense in the third degree; and applying the Act prospectively. |
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HB352 Common Interest Communities - Management Services - Required Contract Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Holmes and Weir |
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Filed Under: Real Property Requiring a service provider that assists in providing specified management services for a common interest community under the direction of the governing body to enter into a written contract with the community's governing body in order to provide the services; establishing the right of a common interest community to terminate a specified service without penalty if the service provider fails to enter into a specified written contract; prohibiting specified provisions in a written contract for management services; etc. |
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HB353 Jury Service - Employers - Prohibited Acts Last House Action: 1/30 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Holmes and Glenn |
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Filed Under: Courts and Court Personnel - Statewide Prohibiting an employer from requiring an individual to work during a specified time period on a day in which the individual is expected to perform jury service or acts related to jury service, subject to a specified exception; and prohibiting an employer from depriving an individual of employment or coercing, intimidating, or threatening to discharge an individual for exercising a specified right to refrain from work for performing jury service or acts relating to jury service. |
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HB354 Speed Monitoring Systems and School Bus Monitoring Cameras - Use of Fines - Public Education Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Holmes |
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Filed Under: Courts and Court Personnel - Statewide Authorizing a political subdivision that collects fines as a result of violations enforced by speed monitoring systems or school bus monitoring cameras, after recovering costs of implementing and administering the speed monitoring systems or school bus monitoring cameras, to spend the remaining balance on public education purposes. |
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HB355 Employment and State Procurement - Use of the Federal E-Verify Program (Better Maryland - Immigration Reform) Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Schuh, Costa, Dwyer, George, Kipke, McConkey, McMillan, and Vitale |
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Filed Under: Private Sector Labor and Industry Requiring an employer to register and participate in the federal E-Verify program, verify the work authorization status of each employee hired, and maintain specified records; prohibiting an employer from knowingly employing or continuing to employ specified individuals or use specified contracts or agreements to obtain the labor of specified individuals; specifying criteria for the mandatory registration in the federal E-Verify program for specified contractors and grantees; etc. |
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HB356 Transportation - Required Security - Rental Vehicles Last House Action: 2/7 Hearing cancelled Hearing 3/1 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Braveboy |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Miscellaneous Establishing that the owner of a rental vehicle may satisfy a specified insurance requirement by maintaining a specified security that is secondary to any other valid and collectible coverage; requiring the owner of a rental vehicle to provide a specified notice to the renter of the rental vehicle; etc. |
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HB357 Baltimore City - Midtown Community Benefits District Management Authority Last House Action: 2/13 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates B. Robinson, Conaway, and Tarrant |
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Filed Under: Counties - Local Laws Requiring the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City to require that the Board of Directors of the Midtown Community Benefits District Management Authority include specified members. |
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HB358 Drivers' Licenses and Identification Cards - Notation of Veteran Status Last House Action: 3/8 Third Reading Passed (136-0) Last Senate Action: 3/9 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegate Conway |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration Requiring the Department of Veterans Affairs, on request, to provide a veteran with a document certifying veteran status; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to ensure that the driver's license or identification card of an applicant who presents specified documentation certifying veteran status includes a notation indicating that the applicant is a veteran; etc. |
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HB359 Transportation - Temporary Advertising Signs on State Highways Authorized Last House Action: 3/12 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Holmes |
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Filed Under: Transportation - Highways Authorizing a person to place or maintain temporary advertising signs on a State highway under specified circumstances; providing that specified provisions of law regulating the placement and maintenance of outdoor signs in specified locations do not apply to a sign placed in accordance with the Act; etc. |
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HB360 Anne Arundel County - Unauthorized Signs on Highway Rights-of-Way - Exceptions Last House Action: 3/12 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Schuh, Beidle, Costa, Kipke, McConkey, McMillan, Sophocleus, and Vitale |
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Filed Under: Transportation - Highways Exempting in Anne Arundel County a sign placed or maintained by a home builder or real estate broker during specified time periods from the prohibition against placing or maintaining a sign within the right-of- way of a State highway. |
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HB361 Public Safety - Autism Awareness Training Program Last House Action: 2/6 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Barnes, Braveboy, Bromwell, Carr, Costa, Cullison, Donoghue, Elliott, Frank, Frick, Frush, Gilchrist, Gutierrez, Hammen, Hubbard, Ivey, Kach, A. Kelly, Kipke, Krebs, Lee, Luedtke, McDonough, A. Miller, Morhaim, Murphy, Na |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Requiring the Police Training Commission to implement a specified program on autism awareness training for police officers; prohibiting the Commission from approving or issuing a certificate to a specified school until the school has implemented autism awareness training; prohibiting the Commission from certifying an individual as a police officer under specified circumstances; requiring the Commission to adopt specified rules and regulations; specifying the minimum components of a specified autism awareness training program; etc. |
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HB362 Northeast Maryland Higher Education Advisory Board Last House Action: 2/1 Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Rudolph and James |
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Filed Under: Higher Education Establishing the Northeast Maryland Higher Education Advisory Board; providing for the composition, appointment, and terms of the Board members; providing for a chair of the Board and the establishment of specified committees; prohibiting Board members from receiving specified compensation but entitling Board members to reimbursement for specified expenses; providing for the powers and duties of the Board; authorizing the Board to apply, accept, and expend specified gifts, appropriations, or grants; etc. |
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HB363 Baltimore City - Police Department - Appointments Last House Action: 3/1 Third Reading Passed (133-0) Last Senate Action: 3/2 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegate Anderson (By Request - Baltimore City Administration) and Delegates Branch, Clippinger, Hammen, Harrison, Haynes, McHale, McIntosh, Mitchell, Oaks, B. Robinson, Rosenberg, Stukes, Tarrant, and Washington |
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Filed Under: Counties - Local Laws Altering, from Captain to Lieutenant, the rank above which the Police Commissioner of Baltimore City may make an appointment without an examination in the Police Department of Baltimore City. |
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HB364 Employment - Internet and Electronic Account Privacy Protection Last House Action: 3/12 Unfavorable Report by Appropriations Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Tarrant, Hubbard, A. Kelly, Murphy, Oaks, Ready, Reznik, and V. Turner |
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Filed Under: Private Sector Labor and Industry Prohibiting specified employers from requiring an employee or applicant for employment to provide the employer with access to specified Internet sites or electronic accounts through specified electronic devices; prohibiting specified employers from requiring an employee to install specified monitoring or tracking software onto specified electronic devices; etc. |
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HB365 Baltimore City - Nuisance Abatement and Local Code Enforcement - Community Associations Last House Action: 3/8 Third Reading Passed (133-0) Last Senate Action: 3/9 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegates Mitchell, Glenn, Anderson, Branch, Carter, Clippinger, Conaway, Hammen, Haynes, McHale, McIntosh, Oaks, B. Robinson, Rosenberg, Stukes, Tarrant, and Washington |
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Filed Under: Real Property Altering the definition of "community association" under specified provisions of law relating to the standing of specified community associations in Baltimore City to seek judicial relief for abatement of specified nuisances; prohibiting a community association from seeking nuisance abatement under specified conditions; altering the definition of "nuisance"; altering the definition of "local code violation"; repealing a requirement that a community association must file a bond with the court before seeking abatement; etc. |
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HB366 Public Safety - Building Performance Standards - Automatic Fire Sprinkler Systems Last House Action: 3/13 Special Order until later today (Delegate McDermott) Adopted Third Reading Passed (93-43) Last Senate Action: 3/14 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegate Malone |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Prohibiting a local jurisdiction, with a specified exception, from adopting local amendments to the Maryland Building Performance Standards if the local amendments weaken specified automatic fire and sprinkler systems provisions contained in the Standards; etc. |
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HB367 Anne Arundel County Board of Education - Members - Increase and Selection Last House Action: 2/2 Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Schuh and McConkey |
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Filed Under: Education - Local Bills Increasing the number of members of the Anne Arundel County Board of Education; requiring that the elected members of the county board be elected at a specified election; providing for the residency, the terms of office, and the filling of a vacancy of the elected members of the county board; authorizing the Anne Arundel County Board of Elections to adopt specified regulations; and making specified conforming changes. |
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HB368 Business Occupations and Professions - State Board of Plumbing - Membership Last House Action: 3/9 Third Reading Passed (138-0) Last Senate Action: 3/14 Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m. |
Delegates Norman, Bates, Elliott, Fisher, Frank, Jacobs, Krebs, McComas, McDermott, Otto, Smigiel, Stocksdale, and Vitale |
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Filed Under: Business Regulation and Occupations Altering the membership of the State Board of Plumbing to require that one member be from the area that consists of Carroll and Howard counties and one member be from the area that consists of Cecil and Harford counties; and providing for a delayed effective date. |
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HB369 Coal Tar Pavement Products - Prohibition Last House Action: 2/27 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Stein, Carr, Frush, Luedtke, Niemann, and S. Robinson |
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Filed Under: Environment Prohibiting a person from applying a coal tar pavement product to any driveway, parking lot, or other surface. |
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HB370 Public Schools - Physical Examinations - Calculation of Body Mass Index Last House Action: 2/20 Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Costa |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Requiring the State Department of Education's regulations regarding physical examinations of children entering the public school system to include a calculation of the child's body mass index. |
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HB371 State Retirement and Pension System - Transfer of Service Credit Last House Action: 2/1 First Reading Appropriations Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Cluster |
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Filed Under: State Pensions and Retirement Providing that specified members of the Employees' Pension System may transfer specified service credit from the State Contributory Law Enforcement Officers' Modified Pension Benefit in a specified manner; providing that specified members of the Employees' Pension System who transfer service credit from the State Contributory Law Enforcement Officers' Modified Pension Benefit are not responsible for the payment of specified contributions and interest for specified creditable service; etc. |
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HB372 Vehicle Laws - Speed Cameras - Relocation of Camera Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Howard |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road Prohibiting a speed monitoring system or a work zone speed control system from being relocated for the purpose of increasing the revenue generated by the speed monitoring system or the work zone speed control system. |
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HB373 Education - Age for Compulsory Public School Attendance - Exemptions Last House Action: 2/2 Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Braveboy, Alston, Anderson, Branch, Burns, Cane, Carr, Carter, Cullison, Glenn, Gutierrez, Harrison, Haynes, Holmes, Ivey, Jones, Mitchell, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, B. Robinson, Stukes, Summers, Tarrant, V. Turner, Valentin |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Altering from 16 to 17 the maximum age at which children are required to attend a public school regularly during the entire school year, subject to specified exceptions; etc. |
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HB374 Ethics - Executive Branch - Lobbying by Former Officials Last House Action: 2/1 First Reading Environmental Matters Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate O'Donnell |
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Filed Under: Ethics Prohibiting former State officials or public officials of the Executive Branch who had duties substantially related to State legislative matters and the General Assembly, for 1 year after leaving State employment, from assisting or representing another party for compensation in a matter that is the subject of legislative action; providing exceptions that permit the former officials to represent a municipal corporation, county, or State governmental entity; etc. |
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HB375 Creation of a State Debt - Caroline County - The Wharves at Choptank Crossing Heritage and Welcome Center Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 10:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Cane |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $200,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Denton Development Corporation for constructing the Wharves at Choptank Crossing Heritage and Welcome Center, located in Denton; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB376 Video Lottery Terminal Proceeds - School Construction Last House Action: 2/16 Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Simmons, Anderson, Arora, Barkley, Burns, Cane, Cluster, Conaway, Cullison, Dwyer, Gilchrist, Glenn, Gutierrez, Hough, Hucker, K. Kelly, Kramer, McConkey, McMillan, Myers, Parrott, B. Robinson, Serafini, Tarrant, Washington, and Wilson |
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Filed Under: Gaming Altering and repealing specified requirements of law relating to the use of proceeds from video lottery terminals; establishing a School Construction Account under the authority of the Interagency Committee on School Construction; repealing the Racetrack Facility Renewal Account; providing for the purpose of the Account; requiring the Comptroller to pay money from the Account; and requiring that funding from the Account be used to service debt for school construction; etc. |
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HB377 Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - Chesapeake High School Field Lights Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Appropriations Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Kipke |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $100,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Anne Arundel County Board of Education for the design, construction, and installation of field lights at Chesapeake High School, located in Pasadena; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB378 Frederick County - Alcoholic Beverages - Follow-Up Criminal History Records Checks Last House Action: 2/1 First Reading Economic Matters Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Frederick County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Requiring the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to provide the Board of License Commissioners of Frederick County with a revised printed criminal record statement of a license applicant or license holder if information is reported to the Central Repository after the initial records check is completed; and requiring the Central Repository to stop providing the Board with revised printed statements under specified circumstances. |
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HB379 Frederick County - Alcoholic Beverages - Citations Issued by Inspectors Last House Action: 3/19 Favorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Frederick County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Removing Frederick County from the list of counties whose alcoholic beverages inspectors are prohibited from carrying a weapon when issuing a citation for specified violations. |
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HB380 Frederick County - Election Law - Early Voting Centers Last House Action: 2/1 First Reading Ways and Means Hearing 2/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Frederick County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Elections Requiring Frederick County to have at least one early voting center but not more than three early voting centers established in the county if the county has fewer than 150,000 registered voters. |
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HB381 Electric Companies - Generation Request for Proposals - Expansion of Area Last House Action: 2/1 First Reading Economic Matters Hearing 2/9 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Clagett |
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Filed Under: Utility Regulation Requiring the Public Service Commission to consider all areas of the State when determining the need for additional electricity generation; requiring an electric company to reference generation potential in all areas of the State in a request for proposals submitted to the Commission; specifying criteria that an electric company shall consider in a request for proposals; and making the Act an emergency measure. |
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HB382 Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Health Care Facilities - Abuser Registry Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates B. Robinson, Cane, Conaway, Glenn, Kaiser, McComas, Stukes, and Washington |
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Filed Under: Health Care Facilities and Regulation Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish a registry that includes specified information on employees of health care facilities who were terminated for abusing or neglecting a specified individual in a health care facility; requiring the placement of the employee on the registry under specified circumstances; authorizing specified health care facilities to have access to the registry; prohibiting a health care facility from employing an individual listed in the registry; etc. |
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HB383 Taxpayer Protection Act - State Income Tax - Consumer Price Index Adjustments Last House Action: 2/3 Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Olszewski, Krebs, Barnes, Beidle, Bobo, Boteler, Kach, Kipke, and Weir |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Income Increasing specified State income tax rate bracket thresholds for taxable years after 2011 by a specified cost-of-living adjustment; etc. |
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HB384 Baltimore County Public Schools - Enrollment and Transfer - Parental Decision Last House Action: 2/2 Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Olszewski, Boteler, Bromwell, Burns, DeBoy, Frank, Impallaria, Minnick, Szeliga, and Weir |
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Filed Under: Education - Local Bills Authorizing the parent or guardian of a student eligible for enrollment in Baltimore County public schools to decide to enroll the student in a public school other than the public school to which the student was assigned by the Baltimore County Board of Education, beginning in the 2013-2014 school year; requiring all public schools to be open to specified students on a space-available basis under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB385 Video Lottery Operation Licenses - Information on Payouts Last House Action: 2/16 Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Olszewski, Kach, Arora, Beidle, Bobo, Boteler, Carr, Clagett, DeBoy, Healey, Kaiser, Kipke, McDonough, Mizeur, Pendergrass, Stocksdale, Szeliga, Vitale, and Weir |
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Filed Under: Gaming Requiring that regulations adopted by the State Lottery Commission include provisions that require video lottery terminal payouts above specified amounts be reported to the State Lottery Agency in a report that contains specified information; and requiring the State Lottery Agency to modify the report in a specified manner and forward the modified report to the Department of Human Resources' Child Support Enforcement Administration for the purpose of enforcing specified child support orders. |
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HB386 Vehicle Laws - Registration Plates for Individuals with Disabilities - Parking in Baltimore County Last House Action: 3/6 Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Chair, Baltimore County Delegation (By Request - Baltimore County Administration) |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration Authorizing an individual for whom special registration plates for individuals with disabilities are issued to park in a designated zone for the handicapped established by Baltimore County on any county road, subject to a specified restriction. |
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HB387 Presidential Elections - Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote - Repeal Last House Action: 2/20 Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate O'Donnell |
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Filed Under: Elections Rescinding the State's consent to enter into the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote and repealing the statutory provisions reciting the Agreement; repealing specified provisions of law relating to the nomination of presidential electors; specifying that presidential electors in the State are elected at large by the voters of the entire State; specifying that presidential electors cast their votes in a specified manner; repealing a contingency related to the Agreement; etc. |
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HB388 Public Benefits - Requirement of Proof of Lawful Presence Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Appropriations Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate O'Donnell |
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Filed Under: State Government - Regulations and Procedures Requiring that adults provide proof of lawful presence in the United States before receiving public benefits; requiring State units and political subdivisions that provide public benefits to verify the lawful presence of specified persons in the United States; requiring applicants for public benefits to produce specified types of identification and affidavits; etc. |
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HB389 Business Regulation - Cemeteries - Forfeited Rights To Interment Last House Action: 2/14 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Clagett |
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Filed Under: Business Regulation and Occupations Authorizing a cemetery to initiate proceedings for the forfeiture of the right to interment under specified circumstances; requiring the Office of Cemetery Oversight to review and approve all forfeiture proceedings; requiring a cemetery that initiates a proceeding for the forfeiture of the right to interment to provide a specified notice and to file specified information with the Office; authorizing an owner or family member of the owner of a right to interment to suspend specified forfeiture proceedings in a specified manner; etc. |
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HB390 Libraries - Maryland Deaf Culture Digital Library Last House Action: 2/2 Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Luedtke and Reznik |
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Filed Under: Education - Miscellaneous Requiring the Division of Library Development and Services in the State Department of Education to establish and coordinate the Maryland Deaf Culture Digital Library; requiring the Division to coordinate with the Governor's Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in establishing the digital library; etc. |
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HB391 Criminal Procedure - Seizure and Forfeiture - Property Used in Human Trafficking Last House Action: 2/1 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Dumais |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Authorizing a State or local law enforcement agency to seize specified property used or intended for use in connection with a violation of the law prohibiting human trafficking; creating the Anti-Human Trafficking Fund for specified purposes; specifying property that is subject to forfeiture; specifying conditions to exclude property from forfeiture; authorizing the seizure of property with or without a warrant under specified circumstances; applying the Act prospectively; etc. |
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HB392 Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Memorandum of Understanding Last House Action: 2/1 First Reading Economic Matters Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hammen, Clippinger, and McHale |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Requiring the Baltimore City Board of Liquor License Commissioners to make the issuance and renewal of specified alcoholic beverages licenses conditional on the compliance of the license holder with the terms of a memorandum of understanding between a community association and an applicant for an alcoholic beverages license in Baltimore City; establishing that the existence of a memorandum of understanding does not affect any requirement of any individuals to file a specified protest; etc. |
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HB393 Natural Resources - Shark or Elasmobranch Fins - Prohibition on Possession or Distribution Last House Action: 2/1 First Reading Environmental Matters Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Luedtke, Arora, Barkley, Barve, Cardin, Carr, Clippinger, Cullison, Dumais, Feldman, Frick, Frush, Glenn, Gutierrez, Hixson, Hucker, A. Kelly, Lafferty, A. Miller, Mizeur, Niemann, Reznik, S. Robinson, Stein, Waldstreicher, Washington, and Zu |
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Filed Under: Hunting and Fishing Prohibiting a person from possessing, selling, offering for sale, trading, or distributing a fin or tail of a shark or other elasmobranch; establishing specified civil penalties for violations of the Act; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to adopt regulations to implement the Act; and defining "shark fin". |
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HB394 Office of Cemetery Oversight - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation Last House Action: 3/16 Second Reading Passed with Amendments Last Senate Action: No Action |
Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee |
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Filed Under: Business Regulation and Occupations Continuing the Office of Cemetery Oversight in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (sunset law) by extending to July 1, 2023, the termination provisions relating to statutory and regulatory authority of the Office; exempting private family cemeteries that do not conduct public sales from specified permitting and registration, perpetual care, and preneed contract requirements of the Maryland Cemetery Act; adding a representative from a crematory to the Advisory Council on Cemetery Operations; etc. |
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HB395 State Board of Nursing - Sunset Extension and Revisions Last House Action: 3/7 Third Reading Passed (140-0) Last Senate Action: 3/8 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegate Hammen (Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee) |
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Filed Under: Health Occupations Continuing the State Board of Nursing in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (sunset law) by extending to July 1, 2023, the termination provisions relating to the statutory and regulatory authority of the Board; requiring that an evaluation of the Board and the statutes and regulations that relate to the Board be performed on or before July 1, 2022; requiring the Board to submit a specified annual report to the General Assembly; etc. |
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HB396 Public Safety - Law Enforcement Handgun Disposal - Deceased Officers Last House Action: 3/13 Third Reading Passed (138-0) Last Senate Action: 3/14 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegates Serafini, Afzali, Aumann, Donoghue, Eckardt, Glass, McComas, Norman, Smigiel, and Stocksdale |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Authorizing a law enforcement agency to transfer the handgun of a law enforcement officer who is killed or dies in the performance of duty to the next of kin of the deceased officer under specified circumstances. |
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HB397 Child Support - Criminal Nonsupport and Desertion Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Dumais |
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Filed Under: Family Law Specifying that a parent who fails to provide for the support of his or her minor child is guilty of the misdemeanor of criminal nonsupport; repealing from the crime of criminal nonsupport the element of willfulness; establishing a specified defense to the crime of criminal nonsupport; and specifying that a parent who deserts his or her minor child is guilty of the crime of criminal desertion of a child. |
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HB398 Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance - Investigation of Felony Theft Scheme Last House Action: 3/13 Third Reading Passed (137-0) Last Senate Action: 3/14 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegates Niemann, Afzali, Barnes, Clippinger, Dumais, Frush, Hough, Lee, McDermott, Parrott, Ready, Simmons, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Valderrama, Valentino-Smith, Vallario, and Wilson |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Adding a theft scheme or continuing course of conduct under a specified provision of law involving an aggregate value of property or services of at least $10,000 to those crimes for which evidence may be gathered by, and a judge may grant an order authorizing, interception of oral, wire, or electronic communications. |
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HB399 Health - Cottage Food Businesses - Requirements Last House Action: 3/9 Third Reading Passed (138-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m. |
Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Bromwell, Cullison, Hubbard, A. Kelly, Kipke, Love, Nathan-Pulliam, and Oaks |
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Filed Under: Public Health Providing that a cottage food business is not required, under specified circumstances, to be licensed by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; providing that the owner of a cottage food business may sell only cottage food products that are stored on specified premises and prepackaged with a specified label; requiring the owner of a cottage food business to comply with specified county and municipal laws and ordinances; providing that a specified investigation of a cottage food business may include sampling; etc. |
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HB400 Child Support - Adjusted Actual Income - Multifamily Adjustment Last House Action: 3/8 Third Reading Passed (107-29) Last Senate Action: 3/9 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegate Dumais |
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Filed Under: Family Law Altering the definition of "adjusted actual income" under the State child support guidelines; providing for the calculation of a specified allowance required to be deducted from adjusted actual income under the child support guidelines; requiring that the amount of a specified allowance be subtracted from a parent's actual income before the court determines the amount of a child support award; etc. |
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HB401 Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - Refillable Containers Last House Action: 2/1 First Reading Economic Matters Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates McHale, Clippinger, and Hammen |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Creating in Baltimore City a refillable container license; authorizing the Board of Liquor License Commissioners to issue the license to a holder of a Class B beer and light wine or a Class B beer, wine and liquor license issued for a restaurant; specifying that a holder of the license may sell beer for consumption off the license premises in a specified refillable container to specified individuals; etc. |
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HB402 Environment - Dormant Mineral Interests - Termination by Court Order Requirements Last House Action: 3/1 Third Reading Passed (132-0) Last Senate Action: 3/2 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs & Judicial Proceedings |
Delegate Beitzel |
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Filed Under: Environment Requiring a court order that terminates a dormant mineral interest to identify specified information; and requiring a clerk of the court that issued the order to record the order in the land records. |
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HB403 Real Property - Natural Gas and Oil Leases - Recordation Requirement - Intake Sheet Last House Action: 3/14 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Beitzel |
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Filed Under: Real Property Prohibiting a clerk of court from recording an instrument that effects a specified real property lease dealing in natural gas and oil unless the instrument is accompanied by a complete intake sheet. |
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HB404 Higher Education - Edward T. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program - Eligibility Last House Action: 3/15 Favorable with Amendments {305269/1 Report Adopted Second Reading Passed with Amendments Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Kaiser, Kipke, Cane, Frush, Howard, Jameson, McComas, Reznik, B. Robinson, Schulz, Summers, Healey, Minnick, Sophocleus, McDonough, Hough, Stocksdale, and Clagett |
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Filed Under: Higher Education Altering the eligibility requirements for the Edward T. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program to include the surviving spouse of a specified disabled veteran; and repealing specified provisions that limit the types of veterans who qualify for a scholarship under the Edward T. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program. |
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HB405 Maryland Program Evaluation Act - Revisions Last House Action: 2/3 Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations) Last Senate Action: No Action |
Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Department of Legislative Services) |
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Filed Under: State Government - General Assembly Repealing the requirement that an evaluation of specified governmental activities or units and the statutes and regulations that relate to those activities or units be performed; requiring the Office of Policy Analysis in the Department of Legislative Services to implement a specified research agenda as approved by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House; repealing the termination provisions applicable to specified governmental activities or units subject to the Maryland Program Evaluation Act; etc. |
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HB406 Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Laurel Boys and Girls Club Renovation Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 9:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Frush, and Barnes |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $200,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Laurel Boys and Girls Club, Inc. for the planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the Laurel Boys and Girls Club; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB407 Dorchester County - Restriction on Sunday Gaming - Repeal Last House Action: 2/16 Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Eckardt, Cane, and Haddaway-Riccio |
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Filed Under: Gaming Repealing a restriction that limits specified gaming licensees in Dorchester County from holding gaming events or carnivals on a Sunday. |
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HB408 Health Occupations - Imaging and Radiation Therapy Services - Accreditation Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Reznik, Bohanan, Branch, Costa, Donoghue, Jameson, Kipke, Krebs, McDonough, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Wood |
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Filed Under: Health Occupations Altering the definition of "in-office ancillary services" as it relates to specified referrals by health care practitioners so as to exclude magnetic resonance imaging services, computed tomography scan services, and radiation therapy services unless specified conditions are met; altering specified exceptions to patient referral prohibitions; requiring specified health care entities that provide specified services on or after January 1, 2013, to be accredited by specified organizations; etc. |
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HB409 Public Service Commission - LED Street Lighting Equipment Last House Action: 3/16 Third Reading Passed (112-25) Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Barnes, Braveboy, Burns, Frush, Hubbard, Jameson, Kramer, Lee, Rudolph, Vaughn, and Wilson |
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Filed Under: Utility Regulation Requiring the Public Service Commission to adopt regulations or to issue orders on or before October 1, 2013, to require or allow electric companies to offer LED street lighting to specified local governments; and defining terms. |
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HB410 Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2008 - Anne Arundel County - Deale Elementary School Baseball Fields Last House Action: 2/1 First Reading Appropriations Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Costa |
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Filed Under: Prior Authorizations Amending the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2008 to alter the purpose of the grant for the Deale Elementary School Baseball Fields to authorize a grant for the Southern Middle School Baseball Fields, located in Lothian; etc. |
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HB411 DNA Evidence - Postconviction Review - Continuation of Reforms Last House Action: 1/31 Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Anderson, Alston, Braveboy, Carter, Clippinger, Conaway, Gaines, Glenn, Haynes, Howard, Jones, McDermott, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, B. Robinson, Smigiel, Stukes, Tarrant, V. Turner, Vallario, Vaughn, Waldstreicher, Walker, Washington |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Authorizing a person convicted of a specified crime to file a petition for a search by a law enforcement agency of a law enforcement data base or log for the purpose of identifying the source of physical evidence used for DNA testing; authorizing a petitioner to move for a new trial on the grounds that the conviction was based on unreliable scientific identification evidence and a substantial possibility exists that the petitioner would not have been convicted without the evidence; etc. |
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HB412 Agriculture - Sewage Sludge - Timing of Winter Application Last House Action: 3/1 Third Reading Passed (131-1) Last Senate Action: 3/7 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. |
Delegate O'Donnell |
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Filed Under: Agriculture Requiring the Department of Agriculture to adopt regulations establishing criteria for the timing of the winter application of sewage sludge that are the same as or substantially similar to the criteria adopted for the timing of the winter application of animal manure; and providing for a delayed effective date. |
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HB413 Public Officials - Chauffeured Transportation Services Last House Action: 3/6 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate O'Donnell |
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Filed Under: State Government - Personnel Providing that public officials may not request the Department of State Police to provide chauffeured transportation services for them for any purpose; providing that public officials may not request the Department to provide an officer or employee of the Department to provide chauffeured transportation services for them for any purpose; providing that public officials may not require employees under their control to provide chauffeured transportation services for them using specified vehicles; specifying exceptions; etc. |
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HB414 State Highway Administration - Permits - Business Access to State Highways Last House Action: 3/12 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Serafini, Beitzel, Fisher, George, Glass, Impallaria, K. Kelly, W. Miller, Myers, Norman, O'Donnell, Szeliga, and Weir |
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Filed Under: Transportation - Highways Requiring the State Highway Administration to make a determination whether to issue a permit to grant access from specified business property to a State highway within a specified time period; specifying that the Administration is deemed to have issued the permit if it fails to act within a specified time period; authorizing the State Highway Administrator to extend the time period for the Administration to act on the permit request under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB415 State Highway Administration - Signs on Highway Rights-of-Way - Permits Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Serafini, Afzali, Glass, and McComas |
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Filed Under: Transportation - Highways Establishing that a specified prohibition relating to the placement and maintenance of signs on State highway rights-of-way does not apply to a sign for which a specified permit has been issued; authorizing the State Highway Administration to issue a specified permit for a sign located within a State highway right-of-way under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB416 Allegany and Garrett Counties - Slot Machines for Nonprofit Organizations Last House Action: 2/16 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Allegany County Delegation and Garrett County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Gaming Adding Allegany County and Garrett County to the list of counties in which specified nonprofit fraternal, religious, and war veterans' organizations may own and operate not more than five slot machines under specified circumstances. |
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HB417 Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Children's Home Therapeutic Group Home Building Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/12 at 9:30 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Jones, Burns, and Nathan-Pulliam |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $400,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Children's Home, Inc. for the planning, design, and construction of the Children's Home Therapeutic Group Home Building, located in Catonsville; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB418 Allegany County - Paper Gaming - Taxes Last House Action: 2/16 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Allegany County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Gaming Authorizing the Allegany County Board of County Commissioners to impose paper gaming taxes based on a specified range of gross profits minus the costs of paper gaming products instead of set percentage. |
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HB419 Creation of a State Debt - Calvert County - Calvert Marine Museum Exhibition Building Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 12:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Bohanan |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $250,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Calvert Marine Museum Society, Inc. for the construction and renovation of the Calvert Marine Museum Exhibition Building, located in Prince Frederick; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB420 Washington County - Assault - Global Positioning Satellite Tracking Pilot Program Last House Action: 2/27 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Washington County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Expanding the global positioning satellite tracking system pilot program in Washington County to authorize the court, if the court suspends the sentence of a specified defendant convicted of first or second degree assault, to order that the defendant be supervised by active electronic monitoring as a condition of probation under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB421 Workers' Compensation - Death Benefits - Determination of Benefits Last House Action: 3/16 Third Reading Passed (135-0) Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Feldman |
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Filed Under: Workers' Compensation Altering the calculation of workers' compensation death benefits for a dependent of a deceased covered employee who died due to an occupational disease. |
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HB422 Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Woodlawn Barn Visitor's Center Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 9:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Kaiser, Zucker, and Luedtke |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $300,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Trustees of the Montgomery County Parks Foundation, Inc. for the design, construction, repair, renovation, and rehabilitation of the Woodlawn Barn Visitor's Center, located in Silver Spring; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB423 St. Mary's County - Agricultural Preservation Advisory Board - Membership Last House Action: 3/1 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
St. Mary's County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Agriculture Altering the membership of the agricultural preservation advisory board in St. Mary's County to require that at least three of the five members are actively pursuing the production of agricultural products for profit. |
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HB424 Comptroller - Monitoring and Recording of Telephone Calls - Training and Quality Assurance Last House Action: 2/1 First Reading Health and Government Operations Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Comptroller) |
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Filed Under: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials Authorizing the Comptroller of the State to manage the monitoring and recording of specified incoming telephone conversations to employees of the Comptroller's call centers for training and quality assurance purposes; prohibiting the Comptroller from recording or monitoring calls to or from direct individual lines in the Office of the Comptroller; etc. |
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HB425 Procurement - Required Disclosure - Conflict Minerals Originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Last House Action: 2/1 First Reading Health and Government Operations Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates S. Robinson, Arora, Barkley, Barve, Carr, Clippinger, Cullison, Gilchrist, Gutierrez, Holmes, Hucker, Kach, A. Kelly, Luedtke, McIntosh, A. Miller, Mitchell, Otto, Reznik, Summers, Washington, Wilson, and Zucker |
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Filed Under: State Government - Procurement Prohibiting a unit of State government from procuring supplies or services from persons that fail to disclose in a specified manner as required by federal law specified information relating to conflict minerals that originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or its neighboring countries; defining terms; requiring a unit of State government to provide notice of the prohibition in any solicitation for supplies or services; etc. |
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HB426 Medical Assistance Program - Health Care for Mothers, Children, Seniors, and Individuals with Disabilities - Pilot Program Last House Action: 2/1 First Reading Health and Government Operations Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hubbard and Gaines |
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Filed Under: Public Health Establishing a specified pilot program to enhance Maryland Medical Assistance Program services; requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to administer the pilot program; requiring the pilot program to provide specified services to a specified number of individuals; requiring the pilot program to include the development of a specified system, specified care coordination and programs, a network of specified practitioners and hospitals, and the development of a specified training institute; etc. |
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HB427 Maryland Higher Education Commission - Program Review - Approval Last House Action: 2/1 First Reading Appropriations Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Chair, Appropriations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Higher Education Commission) |
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Filed Under: Higher Education Requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to approve or disapprove proposals submitted by an institution of postsecondary education for a new program or a substantial modification of an existing program under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB428 Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - William Donald Schaefer Memorial Garden Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 11:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates DeBoy and Malone |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $300,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Charlestown Community, Inc. for the planning, design, construction, renovation, and capital equipping of the William Donald Schaefer Memorial Garden, located in Catonsville; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB429 Sales and Corporate Income Tax Relief (Better Maryland - Tax Relief) Last House Action: 2/3 Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Schuh, Costa, Dwyer, George, Kipke, McConkey, McMillan, and Vitale |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Sales and Use Reducing the State income tax rate on the Maryland taxable income of corporations from 8.25% to 7.25%; altering the rate of the sales and use tax from 6% to 5.5% for fiscal year 2013 and to 5% beginning July 1, 2013; etc. |
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HB430 Public Safety - Handgun Permits - Repeal of Finding Requirement (Better Maryland - Right of Self Defense) Last House Action: 3/19 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Schuh, Costa, Dwyer, George, Kipke, McConkey, and Vitale |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Repealing the requirement that the Secretary of State Police find that a person has a good and substantial reason to wear, carry, or transport a handgun before issuing a handgun permit to the person. |
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HB431 Vehicle Laws - Use of School Bus Monitoring Cameras Last House Action: 3/8 Third Reading Passed (133-5) Last Senate Action: 3/9 First Reading Judicial Proceedings Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m. |
Delegate Hogan |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road Altering the requirements for a recorded image taken by a school bus monitoring camera by expanding the types of license plates that the image may include; altering the defined term "recorded image" by repealing the requirement that an image may show only the rear of a motor vehicle; and authorizing specified persons in specified counties to place school bus monitoring cameras on all school buses in the county. |
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HB432 Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Provider-Based Outpatient Oncology Centers - Reimbursement Last House Action: 2/22 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Donoghue |
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Filed Under: Public Health Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to reimburse freestanding outpatient oncology centers for specified services at a specified reimbursement rate; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt specified regulations; prohibiting the Department from making payment for specified invoices after a specified date; making the Act an emergency measure; etc. |
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HB433 Maryland Common Interest Community Managers Act Last House Action: 2/1 First Reading Environmental Matters Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Beidle, Davis, Frush, Glenn, Healey, Lafferty, Niemann, S. Robinson, Vaughn, and Wilson |
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Filed Under: Business Regulation and Occupations Creating the State Board of Common Interest Community Managers in the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation; providing for the composition of the Board and the appointment, terms, and expenses of the Board members; providing for the election of specified officers, size of a Board quorum, and meetings of the Board; establishing specified powers and duties of the Board; requiring the Board to maintain a list of specified names and addresses; etc. |
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HB434 Sales and Use Tax - Sales of Dyed Diesel Fuel Last House Action: 2/1 First Reading Ways and Means Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate O'Donnell |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Sales and Use Providing that for the sale of dyed diesel fuel the sales and use tax is to be applied to a specified percentage of the gross receipts; defining specified terms; creating a collection exception for specified dyed diesel fuel sales by specified marinas; requiring specified marinas to assume or absorb the sales and use tax imposed on a retail sale or use and to pay that sales and use tax on behalf of the buyer; etc. |
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HB435 Vehicle Laws - Salvage - Defective, Lost, or Destroyed Certificates of Title Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (133-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegate Beidle |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration Authorizing an application for a salvage certificate submitted by an insurance company to be accompanied by a specified affidavit of ownership and evidence of final payment instead of a certificate of title if the certificate of title is defective, lost, or destroyed. |
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HB436 Medical Records - Authorization to Disclose - Person in Interest Last House Action: 3/13 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Reznik |
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Filed Under: Public Health Altering the definition of "person in interest", as it relates to the disclosure of confidential medical records, to include the spouse, parent, or child of a deceased person under specified circumstances; and requiring a specified person in interest to include a specified affidavit with a specified authorization for the disclosure of specified medical records. |
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HB437 Local States of Emergency - Time Period - Extension Last House Action: 3/7 Third Reading Passed (139-0) Last Senate Action: 3/8 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegate Malone |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Increasing from 7 to 30 days the time period that a local state of emergency may continue or be renewed without the consent of the local governing body. |
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HB438 Civil Marriage Protection Act Last House Action: 2/24 Returned Passed Last Senate Action: 2/23 Floor Amendment (Senator Simonaire) {473824/1 Withdrawn Floor Amendment (Senator DeGrange) {133629/1 Rejected (17-30) Third Reading Passed (25-22) |
The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Anderson, Barkley, Barnes, Barve, Bobo, Bromwell, Busch, Cardin, Carr, Clagett, Clippinger, Cullison, Dumais, Feldman, Frick, Frush, Gaines, Gilchrist, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Hammen, Haynes, Hixson, |
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Filed Under: Family Law Altering a provision of law to establish that only a marriage between two individuals who are not otherwise prohibited from marrying is valid in the State; prohibiting an official of a religious order or body authorized to perform a marriage ceremony from being required to solemnize or officiate at a marriage or religious rite of a marriage in violation of the constitutional right to free exercise of religion; making the Act contingent on the resolution of litigation under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB439 Maryland Health Improvement and Disparities Reduction Act of 2012 Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Cardin, Cullison, Hammen, Hixson, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Lee, Mizeur, Morhaim, Pena-Melnyk, Ross, and V. Turner |
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Filed Under: Public Health Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to designate specified areas as Health Enterprise Zones in a specified manner; authorizing specified nonprofit community-based organizations or local government agencies to apply on behalf of specified areas for designation as specified Health Enterprise Zones; etc. |
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HB440 Procurement - Investment Activities in Iran Last House Action: 3/16 Third Reading Passed (136-0) Last Senate Action: No Action |
The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Reznik, Hammen, Jones, Mizeur, Rosenberg, Pendergrass, Bromwell, Cullison, Donoghue, Frank, Hubbard, Kach, A. Kelly, Kipke, Krebs, McDonough, Morhaim, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Ready, a |
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Filed Under: State Government - Procurement Specifying that specified persons shall be considered as engaging in investment activities in Iran under specified circumstances; requiring the Board of Public Works, on or before December 31, 2012, to use credible and publicly available information to create a list of persons that engage in investment activities in Iran; requiring the Board to update the list every 180 days; requiring the Board, before adding a person to the list, to provide the person with written notice that meets specified requirements; etc. |
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HB441 Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2012 Last House Action: 2/21 Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Hucker, Barnes, Barve, Bobo, Cardin, Frush, Hubbard, Jones, Mizeur, Ross, Stein, and Waldstreicher |
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Filed Under: Environment Altering the Maryland Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard Program to include a specified amount of energy derived from offshore wind energy; prohibiting the portion of the renewable energy portfolio that represents offshore wind energy from applying to retail electricity sales by a supplier in excess of a specified amount of industrial process load; etc. |
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HB442 Economic Development - Maryland Technology Development Corporation - Maryland Innovation Initiative Last House Action: 2/7 Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) Last Senate Action: No Action |
The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Davis, Feldman, Frick, Mizeur, and Washington |
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Filed Under: Economic and Community Development Establishing the Maryland Innovation Initiative in the Maryland Technology Development Corporation; authorizing the Initiative to award grants to specified entities under specified circumstances; requiring the Board of Regents of the University System of Maryland to undertake specified high impact economic development activities; etc. |
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HB443 Maryland Health Benefit Exchange Act of 2012 Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Barnes, Gaines, Griffith, Hammen, Haynes, Hucker, Jones, Morhaim, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Proctor, V. Turner, and Waldstreicher |
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Filed Under: Insurance - Health Requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to make specified qualified dental plans available to specified individuals and employers; requiring the Exchange to establish and implement specified navigator programs on or before January 1, 2014; establishing qualifications for specified navigators; etc. |
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HB444 Family Farm Preservation Act of 2012 Last House Action: 2/3 Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Afzali, Bohanan, Cane, Clagett, Conway, Glass, Hershey, Hough, Jacobs, Jameson, A. Kelly, Krebs, Lafferty, Love, Luedtke, McComas, Murphy, Otto, Parrott, Ready, and Schulz |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Miscellaneous Altering the determination of the Maryland estate tax under specified circumstances to exclude from the value of the gross estate up to $5,000,000 of the value of qualified agricultural property; providing that the Maryland estate tax on qualified agricultural property may not exceed 5% of the value of specified agricultural property exceeding $5,000,000; providing for the recapture of specified Maryland estate tax under specified circumstances; requiring the Comptroller to adopt specified regulations; etc. |
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HB445 Sustainable Growth and Agricultural Preservation Act of 2012 Last House Action: 2/1 First Reading Environmental Matters Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Bobo, Carr, Feldman, Frush, Gaines, Glenn, Hucker, Lafferty, McIntosh, Niemann, S. Robinson, and Rosenberg |
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Filed Under: Environment Altering the contents of a specified element that is required in a specified plan; prohibiting the approval of a residential major subdivision if a local jurisdiction has established specified tiers unless a planning board reviews and recommends the approval under specified circumstances; prohibiting the Department of the Environment from approving a major residential subdivision under specified circumstances on or before a specified date; etc. |
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HB446 Environment - Bay Restoration Fund - Fees Last House Action: 2/1 First Reading Environmental Matters Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Beidle, Bobo, Clippinger, Feldman, Frush, Gaines, Glenn, Hucker, McIntosh, Mitchell, Niemann, S. Robinson, and Rosenberg |
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Filed Under: Environment Increasing specified Bay Restoration Fees paid by users of specified wastewater facilities, onsite sewage disposal systems, and sewage holding systems beginning on July 1, 2012; and providing for the collection of specified fees by specified billing authorities under specified circumstances. |
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HB447 Procurement - Electronics Recycling Services Last House Action: 3/6 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Reznik and Morhaim |
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Filed Under: State Government - Procurement Prohibiting a unit from contracting for services to recycle covered electronic devices unless the contractor is a certified e-Stewards recycler, is a R2 certified recycler, or meets other specified requirements approved by the Department of the Environment; providing that the Act does not apply to contracts for services to recycle covered electronic devices that was entered into before October 1, 2012; etc. |
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HB448 Procurement - Preferences - Purchasing and Recycling Electronic Products Last House Action: 3/9 Third Reading Passed (138-0) Last Senate Action: 3/14 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. |
Delegates Morhaim and Reznik |
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Filed Under: State Government - Procurement Requiring a State unit to purchase specified electronic products that are listed on the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool registry or meet specified standards when purchasing electronic products for use by the State; requiring a State unit to award a procurement contract to specified recyclers of electronic products when awarding a procurement contract for electronics recycling services; etc. |
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HB449 Health Care Decisions by Surrogates - Donations of Nonvital Organs Last House Action: 3/13 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Morhaim |
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Filed Under: Public Health Authorizing a person that is authorized to make health care decisions for another under a specified provision of law to authorize the donation of a nonvital organ of a patient under specified circumstances; providing for the application of the Act; and defining the term "nonvital organ". |
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HB450 Residential Real Property Sales - Property Tax Disclaimer Last House Action: 3/1 Third Reading Passed (133-0) Last Senate Action: 3/9 Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m. |
Delegates Hogan, Beidle, Bobo, Carr, Glenn, Healey, Holmes, Jacobs, Lafferty, McMillan, Niemann, Norman, O'Donnell, Otto, Stein, Vitale, Weir, and Wilson |
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Filed Under: Real Property Requiring that a specified form developed by the State Real Estate Commission in connection with the sale of residential real property state the possibility of significant differences in the property tax bill previously paid by the seller of the property and the property tax bill of the buyer of the property. |
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HB451 Election Law - Legislative Districting and Apportionment Commission (Better Maryland - Nonpartisan Redistricting) Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/2 at 2:30 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Schuh, Costa, Dwyer, George, Kipke, McConkey, McMillan, and Vitale |
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Filed Under: Elections Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution that changes the process of legislative districting and apportionment in the State by establishing a Legislative Districting and Apportionment Commission; providing for the membership, qualifications, chair, and duties of the Commission; requiring the Commission to establish rules and procedures subject to the State laws governing open meetings and public records; requiring the Court of Appeals to make determinations regarding the redistricting plan; etc. |
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HB452 Election Law - Days of Early Voting Last House Action: 2/1 First Reading Ways and Means Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Howard, Aumann, Bates, Burns, Cane, George, Glenn, Ivey, Krebs, McComas, McDermott, Otto, Parrott, Smigiel, Summers, and Wood |
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Filed Under: Elections Requiring that early voting centers be open only on the second Friday and second Saturday before a regularly scheduled primary or general election during the hours between 10 A.M. and 8 P.M. |
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HB453 Courts and Judicial Proceedings - Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund - Court Costs Last House Action: 3/19 Favorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Niemann |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Requiring the imposition of specified court costs if a defendant is sentenced to probation before judgment for or pleads nolo contendere to a specified crime or offense. |
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HB454 Real Property - Maryland Contract Lien Act - Foreclosures Last House Action: 3/1 Third Reading Passed (132-0) Last Senate Action: 3/2 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegate Niemann |
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Filed Under: Real Property Providing that a lien under the Maryland Contract Lien Act may be enforced and foreclosed by the party who obtained the lien in the same manner, and subject to the same requirements, as the foreclosure of mortgages or deeds of trust containing a power of sale or an assent to a decree on nonresidential property in the State. |
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HB455 Sales and Use Tax - Snack Food - Application Last House Action: 2/3 Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Walker |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Sales and Use Specifying that the exemption from the sales and use tax for food sold for consumption off the premises by specified food vendors does not apply to specified snack food; repealing the exemption from the sales and use tax for specified snack food sold through a vending machine; and defining the term "snack food". |
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HB456 Small Business Reserve Program - Definition of Small Business - Revision Last House Action: 2/1 First Reading Health and Government Operations Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Reznik, Mizeur, Kipke, Donoghue, A. Kelly, and Ready |
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Filed Under: State Government - Procurement Altering the definition of "small business" under the Small Business Reserve Program; and including small businesses that meet either the limitation on employees employed by the business or the limitation on gross sales of the business under the Small Business Reserve Program. |
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HB457 Transportation - Highway Construction Training and Supportive Services Last House Action: 3/7 Third Reading Passed (127-13) Last Senate Action: 3/16 Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m. |
Delegates Howard, A. Miller, and Stukes |
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Filed Under: Transportation - Highways Requiring the State Highway Administration to use the maximum amount of specified federal funds available for a highway construction training program and supportive services, including skill improvement programs; requiring the Administration to submit a specified report by February 1 each year to specified committees of the General Assembly; providing for the contents of the report; defining "highway construction"; etc. |
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HB458 State Officials - Limitation of Terms (Better Maryland - Term Limits) Last House Action: 3/7 Hearing 3/12 at 2:30 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Schuh, Costa, George, Kipke, McConkey, McMillan, and Vitale |
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Filed Under: Elections Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to impose a limit of three consecutive terms that a person may serve in the office of Senator or Delegate in the General Assembly, Attorney General, Comptroller, or Treasurer; making stylistic changes; and submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State of Maryland for their adoption or rejection. |
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HB459 Task Force to Study Joint Custody of Children Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Alston and Vallario |
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Filed Under: Family Law Establishing a Task Force to Study Joint Custody of Children; providing for the membership, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving compensation, but authorizing reimbursement of specified expenses; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding specified matters; requiring the Task Force to report its preliminary findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2012; etc. |
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HB460 Criminal Procedure - Search Warrant - Location of Mobile Communications Device Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 3/1 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Rosenberg and Waldstreicher |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Requiring a law enforcement officer to obtain a search warrant before obtaining location information transmitted by a mobile communications device. |
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HB461 Washington County - Amusement Devices - Tip Jars Last House Action: 2/16 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Washington County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Counties - Local Laws Altering the definition of "amusement device" as it relates to the operation and regulation of amusement devices in Washington County to include a game activated by an object or other consideration of value; and altering the definition of "gross profits" as it relates to the operation of tip jars in Washington County to require the deduction of the cost of a gaming sticker. |
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HB462 Vehicle Laws - Accidents - Tests for Alcohol, Drugs, or Controlled Dangerous Substances Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Kach |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Drunk Driving Requiring a person to submit to specified tests for alcohol, drugs, or controlled dangerous substances if detained by a police officer who has reasonable grounds to believe that the person contributed to causing a motor vehicle accident that resulted in the death of, or a life-threatening injury to, another person; etc. |
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HB463 Property and Casualty Insurance - Certificates of Insurance and Certificate of Insurance Forms Last House Action: 3/16 Third Reading Passed (137-0) Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Rudolph |
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Filed Under: Insurance - Other than Health Prohibiting a person from preparing or issuing or requiring the preparation or issuance of a certificate of insurance unless the certificate of insurance form has been filed with and approved by the Maryland Insurance Commissioner; providing an exception; prohibiting a person from altering or modifying an approved certificate of insurance; requiring the Commissioner to disapprove a certificate of insurance form or withdraw approval of a certificate of insurance form under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB464 Agriculture - Total Maximum Daily Load - Regulations Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Rudolph |
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Filed Under: Agriculture Prohibiting the Department of Agriculture, the Department of the Environment, and the Department of Natural Resources from adopting regulations to help the State meet the agricultural sector requirements of the Total Maximum Daily Load for the Chesapeake Bay unless New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia achieve or exceed the percentage reduction of nitrogen and the percentage reduction of phosphorus that the State has achieved from 2009 levels under specified circumstances. |
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HB465 Health Insurance - Health Benefit Plan Premium Rate Review Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Hammen |
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Filed Under: Insurance - Health Prohibiting a carrier that issues or delivers a health benefit plan in the State from charging a premium or changing a premium before the applicable premium rate or premium rate change is filed with and approved by the Insurance Commissioner; requiring any applicable premium rate or premium rate change to be filed with the Commissioner at least a specified period of time before the proposed effective date; requiring the Commissioner to require a carrier to provide specified information under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB466 Creation of a State Debt - Cecil County - Jacob Tome Gas House Last House Action: 3/2 Hearing cancelled Hearing 3/12 at 9:30 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Rudolph |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $100,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Mayor and Town Council of Port Deposit for the planning, design, and reconstruction of the Jacob Tome Gas House, located in Port Deposit; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; requiring the grantee to grant and convey an easement to the Maryland Historical Trust; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB467 Local Jurisdictions - Prohibition on Receiving State Public Safety Funds - Nonparticipation in Federal Secure Communities Program Last House Action: 2/27 Unfavorable Report by Appropriations Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate McDonough |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Prohibiting the State from providing any funds for the purpose of public safety to any county, municipality, or any other local jurisdiction in the State that does not participate in the Department of Homeland Security's Secure Communities Program. |
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HB468 Maryland Environmental Trust - Conservation Easements - Land Draining into Reservoirs Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Kach, Aumann, Boteler, Cardin, Frank, Lafferty, and Olszewski |
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Filed Under: Natural Resources - Generally Requiring the trustees of the Maryland Environmental Trust to consider an offer to donate a conservation easement on land that drains into a reservoir in the State without regard to the size of the property. |
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HB469 Punitive Damages - High-Risk Drunk Drivers Last House Action: 2/2 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Waldstreicher, Anderson, Barkley, Dumais, Glenn, Lee, Malone, McDermott, Simmons, and Smigiel |
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Filed Under: Civil Actions and Procedures Authorizing a finder of fact to determine that a person with an alcohol concentration of 0.15 or more in the blood or breath who causes personal injury or wrongful death while driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle was acting with malice and to award punitive damages under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB470 Maryland Health Care Commission - Preauthorization of Medical Services and Pharmaceuticals - Standards Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Tarrant, Cullison, Hubbard, Krebs, Morhaim, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, and Reznik |
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Filed Under: Public Health Requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to adopt regulations to establish standards for the preauthorization of medical services and pharmaceuticals by specified payors, pharmacy benefits managers, and providers; requiring specified standards to include a specified exemption process; and providing that the standards established by the Commission may include penalties for noncompliance. |
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HB471 Ethics Law - Soliciting the Employment of Lobbyist Last House Action: 3/8 Third Reading Passed (135-0) Last Senate Action: 3/14 Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m. |
Delegates O'Donnell, Beidle, Bobo, Cane, Carr, Frush, Gilchrist, Glenn, Healey, Hogan, Holmes, Jacobs, Lafferty, Malone, McMillan, Niemann, Norman, Otto, S. Robinson, Stein, Vitale, Weir, and Wilson |
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Filed Under: Ethics Prohibiting a State official or public official from directly or indirectly initiating a solicitation for a person to retain the services of a particular regulated lobbyist or lobbying firm. |
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HB472 Reduction of Lead Risk in Housing - Creation of Lead Poisoning Compensation Fund Last House Action: 2/13 Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m. (Environmental Matters) Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates McIntosh and Feldman |
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Filed Under: Environment Establishing the Lead Poisoning Compensation Fund; requiring specified owners of residential rental property to pay a Lead Poisoning Compensation fee; requiring the Fund to provide coverage to specified rental property owners for claims arising out of the alleged ingestion of lead; etc. |
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HB473 Municipal Corporations - Elections - Voter Qualifications Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate McDonough |
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Filed Under: Municipal Corporations Prohibiting an individual who is not a citizen of the United States from voting in an election in any municipal corporation, notwithstanding the provisions of the charter of any municipal corporation; and providing that the Act makes null and void any provision in the charter of any municipal corporation that allows an individual other than a citizen of the United States to vote in an election in the municipal corporation. |
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HB474 Maryland Marriage Protection Act Last House Action: 2/3 Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary) Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Dwyer, Afzali, Aumann, Bates, Beitzel, Boteler, Burns, Cluster, DeBoy, Eckardt, Elliott, Fisher, Frank, George, Glass, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Hough, Impallaria, Jacobs, Jameson, Kach, K. Kelly, Krebs, McComas, McConkey, McDermott, McDonoug |
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Filed Under: Family Law Adding a new section to the Maryland Constitution to establish that a marriage between one man and one woman shall be the only domestic legal union valid or recognized in the State; and submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejection. |
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HB475 St. Mary's County - Redistricting Board - Revisions Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/2 at 2:30 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
St. Mary's County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Counties - Local Laws Requiring a Redistricting Board to be appointed in St. Mary's County following each decennial census of the United States; requiring the Board to be composed of specified appointees; requiring the Board to propose a specified redistricting plan; requiring the Board to hold specified hearings; requiring the Board to prepare and submit a redistricting plan to the Board of County Commissioners by a specified date and after public hearings have been held; etc. |
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HB476 Baltimore City - Vehicle Height Monitoring Systems Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (91-42) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegates Hammen, McHale, and Clippinger (By Request - Baltimore City Administration) and Delegates Anderson, Branch, Conaway, Glenn, Haynes, McIntosh, Mitchell, Oaks, B. Robinson, Rosenberg, Stukes, Tarrant, and Washington |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road Authorizing and establishing requirements for the use of specified vehicle height monitoring systems in Baltimore City to enforce specified State and local laws restricting the presence of specified vehicles during specified times; establishing that a vehicle height monitoring system may be used under the Act only if its use is authorized by an ordinance adopted by the Baltimore City Council; providing for the contents of a citation under the Act; establishing a maximum fine of $500 for a third or subsequent violation; etc. |
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HB477 Maryland Uniform Collaborative Law Act Last House Action: 3/19 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Waldstreicher and Dumais |
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Filed Under: Civil Actions and Procedures Enacting the Maryland Uniform Collaborative Law Act; establishing requirements for a collaborative law participation agreement and the collaborative law process; specifying the relationship between the collaborative law process and the judicial process; establishing standards applicable to collaborative lawyers; establishing standards for the disclosure of information during the collaborative law process; making the provisions of the Act severable; etc. |
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HB478 Natural Resources - Removal of Abandoned Fishing Nets Last House Action: 3/14 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Jacobs, Boteler, Eckardt, Glass, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, McDermott, Smigiel, and Weir |
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Filed Under: Hunting and Fishing Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to remove from the waters of the State and dispose of any abandoned fishing net found by or reported to the Department within 1 day after the net is found or reported. |
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HB479 Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Colmar Manor Police Station Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Niemann, Ivey, and Summers |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $250,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Mayor and Town Council of the Town of Colmar Manor for the acquisition and renovation of the Colmar Manor Police Station, located in Colmar Manor; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB480 Criminal Procedure - Unexecuted Warrant, Summons, or Other Criminal Process - Invalidation and Destruction Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Braveboy, Jameson, Alston, Barnes, Carter, Frush, Gaines, Holmes, Howard, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, Ross, V. Turner, Valderrama, Valentino-Smith, Vallario, Vaughn, and Walker |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Authorizing a law enforcement agency to make a specified request to a specified State's Attorney to have a specified unexecuted warrant, summons, or other criminal process invalidated and destroyed; requiring the State's Attorney to petition a specified administrative judge for the invalidation and destruction of a specified unexecuted warrant, summons, or other criminal process; etc. |
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HB481 Baltimore County - Elected School Board Last House Action: 2/2 First Reading Ways and Means Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Lafferty, Kach, Aumann, Boteler, DeBoy, Frank, Impallaria, McDonough, and Morhaim |
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Filed Under: Education - Local Bills Establishing procedures for the election of the members of the Baltimore County Board of Education; repealing provisions governing the appointment of members of the county board; requiring members of the county board to reside in, be a registered voter in, and be elected from specified districts; establishing a term of office; providing for the removal of members and the appointment of a member to fill a vacancy; establishing a Baltimore County School Board Redistricting Commission; etc. |
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HB482 Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - City of Seat Pleasant Public Works Facility Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Vaughn, Alston, and Howard |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $500,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Mayor and Common Council of the City of Seat Pleasant for the renovation and reconstruction of the City of Seat Pleasant Public Works Facility, located in Seat Pleasant; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB483 Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Labor of Love Learning Center Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Vaughn, Alston, and Howard |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $250,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Community Outreach and Development Corporation in Prince George's County for the renovation of the Labor of Love Learning Center, located in Capitol Heights; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB484 Criminal Law - Animal Cruelty - Payment of Costs Last House Action: 2/2 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Simmons and Frick |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Authorizing a court to order a defendant convicted of a specified charge of animal cruelty, as a condition of sentencing, to pay, in addition to any other fines and costs, all reasonable costs incurred in removing, housing, treating, or euthanizing an animal confiscated from the defendant. |
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HB485 Family Law - Child Custody - Interim Custody or Visitation Order Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Simmons |
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Filed Under: Family Law Authorizing a party to file with the court a motion for an interim custody or visitation order under specified circumstances; requiring a party who files a motion for an interim custody or visitation order to file with the motion a specified certificate; specifying the contents of the certificate; requiring the court to hold a hearing on the motion within 7 days after service on the opposing party; etc. |
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HB486 Environment - Watershed Implementation Plan - Ranking Best Management Practices Last House Action: 2/3 Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Jacobs, Bates, Boteler, Cluster, Eckardt, Frank, Glass, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Hogan, McComas, McConkey, McDermott, W. Miller, Norman, Otto, Schuh, Schulz, Smigiel, Stocksdale, and Vitale |
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Filed Under: Environment Requiring, on or before October 1, 2012, the Department of the Environment to create a list that ranks best management practices relating to a Watershed Implementation Plan based on cost and expected pollution reduction value; authorizing the Department to include specified information in the list; requiring the Department to update the list annually; and requiring the Department to publish the list on the Department's Web site and to mail a hard copy of the list to each county. |
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HB487 Environment - Watershed Implementation Plan - County Implementation Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Jacobs, Aumann, Bates, Boteler, Cluster, Eckardt, Frank, Glass, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Hogan, McComas, McConkey, McDermott, Norman, Otto, Ready, Schulz, Smigiel, Stocksdale, Szeliga, and Vitale |
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Filed Under: Environment Providing that a local jurisdiction may not be required to implement activities or strategies of a State Watershed Implementation Plan unless specified funding is provided. |
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HB488 Public Safety - Handgun Permits - Repeal of Finding Requirements Last House Action: 3/19 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Impallaria, Afzali, Bates, Beitzel, Boteler, Cluster, Costa, DeBoy, Donoghue, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Fisher, Frank, George, Glass, Haddaway-Riccio, Hough, James, Kach, Kipke, Krebs, McComas, McConkey, McDonough, W. Miller, Minnick, Myers, N |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Repealing the requirement that the Secretary of State Police find that a person has a good and substantial reason to wear, carry, or transport a handgun before issuing a handgun permit to the person. |
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HB489 Public Safety - Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Inspection - Exceptions Last House Action: 2/27 Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Kipke |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Excluding specified pressure vessels from the requirement that each boiler and pressure vessel in the State be inspected, tested, and maintained in a safe operating condition. |
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HB490 Tax Sales - Payment to Redeem Foreclosed Property Last House Action: 3/15 Favorable Report Adopted Second Reading Passed Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Stukes |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Property Authorizing the holder of a tax sale certificate to be reimbursed for specified postage and mailing expenses that are actually incurred if the property is redeemed before an action to foreclose a right of redemption is filed; and requiring a specified notice of foreclosure to include language indicating that specified postage and mailing expenses are expenses included in the amount necessary to redeem the property if the property is redeemed before an action to foreclose a right of redemption is filed. |
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HB491 Tax Sales - Reimbursement for Attorney's Fees Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Stukes |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Property Providing that a plaintiff or holder of a certificate of sale in a foreclosure action may be reimbursed for reasonable attorney's fees for specified participation in a bankruptcy proceeding or for opening an estate for specified purposes; and providing that a plaintiff or holder of a certificate of sale in a foreclosure action may be reimbursed for expenses actually incurred for opening an estate for specified purposes. |
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HB492 Criminal Procedure - Bail Bonds - Cash Bail Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates K. Kelly, Anderson, Cluster, Dumais, Hough, Mitchell, Parrott, Simmons, and Valentino-Smith |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Authorizing in circuit courts and in the District Court "cash bail" or "cash bond" to be posted in the form of cash, surety bond, or property bond by the defendant or by a private surety acting for the defendant; requiring "cash bail" or "cash bond" to be posted by the defendant only, unless the order setting bail expressly provides otherwise, in cases involving a defendant's failure to pay support to specified individuals; and providing for the repeal of laws inconsistent with the Act. |
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HB493 Task Force to Study Economic Development and Apprenticeships Last House Action: 3/16 Third Reading Passed (98-37) Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Simmons and Kramer |
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Filed Under: Economic and Community Development Establishing the Task Force to Study Economic Development and Apprenticeships; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; establishing the duties of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of expenses; requiring the Task Force to report to the Governor and General Assembly by a specified date; and providing for the termination of the Act. |
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HB494 Frederick County - Raffles Last House Action: 2/16 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Frederick County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Gaming Repealing in Frederick County a specified limitation on the number of specified raffles that may be held on a single day; and authorizing the Board of County Commissioners of Frederick County to determine the number of permits to conduct a raffle that specified organizations in the county may receive in a calendar year. |
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HB495 Election Law - Voting by Registered Offenders at Polling Places - Prohibition Last House Action: 2/7 Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Impallaria, Bates, Boteler, Cluster, DeBoy, Dwyer, Elliott, Glass, Hough, McComas, McDonough, Minnick, and Olszewski |
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Filed Under: Elections Prohibiting specified registered offenders from voting at polling places or early voting centers located on school grounds; authorizing specified registered offenders who are prohibited from voting at polling places or early voting centers on school grounds to vote at early voting centers not located on school grounds or by absentee ballot; requiring the supervising authority of specified registered offenders to give written notice and explain the requirements of the Act when a registrant registers; etc. |
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HB496 Child Abuse and Neglect - Failure to Report - Penalties Last House Action: 2/20 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Impallaria, Bates, Boteler, Cluster, DeBoy, Elliott, Glass, James, McComas, McDonough, Minnick, Norman, and O'Donnell |
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Filed Under: Family Law Establishing that specified persons who are required to provide notice or make a report of suspected child abuse or neglect, while acting in their professional capacities, may not knowingly fail to give the notice or make the report; establishing that any other person, under specified circumstances, who has reason to believe a child has been subjected to child abuse or neglect is required to make a specified report; establishing a misdemeanor for knowingly failing to report child abuse or neglect; and establishing penalties. |
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HB497 Public Schools - Epinephrine Availability and Use - Policy Requirements Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Myers, Afzali, Glass, McComas, Norman, Parrott, Serafini, and Smigiel |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Requiring each county board of education to establish a policy to authorize specified school personnel to administer auto-injectable epinephrine to specified students under specified circumstances; requiring the policy to include specified information; providing that the policy may authorize a school nurse to obtain and store at a public school auto-injectable epinephrine for specified purposes; requiring specified public schools to submit a specified report to the State Department of Education; etc. |
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HB498 Wicomico County - Election Law - Challengers and Watchers Last House Action: 2/7 Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Wicomico County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Elections Prohibiting a candidate from being designated as a challenger or watcher at a polling place in Wicomico County for an election in which the candidate's name appears on the ballot; and providing for a delayed effective date. |
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HB499 Vehicle Laws - Disposition of Vehicle to Automotive Dismantler and Recycler or Scrap Processor Last House Action: 2/3 Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Niemann |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Miscellaneous Repealing a provision of law that authorizes specified persons to transfer specified inoperable vehicles to an automotive dismantler and recycler or scrap processor without providing a certificate of title or fulfilling notice requirements; repealing a provision of law that authorizes an automotive dismantler and recycler or scrap processor to require specified vehicle transferors to execute an indemnity agreement; altering the notice requirements for an automotive dismantler and recycler or scrap processor; etc. |
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HB500 Frederick County - Adult Detention Center - Medical and Dental Fees Last House Action: 3/8 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Frederick County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Increasing specified medical and dental fees for individuals incarcerated in the Frederick County Adult Detention Center. |
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HB501 State Government - Open Meetings Act - Online Training Last House Action: 3/9 Third Reading Passed (137-0) Last Senate Action: 3/14 Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m. |
Delegate O'Donnell |
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Filed Under: State Government - Regulations and Procedures Requiring the State Open Meetings Law Compliance Board to develop and offer an online training program on the requirements of the open meetings law to employees, officers, or members of a public body and members of the general public. |
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HB502 Video Lottery Terminals - State Legislators - Prohibited Acts Last House Action: 2/16 Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates McConkey and Fisher |
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Filed Under: Gaming Prohibiting a member of the Senate of Maryland or the House of Delegates from holding a license issued in connection with the operation of video lottery terminals; and prohibiting a member from performing work or services as an independent contractor for the holder of any license issued under the laws relating to video lottery terminals. |
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HB503 Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2010 - Prince George's County - Bladensburg Market Square II Last House Action: 2/2 First Reading Appropriations Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Niemann, Ivey, and Summers |
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Filed Under: Prior Authorizations Amending the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2010 to extend the deadline for the Board of Directors of Prince George's Heritage, Inc. to present evidence that a specified matching fund will be provided; requiring that the Board of Public Works expend or encumber the proceeds of the loan for the Bladensburg Market Square II by June 1, 2016; etc. |
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HB504 Garrett County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class B Beer Licenses Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (134-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegate Beitzel |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Establishing in Garrett County a Class B beer license for specified hotels, motels, inns, and restaurants; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners to issue the license with or without a catering option; specifying the privileges of a license with and without the catering option; requiring that to exercise the catering option, a holder of a license meet specified requirements; specifying license fees; and authorizing the Board to adopt specified regulations. |
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HB505 Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Arrow Child and Family Ministries Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 9:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Lafferty |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $154,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Arrow Child and Family Ministries of Maryland for the repair and renovation of the Arrow Child and Family Ministries facility, located in Baltimore; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB506 Health Care Malpractice Claims - Expert Witnesses - Admissibility of Insurance Coverage Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Anderson |
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Filed Under: Civil Actions and Procedures Providing that the existence of professional liability insurance coverage is admissible at the hearing of a claim or the trial of an action against a health care provider for alleged medical injury solely for the purpose of assessing the bias, if any, of an expert witness, if the expert's professional liability insurance carrier is a mutual or self-insured entity and a judgment against a defendant in the action would be paid by the expert's carrier. |
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HB507 Health Care Malpractice Claims - Expert Witnesses - Limitations Last House Action: 3/8 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Anderson |
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Filed Under: Civil Actions and Procedures Prohibiting a party, in the trial of specified actions against a health care provider for an alleged medical injury, from presenting testimony from more than two experts, unless the court, for good cause shown, permits additional experts; and applying the Act to actions filed on or after the effective date. |
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HB508 Real Property - Foreclosure - Mortgage Foreclosure Property Values Protection Act of 2012 Last House Action: 2/3 Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Healey and Norman |
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Filed Under: Real Property Requiring a purchaser in a foreclosure sale to close on a transaction to purchase real property and record a deed transferring title to the property to the purchaser within 60 days after the entry of a final order ratifying a foreclosure sale. |
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HB509 Public Health - Inmates - HIV Testing Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates K. Kelly, Beitzel, Clippinger, Cluster, Dumais, Hough, McConkey, Myers, Parrott, Valentino-Smith, and Wilson |
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Filed Under: Public Health Authorizing specified courts to order specified inmates to furnish blood samples or cheek swabs to be tested for the presence of HIV under specified circumstances; requiring specified courts to hold specified hearings under specified circumstances before ordering a specified test; requiring a specified correctional employee or the employee's representative and a specified inmate or the inmate's representative to be notified of specified information; providing that only specified evidence may be admitted at specified hearings; etc. |
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HB510 Baltimore County Revenue Authority - Purchases - Competitive Bidding Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Cluster, Boteler, and Bromwell |
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Filed Under: Counties - Local Laws Requiring the Baltimore County Revenue Authority, when the estimated cost of specified commodities and services exceeds a specified amount, to use a specified competitive bidding process to purchase the commodities and services by written, formal contract from a specified bidder after public notice inviting proposals; and prohibiting the division of a contract or purchase into smaller parts to avoid the competitive bidding requirements. |
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HB511 State Board of Environmental Health Specialists - Transfer of Responsibilities Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations) Last Senate Action: No Action |
Chair, Environmental Matters Committee |
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Filed Under: Environment Renaming the State Board of Environmental Sanitarians to be the State Board of Environmental Health Specialists; transferring the Board and specified functions, powers, duties, assets, liabilities, and records from the Department of the Environment to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; renaming environmental sanitarians to be environmental health specialists; altering the length of terms for Board members; altering the number of terms specified Board members may serve; etc. |
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HB512 Environment - Garrett County Sanitary District - Imposition of Late Fees Last House Action: 2/3 Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Beitzel |
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Filed Under: Environment Authorizing the sanitary district in Garrett County to charge a late fee for specified unpaid water and sewer usage charges; authorizing the County Commissioners of Garrett County to require the payment of any applicable late fees in addition to specified other charges before reconnecting water service; and providing that a charge that is in default will accrue interest from the date of default and at a rate set by the County Commissioners. |
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HB513 Criminal Procedure - Custody of Arrested Persons Before Release Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates K. Kelly, Beitzel, Cluster, Dumais, McDermott, Parrott, Simmons, and Valentino-Smith |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Requiring a police officer to keep custody of an arrested person from the time of arrest until the person is committed by lawful authority to a State or local correctional facility, released from custody, or in the custody of another police officer; and requiring a correctional employee assigned to monitor inmates to keep custody of specified arrested persons in specified situations. |
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HB514 State Board of Education - Study on the Use of Prefabricated School Construction Last House Action: 2/2 First Reading Appropriations Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Stocksdale, Bates, Kipke, Myers, Ready, B. Robinson, Serafini, and Wood |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Requiring the State Board of Education to conduct a study on the use of prefabricated school construction in Maryland; requiring the State Board of Education to report to the General Assembly on or before a specified date; and providing for the termination of the Act. |
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HB515 State Government - Financial Education and Capability Commission Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Stein, Arora, Bobo, Cardin, DeBoy, Frick, Kach, A. Kelly, Kipke, Kramer, Lafferty, Morhaim, Olszewski, Reznik, B. Robinson, Stukes, and Zucker |
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Filed Under: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials Establishing the Financial Education and Capability Commission; providing for the composition, co-chairs, and staffing of the Commission; prohibiting a member of the Commission from receiving specified compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of specified expenses; requiring the Commission to meet at least two times each year; requiring the Commission to monitor the implementation of specified public and private initiatives and make specified recommendations; etc. |
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HB516 Allegany County - Orphans' Court Judges - Pension Last House Action: 3/8 Third Reading Passed (134-0) Last Senate Action: 3/9 First Reading Budget and Taxation |
Allegany County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Estates and Trusts Increasing the pension of a judge of the Orphans' Court for Allegany County under specified circumstances; and making a technical change. |
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HB517 Criminal Procedure - Bail Bonds - Use of Real Property as Security Last House Action: 3/8 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Niemann |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Prohibiting a surety from accepting or providing real estate as security for a bail bond in a circuit court or the District Court unless the person offering the real estate as security provides a certification from the owner of the real estate that the real estate has no outstanding citations for building or property code violations. |
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HB518 Frederick County - Tax Sales - Auctioneer's Fees Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Frederick County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Miscellaneous - Local Setting the amount of the auctioneer's fee allowed in Frederick County relating to specified tax sales to be the lowest responsive bid. |
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HB519 Public Institutions of Higher Education - Tuition Rates - Veterans Last House Action: 2/22 Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Stocksdale, Afzali, Bates, Boteler, DeBoy, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Glass, Hough, Howard, Impallaria, Jameson, Kaiser, Krebs, Minnick, Mitchell, Parrott, Ready, B. Robinson, Sophocleus, and Wood |
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Filed Under: Higher Education Extending the time period within which an honorably discharged veteran must present specified evidence in order to qualify for a specified tuition rate at a public institution of higher education. |
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HB520 Electric Companies - Contact Voltage - Surveys and Mitigation Last House Action: 2/7 Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Barkley, Braveboy, Burns, Davis, Feldman, Harrison, Impallaria, Jameson, Jones, Kramer, Love, McHale, Minnick, Oaks, Olszewski, B. Robinson, Schuh, Stukes, Tarrant, and Vaughn |
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Filed Under: Utility Regulation Requiring specified electric companies to file with the Public Service Commission for approval a specified list or voltage survey plan on or before a specified date; requiring an electric company to file a voltage survey plan for Commission approval within a specified period of time; requiring an electric company to conduct specified surveys of specified objects and surfaces within specified contact voltage risk zones at specified times; etc. |
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HB521 Real Property - Residential and Mobile Home Park Leases - Interest on Security Deposits Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Stocksdale, Aumann, Afzali, Bates, Cluster, Elliott, Frank, Guzzone, Hough, Krebs, McComas, McDermott, W. Miller, Otto, Schulz, Vitale, and Wood |
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Filed Under: Real Property Altering from 3 percent to 1 percent the annual interest rate paid on a security deposit under a residential lease after the end of a tenancy, the annual interest rate paid on a security deposit under a residential lease prior to the termination of a tenancy under specified circumstances, and the annual interest rate paid by a mobile home park owner on a security deposit at the end of a tenancy; and terminating the Act in 3 years. |
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HB522 Maryland Green Fuel Initiative - Motor Fuel Taxes - Biodiesel Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates A. Miller, Howard, Ivey, Lee, Luedtke, S. Robinson, and Stukes |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Transportation Reducing from 24.25 cents per gallon to 14.25 cents per gallon the motor fuel tax rate for biodiesel fuel at least 10% of which is derived from agricultural products, animal fats, or the wastes of agricultural products or animal fats. |
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HB523 Board of Public Works - Procurement Contracts - Economic Inclusion Plans Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Rosenberg, Carter, Oaks, B. Robinson, and Tarrant |
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Filed Under: State Government - Procurement Requiring the Board of Public Works to approve economic inclusion plans for specified State procurement contracts; requiring that economic inclusion plans be drafted by specified contractors in collaboration with specified units and local community groups; requiring that economic inclusion plans promote the involvement and training of specified minority business enterprises, locally owned businesses, and local residents; etc. |
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HB524 Washington County - Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs - Practice of Law Last House Action: 2/24 Third Reading Passed (134-0) Last Senate Action: 2/27 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegates Parrott, Donoghue, Hough, Myers, and Serafini |
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Filed Under: Courts and Court Personnel - Statewide Allowing an individual employed as a sheriff or deputy sheriff in Washington County who has been admitted to the Maryland Bar to practice law in a county other than Washington County. |
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HB525 State Personnel - Hiring Prohibition - Individuals Terminated with Prejudice Last House Action: 3/1 Third Reading Passed (133-0) Last Senate Action: 3/2 First Reading Finance |
Delegates Clagett, Aumann, Barve, Bates, DeBoy, Healey, Krebs, Norman, Pendergrass, Sophocleus, Stocksdale, Wood, and Zucker |
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Filed Under: State Government - Personnel Prohibiting an appointing authority from hiring an individual who has been terminated with prejudice from State service; and applying the Act prospectively. |
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HB526 State Personnel - Special Appointments - Status Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Clagett, Anderson, Barkley, Bohanan, Guzzone, Haynes, Hucker, Jones, Mizeur, Proctor, B. Robinson, Washington, and Zucker |
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Filed Under: State Government - Personnel Repealing provisions of law that designate specified positions and employees as special appointments in the State Personnel Management System; repealing a provision of law that specified employees in the Maryland Correctional Enterprises may be in the skilled service category of the State Personnel Management System; providing that assistant attorneys general are special appointments in the State Personnel Management System; etc. |
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HB527 Courts - Bankruptcy - Arms Last House Action: 2/27 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Norman and Weir |
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Filed Under: Civil Actions and Procedures Authorizing a person to claim an exemption in specified bankruptcy proceedings for arms in an amount not to exceed $2,000 in value; and applying the Act prospectively. |
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HB528 Local Correctional Facilities - Sentenced Inmates Last House Action: 3/8 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Dumais, Kramer, Arora, Barkley, Barve, Carr, Cullison, Feldman, Frick, Gilchrist, Gutierrez, Hixson, Hucker, Kaiser, A. Kelly, K. Kelly, Lee, Luedtke, A. Miller, Reznik, S. Robinson, Simmons, Waldstreicher, and Zucker |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Reducing from 18 months to 12 months the period of time a judge may sentence an individual to a local correctional facility; and prohibiting a judge from sentencing an individual to a local correctional facility for a period exceeding 12 months. |
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HB529 Environment - Local Stormwater Management Charges - State Property Last House Action: 2/3 First Reading Environmental Matters Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Carr, Bobo, Cane, Hucker, McMillan, Niemann, Reznik, Sophocleus, and Stocksdale |
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Filed Under: Environment Providing a specified exception to an exemption from specified taxes, user charges, and utility fees relating to stormwater management for property owned by the State or a unit of State government; providing, with specified exceptions and under specified conditions, that property owned by the State or a unit of State government is subject to a specified stormwater management charge imposed by the governing body of the county or municipality within which the property is located; etc. |
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HB530 Creation of a State Debt - Harford County - Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/12 at 9:30 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates DeBoy and James |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $400,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Baltimore Area Council, Boy Scouts of America for the planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation, located in Whiteford; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. |
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HB531 State Government - Commemorative Days - Prescription Drug Take Back Day Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Reznik, Tarrant, Bobo, Carr, Feldman, Frick, Gutierrez, Healey, Kaiser, Kipke, Lafferty, Luedtke, McDonough, Murphy, B. Robinson, and Sophocleus |
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Filed Under: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim a specified day as Prescription Drug Take Back Day; and declaring the intent of the General Assembly. |
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HB532 Income Tax Exemption - Military Health Care Pensions - Health Care Workforce Shortage Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Cardin, Boteler, Bromwell, DeBoy, Donoghue, Glass, Jameson, McComas, McDonough, Minnick, Morhaim, Oaks, Reznik, Stein, and Weir |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Income Providing a subtraction modification under the State income tax for 50% of military retirement income of an individual whose federal adjusted gross income does not exceed $65,000 and who commits to living and working in the State in a health care field identified as having a health care workforce shortage; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012; etc. |
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HB533 Financial Institutions - Interest Payable on Escrow Accounts and Specific Purpose Savings Accounts Last House Action: 2/24 Third Reading Passed (132-3) Last Senate Action: 3/16 Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m. |
Delegates Feldman, Haddaway-Riccio, McHale, and Schulz |
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Filed Under: Financial Institutions Altering the interest rate payable by specified lending institutions on escrow accounts created in connection with loans secured by a first mortgage or first deed of trust on residential real property; requiring the interest rate to be adjusted under specified circumstances; altering the interest rate payable by banking institutions on interest bearing accounts instituted for a specific purpose; etc. |
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HB534 Creation of a State Debt - Cecil County - Milburn Stone Theatre Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 10:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate James |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $100,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Cecil College Foundation DBA Friends of the Milburn Stone Theatre for the repair and renovation of the Milburn Stone Theatre, located in North East; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB535 Drunk and Drugged Driving - Refusal to Take a Blood or Breath Test - Prohibition Last House Action: 3/8 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Wilson |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Drunk Driving Prohibiting a person who is detained for specified alcohol- or drug- related driving offenses from knowingly refusing to take a specified blood or breath test if the person was detained previously for specified alcohol- or drug-related driving offenses and refused to take a blood or breath test; and providing that a violation is punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than 1 year or both. |
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HB536 Courts - Violation of Probation - Appeal on the Record Last House Action: 3/19 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Wilson |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Providing that an appeal shall be heard on the record made in the District Court in any case in which the District Court determines that a criminal defendant violated probation. |
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HB537 State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Applicability Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (91-43) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Finance Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m. |
Delegates Jones, Clagett, Cullison, Donoghue, Gaines, Glenn, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Haynes, Healey, Hixson, Hucker, Mizeur, Nathan-Pulliam, Reznik, B. Robinson, V. Turner, Valderrama, and Washington |
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Filed Under: State Government - Personnel Providing specified collective bargaining rights to specified State employees; specifying the responsibilities of the State Labor Relations Board in administering and enforcing specified provisions of law relating to the collective bargaining rights of specified employees; and requiring the State Labor Relations Board, at the request of a specified exclusive representative, to determine bargaining units for specified employees, accrete specified State employees into bargaining units, and hold a specified election. |
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HB538 Campaign Finance - Contributions - Disclosure Last House Action: 3/1 Third Reading Passed (129-3) Last Senate Action: 3/7 Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m. |
Delegates Olszewski, Arora, Barkley, Barnes, Barve, Beidle, Bobo, Bohanan, Boteler, Carr, George, Glass, Kach, Mizeur, Reznik, Szeliga, Vitale, and Weir |
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Filed Under: Elections Requiring a campaign finance entity to report specified information on its campaign finance reports for each contribution the entity receives; authorizing a campaign finance entity to report a maximum of a cumulative amount of $25,000 in contributions in an election cycle on its campaign finance reports without providing specified information about each contribution; requiring that contributions reported on or after January 1, 2011, shall be considered in making a specified determination under the Act; etc. |
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HB539 Criminal Law - Impersonation of a Police Officer - Penalties Last House Action: 3/8 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates DeBoy, Beitzel, Bohanan, Branch, Bromwell, Clagett, Cluster, Conway, Costa, George, Guzzone, Holmes, James, Jameson, Kach, K. Kelly, Kipke, Lafferty, Malone, McHale, W. Miller, Minnick, Olszewski, Proctor, Rudolph, Schulz, Sophocleus, Summers |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Altering the classification of the crime of impersonating police officers, special police officers, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, constables, or other law enforcement officers wearing a specified police article without authorization, or having a simulation or imitation of a specified police article under specified circumstances, from a misdemeanor to a felony; and increasing the penalties for a violation of the offense. |
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HB540 Handling Human Remains with Dignity Act of 2012 Last House Action: 3/9 Third Reading Passed (137-0) Last Senate Action: 3/12 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegate Reznik (By Request - State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors) and Delegates Waldstreicher, Carr, Elliott, Feldman, Frank, Frush, Gaines, Hubbard, Kipke, McDonough, McHale, Smigiel, and Sophocleus |
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Filed Under: Public Health Requiring a funeral establishment or crematory, on taking custody of the body of a decedent in accordance with all authorizations required by law, to maintain the body in a specified manner; requiring a funeral establishment or crematory to maintain the body of a decedent with refrigeration and at a specified temperature under specified circumstances; prohibiting the body of a decedent from being embalmed or artificially preserved except under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB541 Vehicle Laws - Special Registration Plate - United States Armed Forces Last House Action: 3/14 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Smigiel, McDermott, Afzali, Arora, Aumann, Barkley, Bates, Branch, Fisher, Frank, George, Hershey, Hough, Jacobs, Kach, McComas, McConkey, W. Miller, Minnick, Mitchell, Norman, Olszewski, Ready, Szeliga, Vitale, and Weir |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to develop and make available for specified vehicles a special registration plate honoring the armed forces of the United States; requiring that fees charged for the plates be used only for specified purposes; requiring a registration plate issued under the Act to contain a specified graphic design and specified words; requiring the Administration to adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of the Act; etc. |
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HB542 Public Schools - Student Attendance - Preventing Chronic Absenteeism Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Gutierrez, Barkley, Bobo, Carr, Carter, Cullison, Feldman, Frick, Frush, Guzzone, Haynes, Holmes, Howard, Hucker, Ivey, A. Kelly, Kramer, Lee, Luedtke, A. Miller, Mitchell, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, Reznik, B. Robinson, S |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Requiring public schools to maintain a record of the daily attendance of students in kindergarten through 12th grade using a specified identifier, to calculate and maintain a record of specified attendance information, and to submit a report to the county board of education that includes specified student attendance information for each grading period each year; requiring each county board to calculate and maintain a specified record of countywide student attendance information; etc. |
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HB543 Criminal Procedure - Victim-Offender Mediation Program Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hough, Afzali, Cluster, Eckardt, Kach, Krebs, McComas, McDermott, Mitchell, Ready, Simmons, Smigiel, and Waldstreicher |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Authorizing the establishment of a pretrial victim-offender mediation program by the Chief Judge of the District Court; requiring the Chief Judge of the District Court to establish procedures to implement a specified victim-offender mediation program; providing that a specified defendant under specified circumstances is eligible to be diverted to a specified victim-offender mediation program; providing for specified procedures; requiring the Chief Judge of the District Court to establish a specified fee; etc. |
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HB544 Vehicle Laws - Motor Carriers - Application of Federal Safety Regulations Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (135-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegate Malone |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Equipment and Inspections Requiring that motor carrier safety regulations adopted jointly by the Motor Vehicle Administration and the Department of State Police duplicate or be consistent with specified federal regulations; and clarifying the scope of specified State motor carrier safety regulations. |
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HB545 Crimes - Theft from a Motor Vehicle - Penalties Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 3/1 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Anderson (By Request - Baltimore City Administration) and Delegate Oaks |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Prohibiting a person from knowingly and willfully obtaining or exerting unauthorized control over personal property located in or on a motor vehicle if the person intends to deprive the owner of the property, uses, conceals, or abandons the property in a manner that deprives the owner of the property, or uses, conceals, or abandons the property knowing that the use, concealment, or abandonment will deprive the owner of the property; establishing penalties for a violation of the Act; etc. |
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HB546 Criminal Law - Litter Control Regulations and Penalties Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Anderson (By Request - Baltimore City Administration) and Delegates McIntosh and Oaks |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Altering the penalties for improper litter disposal by distinguishing between litter in an amount not exceeding 1 pound and litter in an amount exceeding 1 pound; authorizing, for a first offense and requiring, for a second or subsequent offense, the Motor Vehicle Administration to suspend, for a specified period of time, the driver's license of a person who is convicted of improper disposal of litter in an amount exceeding 1 pound and who used a motor vehicle in the commission of the act; etc. |
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HB547 Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - VisArts Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 10:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Gilchrist, Barve, and Simmons |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $25,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Center for the Visual Arts for the construction, repair, renovation, and reconstruction of VisArts, located in Rockville; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB548 Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Military Compensation Outside the United States Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Minnick, Aumann, Boteler, Clagett, Hershey, Hogan, Jacobs, Kach, McDermott, Otto, Schulz, Smigiel, and Weir |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Income Repealing a provision reducing the amount of the subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for military pay dollar for dollar in the amount by which an individual's military pay exceeds $15,000; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011; etc. |
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HB549 Stormwater Management - Residential Stormwater Practices - Inspection and Maintenance Last House Action: 2/3 First Reading Environmental Matters Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Hogan |
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Filed Under: Environment Requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt regulations that specify alternatives for inspection of stormwater management systems located on residential lots, including public outreach, education, or other methods that promote maintenance of stormwater practices. |
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HB550 Vehicle Laws - Historic Motor Vehicles Last House Action: 3/12 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Reznik, Arora, Carr, Elliott, Gutierrez, Kaiser, B. Robinson, S. Robinson, Schulz, and Zucker |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration Increasing to 25 years the age that a motor vehicle must attain before it may be registered as a historic motor vehicle; prohibiting a specified historic motor vehicle from being used for specified purposes; requiring an applicant for registration of a historic motor vehicle to submit with the application a certification that the vehicle is insured by a specified vehicle insurance policy; etc. |
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HB551 Criminal Procedure - Alien Defendants - Nullity of Bail Bonds Last House Action: 3/13 Third Reading Passed (135-0) Last Senate Action: 3/14 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegate Simmons |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Providing that, if a defendant who has posted a bail bond is taken into custody and deported by a specified agency of the federal government because of the defendant's immigration status, the bond shall be null and void; providing that any bond that becomes null and void under the Act shall be returned to the surety and the surety shall have no liability with respect to the bond; etc. |
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HB552 Vehicle Laws - Distracted Driving - Prohibition Last House Action: 2/3 First Reading Environmental Matters Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Malone and Wilson |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road Prohibiting a person from driving a motor vehicle in an inattentive manner resulting in the unsafe operation of the motor vehicle when the inattention is caused by the driver engaging in specified preoccupying activities; providing that a violation of the Act is not a moving violation for the purpose of assessing points; authorizing a police officer to enforce the Act only as a secondary offense; etc. |
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HB553 Estates and Trusts - Special and Supplemental Needs Trusts - Regulations by State Agencies Last House Action: 2/24 Third Reading Passed (134-1) Last Senate Action: 2/27 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegates Smigiel and McDermott |
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Filed Under: Estates and Trusts Requiring each State agency that provides public benefits to individuals with disabilities of all ages to adopt specified regulations that are not more restrictive than State statutes, regulations, or common law regarding trusts and that do not require disclosure of a beneficiary's personal or confidential information without the consent of the beneficiary; requiring specified regulations to allow a specified pooled asset special needs trust to retain specified funds under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB554 Lead Safe Income Tax Credit Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hogan, Boteler, Bromwell, Elliott, Glenn, Hough, Kach, Kaiser, Lafferty, McComas, McIntosh, Minnick, Mitchell, Otto, Ready, Schulz, Smigiel, Stocksdale, and Vitale |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Income Allowing an individual or a corporation to claim a credit against the State income tax for costs incurred for an approved lead hazard reduction project for qualifying property; providing for the calculation of the credit; providing for the submission of proposals for lead hazard reduction projects to the Department of Housing and Community Development for approval; limiting to $1,000,000 the total amount of credits that the Department may approve for any fiscal year; applying the Act to tax years beginning after December 31, 2011; etc. |
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HB555 Commercial Law - Security Freezes - Minors and Protected Persons Last House Action: 3/16 Third Reading Passed (137-0) Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Zucker, Anderson, Arora, Barkley, Barnes, Barve, Beitzel, Bobo, Bromwell, Burns, Clagett, Clippinger, Cluster, Cullison, DeBoy, Dumais, Frick, Gilchrist, Griffith, Guzzone, Haddaway-Riccio, Healey, Hershey, Howard, Hucker, Impallaria, Jameson |
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Filed Under: Commercial Law - Consumer Protection Authorizing specified representatives to request a security freeze on the consumer report or a specified record of specified minor children and individuals under guardianship or conservatorship; requiring a consumer reporting agency to place a security freeze for a protected consumer under specified circumstances and within a specified period of time; etc. |
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HB556 Continuing Care Retirement Communities - Regulation Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hubbard, Cluster, Boteler, Bromwell, Kach, Krebs, and V. Turner |
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Filed Under: Health Care Facilities and Regulation Requiring specified providers to set aside operating reserves that, before January 1, 2023, equal 15% of specified expenses of a facility; requiring specified providers to set aside operating reserves that, on or after January 1, 2023, equal 25% of specified expenses of a facility; beginning January 1, 2014, providing for the manner in which specified requirements relating to assets held by providers shall be met; etc. |
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HB557 Estates and Trusts - Deceased Personality - Property Rights Last House Action: 2/20 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Rosenberg |
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Filed Under: Estates and Trusts Establishing that a person who uses a specified deceased personality's name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness on or in products, merchandise, or goods, or for purposes of advertising or selling, or soliciting purchases of, products, merchandise, goods, or services, is liable for specified damages; establishing the amount of damages for an action brought under the Act; establishing that specified rights are transferable and descendible; etc. |
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HB558 Procurement - Automatic Debarment - Employee Arbitration Clauses Last House Action: 3/6 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Simmons and Kramer |
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Filed Under: State Government - Procurement Providing that a person is debarred, by operation of law, from entering into a contract with a public body if the person or a subsidiary, an affiliate, or a subcontractor of the person includes a requirement in specified agreements that an employee use arbitration for specified claims; requiring the Board of Public Works to notify a person that the person is debarred under a specified provision of the Act and to give the person a specified opportunity for a hearing; etc. |
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HB559 Procurement - Automatic Debarment - Unpaid Taxes Last House Action: 3/6 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Clagett, Aumann, Barve, Bates, DeBoy, Elliott, Healey, Krebs, Luedtke, McMillan, Pendergrass, Sophocleus, Stocksdale, and Wood |
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Filed Under: State Government - Procurement Providing that a person by operation of law is debarred from entering into a contract with the State if the person owes unpaid taxes to the State; requiring the Board of Public Works to notify a person that the person is debarred under a specified provision of the Act and to give the person a specified opportunity for a hearing; providing for the automatic termination of the debarment of persons who were debarred for owing unpaid taxes to the State; etc. |
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HB560 Family Investment Program - Eligibility - Drug Testing Last House Action: 2/27 Unfavorable Report by Appropriations Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Kipke, Bates, Bromwell, Cluster, Costa, Elliott, Frank, George, Hogan, Hough, Kach, K. Kelly, McDermott, McDonough, W. Miller, Norman, Olszewski, Otto, Parrott, Schuh, Sophocleus, Stifler, and Szeliga |
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Filed Under: Social Services - Generally Requiring individuals applying for or receiving temporary cash assistance benefits under the Family Investment Program to comply with eligibility requirements related to drug testing; authorizing temporary cash assistance benefits that have been terminated to resume under specified circumstances; requiring an addictions specialist to notify the Family Investment Program case manager if an applicant or a recipient does not complete drug testing; etc. |
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HB561 Pharmacists - Administration of Vaccinations - Expanded Authority Last House Action: 2/7 Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hubbard, Costa, Cullison, Elliott, Krebs, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Tarrant, and V. Turner |
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Filed Under: Health Occupations Expanding the authority of pharmacists to administer specified vaccinations to specified individuals in accordance with specified regulations; and requiring the State Board of Pharmacy, in consultation with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, to adopt specified regulations. |
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HB562 Washington County - Volunteer Fire and Rescue Companies - Reimbursement of Costs Last House Action: 2/22 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Washington County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Authorizing the County Commissioners of Washington County to establish, by resolution or ordinance, a system of fees under which a volunteer fire department, rescue squad, or ambulance company in the county may charge for services rendered at an emergency fire or rescue incident; and authorizing a resolution or ordinance adopted under the Act to provide for the reimbursement, including from an insurer, of reasonable costs for equipment, personnel, and consumable products used at an emergency fire or rescue incident. |
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HB563 Telecommunications Taxes - Reform Commission and Moratorium Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hixson, Barve, Cardin, Frick, Howard, Ivey, Kaiser, Luedtke, A. Miller, Rosenberg, Ross, Stukes, and Summers |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Miscellaneous Establishing the Telecommunications Tax Reform Commission; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Commission; prohibiting a member of the Commission from receiving specified compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of specified expenses; requiring the Commission to assess the feasibility and fiscal implications of a competitively neutral telecommunications tax and fee system that eliminates the disparate treatment of similar telecommunications service providers; etc. |
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HB564 Harford County Property Tax Credit - Homes Near a Refuse Disposal System - Extension to Additional Properties Last House Action: 3/15 Favorable Report Adopted Recommit to Committee Ways and Means (Delegate Frick) Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Glass |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Property - Local Extending to additional residential real property the property tax credit in Harford County for specified residential real property in proximity to specified refuse disposal systems. |
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HB565 Homestead Property Tax Credit - Eligibility - Child Support Payments Last House Action: 2/9 Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Zucker, Hixson, Arora, Ivey, Kaiser, Luedtke, A. Miller, Mitchell, S. Robinson, Rosenberg, Ross, Stukes, Summers, Vaughn, Vitale, and Walker |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Property Authorizing the Child Support Enforcement Administration to send a specified certification to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation concerning specified child support obligors; requiring the Administration to conduct an investigation and notify the obligor of the outcome; requiring the Department to revoke the homestead property tax credit of certain homeowners under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB566 Vehicle Laws - Lapsed Security - Restriction on Arrest and Impoundment of Vehicle Last House Action: 3/12 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Healey, Carr, Frush, Holmes, and Norman |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Prohibiting a police officer from arresting a person for the offense of driving or allowing another person to drive a motor vehicle that is not covered by the required security if the person provides documentary evidence that the required security is in effect; prohibiting a police officer from impounding a vehicle in specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB567 Education - Parent-Teacher Meetings - Unpaid Leave Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Luedtke, Rosenberg, Barkley, Barve, Cullison, Gutierrez, Hucker, Ivey, A. Kelly, Reznik, Stukes, and Summers |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Authorizing an employee to use unpaid leave to attend a parent-teacher meeting; requiring an employee to notify the employer at least 3 days before the employee will use unpaid leave to attend a parent-teacher meeting; prohibiting an employee who uses unpaid leave under the Act from using more than 4 hours per parent-teacher meeting and from using unpaid leave more than twice per each half of an academic year; providing that the Act may not be construed to affect specified collective bargaining agreements; etc. |
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HB568 Sustainable Communities Tax Credit Program - Credit Allocation Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Rosenberg |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Property Authorizing the allocation of the Sustainable Communities tax credit among the partners, members, or shareholders of an entity in any manner agreed to by specified persons in writing; etc. |
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HB569 Motor Vehicles - Motor Scooters, Mopeds, and Off-Highway Recreational Vehicles - Titling and Required Use of Protective Headgear Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Stein, Frush, McMillan, Myers, Norman, and Wilson |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration Requiring a motor scooter or a moped in the State to be titled by the Motor Vehicle Administration; requiring the Administration to issue a permanent decal to the owner of a motor scooter, a moped, or an off- highway recreational vehicle; establishing a fee for a title issued for a motor scooter, a moped, or an off-highway recreational vehicle; prohibiting a person from operating or riding on a motor scooter or an off-highway recreational vehicle unless the person is wearing protective headgear; etc. |
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HB570 Other Tobacco Products - Restrictions on Sale, Distribution, and Shipment - Exemptions Last House Action: 3/9 Third Reading Passed (137-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m. |
Delegates Davis, Haddaway-Riccio, Howard, Love, McHale, Schulz, Stifler, Vaughn, Walker, Burns, Hershey, Impallaria, W. Miller, Olszewski, and Schuh |
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Filed Under: Business Regulation and Occupations Specifying that provisions of law relating to the regulation of other tobacco products do not apply to a seller located outside the State when selling, holding for sale, shipping, or delivering specified cigars or pipe tobacco to consumers in the State; providing that specified provisions of law regulating the sale and distribution of other tobacco products do not apply to the order, purchase, sale, or shipment of specified cigars or pipe tobacco by a licensed other tobacco products retailer or licensed tobacconist; etc. |
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HB571 State Procurement - Banking Services Preference - Lend Local Act of 2012 Last House Action: 2/9 Hearing cancelled Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Frick, Feldman, Barkley, Barve, Bobo, Cardin, George, Guzzone, Hixson, Hucker, Ivey, Kaiser, A. Kelly, Kramer, Lee, Love, Luedtke, A. Miller, W. Miller, Minnick, Mizeur, Murphy, Reznik, Serafini, Stocksdale, Summers, Vaughn, Walker, and Zucke |
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Filed Under: State Government - Procurement Requiring the State Treasurer, when deciding whether to designate or make an agreement with a financial institution to provide specified banking services to the State or an agency of the State, to consider whether the financial institution is operating in the State with total assets of less than $5,000,000,000 and commits to make loans to small businesses in the State in an aggregate amount of at least 200% of the incremental funds that are deposited by the Treasurer. |
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HB572 Elected Public Officials - Criminal Acts - Forfeiture or Suspension of Retirement Benefits Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates George, Afzali, Aumann, Barnes, Bates, Beidle, Beitzel, Bohanan, Boteler, Burns, Clagett, Cluster, Costa, Davis, DeBoy, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Feldman, Frank, Frick, Frush, Glass, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Hogan, Hough, Impallaria, Ivey, Ja |
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Filed Under: State Pensions and Retirement Subjecting the retirement benefits of specified current and former elected public officials to forfeiture under specified circumstances related to the commission of crimes related to public office; subjecting the retirement benefits of specified current and former elected public officials, when charged with specified criminal acts, to suspension and possible termination; providing that specified elected public officials may have retirement benefits reinstated under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB573 Criminal Procedure - Bail Bondsman Solicitation - Penalty Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates K. Kelly, Cluster, Hough, McDermott, Smigiel, and Valentino-Smith |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Prohibiting an employee of a courthouse or correctional facility from soliciting business as a bail bondsman on the grounds of a courthouse or correctional facility; clarifying that a specified person at a specified location may not approach, entice, or invite a person to use the services of a specific bail bondsman; altering the penalties for a violation of the Act; etc. |
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HB574 Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Montgomery County Bikesharing Phase II Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 10:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Frick, Carr, Gutierrez, Hixson, Hucker, A. Kelly, Lee, Luedtke, Mizeur, and Waldstreicher |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $750,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the County Executive and County Council of Montgomery County for the construction and capital equipping of the Montgomery County Bikesharing Phase II, located in Montgomery County; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB575 Local Government Investment Pool - Authorized Participants Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (135-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Budget and Taxation |
Delegates Gutierrez, Bobo, Conway, Guzzone, Howard, Proctor, and Serafini |
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Filed Under: Local Government - Generally Expanding the list of participants that may place specified funds in the Local Government Investment Pool to include specified units of State government or specified entities created by the State in addition to specified local governmental entities; etc. |
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HB576 Public-Private Partnerships Last House Action: 2/13 Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (Environmental Matters) Last Senate Action: No Action |
The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Arora, Bohanan, Clagett, Gaines, Griffith, Healey, Hixson, Holmes, Howard, James, Jones, Lafferty, Lee, Love, A. Miller, Niemann, Proctor, Ross, Rudolph, Summers, and Washington |
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Filed Under: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials Establishing the policy of the State on public-private partnerships; altering provisions of law relating to public-private partnerships; authorizing a reporting agency to establish a public-private partnership and execute a partnership agreement in connection with specified functions, services, or assets; requiring a reporting agency to adopt regulations and establish processes for the development, screening, solicitation, evaluation, award, and delivery of public- private partnerships; etc. |
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HB577 Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2010 - Harford County - Nuttal Avenue Park Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate James |
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Filed Under: Prior Authorizations Amending the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2010 to extend the deadline for the County Executive and County Council of Harford County to present evidence that a matching fund will be provided for Nuttal Avenue Park, located in Edgewood; requiring that the Board of Public Works expend or encumber the proceeds of the loan by June 1, 2013; etc. |
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HB578 Baltimore City - School Facilities - Funding Last House Action: 2/24 Hearing cancelled Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Anderson (By Request - Baltimore City Administration) |
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Filed Under: Counties - Local Laws Authorizing specified bonds, notes, or other obligations used for specified purposes in connection with specified school facilities in Baltimore City to be payable from revenues and receipts from a specified beverage container tax or specified other revenues; prohibiting specified revenues and receipts from being irrevocably pledged in a specified manner; making the obligation to make specified payments from specified revenues and receipts subject to an annual appropriation by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City; etc. |
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HB579 Public Safety - Regulated Firearms - Exemption from Training Course Last House Action: 3/8 Third Reading Passed (135-0) Last Senate Action: 3/9 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegate Elliott |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Providing an exemption from specified requirements to complete a specified firearms training course if an individual is a retired law enforcement officer of a unit of the federal government, the State, or any local law enforcement agency in the State. |
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HB580 Anne Arundel County - School Board - Membership Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate McConkey |
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Filed Under: Education - Local Bills Requiring that members of the Anne Arundel County Board of Education be elected and appointed, as specified; repealing provisions relating to a retention election for specified appointed members of the county board; establishing procedures for the election and appointment of members of the county board; providing for a nonpartisan election for specified members of the county board; providing for the termination of the terms of specified members of the county board; etc. |
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HB581 Income Tax - Expensing of Business Property and Bonus Depreciation Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Bates, Afzali, Aumann, Elliott, Frank, George, Glass, Hogan, Krebs, McComas, Parrott, Ready, Stocksdale, Vitale, and Wood |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Income Limiting to property placed in service before January 1, 2012, the applicability of Maryland income tax modifications for specified deductions for the cost of the property that is treated as an expense for federal income tax purposes; limiting to property placed in service before January 1, 2012, the applicability of Maryland income tax modifications for a specified additional depreciation allowance under the federal income tax for specified property; and applying the Act to taxable years ending after December 31, 2011. |
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HB582 Vehicle Laws - Vehicles of Public Service Companies - Use of Yellow and Amber Lights Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Barkley |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Equipment and Inspections Authorizing vehicles of public service companies to be equipped with or display yellow or amber lights or signal devices; and making conforming and stylistic changes. |
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HB583 Vehicle Laws - Single Registration Plate Last House Action: 3/14 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Elliott, Aumann, Bates, Bromwell, Burns, Clagett, Dwyer, Eckardt, Frank, Frush, George, Howard, Impallaria, Jacobs, Jameson, Kipke, Krebs, McComas, McConkey, W. Miller, O'Donnell, Otto, Ready, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Stocksdale, and Szeliga |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to issue a single registration plate to all classes of vehicles; and requiring that the single registration plate be attached on the front of tractors and on the rear of all other vehicles. |
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HB584 Health Occupations - Physician Assistants - Patient's Access to Supervising Physician Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Tarrant, Cullison, Kach, Krebs, Murphy, Reznik, and V. Turner |
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Filed Under: Health Occupations Requiring a patient being treated regularly by a physician assistant to have access to a physician assistant's supervising physician on request or as frequently as the patient's clinical condition requires. |
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HB585 Vehicle Laws - Single Registration Plate - Specified Vehicles Last House Action: 3/14 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Elliott, Aumann, Bates, Bromwell, Burns, Clagett, Dwyer, Eckardt, Frank, Frush, George, Howard, Impallaria, Jacobs, Jameson, Kipke, Krebs, McComas, W. Miller, O'Donnell, Otto, Ready, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Stocksdale, and Szeliga |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to issue a single registration plate to the owner of a vehicle that was manufactured without a means to secure and display a front registration plate; and requiring the Administration to adopt specified regulations relating to the issuance and display of a single registration plate for specified vehicles. |
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HB586 Death Penalty - Evidentiary Requirements - Murder in the First Degree Committed in a Correctional Facility Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Bates, Afzali, Aumann, Burns, Elliott, Glass, Jameson, Kipke, Krebs, McComas, McDonough, Parrott, Schuh, Sophocleus, Stocksdale, and Wood |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Establishing that the requirement that a defendant found guilty of murder in the first degree may be sentenced to death only if the State presents specified evidence does not apply if the defendant committed the murder while confined in a correctional facility. |
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HB587 Criminal Law - Contraband - Telecommunication Devices - Penalty Last House Action: 3/8 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Departmental - Public Safety and Correctional Services) |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Prohibiting a person from attempting to deliver a telecommunication device to a person detained or confined in a specified place of confinement; increasing the penalty for a person detained or confined in a place of confinement who knowingly possesses or receives a telecommunication device; increasing the penalty for specified subsequent violations of the prohibition against telecommunication devices in places of confinement; requiring a sentence imposed under the Act to be served consecutive to another sentence; etc. |
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HB588 Correctional Services - Maryland Parole Commission - Eligibility for Parole Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Departmental - Public Safety and Correctional Services) |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Altering specified conditions under which specified inmates are eligible to be granted parole. |
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HB589 Criminal Law - Controlled Dangerous Substances - Mephedrone Last House Action: 2/10 Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates A. Miller, McComas, Stein, Beidle, Arora, Hixson, Howard, Ivey, Lee, Luedtke, S. Robinson, Stukes, and Waldstreicher |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Listing mephedrone and specified similar chemical compounds on Schedule I for purposes of designating controlled dangerous substances that may not be legally used, possessed, or distributed. |
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HB590 Horse Racing - Maryland Standardbred Race Fund Advisory Committee - Registration of Horses Last House Action: 2/27 Hearing cancelled Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Chair, Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation) |
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Filed Under: Horse Racing Altering one of the optional methods by which a horse may be registered with the Maryland Standardbred Race Fund Advisory Committee to enable the horse to start in a race of the Foaled Stakes Program. |
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HB591 Criminal Procedure - Community-Based Organizations - Registered Sex Offender Prohibition Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Eckardt, Haddaway-Riccio, Beidle, Mitchell, and Rudolph |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Prohibiting specified registrants from entering onto real property that is owned or operated by a community-based organization that provides recreational activities for children under specified circumstances. |
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HB592 Tax Credit for Businesses That Create New Jobs - Enhanced Credit - Extension Last House Action: 2/9 Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Chair, Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - Business and Economic Development) |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Miscellaneous Extending the duration of the enhanced tax credit for businesses that create new jobs for specified business entities that construct or expand specified business premises and meet specified obligations for an additional 12-year period; declaring a specified intent of the General Assembly; etc. |
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HB593 Natural Resources - Public Shellfish Fishery Area - Standards Last House Action: 3/12 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Haddaway-Riccio and Eckardt |
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Filed Under: Hunting and Fishing Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to establish areas in the Chesapeake Bay as part of the public shellfish fishery area if the density of oysters is at least one oyster that measures 1 inch or more from hinge to bill per acre. |
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HB594 Department of Natural Resources - Pamela J. Kelly Tree-Mendous Maryland Program Last House Action: 3/8 Third Reading Passed (135-0) Last Senate Action: 3/14 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. |
Delegates McIntosh, Anderson, and Washington |
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Filed Under: Natural Resources - Generally Declaring the intent of the General Assembly; establishing the Pamela J. Kelly Tree-Mendous Maryland Program in the Department of Natural Resources for a specified purpose; providing for the administration of the Program; authorizing the Department to adopt specified regulations; providing for the funding of the Program; and authorizing the Department to seek, accept, and expend specified funds under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB595 Alcoholic Beverages - Manufacturer's Licenses Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (133-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegate Haddaway-Riccio |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Statewide Bills Specifying that a holder of a specified manufacturer's license may apply for and obtain specified additional manufacturer's licenses for the same premises or elsewhere. |
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HB596 Child with a Disability - Individualized Education Program Meeting - Document Access Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Kaiser, Barkley, Cullison, Gutierrez, Ivey, A. Kelly, Luedtke, Reznik, S. Robinson, Stukes, Summers, and Zucker |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Altering the period of time that appropriate school personnel must provide a copy of specified documents relating to the development of an individualized education program for a child with a disability to the parents of the child to at least 5 calendar days before a specified meeting. |
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HB597 Horse Racing - Mile Thoroughbred Racetracks - Payment of Taxes and Impact Aid Last House Action: 2/27 Hearing cancelled Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Chair, Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation) |
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Filed Under: Horse Racing Altering from 7 to 10 days the time in which a mile thoroughbred racetrack licensee shall pay to the State Racing Commission the State tax imposed on the gross amount, less refunds, of money bet at the track for each racing day; and altering from 3 to 10 days the time in which a mile thoroughbred racetrack licensee that operates a sending track shall pay to the Commission $1,000 of the impact aid to be paid to specified political subdivisions for intertrack betting for each day of intertrack betting. |
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HB598 Juvenile Law - Taking Child into Custody - Arrest Warrant Last House Action: 2/7 Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates McComas, Afzali, Clippinger, Frush, Kach, McDonough, B. Robinson, Sophocleus, Stocksdale, and Vitale |
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Filed Under: Juvenile Law Authorizing a law enforcement officer to take a child into custody with an arrest warrant issued by the court. |
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HB599 Elections - Study Commission on the Redistricting Process in Maryland Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/2 at 2:30 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates McComas, Afzali, Alston, Elliott, Frank, Glass, Hogan, Howard, Impallaria, Kach, Krebs, McConkey, Ready, B. Robinson, Schulz, Simmons, Stocksdale, and Szeliga |
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Filed Under: Elections Establishing a Study Commission on the Redistricting Process in Maryland; specifying the composition, powers, and duties of the Commission; providing for the staffing of the Commission; requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations, including suggested constitutional and legislative changes, to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before a specified date; providing for the termination of the Act; etc. |
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HB600 Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Zucker, Anderson, Barve, Branch, Clippinger, Glass, Haynes, Howard, Ivey, Kaiser, Luedtke, McIntosh, A. Miller, Mitchell, Myers, Niemann, Ready, S. Robinson, Rosenberg, Ross, Serafini, Stukes, Vaughn, Walker, and Washington |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Income Allowing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for income from the discharge of indebtedness related to acquiring, constructing, substantially improving, or refinancing a principal residence; providing that the subtraction does not apply to more than a specified amount for specified individuals; providing for an addition modification to the State income tax under specified circumstances; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012, but before January 1, 2014; etc. |
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HB601 Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Olney Police Satellite Station Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 9:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Zucker, Luedtke, Kaiser, Arora, Cullison, and Kramer |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $10,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Advisory Board of the Olney Police Satellite Station Fund for the repair and renovation of the Olney Police Satellite Station; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB602 Campaign Finance - Affiliated Business Entities - Attribution of Contributions Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Bobo, Arora, Barkley, Barve, Cardin, Carr, Donoghue, Dumais, Gilchrist, Hubbard, Hucker, Kaiser, Mizeur, Reznik, S. Robinson, Simmons, and Zucker |
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Filed Under: Elections Requiring that campaign finance contributions by two or more business entities be attributed to one business entity if one is a wholly owned subsidiary of another or if the business entities are owned or controlled by at least 80% of the same individuals or business entities; and defining the term "business entity" to include a corporation, a general partnership or limited partnership, a limited liability company, or a real estate investment trust. |
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HB603 Baltimore City - Charitable Gaming Events - For-Profit and Nonprofit Organizations Last House Action: 2/16 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Stukes, Anderson, Mitchell, and B. Robinson |
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Filed Under: Gaming Authorizing in Baltimore City a for-profit organization to hold a charitable gaming event with a specified nonprofit organization under specified conditions; authorizing a charitable gaming event to include card games, dice games, and roulette; requiring that a for-profit organization and nonprofit organization be issued a permit before conducting a charitable event; allowing permit holders to pay for specified goods and services; etc. |
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HB604 Justice's Law Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Parrott, Afzali, Aumann, Bates, Beitzel, Boteler, Burns, DeBoy, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Frush, George, Glass, Hogan, Hough, Impallaria, Kach, Kipke, Krebs, McDonough, Niemann, Ready, B. Robinson, Serafini, Sophocleus, Stifler, Stocksdale, Vi |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Expanding the list of persons who can be convicted of first-degree child abuse under specified circumstances to include a family member or household member who has permanent or temporary care or the responsibility for the supervision of a minor; increasing the maximum penalty for first-degree child abuse resulting in death of the victim to not exceeding life in prison; and increasing the maximum penalty for a subsequent conviction of child abuse resulting in death of the victim to not exceeding life in prison. |
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HB605 Transportation - Baltimore Corridor Red Line Transit Study Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Oaks, Carter, Clippinger, Hammen, McHale, Mitchell, Rosenberg, Stukes, and Washington |
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Filed Under: Transportation - Generally Making specified requirements specifying factors the Maryland Transit Administration must consider in conducting the Baltimore Corridor Red Line Transit Study apply for fiscal years 2013 through 2018; altering the period during which a specified provision prohibiting the Administration from acquiring real property for specified purposes applies; prohibiting a Red Line related modification from being made to a specified portion of Interstate 70 unless a specified study is conducted; etc. |
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HB606 Education - School Vehicle - On-Board Attendant Last House Action: 3/12 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Braveboy, Frush, A. Kelly, Niemann, Rosenberg, and Vitale |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Miscellaneous Prohibiting an individual from serving as a school vehicle on-board attendant, unless the school vehicle on-board attendant is an employee or has specified authorization and possesses specified identification; and authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration, with the advice of the State Department of Education, to adopt regulations concerning the qualifications of school vehicle on-board attendants. |
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HB607 National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline Information - Sign Posting Requirements Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hucker, Aumann, Barkley, Bobo, Burns, Carr, Dumais, Elliott, Frush, Gutierrez, Haddaway-Riccio, Impallaria, A. Kelly, Kramer, Krebs, Lafferty, W. Miller, Olszewski, Pendergrass, Reznik, S. Robinson, Rudolph, Szeliga, and Waldstreicher |
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Filed Under: Business Regulation and Occupations Requiring the business owner of a privately owned bus station or truck stop located in the State to post in restrooms in a specified manner a specified sign that provides National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline information; requiring an agency that determines a violation has occurred to provide a notice to the business owner of a bus station or truck stop or the business owner's agent; etc. |
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HB608 Drunk and Drugged Driving - Minor in Vehicle Last House Action: 2/7 Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Arora, Alston, Clippinger, Cluster, Cullison, Dwyer, George, Hough, McDermott, Parrott, B. Robinson, Valentino-Smith, and Wilson |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Drunk Driving Requiring individuals who are convicted of specified alcohol-related driving offenses involving transportation of a minor to successfully complete the Ignition Interlock System Program; altering criminal penalties for convictions for specified alcohol- or drug-related driving offenses involving transportation of a minor; etc. |
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HB609 Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Patricia and Arthur Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 11:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates B. Robinson, Anderson, Cardin, Clippinger, Conaway, DeBoy, Glenn, Harrison, McIntosh, Mitchell, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Reznik, Rosenberg, Stein, Stukes, Tarrant, and Washington |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $350,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Lyric Foundation, Inc. for the design, construction, renovation, and capital equipping of the Patricia and Arthur Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric, located in Baltimore; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; requiring the grantee to grant and convey a specified easement to the Maryland Historical Trust; etc. |
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HB610 Real Property - Landlord Defenses in Nuisance Actions Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 3/1 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Weir, Norman, and Wilson |
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Filed Under: Real Property Establishing a complete defense to any nuisance action brought under State or local law against a landlord if the tenant's actions are the basis for the action and specified actions have been taken by the landlord or a District Court in a suit to repossess the premises based on a breach of the lease. |
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HB611 Criminal Law - Use of Proceeds of Drug Crime - Repeal of Exception for Person's Right to Representation Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Wilson, Haynes, Holmes, Jameson, Oaks, and Wood |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Repealing from the prohibition on engaging in specified financial transactions involving the proceeds of a drug crime the exception for a financial transaction necessary to preserve a person's right to legal counsel. |
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HB612 Baltimore City - Education - Public School Facilities and Construction Bond Authority Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 2/28 at 1:30 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Anderson |
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Filed Under: Education - Local Bills Altering the maximum aggregate principal amount of school construction bonds that the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners may issue. |
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HB613 Loan Assistance Repayment Program - Nancy Grasmick Teacher Scholars Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Rosenberg, Mitchell, Branch, George, Ivey, Kaiser, Luedtke, Ross, and Walker |
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Filed Under: Higher Education Establishing the Nancy Grasmick Teacher Grant in the Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program; requiring the Office of Student Financial Assistance to assist in the repayment of specified higher education loans owed by individuals who receive specified degrees from specified institutions of higher education in the State or out of the State; requiring the Office to assist in the repayment of the amount of any higher education loan owed by specified public school teachers in the State; etc. |
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HB614 Juvenile Sex Crime Victims' Notice Act Last House Action: 2/7 Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Arora, Cluster, Kramer, McDermott, Parrott, B. Robinson, Stocksdale, and Wood |
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Filed Under: Juvenile Law Requiring the Department of Juvenile Services to disclose to a victim or victim's representative the home address, school, or place of employment of a child respondent on probation under specified circumstances; requiring a confinement unit to disclose to a victim or victim's representative the home address, school, or place of employment of a child respondent under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB615 Workers' Compensation - Occupational Disease Presumption - Duty Belt Worn by Law Enforcement Last House Action: 2/27 Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Barnes |
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Filed Under: Workers' Compensation Providing that specified police officers and deputy sheriffs are presumed to be suffering from an occupational disease for a lower back impairment under the workers' compensation law under specified circumstances; providing that the presumption shall apply only if the police officers and deputy sheriffs subject to the Act have been employed for at least 5 years and were required, as a condition of employment, to wear a duty belt; providing that the presumption is disputable and may be controverted by other evidence; etc. |
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HB616 Workers' Compensation - Approval of Legal Services Fee - Cases Involving Medical Expenses Last House Action: 2/7 Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Barnes |
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Filed Under: Workers' Compensation Requiring the Workers' Compensation Commission to approve a fee for legal services if the employer or its insurer was required to pay specified workers' compensation, a specified time period has elapsed since the last compensation payment was made in the case, the employee is claiming specified medical expenses, and the Commission held a hearing on the claim for specified medical expenses; and prohibiting the fee for legal services awarded by the Commission from exceeding a specified amount. |
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HB617 Education - Informal Kinship Care - Documentation Supporting Affidavit - Repeal Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hough, Afzali, Hogan, and Schulz |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Repealing the requirement that specified supporting documentation accompany an affidavit verifying to a county superintendant of schools that a child is living in an informal kinship care arrangement for specified school attendance purposes; and repealing a requirement that specified instructions explain the necessity of and encourage the submission of specified supporting documentation. |
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HB618 Task Force to Study Access of Individuals with Mental Illness to Regulated Firearms Last House Action: 3/8 Third Reading Passed (91-45) Last Senate Action: 3/9 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegates Simmons, Dumais, and Kramer |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Establishing a Task Force to Study Access of Individuals with Mental Illness to Regulated Firearms; providing for the membership, staffing, and duties of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31, 2012, on whether existing law adequately protects the public, as well as the civil rights of individuals with mental illness, and make recommendations as appropriate; etc. |
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HB619 Real Property - Right to Redemption of Leased Premises - Forms of Payment Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 3/1 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Weir, Minnick, and Wilson |
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Filed Under: Real Property Authorizing a landlord or mobile home park owner to require a tenant or mobile home park resident to tender specified forms of payment in order to exercise the tenant's or resident's right to redemption of leased premises under specified circumstances; and prohibiting a landlord or mobile home park owner from prohibiting cash payment if specified notice requirements are not met. |
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HB620 Health Occupations - State Board of Naturopathic Medicine Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Oaks, Bates, Bobo, Carter, Costa, Cullison, Donoghue, Eckardt, Feldman, Frank, Gutierrez, Haddaway-Riccio, Harrison, Howard, Hubbard, James, Kach, A. Kelly, Kipke, Krebs, McIntosh, Mizeur, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, O'Donnell, Pena-Melnyk, Ready |
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Filed Under: Health Occupations Establishing the State Board of Naturopathic Medicine; specifying the duties of the Board; establishing the State Board of Naturopathic Medicine Fund; requiring, beginning January 1, 2014, an individual to have a license before practicing naturopathic medicine in the State; establishing the Naturopathic Formulary Council; requiring the Council to establish a naturopathic formulary, transmit the formulary to the Board, and review the formulary under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB621 Vehicle Laws - Prohibition Against Smoking in Vehicle Containing Young Child Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Barnes, Arora, Barkley, Bobo, Frush, Healey, Hubbard, Hucker, Lafferty, Love, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, Vaughn, Walker, and Wilson |
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Filed Under: Transportation - Generally Prohibiting the driver of a motor vehicle from smoking a tobacco product or allowing a passenger to smoke in the motor vehicle if another person less than 8 years of age is a passenger; establishing a fine of up to $50 for a violation of the Act; specifying that the Act does not apply to a mobile home under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB622 Criminal Law - Knowingly Transferring the HIV Virus to Another Individual - Felony Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Wilson, Anderson, Bohanan, Conaway, DeBoy, Holmes, Jameson, Oaks, Tarrant, V. Turner, Valentino-Smith, Vaughn, and Wood |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Changing from a misdemeanor to a felony the classification of the crime of knowingly transferring or attempting to transfer the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to another individual; and increasing penalties. |
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HB623 Corporations and Associations - Electric Cooperatives - Electronic Notices and Voting Last House Action: 2/24 Third Reading Passed (135-0) Last Senate Action: 2/27 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegates Haddaway-Riccio, Cane, Conway, Eckardt, Hershey, Jacobs, Jameson, McDermott, Otto, Rudolph, and Smigiel |
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Filed Under: Corporations and Associations Authorizing an electric cooperative to provide notice of a meeting of its members by electronic transmission under specified circumstances; authorizing a person to waive notice of a meeting of the members of an electric cooperative by electronic transmission; authorizing voting by electronic transmission under specified circumstances; and requiring, under specified circumstances, the bylaws of an electric cooperative to establish the conditions under which electronic voting is allowed; etc. |
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HB624 Criminal Procedure - Notice of Eligibility for Expungement Last House Action: 3/19 Favorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Simmons, Anderson, and Stukes |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Requiring the court, in a criminal case, to provide the defendant with a brochure containing detailed, comprehensive, and current information about the law of expungement in Maryland when all of the charges against the defendant are disposed of in a specified manner. |
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HB625 Critical Area Commission - Planting Credits - Warm Season Grass Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Haddaway-Riccio and Eckardt |
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Filed Under: Natural Resources - Generally Requiring that warm season grasses be eligible for specified planting credits; requiring that warm season grasses receive planting credits of a similar weight and value as specified vegetation types; requiring that warm season grasses be eligible for planting credits regardless of the acreage planted; requiring the Critical Area Commission for the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays to adopt specified regulations; etc. |
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HB626 Environment - Discharge of Pollutants - Permit Exemption Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Kipke |
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Filed Under: Environment Exempting a person from having to hold a specified pollutant discharge permit for a facility, an outlet, or any other establishment that makes less than 50 yards of a concrete product per week if the Department of the Environment determines that the facility, outlet, or establishment does not cause or increase the discharge of any pollutant into the waters of the State. |
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HB627 Food Service Facilities and Retail Establishments - Artificial Trans Fats - Prohibition Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Hubbard |
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Filed Under: Public Health Prohibiting a food service facility from using food containing artificial trans fat for specified purposes; providing for an exception to the use of trans fat by a food service facility; prohibiting a retail establishment from selling specified food containing artificial trans fat beginning on October 1, 2014; requiring a food service facility or retail establishment to maintain on-site the original label for specified food under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB628 Street Lighting - Purchase of Equipment by Local Government and Tariffs Last House Action: 2/7 First Reading Economic Matters Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Carr, Beidle, Braveboy, Cullison, Gutierrez, Hixson, Hucker, Kramer, A. Miller, Mizeur, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, Simmons, Valentino-Smith, and Waldstreicher |
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Filed Under: Local Government - Generally Requiring a local government to pay a specified electric company the fair market value of specified street lighting equipment as determined by an agreement between the local government and the electric company or as determined in a condemnation proceeding under specified circumstances; authorizing a local government to include all street lighting equipment that the local government seeks to acquire in its jurisdiction that is owned by one electric company in a single petition of condemnation under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB629 Maryland Renter's Property Tax Relief Program Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Bobo, Carr, Donoghue, Frush, Healey, Hubbard, K. Kelly, Luedtke, and Stukes |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Property Altering eligibility for specified property tax relief provided to renters of specified real property; applying the Act to renter's property tax relief for all calendar years after 2011; etc. |
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HB630 State Retirement and Pension Systems - Reemployment of Retirees - Parole and Probation Employees Last House Action: 2/8 Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Haynes, Anderson, Barkley, Clagett, DeBoy, Gaines, Guzzone, Hubbard, and James |
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Filed Under: State Pensions and Retirement Exempting specified individuals who are retirees of the Employees' Retirement System or the Employees' Pension System from specified earnings offsets under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB631 Public Safety - Impersonating a Police Officer - WMATA Metro Transit Police Last House Action: 3/13 Third Reading Passed (137-0) Last Senate Action: 3/14 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegates Wilson, Anderson, Arora, Bohanan, Clippinger, Conaway, DeBoy, Fisher, Haynes, Holmes, Jameson, Oaks, S. Robinson, Tarrant, V. Turner, Valentino-Smith, Vallario, Vaughn, Washington, and Wood |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Prohibiting a person from falsely representing that the person is a member of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Metro Transit Police under specified circumstances; prohibiting a person from having, using, wearing, or displaying a specified identification or simulation or imitation of a specified identification of a member of the WMATA Metro Transit Police except under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB632 Business Regulation - Sale of Motor Fuel - Amount Charged Last House Action: 3/13 Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Stukes |
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Filed Under: Business Regulation and Occupations Prohibiting a retail service station dealer from charging more than 5 cents per gallon above cost for the price of motor fuel; requiring the Comptroller to investigate a specified complaint and take specified actions to enforce the Act; etc. |
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HB633 Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Owings Mills High School Stadium Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Cardin, Morhaim, and Stein |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $100,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the President of the Owings Mills Sports Boosters, Inc. c/o Baltimore County for the design and construction of the Owings Mills High School Stadium; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB634 Physician Assistants - Use of C-Arm Devices Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates George and Kipke |
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Filed Under: Health Occupations Authorizing physician assistants to use mini C-arm devices in accordance with generally accepted safety and training standards used by physicians and nurse practitioners. |
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HB635 Task Force to Study the Creation of Regional Transit Financing Authorities Last House Action: 2/22 Hearing cancelled Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates James, Beidle, Bohanan, Clagett, Conway, DeBoy, Olszewski, and Rudolph |
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Filed Under: Transportation - Generally Establishing a Task Force to Study the Creation of Regional Transit Financing Authorities; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations concerning the establishment of regional transit financing authorities as a potential means to generate additional revenue to meet growing transit funding needs; specifying the membership and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Governor to designate the chair of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to submit interim and final reports by specified dates; etc. |
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HB636 Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Turf Field Security Investment Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 9:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Morhaim, Cardin, Nathan-Pulliam, and Stein |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $200,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the County Executive and County Council of Baltimore County for the design, construction, and capital equipping of the Baltimore County Turf Field Security Investment; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB637 State Finance and Procurement - Renewable Energy Resources - Lease of State Property Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations) Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Serafini |
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Filed Under: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials Requiring the Board of Public Works to lease specified renewable energy resources in accordance with specified provisions of law; requiring the Board to charge a specified rental fee and specified royalties in a specified lease in a specified manner; and prohibiting the Board from approving a specified lease until specified information is submitted to the Legislative Policy Committee and the lease is approved by the Legislative Policy Committee or the General Assembly in a specified manner. |
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HB638 State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Bona Fide Wellness Program and Wellness Promotion Last House Action: 2/8 First Reading Appropriations & Health and Government Operations Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations) Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Krebs, Bromwell, Costa, Cullison, Donoghue, Elliott, Frank, Hubbard, Kach, A. Kelly, Kipke, McDonough, Morhaim, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Ready, Reznik, Tarrant, and V. Turner |
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Filed Under: State Government - Personnel Requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, to develop and implement a bona fide wellness program for inclusion in the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program; establishing requirements for the wellness program; authorizing the bona fide wellness program to include incentives for achieving health goals; requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management to report on implementation on or before January 1, 2013; etc. |
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HB639 High Performance Buildings Act - Applicability to Recipients of State Aid Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations) Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Morhaim and McIntosh |
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Filed Under: Environment Making the High Performance Buildings Act applicable to specified capital projects that are funded or financed, to a specified extent, by a grant of State aid to specified grantees; requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to require specified recipients of State funds to employ specified standards under specified circumstances; defining terms; etc. |
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HB640 Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Credit Card Debt Forgiveness Last House Action: 2/8 First Reading Ways and Means Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Serafini, Dwyer, Glass, and Ready |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Income Allowing an individual a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for income from the cancellation of consumer credit card debt unless the individual's federal adjusted gross income exceeds $50,000; applying the Act to tax years after 2011; etc. |
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HB641 Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C Viruses - Public Awareness, Treatment, and Outreach Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Branch, Braveboy, Burns, Costa, Elliott, Gaines, Gutierrez, Howard, Hubbard, Ivey, Jones, Kipke, Krebs, Morhaim, Murphy, Oaks, B. Robinson, Tarrant, and V. Turner |
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Filed Under: Public Health Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, as funds are available, to conduct a needs assessment, initiate a statewide public awareness campaign, solicit funding, and review and recommend initiatives related to the hepatitis B virus; requiring the Department, as funds are available, to coordinate with the Maryland Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities to activate specified hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus plans; etc. |
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HB642 Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - EzStorage Studios Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Ivey, Niemann, and Summers |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $30,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Gateway Municipalities Community Development Corporation for the construction and build out of the EzStorage Studios, located in Brentwood; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB643 Video Lottery Terminals - Expansion to Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport Last House Action: 2/16 Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Bromwell |
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Filed Under: Gaming Amending the Maryland Constitution to authorize video lottery terminal gaming at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport; altering the number of licenses that the State may issue to operate video lottery terminals; altering the number of video lottery terminals that may be authorized in the State; and submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejection. |
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HB644 Environment - Reducing the Incidence of Lead Poisoning Last House Action: 2/13 Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Oaks and Niemann |
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Filed Under: Environment Altering the application of the Reduction of Lead Risk in Housing law to apply to specified property constructed before 1978; authorizing the Department of the Environment or a local health department to order lead abatement in any residential property under specified circumstances; establishing a specified rebuttable presumption that may be rebutted by clear and convincing evidence; increasing an annual registration fee for affected rental property from $15 to $30; etc. |
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HB645 State Retirement and Pension Systems - New Hires - Cash Balance Defined Benefit Plan Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Serafini, Bates, Dwyer, Eckardt, Haddaway-Riccio, McComas, Ready, Schulz, and Smigiel |
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Filed Under: State Pensions and Retirement Establishing a cash balance plan under the State Retirement and Pension System; requiring that individuals who are employed by participating employers on or after July 1, 2012, become members of the cash balance plan; requiring the Board of Trustees of the State Retirement and Pension System to administer the cash balance plan; requiring the State Retirement Agency to obtain a specified Internal Revenue Service determination letter; etc. |
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HB646 Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Gateway Arts Center at Brentwood Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Ivey, Niemann, and Summers |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $20,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Gateway Municipalities Community Development Corporation for the acquisition and construction of exterior signage and landscaping at the Gateway Arts Center, located in Brentwood; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB647 Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Glenarden Police Station Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Howard and Vaughn |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $50,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Mayor and City Council of the City of Glenarden for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, and capital equipping of the Glenarden Police Station, located in Glenarden; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB648 Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Montgomery Village South Valley Park Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 10:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates S. Robinson, Barkley, and Reznik |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $125,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Montgomery Village Foundation, Inc. for the design and construction of the Montgomery Village South Valley Park; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB649 Drunk and Drugged Driving - Death or Life-Threatening Injury - Mandatory Tests Last House Action: 2/27 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Stocksdale, DeBoy, Frank, George, McComas, McDonough, Myers, B. Robinson, and Wood |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Drunk Driving Requiring a police officer to direct a person to submit to specified tests if the person is involved in a motor vehicle accident that results in the death of, or a life-threatening injury to, another person and the police officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the person has been driving or attempting to drive in violation of specified alcohol- or drug-related driving prohibitions. |
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HB650 Correctional Services - Diminution Credits - Educational Accomplishment Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (81-54) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegate Waldstreicher (By Request - Task Force on Prisoner Reentry) and Delegates Anderson, Barnes, Carter, Clippinger, Davis, Gaines, Haynes, Hough, Ivey, McIntosh, Mitchell, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, Rosenberg, Ross, Simmons, V. Turner, Valderrama, and |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Authorizing an inmate to receive a specified deduction from the inmate's term of confinement for earning a specified diploma, degree, certification, or certificate of completion; and requiring the Commissioner of Correction to adopt regulations governing the determination of deductions. |
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HB651 Child Support - Incarcerated Obligors - Suspension of Payments and Accrual of Arrearages Last House Action: 3/19 Favorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Waldstreicher (By Request - Task Force on Prisoner Reentry) and Delegates Anderson, Barnes, Carter, Clippinger, Dumais, Gaines, Haynes, Hough, Ivey, McIntosh, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, Rosenberg, Ross, Simmons, V. Turner, Valderrama, and Washingto |
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Filed Under: Family Law Establishing that child support payments are not past due and arrearages may not accrue during any period when the obligor is incarcerated and for a specified period after the obligor's release from confinement under specified circumstances; authorizing the Child Support Enforcement Administration to adjust an incarcerated obligor's payment account in specified cases to reflect the suspension of the accrual of arrearages under the Act; etc. |
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HB652 Criminal Records - Shielding - Nonviolent Convictions Last House Action: 2/8 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 3/1 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Waldstreicher (By Request - Task Force on Prisoner Reentry) and Delegates Anderson, Barnes, Braveboy, Carter, Dumais, Gaines, Haynes, Ivey, Lafferty, McIntosh, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, Rosenberg, Ross, V. Turner, Valderrama, and Washington |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Requiring court records and police records relating to a conviction to be shielded automatically at a specified time, depending on whether the conviction is for a misdemeanor or a felony; prohibiting the Maryland Judiciary Case Search from in any way referring to the existence of records shielded in accordance with the Act; requiring a custodian of records to deny inspection of criminal records and police records relating to the conviction of a crime that has been shielded under the Act; etc. |
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HB653 State Retirement and Pension Systems - Cash Balance Plan Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Serafini, Afzali, Aumann, Eckardt, Elliott, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Hough, McComas, Norman, Ready, Schulz, Smigiel, and Stocksdale |
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Filed Under: State Pensions and Retirement Establishing a cash balance plan under the State Retirement and Pension System; requiring that individuals who on June 30, 2012, are members of specified pension systems become members of the cash balance plan on July 1, 2012; requiring that specified individuals who are employed on or after July 1, 2012, become members of the cash balance plan; requiring the Board of Trustees of the State Retirement and Pension System to administer the cash balance plan; making provisions of the Act subject to a contingency; etc. |
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HB654 State Development Plan - Repeal Last House Action: 3/12 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Smigiel, Afzali, Aumann, Bates, Beitzel, Boteler, Cluster, Dwyer, Elliott, Fisher, Frank, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Hogan, Hough, Jacobs, Krebs, McComas, McDermott, Otto, Parrott, Ready, Schulz, and Szeliga |
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Filed Under: Local Government - Generally Repealing a requirement that the Department of Planning prepare and revise specified plans for the development of the State for specified purposes and based on specified studies; repealing a requirement that the Department seek comments from and consult with specified local governments and seek the cooperation and advice of specified persons when preparing and revising a specified Plan; repealing a provision stating that the Plan shall embody specified policy recommendations of the Department; etc. |
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HB655 Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Baltimore Museum of Industry Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/12 at 9:30 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates McHale, Clippinger, and Hammen |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $200,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Trustees of the Baltimore Museum of Industry, Inc. for the planning, design, construction, renovation, and capital equipping of the Baltimore Museum of Industry; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB656 Correctional Services - Limitation on Total Number of Diminution Credits - Single Sentence for Crime of Violence Last House Action: 2/8 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Kramer and W. Miller |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Providing that a limit on the deduction from a term of confinement that a specified inmate may earn applies to a single sentence as well as to a specified consecutive or concurrent sentence. |
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HB657 Election Law - Subsequent Election Absentee Ballot List Last House Action: 3/13 Third Reading Passed (109-29) Last Senate Action: 3/14 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegates Kramer, Arora, Cullison, Dumais, Hucker, A. Kelly, K. Kelly, Malone, Reznik, Simmons, Stein, and Valderrama |
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Filed Under: Elections Requiring a court to report specified information to the State Board of Elections when the court finds that an individual under guardianship for mental disability cannot communicate a desire to participate in the voting process; requiring the State Board to establish guidelines for a subsequent election absentee ballot list; requiring specified forms for making an application for an absentee ballot to include specified information and require the voter to make a specified acknowledgement; etc. |
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HB658 Public Safety - Emergency Management - Emergency Plans for Human Service Facilities - Dialysis Centers Last House Action: 3/9 Third Reading Passed (138-0) Last Senate Action: 3/14 Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m. |
Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene) |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Altering the definition of "human service facility" to include specified kidney dialysis centers for purposes of provisions of law requiring a human service facility to develop a specified emergency plan; providing that a human service facility is solely responsible for any financial obligation arising from voluntary or mandatory activation of a specified emergency plan; specifying that the Act does not prohibit a human service facility from applying for and receiving specified reimbursement; etc. |
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HB659 Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Engineers, and Professional Land Surveyors - Firm Permits Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation) |
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Filed Under: Business Regulation and Occupations Requiring specified firms that provide architectural, landscape architectural, professional engineering, or professional land surveying services to hold specified firm permits; authorizing the State Board of Architects, the State Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects, the State Board for Professional Engineers, and the State Board for Professional Land Surveyors to deny a permit, reprimand a permit holder, or suspend or revoke a permit under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB660 Education - State Aid - Grant to Limit Decreases in Funding Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Beitzel, K. Kelly, and Myers |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Requiring the State to provide a specified grant to a county board of education in specified fiscal years if specified funding provided to a county board decreases by a specified amount; and requiring a study on the adequacy of education funding to include the impact on State funding of declining enrollments in specified local school systems. |
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HB661 State Retirement and Pension System - Local Employer Contributions - Educators and Educational Staff Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Smigiel, McDermott, Cluster, McComas, and Serafini |
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Filed Under: State Pensions and Retirement Providing for the calculation of a payment of a portion of employer contributions for local school board employees and community college employees who are members of the Teachers' Retirement System or the Teachers' Pension System; requiring counties to pay a portion of the employer contributions for local school board employees and community college employees who are members of the Teachers' Retirement System or the Teachers' Pension System; etc. |
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HB662 Gas Companies - Rate Regulation - Infrastructure Replacement Surcharge Last House Action: 2/14 Hearing cancelled Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Barkley, Barnes, Burns, Feldman, Gilchrist, Haddaway-Riccio, Harrison, Hershey, Impallaria, Jameson, Love, W. Miller, Minnick, Olszewski, Reznik, S. Robinson, Rudolph, Schulz, Summers, and Vaughn |
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Filed Under: Utility Regulation Stating the intent of the General Assembly with regard to a gas infrastructure replacement surcharge; allowing a gas company to recover specified costs associated with specified gas infrastructure replacement projects through a specified surcharge on customer bills; requiring project cost calculation to include specified elements; specifying when costs will be collectable; specifying how the pre-tax rate of return will be calculated and adjusted and what it shall include; etc. |
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HB663 Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Glenarden Veterans Memorial Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Howard and Vaughn |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $175,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Mayor and City Council of the City of Glenarden for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, and capital equipping of the Glenarden Veterans Memorial, located in Glenarden; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB664 Crimes - Committing a Crime of Violence in the Presence of a Minor - Penalties Last House Action: 2/10 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Simmons, Dumais, K. Kelly, Kramer, and Krebs |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Prohibiting a person from committing a crime of violence when the person knows or reasonably should know that a minor is present; establishing circumstances under which a minor is present in a residence; establishing penalties for a violation of the Act; establishing that a sentence under the Act is separate from and consecutive to a sentence for any crime based on the act establishing a violation of the Act; etc. |
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HB665 Health and State Government - Falls by Senior Citizens - Awareness and Prevention (Senior Falls Prevention Act) Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Arora, Cullison, Hucker, Kramer, Reznik, B. Robinson, Valderrama, Walker, and Wilson |
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Filed Under: Public Health Requiring the Governor to proclaim each year the last full week in September as Fall Prevention Awareness Week; and requiring the Secretary of Aging and the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, on or before January 1, 2013, to develop a statewide protocol for home safety inspections for senior citizens who are discharged from the hospital following a fall, with the aim of reducing future fall- related readmissions, and to submit the protocol to the General Assembly. |
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HB666 Criminal Procedure - Victims' Rights - Remedy and Priority of Restitution Last House Action: 2/8 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Smigiel, Dwyer, George, McComas, McConkey, McDermott, and Ready |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Expanding the applicability of specified appeal rights from a victim of a violent crime to a victim of a nonviolent crime; authorizing a victim to appeal to the Court of Special Appeals from a specified final order; providing that the filing of a specified appeal or application for leave to appeal does not stay specified other proceedings unless the court finds that the accused's right to a speedy trial will not be violated; providing that payment of restitution to a victim has priority over other payments; etc. |
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HB667 Correctional Services - Limitation on Total Number of Diminution Credits - Violent Offenders and Sexual Offenders Last House Action: 2/8 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Kramer and W. Miller |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Reducing the maximum total number of diminution credits that an inmate is allowed for a calendar month if the inmate's term of confinement includes a sentence for specified crimes. |
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HB668 Vehicle Laws - Historic Motor Vehicles - Trucks, Tractors, and Motor Homes Last House Action: 2/8 First Reading Environmental Matters Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Schulz, Wood, Aumann, Bates, Clagett, Cluster, Eckardt, Glass, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Hogan, Jacobs, McComas, McDermott, W. Miller, O'Donnell, Otto, Serafini, Smigiel, and Weir |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration Establishing a specified historic motor vehicle registration for trucks, tractors, and motor homes; establishing qualifications for a historic motor vehicle registration under the Act; establishing registration fees; prohibiting the use of a historic motor vehicle for general daily transportation or for commercial transportation on highways; altering the definition of "historic motor vehicle"; etc. |
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HB669 Maryland Higher Education Commission - Employees and Children - Tuition Waiver Last House Action: 3/7 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Haynes |
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Filed Under: Higher Education Requiring each governing board of a public institution of higher education in the State to develop a specified policy for the waiver of specified tuition for employees of the Maryland Higher Education Commission and their children. |
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HB670 Earned Compliance Credit and Reinvestment Act of 2012 Last House Action: 2/8 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hough, Waldstreicher, Bates, and B. Robinson |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to establish a program to implement earned compliance credits, which create a specified reduction in a specified period of active supervision for specified individuals, and to develop policies and procedures for the implementation of a program to implement earned compliance credits; etc. |
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HB671 Stormwater Management - Dredging - Testing for Toxic Substances Last House Action: 2/8 First Reading Environmental Matters Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates S. Robinson, Barkley, A. Kelly, A. Miller, and Reznik |
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Filed Under: Environment Requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt regulations and a model ordinance to require that sediment dredged from stormwater retention structures be tested for toxic substances and to prohibit dredged sediment from being used in a specified manner. |
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HB672 Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Port Discovery Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/12 at 9:30 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates McHale, Clippinger, and Hammen |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $250,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Baltimore Children's Museum, Inc. for the planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, and capital equipping of the Port Discovery Children's Museum, located in Baltimore City; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB673 Family Law - Grounds for Divorce Last House Action: 2/8 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Simmons, Dumais, and Kramer |
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Filed Under: Family Law Providing that for purposes of granting a limited or an absolute divorce, parties shall be considered to be living separate and apart without cohabitation even if the parties share living expenses and a residence, as long as the parties maintain separate bedrooms. |
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HB674 Credit Regulation - Finder's Fees - Table-Funded Loans Last House Action: 2/27 Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Davis, Feldman, Haddaway-Riccio, McHale, and Schulz |
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Filed Under: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation Altering the definitions of "finder's fee", "lender", and "mortgage broker" for purposes of provisions of law governing finder's fees charged by mortgage brokers to clarify that, in a table-funded mortgage loan transaction, fees charged by the person named as the lender in specified documents evidencing the loan indebtedness are not considered finder's fees; establishing a specified statute of limitations; applying the Act; etc. |
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HB675 Health - Prohibition on Individuals with Tuberculosis Working in Food Service Facilities Last House Action: 3/13 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Niemann |
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Filed Under: Public Health Prohibiting individuals who have tuberculosis in a communicable stage from working in any capacity in a food service facility; requiring specified employers to require specified employees to furnish certifications that the employees are free of tuberculosis in a communicable stage; specifying when an employer must require an employee to furnish the certification; requiring that the certification be based on the results of specified tests; etc. |
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HB676 Religious Observance Accommodation Act Last House Action: 3/13 Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Rosenberg, Carter, Donoghue, Feldman, Frush, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, and Reznik |
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Filed Under: Human Relations Authorizing employees of specified employers to use specified leave for observance of sincerely held religious beliefs under specified circumstances; establishing that an employer is not required to pay specified premium wages or benefits under specified circumstances; providing that an employee who uses leave under the Act must comply with the terms of a collective bargaining agreement or employment policy; providing an exemption for an undue hardship; etc. |
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HB677 Public Utilities - Telephone Service - Charges for Directory Assistance Last House Action: 2/8 First Reading Economic Matters Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Davis |
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Filed Under: Utility Regulation Providing that specified residential customers are entitled to only two directory assistance calls each month without charge; requiring the Public Service Commission to approve other charges for directory assistance, subject to an exception; and repealing a provision that authorizes the Commission to establish additional exemptions from directory assistance charges. |
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HB678 Real Property - Manufactured Homes - Affixation to and Severance from Real Property Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (132-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegates Niemann and McMillan |
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Filed Under: Real Property Providing for the affixation of a manufactured home to real property under specified circumstances; requiring an affidavit of affixation to contain or be accompanied by specified information, documentation, and statements; providing that an affidavit of affixation is not necessary to convey or encumber a manufactured home; requiring the owner of a manufactured home that is to be severed from real property to file, under specified circumstances, an affidavit of severance containing specified information and statements; etc. |
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HB679 Cultural Competency and Health Literacy - Education Last House Action: 2/22 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Braveboy, Burns, Gaines, Gutierrez, Howard, Hubbard, Ivey, Jones, Morhaim, Murphy, Oaks, B. Robinson, Ross, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Valderrama |
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Filed Under: Public Health Requiring the Maryland Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities to work collaboratively with specified universities and colleges of social work, public health, and allied health to develop specified courses; changing the name of the Cultural and Linguistic Health Care Provider Competency Program to be the Cultural and Linguistic Health Care Professional Competency Program; altering the purpose of the Program; etc. |
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HB680 Education - Development of Guidelines to Incorporate Sustainable Agricultural Education Last House Action: 2/8 First Reading Ways and Means Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Rosenberg, Luedtke, and Washington |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Requiring the State Board of Education and the University of Maryland Extension, after consultation with local boards of education, the Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation, and other organizations that promote education about sustainable agriculture, to jointly develop guidelines to incorporate education about sustainable agriculture into the existing science curricula; and terminating the Act after May 31, 2014. |
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HB681 Truth in Sentencing Task Force Last House Action: 2/8 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Simmons |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Establishing a Truth in Sentencing Task Force; providing for the membership and duties of the Task Force; providing for the staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Governor to appoint the chair of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving compensation; authorizing a member of the Task Force to receive reimbursement for specified expenses; requiring the Task Force to report findings and recommendations to the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2012; etc. |
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HB682 Maryland Trust Act Last House Action: 2/8 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Simmons |
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Filed Under: Estates and Trusts Repealing and revising provisions of law relating to trusts; providing that the Act may be cited as the Maryland Trust Act; providing for the scope of the Act; establishing whether a person has knowledge of a fact under the Act; establishing that a term of a trust prevails over specified other provisions of law, with specified exceptions; establishing that the common law of trusts and principles of equity supplement the Act, with a specified exception; etc. |
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HB683 Electric Vehicles - Use of High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes - Reciprocity with Virginia Last House Action: 2/8 First Reading Environmental Matters Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Simmons |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Miscellaneous Requiring that electric vehicles registered in Virginia that qualify for the use of high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes in Virginia be allowed to use HOV lanes in Maryland; and making the Act subject to a specified contingency related to enactment of a similar Act in Virginia providing for reciprocity for electric vehicles registered in Maryland. |
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HB684 Lottery - Payouts - Requirement of Proof of Lawful Presence Last House Action: 3/15 Hearing cancelled Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate McDonough |
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Filed Under: Gaming Requiring the State Lottery Agency to verify the lawful presence in the United States of a lottery winner before paying a cash game prize greater than $5,000 to the holder of a winning lottery ticket; etc. |
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HB685 Maryland Transportation Authority - Tolls - Legislative Approval Required Last House Action: 2/8 First Reading Ways and Means Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate McDonough |
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Filed Under: Transportation - Generally Prohibiting the Maryland Transportation Authority from fixing, revising, charging, or collecting a toll on any part of any transportation facilities project in an amount in excess of a specified amount unless the General Assembly approves the toll through legislation that is enacted into law; authorizing the Authority, on or after the effective date of the Act, to continue to charge and collect a toll of the same amount in effect on a specified date. |
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HB686 Montgomery County - City of Takoma Park - Alcoholic Beverages - Class B On- and Off-Sale License MC 17-12 Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (134-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Montgomery County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Adding an off-sale privilege to the Class B beer and light wine license issued for hotels and restaurants in the City of Takoma Park; and terminating the Act at the end of June 30, 2014. |
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HB687 Montgomery County - Alcoholic Beverages License - Rock Spring Centre MC 2-12 Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (134-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Montgomery County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Authorizing the Montgomery County Board of License Commissioners by unanimous vote to approve an application for an alcoholic beverages license for an establishment in a specified mixed use center in Montgomery County under specified circumstances; and specifying that the license authorizes the license holder to keep for sale and sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises only. |
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HB688 State Board of Physicians - Athletic Trainer Advisory Committee - Education, Supervision, and Administration Last House Action: 3/16 Third Reading Passed (136-0) Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Costa |
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Filed Under: Health Occupations Altering the date by which specified individuals need to be certified to qualify for the waiver of specified education requirements under specified provisions of law; etc. |
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HB689 Health Insurance - Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Specialty Drugs Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing cancelled Hearing 3/1 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Costa |
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Filed Under: Insurance - Health Requiring the State Board of Pharmacy to determine and prepare a list of the prescription drugs that may be considered specialty drugs by a pharmacy benefits manager; requiring the Board to publish its list of specialty drugs in the Maryland Register every 6 months; specifying the prescription drugs that a pharmacy benefits manager may designate as specialty drugs on a formulary; etc. |
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HB690 Damascus - Class H Beer and Light Wine Licenses - Repeal of Prohibition MC 6-12 Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (134-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Montgomery County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Repealing the prohibition in Montgomery County on the issuance of Class H beer and light wine licenses in Damascus (12th election district); and submitting the Act to a referendum of the voters of the 12th election district. |
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HB691 Montgomery County - Alcoholic Beverages - Special Art Gallery Beer and Wine License MC 18-12 Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (133-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Montgomery County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Authorizing the Montgomery County Board of License Commissioners to issue a special art gallery beer and wine license to nonprofit and for-profit retail businesses that display and sell original artwork by an individual or a group of artists; prohibiting a business that sells commercially prepared or mass-produced art from being issued the license; specifying that a holder of the license may sell or serve beer and wine at retail for on-premises consumption when snacks are served during specified hours; specifying a license fee; etc. |
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HB692 Natural Resources - State Parks - Admission Fee Reduction and Entry Restriction Last House Action: 2/27 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Aumann, Bates, Boteler, Cluster, Eckardt, Frank, Frush, Hershey, Hogan, Howard, Jacobs, Kach, McDonough, Minnick, Olszewski, Stocksdale, Weir, and Wood |
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Filed Under: Natural Resources - Generally Requiring each State park to reduce its admission fee to $1 on one day each month as determined by the Department of Natural Resources; and authorizing the Department to restrict entry to a State park when the park is being used to capacity by the public. |
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HB693 Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Lansdowne Volunteer Fire Department Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 11:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates DeBoy and Malone |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $20,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Lansdowne Volunteer Fire Department for the acquisition, planning, design, site development, and construction of a facility for the Lansdowne Volunteer Fire Company, located in Lansdowne; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB694 Election Law - Payroll Deductions and Member Contributions - Address of Contributor Last House Action: 3/15 Favorable Report Adopted Second Reading Passed Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Cardin, George, and Summers |
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Filed Under: Elections Requiring an employer that collects voluntary contributions from employees through payroll deduction to a campaign finance entity selected by the employer to record the address of each contributor and transfer that information to the campaign finance entity; etc. |
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HB695 Dedicated Funds - Prohibition of Transfer Last House Action: 2/8 First Reading Appropriations Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate McDonough |
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Filed Under: Operating Budget Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution prohibiting the transfer of specified dedicated State funds to the General Fund except under specified circumstances; authorizing the General Assembly to transfer dedicated State funds under specified circumstances; defining "dedicated State funds"; and submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejection. |
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HB696 Institutions of Higher Education - Hiring of Outside Legal Counsel - Requirements Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Appropriations Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate McDonough |
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Filed Under: Higher Education Authorizing a public institution of higher education and its governing board to use existing resources for the provision of necessary legal services under a specified amount; providing that a public institution of higher education may hire outside legal counsel for legal services that meet or exceed a specified amount only with approval of the Attorney General; etc. |
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HB697 Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Catonsville Rails to Trails Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 11:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates DeBoy and Malone |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $50,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Catonsville Rails to Trails, Inc. for the planning, design, site-development, construction, and capital equipping of the Short Line Trail, located in Catonsville; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB698 Montgomery County - Alcoholic Beverages - Follow-Up Criminal History Records Checks MC 3-12 Last House Action: 2/8 First Reading Economic Matters Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Montgomery County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Requiring the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository (CJIS) to provide the Board of License Commissioners for Montgomery County with a revised printed criminal record statement of a license applicant or license holder if information is reported to CJIS after the initial criminal history records check is completed; requiring CJIS to stop providing the Board with revised printed statements under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB699 Home Visiting Accountability Act of 2012 Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hixson, Barkley, Carr, Kaiser, Kramer, Luedtke, A. Miller, Reznik, S. Robinson, Simmons, and Zucker |
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Filed Under: Children Requiring the State to fund only evidence-based and promising home visiting programs for improving parent and child outcomes, as provided in the State budget; requiring specified home visiting programs to submit regular reports; requiring the development of reporting and monitoring procedures for specified home visiting programs by the Governor's Office for Children and the agencies of the Children's Cabinet; etc. |
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HB700 Commercial Law - Uniform Commercial Code - Revisions to Title 1 Last House Action: 2/8 First Reading Economic Matters Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Feldman |
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Filed Under: Commercial Law - Generally Revising, updating, reorganizing, and clarifying Title 1 of the Maryland Uniform Commercial Code (MUCC) relating to general provisions applicable to the MUCC; establishing a short title; clarifying the transactions to which Title 1 of the MUCC applies; providing for the effect of Title 1 of the MUCC on a specified federal law; authorizing the subordination of an obligation or a right to performance under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB701 Montgomery County Board of Education - Student Member - Voting MC 9-12 Last House Action: 2/8 First Reading Ways and Means Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Montgomery County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Education - Local Bills Authorizing the student member of the Montgomery County Board of Education to attend an executive session of the Board of Education that relates to a specified matter; and authorizing the student member of the Montgomery County Board of Education to vote on specified matters. |
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HB702 Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Academy of Success Community Empowerment Center Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 11:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Mitchell, Haynes, and Stukes |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $500,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Academy of Success, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the Academy of Success Community Empowerment Center, located in Baltimore; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB703 Courts - Foreign Language Interpreters - Assessment of Costs Last House Action: 3/8 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Norman, Eckardt, Elliott, Frank, Kipke, McComas, McDermott, W. Miller, and Stocksdale |
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Filed Under: Courts and Court Personnel - Statewide Requiring a court to conduct a specified assessment if a party in a case was appointed a foreign language interpreter; establishing an exception to the requirement if a criminal defendant who was appointed a foreign language interpreter was represented by the Office of the Public Defender; exempting a party who meets specified thresholds from being assessed the costs of a foreign language interpreter; etc. |
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HB704 Civil Actions - Service of Process Last House Action: 3/8 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Norman, Afzali, Aumann, DeBoy, Eckardt, Frank, James, K. Kelly, McComas, McDermott, Smigiel, Stocksdale, and Wilson |
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Filed Under: Civil Actions and Procedures Requiring a proof of service of process filed with the court to include specified information if service is effected by leaving copies of the summons and complaint with a person of suitable age and discretion residing at the defendant's dwelling house or usual place of abode; requiring an individual other than a sheriff, clerk, or attorney making service of process in a civil action to file proof of service under affidavit that includes specified information; etc. |
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HB705 Election Law - Polling Places - Proof of Identity Last House Action: 2/8 First Reading Ways and Means Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Afzali, Cluster, Glass, Hough, Kipke, McComas, McDermott, Myers, O'Donnell, Otto, Parrott, Ready, and Smigiel |
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Filed Under: Elections Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to transmit specified physical identification information to the State Board of Elections for each registered voter who is a driver's license holder or an identification card holder; requiring the election register to contain physical identification information for registered voters who are eligible to vote at each precinct and early voting center; prohibiting a voter from voting or attempting to vote under a false form of identification; etc. |
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HB706 Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Prince George's Community Safety and Surveillance Systems and Equipment - 23rd Legislative District Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Appropriations Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Holmes, Hubbard, and Valentino-Smith |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $175,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the 301 Community Corporation for the acquisition, construction, and capital equipping of the community safety and surveillance systems and equipment for community projects located in the 23rd legislative district of Prince George's County; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB707 Wrongful Death and Survival Causes of Action - Criminal Homicide - Time Limits for Bringing Civil Action Last House Action: 2/8 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Valentino-Smith, Cluster, Cullison, A. Kelly, McComas, McDermott, Parrott, Proctor, Valderrama, and Vallario |
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Filed Under: Civil Actions and Procedures Providing that a wrongful death cause of action or survival cause of action arising from conduct that constitutes a criminal homicide under State or federal law accrues at a specified time under specified circumstances; establishing a presumption that a party should have discovered the identity of a person who contributed to a criminal homicide under specified circumstances; and applying the Act retroactively. |
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HB708 Criminal Procedure - Expungement of Criminal Charge Transferred to Juvenile Court Last House Action: 2/8 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Valentino-Smith, Alston, Braveboy, Bromwell, Carter, Gaines, Glenn, Gutierrez, Healey, K. Kelly, McDermott, Minnick, B. Robinson, Smigiel, Valderrama, Vallario, and Waldstreicher |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Altering provisions relating to the expungement of specified criminal records by authorizing a person to file, and requiring a court to grant, a petition for expungement of a criminal charge transferred to the juvenile court under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB709 General Assembly - Fiscal Notes - Criminal Justice Policy Impact Statements Last House Action: 3/7 Hearing 3/12 at 2:30 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Valentino-Smith, Alston, Arora, Braveboy, Burns, Hough, Hubbard, McComas, McDermott, Mitchell, and Stukes |
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Filed Under: State Government - General Assembly Requiring a fiscal note for a bill to include a criminal justice policy impact statement under specified circumstances; requiring the criminal justice policy impact statement to contain specified information; requiring the Department of Legislative Services to prepare the criminal justice policy impact statement by requesting information from specified entities; etc. |
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HB710 Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Hamptons at Oak Creek - Security Equipment Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Appropriations Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Holmes |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $25,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Hamptons at Oak Creek Homeowners Association for the acquisition and construction of the Hamptons at Oak Creek Security Equipment, located in Bowie; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB711 Video Lottery Terminals - Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport Last House Action: 2/16 Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Bromwell, Boteler, Cane, Cardin, Clagett, Cluster, Conaway, Costa, DeBoy, Donoghue, Elliott, Frank, Glenn, Guzzone, Hershey, Hogan, Impallaria, Ivey, Jacobs, James, Kach, K. Kelly, Kipke, McDermott, McDonough, McHale, W. Miller, Minnick, Mitc |
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Filed Under: Gaming Altering the number of video lottery operation licenses and number of video lottery terminals that may be awarded to provide for the award of a video lottery facility operation license at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport under specified conditions; providing that a specified restriction on the number of video lottery operation licenses is not applicable; etc. |
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HB712 Street Lighting - Purchase of Equipment by Local Government and Tariff Last House Action: 2/8 First Reading Economic Matters Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Carr |
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Filed Under: Local Government - Generally Requiring a local government to pay an electric company the fair market value of specified street lighting equipment as determined by an agreement between the local government and the electric company or in a condemnation proceeding; specifying factors to be considered in determining fair market value of street lighting equipment under specified circumstances; authorizing a local government that owns street lighting equipment to maintain the equipment under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB713 Commercial Law - Uniform Commercial Code - Secured Transactions - Revision Last House Action: 2/8 First Reading Economic Matters Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Feldman |
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Filed Under: Commercial Law - Generally Altering the circumstances under which a secured party has control of electronic chattel paper; establishing specified rules applicable to collateral to which a security interest attaches within a specified period of time; establishing specified rules applicable to a financing statement naming an original debtor that is filed pursuant to the law of a specified jurisdiction; altering the circumstances under which a specified licensee or buyer of specified collateral takes free of a security interest; etc. |
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HB714 Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Hamilton Street Parking Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 9:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Gaines, Healey, and Ross |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $950,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Hyattsville Community Development Corporation for the planning, design, and reconstruction of the Hamilton Street Parking, located in Hyattsville; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB715 Motor Vehicle Insurance - Uninsured Motorist Coverage - Effect of Consent to Offer of Settlement Last House Action: 2/8 First Reading Economic Matters Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Feldman |
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Filed Under: Insurance - Other than Health Providing that written consent by an uninsured motorist insurer to acceptance of a specified settlement offer may not be construed to limit the right of the uninsured motorist insurer to raise any issue relating to liability or damages in an action against the uninsured motorist insurer and does not constitute an admission by the uninsured motorist insurer as to any issue raised in the action. |
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HB716 Alcoholic Beverages - Queen Anne's County - Beer and Wine Festivals Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (134-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegates Hershey, Jacobs, and Smigiel |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Authorizing the Queen Anne's County Board of License Commissioners to issue a specified number of Beer and Wine Festival (BWF) licenses in the county each year; authorizing the Board to select a specified number of weekends each year for a specified festival; and requiring the Board to choose a specified location for a specified festival and to assure that the primary focus of a specified festival is the promotion of Maryland beer and wine. |
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HB717 Alcoholic Beverages - Distilleries - Tours, Samples, and Sales Last House Action: 2/8 First Reading Economic Matters Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hershey, Jacobs, Kipke, McDermott, and Smigiel |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Statewide Bills Expanding the privileges of a distillery license so that the holder of the license may conduct guided tours of the licensed premises, serve not more than a specified number of samples of products manufactured at the licensed premises, sell specified foods and beverages, sell products manufactured on the licensed premises for consumption off the licensed premises, and sell related merchandise. |
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HB718 Queen Anne's County - Alcoholic Beverages - Micro-Brewery Licenses Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (133-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegates Hershey, Jacobs, and Smigiel |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Adding Queen Anne's County to the list of counties in which a Class 7 micro-brewery license may be issued; and adding the county to the list of counties in which the license holder may sell at retail beer brewed under the license for consumption off the licensed premises under specified conditions. |
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HB719 Adoption - Access to Birth and Adoption Records and Search, Contact, and Reunion Services Last House Action: 2/8 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Frush, Glenn, Hubbard, Jones, Kipke, Lee, McIntosh, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, and Tarrant |
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Filed Under: Family Law Making provisions of law authorizing access to birth and adoption records by specified adoptees and biological parents applicable to adoptions in which a juvenile court entered an order for adoption before January 1, 2000; repealing provisions of law limiting, under specified circumstances, access to specified information in birth and adoption records by adoptees and biological parents for adoptions in which a juvenile court entered an order for adoption on or after January 1, 2000, except under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB720 Montgomery County - Solicitation of Money or Donations from Occupants of Vehicles - Adoption of a Permit Program or Prohibition MC 12-12 Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Montgomery County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Counties - Local Laws Authorizing the Montgomery County Council to enact a local law to require a person to obtain a permit before standing in a median divider or on a sidewalk adjacent to a roadway to solicit money or donations of any kind from the occupant of a vehicle; authorizing the Montgomery County Council to enact a local law to prohibit a person from standing in a roadway, median divider, or intersection to solicit money or donations of any kind from the occupant of a vehicle; etc. |
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HB721 Montgomery County - Solicitation and Collection of Money or Donations from Occupants of Vehicles - Adoption of a Permit Program MC 10-12 Last House Action: 3/9 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Montgomery County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Counties - Local Laws Authorizing the Montgomery County Council to enact a local law to require a person to obtain a specified permit before standing in a roadway or median divider or on a sidewalk adjacent to a roadway to solicit and collect money or donations from the occupant of a vehicle; prohibiting a person from soliciting or collecting money or donations in violation of a local law enacted under the Act; prohibiting a local law enacted under the Act from authorizing issuance of a specified permit to a minor; etc. |
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HB722 Montgomery County - Real Property - Enforceability of Recorded Covenants and Restrictions - Agricultural Activities and Structures MC 16-12 Last House Action: 3/8 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Montgomery County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Real Property Providing that provisions of recorded covenants and restrictions in Montgomery County that prohibit or restrict agricultural activity or agricultural structures on specified agricultural property are unenforceable; providing that provisions of recorded covenants and restrictions that prohibit or restrict business activity are unenforceable to the extent that they prohibit or restrict agricultural activity on agricultural property; construing and applying the Act retroactively; etc. |
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HB723 Montgomery County - On-Site Sewage Disposal System and Well Easements - Rural Zones MC 7-12 Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Montgomery County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Environment Providing that, with specified exceptions, in Montgomery County an on-site sewage disposal system or well located in a rural zone may only serve a specified property under specified circumstances. |
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HB724 State Department of Education - School Guidance Counselors - Reporting Last House Action: 2/8 First Reading Ways and Means Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Kaiser, Carr, Frick, Luedtke, B. Robinson, Stocksdale, Stukes, Summers, Washington, and Zucker |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Requiring local school systems to report information on the duties and activities of school guidance counselors that are designed to promote college readiness of students in grades 6 through 12 to the State Department of Education on or before December 31, 2012; requiring the State Department of Education to report specified information to the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2013; and terminating the Act at the end of June 30, 2014. |
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HB725 Montgomery County - County Council Special Elections - Voting by Mail MC 5-12 Last House Action: 2/8 First Reading Ways and Means Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Montgomery County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Elections Requiring that voting by mail be utilized in specified special elections for the Montgomery County Council; specifying the application of specified provisions of law to a special election for the Montgomery County Council; requiring the local board of elections to mail a vote-by-mail ballot to each active registered voter who is eligible to vote in a special election; specifying that a voter is not required to submit an application to receive a vote-by-mail ballot; etc. |
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HB726 Montgomery County - Property Tax Credit - Benefit Corporations and Benefit Limited Liability Companies MC 13-12 Last House Action: 2/8 First Reading Ways and Means Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Montgomery County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Corporations and Associations Authorizing the governing body of Montgomery County to grant a tax credit against the county property tax imposed on specified property owned or leased by benefit corporations or benefit limited liability companies; authorizing the governing body of Montgomery County to provide for eligibility and certification criteria for the credit, the amount and duration of the credit, regulations and procedures for the credit, and other provisions necessary to carry out the credit; etc. |
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HB727 Healthy Kids, Healthy Maryland - Toxic Chemical Identification and Reduction Last House Action: 2/22 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Waldstreicher and Hubbard |
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Filed Under: Environment Requiring the Department of the Environment, in consultation with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, to publish on its Web site lists of specified chemicals of concern and specified chemicals of high concern designated in accordance with specified criteria on or before specified dates; providing for the updating of the lists at specified intervals; authorizing the Department to adopt regulations to implement the Act; etc. |
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HB728 Maryland Marriage Protection Act Last House Action: 2/8 First Reading Judiciary & Health and Government Operations Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary) Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Dwyer |
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Filed Under: Family Law Adding a new section to the Maryland Constitution to establish that only a marriage between a man and a woman is valid in the State; and submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejection. |
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HB729 Consumer Protection - Tire Age - Required Notice Last House Action: 2/8 First Reading Economic Matters Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Kramer, Anderson, Bromwell, Clippinger, Cluster, Costa, DeBoy, Feldman, Gaines, Glass, Guzzone, Holmes, Ivey, Jameson, Krebs, Lafferty, McComas, McConkey, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Szeliga, and Wood |
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Filed Under: Commercial Law - Consumer Protection Requiring a tire manufacturer or distributor to affix on any tire manufactured for sale in the State a label that displays in a specified manner the month and year in which the tire was manufactured and a specified statement relating to tire age and tire deterioration; requiring a merchant to provide a consumer with a receipt or an invoice stating in a specified manner the month and year in which the tire was manufactured; requiring a merchant to provide a specified written disclosure; etc. |
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HB730 Credit Regulation - Installment Loans Secured by Motor Vehicle Lien - Balloon Payments Last House Action: 3/1 Third Reading Passed (133-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m. |
Delegate Kramer |
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Filed Under: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation Altering the circumstances under which a credit grantor is authorized to require a consumer borrower to pay a balloon payment at maturity of an installment loan secured by a lien on a motor vehicle. |
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HB731 Housing and Community Development - Neighborhood and Community Assistance Program - Project Proposals Last House Action: 3/13 Favorable with Amendments {970818/1 Special Order until 3/21 (Delegate McIntosh) Adopted Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Lafferty |
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Filed Under: Economic and Community Development Increasing from $2,000,000 to $5,000,000 the maximum sum of contributions for specified projects under the Neighborhood and Community Assistance Program that are eligible for a specified tax credit; and authorizing the Department of Housing and Community Development to give preference to a proposal for a specified project that benefits a neighborhood conservation district designated under the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's Neighborhood Stabilization Program. |
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HB732 Environment - Gas and Oil Leases - Requirements Last House Action: 3/14 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Beitzel |
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Filed Under: Environment Requiring a specified person that enters into a specified gas or oil lease after January 1, 2013, to record the lease within 3 months of executing the lease; requiring specified information be stated conspicuously in a specified gas or oil lease; and providing that a specified gas or oil lease is not valid unless it meets the requirements of the Act. |
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HB733 Public Utility Companies - Generating Stations - Wind Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing cancelled Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Beitzel |
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Filed Under: Utility Regulation Repealing a provision that exempts a specified person from having to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity for a generating station that produces electricity from wind under specified circumstances; repealing a provision that requires a person to obtain approval from the Public Service Commission prior to any construction of a generating station that produces electricity from wind under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB734 Business Regulation - Independent Contractor Registry - Presumptions Under Workplace Fraud Act Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Schulz, Aumann, Beitzel, Bromwell, Clagett, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Hogan, Hough, Jacobs, Krebs, McDermott, W. Miller, Minnick, Otto, Ready, Rudolph, Serafini, Smigiel, and Stifler |
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Filed Under: Private Sector Labor and Industry Requiring the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to develop and maintain an Independent Contractor Registry; authorizing an individual who performs construction services or landscaping services as an independent contractor to register with the Registry; establishing that work performed by an individual registered with the Registry is not presumed to create an employer-employee relationship for the purposes of specified provisions related to workplace fraud; etc. |
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HB735 Estates and Trusts - Slayer's Rule (Ann Sue Metz Law) Last House Action: 2/8 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Schulz, Aumann, Cluster, Dumais, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Frank, Glass, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Hogan, Hough, Jacobs, Kipke, Krebs, McComas, McConkey, McDermott, W. Miller, Norman, O'Donnell, Otto, Serafini, Szeliga, and Vitale |
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Filed Under: Estates and Trusts Clarifying that a person who feloniously and intentionally kills the decedent is disqualified from inheriting, taking, enjoying, receiving, or otherwise benefitting from the estate, insurance proceeds, or property of the decedent; clarifying that a person may not inherit, take, enjoy, receive, or otherwise benefit from the estate, insurance proceeds, or property of the decedent as a direct result of the disqualification of the killer of a decedent, even though that person is innocent of any wrongdoing; etc. |
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HB736 Garrett County - Animal Control Ordinance - Enabling Authority Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (135-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegate Beitzel |
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Filed Under: Counties - Generally Authorizing the County Commissioners of Garrett County to adopt an animal control ordinance; authorizing a specified animal control officer to deliver a citation to a person believed to be committing a violation of an animal control ordinance adopted by the county commissioners; establishing the contents of the citation; establishing a maximum penalty; authorizing the county commissioners to establish specified fines and procedures; authorizing a person who receives a specified citation to elect to stand trial; etc. |
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HB737 Baltimore County - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses Last House Action: 2/8 First Reading Economic Matters Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Chair, Baltimore County Delegation (By Request - Baltimore County Administration) |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Authorizing the Baltimore County Board of License Commissioners to approve the transfer of specified licenses in existence in a specified election district on a specified date to specified election districts based on a specified rule; establishing a limit on the number of licenses that may be transferred during a specified time period; requiring the Board to create and issue a specified number of Class B Service Bar (SB) beer and wine licenses during specified time periods under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB738 Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Neighbor-Space of Baltimore County Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 2:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Chair, Baltimore County Delegation (By Request - Baltimore County Administration) |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $150,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the County Executive and County Council of Baltimore County for the acquisition, planning, and capital equipping of the Neighbor-Space Project of Baltimore County; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB739 Bow Hunting - Possession of Handguns for Protection Last House Action: 2/8 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Allegany County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Hunting and Fishing Prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from restricting licensed bow hunters who are at least 21 years old from carrying a handgun for personal protection. |
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HB740 Residential Condominiums - Governing Documents - Claims Provisions Last House Action: 2/8 First Reading Environmental Matters Hearing 3/1 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Braveboy |
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Filed Under: Real Property Making unenforceable a provision of a declaration, a bylaw, a contract for sale of a unit, or any other instrument made by a developer relating to residential condominiums that purports to shorten the statute of limitations for specified claims, purports to waive the application of a specified accrual date for specified claims, operates to prevent the filing of a lawsuit or other proceeding within an applicable statute of limitations, or requires the assertion of a claim within a shorter time period than applicable; etc. |
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HB741 Common Ownership Communities - Fidelity Insurance - Indemnification Last House Action: 3/12 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Braveboy |
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Filed Under: Real Property Altering the scope of indemnification provided by fidelity insurance that the board of directors or other governing body of a cooperative housing corporation, council of unit owners or other governing body of a condominium, or board of directors or other governing body of a homeowners association is required to purchase; requiring a management company that provides specified services to a cooperative housing corporation, condominium, or homeowners association to purchase specified fidelity insurance; etc. |
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HB742 Bail Bondsmen - Qualifications for Licensure - Acceptance of Installment Contracts Last House Action: 2/13 Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary) Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Barnes |
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Filed Under: Insurance - Other than Health Establishing specified qualifications for licensure as a bail bondsman; providing that if a bail bondsman arranges to accept payment of a bail bond premium in installments, the installment agreement shall include information about the total premium amount owed, down payment made, and other terms of the installment contract; requiring that information about the bail bond premium installment payment agreement be included in an affidavit of surety; etc. |
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HB743 Inmates - Hepatitis C - Testing, Prevention, Counseling, and Treatment Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Branch, Braveboy, Burns, Costa, Elliott, Gaines, Gutierrez, Howard, Hubbard, Ivey, Jones, Kipke, Krebs, Murphy, Oaks, B. Robinson, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Valderrama |
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Filed Under: Public Health Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, in collaboration with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, to establish a voluntary hepatitis C testing program for specified inmates as part of the intake and release process; requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, in collaboration with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, to establish specified protocols for the prevention of hepatitis C infection among inmates and the treatment of specified inmates; etc. |
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HB744 Business Occupations - Landmen - Registration Last House Action: 2/22 Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Beitzel |
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Filed Under: Environment Requiring the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to establish and maintain a landman registry; prohibiting a person from acting, offering to act, or holding oneself out in the State as a landman unless registered with the Department; requiring a person to apply for registration by submitting a specified form, paying a $100 nonrefundable 2-year registration fee, and complying with specified requirements; requiring the Department to register and issue a registration number to specified applicants; defining "landman"; etc. |
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HB745 Education - Maryland Advisory Council for Virtual Learning - Establishment Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Serafini, Bates, and McComas |
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Filed Under: Education - Miscellaneous Establishing the Maryland Advisory Council for Virtual Learning within the Department of Education; requiring the Department to provide staff for the Council; establishing the mission of the Council; identifying the membership of the Council; establishing the membership term; requiring the State Superintendent or the Governor to appoint a member in the event of a vacancy; requiring the Council members to elect the Council chair; etc. |
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HB746 Institutions of Postsecondary Education - Electronic Account, Service, and Communications Device Privacy Protection Last House Action: 2/27 Unfavorable Report by Appropriations Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Tarrant, Oaks, and Pena-Melnyk |
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Filed Under: Higher Education Prohibiting an institution of postsecondary education from requiring a student or an applicant for admission to provide access to a personal account or service through an electronic communications device, to disclose any user name, password, or other means for accessing specified accounts or services through an electronic communications device, or to install on specified electronic communications devices software that monitors or tracks electronic content; etc. |
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HB747 Garrett County - County Commissioners - Wind Energy Conversion Systems Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing cancelled Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Beitzel |
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Filed Under: Counties - Local Laws Requiring that specified wind energy conversion systems comply with specified setback requirements; authorizing specified variances under specified circumstances; requiring that, before a permit is issued for specified wind energy conversion systems, the Garrett County Department of Planning and Land Development retain a specified professional engineer to prepare a specified cost estimate and require the applicant to post a specified bond; requiring that the bond be held as surety for specified purposes; etc. |
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HB748 Maryland Constitution - Congressional Districts - Requirements as to Territory, Form, and Boundaries Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/2 at 2:30 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Parrott, Afzali, Aumann, Bates, Boteler, Cluster, Eckardt, Elliott, Fisher, Frank, George, Glass, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Hogan, Hough, Jacobs, Kipke, Krebs, McComas, McDermott, McDonough, W. Miller, Norman, O'Donnell, Otto, Ready, Schulz, |
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Filed Under: Elections Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to specify that the districts for the election of members of the Congress of the United States shall conform to specified requirements as to territory, form, natural boundaries, and political subdivision boundaries; and submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State of Maryland for their adoption or rejection. |
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HB749 Creation of a State Debt - Washington County - Antietam Chapter #312 Korean War Veterans Monument Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 12:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Donoghue |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $40,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Korean War Veterans Association Antietam Chapter #312 for the planning, design, construction, and capital equipping of the Antietam Chapter #312 Korean War Veterans Monument, located in Hagerstown; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. |
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HB750 Public Health - Importation, Release, and Disposal of Wildlife - Prohibition Last House Action: 3/12 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate McDonough |
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Filed Under: Public Health Prohibiting a person from importing and releasing wildlife into the State if the wildlife was captured outside the State or disposing of wildlife in the State if the wildlife was killed outside the State; establishing penalties for the violation of the Act; and defining the term "wildlife". |
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HB751 University System of Maryland - Law School Clinics - Prohibited Activities Last House Action: 2/27 Unfavorable Report by Appropriations Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate McDonough |
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Filed Under: Higher Education Prohibiting the law clinic of a law school at a constituent institution of the University System of Maryland from participating in litigation other than pro bono litigation on behalf of an indigent individual. |
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HB752 Capital Projects - Eliminating Individual Bond Bills Last House Action: 3/7 Hearing 3/12 at 2:30 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Parrott, Afzali, Bates, Boteler, Cluster, Eckardt, Elliott, Frank, Glass, Hershey, Hough, Jacobs, Kipke, Krebs, McComas, McDermott, W. Miller, Norman, Ready, Serafini, and Stocksdale |
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Filed Under: State Government - General Assembly Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to prohibit members of the General Assembly from introducing legislation to create a State debt for the benefit of an individual project or entity; and submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State of Maryland for their adoption or rejection. |
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HB753 Maryland State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors - Permits and Registration Required to Remove and Transport Human Remains Last House Action: 2/17 Hearing cancelled Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Kach |
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Filed Under: Health Occupations Requiring that a mortuary transport service be issued a permit by the Maryland State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors before removing or transporting human remains in the State; establishing application fees and requirements for obtaining a permit; requiring permit holders to use vehicles that have passed an inspection by specified inspectors; requiring that individuals employed by specified permit holders be registered with the Board before removing and transporting human remains; etc. |
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HB754 State Board of Dental Examiners - Licenses - Examination Requirements for Dentists and Dental Hygienists Last House Action: 3/16 Third Reading Passed (136-0) Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Kach |
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Filed Under: Health Occupations Requiring specified limited licensees to pass a specified examination before the State Board of Dental Examiners is authorized to issue a specified license; clarifying that the Board or its designee will give a specified examination; altering specified examination requirements that specified dentists licensed in specified states are required to satisfy to be granted a specified license in Maryland; etc. |
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HB755 Precious Metal Object Dealers, Pawn Shops, Scrap Metal Processors, and Automotive Dismantlers and Recyclers or Scrap Processors - Fingerprint Requirement Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Summers, Afzali, Cane, Clippinger, DeBoy, Feldman, Frush, Healey, Holmes, Howard, Ivey, Jones, Kaiser, Luedtke, McDermott, McDonough, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, Vaughn, Weir, and Zucker |
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Filed Under: Business Regulation and Occupations Requiring a precious metal object dealer, a pawnbroker, a junk dealer, a scrap metal processor, and an automotive dismantler and recycler or scrap processor to obtain a legible fingerprint of the thumb of an individual who provides an object at the time of the transaction and to include the fingerprint in the records of the transaction. |
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HB756 Public Institutions of Higher Education - Tuition Rates - Veterans Last House Action: 3/12 Unfavorable Report by Appropriations Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate McDonough |
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Filed Under: Higher Education Extending to 4 years the time period within which an honorably discharged veteran must present specified evidence in order to qualify for the in-State tuition rate at a public institution of higher education. |
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HB757 Education - Children in State-Supervised Care - Geographical Attendance Area Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Luedtke and Wilson |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Authorizing a child to remain in a school in a specified geographical attendance area regardless of whether the child resides within the area under specified circumstances; requiring that specified determinations regarding the best interests of children in State- supervised care be made in accordance with specified factors; requiring a county superintendent to allow a child to remain at a school in the county regardless of where the child is currently domiciled under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB758 Health Occupations Boards - Regulations - Scope of Practice Advisory Committees Last House Action: 3/13 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hammen and Morhaim |
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Filed Under: Health Occupations Authorizing the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt regulations governing the practices of specified health occupations boards and commissions under specified circumstances; authorizing the Secretary to convene specified advisory committees for specified purposes; requiring specified advisory committees to consist of specified members with specified expertise; requiring specified advisory committees to take into account specified considerations when reviewing scope of practice disputes; etc. |
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HB759 Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Health Care Delivery Systems - Pilot Project Last House Action: 3/2 Hearing cancelled Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Hammen |
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Filed Under: Public Health Establishing a pilot project in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to test alternative and innovative health care delivery systems that provide services to the fee-for-service Maryland Medical Assistance Program population in a specified manner; requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to develop a specified request for proposals in consultation with specified individuals and entities; establishing the requirements a health care delivery system must meet to be eligible to participate in the pilot project; etc. |
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HB760 Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Woman's Industrial Exchange Upgrade Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/12 at 9:30 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Clippinger, Hammen, and McHale |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $50,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to The Woman's Industrial Exchange, Inc. for the design, repair, renovation, and capital equipping of the Woman's Industrial Exchange, located in Baltimore; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; requiring the grantee to grant and convey an easement to the Maryland Historical Trust; etc. |
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HB761 Family Law - Grandparent Visitation Last House Action: 2/9 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Dumais |
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Filed Under: Family Law Altering the circumstances under which an equity court may grant visitation rights to a grandparent of a child. |
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HB762 Courts and Judicial Proceedings - Maryland Mediation Confidentiality Act Last House Action: 2/9 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Dumais |
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Filed Under: Courts and Court Personnel - Statewide Establishing that specified communications made in the course of and relating to specified mediations may not be disclosed by the mediators, parties to the mediations, or specified persons who participate in or are present for the mediations, under specified circumstances; establishing specified exceptions for specified communications; providing for the application of the Act; defining specified terms; providing that the Act may be cited as the Maryland Mediation Confidentiality Act; etc. |
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HB763 Maryland Kinesiotherapy Act Last House Action: 3/13 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Holmes |
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Filed Under: Health Occupations Requiring the State Board of Physicians to adopt regulations for the licensure and practice of kinesiotherapy; providing that the Act does not limit the rights of specified individuals to practice specified occupations; requiring the Board to set specified fees; establishing the Kinesiotherapy Advisory Committee; providing for the membership, powers, duties, and chair of the Committee; requiring an individual, on or before a specified date, to be licensed by the Board before the individual may practice kinesiotherapy; etc. |
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HB764 Tax Credit Evaluation Act Last House Action: 2/9 First Reading Ways and Means Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Frick, Afzali, Arora, Bobo, Carr, Clagett, DeBoy, Hixson, Howard, Lafferty, Luedtke, McMillan, Mizeur, Pendergrass, Stein, Stocksdale, Summers, and Zucker |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Income Establishing a legislative review and evaluation process for specified tax credits allowed against specified taxes; establishing dates for review and other legislative action with regard to specified tax credits; providing for termination of specified tax credits under specified circumstances; providing for the repeal of specified and obsolete tax credits; providing for a specified construction of the repeal of those tax credits; etc. |
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HB765 State Personnel - State Personnel Disability Accommodation Fund Last House Action: 2/27 Unfavorable Report by Appropriations Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Luedtke, Cullison, A. Kelly, and Mizeur |
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Filed Under: State Government - Personnel Establishing the State Personnel Disability Accommodation Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; specifying the purpose of the Fund; requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management to administer the Fund; requiring the State Treasurer to hold the Fund and the Comptroller to account for the Fund; specifying the contents of the Fund; specifying the purpose for which the Fund may be used; providing for the investment of money in and expenditures from the Fund; etc. |
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HB766 State Government - Commemorative Days - Crime Victims and Advocates Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Vallario, Proctor, Alston, Bohanan, Braveboy, Davis, Elliott, Frush, Gaines, Healey, Hershey, Holmes, Hough, Howard, Hubbard, Ivey, K. Kelly, Lee, McDermott, Niemann, Summers, V. Turner, Valderrama, Valentino-Smith, Vaughn, Walker, and Wilson |
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Filed Under: State Government - Regulations and Procedures Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim April 3 as Crime Victim and Advocate Commemorative Day to honor the individuals in the State who have become crime victims and the advocates who serve those victims; and requiring the Governor annually to take appropriate steps to publicize Crime Victim and Advocate Commemorative Day. |
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HB767 Alcoholic Beverages - Class B Licenses - Restaurants Last House Action: 2/10 Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Davis |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Statewide Bills Authorizing a business in which a parent company has a direct or indirect interest and that operates using a specified trademark used in connection with restaurant services to obtain a Class B beer license, Class B beer and wine license, or a Class B beer, wine and liquor license for specified premises used as a restaurant; requiring an applicant for a specified license to apply for the license in a specified manner and pay a specified fee; limiting the granting of a specified license to a specified purpose; etc. |
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HB768 Vehicle Laws - Junk and Abandoned Vehicles - Penalties for Violations Last House Action: 2/13 Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Niemann |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Miscellaneous Altering the criminal penalties for advertising for the purchase, towing, or removal of junk or abandoned vehicles without an automotive dismantler and recycler or scrap processor license; and altering the criminal penalties for and applying specified administrative penalties to violations of standards and procedures governing the disposition of specified vehicles to an automotive dismantler and recycler or scrap processor when the vehicle's certificate of title is defective, lost, or destroyed. |
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HB769 Unemployment Insurance - Coverage - Victims of Domestic Violence Last House Action: 2/14 Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation) |
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Filed Under: Unemployment Insurance Prohibiting the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation from charging specified unemployment insurance benefits against the earned rating record of an employing unit; authorizing the Secretary to find that a cause of voluntarily leaving employment is good cause if it is directly attributable to the individual or individual's immediate family member being a victim of domestic violence and the individual provides specified information; providing that specified information provided to the Secretary is confidential; etc. |
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HB770 Public Service Commission - Electric Companies - New Generation Facilities and Customer Credits Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Davis |
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Filed Under: Utility Regulation Providing that the Public Service Commission may not require an electric company to construct, acquire, or lease, and operate, its own generating facilities and specified transmission facilities; providing that if a party to a merger or acquisition of an electric company or an electric company affiliate must distribute a credit to customers under an agreement with the Commission, the party or electric company must deposit the amount of the credit in the electric universal service program fund to be disbursed in a specified manner; etc. |
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HB771 Electric Companies and Gas Companies - Customer Accounts and Information Last House Action: 3/9 Third Reading Passed (138-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m. |
Delegate Davis |
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Filed Under: Utility Regulation Requiring an electric company, a gas company, or an electric and gas company, on request by a competitive supplier of electricity or gas, to provide specified information related to specified customer accounts to the supplier, subject to restrictions; requiring the distribution utility to provide the information in a specified form and to update it periodically; prohibiting a distribution utility from providing specified information without the prior authorization of a customer; etc. |
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HB772 Estates and Trusts - Maryland Uniform Principal and Income Act - Certain Payments to and from Trusts Last House Action: 2/9 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Waldstreicher |
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Filed Under: Estates and Trusts Establishing requirements concerning allocation of principal and income for a distribution to a marital trust from an individual retirement account, qualified retirement plan account or similar account or plan, or annuity; requiring a trustee of a marital trust to perform specified duties on request of a surviving spouse under specified circumstances; requiring a marital trust to increase receipts payable to a beneficiary under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB773 Estates and Trusts - Allowance for Funeral Expenses Last House Action: 3/19 Favorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Waldstreicher |
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Filed Under: Estates and Trusts Defining the term "funeral expenses" for purposes of a specified allowance for payment from a decedent's estate; increasing from $5,000 to $10,000 the maximum amount that a court may allow for funeral expenses for a small estate; and applying the Act prospectively. |
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HB774 Maryland General and Limited Power of Attorney Act Last House Action: 2/9 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Waldstreicher |
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Filed Under: Estates and Trusts Specifying requirements to establish the legal sufficiency of statutory forms for a power of attorney; requiring specified coagents to act together unanimously unless otherwise provided; providing for the designation of coagents in specified statutory forms for a power of attorney; altering provisions in statutory forms for a power of attorney relating to authority to create or change a beneficiary designation in specified retirement plans and to nominate a person for appointment as a specified guardian; etc. |
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HB775 Task Force to Study Redistricting in Maryland Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/2 at 2:30 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Braveboy, Gutierrez, Alston, Carr, Conaway, Gilchrist, Howard, Lee, Luedtke, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Simmons, Tarrant, V. Turner, Valentino-Smith, Walker, and Zucker |
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Filed Under: State Government - General Assembly Establishing a Task Force to Study Redistricting in Maryland; specifying the composition, powers, and duties of the Task Force; providing for the staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations, including suggested constitutional and legislative changes, to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2013; and terminating the Act at the end of June 30, 2014. |
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HB776 Criminal Law - Sex Offenders - Statutory Sex Offense Last House Action: 2/10 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Sexual Offender Advisory Board) |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Altering the age difference required between a victim and an offender for the crime of third degree sex offense; prohibiting specified persons from engaging in specified sexual acts with a person who is 14 or 15 years old; providing for penalties for a violation of the Act; requiring a specified person convicted of engaging in specified sexual acts with a person who is 14 or 15 years old to register on the State sex offender registry; creating a nonpublic registry database for specified persons convicted of a specified crime; etc. |
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HB777 Corporations and Associations - Limited Liability Act - Revisions Last House Action: 3/9 Third Reading Passed (138-0) Last Senate Action: 3/12 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegate Feldman |
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Filed Under: Corporations and Associations Establishing that certain statutory provisions relating to limited liability companies apply unless otherwise agreed on in the limited liability company's articles of organization, in the operating agreement, or by unanimous consent; repealing the requirement that the purposes for which a limited liability company is formed be stated in the articles of organization; altering the requirements for a resident agent; repealing provisions relating to a member's authority regarding abandoning the business; etc. |
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HB778 Crimes - Manslaughter by Vehicle - Definition of "Operating" Last House Action: 2/10 Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates McComas, Aumann, Bates, Boteler, Frank, Hogan, Kach, Kaiser, McDonough, W. Miller, Parrott, Ready, B. Robinson, Simmons, and Stocksdale |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Establishing that for purposes of a specified provision of law stating the elements of the felony of manslaughter by vehicle, "operating" includes specified actions involving loading, unloading, or securing a load on a vehicle and specified actions required by law of a person driving, operating, or controlling a vehicle; etc. |
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HB779 Public Safety - 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone Systems - Prepaid Service - Collection of Surcharge Last House Action: 2/22 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Public Safety and Correctional Services) |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Establishing a prepaid wireless E 9-1-1 fee of 60 cents per retail transaction; providing that the fee shall be collected for specified transactions in the State for the purpose of contributing to the 9-1-1 Trust Fund; authorizing specified proportions of the money collected from the fee to be used for specified purposes; authorizing a seller to demonstrate a specified exemption from the fee in a specified manner; etc. |
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HB780 Multicultural Health Care Equity Certification and Accreditation - Work Group Last House Action: 3/13 Hearing cancelled Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Braveboy, Costa, Cullison, Donoghue, Glenn, Hubbard, Kach, A. Kelly, A. Miller, Murphy, Pena-Melnyk, Ready, Reznik, Tarrant, and Washington |
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Filed Under: Public Health Requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to convene a Work Group on multicultural health care equity certification and accreditation to provide recommendations to strengthen cultural competency and health literacy training and assessments; providing for the membership of the Work Group; requiring the Work Group to develop specified criteria, standards, and programs and to make specified recommendations; requiring the Work Group to make a specified report to specified committees of the General Assembly on or before January 1, 2013; etc. |
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HB781 Electricity and Gas Suppliers - Residential Electricity Supply Contracts - Information and Customer Relations Last House Action: 3/6 Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Carr, Arora, Bobo, Braveboy, Burns, Cullison, Glass, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Harrison, Kaiser, A. Kelly, Kipke, Kramer, Lee, Love, McComas, A. Miller, B. Robinson, S. Robinson, Schuh, Stukes, and F. Turner |
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Filed Under: Utility Regulation Prohibiting automatic renewal clauses in specified residential electricity supply contracts; prohibiting a residential supply contract from containing an early termination fee or penalty on cancellation of the contract unless the customer is given notice; etc. |
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HB782 Academic Facilities Bonding Authority Last House Action: 2/22 Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Chair, Appropriations Committee (By Request - Departmental - University System of Maryland) |
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Filed Under: Capital Budget Approving specified projects for the acquisition, development, and improvement of specified academic facilities for the University System of Maryland; authorizing the University System of Maryland to issue bonds in a total principal amount of $17,000,000 to finance specified projects; etc. |
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HB783 Workers' Compensation - Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Police - Occupational Disease Presumption Last House Action: 2/14 Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Barnes |
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Filed Under: Workers' Compensation Extending the presumption of a compensable occupational disease under workers' compensation law to include paid police officers employed by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority who suffer from heart disease or hypertension resulting in partial or total disability or death under specified circumstances; requiring that workers' compensation benefits are in addition to specified retirement benefits; requiring specified paid police officers employed by the Authority to submit specified medical reports; etc. |
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HB784 State Individual Income Tax - Millionaires' Tax Last House Action: 2/27 Hearing cancelled Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Ivey, Barnes, Braveboy, Frush, Gaines, Glenn, Gutierrez, Healey, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Hucker, Murphy, Niemann, Oaks, Reznik, S. Robinson, Ross, Sophocleus, Summers, Tarrant, Valderrama, Vaughn, and Washington |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Income Increasing the State income tax rate for an individual to 6.25% of Maryland taxable income in excess of $1,000,000; requiring the Comptroller to waive specified interest and penalties for the 2012 calendar year; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011; etc. |
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HB785 Sales and Use Tax - Exemption - Construction Materials and Equipment Last House Action: 3/6 Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Clagett |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Sales and Use Exempting from the sales and use tax sales of materials and equipment used directly and predominantly to perform State construction projects or electricity, fuel, and other utilities used to operate the machinery or equipment on a State construction project; requiring the Comptroller and the Board of Public Works to adopt regulations relating to an exemption from the sales and use tax; etc. |
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HB786 Financial Institutions - Credit Unions and Depository Institutions - Authority to Conduct Savings Promotion Raffles Last House Action: 2/13 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Olszewski, Frick, Arora, and Clagett |
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Filed Under: Financial Institutions Repealing a contingency on provisions of law that authorize specified depository institutions and credit unions to conduct savings promotion raffles; altering the circumstances under which depository institutions may conduct savings promotion raffles; etc. |
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HB787 Frederick County - Alcoholic Beverages - Licensed Restaurants - Removal of Tables and Chairs for Expanded Occupancy Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (134-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Frederick County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Authorizing in Frederick County a restaurant for which a Class B beer, wine and liquor license is issued to remove its tables and chairs to accommodate additional patrons at not more than four special events in a calendar year; requiring that a restaurant that removes its tables and chairs give notice to the Board of License Commissioners not less than 1 week before the event; and prohibiting a restaurant from allowing entry to more than the maximum number of occupants that the County Fire Marshal allows. |
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HB788 Creation of a State Debt - Frederick County - Downtown Frederick Hotel and Conference Center Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Clagett |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $250,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Frederick for the acquisition, planning, and design of the Downtown Frederick Hotel and Conference Center; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds; requiring the grantee to grant and convey an easement to the Maryland Historical Trust; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB789 Property Tax - Assessment Worksheets - Internet Access Last House Action: 2/9 First Reading Ways and Means Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates McComas, Bates, Dwyer, Elliott, Howard, Kach, Krebs, B. Robinson, and Stocksdale |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Property Requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to maintain a database, available to the public on the Department's Web site, of assessment worksheets and cards that relate to the valuation of real property in the State; providing that assessment worksheets and cards may not include income and expense statements; etc. |
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HB790 Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Last House Action: 2/9 First Reading Ways and Means Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Mizeur |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Income Providing a subtraction modification under the State income tax for education awards from the AmeriCorps program; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012. |
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HB791 Election Law - Declaration of Intent - Establishment of Campaign Finance Entity Last House Action: 3/15 Favorable Report Adopted Second Reading Passed Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Summers and George |
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Filed Under: Elections Prohibiting an individual from filing a declaration of intent to seek nomination by petition or nomination by a political party not required to nominate candidates in a primary election until the individual establishes a campaign finance entity. |
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HB792 Health - Medical Assistance Programs - Fraud and Abuse Prevention Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Ready, Afzali, Dwyer, Elliott, Fisher, Frank, Glass, Hershey, Hough, Jacobs, Kipke, Krebs, McComas, Reznik, Stocksdale, and Szeliga |
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Filed Under: Public Health Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to implement specified prepayment systems and services to prevent fraud and abuse in the payment of claims for the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and the Maryland Children's Health Program; requiring the Department to use specified information to refine and enhance a specified system; requiring the Department, under specified circumstances, to take specified action and allow specified entities to access specified information; etc. |
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HB793 Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Riverdale Park Youth and Community Center Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 9:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Ross, Gaines, and Healey |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $400,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Mayor and Town Council of the Town of Riverdale Park for the design, engineering, and construction of a youth and community center, located in Riverdale Park; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB794 Criminal Procedure - Revision of Verdict or Judgment - Procedures Last House Action: 2/9 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Waldstreicher, Vallario, Hough, and Valentino-Smith |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Establishing that, in a criminal case, the court may not exercise revisory power and control over a judgment unless the court follows the procedures set forth in a specified Maryland Rule; and establishing that, in a criminal case, the court may not exercise revisory power and control over a verdict unless the court follows procedures set forth in a specified Maryland Rule. |
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HB795 Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Brooks Robinson Statue - Babe Ruth Birthplace Foundation Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/12 at 9:30 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Rosenberg, Clippinger, Hammen, and McHale |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $100,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Babe Ruth Foundation, Inc. for the design and construction of the Brooks Robinson Statue at the Babe Ruth Birthplace Foundation, located in Baltimore City; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB796 Bringing Maryland Families Together Act Last House Action: 2/10 Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Mizeur, Alston, Anderson, Dumais, Kaiser, Lee, McComas, Reznik, Stukes, F. Turner, and Valentino-Smith |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to establish a specified video visitation program under which a specified inmate may visit with specified persons via Internet; requiring the Department to establish an approval process and guidelines for specified organizations to provide Internet video access to specified persons; authorizing the Department to establish a fee for participation in a video visitation program; etc. |
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HB797 Baltimore County - Roadside Solicitation of Money or Donations - Prohibition Last House Action: 2/13 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Burns, Aumann, Boteler, Bromwell, Cluster, DeBoy, Frank, Kach, Lafferty, Minnick, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Stein, and Wood |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road Prohibiting a person from standing in a highway in Baltimore County to solicit money or donations from the occupant of a vehicle, except under specified circumstances; prohibiting an adult from encouraging or allowing a child to stand in a highway in Baltimore County to solicit money or donations from the occupant of a vehicle; providing for the issuance of a specified warning to a first-time offender; providing a specified penalty for subsequent offenses; etc. |
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HB798 Juvenile Offenders - Dual Sentencing Last House Action: 2/9 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Vallario, Frush, Alston, Barnes, Braveboy, Hubbard, and Valentino-Smith |
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Filed Under: Juvenile Law Authorizing a court exercising criminal jurisdiction in a specified prosecution involving a child to impose simultaneously a juvenile disposition and an adult criminal sentence; authorizing the court to order the child to complete the juvenile disposition and to suspend the adult criminal sentence under specified circumstances; and authorizing the court to take specified actions if the child commits a new offense or violates a condition of the suspended adult criminal sentence. |
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HB799 Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Elizabeth Seton High School Window Upgrades Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 12:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Summers, Ivey, and Niemann |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $50,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Elizabeth Seton High School for the acquisition, renovation, and installation of energy efficient windows at Elizabeth Seton High School, located in Bladensburg; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; prohibiting the use of the loan proceeds or matching fund for sectarian religious purposes; etc. |
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HB800 State Personnel - Applicants for Employment - Criminal History Records Checks Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Proctor, Anderson, Conaway, Dumais, Gaines, Guzzone, Haynes, Howard, Hucker, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, B. Robinson, Rosenberg, Tarrant, F. Turner, V. Turner, Valderrama, Vallario, Vaughn, Waldstreicher, Washington, and Wilson |
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Filed Under: State Government - Personnel Prohibiting specified appointing authorities in the Judicial, Executive, and Legislative branches of State government from inquiring into the criminal record or criminal history of an applicant for employment until the applicant has been provided an opportunity for an interview; providing that the Act does not prohibit specified appointing authorities from notifying an applicant for employment of specified information; etc. |
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HB801 State Retirement and Pension System - Transfer of Members Between Systems Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 2/28 at 1:30 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Griffith, Bohanan, Clagett, Haynes, Proctor, B. Robinson, Sophocleus, and Zucker |
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Filed Under: State Pensions and Retirement Providing that if an individual who was a member of one of the several systems in the State Retirement and Pension System on June 30, 2011, becomes a member of another one of the several systems on or after July 1, 2011, the individual shall be considered to be a new member of the subsequent system as of the date the individual joins the system, but is subject to specified requirements that were in place for the subsequent system on June 30, 2011; etc. |
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HB802 Education - Prince George's County School Board Budgets - Transparency PG 410-12 Last House Action: 2/22 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Prince George's County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Education - Local Bills Requiring a specified Web site of the Prince George's County Board of Education to include specified budget data; and requiring the Web site to include annual data and to be searchable based on individual schools. |
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HB803 Prince George's County - Board of Education - Operation of Schools - Year-Round Basis PG 405-12 Last House Action: 2/22 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Prince George's County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Education - Local Bills Authorizing the Prince George's County Board of Education to operate one or more schools within the county on a year-round basis under specified circumstances. |
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HB804 Prince George's County - Special Elections - Reduction of Polling Places PG 404-12 Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Prince George's County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Elections Authorizing the Prince George's County Board of Elections to direct that a minimum of five polling places be open for voting in a special election for the Prince George's County Council or the Prince George's County Board of Education; and requiring the board of elections to mail specified information to voters, facilitate absentee voting, and establish polling places during a specified period if the board exercises its authority under the Act. |
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HB805 Prince George's County Board of Education - Recycling Program - School Facilities PG 403-12 Last House Action: 2/17 Hearing 3/9 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Prince George's County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Education - Local Bills Requiring the Prince George's County Board of Education to develop and implement a recycling program for all facilities under the jurisdiction of the county board; requiring the county board to address specified issues while developing a recycling program; and requiring the county board to submit a report including specified information to the Prince George's County Delegation to the General Assembly on or before September 1, 2012, regarding the recycling program. |
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HB806 State Retirement and Pension System - Investment Division - Salary Setting Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 2/28 at 1:30 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Griffith (Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions) |
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Filed Under: State Pensions and Retirement Authorizing the Board of Trustees of the State Retirement and Pension System to determine the qualifications and compensation for the deputy chief investment officer and managing director in the Investment Division of the State Retirement Agency; prohibiting the Board of Trustees from setting or increasing the salary of specified positions above a specified amount; prohibiting the Board of Trustees from granting bonuses under specified authority; prohibiting increases in salary from exceeding a specified amount; etc. |
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HB807 State Retirement and Pension System - Contribution Rates and Reinvestment of Savings - Technical Clarifications Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 2/28 at 1:30 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Griffith (Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions) |
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Filed Under: State Pensions and Retirement Clarifying how contribution rates for the employees' and teachers' retirement and pension systems are calculated to reflect legislative changes that result in a change to normal cost or accrued liabilities; repealing a requirement that the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System certify a calculation of the difference between specified contributions resulting from specified legislative changes; altering the method for determining an amount to be included in the annual budget bill; etc. |
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HB808 State Retirement and Pension Systems - Cost-of-Living Adjustments - Clarification Last House Action: 3/8 Third Reading Passed (138-0) Last Senate Action: 3/9 First Reading Budget and Taxation |
Delegate Griffith (Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions) |
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Filed Under: State Pensions and Retirement Clarifying that each type of cost-of-living adjustment for the State Retirement and Pension System does not apply to benefits paid in a single payment, the return of accumulated contributions, or benefits attributable to additional contributions; clarifying that the cost-of- living adjustment is applied as a rate and not a fraction; clarifying that a zero-adjustment fiscal year cost-of-living adjustment does not apply to a retiree's first cost-of-living adjustment; etc. |
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HB809 Prince George's County - Deer Hunting on Private Property - Sundays PG 304-12 Last House Action: 2/9 First Reading Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Prince George's County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Hunting and Fishing Authorizing a person in Prince George's County to hunt deer on specified Sundays on private property during specified deer hunting seasons; and removing Prince George's County from the list of counties in which deer hunting on private property on specified Sundays is prohibited. |
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HB810 Prince George's County - Volunteer Fire Departments - Poker Events PG 303-12 Last House Action: 3/16 Hearing cancelled Last Senate Action: No Action |
Prince George's County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Gaming Authorizing specified volunteer fire departments in Prince George's County to hold poker events in which the public may play poker card games; limiting the number of poker events that a volunteer fire department may hold to one per month; requiring that a volunteer fire department obtain a permit from the Prince George's County Department of Environmental Resources before holding a poker event; specifying the conditions under which a permit for a poker event shall be issued; etc. |
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HB811 Prince George's County - Poker Events PG 305-12 Last House Action: 2/27 Hearing cancelled Last Senate Action: No Action |
Prince George's County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Gaming Authorizing in Prince George's County specified volunteer fire departments and organizations that promote the arts and preserve the culture to hold events in which the public may play poker card games; limiting the number of poker events that may be held to one a month; requiring that a permit be obtained from the Prince George's County Department of Environmental Resources before a poker event may be held; specifying requirements to qualify for a permit; specifying the contents of an application for a permit; etc. |
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HB812 Prince George's County - Real Property - Dwellings Rented to Individuals at Least 55 Years Old - Residential Leases PG 413-12 Last House Action: 2/9 First Reading Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Prince George's County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Real Property Requiring, in Prince George's County, a landlord of a specified residential dwelling structure that is offered for rent to individuals at least 55 years old, composed of at least five dwelling units, and constructed or improved with funding received from the State on or after October 1, 2012, to offer a 36-month residential lease; and requiring the 36-month residential lease required under the Act to be offered to specified individuals. |
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HB813 Prince George's County - Hyattsville - Arts and Entertainment District - Licensed Alcoholic Beverages Establishments - Distance from Places of Worship PG 308-12 Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (133-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Prince George's County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Allowing in the part of the Gateway Arts and Entertainment District in the City of Hyattsville the use of the front door or main entrance in an establishing for which a specified alcoholic beverages license is issued if the door or entrance is at least 500 feet from a place of worship. |
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HB814 Prince George's County - Alcoholic Beverages Licensee - Retail Delivery to Consumer - Prohibition PG 301-12 Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (133-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Prince George's County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Prohibiting an alcoholic beverages licensee in Prince George's County from making an off-site retail delivery of alcoholic beverages to the residence of a consumer; and specifying an exception in the portion of Oxon Hill known as National Harbor for a business located in National Harbor that delivers alcoholic beverages to a person in National Harbor. |
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HB815 Prince George's County - Foreclosed Property Registry PG 412-12 Last House Action: 2/9 First Reading Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Prince George's County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Counties - Local Laws Authorizing Prince George's County to enact a local law establishing a foreclosed property registry for specified property located in the county; requiring the local law to require a successor in interest to register specified foreclosed residential property, pay a specified registration fee, be responsible for the maintenance and security of the foreclosed property, and provide the county with specified information about the property; requiring the county to establish a fund for the deposit of registration fees for specified uses; etc. |
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HB816 State Lottery - Licenses - Prince George's County Veterans' Organizations PG 306-12 Last House Action: 2/27 Hearing cancelled Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Prince George's County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Gaming Authorizing the Director of the State Lottery Agency to issue specified Prince George's County veterans' organizations a license for up to five instant ticket lottery machines to each veterans' organization under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB817 Prince George's County - City of Bowie - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses for Supermarkets PG 307-12 Last House Action: 2/9 First Reading Economic Matters Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Prince George's County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Altering the maximum number of licenses of a specified class of alcoholic beverages licenses allowed to be issued in Prince George's County; authorizing the Prince George's County Board of License Commissioners to issue a Class D beer and light wine license with an off-sale privilege for use by a supermarket or similar type of premises in the City of Bowie under specified circumstances; and prohibiting the Board of License Commissioners from issuing a specified license under specified circumstances. |
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HB818 Crimes - Rioting - Restrictions on Public Benefits Last House Action: 2/27 Unfavorable Report by Appropriations Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Stocksdale, McComas, McDonough, and B. Robinson |
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Filed Under: State Government - Regulations and Procedures Restricting eligibility for specified public benefits for individuals convicted on or after July 1, 2012, of common law riot under the laws of Maryland or a crime under the laws of another state or the United States that would be common law riot if committed in Maryland; revoking specified public benefits for individuals convicted of specified crimes on or after July 1, 2012; and creating specified exceptions. |
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HB819 Office of the Inspector General - Establishment Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/1 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates W. Miller, Afzali, Aumann, Barkley, Barve, Bates, Bobo, Boteler, Burns, Cluster, Davis, DeBoy, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Feldman, Fisher, Frank, George, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Hough, Hucker, Impallaria, Jacobs, Jameson, Kach, Kipke, Krebs, |
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Filed Under: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials Establishing the office of the Inspector General; specifying qualifications that an individual must meet to be eligible for the office; providing that the Inspector General is subject to removal by the General Assembly under specified circumstances; specifying the duties and powers of the Inspector General; submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State of Maryland for their adoption or rejection; etc. |
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HB820 State Government - Inspector General Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/1 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates W. Miller, Afzali, Aumann, Barkley, Barve, Bates, Bobo, Boteler, Burns, Cluster, Davis, DeBoy, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Feldman, Fisher, Frank, George, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Hough, Hucker, Impallaria, Jacobs, Jameson, Kach, Kipke, Krebs, |
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Filed Under: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials Specifying that there is an Inspector General of the State; establishing the Office of the Inspector General; requiring the Inspector General to examine and investigate the management and affairs of units and conduct audits of the units; authorizing the Inspector General to investigate specified matters; requiring that a unit cooperate fully with the Inspector General under specified circumstances; requiring that the Inspector General have access to specified documents of a unit under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB821 Criminal Procedure - Parole - Eligibility Last House Action: 2/10 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Cluster |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Increasing from 6 months to 1 year the minimum period that an inmate must be sentenced to serve before becoming eligible to be considered for an investigation by the Division of Parole and Probation or the Division of Correction to enable the Maryland Parole Commission to determine the advisability of granting parole to the inmate. |
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HB822 Maryland Uniform Transfers to Minors Act - Orphans' Court Last House Action: 3/19 Favorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Waldstreicher |
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Filed Under: Estates and Trusts Altering the definition of the term "court" to include an orphans' court or a court exercising the jurisdiction of an orphans' court for the purposes of the Maryland Uniform Transfers to Minors Act. |
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HB823 Orphans' Court - Minor - Guardianship of the Person Last House Action: 2/9 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Waldstreicher |
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Filed Under: Estates and Trusts Altering the authority of an orphans' court to exercise jurisdiction over guardianship of the person of a minor by repealing a specified requirement that the presiding judge of the orphans' court be a member of the Bar of Maryland; providing that an orphans' court may exercise jurisdiction over guardianship of the person of a minor in uncontested matters; and applying the Act prospectively. |
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HB824 State Board of Physicians and Allied Health Advisory Committees - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Hammen (Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee) |
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Filed Under: Health Occupations Continuing the State Board of Physicians and specified allied health advisory committees in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (Sunset Law) by extending to a specified date the termination provisions relating to the statutory and regulatory authority of the Board and the committees; altering to a specified date the termination provision related to the Perfusion Advisory Committee; etc. |
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HB825 Vehicle Laws - Registration Plates for Motorcycles - Individuals with Disabilities Last House Action: 2/13 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Malone |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration Authorizing an individual to possess a specified number of special registration plates for individuals with disabilities for specified motorcycles in addition to the special registration plate and parking placards authorized under provisions of law. |
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HB826 Sales and Use Tax - Taxable Price - Mandatory Gratuity Last House Action: 2/9 First Reading Ways and Means Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates K. Kelly and Bromwell |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Sales and Use Altering an exclusion from the definition of "taxable price" under the sales and use tax for a mandatory gratuity or service charge in the nature of a tip for serving food or beverage for consumption on the premises of the vendor. |
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HB827 Polysomnographic Technologists - Education and Examination Requirements Last House Action: 2/22 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Hubbard |
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Filed Under: Health Occupations Altering the education requirements for a license to practice polysomnography; and requiring the State Board of Physicians to waive specified education requirements for a license to practice polysomnography if, in addition to meeting other requirements, an applicant has passed a specified examination on or before September 30, 2013. |
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HB828 State Government - Commemorative Days - Saint David's Day Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Hixson |
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Filed Under: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim March 1 as Saint David's Day; and making the Act an emergency measure. |
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HB829 Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Potomac Community Resources Home Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 10:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Dumais, Feldman, and A. Miller |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $50,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Potomac Community Resources, Inc. for the planning and design of the Potomac Community Resources Home for Individuals with Developmental Differences/Intellectual Disabilities, located in Potomac; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB830 Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2005 - Montgomery County - Old Blair High School Auditorium Last House Action: 2/22 Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hixson, Hucker, and Mizeur |
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Filed Under: Prior Authorizations Amending the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2005 to extend to June 1, 2014, the date by which the Board of Directors of the Old Blair Auditorium Project, Inc. must present evidence that a matching fund will be provided; requiring the Board of Public Works to expend or encumber the proceeds of the loan by June 1, 2014; etc. |
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HB831 Education - Public Schools - Parent Trigger Last House Action: 3/6 Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Bates, Glass, Hough, Kipke, McDonough, Schuh, Smigiel, Stocksdale, and Szeliga |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Authorizing parents and legal guardians of students attending public schools that are subject to corrective action and are not making adequate yearly progress to petition county boards of education to implement interventions; requiring county boards to notify the State Superintendent of Schools and the State Board of Education on receipt of petitions and of the final dispositions regarding the petitions; etc. |
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HB832 Family Law - Substance-Exposed Infants - Mandated Reporters Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Departmental - Human Resources) |
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Filed Under: Family Law Adding specified reporting requirements for specified health care providers involved in the delivery or care of infants born with and identified as being affected by specified symptoms under specified circumstances. |
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HB833 Respiratory Care Practitioners - Practicing Polysomnography - Licensing Exceptions Last House Action: 2/22 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Reznik, Cullison, Donoghue, and Kach |
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Filed Under: Health Occupations Providing that a licensed respiratory care practitioner has the right to practice respiratory care within the scope of practice of the respiratory care practitioner's license, including in a sleep laboratory; and providing that the licensing requirements to practice polysomnography do not apply to a respiratory care practitioner who was licensed by the State Board of Physicians on or before December 31, 2012, and whose duties include practicing polysomnography. |
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HB834 Child Abuse and Neglect - Child Welfare - Alternative Response Last House Action: 2/9 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Departmental - Human Resources) |
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Filed Under: Children Authorizing the Secretary of Human Resources to establish an alternative response program for specified reports of child abuse or neglect; requiring the Department to establish an advisory council; prohibiting specified reports of child abuse or neglect from being assigned for an alternative response; authorizing specified reports of child abuse and neglect to be reassigned for an alternative response; defining the term "alternative response"; etc. |
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HB835 Workers' Compensation - Permanent Partial Disability Benefits - Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Last House Action: 2/14 Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Barnes |
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Filed Under: Workers' Compensation Altering the definition of "public safety employee" so as to apply a specified workers' compensation provision relating to permanent partial disability benefits to police officers employed by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. |
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HB836 Income Tax - Repeal of the 1997 Tax Reduction Last House Action: 2/9 First Reading Ways and Means Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Healey, Branch, Gaines, Hixson, Howard, Ivey, Kaiser, Rosenberg, Ross, Stukes, Summers, Tarrant, F. Turner, V. Turner, and Walker |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Income Increasing the State income tax rate by 0.25% on specified individual income tax brackets; increasing the maximum county income tax rate that a county may impose from 3.2% to 3.325%; increasing the amount that must be withheld from specified payments; requiring the Comptroller to waive interest and penalties for the 2012 calendar year to the extent interest and penalties are due to the tax rate increase; applying the Act to taxable years after December 31, 2011; etc. |
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HB837 Vehicle Laws - Distracted Driving - Animals Last House Action: 3/12 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Malone |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road Prohibiting a person from driving a vehicle if there is an animal or animal activity in the front seat of the vehicle that obstructs the view of the driver in a specified manner or interferes with the control of the driver over the driving mechanism of the vehicle. |
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HB838 Health Insurance - Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Audits and Reimbursement of Pharmacies or Pharmacists Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/1 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Kipke |
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Filed Under: Insurance - Health Altering requirements a pharmacy benefits manager must comply with when conducting an audit of a pharmacy or pharmacist; prohibiting a pharmacy benefits manager from disrupting the provision of services to the customers of a pharmacy during an audit; prohibiting a pharmacy benefits manager from taking specified actions relating to an audit of a pharmacy or pharmacist; prohibiting a pharmacy benefits manager from recouping by setoff specified money until specified conditions are fulfilled; providing for an appeal; etc. |
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HB839 Governor's Advisory Commission on Maryland Wine and Grape Growing - Membership Last House Action: 3/1 Third Reading Passed (131-0) Last Senate Action: 3/2 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegates Stifler and Norman |
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Filed Under: Agriculture Increasing the membership of the Governor's Advisory Commission on Maryland Wine and Grape Growing by adding one member who is a representative of the Department of Business and Economic Development. |
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HB840 Procurement - Living Wage - Repeal Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Stifler, Boteler, Eckardt, Frank, Glass, Haddaway-Riccio, Kach, and McComas |
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Filed Under: State Government - Procurement Repealing the provisions of law regarding the living wage for State contracts; repealing the requirement that specified employers pay specified hourly wages to employees who work on specified State contracts; etc. |
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HB841 Food Service Facilities - Open Windows and Doors - Regulations Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Frick, Dumais, Eckardt, Feldman, Frank, George, Gilchrist, Haddaway-Riccio, Hixson, Hucker, Kach, A. Kelly, Kipke, Krebs, Lee, McDermott, McDonough, McMillan, A. Miller, Ready, Reznik, Schuh, Stocksdale, and Waldstreicher |
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Filed Under: Public Health Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, on or before January 1, 2013, to adopt regulations that allow a food service facility to operate with the outer windows or outer doors of the facility open for ventilation or other purposes if a specified determination is made by a local health department. |
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HB842 Maryland Transit Administration - Free Ridership for State Employees Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Oaks |
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Filed Under: Transportation - Generally Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to extend to employees of the Judicial Branch and the Legislative Branch of State government the application of any program, policy, or practice through which free ridership on transit vehicles is offered to employees of the Executive Branch of State government. |
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HB843 General Assembly - Reduction in Budget Appropriations for Repeat Legislative Audit Findings Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 2/28 at 1:30 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Bates, Aumann, Beitzel, Eckardt, Elliott, Haddaway-Riccio, McConkey, W. Miller, O'Donnell, Stocksdale, and Szeliga |
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Filed Under: State Government - General Assembly Requiring the General Assembly, if a legislative audit contains more than three repeat findings, to reduce the amount included in the budget bill submitted by the Governor by up to 5% each year until the unit reports to the Office of Legislative Audits and the Office of Legislative Audits determines that the unit has satisfactorily addressed the repeat findings; etc. |
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HB844 Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Acorn Hill Natural Play Area Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Stein, Cardin, Lafferty, and Morhaim |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $215,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the County Executive and County Council of Baltimore County for the design and construction of the Acorn Hill Natural Play Area, located in Towson; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB845 Transportation - Highway User Revenues - Distribution Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Parrott, Afzali, Aumann, Bates, Boteler, Cluster, Eckardt, Fisher, Frank, Glass, Hershey, Hogan, Hough, Jacobs, Kach, Kipke, Krebs, McComas, McDermott, W. Miller, Norman, Otto, Ready, Schulz, Serafini, Stocksdale, Szeliga, and Vitale |
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Filed Under: Transportation - Generally Altering the allocation of funds in the Gasoline and Motor Vehicle Revenue Account between the Department of Transportation and Baltimore City, the counties, and the municipalities; and altering the allocation of highway user revenues to Baltimore City and the counties and municipalities. |
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HB846 County Transfer Tax - Collection Last House Action: 3/6 Hearing cancelled Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate George |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Recordation and Transfer Authorizing the governing body of a county to provide for the direct collection of the county transfer tax imposed on specified articles or documents filed with the Department of Assessments and Taxation or the clerk of the circuit court of a county; etc. |
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HB847 Vehicle Laws - Special Registration Plates - "In God We Trust" Last House Action: 3/16 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates McComas, Afzali, Bates, Boteler, Dwyer, Frank, Glass, Haddaway-Riccio, Howard, Kach, McDonough, Minnick, B. Robinson, Smigiel, Stocksdale, Valentino-Smith, and Vitale |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to develop and make available a specially designed registration plate using the phrase "In God We Trust"; specifying the vehicles that are eligible for the registration plate; requiring the owner of a vehicle issued the registration plate to pay specified fees; restricting the amount and use of fees paid for registration plates under the Act; and requiring the Administration to adopt specified regulations. |
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HB848 Vehicle Laws - Red Light and Speed Monitoring Systems - Emergency Vehicles Last House Action: 3/12 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Conaway |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road Providing that specified images of an emergency vehicle recorded by a traffic control signal monitoring system, a speed monitoring system, or a work zone speed control system may not be the basis for a civil penalty or the issuance of a citation under specified provisions of law; etc. |
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HB849 Real Property - Condominiums - Allocation of Utility Costs Last House Action: 3/12 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Gilchrist and Niemann |
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Filed Under: Real Property Requiring a council of unit owners, only in a condominium regime established on or after October 1, 2013, to have the ability to allocate utility costs for water, electricity, gas, or oil service to each unit based on usage and to grant or deny utility service to each unit. |
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HB850 Real Property - Condominiums - Payment of Assessments and Fees Last House Action: 3/9 Third Reading Passed (137-0) Last Senate Action: 3/12 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegates Gilchrist and Niemann |
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Filed Under: Real Property Authorizing a council of unit owners to petition the District Court for relief if a unit owner has failed to pay assessments and fees for 90 days or longer and is renting the unit to a tenant; requiring a certified copy of the petition to be mailed to the unit owner and served on the tenant in a specified manner; authorizing the District Court, after a hearing, to enter an order directing the tenant to pay rent due under the lease to the council of unit owners or a designated custodian; etc. |
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HB851 Vehicle Laws - Registration Fees - Payment Plans Last House Action: 3/16 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Conaway |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration Authorizing the deferral of payment of the registration fee for specified classifications of vehicles subject to specified requirements; authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to revoke the registration of a vehicle if the owner fails to complete payment of the vehicle registration fee in accordance with the Act; requiring the Administration to adopt regulations to implement the Act; terminating the Act at the end of September 30, 2015; etc. |
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HB852 Correctional Services - Division of Correction - Length of Sentence Last House Action: 3/13 Third Reading Passed (138-0) Last Senate Action: 3/14 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegate Conaway |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Altering a specified provision of law so as to prohibit a judge from sentencing an individual to the jurisdiction of the Division of Correction for 12 months or less unless the individual is an inmate under the jurisdiction of the Division of Correction. |
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HB853 Motor Vehicles - Seatbelts - Exception for Law Enforcement Officers Last House Action: 3/16 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Conaway |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Equipment and Inspections Providing that specified provisions of law requiring seat belt use do not apply to a law enforcement officer under specified circumstances. |
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HB854 Forest Conservation Act - Exception for Local Stormwater Management Activity Last House Action: 3/12 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Gilchrist |
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Filed Under: Local Government - Generally Creating an exception to the requirements of the Forest Conservation Act for stormwater management activity performed by a local jurisdiction. |
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HB855 State Lottery Agency - Education Lottery Last House Action: 2/16 Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Conaway |
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Filed Under: Gaming Requiring the State Lottery Agency to conduct a specified monthly lottery for the benefit of the public school systems in the State; requiring the Comptroller to pay to the public school systems in the State a specified percentage of the money that remains in the State Lottery Fund from the proceeds of a certain lottery after a specified distribution; requiring the Agency to meet specified advertising criteria in conducting the lottery; etc. |
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HB856 Criminal Law - Use of Dangerous Weapons During Crime Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Conaway |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Prohibiting a person from using a specified dangerous weapon in the commission of a crime; establishing a penalty for a violation of the Act; prohibiting a court from imposing less than or suspending any part of a specified minimum sentence; providing that a specified person is not eligible for parole in less than a specified period; establishing that for a first offense the sentence may be consecutive to or concurrent with a specified other sentence; etc. |
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HB857 Vehicle Laws - Red Light and Speed Monitoring Systems - Law Enforcement Vehicles Last House Action: 3/16 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Conaway |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road Providing that specified images of a law enforcement vehicle recorded by a traffic control signal monitoring system, a speed monitoring system, or a work zone speed control system may not be the basis for a civil penalty or the issuance of a citation under specified provisions of law. |
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HB858 Land Use - Local Historic District Commissions and Historic Preservation Commissions - Alternate Members Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (133-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegate Gilchrist |
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Filed Under: Local Government - Generally Authorizing a local jurisdiction that creates a historic district commission or historic preservation commission to designate one alternate member to sit on the commission when any other member of the commission is absent; authorizing the local jurisdiction to designate a temporary alternate when the alternate member is absent; providing for the effective date of specified provisions of the Act; and providing for the termination of specified provisions of the Act. |
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HB859 Electric Companies - Interruption of Service - Reporting to Adult Protective Services Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing cancelled Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Conaway, Glenn, McDonough, and B. Robinson |
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Filed Under: Utility Regulation Requiring an electric company to report an interruption of service for specified customers due to a failure to pay an electric bill to the adult protective services program under specified circumstances. |
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HB860 Children in Need of Assistance - Sexual Abuse - Definition Last House Action: 2/9 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Stein |
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Filed Under: Juvenile Law Altering the definition of "sexual abuse" for provisions of law relating to children in need of assistance, child abuse, and child neglect to include specified actions relating to human trafficking, obscene material, pornography, and prostitution. |
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HB861 Insurance - Unfair Claim Settlement Practices - Refusal to Pay a Claim Last House Action: 2/14 Hearing 3/1 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Braveboy |
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Filed Under: Insurance - Other than Health Altering the circumstances under which it is an unfair claim settlement practice and a violation of specified provisions of law for an insurer, nonprofit health service plan, or health maintenance organization to refuse to pay a claim. |
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HB862 Residential Child and Youth Care Practitioners - Certification - Modifications Last House Action: 3/9 Third Reading Passed (136-0) Last Senate Action: 3/12 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegate Hammen |
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Filed Under: Health Occupations Requiring the State Board for Certification of Residential Child Care Program Professionals, in consultation with the Children's Cabinet, to establish a tiered certification structure for residential child and youth care practitioners; requiring the Board to establish training requirements for the residential child and youth care practitioners certified by the Board; requiring, rather than authorizing, the Board to set reasonable fees for specified services; authorizing the Board to waive fees under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB863 Teachers' Retirement and Pension Systems - Local Employer Contributions Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Serafini |
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Filed Under: State Pensions and Retirement Requiring the State Board of Education to provide for the calculation of a payment of a portion of the employer contributions for local school board employees and community college employees who are members of the Teachers' Retirement System or the Teachers' Pension System; requiring specified counties to pay a portion of the employer contributions for local school board employees and community college employees who are members of the Teachers' Retirement System or the Teachers' Pension System; etc. |
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HB864 Electricity - Community Energy-Generating Facilities and Net Energy Metering Last House Action: 2/14 Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Stein, Clippinger, Barkley, Cardin, Feldman, Healey, Hucker, Jameson, Lafferty, Morhaim, and Ross |
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Filed Under: Utility Regulation Creating a community energy-generating program; specifying that a community energy-generating facility is not an electric company or electricity supplier; authorizing a public service company or any other person to own a community energy-generating facility; authorizing subscriber organizations to contract with third parties for specified functions; etc. |
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HB865 State Procurement - Disclosure of the Relocation of Jobs to a Foreign Country Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Barnes, Braveboy, Bromwell, Cardin, Carr, Clagett, Guzzone, Healey, Hucker, Ivey, A. Kelly, Kipke, Lafferty, Mitchell, Mizeur, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Olszewski, Reznik, Rosenberg, Stein, Summers, F. Turner, V. Turner, and Zucker |
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Filed Under: State Government - Procurement Requiring a prospective bidder or offeror to disclose specified information to the Department of General Services concerning plans to relocate jobs to a foreign country when submitting a bid or an offer to a unit of State government; requiring a contractor to notify the Department of specified job relocations within a specified time period; prohibiting a specified contractor from receiving specified incentives and benefits from the State under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB866 Title Insurance - Closing or Settlement Protection Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing cancelled Hearing 3/2 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Feldman |
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Filed Under: Insurance - Other than Health Requiring a title insurer to provide specified closing or settlement protection to a protected party in a specified transaction; requiring the closing or settlement protection to indemnify protected parties against specified actions and failures in connection with specified transactions; requiring domestic title insurers to establish and maintain a specified reserve for specified losses arising from closing or settlement protection; etc. |
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HB867 Education - Public School Construction Funding and Children's Indoor Environmental Health Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Appropriations Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Hubbard |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Authorizing a specified alternative financing method for construction of a public school or a capital improvement; authorizing a county board of education to establish an independent nonprofit entity or enter into contracts with nonprofit entities for specified construction or capital improvement; requiring the Board of Public Works to adopt regulations concerning the health and safety of the occupants of a public school building during construction or capital improvement; altering definitions; etc. |
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HB868 Finance and Procurement - State Treasury - Collateral Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (135-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Budget and Taxation |
Delegate Conway |
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Filed Under: State Government - Procurement Clarifying the types of collateral that may be used under specified provisions of law to include a letter of credit issued by a Federal Home Loan Bank if the letter meets the requirements of the State Treasurer's office; and authorizing obligations from Federal Home Loan Banks to be used as collateral. |
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HB869 Maryland Workforce and Career Pathways Act of 2012 Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Mitchell, Anderson, Branch, Braveboy, Bromwell, Cardin, Carter, Clippinger, Conaway, Davis, Glenn, Hammen, Haynes, Holmes, Ivey, Lafferty, McIntosh, Oaks, Olszewski, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, B. Robinson, Rosenberg, Ross, Stukes, Summers, Valderr |
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Filed Under: Private Sector Labor and Industry Establishing the Career Pathways Program in the Division of Employment and Training in the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation; providing for the Program's purpose and priorities; requiring the Director of the Division to make grants for specified projects; requiring the Director to adopt regulations; establishing the Career Pathways Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; specifying the purpose of the Fund; etc. |
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HB870 State Board of Dental Examiners - Dentists and Dental Hygienists - Appointments Last House Action: 2/28 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Donoghue |
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Filed Under: Health Occupations Altering the process for determining lists of names from which the Governor will make specified appointments to the State Board of Dental Examiners; requiring candidates to submit specified forms and documents to the Board; requiring the Board to submit names to the Governor for candidates who meet requirements; prohibiting the Board from nominating specified candidates and submitting specified names to the Governor; requiring the Board to adopt regulations; etc. |
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HB871 The Initiative Last House Action: 3/7 Hearing 3/12 at 2:30 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates McComas, Alston, Aumann, Bates, Dwyer, Frank, Glass, Impallaria, Krebs, McConkey, McMillan, W. Miller, Parrott, Ready, B. Robinson, Schuh, Schulz, and Stocksdale |
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Filed Under: Elections Amending the Maryland Constitution to provide for the Initiative; recognizing the power of the people to petition to a vote a proposal to add to, amend, and repeal the Maryland Constitution or the public general laws under specified circumstances; prescribing requirements for the petition and for voting on the proposal; specifying that initiated proposals that are adopted may not be changed or repealed within 2 years except under specified circumstances; submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State of Maryland; etc. |
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HB872 Cremation Choice Act of 2012 Last House Action: 3/13 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hucker, Cullison, Barkley, Barve, Carr, Feldman, Harrison, Kaiser, Luedtke, and Vaughn |
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Filed Under: Business Regulation and Occupations Expanding the definition of "cremation" used by the Office of Cemetery Oversight and the State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors to also mean cold cremation, which is the disposition of human remains by deep freezing and evaporation. |
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HB873 Assisted Reproduction Agreements - Court Approval, Notice, and Required Records Last House Action: 2/10 Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Costa, Cullison, Hubbard, A. Kelly, Kipke, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, and V. Turner |
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Filed Under: Family Law Authorizing intended parents, gamete donors, and a prospective gestational carrier to enter into a specified gestational agreement under specified circumstances; authorizing a gestational agreement to contain specified provisions; requiring a provider to provide each participant involved in an assisted reproduction with a specified notice containing specified information; etc. |
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HB874 Income Tax - Seniors Tax Relief Act Last House Action: 2/9 First Reading Ways and Means Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Aumann, Bates, Boteler, Cluster, Eckardt, Frank, Hershey, Hogan, Holmes, Hough, Howard, Jacobs, Kach, McComas, McConkey, McDonough, Minnick, Olszewski, Ready, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Stocksdale, Vitale, Weir, and Wood |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Income Increasing the amount allowed as a deduction for additional exemptions under the Maryland income tax for individuals who as of the last day of the taxable year are blind or are at least 65 years old; applying the Act to tax years beginning after December 31, 2013; etc. |
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HB875 Public Safety - Explosives - Package of Components Last House Action: 2/10 Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Conway, Cane, Jacobs, Malone, Otto, Rudolph, and Wood |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Altering the definition of "explosives" to include two or more components that are packaged together for sale and when combined create a bomb or destructive device designed to operate by chemical, mechanical, or explosive action. |
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HB876 Property and Casualty Insurance - Commercial Policies - Notices of Premium Increases Last House Action: 2/14 Hearing 3/1 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Jameson |
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Filed Under: Insurance - Other than Health Altering the scope of provisions of law that require an insurer to send to a named insured and an insurance producer a specified notice of a premium increase for policies of commercial insurance and policies of workers' compensation insurance; providing that the provisions of law do not apply to policies for which the renewal policy premium is in excess of $500 and an increase over the expiring policy premium of 5% or less; etc. |
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HB877 Cecil County - Deer Hunting on Private Property - Sundays Last House Action: 3/15 Favorable Report Adopted Second Reading Passed Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Glass |
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Filed Under: Hunting and Fishing Authorizing a person in Cecil County to hunt deer on specified Sundays on private property using a bow and arrow or crossbow during specified months. |
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HB878 Public Utilities - Smart Meters - Opt-Out Option Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Glass and Boteler |
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Filed Under: Utility Regulation Requiring a specified electric company to give written notice to specified customers before installing smart meters on a customer's premises under specified circumstances; specifying that only a landlord that owns premises may opt out of a smart meter installation; establishing a process by which a specified customer shall be deemed to have given permission to a specified electric company to install a smart meter; etc. |
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HB879 Environment - Statewide Electronics Recycling Program Last House Action: 2/13 Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Morhaim |
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Filed Under: Environment Making specified provisions of law relating to registration under the Statewide Electronics Recycling Program applicable to specified manufacturers; altering specified fees to be paid to the Department of the Environment; requiring that specified sales data be treated as confidential and proprietary; requiring a manufacturer that has a takeback program to destroy or sanitize data from returned electronic devices in a specified manner; increasing fines; etc. |
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HB880 Property Tax - Credit for Individuals At Least 60 Years Old Last House Action: 2/9 First Reading Ways and Means Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Glass, Bates, Boteler, Frush, Hough, Love, McComas, McDonough, Myers, and Stocksdale |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Property Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or of a municipal corporation to grant, by law, a tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on real property owned by and used as the principal residence of an individual who is at least 60 years old and of limited income; applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2012; etc. |
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HB881 Task Force to Review Property Tax Assessment Procedures and the Assessment Appeals Process Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/2 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Glass, Impallaria, McComas, McDonough, Mitchell, Otto, Ready, Szeliga, and Vitale |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Property Establishing a Task Force to Review Property Tax Assessment Procedures and the Assessment Appeals Process; establishing the composition of the Task Force; requiring the Governor to designate the chair of the Task Force; providing for the staffing for the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving specified compensation; requiring that the Task Force issue a report by January 1, 2013; and terminating the Act at the end of June 30, 2013. |
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HB882 Income Tax Credit - Cat and Dog Adoption Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/2 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Glass, Boteler, Cardin, Fisher, Frush, Ivey, McComas, A. Miller, Mitchell, Ready, and Rosenberg |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Income Allowing an individual who adopts a cat or dog from an animal shelter or a rescue facility a $100 credit against the State income tax; providing that an individual may not claim the credit for more than 1 taxable year with respect to the same cat or dog; requiring the Comptroller to adopt regulations; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011; etc. |
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HB883 Family Law - Protective Orders - Additional Relief Last House Action: 3/8 Third Reading Passed (135-0) Last Senate Action: 3/9 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Delegates Glass, Braveboy, Dwyer, Frush, Hixson, Hough, Howard, Ivey, Jacobs, Kaiser, McComas, McDonough, A. Miller, Ready, Rosenberg, Ross, Schulz, Serafini, Stocksdale, Stukes, and Vitale |
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Filed Under: Family Law Authorizing a judge, in a final protective order, to order the respondent to remain a specified distance away from the residence, place of employment, school, or temporary residence of a person eligible for relief. |
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HB884 Electric, Gas, and Water Service - Default Notice to Condominium Unit Owners and Residents Last House Action: 2/13 Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Summers, Bobo, Braveboy, Gaines, Healey, Holmes, Howard, Ivey, Jacobs, Jones, Kaiser, Lafferty, McDonough, Niemann, B. Robinson, Stocksdale, and Zucker |
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Filed Under: Utility Regulation Requiring specified persons that directly bill the governing body of a condominium or a person designated by the governing body billed for the water, electric, or gas service to post notice at affected condominium units and mail notice to the last known address of the owners of affected condominium units authorizing specified persons to enter onto the common area of specified condominium property at specified times to post a notice on or near the entry of specified units; etc. |
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HB885 Fraudulent Insurance Acts - Individual Sureties - Contracts of Surety Insurance Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing cancelled Hearing 3/2 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Jameson, Barkley, Burns, Haddaway-Riccio, Impallaria, Love, W. Miller, Minnick, and Schulz |
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Filed Under: Insurance - Other than Health Establishing that it is a fraudulent insurance act for an individual surety to make a representation that it has legal authority to issue a contract of surety insurance or to issue a contract of surety insurance, except as provided in specified provisions of law; establishing that it is a fraudulent insurance act for a person to knowingly or willfully assist a person to obtain a contract of surety insurance from an individual surety, except as provided in specified provisions of law; etc. |
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HB886 Maryland After-School and Summer Opportunity Fund Program Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Ivey, Barve, Cardin, Clippinger, Glenn, Kaiser, Lafferty, McIntosh, Mitchell, Pena-Melnyk, B. Robinson, Rosenberg, Ross, Walker, and Washington |
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Filed Under: Education - Miscellaneous Transferring the Maryland After-School Opportunity Fund Program from the State Department of Education to the Governor's Office for Children; altering the name of the Program; limiting grant eligibility to nonprofit organizations and establishing parameters for awarding grants; etc. |
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HB887 Motor Vehicle Administration - Copy of Driving Record - Reduction of Fee for Additional Copies Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Glass, Boteler, Conaway, Hough, Impallaria, Jacobs, McComas, McDonough, Myers, Parrott, Ready, Schulz, Serafini, Szeliga, and Vitale |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Miscellaneous Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to charge a fee not to exceed $2 for each additional driving record requested at the same time as the first driving record. |
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HB888 Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Residential Rental Property - Delinquency - Receiver PG/MC 105-12 Last House Action: 2/27 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Prince George's County Delegation and Montgomery County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Bi-County Agencies Authorizing the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission or specified tenants of residential rental property in the sanitary district to institute an action for receivership in case of delinquency in accounts for water and sewer usage under specified circumstances; establishing a procedure for petitioning a circuit court for appointment of a receiver; requiring a court to issue a show cause order to an owner, a landlord, an agent, a manager, or other specified persons under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB889 Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Human Resources PG/MC 103-12 Last House Action: 3/15 Favorable Report Adopted Second Reading Passed Last Senate Action: No Action |
Prince George's County Delegation and Montgomery County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Bi-County Agencies Repealing a requirement that the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission submit changes of specified regulations to the Secretary of Budget and Management; repealing a provision stating that failure of the Secretary to act within a specified time period on receipt of a specified regulation constitutes approval; repealing a requirement that the Commission file a specified list of positions and salaries with the Secretary; etc. |
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HB890 Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Pipeline Construction - Contracts PG/MC 104-12 Last House Action: 3/15 Favorable Report Adopted Second Reading Passed Last Senate Action: No Action |
Prince George's County Delegation and Montgomery County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Bi-County Agencies Expanding the definition of a "facilities construction contract" to include the construction of a pipeline in order to authorize the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission to enter into a specified design/build contract for pipeline construction; and repealing a prohibition on the Commission from entering into a design/build contract for a pipeline. |
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HB891 Prince George's County - Real Property - Dwellings Rented to Individuals at Least 55 Years Old - Air-Conditioning Systems PG 414-12 Last House Action: 2/9 First Reading Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Prince George's County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Real Property Requiring, in Prince George's County, that specified residential dwelling structures offered for rent to individuals who are at least 55 years old and that are constructed or improved with the addition or alteration of heating, ventilation, or air-conditioning using State money on or after October 1, 2012, be equipped with an air- conditioning system that meets specified requirements; and requiring specified air-conditioning systems to be in compliance with specified codes. |
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HB892 Prince George's County - Qualifying Municipal Corporations - Land Use Decisions PG 411-12 Last House Action: 2/9 First Reading Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Prince George's County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Counties - Local Laws Defining "qualifying municipal corporation"; authorizing a governing body of a qualifying municipal corporation by resolution to exercise the powers of the Prince George's County Planning Board, the zoning hearing examiner for Prince George's County, or the County Council for Prince George's County, sitting as a district council, to make specified land use decisions; subjecting the exercise of those powers to the substantive and procedural requirements and standards established in the Prince George's County zoning ordinance; etc. |
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HB893 Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Commissioners - Salary PG/MC 113-12 Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Prince George's County Delegation and Montgomery County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Bi-County Agencies Authorizing the County Council of Montgomery County and the County Council of Prince George's County to authorize supplementary salaries as may be appropriate for the commissioners of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission from their respective counties; etc. |
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HB894 Washington Suburban Sanitary District - Unpaid Water and Sewer Charges - Collection and Liens PG/MC 106-12 Last House Action: 2/9 First Reading Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Prince George's County Delegation and Montgomery County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Bi-County Agencies Providing that if a bill for water and sewer services within the Washington Suburban Sanitary District is not paid within a specified time period the charges, interest, and penalties constitute a lien in favor of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, extending to specified property and rights to property belonging to a specified person or fiduciary estate; requiring the Commission to file a notice of a specified lien with the clerk of the circuit court for the county in which the property is located; etc. |
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HB895 Prince George's County - Authority to Impose Fees for Use of Disposable Bags PG 402-12 Last House Action: 3/8 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Prince George's County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Counties - Local Laws Authorizing Prince George's County to impose, by law, a fee on specified retail establishments for use of disposable bags under specified circumstances; and defining "disposable bag". |
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HB896 The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission Transparency and Rate Relief Act of 2012 PG/MC 107-12 Last House Action: 3/5 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Prince George's County Delegation and Montgomery County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Bi-County Agencies Altering the terms of Washington Suburban Sanitary District bonds and refunding bonds that may be issued by the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission to decrease from 40 to 23 the number of years that a bond may mature from the date of issuance; requiring the Commission to reduce the sum owed for extinguishment or redemption of a front foot benefit charge by 3% under specified circumstances; prohibiting the Commission from raising the service rate for water or sewage usage by more than 5% for fiscal year 2013; etc. |
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HB897 Prince George's County - Property Tax - Installment Payment Schedule PG 416-12 Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/2 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Prince George's County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Property - Local Authorizing the governing body of Prince George's County to provide, by law, a six-installment payment schedule for State, county, municipal, and special taxing district property taxes due on owner- occupied residential property if the homeowner is eligible for the homeowner's property tax credit and the property does not contain specified encumbrances; requiring the governing body to provide, by law, for provisions necessary to carry out the installment payment schedule; applying the Act to tax years after June 30, 2013; etc. |
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HB898 Prince George's County - Property Tax - Exemption for Economic Development Projects PG 418-12 Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Prince George's County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Property - Local Providing for specified exemptions from county property tax for specified economic development projects located in designated focus areas in Prince George's County; establishing requirements in order to qualify for the property tax exemption; requiring specified annual reports on projects for which Prince George's County has entered into payment in lieu of taxes agreements; etc. |
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HB899 Prince George's County - Department of Environmental Resources - Fee for Registration of Property Subject to Foreclosure PG 419-12 Last House Action: 2/9 First Reading Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Prince George's County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Real Property Authorizing the Director of the Prince George's County Department of Environmental Resources to collect a fee from a person authorized to make a foreclosure sale for a notice of a filing to foreclose on residential or commercial property; and requiring the fee collected to be used for specified purposes. |
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HB900 Prince George's County - Proposed Subdivisions - Escrow Funds for Traffic Mitigation PG/MC 109-12 Last House Action: 3/9 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Prince George's County Delegation and Montgomery County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Counties - Local Laws Authorizing the Prince George's County Planning Board, if it makes specified findings, to allow a developer of a proposed subdivision that would increase traffic in a roadway or intersection beyond a specified level to pay a fee into a specified escrow fund instead of making specified necessary improvements to the roadway or intersection; providing for the calculation of the fee; providing for the permissible uses of an escrow fund under the Act; limiting the application of the Act to specified areas; etc. |
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HB901 Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - High Performance Buildings PG/MC 110-12 Last House Action: 3/6 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Prince George's County Delegation and Montgomery County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Bi-County Agencies Requiring specified buildings owned by the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission to be high performance buildings under specified circumstances; exempting specified building types from specified high performance building standards; authorizing the Commission to request specified waivers from specified high performance building standards; authorizing a county council, with approval of the county executive, to issue a specified waiver under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB902 Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Minority Business Enterprise Utilization Program - Termination Extension PG/MC 102-12 Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Prince George's County Delegation and Montgomery County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Bi-County Agencies Continuing from July 1, 2012, until July 1, 2017, specified provisions relating to procurement from minority business enterprises by the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission. |
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HB903 Prince George's County - Adults with Developmental Disabilities Citizen's Advisory Committee PG 407-12 Last House Action: 2/22 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Prince George's County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Public Health Establishing the Adults with Developmental Disabilities Citizen's Advisory Committee in Prince George's County; providing for the purposes, membership, and duties of the Advisory Committee; requiring the Advisory Committee to elect officers from among its members; requiring a specified office in the Developmental Disabilities Administration to provide specified assistance to the Advisory Committee; requiring the Advisory Committee to meet at least once each month; etc. |
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HB904 Prince George's County - Drug Free School Zones - Hotline Number on Signs PG 406-12 Last House Action: 3/19 Favorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Prince George's County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Education - Local Bills Requiring that a hotline number to report information concerning suspected illegal drug activity be included on all new and replacement signs designating specified areas as drug free school zones in Prince George's County. |
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HB905 Task Force to Study Water and Sewer Construction Charges by Developers in the Washington Suburban Sanitary District Last House Action: 3/16 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Griffith |
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Filed Under: Bi-County Agencies Establishing a Task Force to Study Water and Sewer Construction Charges by Developers in the Washington Suburban Sanitary District; establishing the membership and staffing of the Task Force; providing for the election of the chair of the Task Force; providing that the members of the Task Force may not receive compensation but are entitled to specified reimbursement; providing for the duties of the Task Force; etc. |
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HB906 Prince George's County - Common Ownership Communities - Fee for Administrative Hearing Services PG 401-12 Last House Action: 3/15 Favorable with Amendments {480913/1 Report Adopted Second Reading Passed with Amendments Last Senate Action: No Action |
Prince George's County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Counties - Local Laws Authorizing Prince George's County, by ordinance, to impose and collect a fee for the provision of mandatory administrative hearing services for the resolution of disputes involving a common ownership community located in the county; and authorizing Prince George's County to include specified provisions in the ordinance. |
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HB907 Environment - Natural Gas Production - Severance Tax Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates McIntosh and Hixson |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Miscellaneous Imposing a severance tax on the removal of natural gas from specified gas wells in the State; requiring a permit holder or producer to submit to the Department of the Environment specified reports in a specified manner; providing for the collection of the tax by the Department; requiring revenue from the tax to be deposited in a separate account within the Oil and Gas Fund; etc. |
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HB908 Election Law - Boards of Elections - Membership Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Ross, Alston, Anderson, Braveboy, Haynes, and Stukes |
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Filed Under: Elections Altering the membership of the State Board of Elections and the local boards of elections by replacing principal minority party members with members who are not affiliated with the majority party; requiring the Governor to appoint members of the State Board and the local boards who are not affiliated with the majority party in a specified manner; providing for filling a vacancy on a local board of elections in a seat formerly held by a member who is not affiliated with the majority party; etc. |
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HB909 Crimes - Synthetic Cannabinoid - Schedule I - Penalties Last House Action: 2/10 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Vitale and Eckardt |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Listing specified chemical compounds, known as synthetic cannabinoids, on Schedule I for purposes of designating controlled dangerous substances that may not be legally used, possessed, or distributed; prohibiting a person from knowingly or intentionally possessing a specified synthetic cannabinoid; prohibiting a person from manufacturing, selling, distributing, or possessing with intent to sell or distribute a specified synthetic cannabinoid; establishing penalties, etc. |
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HB910 Frederick County - Budgetary Processes Last House Action: 2/23 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Frederick County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Counties - Local Laws Renaming specified balances in the general fund of Frederick County; requiring that if a specified committed general fund balance is appropriated and expended by the County Commissioners of Frederick County, the County Commissioners shall replenish the committed general fund balance by the end of the following third fiscal year. |
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HB911 Natural Resources - Commercial Fishing - Crabs and Striped Bass Last House Action: 3/14 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Jacobs |
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Filed Under: Hunting and Fishing Prohibiting a tidal fish licensee who is authorized to fish for striped bass and catch crabs for commercial purposes from fishing for striped bass using a hook and line and catching crabs in any manner at the same time. |
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HB912 Domestic Animals - Pet and Animal Guardians Last House Action: 3/12 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Kach and Olszewski |
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Filed Under: Local Government - Generally Changing variations of the term "own" to variations of the term "guardian" in specified provisions of law relating to dogs; requiring the publishers of the Annotated Code of Maryland, in consultation with the Department of Legislative Services, to replace specified references in the Code to the term "own" with the term "guardian" in relationship with specified domestic animals and to describe specified corrections in the Code; etc. |
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HB913 Residential Multiple Occupancy Buildings - Master Meters - Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Services Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing cancelled Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Davis |
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Filed Under: Utility Regulation Repealing the termination provision of a specified provision authorizing the use of master meters for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning equipment in residential multiple occupancy buildings. |
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HB914 Recordation Tax - Public Utilities - Indemnity Mortgages Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Kipke (By Request - Anne Arundel County Administration) |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Recordation and Transfer Providing that secured debt with respect to specified indemnity mortgages on specified public utility property securing a guarantee of repayment of a loan is deemed for purposes of the recordation tax to be incurred when and to the same extent as debt is incurred on the guaranteed loan and the recordation tax applies with respect to these indemnity mortgages in a specified manner; defining terms; etc. |
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HB915 Commercial Fishing and Seafood Operations - Nuisance Actions - Exemption Last House Action: 2/14 Hearing 3/9 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Jacobs, Afzali, Cluster, Eckardt, Frank, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, McDermott, Norman, Otto, Smigiel, Summers, and Weir |
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Filed Under: Hunting and Fishing Expanding the application of specified provisions of law relating to the protection of agricultural operations from nuisance actions under specified circumstances to apply to specified commercial fishing and seafood operations; exempting specified commercial fishing and seafood operations from nuisance lawsuits; authorizing an appeal of a local agency's decision on a nuisance complaint against a commercial fishing or seafood operation to a circuit court; etc. |
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HB916 State Retirement and Pension System - Study of Asset Management Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Braveboy |
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Filed Under: State Pensions and Retirement Requiring the Governor's Office of Minority Affairs to conduct a study of the Maryland State Retirement and Pension System and all funds managed by the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System to determine the capacity to select minority fund managers across all asset classes and to determine methods that best assure the recruitment and selection of minority companies for fund-to-fund management or direct management by the Investment Division of the State Retirement Agency; etc. |
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HB917 Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Retirement Income Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Gilchrist, Barkley, Cardin, Ivey, A. Miller, Myers, Schuh, and Serafini |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Income Altering the calculation of the maximum subtraction modification allowed under the Maryland income tax for specified retirement income under specified circumstances; including income from specified rollover individual retirement accounts in the subtraction modification under specified circumstances; applying the Act to tax years after 2011; etc. |
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HB918 Sales and Use Tax - Alcoholic Beverages - Calculation of Tax Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hixson, Afzali, Barve, Cardin, Frick, George, Howard, Ivey, Kaiser, Kipke, Luedtke, McDonough, McMillan, A. Miller, W. Miller, Rosenberg, Ross, Rudolph, Stocksdale, and Summers |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Sales and Use Altering the definition of "taxable price" to include a mandatory gratuity charge or service charge in the nature of a tip for serving specified items to a group containing at least 11 individuals; altering the sales and use tax rate for a mandatory gratuity charge or service charge in the nature of a tip under specified circumstances; modifying the calculation of the sales and use tax rate applicable to charges for labor, materials, or property used in connection with the sale of an alcoholic beverage; etc. |
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HB919 Prince George's County - Issuance, Transfer, and Renewal of Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Payment of Taxes PG 302-12 Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (134-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Prince George's County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Prohibiting the Board of License Commissioners for Prince George's County from issuing or renewing a license unless the Board is provided verification that undisputed taxes have been paid or that payment has been provided for; authorizing the Board to condition the issuance of a license for which a transfer has been approved on verification of specified information; and specifying that tax verification requirements apply to the principals and owners of specified entities. |
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HB920 Maryland Uniform Athlete Agents Act - Definitions and Prohibitions Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Rosenberg |
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Filed Under: Business Regulation and Occupations Altering the definition of "agency contract" to include a specified agreement in which a student-athlete authorizes a person to assess and plan for the financial benefits that may arise out of the student- athlete's professional sports career; altering the definition of "athlete agent" to include specified individuals who facilitate the connection to a student-athlete signing an agency contract or who enter into a specified agreement with a student-athlete or solicit or recruit the student-athlete to enter into the agreement; etc. |
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HB921 Crimes - Solicitation - Statute of Limitations Last House Action: 2/10 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Waldstreicher |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Providing that the statute of limitations for the crime of solicitation is the statute of limitations for the prosecution of the substantive crime that is the subject of the solicitation. |
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HB922 Maryland Smart Growth Advisory Council Last House Action: 3/16 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Clagett |
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Filed Under: Economic and Community Development Establishing the Maryland Smart Growth Advisory Council; requiring the Council to advise the Smart Growth Subcabinet on specified issues; requiring the Smart Growth Subcabinet to work with the Council to resolve specified local government issues; requiring the Council to inform the Governor and the General Assembly of issues concerning the implementation of smart growth policies; requiring the Council to make an annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly; etc. |
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HB923 Property Tax Credit - Neighborhood Conservation Act of 2012 Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Lafferty, Beidle, Bromwell, Clippinger, Cluster, Holmes, Morhaim, Niemann, and Summers |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Property - Local Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant, by law, a property tax credit against the property tax imposed on owner- occupied residential real property located in specified neighborhood conservation areas; providing for the duration and eligibility criteria for the credit; specifying the taxable year in which the tax credit is first applicable; etc. |
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HB924 Vehicle Laws - Local Authority - Use of Highways by Snowmobiles Last House Action: 2/13 Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Beitzel |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Miscellaneous Altering the authority of local jurisdictions to designate a portion of a highway for snowmobile use to facilitate access between trails by repealing the requirement that the snowmobile trails accessed be designated by the Department of Natural Resources; etc. |
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HB925 Video Lottery Terminals - Expansion to Alcoholic Beverages Licensed Establishments and Fraternal Organizations Last House Action: 2/16 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Weir and Minnick |
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Filed Under: Gaming Amending the Maryland Constitution to authorize the State to issue video lottery operation licenses to holders of alcoholic beverages licenses and to nonprofit fraternal organizations; altering the number of video lottery terminals that may be authorized in the State; and submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State of Maryland for their adoption or rejection. |
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HB926 Courts and Judicial Proceedings - Testimony by Convicted Perjurer Last House Action: 3/19 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Krebs, Elliott, Ready, and Stocksdale |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Establishing an exception to the prohibition on a person convicted of perjury testifying in a proceeding for a person whose testimony relates to events in which the person is an alleged victim. |
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HB927 Calvert County - Electronic Bingo Last House Action: 2/16 Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Calvert County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Gaming Allowing an entity in Calvert County licensed to offer electronic or instant bingo under a commercial bingo license on December 31, 2008, or a specified qualified organization to continue to operate a game of electronic or instant bingo under specified conditions; requiring the State Lottery Commission to establish procedures and regulations relating to electronic bingo machines in Calvert County; imposing tax rates on specified net proceeds; and terminating the Act at the end of June 30, 2016. |
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HB928 Video Lottery Terminals - Increase in Number of Terminals and Licensees Last House Action: 2/16 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Weir |
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Filed Under: Gaming Increasing the number of video lottery operation licenses and video lottery terminals that may be awarded by the Video Lottery Facility Location Commission; authorizing the awarding of video lottery operation licenses to holders of specified alcoholic beverages licenses in the State; limiting the number of video lottery terminals that may be operated in one licensed establishment; making the Act contingent on the passage and ratification of a constitutional amendment; etc. |
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HB929 Environment - Recycling Rates and Waste Diversion - Statewide Goals Last House Action: 2/13 Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Stein, Frush, and Niemann |
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Filed Under: Environment Altering dates by which specified counties must include and implement recycling and waste diversion goals in the counties' recycling plans; increasing specified recycling and waste diversion goals that must be included in the counties' recycling plans; establishing statewide waste diversion and recycling goals; authorizing the statewide recycling goals to be met through cooperative efforts of specified parties; etc. |
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HB930 Correctional Services - Correctional Officer - Emergency Suspension Rescinded Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Proctor, Vallario, Anderson, Aumann, Beitzel, Bohanan, Clagett, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Haynes, Hucker, James, Jones, K. Kelly, McConkey, Mitchell, Mizeur, B. Robinson, Sophocleus, Stocksdale, Stukes, Valderrama, Washington, Wood, and Zucker |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Providing that a State correctional officer who receives an emergency suspension without pay after being charged with a felony and who is not convicted of the felony shall have the emergency suspension rescinded and any lost time, compensation, status, and benefits restored. |
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HB931 Department of Planning - State Development Plan - Approval by the General Assembly Last House Action: 3/14 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Clagett, Barkley, Beitzel, Bohanan, Bromwell, Cluster, DeBoy, Hogan, James, K. Kelly, Kipke, Krebs, Minnick, B. Robinson, Schulz, Stocksdale, and Wood |
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Filed Under: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials Requiring the Secretary of Planning to submit a State Development Plan to the General Assembly; prohibiting the Plan from being finalized until it is approved by an Act of the General Assembly; requiring the Governor to file with the Secretary of State the Plan, part of the Plan, or revision to the Plan, together with any comments made by the Governor after enactment of a law that approves the Plan; etc. |
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HB932 Department of Planning - State Development Plan - Denial of Projects, Permits, Approvals, or State Funding Last House Action: 3/14 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Clagett |
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Filed Under: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials Prohibiting the State Development Plan from being used to create or establish a new cause for State denial of specified projects, permits, or approvals or to deny specified State funding. |
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HB933 Sales and Use Tax - Tax-Free Periods - University and College Textbooks Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/9 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hixson, Cardin, Howard, Ivey, Kaiser, Luedtke, A. Miller, Ross, Stukes, Summers, F. Turner, and Walker |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Sales and Use Designating specified periods each year to be tax-free periods during which an exemption from the sales and use tax is provided for the sale of specified textbooks purchased by a full-time or part-time student enrolled at a public senior higher education institution or regional higher education center; etc. |
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HB934 Residential Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Procedures for Conducting Eviction Last House Action: 2/13 Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Frush |
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Filed Under: Real Property Requiring, notwithstanding any other law, rule, or practice, that a sheriff, a constable, or any other law enforcement officer be present when a warrant of eviction to remove personal property from specified residential premises or to exclude others from access to or use of the residential premises is executed. |
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HB935 Real Property - Commercial Buildings - Energy Usage Last House Action: 2/13 Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Stein |
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Filed Under: Real Property Requiring the landlord of a privately owned commercial building to provide energy usage information to a prospective tenant under specified circumstances; authorizing a landlord to refuse to provide energy usage information for security reasons; establishing a specified penalty; and providing for a delayed effective date. |
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HB936 Task Force on the Establishment of a Statewide Spay/Neuter Fund - Sunset Extension Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (133-2) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegate Frush (Chair, Task Force on the Establishment of a Statewide Spay/Neuter Fund) and Delegates Healey, Kach, Kaiser, A. Kelly, B. Robinson, and Sophocleus |
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Filed Under: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials Altering the date by which the Task Force on the Establishment of a Statewide Spay/Neuter Fund is required to report its findings and legislative recommendations to the Governor and specified committees of the General Assembly; and extending the termination date of the Task Force. |
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HB937 Creation of a State Debt - Annapolis Historic District - Sprinkler Assistance Revolving Fund Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 10:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates George, Costa, Kipke, Love, and Schuh |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $500,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Annapolis Economic Development Corporation for a specified revolving low interest loan fund; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB938 Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - Licensed Premises - Extended Hours Last House Action: 3/13 Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Tarrant, Branch, Glenn, Harrison, Mitchell, Oaks, and Stukes |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Authorizing in Baltimore City specified premises, equipped with specified kitchen facilities and utensils and for which a Class B-D-7 license and an adult entertainment license have been issued, to continue to serve food and allow patrons to consume alcoholic beverages until 3 a.m.; and specifying an annual fee of $750. |
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HB939 Motor Vehicle Combinations - Use on Maryland Route 212 Prohibited Last House Action: 2/27 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Frush, Pena-Melnyk, and Barnes |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Miscellaneous Prohibiting any commercial tractor-trailer or other vehicle combination 48 feet or more in length from using Maryland Route 212 in Prince George's County. |
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HB940 Maryland Building Performance Standards - Hotels - Mandatory Master Control Device Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing cancelled Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Stein, Bobo, Cane, Carr, Gilchrist, Holmes, Hucker, Morhaim, and Weir |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Requiring that guest rooms in newly constructed hotels be equipped with a device that turns off lighting fixtures after a specified period of time; authorizing the required device to control heating, ventilation, or air conditioning default settings; requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to adopt specified provisions as a part of the Maryland Building Performance Standards; etc. |
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HB941 Maryland Business Tax Fairness Act Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Ross, Hucker, Arora, Barnes, Bobo, Braveboy, Carr, Cullison, Frush, Gaines, Glenn, Healey, Holmes, Hubbard, Kaiser, Luedtke, A. Miller, Murphy, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, B. Robinson, S. Robinson, Rosenberg, Stukes, Summers, V. Turner, Walker, and |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Income Requiring specified corporations to compute Maryland taxable income using a combined reporting method; requiring, subject to specified regulations, specified groups of corporations to file a combined income tax return reflecting the aggregate income tax liability of all the members of the group; requiring the Comptroller to adopt specified regulations; requiring the regulations to be consistent with regulations adopted by the Multistate Tax Commission; applying the Act to tax years beginning after 2012; etc. |
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HB942 Criminal Procedure - Sex Offender Registration Requirements - Kidnapping Last House Action: 2/10 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Vallario, Alston, Dumais, Simmons, Valentino-Smith, Waldstreicher, and Wilson |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Altering the offenses for which a person can be required to register on a specified registry; and providing for the retroactive application of the Act to all persons convicted of kidnapping under a specified section of the Criminal Law Article who have been required to register on the State Sex Offender Registry since the enactment of specified Acts of the General Assembly. |
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HB943 Income Tax Credit - Qualified Research and Development Expenses - Small Business Refund Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Barve |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Income Defining "small business" as it relates to a refund in connection with a credit against the State income tax for specified research and development expenses incurred by an individual or corporation; altering the total amount of credits that the Department of Business and Economic Development may approve in a calendar year; providing that specified unused credits may be claimed as a refund; and applying the Act to Maryland research and development tax credits certified after December 15, 2012. |
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HB944 Vehicle Laws - Speed Monitoring Systems - Enforcement Last House Action: 2/13 Hearing 3/9 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Frush, Hubbard, and B. Robinson |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road Authorizing specified persons to sign a statement that alleges, based on inspection of recorded images from a speed monitoring system, that a motor vehicle was being operated in violation of highway speed laws; and authorizing specified persons to swear to and affirm for evidentiary purposes, based on inspection of recorded images from a speed monitoring system, that a motor vehicle was being operated in violation of highway speed laws. |
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HB945 Vehicle Laws - Registration Restrictions Last House Action: 3/12 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Frush, Healey, Hubbard, McDonough, B. Robinson, and Sophocleus |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to notify in writing at specified times an owner of a vehicle registered in the State of any restriction placed on the vehicle's registration and the reason for the placement of the restriction; requiring the Administration to notify immediately in writing an owner of a vehicle registered in the State of any rescission of a restriction on the vehicle's registration; etc. |
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HB946 Bicycles, Play Vehicles, and Unicycles - Riding on Sidewalks Last House Action: 2/13 Hearing 3/9 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates A. Miller, Carr, Kaiser, and S. Robinson |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road Repealing a restriction, under specified circumstances, on riding a bicycle, play vehicle, or unicycle on a sidewalk or sidewalk area. |
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HB947 Horse Racing - Purse Dedication Account - Use of Funds for Operating Assistance Last House Action: 2/27 Hearing cancelled Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates F. Turner, Afzali, Boteler, Branch, Glass, Howard, Ivey, Luedtke, A. Miller, Stukes, Summers, and Walker |
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Filed Under: Horse Racing Repealing a restriction that limits to calendar year 2012 the use of specified Purse Dedication Account funds by Ocean Downs Race Course and Rosecroft Raceway for operating assistance to support a minimum of 40 live racing days at each of these race courses; placing restrictions on the receipt of specified Purse Dedication Account grants; etc. |
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HB948 Prevailing Wage Enforcement Act Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Mizeur, Barkley, Braveboy, Frush, Glenn, Howard, Ivey, Ross, Summers, Waldstreicher, and Washington |
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Filed Under: State Government - Procurement Requiring the Division of Labor and Industry in the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to collect and retain a specified civil penalty rather than have the penalty paid into the General Fund; requiring a contractor to pay specified liquidated damages for late submission of payroll records to the Division and not to the General Fund; requiring a contractor to pay specified liquidated damages for failing to pay a specified laborer or employee the prevailing wage to the Division and not to the General Fund; etc. |
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HB949 Death Penalty Repeal and Appropriation from Savings to Aid Survivors of Homicide Victims Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Rosenberg, Alston, Anderson, Arora, Aumann, Barnes, Bobo, Branch, Braveboy, Burns, Cane, Carr, Carter, Conaway, Cullison, Dumais, Feldman, Frick, Frush, Gaines, Gilchrist, Glenn, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Harrison, Haynes, Healey, Hixson, Holmes, H |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Repealing the death penalty; repealing procedures and requirements related to the death penalty; providing that in cases in which the State has filed a notice to seek a sentence of death, the notice shall be considered withdrawn and it shall be considered a notice to seek a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole under specified circumstances; providing that persons serving life sentences are not eligible for Patuxent Institution under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB950 Renewable Portfolio Standard - Solar - Small Solar On-Site Generators and Solar Water Heating Systems Last House Action: 2/14 Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Barve, Conway, Gaines, and Kramer |
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Filed Under: Utility Regulation Requiring that a specified percentage of the renewable energy portfolio standard for solar be from small solar on-site generators under specified circumstances; requiring an electricity supplier to purchase solar renewable energy credits from small solar on-site generators each year before purchasing solar renewable energy credits produced from other generating facilities in order to meet a specified requirement; etc. |
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HB951 Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Forest Heights Town Hall Renovation Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 2:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates V. Turner, Valderrama, and Walker |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $130,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Mayor of the Town of Forest Heights for the design, repair, and renovation of the Forest Heights Town Hall; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB952 State Personnel - Teleworking - Eligibility Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 2/28 at 1:30 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates A. Miller, S. Robinson, and Washington |
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Filed Under: State Government - Personnel Stating that it is the policy of the State to have at least 25% of State employees participating in a telework program; providing that the Act applies to all employees in the Executive Branch of State government; requiring supervisors of specified State employees to approve requests to telework unless the supervisor makes a specified determination; and requiring a supervisor who denies a State employee's request to telework to provide to the employee a written description of the factors contributing to the denial. |
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HB953 Creation of a State Debt - Charles County - Heritage House Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 9:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Proctor and Vallario |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $100,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the African American Heritage Society of Charles County, Inc. for the repair, renovation, and reconstruction of the Heritage House, located in Waldorf; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB954 Health Care Decisions Act - Petitions by Surrogates - Court Actions Last House Action: 2/22 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Kipke, Afzali, Boteler, Eckardt, Elliott, Frank, George, Kach, Krebs, McComas, McConkey, Norman, Ready, Schulz, Stocksdale, and Szeliga |
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Filed Under: Public Health Authorizing a court to take specified actions if the court finds by a specified standard and on the petition of a specified individual that a decision by the health care agent of a patient violates the patient's advance directive or the wishes of the patient determined in accordance with specified standards; providing that specified individuals may not be denied access to a patient's medical records for specified purposes; etc. |
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HB955 Lead Poisoning - Affected Property - Window Replacement Last House Action: 3/14 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Rosenberg and Oaks |
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Filed Under: Environment Requiring that owners of affected properties replace all windows that have lead-based paint with windows that are lead-free under specified circumstances and within a specified time frame; etc. |
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HB956 Income Tax - Capital Gains Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Gutierrez, Carr, Carter, Cullison, Frush, Glenn, Howard, Hucker, Ivey, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, B. Robinson, S. Robinson, Ross, Stukes, and Washington |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Income Providing an additional Maryland individual income tax rate of 2% on net capital gains for individuals; etc. |
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HB957 Health Occupations - Public Disclosure of Professional Credentials Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Cullison, Bromwell, Frank, Kach, A. Kelly, Krebs, Luedtke, Murphy, Oaks, Reznik, Tarrant, and V. Turner |
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Filed Under: Health Occupations Requiring specified advertisements for health care services to identify and fully spell out the license or certification of specified health care practitioners; prohibiting a specified advertisement from being misleading; requiring specified health care practitioners to disclose the practitioner's licensure or certification by wearing a specified identification tag; prohibiting a physician from making specified representations to the public under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB958 Family Investment Program - Couples Advancing Together Pilot Program Last House Action: 2/22 Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Rosenberg and Haynes |
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Filed Under: Social Services - Generally Requiring the Secretary of Human Resources to establish the Couples Advancing Together Pilot Program in the Department of Human Resources; requiring the Program to be established in at least three counties in the State; requiring the Secretary to cooperate with specified persons on the establishment of the Program; requiring the implementation of specified policies and procedures in local departments; requiring the development of a referral process or integrated partnerships; establishing eligibility standards; etc. |
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HB959 Recordation and Transfer Taxes - Transfer of Property Between Related Entities - Exemption Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Barve, Branch, and Luedtke |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Recordation and Transfer Exempting from the recordation tax and the State transfer tax the transfer of real property between a parent partnership or limited liability company and its subsidiary or between subsidiaries wholly owned by the same parent partnership or limited liability company under specified circumstances; and exempting from the recordation tax and the State transfer tax the transfer of real property between specified entities under specified circumstances. |
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HB960 Real Property - Condominiums - Delinquency in Payments - Utility Service Last House Action: 2/13 Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Niemann |
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Filed Under: Real Property Authorizing a council of unit owners to petition the District Court to take a specified action against a unit owner who is delinquent in payments to the council of unit owners from which utility bills are paid by the council of unit owners. |
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HB961 Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Subrogation - Reduction Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Anderson, Costa, Cullison, Donoghue, Hubbard, Kach, A. Kelly, Lee, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Reznik, Rosenberg, and Tarrant |
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Filed Under: Public Health Requiring under specified circumstances that the amount for which the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has a right of subrogation for health care benefits or services paid or payable on behalf of a Maryland Medical Assistance Program recipient be reduced by a specified amount related to the amount of specified attorney's fees incurred by the Program recipient; etc. |
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HB962 Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - Video Lottery Facility and Video Lottery Concessionaire Licenses Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (134-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegate Anderson (By Request - Baltimore City Administration) and Delegates Branch, Conaway, Glenn, Oaks, B. Robinson, and Tarrant |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Creating in Baltimore City a Class BWL-VLF (video lottery facility) license and a Class BWL-VLC (concessionaire) license; specifying requirements for license applicants; authorizing the licensees to sell beer, wine, and liquor by the drink and by the bottle, for consumption on the premises of a video lottery facility or on grounds controlled by the video lottery facility licensee, as defined in the video lottery facility license; specifying license fees; etc. |
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HB963 Estates and Trusts - Appeal from Orphans' Court and Jurisdiction of Circuit Court Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Dumais |
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Filed Under: Estates and Trusts Requiring an appeal from a final judgment of an orphans' court to be to a circuit court; requiring an appeal to a circuit court from a final judgment of an orphans' court to be heard on the record made in the orphans' court rather than be heard de novo; providing that specified parties may elect to file specified cases in, or transfer specified cases to, a circuit court; and providing for the prospective application of the Act. |
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HB964 Labor and Employment - User Name and Password Privacy Protection Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Washington, Anderson, Clippinger, Frush, Love, A. Miller, B. Robinson, S. Robinson, and Smigiel |
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Filed Under: Private Sector Labor and Industry Prohibiting an employer from requesting or requiring that an employee or applicant disclose any user name, password, or other means for accessing a personal account or service through specified electronic communications devices; etc. |
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HB965 Income Tax Credit - General Services Administration Schedules Program - Preparation Expenses Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/2 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Barve and Branch |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Income Allowing individuals or corporations to claim a credit against the State income tax for up to 50% of qualified preparation expenses related to specified General Services Administration program applications and contract proposals; providing that the credit may not exceed the State income tax for the taxable year and that any unused credit may not be carried over to any other taxable year; etc. |
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HB966 Wicomico County - Board of Education - Selection of Members - Straw Ballot Last House Action: 2/22 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates McDermott, Eckardt, Haddaway-Riccio, and Otto |
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Filed Under: Elections Requiring that a question be placed on the ballot in Wicomico County at the November general election of 2012 to determine the sense of the voters of the County on the issue of changing the method of selecting members of the Wicomico County Board of Education; and providing for the carrying out of the straw ballot. |
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HB967 Pregnancy Outcomes - Confidential Statistical Reporting Requirements Last House Action: 2/22 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Kach, DeBoy, Donoghue, Elliott, and Wood |
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Filed Under: Public Health Requiring a hospital or facility in which a pregnancy is terminated to report the pregnancy termination to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; requiring a physician who provides specified medical care to submit a specified report to the Department; requiring the Department to submit a specified annual report to the Governor and General Assembly; providing for specified penalties; requiring the Department to adopt specified regulations; etc. |
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HB968 District Court Commissioners - Possession of Handguns on District Court Premises Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Vitale, Eckardt, George, Kipke, McConkey, and Schuh |
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Filed Under: Courts and Court Personnel - Statewide Prohibiting any restriction against a commissioner carrying a handgun on District Court premises if the commissioner has a valid handgun permit. |
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HB969 Income Tax - Credit to Businesses for Employment Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Vitale, Beidle, Eckardt, George, Love, and McConkey |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Income Allowing a credit against the State income tax for an employer that experiences a decline in revenue and does not terminate any employees; requiring the employer to submit an application with specified information; requiring the Comptroller to approve or deny an application within 60 days after it is submitted; requiring the Comptroller to issue a credit certificate if an application is approved; providing the credit may not exceed $500 per employee or $5,000 per employer; etc. |
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HB970 Property Tax Credit - Commercial Revitalization Districts Last House Action: 3/6 Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Vitale, Beidle, Eckardt, George, Holmes, Kipke, Lafferty, Love, McConkey, and Schuh |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Property - Local Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant, by law, a tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on property in specified commercial revitalization districts; etc. |
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HB971 Peace Order or Protective Order Petition - Respondent's Address Last House Action: 3/8 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Dumais, Anderson, Glenn, Lee, and Love |
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Filed Under: Family Law Altering the information required of a person filing a petition for a peace order or a protective order to include, if known, the home or business address of the respondent. |
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HB972 Higher Education Workforce Equity Act Last House Action: 2/22 Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Mizeur, Frush, Hixson, Barkley, Barnes, Barve, Bobo, Carr, Clagett, Davis, Donoghue, Frick, Gilchrist, Glenn, Gutierrez, Harrison, Haynes, Healey, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Hucker, Kaiser, A. Kelly, Lafferty, Lee, Love, Luedtke, McHale, A. Mil |
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Filed Under: State Government - Personnel Providing collective bargaining rights to tenured or tenure-track faculty, adjunct faculty, and graduate students in specified public institutions of higher education; and establishing separate collective bargaining units for tenured or tenure-track faculty, adjunct faculty, and graduate students. |
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HB973 Creation of a State Debt - Food and Friends, Inc. Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 9:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Mizeur, Carr, Dumais, Feldman, Hixson, Howard, Kaiser, Lee, Luedtke, Pena-Melnyk, Valderrama, and Vaughn |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $155,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Food and Friends, Inc. for the capital equipping of Food and Friends, Inc., located in Washington, D.C.; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB974 Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Knights of St. John Woodville School Building Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 9:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Proctor and Vallario |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $50,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Knights of St. John Commandery #373 for the renovation and reconstruction of the Knights of St. John Woodville School Building, located in Aquasco; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB975 Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Forest Conservation and Management Program Expenses Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/2 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Kach, Boteler, and Olszewski |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Income Allowing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for up to $500 of specified expenses incurred by individuals in connection with land preservation under the Forest Conservation and Management Program within the Department of Natural Resources; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011; etc. |
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HB976 Property Tax - Exemption for Blind Individuals and Surviving Spouses Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/2 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Vitale, Beidle, Eckardt, George, Love, McConkey, and Norman |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Property Increasing the amount of a property tax exemption for dwelling houses owned by specified blind individuals or surviving spouses of blind individuals from $15,000 of the assessed value of the dwelling to $30,000; etc. |
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HB977 Environment - Reduction of Lead Risk in Housing - Renovations and Repairs Last House Action: 3/14 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Rosenberg and Oaks |
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Filed Under: Environment Requiring, except for specified affected properties, that an activity that disturbs more than 3 square feet of painted surface in a specified building shall pass a test for lead-contaminated dust; authorizing the Department of the Environment to administer a renovation, repair, and painting program consistent with federal regulations; and requiring the Department to seek authorization to enforce the Environmental Protection Agency's Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule on or before March 31, 2013. |
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HB978 Juvenile Law - Prohibition Against Continued Detention Last House Action: 3/19 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Dumais, Carter, and Clippinger |
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Filed Under: Juvenile Law Prohibiting the continued detention, beyond emergency detention, of a child under the age of 14, unless the child is alleged to have committed an act that, if committed by an adult, would be punishable by death or life imprisonment. |
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HB979 Calvert County - Annual Financial Report - Filing Date Last House Action: 3/8 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Calvert County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Counties - Local Laws Altering the date by which Calvert County may file its annual financial report for the fiscal year with the Department of Legislative Services. |
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HB980 County Boards of Education - Children in Home Instruction Programs Last House Action: 3/14 Hearing cancelled Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Alston |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Altering the definition of "full-time equivalent enrollment" to include children participating in a home instruction program in accordance with a specified provision of law; requiring, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a county board of education to count specified children participating in a specified home instruction program in the county's full-time equivalent enrollment if the parent or guardian of the child agrees to require the child to participate in a specified testing program; etc. |
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HB981 Juvenile Law - Waiver or Transfer of Jurisdiction - Appeal Last House Action: 3/19 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Alston |
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Filed Under: Juvenile Law Establishing that an order of the juvenile court waiving its jurisdiction may be appealed to the Court of Special Appeals within a specified period of time; establishing that an order denying transfer of jurisdiction from a court exercising criminal jurisdiction in a case involving a child to the juvenile court may be appealed to the Court of Special Appeals within a specified period of time; establishing that an appeal under the Act stays any further proceedings in the case until the appeal is concluded; etc. |
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HB982 Health Insurance - Fees for Administrative Services Provided by Insurance Producers - Authorized Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Davis |
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Filed Under: Insurance - Health Authorizing an insurance producer who is licensed to sell health insurance to charge reasonable fees related to the administration of a health benefit plan that is sold by the insurance producer to an employer and covers eligible employees of the employer; providing that fees may not be charged by an insurance producer for specified services; requiring an insurance producer, before a fee for administrative services is charged, to disclose specified information; etc. |
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HB983 Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area - Prohibition - Junk and Scrap Metal Facilities Last House Action: 2/13 Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Frush and Hubbard |
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Filed Under: Natural Resources - Generally Requiring specified local critical area programs to, with a specified exception, prohibit the location of junkyards, scrap storage yards, and other scrap metal facilities in the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area; etc. |
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HB984 Vehicle Laws - Driving While Impaired by Controlled Dangerous Substance - Penalties Last House Action: 2/27 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates McDermott and Cluster |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Drunk Driving Increasing specified penalties for driving or attempting to drive a vehicle while impaired by a controlled dangerous substance. |
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HB985 Real Property - Foreclosure Sales - Bid Limitation for Secured Parties Last House Action: 3/14 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates McConkey and Sophocleus |
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Filed Under: Real Property Prohibiting a secured party or the secured party's assignee or representative from submitting more than one bid at a foreclosure sale. |
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HB986 Family Law - Child Support - Age of Majority - Postsecondary Education Last House Action: 3/8 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Alston, Arora, Bobo, Braveboy, Burns, Carter, Davis, DeBoy, Dumais, Eckardt, Frush, Gaines, Glenn, Guzzone, Harrison, Holmes, Howard, Ivey, James, Kaiser, A. Kelly, McDermott, A. Miller, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, B. Robinson |
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Filed Under: Family Law Providing that a person who has attained the age of 18 years and is enrolled in an institution of postsecondary education has the right to receive support and maintenance from both of the person's parents until the person dies, marries, is emancipated, graduates from or is no longer enrolled in an institution of postsecondary education, or attains the age of 21 years. |
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HB987 Stormwater Management - Watershed Protection and Restoration Program Last House Action: 2/13 Hearing 3/2 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hucker, Bobo, Carr, Frush, Gilchrist, Glenn, Gutierrez, Holmes, Kramer, Lafferty, Luedtke, Niemann, S. Robinson, Waldstreicher, and Zucker |
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Filed Under: Environment Requiring each county and municipality to adopt laws or ordinances to establish a watershed protection and restoration program on or before July 1, 2013; exempting a county or municipality if the county or municipality has enacted and implemented a specified system of charges in a specified manner by specified dates; requiring the program to include a stormwater remediation fee and a local watershed protection and restoration fund; requiring counties and municipalities to collect the fee and administer the fund; etc. |
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HB988 Consumer Protection - Recalls of Consumer Goods - Notice Last House Action: 2/13 Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Waldstreicher and Hucker |
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Filed Under: Commercial Law - Consumer Protection Requiring specified merchants that issue specified customer loyalty cards to consumers to notify a consumer of a recall of any consumer goods sold to the consumer under specified circumstances; requiring the notice to be given at a specified time, using specified contact information, and in the manner selected by the merchant; providing that the Act does not require a merchant to seek information about recalls of consumer goods from specified persons or sources or to request or maintain information about specified consumers; etc. |
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HB989 Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Commuter Expenses Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Luedtke |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Income Providing a subtraction under the Maryland income tax for up to $240 a month of commuter expenses of an individual; reducing the amount allowed as a subtraction by the amount excluded for the same purposes from federal gross income; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011; etc. |
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HB990 Vehicle Laws - Unattended Motor Vehicle - Exception to Prohibition Last House Action: 2/13 Hearing 3/9 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Frush, Gaines, Healey, Hubbard, Kaiser, Pena-Melnyk, B. Robinson, and Sophocleus |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road Creating an exception for the use of a remote keyless ignition system to the prohibition against leaving a motor vehicle unattended under specified circumstances. |
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HB991 Task Force to Study the Renovation and Repair Needs of Senior Homeowners Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (131-3) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegates Rosenberg and Carr |
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Filed Under: Elderly Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development, with the assistance of the Department of Aging, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and the Department of Human Resources, to create a task force to study methods for identifying and understanding the renovation and repair needs of low-income and limited-income senior homeowners and identifying resources to assist senior homeowners; requiring the task force to consult with and enlist the participation of specified stakeholders; requiring a specified report; etc. |
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HB992 Intergovernmental Cooperative Purchasing Agreement Requirements - Authority to Withhold Funds to Local Entities Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Morhaim |
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Filed Under: State Government - Procurement Requiring specified State and local entities to make specified efforts to determine if another State or local entity is participating in a specified contract before initiating a specified procurement; and authorizing that, in specified fiscal years, the secretaries of specified agencies may withhold specified percentages of funds distributed under specified programs to local entities under specified circumstances. |
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HB993 Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Conversion to Individual Unit Utility Metering Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Beidle, Gilchrist, Glenn, and Niemann |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Income Providing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for expenses paid by individual condominium unit owners to convert a condominium from master-metering to individual unit-metering for electricity, gas, or water utilities; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011; etc. |
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HB994 Maryland Small Business Resources Workgroup Last House Action: 3/16 Third Reading Passed (97-39) Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Mizeur and Vaughn |
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Filed Under: Economic and Community Development Establishing the Maryland Small Business Resources Workgroup; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Workgroup; prohibiting a member of the Workgroup from receiving compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of specified expenses; requiring the Workgroup to study and make recommendations regarding specified matters; requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2012; etc. |
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HB995 Maryland Energy Administration - Sustainable Energy Regulated Entity Financing Program Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing cancelled Hearing 3/9 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Niemann |
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Filed Under: Utility Regulation Authorizing the Maryland Energy Administration to create a Sustainable Energy Regulated Entity Financing Program to authorize sustainable energy regulated entities to provide residential renewable energy installations and residential energy efficiency measures to residential property owners under specified qualified contracts; stating the intent of the General Assembly; requiring the Administration to manage, supervise, and administer a specified Program; etc. |
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HB996 Renewable Energy for All Act Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Mizeur, Jameson, and A. Miller |
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Filed Under: Utility Regulation Establishing the Residential Biomass Heating System Grant Program in the Maryland Energy Administration to provide grants to individuals for a portion of the costs of acquiring and installing eligible biomass heating systems; requiring the Administration to administer the Program, establish specified procedures, and award grants up to a specified amount with existing resources; authorizing the Administration to use specified funds for specified other purposes under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB997 Commercial Law - Rental-Purchase Agreements Best Practices Act Last House Action: 2/13 Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Washington, Anderson, Arora, Bobo, Braveboy, Carr, Clippinger, Conaway, Cullison, Davis, Feldman, Frick, Frush, Gaines, Glenn, Howard, Hucker, Jameson, Kaiser, A. Kelly, Luedtke, McIntosh, A. Miller, Mitchell, Mizeur, Morhaim, Murphy, Nathan- |
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Filed Under: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation Altering the requirements for reinstating a rental-purchase agreement; altering the time allowed for a consumer to reinstate a rental- purchase agreement; requiring a consumer to pay specified interest and penalties under specified circumstances; requiring a reduction in payments under specified circumstances; requiring a lessor to maintain specified records for a specified amount of time; etc. |
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HB998 Counties - Compilations of Local Laws - Copies to State Agencies Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Allegany County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Counties - Generally Authorizing a county, at its discretion, to notify specified State agencies that a digital copy of a code or compilation of local laws enacted by the county is available as an alternative to the county depositing or furnishing printed copies of the code or compilation; and altering specified provisions regarding the Department of Legislative Services receiving copies of compilations of local laws. |
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HB999 Crimes - Child Abuse and Neglect - Failure to Report Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates McDermott, Afzali, Aumann, Boteler, DeBoy, Kach, McDonough, and B. Robinson |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Establishing that specified persons who are required to provide specified notice or make specified reports of suspected child abuse or neglect may not knowingly fail to give the notice or make the reports; establishing a misdemeanor and penalties for knowingly failing to report child abuse or neglect; etc. |
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HB1000 Civil Action - Wrongfully Selling or Furnishing Alcoholic Beverages Last House Action: 2/10 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Dumais and Simmons |
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Filed Under: Civil Actions and Procedures Providing that a civil action for specified damages may be brought against an alcoholic beverages licensee or the licensee's employee under specified circumstances for selling or furnishing alcoholic beverages to an individual who is under the age of 21 years or visibly under the influence of alcoholic beverages and who negligently drives or attempts to drive a motor vehicle after consuming the alcoholic beverages; etc. |
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HB1001 Public Library - Essential Community Service - Designation Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hixson, Barve, Cardin, Frick, Howard, Ivey, Kaiser, Luedtke, A. Miller, Ross, Stukes, Summers, and F. Turner |
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Filed Under: Education - Miscellaneous Designating public libraries as providing essential community services during an emergency for specified purposes. |
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HB1002 Gaming - Electronic Sweepstakes - Prohibition Last House Action: 2/16 Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Luedtke |
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Filed Under: Gaming Altering the definition of "slot machine" under the Criminal Law Article to include a machine or an electronic terminal commonly used in conjunction with an electronic sweepstakes. |
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HB1003 State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Benefits Last House Action: 3/12 Unfavorable Report by Appropriations Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Kach |
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Filed Under: State Government - Personnel Prohibiting the Secretary of Budget and Management from including a benefit for in vitro fertilization in the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program; requiring the Secretary to use the savings from the elimination of the in vitro fertilization benefit to support a benefit for autism spectrum disorder; and requiring the Secretary to consult with the Maryland Health Care Commission in developing the benefit for autism spectrum disorder. |
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HB1004 Medical Assistance Program - Generic Drug Reimbursement Program Last House Action: 2/23 Hearing cancelled Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Kach |
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Filed Under: Public Health Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish a generic drug reimbursement program; requiring the program to establish maximum reimbursement levels for specified generic drug products; requiring the program to require a manufacturer of a generic drug product in a specified therapeutic classification to submit specified pricing to the Department for review in order for the manufacturer to participate in the Maryland Medicaid Program; etc. |
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HB1005 Washington County - Tip Jars - Accountability and Oversight Last House Action: 2/16 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Washington County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Gaming Authorizing the County Commissioners of Washington County to require that the Washington County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association submit financial reports; authorizing the county commissioners to adopt specified regulations; authorizing the county commissioners to withhold funds under specified circumstances; requiring the Association to submit its budget to the county commissioners annually; prohibiting specified funds from being used for specified fire and rescue services; etc. |
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HB1006 Baltimore County - Public School Employees - Collective Bargaining Units Last House Action: 2/22 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Jones |
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Filed Under: Education - Local Bills Altering the definition of "public school employee" as it relates to provisions that relate to collective bargaining units of employees in Baltimore County; altering the composition of a unit of supervisory employees in Baltimore County; and establishing a unit of supervisory employees in Baltimore County. |
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HB1007 Election Law - Campaign Finance Entities - Retention of Records Last House Action: 3/15 Favorable Report Adopted Second Reading Passed Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates George, Cardin, and Summers |
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Filed Under: Elections Altering record retention requirements applicable to campaign finance entities by requiring that the account books and related records of a campaign finance entity be preserved until the earlier of 10 years after the creation of the record or 2 years after the campaign finance entity files a final campaign finance report. |
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HB1008 Vehicle Laws - Automotive Dismantlers and Recyclers or Scrap Processors - Disposal of Vehicles Last House Action: 2/13 Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Frush |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Miscellaneous Repealing provisions of law that authorize specified persons to transfer inoperable vehicles to an automotive dismantler and recycler or scrap processor without providing a certificate of title or fulfilling notice requirements; repealing a provision of law that authorizes an automotive dismantler and recycler or scrap processor to require specified vehicle transferors to execute a specified indemnity agreement; requiring the State Police to perform a stolen vehicle investigation under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB1009 State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Alcohol and Drug Counselor Trainees - Registry and Code of Ethics Requirements Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Hubbard |
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Filed Under: Health Occupations Requiring the State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists to maintain a registry of and adopt a code of ethics for individuals working as trainees under the supervision of approved alcohol and drug counselor supervisors. |
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HB1010 Family Law - Child Support - Definition of Actual Income Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates McConkey and Vitale |
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Filed Under: Family Law Excluding specified wages received from overtime work or a second job from the definition of "actual income" for the purposes of calculating child support. |
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HB1011 Procurement - State Motor Vehicles - Purchase Requirement Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Alston and Vallario |
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Filed Under: State Government - Procurement Requiring that the standards for the purchase of motor vehicles by the State be based on the lowest possible environmental impact of the motor vehicle; requiring the State to purchase electric or electric- hybrid motor vehicles; specifying an exception; and repealing a specified standard for the purchase of motor vehicles for State use. |
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HB1012 Ex-Offender Business Development Program Study Last House Action: 2/10 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 3/1 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Braveboy, and Nathan-Pulliam |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Requiring the Department of Business and Economic Development, Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation, and the Division of Parole and Probation in the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services jointly to study and evaluate the feasibility of establishing a business development program for ex-offenders and to identify funding sources for specified purposes; requiring a report to specified committees of the General Assembly on or before October 1, 2013. |
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HB1013 Environment - Lead Poisoning - Primary Prevention Fund Last House Action: 2/13 Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Rosenberg and Oaks |
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Filed Under: Environment Establishing a Lead Poisoning Primary Prevention Fund in the Department of the Environment; providing for the administration of the Fund; requiring the Department to use Fund for specified purposes; requiring money distributed from the Fund to be in the form of a grant; exempting the Fund from ? 7-302 of the State Finance and Procurement Article; requiring the Governor to include specified funding in the State budget for the Fund in specified fiscal years; etc. |
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HB1014 State Department of Education - Regulation Adoption Process - Public Input Last House Action: 2/22 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Gutierrez, Carr, Cullison, Glenn, Hucker, A. Kelly, A. Miller, Nathan-Pulliam, B. Robinson, S. Robinson, and Stukes |
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Filed Under: State Government - Regulations and Procedures Requiring the State Department of Education to hold public hearings on specified proposed regulations that contain a funding mandate or that will have a significant impact on local school systems; requiring the Department to hold a public hearing, make available written public comments, and respond to issues raised about the specified proposed regulations; and requiring the Department to provide specified information to the State Board a specified time period before the Board's meeting on final adoption of the proposed regulations. |
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HB1015 Maryland Health Security Act of 2012 Last House Action: 3/13 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Cullison, Anderson, Barkley, Barve, Bobo, Carr, Carter, Clagett, Conaway, Elliott, Frush, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Haynes, Hixson, Hubbard, Hucker, Kaiser, A. Kelly, Lee, Luedtke, A. Miller, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, B. Robinson, |
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Filed Under: Public Health Establishing the Maryland Health System; requiring the Health System to provide health care services to all residents of the State under a single system that is not dependent on employment; authorizing a member of the Health System to choose any participating health care provider; requiring the Health System to reimburse a member who receives health care services from an out-of-state health care provider under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB1016 Higher Education - Tuition Waiver - Children of Law Enforcement Officers Killed in the Line of Duty Last House Action: 3/12 Unfavorable Report by Appropriations Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Alston, Anderson, Arora, Bates, Bohanan, Braveboy, Burns, Carter, Clagett, Clippinger, Cluster, Conaway, Dumais, Dwyer, Feldman, Frank, Frick, Frush, Gaines, Glenn, Griffith, Hough, Howard, Hucker, Ivey, Kach, A. Kelly, K. Kelly, Kipke, McDer |
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Filed Under: Higher Education Waiving tuition and mandatory fees for children of State or local law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty who attend a public institution of higher education under specified circumstances; setting forth the conditions for receiving the waiver; exempting a specified child from paying the difference between specified amounts; providing for the duration of the waiver; requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to adopt regulations; etc. |
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HB1017 Injured Workers' Insurance Fund - Conversion to Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Company Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Davis |
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Filed Under: Workers' Compensation Providing that the Injured Workers' Insurance Fund be converted into a statutorily created, private, nonprofit, and nonstock workers' compensation insurer to be named the Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Company; providing that the Company be independent of State government; requiring, on a specified date, that specified functions, powers, duties, equipment, assets, property, accounts, liabilities, contracts, and obligations be irrevocably transferred to the Company; etc. |
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HB1018 Vehicle Laws - Parking for Individuals with Disabilities - Van Accessible Spaces Last House Action: 2/13 Hearing 3/9 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates George, Dumais, Kipke, and McComas |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road Prohibiting a person from stopping, standing, or parking a motor vehicle in a space designated as disabled van accessible unless the motor vehicle is a van and specified requirements are met; prohibiting a person from stopping, standing, or parking a motor vehicle in a specified access aisle accompanying a disabled van accessible parking space; requiring that a disabled van accessible parking space and the accompanying access aisle be identified in specified manners; etc. |
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HB1019 County Boards of Education - Green Product Cleaning Supplies - Written Policies Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Murphy, Barve, Branch, Carr, Frick, Gilchrist, Howard, Hubbard, Ivey, Kipke, Luedtke, Rosenberg, Ross, Stukes, Summers, and Walker |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Requiring a county board of education to adopt specified written policies relating to the procurement of green product cleaning supplies subject to specified exceptions; and requiring specified county boards to provide specified notice to the State Department of Education under specified circumstances. |
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HB1020 Maryland Animal Abuse Registry Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Frush, Barnes, Barve, Beidle, Bohanan, Bromwell, DeBoy, Frick, Gaines, Guzzone, Healey, Hubbard, Ivey, Kach, A. Kelly, Kipke, Lafferty, Love, McConkey, McDonough, Morhaim, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, B. Robinson, Ross, Stein, Summers |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Requiring the Department of State Police to establish the Maryland Animal Abuse Registry; requiring the Registry to be updated in a specified manner and to include specified information; requiring a person convicted of specified crimes involving animal cruelty to register with the county sheriff for a specified period in a specified manner; requiring a registrant to provide specified information for registration; requiring the county sheriff to obtain a photograph from a person registering under the Act; etc. |
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HB1021 Baltimore County - Division of Animal Control - Treatment of Unclaimed Dogs or Cats Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Kach, Aumann, Boteler, Bromwell, Burns, Cluster, DeBoy, Frank, Impallaria, Jones, Lafferty, Malone, McDonough, Minnick, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Stein, and Weir |
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Filed Under: Counties - Local Laws Requiring the Baltimore County Department of Health, Division of Animal Control to make it a priority to place an unclaimed dog or cat in a suitable home; requiring the Division of Animal Control to establish a specified volunteer program; etc. |
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HB1022 Vehicle Laws - Accidents Resulting in Death - Appearance in Court for Traffic Citations Last House Action: 2/10 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates K. Kelly, Alston, Anderson, Bromwell, Clippinger, Cluster, Conaway, Dwyer, Elliott, Glass, Glenn, Haddaway-Riccio, Krebs, McConkey, O'Donnell, Parrott, Ready, Simmons, Stocksdale, Szeliga, Valderrama, Valentino-Smith, and Wood |
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Filed Under: Transportation - Highways Requiring a person who receives a traffic citation with a notice to appear in person for a violation that contributed to an accident that resulted in the death of another to comply with the notice to appear in court contained in a writ or trial notice issued by the District Court or a circuit court by appearing in person. |
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HB1023 Calvert County - Litter Control Law - Local Ordinance Last House Action: 3/8 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Calvert County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Authorizing the governing body of Calvert County to adopt a specified ordinance to prohibit littering and to impose specified criminal and civil penalties for a violation of the ordinance. |
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HB1024 Medical Marijuana Commission Last House Action: 2/23 Hearing 3/9 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations) Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Morhaim, Bobo, Clagett, Dumais, Glenn, Luedtke, Washington, and Weir |
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Filed Under: Public Health Establishing the Medical Marijuana Commission; providing for the purpose and membership of the Commission; providing for the terms of the members of the Commission; requiring the Governor to designate the chair of the Commission; requiring the Commission to issue a specified request for applications at least annually; requiring a specified application submitted by an academic medical center to include specified information; requiring the Commission to set specified application and renewal fees; etc. |
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HB1025 Environment - Radiation Sources - Podiatry Radiation Machines Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Frush |
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Filed Under: Environment Requiring a State inspector to provide a podiatry office or facility a specified written notice in accordance with specified requirements under specified circumstances; prohibiting the Department of the Environment from imposing a fine on a podiatry office or facility for a specified violation under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB1026 Economic Development - Sickle Cell Disease Research Program Last House Action: 2/22 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates V. Turner, Braveboy, Cane, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Frank, Frush, Gaines, Healey, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Ivey, Kach, Kipke, Krebs, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, Ready, Reznik, B. Robinson, Ross, Rudolph, Sum |
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Filed Under: Economic and Community Development Establishing the Sickle Cell Disease Research Program to be administered by the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to provide grants for specified sickle cell disease research projects; establishing the purposes of the Program; establishing specified types of grants to be awarded under the Program; establishing the Sickle Cell Disease Research Fund; providing for the purposes and composition of the Fund; etc. |
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HB1027 Credit Regulation - Retail Installment Sales and Closed End Credit - Debt Cancellation Agreements - Definitions Last House Action: 2/13 Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Barkley and Vaughn |
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Filed Under: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation Altering the definition of "debt cancellation agreement", for purposes of specified provisions of law governing retail installment sales and closed end credit, to include an agreement under which the outstanding balance of a loan is reduced by the actual cash value of a motor vehicle at the time of loss; altering the definitions of "outstanding balance" and "remaining loan balance" to exclude any other items as agreed to by the parties and stated in the debt cancellation agreement; etc. |
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HB1028 Electric Companies and Electric Cooperatives - Standard Offer Service - Service Rights Auctions Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing cancelled Hearing 3/9 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Barkley, Boteler, Burns, Harrison, Hershey, Impallaria, Minnick, Schulz, and Vaughn |
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Filed Under: Utility Regulation Requiring the Public Service Commission to study and make recommendations about the advisability of conducting specified auctions relating to the right of electric companies and electric cooperatives to provide electric service to customers using standard offer service in specified service territories and the manner in which the auctions should be conducted, including specified items; etc. |
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HB1029 Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Long-Term Care Services - Eligibility Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Braveboy and Alston |
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Filed Under: Public Health Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to provide an applicant for specified Maryland Medical Assistance Program services with a written notice of eligibility within a specified time period after the Department receives a specified application; providing that an applicant is presumptively eligible for specified Program benefits if the Department does not make an eligibility determination within a specified time period; etc. |
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HB1030 District Court - Prince George's County - Masters for Traffic Offenses Last House Action: 2/10 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Alston and Braveboy |
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Filed Under: Courts and Court Personnel - Local Requiring the judges of the District Court in Prince George's County to appoint one or more masters to hear nonincarcerable violations of the Maryland Vehicle Law; providing for standards applicable to a master under the Act; requiring a master under the Act to be a member of good standing of the Maryland Bar; establishing the powers and duties of a master under the Act; establishing requirements for hearings held under the Act; authorizing a defendant to file exceptions and have a hearing; providing for funding; etc. |
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HB1031 Criminal Procedure - Right of Appeal from Final Judgments - Conditional Guilty Plea Last House Action: 3/19 Favorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Alston and Vallario |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Providing that an appeal from a final judgment entered following a conditional plea of guilty may be taken in accordance with the Maryland Rules; and defining "conditional plea of guilty". |
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HB1032 Agritourism Activity - Civil Liability - Defense of Assumption of Inherent Risks Last House Action: 2/27 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate McDermott |
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Filed Under: Civil Actions and Procedures Providing that an agritourism professional who provides specified notice concerning inherent risks of agritourism activity to a participant in the activity is not subject to civil liability under specified circumstances; and providing for the application and construction of the Act. |
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HB1033 Environment - Gas and Oil Leasing Agent - Notice to Landowner Last House Action: 3/14 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Mizeur, Bobo, Frush, and Luedtke |
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Filed Under: Environment Requiring a specified leasing agent to provide written notice to a landowner before presenting the landowner with a specified gas and oil lease; authorizing the Department of the Environment to adopt specified regulations; and establishing specified grounds for the denial of a specified gas and oil permit. |
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HB1034 Environment - Oil and Gas Leases - Risk Disclosures Last House Action: 3/14 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Mizeur, Bobo, Carr, and Frush |
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Filed Under: Environment Prohibiting a person from entering into a specified oil and gas lease in the State unless a copy of specified language is provided to the lessor and specified risks to landowners are stated conspicuously in the language of the lease; and establishing specified grounds for the denial of a specified oil and gas permit. |
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HB1035 Program Open Space - Use of Funds - Artificial Turf Surfaces Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Waldstreicher |
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Filed Under: Natural Resources - Generally Prohibiting the use of specified funds under Program Open Space to replace specified existing natural grass athletic fields with specified artificial turf surfaces. |
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HB1036 Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2008 - Gaithersburg Upcounty Senior Center Last House Action: 2/22 Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Barve |
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Filed Under: Prior Authorizations Amending the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2008 to include renovation as one of the authorized purposes of a grant for the Gaithersburg Upcounty Senior Center. |
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HB1037 Creation of a State Debt - Charles County - Jude House Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 2:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Charles County Delegation |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $50,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Jude House, Inc. for the acquisition and construction of the Jude House, located in La Plata; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB1038 Creation of a State Debt - Charles County - Southern Maryland Carousel Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 2:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Charles County Delegation |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $25,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Southern Maryland Carousel Group, Inc. for the planning and design of the Southern Maryland Carousel, located in La Plata; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB1039 Creation of a State Debt - Charles County - Indian Head Center for the Arts Renovation Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 2:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Charles County Delegation |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $200,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Indian Head Center for the Arts, Inc. for the construction, renovation, and capital equipping of the Indian Head Center for the Arts, located in Indian Head; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB1040 Environment - Gas and Oil Leases - Recordation Last House Action: 3/14 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Mizeur, Bobo, and Frush |
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Filed Under: Environment Requiring a person that holds a gas or an oil lease to record the lease in a specified manner; and prohibiting a person that holds a gas or an oil lease from recording a memorandum of lease instead of recording the lease in its entirety. |
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HB1041 Heath Insurance - Coverage of In Vitro Fertilization Services Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Waldstreicher |
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Filed Under: Insurance - Health Altering the circumstances under which specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations must provide coverage for specified benefits for outpatient expenses arising from in vitro fertilization procedures; etc. |
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HB1042 Courts and Judicial Proceedings - Witnesses - Privileged Communications Between Labor Organization and Member Last House Action: 2/10 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Vallario |
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Filed Under: Civil Actions and Procedures Prohibiting a labor organization or an agent of a labor organization from being compelled to disclose in specified proceedings any communication or information acquired from a member in the course of the agent's professional duties or while acting in a representative capacity; providing exceptions; providing that the provisions of federal or State labor law control in the event of a conflict between the federal or State law and the Act; etc. |
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HB1043 Income Tax Credit - Prince George's County - Customer Bag Credit Program Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/2 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Alston and Braveboy |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Income Allowing an individual or a corporation to claim a credit against the State income tax for 50% of the cost to establish and pay specified credits for a customer bag credit program in Prince George's County; providing for calculation of the credit; providing for the carryover of unused credits; requiring an individual or a corporation to provide reasonable information required by the Comptroller with a tax return that claims the tax credit; applying the Act to tax years after 2011; etc. |
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HB1044 Vehicle Laws - Speed Monitoring Systems - Local Jurisdictions Last House Action: 2/13 Hearing 3/9 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates McComas, Afzali, Bates, Cluster, Eckardt, Elliott, Frank, George, Glass, Hough, Kipke, McDermott, McDonough, W. Miller, Minnick, and Stocksdale |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road Requiring that a speed monitoring system calibration check be performed by an independent calibration laboratory that is unaffiliated with the manufacturer of the speed monitoring system; authorizing a person named in a citation based on a recorded image produced by a speed monitoring system to use the recorded image in defense of the violation charged; and prohibiting a contractor's fee from being contingent on the number of citations issued or paid if the contractor administers or processes the citations. |
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HB1045 The Maryland Native Plants and Wildflower Preservation Act Last House Action: 3/14 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Mizeur and Bobo |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration Increasing the number of commemorative registration plates that the Motor Vehicle Administration may issue at any one time; requiring the Administration to issue specially designed registration plates to enhance awareness of the importance of native plants and wildflowers to the Chesapeake Bay; requiring the Administration to transfer a portion of the additional registration fee charged for commemorative plates issued under the Act to the Chesapeake Bay Trust for specified purposes; etc. |
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HB1046 Howard County - Alcoholic Beverages Sales - Golf Courses Ho. Co. 7-12 Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (134-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Howard County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Changing from 11:00 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. the starting time for selling beer, wine, and liquor at golf courses in Howard County that hold a 7-day Class GC license. |
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HB1047 Howard County - Alcoholic Beverages - Refillable Beer Containers Ho. Co. 10-12 Last House Action: 2/10 First Reading Economic Matters Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Howard County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Authorizing a holder of a Class B special beer and wine license in Howard County to sell draft beer in refillable containers not less than 32 ounces and not more than 128 ounces for consumption off the licensed premises only to persons who have purchased food or alcohol from the licensed premises. |
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HB1048 Creation of a State Debt - Harford County - Aberdeen Youth Baseball Field Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 10:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate James |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $150,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Boys and Girls Club of Harford County for the construction of the Aberdeen Youth Baseball Field; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB1049 Elementary and Secondary Education - County-Supervised Home Instruction - High School Diploma Last House Action: 3/15 Hearing cancelled Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Alston |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Authorizing an individual who received home instruction under the supervision of a county board of education to apply to that county board to obtain a high school diploma under specified circumstances; requiring a county board to award a high school diploma to specified individuals; and requiring a county board to adopt specified rules and regulations. |
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HB1050 Alcoholic Beverages Licensees - Adult Entertainment - Exception Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (131-3) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegates Barkley and Davis |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Statewide Bills Providing that specified prohibitions in specified jurisdictions against alcoholic beverages licensees allowing specified types of adult entertainment are not applicable to licensees who are operators of theaters, art centers, or similar establishments that present performances expressing matters of serious literary, artistic, scientific, or political value; altering a prohibition against specified activity; terminating an exemption from a prohibition against specified activity in Prince George's County; etc. |
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HB1051 Sales and Use Tax - Services Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hixson and Gilchrist |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Sales and Use Altering the definition of a "taxable service" under the sales and use tax to impose the tax on specified services; exempting from the sales tax the sale of a parking facility or service by a political subdivision of the State; etc. |
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HB1052 Wildlife Poaching Prevention Act Last House Action: 3/15 Favorable with Amendments {810217/1 Report Adopted Second Reading Passed with Amendments Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Beitzel and Frush |
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Filed Under: Hunting and Fishing Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to suspend for up to 5 years the hunting license or privileges of a person who is convicted of a State or federal hunting violation; requiring the Department to suspend for between 1 and 5 years the hunting license or privileges of a person who receives in any 12-month period a second conviction for a hunting violation; repealing the authority of the Department to impose a specified fine and specified hunting license suspensions for a conviction for hunting violations; etc. |
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HB1053 Charles County - Red Light Violations - Civil Penalties - Late Payment Fee Last House Action: 3/8 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Charles County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Counties - Local Laws Authorizing Charles County or a municipality in Charles County to charge an administrative fee for processing the late payment of specified civil penalties assessed for specified violations recorded by a traffic control signal monitoring system in Charles County. |
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HB1054 Charles County - Property Tax Credit - Conservation Easements Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/2 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Charles County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Property - Local Authorizes the governing body of Charles County to grant, by law, a property tax credit against the county property tax imposed on real property subject to a perpetual conservation easement under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB1055 Health Insurance - Habilitative Services - Required Coverage and Workgroup Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates A. Kelly, Alston, Arora, Barkley, Carr, Cullison, Frick, Glenn, Gutierrez, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, Hucker, Ivey, Kaiser, Kipke, Lee, Luedtke, Mizeur, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, S. Robinson, Tarrant, F. Turner, Valentino-Smith, Waldstreicher, Washi |
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Filed Under: Insurance - Health Altering the age under which insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations must provide coverage of habilitative services; specifying the format in which a notice about the coverage must be provided; requiring the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to establish a workgroup on access to habilitative services benefits; etc. |
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HB1056 Health Occupations - Licensed Midwives Last House Action: 2/22 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates A. Kelly, Afzali, Beidle, Carr, Cullison, Frush, George, Hubbard, Ivey, Kach, Kipke, Luedtke, Mizeur, Parrott, Pena-Melnyk, Ready, and S. Robinson |
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Filed Under: Health Occupations Establishing the State Board of Midwives; requiring the Board to adopt specified regulations consistent with specified standards; specifying that the Act does not limit the right of specified individuals to practice specified occupations; requiring the Board to set specified fees and to pay specified fees collected to the Comptroller; authorizing the Board to take specified disciplinary action against an applicant or a licensee for specified reasons; subjecting the Act to the Program Evaluation Act; etc. |
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HB1057 Criminal Law - Robbery - Oral Claim of Possession of a Dangerous Weapon Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates George, Boteler, Cluster, Conaway, Frick, Glass, K. Kelly, McComas, Schuh, and Vitale |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Prohibiting a person from committing or attempting to commit a robbery by making an oral claim that the person has possession of a dangerous weapon; and establishing a penalty for a violation of the Act. |
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HB1058 Program Open Space - Local Projects - Funding for Development Last House Action: 2/13 Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Stein |
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Filed Under: Natural Resources - Generally Limiting the dispersal of specified Project Open Space funding to the costs associated with development projects and the construction of recreational facilities under specified circumstances; removing a requirement that, in order to obtain a certain percentage of State funding, the land acquired within a priority funding area be limited in the amount of impervious surface on the land; and exempting specified indoor recreational facilities from specified funding limits. |
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HB1059 Property and Casualty Insurance - Rescission of Policy or Binder - Authorized Last House Action: 2/14 Hearing 3/1 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Feldman |
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Filed Under: Insurance - Other than Health Authorizing an insurer to rescind a policy or binder of personal insurance, commercial property insurance, or commercial liability insurance if the applicant's initial premium payment is made by a check that is dishonored and returned by a financial institution as unpaid because of insufficient funds in the account on which the check is drawn; requiring that an insurer, to rescind the policy or binder, send a specified notice to the applicant; etc. |
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HB1060 Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - TLC's Katherine Thomas School Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 10:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates A. Kelly, Barve, Gilchrist, and Simmons |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $400,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Trustees of TLC - The Treatment and Learning Centers, Inc. for the repair, renovation, and capital equipping of TLC's Katherine Thomas School located in Rockville; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB1061 Judiciary Department - Commission on Judicial Disabilities - Powers Last House Action: 3/19 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hough, Afzali, McDermott, Parrott, and Ready |
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Filed Under: Courts and Court Personnel - Statewide Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution relating to the removal or reprimand of judges by the Commission on Judicial Disabilities; authorizing the Commission to remove a judge from office for engaging in specified misconduct while performing the judge's duties; etc. |
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HB1062 Queen Anne's County - Beer, Wine and Liquor Tasting License Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (134-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegates Hershey, Jacobs, and Smigiel |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Creating in Queen Anne's County a beer, wine and liquor tasting license; specifying to whom the license may be issued; setting maximum limits on the amounts of individual servings; specifying that the license may be issued for tasting purposes only; and establishing a $100 license fee. |
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HB1063 Queen Anne's County - Alcoholic Beverages - Inspectors Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (134-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegates Hershey, Jacobs, and Smigiel |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Repealing a requirement that the alcoholic beverages inspector that the Board of License Commissioners of Queen Anne's County is required to appoint be a full-time inspector. |
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HB1064 Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Walters Art Gallery - The Domino Project Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 11:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Mitchell, Haynes, and Stukes |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $500,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Trustees of the Walters Art Gallery, Inc. for the planning, design, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the Domino Project at the Walters Art Gallery, located in Baltimore City; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB1065 Personal Property Tax - Investments in Maryland Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/2 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Fisher, Glass, Myers, Ready, and Serafini |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Property - Local Providing an exemption from personal property tax for property that is owned by a business that has organized under the laws of Maryland during the current tax year or that relocates its headquarters to Maryland during the current tax year; exempting all personal property other than operating personal property of a railroad or public utility from a property tax imposed by a county or municipality for all taxable years after June 30, 2014; etc. |
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HB1066 Criminal Law - Robbery and Burglary - Pharmacies Last House Action: 2/10 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates K. Kelly, Arora, Clippinger, Cluster, Dwyer, Hough, Lee, McComas, McDermott, Mitchell, Smigiel, Valentino-Smith, and Waldstreicher |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Prohibiting an individual from taking unauthorized possession of a specified controlled dangerous substance in a specified manner; prohibiting an individual from employing or displaying a dangerous weapon during the commission of a robbery of a pharmacy; prohibiting a person from breaking into a pharmacy with the intent to steal, take, or carry away a specified controlled dangerous substance; establishing penalties for a violation of the Act; etc. |
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HB1067 Child Abuse and Neglect - Failure to Provide Notice or Report - Civil Liability and Criminal Penalty Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates McComas, Afzali, Bates, Cluster, DeBoy, Eckardt, Elliott, Frank, Frick, George, Glass, Glenn, Haddaway-Riccio, Howard, Jameson, A. Kelly, Kipke, Krebs, Love, McDermott, McDonough, A. Miller, Nathan-Pulliam, Norman, B. Robinson, Sophocleus, St |
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Filed Under: Family Law Adding medical examiners and parole or probation agents to the list of individuals required to notify the appropriate authorities and make a report if the individual, acting in a professional capacity in the State, has reason to believe a child has been subjected to abuse or neglect; making it a misdemeanor for specified professionals to knowingly fail to provide a notice or make a report of suspected child abuse under specified circumstances; providing that specified professionals may be held civilly liable for specified damages; etc. |
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HB1068 Homeowner's Insurance - Limitation on Number of Claims Made - Notice Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing cancelled Hearing 3/2 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Burns, Braveboy, Haddaway-Riccio, Harrison, Hucker, Impallaria, Kramer, W. Miller, Minnick, Olszewski, Schuh, Schulz, and Vaughn |
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Filed Under: Insurance - Other than Health Requiring insurers that issue policies of homeowner's insurance in the State to provide applicants and insureds with a notice that states the number of claims that may be made under a policy of homeowner's insurance before the insurer cancels or refuses to renew the policy; requiring insurers to provide the notice at specified times and in a specified manner; providing that insurers are deemed to be in compliance with the notice requirement under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB1069 Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2007 - Prince George's County - Reid Community Business Development Center Last House Action: 2/22 Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Valentino-Smith and Hubbard |
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Filed Under: Prior Authorizations Amending the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2007 to reduce the amount of matching fund that the Board of Directors of the Reid Community Development Corporation must provide as to the grants to the corporation to be used for the Reid Community Business Development Center in Prince George's County; extending the deadline for the grantee to present evidence of a matching fund to June 1, 2014; etc. |
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HB1070 Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Catonsville Family Center Y Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 11:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Malone and DeBoy |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $500,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the YMCA of Central Maryland, Inc. for the planning, design, construction, renovation, and capital equipping of the Catonsville Family Center Y, located in Catonsville; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB1071 Income Tax - Customer Bag Credit Program Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/2 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Alston, Braveboy, Howard, and Walker |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Income Allowing an individual or a corporation to claim a credit against the State income tax for 50% of the cost to establish and pay specified credits for a customer bag credit program; providing for calculation of the credit; providing for the carryover of unused credit; requiring an individual or corporation to provide reasonable information required by the Comptroller with a tax return that claims the tax credit; and applying the Act to tax years beginning after December 31, 2011. |
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HB1072 Recordation and Transfer Taxes - Oil or Gas Mineral Interests Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Mizeur, Bobo, Carr, Frush, Luedtke, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, S. Robinson, and Washington |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Recordation and Transfer Clarifying that recordation and transfer taxes apply to an instrument of writing that conveys title to, or a leasehold interest in, an oil or gas mineral interest; increasing to 2% the State transfer tax rate that applies to an instrument of writing that conveys title to, or a leasehold interest in, an oil or gas mineral interest; and defining specified terms. |
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HB1073 Real Estate Brokers - Guaranty Fund - Claims and Repayment Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Haddaway-Riccio |
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Filed Under: Business Regulation and Occupations Increasing the amount that a person may recover for each claim against the Real Estate Guaranty Fund to $35,000; providing that interest on the amount paid by the Guaranty Fund does not begin to accrue for 3 months; decreasing to 6% the interest rate charged to a licensee if the licensee has entered into a specified repayment plan; requiring the State Real Estate Commission to allow a licensee, on request, to enter into a plan to repay the Guaranty Fund within a reasonable period of time, not exceeding 4 years; etc. |
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HB1074 Criminal Law - First Degree Assault - Strangulation Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Dumais, Bobo, Lee, A. Miller, Valentino-Smith, and Waldstreicher |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Prohibiting a person from committing an assault by applying pressure on the throat or neck of another person in a specified manner; and establishing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of the felony of assault in the first degree and on conviction is subject to a specified penalty. |
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HB1075 Creation of a State Debt - Howard County - Supported Living Facility Ho. Co. 3-12 Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 2:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Howard County Delegation |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $130,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Supported Living, Inc. for the planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, and capital equipping, including replacing the HVAC system, of the Supported Living Facility, located in Columbia; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. |
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HB1076 Creation of a State Debt - Howard County - Carroll Baldwin Hall Ho. Co. 1-12 Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 2:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Howard County Delegation |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $150,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Carroll Baldwin Memorial Institute, Inc. for the planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the Carroll Baldwin Hall, located in Savage; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB1077 Creation of a State Debt - Howard County - South Branch Park Ho. Co. 4-12 Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 2:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Howard County Delegation |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $150,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the County Executive and County Council of Howard County for the planning, design, construction, and capital equipping of park facilities, located in Sykesville; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB1078 Creation of a State Debt - Howard County - Roger Carter Recreation Center Ho. Co. 2-12 Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 2:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Howard County Delegation |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $500,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the County Executive and County Council of Howard County for the demolition of the existing Roger Carter Recreation Center and the planning, design, construction, and capital equipping of a new recreation center, located in Ellicott City; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. |
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HB1079 State Department of Education - Virtual Learning Opportunities - Survey and Report Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Bates |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Requiring the State Department of Education to conduct a survey of the county boards of education to make a specified determination about the use of virtual learning opportunities for students across the State; and requiring the Department to develop and adopt specified guidelines and policies regarding the utilization of virtual learning opportunities for all students in the State. |
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HB1080 Education - Student Athletes - Heat Acclimatization Guidelines Last House Action: 2/22 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Walker |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Requiring the State Department of Education, in collaboration with specified organizations and health care providers, to develop a model policy for preseason-practice heat acclimatization guidelines for student athletes; requiring local boards of education to adopt preseason-practice heat acclimatization guidelines for student athletes; requiring specified guidelines to include requirements for the duration of a practice time, a walk-through, and a recovery period during preseason practice; and defining terms. |
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HB1081 Homestead Property Tax Credit Reform Act of 2012 Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Rosenberg |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Property Providing that a person who has been granted a homestead property tax credit and is subsequently found to be ineligible for the credit is liable for specified property taxes otherwise due and a penalty equal to a specified amount; requiring a licensed residential real estate broker, associate broker, salesperson acting as a listing agent for a seller, or the owner of the property under specified circumstances to disclose a specified property tax estimate to a prospective purchaser; etc. |
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HB1082 Drugged Driving - Evidence - Drug Recognition Expert Last House Action: 2/10 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Krebs, Elliott, Ready, and Stocksdale |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Drunk Driving Altering the circumstances under which a test for drug or controlled dangerous substance content of a person driving or attempting to drive a vehicle may be required or directed under specified circumstances; providing that a police officer's opinion as to whether a person was impaired by a drug or a controlled dangerous substance shall be admissible in a criminal proceeding under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB1083 Gas Companies - Service Extension - Costs Last House Action: 2/14 Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Rosenberg |
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Filed Under: Utility Regulation Authorizing the owners of residential properties in a defined area who request extension of gas service to the area by a gas company to obtain a specified alternative proposal; requiring the alternative proposal to contain specified information, meet specified standards, and provide for payment in a specified manner; requiring the Public Service Commission to establish a methodology for comparing specified proposals; authorizing the property owners to select between specified proposals for gas service extension; etc. |
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HB1084 Health - Pregnant Women - Hepatitis B Testing Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates B. Robinson, Glenn, Howard, and Nathan-Pulliam |
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Filed Under: Public Health Requiring an individual attending a woman for pregnancy to submit to a medical laboratory a blood sample taken from the woman at the time the individual first examines the woman and, under specified circumstances, at the time of delivery; requiring the medical laboratory that receives the blood sample to perform a specified hepatitis B surface antigen test; and providing that the Act does not apply to a woman who objects to a standard hepatitis B surface antigen test for religious reasons. |
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HB1085 Workers' Compensation - Emergency Responders - Revisions Last House Action: 2/14 Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Schulz, Clagett, Frank, Glass, Hogan, Hough, McComas, and Wood |
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Filed Under: Workers' Compensation Altering the definition of "on duty" in the workers' compensation law to include the performance of specified duties assigned to specified individuals appointed as deputy sheriffs or members of a specified fire police unit; specifying that a $5,200 or less yearly stipend to help offset out-of-pocket expenses that is paid to specified emergency responders may not be used when determining the average weekly wage of the members for workers' compensation purposes; etc. |
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HB1086 Division of Correction - Revocation of Diminution Credits - Telecommunication Devices Last House Action: 2/10 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Kramer and W. Miller |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Requiring the Division of Correction to revoke all of the good conduct diminution credits awarded when an inmate violates specified rules regarding a telecommunication device or knowingly possesses or receives a telecommunication device; and prohibiting the Division from restoring specified revoked diminution credits. |
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HB1087 Telecommunications Companies - Universal Service Trust Fund - Surcharge Last House Action: 2/14 Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hixson and Davis |
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Filed Under: Utility Regulation Expanding the services that are subject to the Universal Service Trust Fund surcharge; requiring the surcharge to be applied to specified bills and to be payable at a specified time; requiring the Public Service Commission to direct specified companies to add the surcharge to bills for services under specified circumstances; requiring specified companies to act as collection agents for the Fund and to remit specified proceeds to the Comptroller for deposit in the Fund; providing specified companies a specified credit; etc. |
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HB1088 Electricity and Gas - Energy Efficiency On-Bill Financing Program Last House Action: 2/17 Hearing cancelled Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Kramer, Arora, Barkley, Carr, Frick, Kipke, Luedtke, B. Robinson, Rudolph, Summers, and Valderrama |
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Filed Under: Utility Regulation Establishing the Energy Efficiency On-Bill Financing Program; requiring a utility company to participate in the Program; requiring the Maryland Energy Administration and the Public Service Commission to collaborate for a specified purpose; limiting the cost of an energy efficiency upgrade to a specified amount; requiring the Commission to establish standards for a qualifying energy efficiency upgrade; etc. |
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HB1089 Calvert County - Appointment of Assistant Sheriff - Candidates Last House Action: 3/8 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Calvert County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Courts and Court Personnel - Local Requiring the Sheriff of Calvert County to appoint as assistant sheriff an individual who is an active duty deputy sheriff and holds a specified rank in the Calvert County Sheriff's office or an individual who is not a current employee of the Sheriff's Office; authorizing the Sheriff to appoint the assistant sheriff without subjecting the candidate to a written examination; establishing the salary and merit status of the assistant sheriff based on the position the assistant sheriff held immediately before appointment; etc. |
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HB1090 Health - Palliative Care - Services and Education Last House Action: 2/22 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hucker, Cullison, Hubbard, and Tarrant |
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Filed Under: Public Health Requiring hospitals with 50 beds or more to implement a palliative care program on or before a specified date; requiring palliative care programs to provide and facilitate access to specified information and palliative care services and to implement specified policies and procedures; requiring health care providers to provide information and counseling about palliative care options to specified patients and proxy decision makers under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB1091 Civil Rights Tax Relief Act Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hucker, Niemann, and Rosenberg |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Income Allowing an individual a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for payments received by a claimant for noneconomic damages as a result of specified claims of unlawful discrimination, other than amounts received for lost pay or punitive damages; defining terms; applying the Act to tax years after 2011; etc. |
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HB1092 Prevailing Wage Rate - Contract Threshold Amount Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hucker, Barkley, Barnes, Clippinger, Frush, Glenn, Haynes, Howard, Ivey, K. Kelly, Luedtke, Mizeur, Rosenberg, Ross, Stukes, Summers, Valderrama, Vaughn, Washington, and Zucker |
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Filed Under: State Government - Procurement Altering the contract threshold amount for the application of the State prevailing wage rate law; and requiring contractors to pay the prevailing wage rate to employees under public works contracts that exceed a specified amount. |
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HB1093 Portable Electronics Insurance Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing cancelled Hearing 3/2 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Love and Jameson |
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Filed Under: Insurance - Other than Health Repealing a specified limitation on the authority of a vendor of portable electronics insurance to sell coverage under a policy of portable electronics insurance; altering the circumstances under which a vendor that collects premiums for portable electronics insurance need not keep the premiums in a segregated account; providing an exception to a specified requirement to itemize premiums and charges; etc. |
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HB1094 Insurance - Fraud Violations - Fines and Administrative Penalties Last House Action: 2/14 Hearing 3/1 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Rudolph |
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Filed Under: Insurance - Other than Health Providing that a specified fine imposed for specified insurance fraud violations is mandatory and not subject to suspension; authorizing the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to impose an administrative penalty for specified insurance fraud violations and to order restitution for specified insurance fraud violations to specified insurers or self- insured employers; requiring the Commissioner to consider specified factors in determining the amount of an administrative penalty; etc. |
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HB1095 Property and Casualty Insurance - Underwriting Period - Discovery of Material Risk Factor Last House Action: 2/14 Hearing 3/1 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Rudolph |
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Filed Under: Insurance - Other than Health Requiring an insurer that discovers a material risk factor during the 45-day underwriting period to recalculate the premium for a policy or binder of personal insurance, commercial property insurance, or commercial liability insurance under specified circumstances; requiring the insurer to provide specified notice to the insured if the insurer recalculates the premium for the policy or binder based on the discovery of a material risk factor; etc. |
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HB1096 Personal Property Tax - Financial Institutions - Repeal of Tax Exemptions Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/2 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Hucker |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Property Repealing a property tax exemption for personal property owned by specified financial institutions; repealing a property tax exemption for a specified computer program or hardware owned by a bank or trust company or a savings and loan association; applying the Act to tax years beginning after June 30, 2012; etc. |
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HB1097 Insurance - Suspected Fraud - Reporting Requirement Last House Action: 2/14 Hearing 3/1 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Rudolph |
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Filed Under: Insurance - Other than Health Altering the list of persons that are required to report suspected insurance fraud to specified persons and entities in a specified manner under specified circumstances; and providing for the withholding of specified information under specified circumstances. |
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HB1098 Election Law - Campaign Finance Entities - Retention of Records Last House Action: 2/10 First Reading Ways and Means Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Cardin |
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Filed Under: Elections Altering record retention requirements applicable to campaign finance entities by requiring that the account books and related records of a campaign finance entity be preserved until the earlier of 10 years after the creation of the record or 2 years after the campaign finance entity files a final campaign finance report. |
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HB1099 Criminal Law - Second Degree Assault - Health Care Practitioners Last House Action: 3/19 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Valentino-Smith, Bromwell, Cluster, Cullison, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, A. Kelly, Kipke, Mitchell, Mizeur, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Reznik, B. Robinson, Sophocleus, Stein, V. Turner, and Zucker |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Prohibiting a person from intentionally causing physical injury to another if the person knows or has reason to know that the other is a health care practitioner engaged in performing the practitioner's official duties; making a specified offense subject to a specified penalty; and defining the term "health care practitioner". |
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HB1100 Public Safety - Restrictions on Possession of Firearms - Convicted Felons and People With Mental Disorders Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Wilson, Alston, Branch, and DeBoy |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Prohibiting a person from possessing a firearm if the person has been convicted of a felony or, under specified circumstances, suffers from a mental disorder or has been confined to a specified facility for a specified period of time; establishing a penalty for a violation of the Act; prohibiting a court from suspending any part of a specified mandatory minimum sentence; etc. |
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HB1101 Workers' Compensation - Medical Presumptions Last House Action: 2/14 Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Barkley, Barnes, Guzzone, Hucker, Ivey, Malone, McHale, Ross, Valentino-Smith, and Vaughn |
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Filed Under: Workers' Compensation Providing that specified occupational disease presumptions under the workers' compensation law apply only for a specified number of years after an individual separates from service; providing that specified diseases and cancers are considered occupational diseases suffered in the line of duty and are compensable in a specified manner; limiting a jurisdiction's total benefit payout for specified workers' compensation benefits to a specified amount; etc. |
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HB1102 Child Abuse - Failure to Report - Civil Penalty and Child Abuse Prevention Fund Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Dumais, Clippinger, A. Kelly, Lee, Simmons, Valderrama, and Waldstreicher |
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Filed Under: Family Law Authorizing the Attorney General to institute a civil action against specified professionals who fail to report child abuse or neglect under specified circumstances; establishing a specified civil penalty for each violation; requiring a civil penalty collected under the Act to be deposited in the Child Abuse Prevention Fund; etc. |
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HB1103 Election Law - Campaign Contributors - Occupation and Employer Last House Action: 2/24 Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Cardin and Summers |
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Filed Under: Elections Requiring the treasurer of a campaign finance entity to record the occupation and employer of an individual who makes contributions of a cumulative amount of $500 or more to the campaign finance entity during an election cycle; and requiring the treasurer to include in a campaign finance report the occupation and employer of an individual who makes contributions to the campaign finance entity of a cumulative amount of $500 or more in an election cycle. |
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HB1104 Criminal Law - Use of Firearm in Commission of Crime of Violence - Felony Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Wilson, Arora, K. Kelly, and Luedtke |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Reclassifying as a felony the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony or crime of violence. |
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HB1105 Homeowner's Insurance and Private Passenger Motor Vehicle Insurance - Bundling Requirement - Prohibited Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing cancelled Hearing 3/2 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hucker and Love |
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Filed Under: Insurance - Other than Health Prohibiting an insurer, with respect to homeowner's insurance, from denying, refusing to renew, or canceling coverage solely because the applicant or policyholder does not carry private passenger motor vehicle insurance with the insurer; prohibiting an insurer, with respect to private passenger motor vehicle insurance, from denying, refusing to renew, or canceling coverage solely because the applicant or policyholder does not carry homeowner's insurance with the insurer; etc. |
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HB1106 Public Safety - Inappropriate Search of Minor by Public Servant - Penalties Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Glass |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Prohibiting a public servant from conducting a specified inappropriate search of a minor without probable cause that the minor is concealing contraband or a weapon or without the consent of the parent or guardian of the minor; establishing penalties for a violation of the Act; and defining specified terms. |
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HB1107 Job Creation Tax Credit - Amount of Credit and Termination Provisions Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/9 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Olszewski, Arora, Beidle, Bohanan, DeBoy, James, McDonough, Weir, and Wood |
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Filed Under: Economic and Community Development Altering the determination of the amount of a specified job creation tax credit earned by a qualified business entity under specified circumstances; and altering the termination provisions for the tax credit. |
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HB1108 Maryland Historical Trust - Historic Property Designation - Essex Skypark Last House Action: 2/13 Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Weir, Minnick, Olszewski, Aumann, Boteler, Bromwell, Burns, Cardin, Cluster, DeBoy, Frank, Impallaria, Jones, Kach, Lafferty, Malone, McDonough, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Stein, and Szeliga |
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Filed Under: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials Requiring that, on or before a specified date, the Maryland Historical Trust designate Essex Skypark as a historic property under Title 5A of the State Finance and Procurement Article. |
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HB1109 Maryland Economic Development Corporation - Bonding Authority and Reporting Requirement Last House Action: 3/16 Third Reading Passed (136-0) Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Branch and Glenn |
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Filed Under: Economic and Community Development Authorizing the Maryland Economic Development Corporation to finance specified projects when bonds are payable or guaranteed by specified educational institutions if the Corporation owns or leases the property, the property is leased to a community college, and the property is located in an enterprise zone on or before a specified date; changing from October 1 to November 1 the date the Corporation is required to submit a specified report; etc. |
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HB1110 Public Schools - Dating Violence - Kristen Marie Mitchell Law Last House Action: 3/13 Hearing cancelled Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Kramer, Carter, Arora, Barkley, Carr, Cullison, DeBoy, Dumais, Frick, Frush, Howard, Hucker, Kaiser, A. Kelly, K. Kelly, W. Miller, Reznik, B. Robinson, Simmons, Sophocleus, Stein, Summers, and Valderrama |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Adding dating violence to provisions of law requiring the reporting of incidents of specified conduct by a county board of education; altering the content of a specified form and report, policies, and educational programs to include incidents of dating violence; requiring the State Board of Education to develop, by a specified date, a model policy that includes a prohibition on dating violence; altering the date by which each county board is required to submit a specified policy to the State Superintendent of Schools; etc. |
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HB1111 Public Safety - Restrictions on Searches for Security Purposes - Penalties Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Glass |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Prohibiting a specified public servant, while acting under color of the public servant's office or employment, from intentionally subjecting another person to mistreatment or to arrest, detention, search, seizure, dispossession, assessment, or lien that the public servant knows is unlawful, intentionally denying or impeding another person in the exercise or enjoyment of a right, privilege, power, or immunity, knowing that the conduct of the public servant is unlawful, or intentionally subjecting another person to sexual harassment; etc. |
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HB1112 Property Tax Assessment - Revaluation of Real Property Impacted by Regulation or Law Last House Action: 2/27 Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Eckardt |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Property Requiring that real property be revalued in any year of a 3-year assessment cycle if a regulation or law that adversely impacts building a residential improvement on the real property causes a change in the value of the real property; etc. |
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HB1113 Public Safety - Possession of Stolen Regulated Firearms - Felony Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Wilson, K. Kelly, and Luedtke |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Establishing that a person who violates provisions of law regarding the possession, sale, transfer, or disposal of a stolen regulated firearm is guilty of a felony and on conviction subject to specified penalties. |
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HB1114 Dangerous Convicted Offenders Firearm Ban Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Arora, Barkley, Hucker, Ivey, A. Miller, B. Robinson, and Zucker |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Expanding the prohibition against the possession of a regulated firearm by specified persons to include the possession of any firearm; and expanding the prohibition against the sale of a regulated firearm to specified persons to include the sale of any firearm. |
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HB1115 Environment - Beverage Container Deposit Program - Recommendation Last House Action: 2/13 Hearing 3/2 at 1:00 p.m. (Environmental Matters) Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Olszewski |
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Filed Under: Environment Requiring the Department of the Environment to recommend a beverage container deposit program to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before September 15, 2012; and requiring the recommended program to include specified requirements, determinations, and related provisions. |
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HB1116 Corporate Income Tax - Investments in Maryland Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/9 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Fisher, Glass, Myers, and Serafini |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Income Reducing the Maryland corporate income tax rate from 8.25% to 6% for a corporation that makes specified qualifying investments in the State; requiring the corporation to submit a specified calculation and a specified declaration to the Comptroller; requiring the corporation to provide evidence of the qualifying investments; authorizing the Comptroller to collect a specified amount from a corporation that does not provide the evidence; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011; etc. |
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HB1117 Zoning, Construction, and Stormwater - Permits and Variances - Solar Panels Last House Action: 2/13 Hearing 3/2 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hershey and Jameson |
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Filed Under: Environment Providing that, for the purposes of issuing a permit or a variance relating to zoning, construction, or stormwater for a project to install a solar panel, any calculation relating to the impervious surface of the project required by the State or local governing authority issuing the permit or variance may include only the base of the solar panel. |
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HB1118 Nursing Home Administrator License - Revocation or Surrender - Ban on Employment Last House Action: 2/22 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Morhaim |
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Filed Under: Health Occupations Prohibiting specified nursing homes or nursing home management firms from knowingly employing or retaining as a consultant an individual who has surrendered a specified license to the State Board of Nursing Home Administrators or has had a license revoked by the Board based on specified grounds for discipline; and prohibiting the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene from reimbursing specified institutions and management firms under specified circumstances. |
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HB1119 Elections - Baltimore City - Election Dates Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Carter, Mitchell, Rosenberg, and Stukes |
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Filed Under: Elections Altering the dates of specified elections for municipal offices in Baltimore City; and specifying the term of municipal officers in Baltimore City who are elected in a specified year. |
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HB1120 Missing Children - Search Efforts and Collaboration (Phylicia's Law) Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Carter, Alston, Anderson, Barnes, Boteler, Braveboy, Cane, Dumais, Haynes, Holmes, Kach, K. Kelly, Lee, Mitchell, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Proctor, B. Robinson, Rosenberg, Simmons, Smigiel, Stukes, Tarrant, F. Turner, Walker, and Washington |
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Filed Under: Family Law Altering a specified factor that a law enforcement agency considers when evaluating a report regarding a missing child; altering the requirement that a law enforcement agency institute appropriate search procedures to locate specified missing children to include the coordination of volunteer search teams; requiring the State Clearinghouse for Missing Children to ensure that specified entities collaborate to locate a specified missing child; requiring the Clearinghouse to oversee specified search efforts; etc. |
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HB1121 Correctional Services - Employee Caseloads - Disciplinary Actions Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Guzzone, Anderson, Clagett, Haynes, Jones, K. Kelly, Washington, and Zucker |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Requiring the Division of Parole and Probation to establish a standard caseload for parole and probation employees of 60 active cases; and requiring the caseload standard to be considered during employee disciplinary actions. |
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HB1122 Juveniles - Confinement in Juvenile Facilities Last House Action: 2/10 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Valderrama, Anderson, Lee, F. Turner, and Valentino-Smith |
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Filed Under: Juvenile Law Providing that a specified child for whom the juvenile court has waived jurisdiction under specified circumstances is required to remain detained in a juvenile detention facility except under specified circumstances; providing that a specified child is required to be transferred to a specified juvenile facility under specified circumstances; establishing the circumstances under which a specified child may not be transferred to a juvenile facility; etc. |
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HB1123 Environment - Presumptive Impact Areas - Damage Caused by Gas Wells in Deep Shale Deposits Last House Action: 3/16 Favorable with Amendments Report by Environmental Matters Favorable with Amendments {320718/1 Report Adopted Special Order until later today (Delegate McIntosh) Adopted Special Order until 3/19 (Delegate McIntosh) Adopted Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Mizeur |
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Filed Under: Environment Establishing for each permit to drill a gas well in deep shale deposits a presumptive impact area around the gas well; requiring a permittee to replace a water supply and repair damage or pay monetary compensation to a property owner in the area under specified circumstances; prohibiting the Department of the Environment from requiring a permittee to replace a water supply or repair or compensate an owner for damaged property under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB1124 St. Mary's County Metropolitan Commission - Revisions and Corrections Last House Action: 3/1 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
St. Mary's County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Counties - Local Laws Repealing a requirement that each sanitary district in St. Mary's County be a separate taxing district; repealing a prohibition against a specified adverse effect as a result of a change in sanitary district lines; altering the notice requirements for specified water supply and sewerage system studies and plans; repealing a requirement that the County Commissioners of St. Mary's County make a specified decision; etc. |
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HB1125 Howard County - Casino Events - Authorized Ho. Co. 6-12 Last House Action: 2/16 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Howard County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Gaming Authorizing organizations to hold casino events that include a card game or roulette in Howard County, as specified; requiring an organization to obtain a permit from the Howard County Department of Inspections, Licenses, and Permits before operating a casino event; requiring the county to establish the amount of the permit fee; specifying the types of organizations eligible to conduct a casino event; limiting the amount of specified money prizes; requiring a permit holder to ensure that specified standards are met; etc. |
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HB1126 Alcoholic Beverages - Farm Brewery Manufacturer's License Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (133-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegates Schulz, Hogan, Stifler, Barkley, Hershey, Hucker, Impallaria, Jameson, Love, and Olszewski |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Statewide Bills Creating a Class 8 farm brewery manufacturer's license; specifying an annual fee; authorizing a licensee to sell and deliver beer manufactured in a facility on the licensed farm or in another facility to specified persons; requiring that the beer be manufactured in a specified manner; specifying the privileges of a licensee, including providing samples, selling foods, storing beer, and brewing and bottling beer; prohibiting a licensee from selling or allowing to be consumed specified beverages; etc. |
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HB1127 Alcoholic Beverages - Micro-Breweries and Pub-Breweries - Class 7 Limited Beer Wholesaler's License Last House Action: 2/10 First Reading Economic Matters Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Schulz, Clagett, Hogan, Hough, and Otto |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Statewide Bills Authorizing the holder of a pub-brewery or micro-brewery license to apply for and obtain specified additional licenses under specified conditions; authorizing a holder of a micro-brewery license to provide samples of beer at the licensed location at no charge or for a fee; repealing specified restrictions on the sale of beer by a holder of a micro-brewery license; creating a Class 7 limited beer wholesaler's license; authorizing the issuance of a limited beer wholesaler's license to specified beer manufacturers; etc. |
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HB1128 Income Tax - Tax Credit for Wineries and Vineyards Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/9 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Myers, Afzali, Beitzel, Boteler, Donoghue, Hough, Ivey, K. Kelly, Parrott, Ready, Schulz, and Serafini |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Income Allowing a credit against the State income tax for specified qualified expenditures at specified wineries and specified vineyards; requiring the Maryland Department of Agriculture to administer the tax credit; providing for the maximum amount of tax credits that may be issued by the Department each year; requiring the Comptroller to adopt specified regulations; applying the tax credit to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011; defining terms; etc. |
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HB1129 Fairness in Taxation for Retirees Act Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/9 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Krebs and Walker |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Income Including income from specified retirement plans within a subtraction modification allowed under the Maryland income tax for retired individuals who are at least 65 years old or who are disabled or whose spouse is disabled; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011; etc. |
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HB1130 Land Use - Cross-References and Corrections Last House Action: 3/15 Favorable with Amendments {160619/1 Report Adopted Second Reading Passed with Amendments Last Senate Action: No Action |
The Speaker (By Request - Department of Legislative Services - Code Revision) |
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Filed Under: Local Government - Generally Correcting specified cross-references to the Land Use Article in the Annotated Code of Maryland; correcting specified errors and omissions in and relating to the Land Use Article; clarifying the application of specified provisions; making stylistic changes; and providing for the termination of a specified provision of the Act, subject to a specified contingency. |
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HB1131 Transportation - Temporary Advertising Signs on State Highways - Weekends Last House Action: 2/13 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Fisher, Myers, and Serafini |
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Filed Under: Transportation - Highways Authorizing a person to place or maintain a temporary advertising sign that meets specified requirements on a State highway; providing that provisions of law regulating the placement and maintenance of outdoor signs in specified locations do not apply to a sign placed in accordance with the Act; authorizing the State Highway Administration to enter into a public-private partnership with an entity to allow the entity to display and maintain a sign on a State highway under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB1132 State Highways - Telematics Technology - Request for Proposals Last House Action: 3/13 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Fisher, Glass, Myers, and Serafini |
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Filed Under: Transportation - Highways Requiring the State Highway Administration, in collaboration with the Maryland Transportation Authority, to initiate the process to issue a request for proposals on or before December 31, 2012, to install telematics technology along or near State highways; defining "telematics technology"; and providing that the request for proposals be issued in accordance with specified procurement requirements. |
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HB1133 State Highway Administration - Closure of Interstate 70 for Red Line Transit Project Expansion Prohibited Last House Action: 3/16 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Carter |
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Filed Under: Transportation - Highways Prohibiting the State Highway Administration from closing the portion of Interstate 70 that is east of Interstate 695 in the Baltimore region to allow for the construction of the Red Line transit project expansion; requiring the Administration to keep open and maintain for use by motor vehicles the portion of Interstate 70 that is east of Interstate 695 in the Baltimore region whether or not the Red Line transit project is constructed; requiring the Administration to obtain specified consent; and making the Act an emergency measure. |
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HB1134 Maryland Lead Poisoning Recovery Act Last House Action: 3/19 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Carter |
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Filed Under: Civil Actions and Procedures Requiring specified manufacturers of lead pigment to reimburse specified persons for damages caused by lead-based paint; establishing the types of damages caused by the presence of lead-based paint in residential buildings for which manufacturers of lead pigment are liable to specified persons; creating the Lead Paint Restitution Fund; etc. |
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HB1135 Public Safety - Handgun Permits - Qualifications Last House Action: 2/10 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Vitale |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Prohibiting the Secretary of State Police from issuing a handgun permit to a person who the Secretary finds is prohibited from possessing a regulated firearm, is an illegal alien, has been discharged from the armed forces of the United States under dishonorable conditions, has a pending charge for a felony or a misdemeanor for which a sentence of imprisonment for more than 1 year may be imposed, or has not completed a firearms safety training course unless a specified ground for exemption applies; etc. |
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HB1136 Environment - Recycling - Manufacturer Takeback for E-Waste Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Reznik |
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Filed Under: Environment Prohibiting, beginning on January 1, 2013, specified electronics manufacturers from selling, offering for sale, or delivering for subsequent sale in the State specified electronic devices unless a specified label is permanently affixed to the device and the manufacturer has registered with and submitted a specified fee to the Department of the Environment in a specified manner; requiring specified electronics manufacturers to implement and finance specified electronics takeback programs and file specified reports; etc. |
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HB1137 Baltimore City - Juvenile Detention Facilities - Moratorium Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Carter |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Prohibiting the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services from planning or constructing the New Youth Detention Facility in Baltimore City; prohibiting the planning or construction of a detention facility for juveniles in Baltimore City until a task force has conducted a study on implementing specified recommendations; stating the intention of the General Assembly that all State funding that would have been used to construct or operate a specified facility be redirected for a specified purpose; etc. |
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HB1138 Criminal Procedure - Arrest of Minor - Notification of Parent or Guardian Last House Action: 3/19 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Carter, Alston, Anderson, Dumais, Lee, Mitchell, Oaks, Parrott, Smigiel, and Washington |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Requiring a law enforcement officer who charges a minor with a criminal offense to make a reasonable attempt to notify the minor's parent or guardian of the charge; and requiring a law enforcement officer or the officer's designee who takes a minor into custody to make a reasonable attempt to notify the minor's parent or guardian of the arrest within 48 hours of the arrest of the minor. |
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HB1139 Unauthorized Signs on Highway Rights-of-Way - Exceptions Last House Action: 2/13 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Schuh, Feldman, Haddaway-Riccio, Harrison, and Minnick |
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Filed Under: Transportation - Highways Exempting a sign placed or maintained by a home builder or real estate broker during specified time periods from the prohibition against placing or maintaining a sign within the right-of-way of a State highway. |
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HB1140 Physicians - Sharing of Information with Maryland Health Care Commission Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/1 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Pendergrass, Hammen, Hubbard, A. Kelly, Kipke, McDermott, Nathan-Pulliam, and Pena-Melnyk |
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Filed Under: Health Care Facilities and Regulation Adding the Maryland Health Care Commission to the list of entities to which the Health Services Cost Review Commission may disclose specified physician information; requiring the State Board of Physicians to disclose information contained in a record to the Maryland Health Care Commission for a specified purpose; adding the Maryland Health Care Commission to the list of entities that must adopt regulations for the transfer of information in a record; etc. |
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HB1141 Maryland Health Care Commission - Cardiac Surgery and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Services Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/1 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Pendergrass, Hammen, Frank, Hubbard, A. Kelly, and Pena-Melnyk |
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Filed Under: Health Care Facilities and Regulation Requiring, with a specified exception, a certificate of need for the establishment of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) services; requiring, beginning on July 1, 2012, a certificate of conformance before an acute general hospital may establish primary PCI services or nonprimary PCI services; prohibiting the Maryland Health Care Commission from issuing a certificate of conformance unless the Commission finds that the proposed primary PCI services or proposed nonprimary PCI services meet specified standards; etc. |
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HB1142 Criminal Procedure - Bail Review Hearing - Determination Regarding Place of Detention of Minor Last House Action: 2/10 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Carter, Vallario, Anderson, Mitchell, and Simmons |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Providing that, notwithstanding any other law or rule, at a bail review hearing, if the defendant is a minor and the court orders the continued detention of the defendant, the court in its discretion shall determine whether the defendant shall be held in an adult detention facility or a juvenile detention facility pending further proceedings. |
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HB1143 Criminal Law - Home Invasion Violent Crime and Armed Home Invasion Violent Crime Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Lee, Arora, Barve, Cane, Carr, Cullison, DeBoy, Frick, Glenn, Healey, Ivey, Jameson, A. Kelly, McDonough, A. Miller, B. Robinson, S. Robinson, Stocksdale, and Valderrama |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Prohibiting a person from breaking and entering the dwelling of another and committing a violent crime against a victim who is a lawful occupant of the dwelling; prohibiting a person from employing or displaying a dangerous weapon during the commission of a home invasion violent crime; establishing a criminal penalty for a violation of the Act; etc. |
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HB1144 Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - National Center for Children and Families Youth Activities Center Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 10:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Lee, Frick, and A. Kelly |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $250,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Trustees of the National Center for Children and Families for the capital equipping of the Children and Families Youth Activities Center, located in Bethesda; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB1145 Income Tax Credit - Flexible Workweek Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/9 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Haynes |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Income Allowing specified business entities a credit against the State income tax for the cost of providing a flexible workweek to the employees of the business entity in the State; requiring that a specified number of a business entity's full-time employees in the State work a flexible workweek in order to claim the credit; providing that the credit may not exceed a specified amount; applying the Act to tax years beginning after December 31, 2011; etc. |
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HB1146 Domestically Related Crimes - Reporting Last House Action: 3/19 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Dumais, Simmons, Anderson, Arora, Barnes, Clippinger, Glenn, Hough, K. Kelly, Krebs, Lee, McComas, McDermott, Mitchell, and Waldstreicher |
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Filed Under: Family Law Requiring the court, on request of the State's Attorney, to determine whether a crime for which a defendant is convicted or receives a probation before judgment disposition is a domestically related crime; requiring the State to bear the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that the crime is a domestically related crime; requiring a finding by the court that a crime is a domestically related crime to become part of the court record for specified purposes; etc. |
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HB1147 Correctional Services - Inmate Welfare Fund - Telephone Financial Assistance Last House Action: 2/10 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Valentino-Smith, Alston, Carter, McComas, Mitchell, Mizeur, Valderrama, Vallario, and Wilson |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Requiring the managing official of a local correctional facility with an inmate welfare fund to adopt regulations that require a portion of the profits derived from telephone commissions to be used for telephone calls that take place between an inmate and the minor child of an inmate; and requiring that distributions be made according to the financial need of an inmate. |
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HB1148 Courts - Victims of Crime - Interpreters Last House Action: 3/19 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Lee, Pena-Melnyk, Gutierrez, Arora, Cane, Carr, Conaway, Cullison, DeBoy, Dumais, Elliott, Glenn, Healey, Jameson, A. Kelly, Luedtke, A. Miller, Nathan-Pulliam, B. Robinson, S. Robinson, Stocksdale, and Valderrama |
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Filed Under: Courts and Court Personnel - Statewide Altering specified requirements relating to the use of interpreters in court proceedings to include the appointment of an interpreter for a victim or victim's representative who is deaf or cannot readily understand or communicate the spoken English language; etc. |
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HB1149 Health Insurance - Coverage for Telemedicine Services Last House Action: 2/21 Hearing cancelled Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Lee, Smigiel, Afzali, Beitzel, Clagett, Conaway, Cullison, DeBoy, Hammen, Healey, Howard, Jameson, Kach, A. Kelly, McComas, Nathan-Pulliam, Pendergrass, B. Robinson, Stocksdale, Tarrant, and V. Turner |
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Filed Under: Insurance - Health Requiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide the same coverage for health care services delivered either in person or through a telemedicine service; prohibiting insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from excluding a health care service from coverage solely because it is delivered by a telemedicine service and not in another manner; etc. |
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HB1150 Health Occupations - Qualifications for Licensure - Mortuary Science, Funeral Direction, and Apprenticeship Last House Action: 2/17 Hearing cancelled Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate A. Kelly |
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Filed Under: Health Occupations Altering the circumstances under which the State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors is required to issue licenses to applicants for mortician or funeral direction licenses; and requiring an individual who is seeking approval of an apprentice license to complete specified credits at a specified school or in a specified course that is both accredited by a specified entity and approved by the Board. |
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HB1151 Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Waiver for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder - Military Families Last House Action: 3/6 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate A. Kelly |
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Filed Under: Public Health Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the State Department of Education to develop a process through which children receiving services through the Home- and Community-Based Services Waiver for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder who lose eligibility for waiver services due to specified circumstances are able to resume the receipt of waiver services; and requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the State Department of Education to adopt specified regulations. |
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HB1152 Sustainable Communities Tax Credit - Residential Units for Lower-Income Individuals Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/9 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Haynes |
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Filed Under: Real Property Providing that a rehabilitation with at least 30 residential rental units is ineligible for the Maryland Sustainable Communities Tax Credit unless the individual or business entity seeking the certification agrees to set aside at least 10% of the residential rental units as housing for households whose median income does not exceed 60% of the area median income; applying the Act to initial credit certificates issued on or after July 1, 2012; etc. |
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HB1153 Tobacco Tax - Healthy Maryland Initiative Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/9 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means) Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Luedtke, Anderson, Arora, Barnes, Bobo, Burns, Carr, Carter, Clippinger, Cullison, Dumais, Feldman, Frush, Gaines, Glenn, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Harrison, Haynes, Hubbard, Hucker, Ivey, Kaiser, A. Kelly, Lee, McIntosh, A. Miller, Mizeur, Murphy, |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Miscellaneous Increasing the tobacco tax rate on cigarettes and other tobacco products; providing that the Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Program shall receive funding from the Other Tobacco Products Tax Fund under specified circumstances; requiring money from the Fund to be used to supplement appropriations to the Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Program to reach a specified level of funding; etc. |
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HB1154 Harriet Tubman Day Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing cancelled Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Lee, Alston, Arora, Beidle, Bobo, Braveboy, Burns, Cane, Carr, Conaway, Cullison, Eckardt, Frick, Frush, Gaines, George, Glenn, Gutierrez, Harrison, Healey, Hough, Howard, Ivey, Jones, A. Kelly, Love, McComas, A. Miller, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena- |
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Filed Under: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials Requiring the Governor to proclaim March 10, 2012, as Harriet Tubman Day; and making the Act an emergency measure. |
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HB1155 Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Land Acquisition for Transportation-Related Projects Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Frick, Carr, Hixson, Hucker, A. Kelly, Lee, Mizeur, and Waldstreicher |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Income Allowing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for a payment made by the State Highway Administration to an individual for the acquisition of a portion of the individual's property for use in transportation-related projects; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011; etc. |
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HB1156 Motor Fuel Tax - Increase - Construction Cost Index Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/14 at 4:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Frick |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Transportation Increasing the motor fuel tax rates for specified motor fuel on specified dates by specified amounts; requiring that the motor fuel tax rates for specified motor fuel be increased twice annually beginning on July 1, 2012, based on the percentage growth in the Construction Cost Index; prohibiting an increase in the motor fuel tax rates for specified motor fuel of more than 2 cents per gallon in a 6- month period; prohibiting an increase over the previous 6-month period if there is no growth in the Construction Cost Index; etc. |
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HB1157 Maryland Transportation Authority - Fixing or Revising Tolls - Legislative Approval Required Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hershey, Afzali, Bates, Boteler, Cluster, Eckardt, Elliott, Frank, Glass, Haddaway-Riccio, Jacobs, Kach, Kipke, Krebs, McComas, McDermott, W. Miller, Norman, O'Donnell, Ready, Schulz, Serafini, Stocksdale, and Szeliga |
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Filed Under: Transportation - Generally Prohibiting the Maryland Transportation Authority from fixing or revising a toll on any part of any transportation facilities project unless the General Assembly approves the toll through legislation enacted into law; prohibiting the Authority, subject to a specified exception, from charging and collecting a toll that exceeds the amount of the toll in effect before October 1, 2011; and making the Act an emergency measure. |
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HB1158 Medical Marijuana Oversight Commission Last House Action: 2/23 Hearing 3/9 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations) Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Morhaim, Barnes, Barve, Bobo, Boteler, Burns, Cardin, Carr, Clagett, Cullison, Donoghue, Dumais, Feldman, Frank, Glass, Glenn, Harrison, Hixson, Hubbard, Hucker, Ivey, Kach, A. Kelly, Kipke, Kramer, Lafferty, Luedtke, McIntosh, Mizeur, Murphy |
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Filed Under: Public Health Making marijuana a Schedule II controlled dangerous substance; prohibiting specified persons from distributing or dispensing marijuana to specified persons; establishing an independent Medical Marijuana Oversight Commission; providing for the purpose and membership of the Commission; providing for the terms of the members of the Commission; providing for the appointment of a chair and vice chair of the Commission; etc. |
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HB1159 Working Families Flexibility Act Last House Action: 3/13 Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Barkley, Arora, Barnes, Braveboy, Frick, Gilchrist, Hucker, Jameson, A. Kelly, Oaks, Reznik, S. Robinson, Waldstreicher, and Zucker |
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Filed Under: Private Sector Labor and Industry Authorizing an employee to request changes in the employee's terms and conditions of employment; providing for the application of the Act to specified employers; providing for the contents of an application requesting a change in terms and conditions of employment; requiring an employee and employer to meet under specified circumstances; prohibiting an employer from interfering with, restraining, or denying specified rights; authorizing specified court-ordered relief; etc. |
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HB1160 Family Law - Interim and Temporary Peace and Protective Orders - Duration Last House Action: 3/13 Third Reading Passed (137-0) Last Senate Action: 3/14 First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
Charles County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Family Law Extending the duration of an interim or temporary peace or protective order under specified circumstances; and requiring a court to hold a temporary or final peace or protective order hearing by a specified time under specified circumstances. |
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HB1161 Charles County - Assessment for Abatement of Zoning Violation Last House Action: 3/8 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Charles County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Local Government - Generally Authorizing the County Commissioners of Charles County to assess for abatement of zoning violations; adding the assessment to the annual tax bill of the property; specifying how the assessment will be collected; subjecting assessments to specified interest and penalties; and specifying that an assessment is a lien against the property. |
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HB1162 Ground Leases - Registration, Remedies, and Reorganization of Provisions Last House Action: 3/14 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate McMillan |
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Filed Under: Real Property Prohibiting a ground lease holder from bringing a specified action unless the ground lease is registered with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation; repealing a specified deadline for registering a ground lease with the Department; repealing specified provisions of law relating to the extinguishment of the reversionary interest of a ground lease holder for failure to register the ground lease before a specified date; requiring the Department to prepare a Deed of Redemption which contains specified information; etc. |
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HB1163 Environment - Penalty for Sewage Overflow - Establishment and Distribution Last House Action: 2/13 Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Jacobs, Fisher, Hershey, and Norman |
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Filed Under: Hunting and Fishing Requiring the Department of the Environment to impose a civil penalty on specified persons for any sewage overflow or bypass that results in the discharge of raw or diluted sewage into the waters of the State; establishing a formula to determine the amount of the civil penalty; requiring the Department to distribute specified proceeds from the civil penalties to the Fisheries Research and Development Fund for oyster restoration purposes; and requiring the Department to adopt regulations. |
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HB1164 State Government - Commemorative Days - Harriet Tubman Day Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing cancelled Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Lee, Alston, Arora, Beidle, Bobo, Burns, Cane, Carr, Conaway, Cullison, Eckardt, Frick, Frush, Gaines, George, Glenn, Gutierrez, Harrison, Healey, Howard, Ivey, Jones, Kaiser, A. Kelly, Love, McComas, A. Miller, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, B |
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Filed Under: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim March 10 as Harriet Tubman Day. |
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HB1165 Commission on Child Custody Decision Making Last House Action: 2/10 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Dumais, McComas, Alston, Anderson, Arora, Carter, Clippinger, Cluster, Conaway, Hough, K. Kelly, Lee, McDermott, Mitchell, Simmons, Smigiel, Valderrama, Valentino-Smith, Vallario, and Waldstreicher |
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Filed Under: Family Law Establishing the Commission on Child Custody Decision Making; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Commission; prohibiting a member of the Commission from receiving specified compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of specified expenses; requiring the Commission to perform specified duties; requiring the Commission to report interim and final findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before specified dates; etc. |
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HB1166 Gaming - Instant Bingo - Electronic Machines Last House Action: 2/16 Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Love |
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Filed Under: Gaming Authorizing the operation of specified instant bingo machines; clarifying that a specified handheld device is not considered a slot machine; authorizing the State Lottery Commission to make specified determinations regarding gaming devices and requiring the Commission to issue specified regulations; amending specified admissions and amusement tax rates on electronic bingo in Calvert County; etc. |
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HB1167 Cigarette Restitution Fund - Lung Cancer Screening and Biotechnology Last House Action: 2/22 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Reznik, Bohanan, James, A. Kelly, Lee, A. Miller, and Sophocleus |
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Filed Under: Public Health Establishing a Lung Cancer Screening Component and a Lung Cancer Biotechnology Research and Development Component in the Cancer Prevention, Education, Screening, and Treatment Program; providing for the purposes of the components; requiring the Governor to include specified funding in the annual budget for the components; requiring that specified Academic Health Centers be given priority in awarding Statewide Academic Health Center Research Grants; etc. |
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HB1168 State Government - Commemorative Months - Lyme Disease Awareness Month Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Lee and Pena-Melnyk |
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Filed Under: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials Requiring the Governor to proclaim the month of May as Lyme Disease Awareness Month. |
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HB1169 Table Games - Video Lottery Facilities Last House Action: 2/16 Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Luedtke, Barve, Boteler, Branch, Hixson, Howard, Ivey, A. Miller, Serafini, Stukes, F. Turner, and Walker |
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Filed Under: Gaming Providing that the State may authorize the holder of a video lottery operation license to offer table games in the State; specifying the types of table games that may be authorized, including roulette, blackjack, and craps; authorizing the State Lottery Commission to determine the suitability of table games under specified circumstances; subjecting the approval of table games to a referendum of the qualified voters of the State at the November 2012 general election; etc. |
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HB1170 Fracking Records Transparency Act Last House Action: 3/14 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Mizeur, Bobo, and Frush |
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Filed Under: Environment Requiring a holder of a specified permit to drill for natural gas to keep and maintain specified records in accordance with specified requirements; and requiring the records to be updated weekly and made publicly accessible on the permit holder's Web site. |
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HB1171 Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - City of Rockville - Swim and Fitness Center Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 10:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Barve |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $200,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Mayor and City Council of Rockville for the reconstruction of the City of Rockville Swim and Fitness Center; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB1172 Environment - Gas and Oil Lease Registry Last House Action: 3/14 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Mizeur, Bobo, and Frush |
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Filed Under: Environment Requiring the Department of the Environment to establish and maintain a Gas and Oil Lease Registry; requiring a person that holds a lease that grants gas or oil rights on property located in the State to register with the Department in a specified manner; requiring the Department to collect a $5 fee for each registered lease; etc. |
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HB1173 Natural Resources - Recreational and Commercial Fisheries - Funding and Use of Funds Last House Action: 2/13 Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Gilchrist and Holmes |
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Filed Under: Hunting and Fishing Requiring that specified appropriations for fishery management purposes be allocated equitably between the recreational and commercial fisheries, except for any appropriation made for aquaculture; repealing specified annual surcharges for tidal fish license authorizations for oysters and striped bass; requiring the Department of Natural Resources, in consultation with specified entities, to adopt regulations establishing annual surcharges on clam, crab, oyster, and striped bass license authorizations; etc. |
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HB1174 Unemployment Insurance - Exemption from Covered Employment - Temporary Tax Preparers Last House Action: 2/27 Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Guzzone |
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Filed Under: Unemployment Insurance Providing that work performed by specified tax preparers is not covered for the purposes of unemployment insurance under specified circumstances; providing that specified contributions and benefit charges collected are not subject to refund; etc. |
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HB1175 Howard County - Workers' Compensation - Students in Unpaid Work-Based Learning Experiences Ho. Co. 9-12 Last House Action: 3/9 Third Reading Passed (138-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m. |
Howard County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Education - Local Bills Authorizing the Howard County Board of Education to waive the requirement that a participating employer reimburse the county for the cost of specified workers' compensation insurance coverage for students placed in unpaid work-based learning experiences. |
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HB1176 Health Care Case Management for At-Risk Juveniles - Work Group Last House Action: 3/13 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Valentino-Smith, Arora, Carr, Cullison, Frush, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Ivey, Niemann, B. Robinson, V. Turner, Walker, and Washington |
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Filed Under: Public Health Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to convene a Work Group on Health Care Case Management for At-Risk Juveniles in the State; providing for the membership and staffing of the Work Group; providing for the designation of the chair of the Work Group; providing for the duties of the Work Group; requiring the Secretary to make a specified report to the Governor and General Assembly on or before January 1, 2013; etc. |
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HB1177 Ethics - Financial Disclosure by Local Elected Officials Last House Action: 2/13 Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Haddaway-Riccio, Barkley, Eckardt, Holmes, and Lafferty |
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Filed Under: Ethics Authorizing a county or municipal corporation to limit elected local officials' required disclosures of interests in specified business entities to include only those business entities that do business in the county or municipal corporation. |
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HB1178 Vehicle Laws - Failing to Render Assistance - Assessment of Points Last House Action: 2/13 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Cardin |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to assess 8 points against a person who is convicted of failing to render reasonable assistance after being involved in a vehicle accident that results in death, bodily injury, or damage to an attended vehicle or attended property. |
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HB1179 Vehicle Laws - Fleeing or Eluding Police Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate DeBoy |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road Altering a specified provision to prohibit a driver from fleeing and eluding a police officer if the officer is in a police vehicle meeting specified criteria; reclassifying specified offenses relating to fleeing and eluding as a felony; altering a specified offense to include a specified act of fleeing and eluding a police officer that poses a risk of imminent bodily injury; etc. |
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HB1180 Vehicle Laws - Required Security - Electronic Reporting Requirements Last House Action: 2/21 Hearing cancelled Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Rudolph and Malone |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Miscellaneous Requiring insurers and other providers of required vehicle security to report the issuance of specified new policies, changes to specified fleet policies, and terminations or lapses of required security electronically within a specified period of time; defining "fleet policy"; etc. |
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HB1181 Criminal Procedure - Obtaining or Furnishing Alcoholic Beverage for Underage Consumption - Citation Last House Action: 2/10 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Charles County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Providing that a person who violates provisions of law prohibiting the obtaining or furnishing of an alcoholic beverage for underage consumption may be charged by a citation; establishing procedures for the issuance of a citation under the Act; etc. |
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HB1182 Charles County Sheriff - Collective Bargaining - Binding Arbitration Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Charles County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Courts and Court Personnel - Statewide Authorizing a specified collective bargaining agreement in Charles County to contain a grievance procedure providing for binding arbitration of grievances in reference to a labor contract, including grievances related to interpretation of breach of contract. |
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HB1183 Vehicle Laws - Motor Vehicle Safety Checkpoints - Prohibition on Targeting Specific Types of Motor Vehicles Last House Action: 3/12 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Kramer, Hershey, Kipke, Smigiel, and Wood |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Miscellaneous Prohibiting a police officer at a motor vehicle safety checkpoint from targeting specified types of motor vehicles; providing for the application of the Act; and defining a specified term. |
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HB1184 Baltimore City - Landlord and Tenant - Stay of Execution of Warrant of Restitution in Extreme Weather Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates B. Robinson and Howard |
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Filed Under: Real Property Authorizing an administrative judge to stay the execution of a warrant of restitution of a residential property in the event of extreme weather conditions, except in District 1 of the District Court of Maryland. |
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HB1185 Public Service Commission - Solar Water Heating Systems and Billing Services - Prince George's County Last House Action: 2/14 Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Frush |
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Filed Under: Utility Regulation Requiring a person to be licensed by the Public Service Commission to engage in the business of providing solar water heating services as a solar water heating utility provider in Prince George's County; establishing specified application and other requirements for becoming a provider; authorizing a provider to request a solar water heating utility biller to provide specified billing services; requiring a biller to provide specified billing services under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB1186 Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Renewable Energy Credits - Geothermal Heating and Cooling Last House Action: 2/14 Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Jameson, Hucker, Afzali, Barkley, Barve, Beitzel, Carr, Eckardt, Elliott, Feldman, Jacobs, Krebs, Love, McComas, Murphy, Myers, Norman, Otto, Serafini, Stein, Stocksdale, and Wood |
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Filed Under: Utility Regulation Specifying that energy generated from a geothermal heating and cooling system is eligible for inclusion in meeting the renewable energy portfolio standard; entitling a specified person or entity to receive a renewable energy credit under specified circumstances; specifying the method by which energy generation and consumption shall be measured; requiring geothermal heating and cooling system installation to comply with specified standards; etc. |
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HB1187 Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Solar Energy and Solar Water Heating Systems Last House Action: 2/14 Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Jameson, Barkley, Barnes, Barve, Feldman, Hershey, Hucker, Kramer, Love, Minnick, Schuh, and Vaughn |
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Filed Under: Utility Regulation Altering the percentage of Tier 1 renewable energy that must be derived from solar energy in the State's renewable energy portfolio standard in specified years; authorizing the Public Service Commission, in consultation with the Maryland Energy Administration, to approve an equivalent certification for measurement for energy generated by specified solar water heating systems; etc. |
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HB1188 State Department of Education - Lacrosse Opportunities Program Last House Action: 2/22 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Ross, Ivey, Summers, Vaughn, and Walker |
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Filed Under: Operating Budget Creating the Lacrosse Opportunities Program in the State Department of Education to increase opportunities for minority students to participate in lacrosse in their communities; requiring the State Superintendent of Education to administer the Program; requiring the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2014, to include at least $100,000 for the Program in the annual budget submission; etc. |
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HB1189 Howard County - Deputy Sheriffs - Collective Bargaining Ho. Co. 11-12 Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Howard County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Courts and Court Personnel - Local Authorizing the representatives of full-time deputy sheriffs at the rank of sergeant and below in the Office of the Sheriff of Howard County to bargain collectively with the Sheriff on specified issues; authorizing deputy sheriffs to take specified actions with regard to collective bargaining; providing for the procedures for certifying a labor organization as a certified labor organization for collective bargaining; etc. |
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HB1190 Charles County - District Court - Court Cost Surcharge Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Murphy |
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Filed Under: Courts and Court Personnel - Local Authorizing the County Commissioners of Charles County to adopt an ordinance that requires a surcharge of at least $2 but not exceeding $5 to be imposed on all traffic cases and criminal cases in the District Court in Charles County; requiring the District Court in Charles County to add the surcharge to court costs imposed by the court; and requiring the surcharge to be remitted to the County Commissioners of Charles County to be used by Charles County for substance abuse treatment. |
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HB1191 Commercial Law - Consumer Protection - Credit Counseling and Legal Assistance Fund Last House Action: 3/13 Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Niemann, Burns, and Love |
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Filed Under: Commercial Law - Consumer Protection Establishing the Credit Counseling and Legal Assistance Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; specifying the purpose of the Fund; requiring the Division of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General to administer the Fund; requiring the Division to adopt specified regulations; requiring the State Treasurer to hold the Fund and the Comptroller to account for the Fund; requiring the State Court Administrator to collect specified filing fees and pay the fees into the Fund; etc. |
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HB1192 Prevailing Wages - Debarment or Suspension Process and Penalty Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hucker, Barkley, Barnes, Clippinger, Frush, Glenn, Haynes, Howard, Ivey, K. Kelly, Luedtke, Mizeur, Rosenberg, Ross, Stukes, Summers, Valderrama, Vaughn, Washington, and Zucker |
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Filed Under: State Government - Procurement Requiring a contractor or subcontractor to be suspended or debarred if the contractor or subcontractor willfully violates specified requirements concerning prevailing wage rates; specifying the time period for the debarment or suspension; providing that a contractor or subcontractor who unintentionally violates specified requirements concerning prevailing wage rates is allowed the opportunity to remedy the violation; authorizing the Attorney General to seek a penalty from contractors or subcontractors; etc. |
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HB1193 State Personnel - Traumatic Events - Mental Health Support Services Last House Action: 2/22 Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Costa, Cullison, Elliott, Frank, Hubbard, Kach, A. Kelly, Kipke, Krebs, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Ready, Reznik, Tarrant, and V. Turner |
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Filed Under: State Government - Personnel Requiring a unit of the Executive Branch of State government to make available mental health support services to specified individuals affected by a traumatic event that occurs in a facility of the unit and results in the death of an individual; requiring specified mental health support services to be made available to an employee for a specified purpose and within a specified period of time after the traumatic event occurs; etc. |
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HB1194 Business Occupations - Plumbers and Gas Fitters - Apprentice License Renewal Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Braveboy, Alston, V. Turner, Vaughn, and Wilson |
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Filed Under: Business Regulation and Occupations Prohibiting the State Board of Plumbing from renewing specified apprentice plumber licenses or apprentice natural gas fitters licenses for more than three consecutive terms if the licensee has not taken or registered to take a journey plumber examination or journeyman gas fitters examination; etc. |
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HB1195 Land Use - Rail Station Overlay Districts Last House Action: 2/13 Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Holmes |
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Filed Under: Local Government - Generally Authorizing a local jurisdiction to establish a rail station overlay district adjacent to a railroad station, metro station, or light rail station in the local jurisdiction under specified standards and guidelines; requiring the Department of Planning, in consultation with the Department of Transportation, to establish standards and guidelines under which a local jurisdiction may establish a rail station overlay district in specified areas and a model ordinance for establishing the overlay district; etc. |
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HB1196 Participation in Procurement - Conflict of Interest - Exemption Last House Action: 2/17 Hearing cancelled Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Ready and Pena-Melnyk |
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Filed Under: State Government - Procurement Authorizing units of State government to solicit written comments relating to specifications for State procurement of health, human, social, or educational services before issuing requests for proposals; authorizing a person that submits written comments relating to a procurement to submit a proposal for the procurement under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB1197 State Finance and Procurement - Special Funds - Diversity Last House Action: 2/17 Hearing cancelled Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Morhaim |
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Filed Under: State Government - Procurement Requiring that the investments of specified special funds reflect the diversity of the State; prohibiting specified special funds from receiving fees from the public unless the industry that benefits from the special fund has ownership that reflects the diversity of the State and the industry has specified opportunities to achieve minority business goals; requiring the Governor's Office of Minority Affairs to determine by regulation the requirements necessary to reflect the diversity of the State; requiring a specified report; etc. |
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HB1198 Maryland Biotech SBIR and STTR Bridge Program Last House Action: 2/13 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Lee, Arora, Barve, Carr, Glenn, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Ivey, Kaiser, Lafferty, Luedtke, McDonough, A. Miller, Minnick, Mitchell, Mizeur, Morhaim, Reznik, B. Robinson, Stukes, and Zucker |
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Filed Under: Education - Miscellaneous Establishing a Maryland Biotech SBIR and STTR Bridge Program to be administered by the Maryland Technology Development Corporation for specified purposes; authorizing the Program to provide grants to specified eligible biotechnology businesses; stating the purpose of the Program; establishing the Maryland Biotech SBIR and STTR Bridge Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund for specified purposes; providing for the administration, sources, and use of the Fund; requiring a specified audit of the Fund; etc. |
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HB1199 Gas Companies - Gas Line Leaks and Repairs Last House Action: 2/14 Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Carr, Frush, Niemann, and B. Robinson |
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Filed Under: Utility Regulation Requiring the Public Service Commission to adopt regulations to classify natural gas leaks and to require gas companies to remediate and monitor those leaks in a specified manner; requiring the regulations to establish a specified penalty; prohibiting a gas company from passing the penalty to customers; requiring a gas company to respond to a report of specified gas leaks in a specified manner; requiring a gas company to receive and promptly investigate specified reports; etc. |
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HB1200 Commercial Law - Cigarette Sales Below Cost - Wholesale Markup Last House Action: 2/13 Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Love, Feldman, Jameson, and W. Miller |
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Filed Under: Commercial Law - Generally Altering the presumptive cost of doing business used to determine the basic cost of cigarettes to a cigarette wholesaler for purposes of provisions of law governing the sale of cigarettes below cost; authorizing a wholesaler to implement a wholesale markup that is less than a specified amount under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB1201 Department of Planning - State Development Plan - Use and Conflicts of Law Last House Action: 2/13 Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Conway, Beidle, Beitzel, Bohanan, Cane, Clagett, Cluster, DeBoy, Eckardt, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Hogan, Holmes, Jacobs, James, McMillan, Minnick, Norman, O'Donnell, Otto, Rudolph, Vitale, Weir, and Wood |
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Filed Under: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials Prohibiting the State Development Plan from being used to create or establish a new cause for State denial of specified projects, permits, or approvals or to deny specified State funding; requiring the Department of Planning and a specified county or municipal corporation to meet in good faith and seek to resolve a specified conflict under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB1202 Public Information Act - Required Denials - Newsletters Sent by Public Officials Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Ready, Elliott, Hough, Krebs, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, and Stocksdale |
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Filed Under: State Government - Regulations and Procedures Requiring a custodian of records under the Public Information Act to deny inspection of the part of a public record that includes the electronic mail addresses of individuals who were sent a specified newsletter from a public official; etc. |
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HB1203 State Procurement - Preference - Local Supplies - Matching Bids Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Kramer and Valderrama |
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Filed Under: State Government - Procurement Requiring a unit of State government to allow a specified bidder to resubmit the bid to match the lowest bid, under specified circumstances, if the bid indicates, of all the bids submitted, the use of the highest percentage of supplies to be purchased or used in the procurement that are local supplies; and defining "local supplies". |
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HB1204 The Marcellus Shale Safe Drilling Study Fee Last House Action: 3/16 Favorable with Amendments Report by Environmental Matters Favorable with Amendments {490311/1 Report Adopted Special Order until 3/19 (Delegate Beitzel) Adopted Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Mizeur, Holmes, Bobo, Carr, Frick, Frush, Healey, Hubbard, Hucker, Luedtke, McHale, McIntosh, Morhaim, Niemann, Reznik, B. Robinson, S. Robinson, Stein, F. Turner, and Washington |
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Filed Under: Environment Altering the amount of a specified performance bond; requiring specified owners of a specified gas interest in specified areas of the State to file a notice with the Department of the Environment in accordance with specified requirements; requiring specified owners of a specified gas interest in specified areas of the State to pay to the Department a specified amount of money on or before specified dates under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB1205 Procurement - Service Contracts - Delineation of Costs by Categories Last House Action: 3/13 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hucker, Barkley, Burns, Carr, Gutierrez, Ivey, A. Kelly, Luedtke, Simmons, and Valderrama |
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Filed Under: State Government - Procurement Requiring the Board of Public Works, in consultation with the Department of General Services, to adopt regulations to require that a bidder or offeror responding to a solicitation for a service contract delineate its costs by specified categories; repealing an exception; etc. |
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HB1206 Charles County - Nuisance Actions - Community Associations Last House Action: 3/12 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Wilson |
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Filed Under: Real Property Allowing specified community associations to bring actions for injunctive or other equitable relief in the circuit court for abatement of a nuisance in Charles County; and altering the definition of "local code violation". |
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HB1207 State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Licensure of Clinical Professional Art Therapists Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Pendergrass, Hammen, Carr, K. Kelly, McHale, Pena-Melnyk, and B. Robinson |
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Filed Under: Health Occupations Altering the membership of the State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists to include two licensed clinical professional art therapists; requiring specified individuals to be licensed by the Board as clinical professional art therapists before performing specified work in the State; establishing education and experience requirements to qualify for a license under the Act; requiring the Board to waive requirements under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB1208 Baltimore County - Transfers from Noncontributory System to Employees' Retirement System - Contributions and Interest Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 2/28 at 1:30 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Jones |
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Filed Under: State Pensions and Retirement Requiring that in Baltimore County if an individual transfers from a noncontributory system to the Employees' Retirement System, on retirement the individual's retirement allowance must be reduced by the actuarial equivalent of specified accumulated contributions rather than the actuarial equivalent of specified member contributions; requiring interest on the contributions to be determined by a specified board in consultation with a specified actuary rather than using regular interest; etc. |
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HB1209 Procurement - Preferences - Businesses Located in the State Last House Action: 3/13 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hucker, Cullison, and Frick |
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Filed Under: State Government - Procurement Requiring a unit of State government to allow a resident bidder or resident offeror to resubmit the bid or offer, under specified circumstances, to match the lowest bid or offer, as specified; etc. |
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HB1210 Public School Teachers and Administrators - Appeals and Layoffs - Rights and Limitations Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Rosenberg and Hucker |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Limiting the review by the State Board of Education of the decision of a county board to suspend or dismiss specified public school teachers and administrators to a review on the record; requiring public school employers to negotiate teacher layoff policies as part of collective bargaining; requiring the use of performance evaluations in policies relating to teacher layoff decisions; etc. |
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HB1211 Procurement - Prevailing Wage Rate - Penalties for Violations Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hucker, Barkley, Barnes, Frush, Glenn, Haynes, Howard, Ivey, K. Kelly, Luedtke, Mizeur, Rosenberg, Ross, Stukes, Summers, Valderrama, Vaughn, Washington, and Zucker |
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Filed Under: State Government - Procurement Altering the amount of a penalty owed to a public body by a contractor and the amount of the compensation owed to specified employees by a contractor or subcontractor that violates the prevailing wage rate. |
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HB1212 Building Better Schools Through Innovation Act Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Appropriations Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Mizeur, Anderson, Luedtke, B. Robinson, and Washington |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Establishing a nonprofit partnership as an alternative financing arrangement for specified public school construction projects; authorizing a county board of education to enter into a contract with a specified nonprofit entity or entities for school construction projects; authorizing a county board to receive funding for school construction as a block grant; etc. |
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HB1213 Harford County Board of Education - Student Member - Voting Rights Last House Action: 2/22 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates McComas, Impallaria, James, McDonough, Norman, Stifler, and Szeliga |
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Filed Under: Education - Local Bills Providing that the student member of the Harford County Board of Education has specified rights and privileges; prohibiting the student member from voting on or participating in specified matters; making clarifying changes; and altering the definition of "elected member". |
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HB1214 Education - Public High Schools - Maximum Student Enrollment Policy Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Kaiser, Carr, A. Miller, and Stukes |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Requiring each county board of education on or before December 1, 2012, to establish a policy on maximum student enrollment at each public high school within the county board's jurisdiction; requiring each county board to consider specified items and solicit input in establishing the policy; requiring each county board, in consultation with its county governing body, on or before July 1, 2013, to develop and determine the cost of a plan to implement the established policy; etc. |
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HB1215 Primary and Secondary Education - Online Courses - Acceptance of Courses Approved by Other States Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Boteler, Cluster, George, Glass, Hough, Ivey, Kach, McDermott, A. Miller, Myers, Norman, Stukes, Walker, and Weir |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Authorizing the State Department of Education or a county board of education to procure online courses and services that have been approved by a state that the Department has determined has curriculum content standards consistent with the Maryland content standards; and making the Act an emergency measure. |
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HB1216 Partnership for Student Education and Community Investment Tax Credit Last House Action: 2/22 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Walker |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Income Providing a tax credit against the State income tax for contributions made to specified student assistance organizations; requiring the Department of Business and Economic Development to administer the tax credit; requiring specified entities to submit an application to be a student assistance organization by January 1 of each year; establishing the Partnership for Student Education and Community Investment Tax Credit Reserve Fund; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011; etc. |
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HB1217 Public Charter Schools - Chartering Authorities, Application Requirements, and Funding Last House Action: 2/22 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Ivey and Rosenberg |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Expanding the purpose of the Public Charter School Program; expanding the definition of a public charter school; authorizing the State Board of Education to be a primary chartering authority for the granting of a charter to a public charter school applicant; requiring a county board of education or the State Board to take specified actions when reviewing, evaluating, and making a decision on a charter school application; requiring each county board to disburse a specified amount of funds to each public charter school; etc. |
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HB1218 Public Charter Schools - Chartering Authorities, Application Requirements, Employees, and Facility Funding Last House Action: 2/22 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Ivey |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Authorizing the State Board of Education to be a primary chartering authority for the granting of a charter to a public charter school applicant; requiring an application to the State Board to establish a public charter school to include specified information; requiring specified public charter schools to receive an annual per pupil facilities allotment; establishing the Public Charter School Facility Revolving Loan Fund; requiring the Governor to provide a specified amount of money in the State budget for the Fund; etc. |
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HB1219 Primary and Secondary Education - Online Courses - Local Approval and Reporting Requirements Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Boteler, Branch, Cluster, George, Glass, Hixson, Hough, Ivey, Kach, McDermott, A. Miller, Myers, Norman, Stukes, Summers, F. Turner, Walker, and Weir |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Authorizing a county board of education to procure online courses and services that the county board has approved as being high quality and in alignment with specified State standards; requiring a county board that has approved an online course to submit a specified report to the State Department of Education; and making the Act an emergency measure. |
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HB1220 Secondary Education - Electronic Reader Pilot Program in Baltimore City Last House Action: 2/22 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Haynes |
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Filed Under: Education - Local Bills Establishing the Electronic Reader Pilot Program to be implemented in middle and high schools in Baltimore City; requiring the Chief Executive Officer of the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners to award a grant to the Board for implementation of the Pilot Program; requiring the Chief Executive Officer and a specified organization to develop a plan to implement the Pilot Program; requiring the plan to meet specified requirements; providing for the funding of the Pilot Program; etc. |
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HB1221 Graduate Level Education - Exemption from Paying Nonresident Tuition - Members of the United States Armed Forces Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing cancelled Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hixson, Arora, Branch, Feldman, Howard, Hucker, Kaiser, Luedtke, A. Miller, Ross, Stukes, Summers, F. Turner, and Walker |
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Filed Under: Higher Education Exempting active duty members and honorably discharged veterans of the United States armed forces, who attend a public institution of higher education within 5 years of the honorable discharge, from paying nonresident tuition rates at the public institution of higher education for graduate level education; etc. |
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HB1222 State Board of Education - Online Courses - Approval Processing Fees Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Boteler, Cluster, George, Glass, Hixson, Hough, Ivey, Kach, McDermott, A. Miller, Myers, Norman, Stukes, and Weir |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Authorizing the State Board of Education to set reasonable fees for the costs incurred by the State Department of Education for processing approvals for online courses and services. |
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HB1223 Institutions of Postsecondary Education - Fully Online Distance Education Programs - Registration Last House Action: 2/22 Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Guzzone |
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Filed Under: Higher Education Requiring institutions of postsecondary education that enroll Maryland students in fully online distance education programs in the State to register with the Maryland Higher Education Commission before commencing or continuing to operate, doing business, or functioning in the State within 6 months of enrolling the first Maryland student; providing for a specified exception from the requirement for registration; etc. |
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HB1224 Public Health Nuisance - Tobacco Smoke in Multidwelling Units - Abatement and Enforcement Authority Last House Action: 2/16 Hearing cancelled Hearing 3/9 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Kramer, Arora, Barkley, Carr, Cullison, Dumais, Hucker, A. Kelly, Reznik, B. Robinson, Simmons, Stein, and Valderrama |
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Filed Under: Public Health Amending the definition of "nuisance" to include tobacco smoke that drifts from specified units into other residential units in a multidwelling property over a specified period of time as it relates to authorizing specified entities or individuals to bring an action in a circuit court for relief from the nuisance; prohibiting a specified community association from bringing an action under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB1225 Education - Guidelines for Using State Produce in Schools - Required Last House Action: 2/27 Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Rosenberg and Luedtke |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Requiring the State Department of Education to establish guidelines requiring each county board of education to make best efforts to procure produce served in public schools from farms or community gardens located within the State, to serve the produce in accordance with specified laws and regulations governing food safety, and to submit an annual report to the Department. |
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HB1226 Higher Education - Academic Program Action - Repeal of Application Fees Last House Action: 2/22 Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Bohanan |
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Filed Under: Higher Education Repealing the authority of the Maryland Higher Education Commission to impose application fees for the approval of specified academic program actions taken by specified institutions of higher education. |
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HB1227 Education - Core Content Areas - Accountability Program Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Busch, Kaiser, Branch, Conway, Cullison, Gilchrist, Haddaway-Riccio, Kach, Luedtke, McComas, McHale, Mitchell, O'Donnell, Olszewski, Reznik, S. Robinson, Rudolph, Stukes, Waldstreicher, and Zucker |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Requiring the State Board of Education and the State Superintendent of Schools to assist each county board of education to establish goals that conform with specified objectives for subject areas that include science and social studies; requiring each public school to survey current student achievement in science and social studies; requiring the State Board and the State Superintendent to design and implement assessment programs in specified subjects; requiring specified grade band assessments and end-of-course assessments to be implemented; etc. |
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HB1228 Regional Higher Education Centers - Funding Formula Last House Action: 2/22 Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Bohanan |
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Filed Under: Higher Education Requiring that operating funds for regional higher education centers be calculated and allocated using a specified funding formula for fiscal year 2014 and each fiscal year thereafter; requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to certify to the Governor the amount of funding due to each center under the funding formula and requiring the Governor to include that amount in the annual budget submission; requiring the Commission to make recommendations regarding the inclusion of outcome and performance measures; etc. |
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HB1229 State Government - Notaries Public - Revisions Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Szeliga |
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Filed Under: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials Prohibiting an individual, under specified circumstances, from being appointed as a notary public; establishing requirements that a State resident appointed as a notary public must meet; establishing requirements that an out-of-state individual appointed as a notary public must meet; providing that an out-of-state notary may exercise specified functions only in the course of the notary's employment; etc. |
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HB1230 Maryland Transit Administration - Farebox Recovery Rate Increase Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Frank |
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Filed Under: Transportation - Generally Increasing to at least 40%, for fiscal year 2013 and thereafter, the percentage of operating costs for specified public transit services that the Maryland Transit Administration must recover from fares and other operating revenues; etc. |
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HB1231 Maryland Transit Administration - Farebox Recovery Rate Increase Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hershey, Afzali, Bates, Cluster, Eckardt, Elliott, Haddaway-Riccio, Hogan, Hough, Jacobs, Kipke, Krebs, McComas, McDermott, W. Miller, Otto, Ready, Schulz, Stocksdale, and Szeliga |
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Filed Under: Transportation - Generally Increasing from 35% to at least 50%, for fiscal year 2013 and thereafter, the percentage of operating costs for specified public transit services that the Maryland Transit Administration must recover from fares and other operating revenues; etc. |
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HB1232 Maryland Transportation Authority - Privatization of the Intercounty Connector and the I-95 Express Toll Lanes Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Fisher, Bates, Boteler, Dwyer, Frank, Glass, Hough, Krebs, McComas, McConkey, McDermott, McMillan, Myers, Norman, Otto, Serafini, Stocksdale, and Szeliga |
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Filed Under: Transportation - Highways Requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, to initiate the process to issue a request for proposals on or before a specified date to privatize the Intercounty Connector (ICC/MD 200) and the I-95 Express Toll Lanes north of Baltimore City; providing that the request for proposals be issued in accordance with specified procurement requirements; etc. |
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HB1233 State Highway Administration - Privatization of Rest Areas and Welcome Centers on State Highways Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Fisher, Bates, Boteler, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Frank, Glass, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Hough, Jacobs, Krebs, McComas, McConkey, McMillan, Myers, Norman, Otto, Schulz, Serafini, Smigiel, and Szeliga |
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Filed Under: Transportation - Highways Requiring the State Highway Administration to initiate the process to issue a request for proposals on or before a specified date to privatize the operation and maintenance of rest areas and welcome centers within State highway rights-of-way; providing that the request for proposals be issued in accordance with the State procurement law; requiring that specified money paid to the State be credited to the Transportation Trust Fund; etc. |
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HB1234 Regulations Affecting Small Businesses - Extensions for Compliance Last House Action: 2/13 Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Serafini |
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Filed Under: Economic and Community Development Authorizing the Department of Business and Economic Development, under specified circumstances, to grant an extension to specified small businesses for compliance with regulations adopted by Executive Branch agencies; requiring a small business, in order to be granted an extension, to prepare a specified economic impact analysis and a specified plan for compliance with the regulations; requiring the small business to submit specified documents to the Department; etc. |
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HB1235 Public Safety - Emergency Number System - Next Generation 9-1-1 Last House Action: 2/22 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Zucker, Clagett, DeBoy, Bohanan, and Guzzone |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Altering the responsibilities of the Emergency Number Systems Board to include establishing planning guidelines for next generation 9-1-1 system plans and deployment of next generation 9-1-1 service; authorizing the Board to limit a request for reimbursement to counties for the cost of enhancing a 9-1-1 system; and defining "next generation 9-1-1". |
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HB1236 State Government - Demographic Data Collection - Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Lee, Arora, Barve, Carr, Conaway, Cullison, Gutierrez, Healey, Ivey, Jameson, Kaiser, A. Kelly, Luedtke, A. Miller, Mizeur, B. Robinson, S. Robinson, and Valderrama |
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Filed Under: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials Requiring State units that collect specified demographic data to use separate collection categories for specified categories of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders; requiring specified State units to use additional specified separate collection categories; requiring specified units to make specified data available to the public and to post specified data on the State unit's Web site beginning on July 1, 2013, and yearly thereafter; etc. |
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HB1237 Maryland Energy Administration - Study on the Use of Solar Panels on School Buildings Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Morhaim |
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Filed Under: State Government - Procurement Requiring the Maryland Energy Administration to establish a workgroup to study the feasibility of creating a program to use school buildings for the collection of solar energy; authorizing the Administration to include specified persons in the workgroup; requiring the workgroup to consider cost savings, examine laws that would need to be amended to facilitate a program and to streamline procedures under a program, and make surveys to determine whether local school boards and others are interested in participating in a program; etc. |
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HB1238 Maryland Legal Services Corporation Fund - Net Interest Earnings Last House Action: 2/10 First Reading Judiciary Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Dumais |
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Filed Under: Operating Budget Including the Maryland Legal Services Corporation Fund in the list of funds whose net interest earnings do not accrue to the General Fund of the State; and providing that specified charges may not be made against the Fund. |
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HB1239 Family Law - Straw Ballot - Definition of Marriage Last House Action: 2/10 First Reading Judiciary & Health and Government Operations Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary) Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Alston |
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Filed Under: Family Law Requiring that one question with three options be placed on the ballot at the general election in November 2012 to determine the sense of the voters in the State on the legal definition of marriage; instructing the voters to choose one of the three options relating to which marriages should be valid in the State; providing that the vote on the question is advisory only; and providing for the carrying out of the straw ballot. |
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HB1240 School Infrastructure Local Option Act Last House Action: 2/16 Hearing 3/9 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Mizeur |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Sales and Use Authorizing the governing body of a county to impose a tax not exceeding 1% on retail sales; exempting specified sales; requiring that the net proceeds of the tax be used only for capital funding for the construction, renovation, and upgrading of public schools; providing that before a specified law or ordinance takes effect it must first be submitted to a referendum of the qualified voters of a county for approval at the next following general election; etc. |
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HB1241 Education - Preschool for All - Establishment Last House Action: 2/22 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Rosenberg, Hucker, Ivey, Kaiser, Luedtke, Myers, Ross, and Walker |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Establishing funding for prekindergarten by altering a specified definition to include prekindergarten students in the number of students enrolled; altering a funding calculation to phase in a reduction of specified funding; altering a definition to make specified children eligible for prekindergarten; requiring that specified prekindergarten programs be established by the 2015-2016 school year; etc. |
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HB1242 Identity Fraud Crimes - Restitution Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing cancelled Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Lee, Arora, Carr, DeBoy, Frush, Healey, Howard, Kach, Kipke, McComas, McDonough, A. Miller, Pendergrass, B. Robinson, and Stocksdale |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Expanding the circumstances under which a court is authorized to order restitution to include financial damage or loss incurred as a result of identity fraud; authorizing a court to accept an identity fraud restitution affidavit as competent evidence; requiring specified State's Attorneys to consult with the Office of the Attorney General under specified circumstances; requiring the Office of the Attorney General to develop an identity fraud restitution affidavit; etc. |
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HB1243 Courts and Judicial Proceedings - District Court Jurisdiction - Homeowners Associations Last House Action: 3/5 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Charles County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Courts and Court Personnel - Statewide Granting the District Court exclusive original civil jurisdiction in a proceeding to enforce a provision of the recorded covenants and restrictions, declaration, or bylaws of a homeowners association. |
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HB1244 Maryland Aviation Administration - Airport Security and Passenger Screening - Private Contractor Last House Action: 3/16 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Glass, Boteler, and McDonough |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Requiring the Maryland Aviation Administration, with the approval of the State Secretary of Transportation and subject to the direction of the Maryland Aviation Commission, consistent with specified provisions of law regarding procurement, to contract, lease, or otherwise grant a person the exclusive privilege of operating, as agent of the State, security and passenger screening services at airports and airport facilities owned or controlled by the State; etc. |
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HB1245 Maryland Aviation Administration - Airport Security - Training - Luggage Search Last House Action: 3/16 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Glass, Boteler, and Stocksdale |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Requiring the Maryland Aviation Administration to require that a person serving as a transportation security officer, passenger screener, or luggage screener at an airport in the State be certified by the Secretary of State Police as having received training in the proper protocol for searching passengers and luggage in a constitutional manner; and requiring the Administration to require that a passenger's luggage may be searched only by a person having a specified certification and in the presence of the passenger. |
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HB1246 Baltimore City Public School Construction Authority Last House Action: 3/12 Unfavorable Report by Appropriations Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Mitchell, Clippinger, Conaway, Glenn, Hammen, Harrison, McIntosh, Oaks, B. Robinson, Rosenberg, Stukes, and Tarrant |
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Filed Under: Education - Local Bills Establishing the Baltimore City Public School Construction Authority; providing for the purpose, duties, membership, appointment, terms, and compensation of the Authority; authorizing the Authority to use alternative financing methods and issue bonds to finance public school construction projects; requiring the State to provide a specified block grant each year to Baltimore City for specified public school construction projects and requiring the Authority to administer and manage the block grant; etc. |
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HB1247 Community Cleanup and Greening Act of 2012 Last House Action: 2/22 Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Washington, Arora, Bobo, Carr, Cullison, Dumais, Feldman, Frush, Gaines, Gutierrez, Healey, Hubbard, Hucker, Ivey, A. Kelly, Lafferty, Lee, Luedtke, A. Miller, Mizeur, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, S. Robinson, Rosenbe |
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Filed Under: Business Regulation and Occupations Requiring specified stores to charge and collect a 5-cent fee for each disposable carryout bag the store provides to a customer; authorizing specified stores to retain a specified amount of the fee; requiring the operator of specified stores to remit a specified amount of money to the Comptroller; and requiring the Comptroller to distribute specified amounts of money to the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation, the Chesapeake Bay Trust, and eligible counties under specified circumstances. |
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HB1248 Income Tax Credit - Security Clearance Expenses Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/2 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Ross, Beidle, Bohanan, James, Luedtke, Rudolph, and Valentino-Smith |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Income Allowing a credit against the State income tax for costs incurred to obtain federal security clearances; requiring the Department of Business and Economic Development to provide an application process for the credit at least three times per fiscal year; providing for the total amount of credit certificates that may be issued during an application period; requiring the Governor to make a $6,000,000 appropriation in FY 2014 and FY 2015 for the tax credit; applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011; etc. |
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HB1249 General Assembly - Members - Age of Eligibility for Service Last House Action: 3/7 Hearing 3/12 at 2:30 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hucker, Arora, Mitchell, Ross, and Stukes |
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Filed Under: State Government - General Assembly Amending the Maryland Constitution to lower to 18 the age at which a person may serve as a Senator or Delegate in the General Assembly; and submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejection. |
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HB1250 Transportation - Transit Authorities - Red Line and Purple Line Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hershey, Boteler, Cluster, Eckardt, Haddaway-Riccio, Jacobs, McComas, McDermott, Afzali, Elliott, Frank, Glass, Kach, Kipke, Krebs, W. Miller, Norman, Ready, Schulz, Serafini, Stocksdale, and Szeliga |
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Filed Under: Transportation - Generally Establishing the Red Line Transit Authority and the Purple Line Transit Authority to finance, construct, and operate the Red Line and the Purple Line light rail transit lines; providing for the members, appointments, terms, chairs, and staff of the Authorities; prohibiting the Department of Transportation from exercising jurisdiction or authority over the Red Line and the Purple Line light rail transit lines; authorizing the Authorities to take specified actions in the performance of their duties; etc. |
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HB1251 Transportation - Chesapeake Bay Bridge Authority Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hershey, Boteler, Cluster, Haddaway-Riccio, McComas, McDermott, Afzali, Aumann, Eckardt, Elliott, Frank, Jacobs, Kipke, W. Miller, Otto, Ready, Schulz, and Stocksdale |
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Filed Under: Transportation - Generally Establishing the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Authority to finance, construct, operate, and maintain the William Preston Lane, Jr. Memorial Chesapeake Bay Bridge and the parallel Chesapeake Bay Bridge; providing for the members, appointment, terms, chair, and staff of the Authority; prohibiting the Department of Transportation from exercising jurisdiction or authority over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge; authorizing the Authority to take specified actions in the performance of its duties; etc. |
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HB1252 Education - Dyslexia Testing and Services for Dyslexic Students - Pilot Program Last House Action: 3/14 Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hucker, Cullison, and Ross |
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Filed Under: Education - Miscellaneous Requiring the State Department of Education to establish a pilot program for dyslexia and related disorder testing; requiring the Department to recommend appropriate testing methods and appropriate services to a student identified as having dyslexia or a related disorder; permitting a county board to participate in the program according to specified requirements; etc. |
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HB1253 Exposure to Organophosphate Pesticide - Time Limits for Bringing Civil Actions Last House Action: 3/8 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Malone |
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Filed Under: Civil Actions and Procedures Altering specified time limits for bringing an action for wrongful death or personal injury concerning exposure of a person to an organophosphate pesticide; and providing for the retroactive application of the Act. |
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HB1254 Small Business Development Center Network Fund - Minimum Appropriation Last House Action: 2/13 Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Vaughn, Carr, Frick, Howard, McDonough, Minnick, Mitchell, Oaks, Reznik, Sophocleus, Stukes, Summers, and F. Turner |
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Filed Under: Higher Education Increasing the minimum General Fund appropriation to the Small Business Development Center Network Fund that the Governor is required to include in the annual budget bill beginning in fiscal year 2013. |
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HB1255 Maryland Homeowners Association Act - Bylaws Filed in Land Records Last House Action: 3/16 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates McComas, Afzali, Bates, Cluster, Eckardt, Frank, George, Howard, McDermott, and Stocksdale |
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Filed Under: Real Property Defining the term "bylaws" to require the bylaws of a homeowners association to be recorded among the land records of the county in which the development is located; repealing the requirement that the bylaws of a homeowners association be deposited into a specified depository; requiring a homeowners association that exists on or before September 30, 2012 to record the bylaws of the homeowners association on or before December 31, 2012; and making conforming changes. |
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HB1256 Child Sexual Abuse Reporting - Training of School Employees Last House Action: 2/14 Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary) Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Rosenberg, Dumais, and Kaiser |
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Filed Under: Family Law Requiring the State Board of Education to develop a model program by December 31, 2012, for training professional school employees on the prevention, identification, and reporting of child sexual abuse; requiring that the model program include specified information; authorizing the model program to include a specified sexual abuse prevention curriculum; requiring county boards of education and specified nonpublic schools to develop a mandatory training program for all professional school employees by a specified date; etc. |
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HB1257 Fiduciary Institutions - Protection of Elder Adults from Financial Abuse - Reporting Requirements Last House Action: 2/13 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Kramer, Arora, Barkley, Bates, Bobo, Carr, Clagett, Conway, Cullison, DeBoy, Dumais, Frick, Frush, Glass, Howard, Hucker, A. Kelly, K. Kelly, McDonough, Morhaim, Reznik, B. Robinson, S. Robinson, Rudolph, Simmons, Stein, Summers, Valderrama, |
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Filed Under: Financial Institutions Requiring specified fiduciary institutions to report suspected financial abuse of an elder adult under specified circumstances; requiring the report to be made to specified individuals and entities at specified times and by specified means; providing that a fiduciary institution is not required to investigate an allegation by an elder adult that financial abuse of the elder adult has occurred or to make a report if the same matter already has been reported; establishing specified civil penalties; etc. |
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HB1258 Maryland State Bank Task Force Last House Action: 3/12 Hearing cancelled Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Gutierrez, Bobo, Carr, Cullison, Feldman, Frush, Howard, Hucker, A. Kelly, and B. Robinson |
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Filed Under: Financial Institutions Establishing the Maryland State Bank Task Force to review and evaluate the creation of a Maryland State Bank; providing for the membership and staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting members of the Task Force from receiving specified compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of specified expenses; requiring a final report by December 1, 2012; providing for the termination of the Act; etc. |
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HB1259 Maryland Transportation Authority - Audit Statements Available Online Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hershey, Afzali, Aumann, Bates, Cluster, Eckardt, Elliott, Fisher, Frank, Haddaway-Riccio, Hogan, Hough, Jacobs, Kach, Kipke, Krebs, McDermott, W. Miller, O'Donnell, Otto, Ready, Schulz, Stocksdale, and Szeliga |
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Filed Under: Transportation - Generally Requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority or an entity engaged by the Authority to annually audit the finances of each transportation facilities project; requiring the Authority to make specified audit statements available on its Internet site in a specified manner; and defining "audit statement". |
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HB1260 Clean Energy Loan Programs Last House Action: 2/27 Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Frush |
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Filed Under: Local Government - Generally Altering the requirements of a specified Clean Energy Loan Program adopted by a political subdivision under specified circumstances; requiring that a specified energy audit required to be performed before a political subdivision approves a specified loan identify specified cost-effective energy efficiency projects and renewable energy projects that would generate a specified projected yearly energy cost savings; etc. |
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HB1261 Baltimore City - Representation of Child Support Enforcement Administration - Transfer of Employees Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Baltimore City Delegation and Delegates Branch, Clippinger, Conaway, Glenn, Harrison, Haynes, McHale, Mitchell, Oaks, B. Robinson, Stukes, Tarrant, and Washington |
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Filed Under: State Government - Personnel Requiring that, if the Office of the Attorney General hires specified employees of the Office of the State's Attorney for Baltimore City who were providing specified services for the Child Support Enforcement Administration during a specified period, the employees shall be placed in specified positions in the State Personnel Management System and receive specified employment rights, service credit for specified purposes, specified annual or sick leave, and specified other rights; providing exceptions; etc. |
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HB1262 Environment - Asbestos Worker Protection Last House Action: 2/15 Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hucker, S. Robinson, and Weir |
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Filed Under: Environment Requiring the Department of the Environment to verify specified information before accrediting an individual to engage in an asbestos occupation; increasing the maximum penalty that may be imposed for specified violations to $25,000; setting a minimum penalty of $2,000 under specified circumstances; establishing the Asbestos Worker Protection Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; requiring payment of specified penalties and fines into the Fund; specifying the use of the Fund; etc. |
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HB1263 Senior Call-Check Service Program - Establishment Last House Action: 3/13 Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Kramer, Arora, Carr, DeBoy, Dumais, Frick, Howard, McDonough, B. Robinson, Simmons, and Valderrama |
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Filed Under: Utility Regulation Requiring the Public Service Commission to establish and maintain the Senior Call-Check Service Program; requiring specified telephone companies to place a specified sequence of telephone calls to specified subscribers free of charge; authorizing the telephone company to coordinate with specified entities that already provide the service; authorizing the Commission to adjust specified rates; requiring the Commission to adopt specified regulations; and immunizing specified Program participants from specified liability. |
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HB1264 Howard County - Massage Establishment, Pawnbroker or Secondhand Dealer Establishment, and Taxicab Licenses - Criminal History Records Checks Ho. Co. 8-12 Last House Action: 3/19 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Howard County Delegation (By Request) |
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Filed Under: Counties - Local Laws Authorizing the Howard County Department of Inspections, Licenses and Permits to request from the Central Repository a State and national criminal history records check for an applicant for a massage establishment license, pawnbroker or secondhand dealer establishment license, taxicab license, or renewal of a massage establishment license, pawnbroker or secondhand dealer establishment license, or taxicab license; requiring that the department submit two complete sets of the applicant's fingerprints and specified fees; etc. |
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HB1265 Gaming - Video Lottery Terminals and Table Games Last House Action: 3/13 Re-referred Ways and Means Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Frush |
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Filed Under: Gaming Authorizing the awarding of an additional video lottery operation license and 4,750 additional video lottery terminals for a video lottery facility in a specified location in Prince George's County; altering the amount paid to a video lottery operation licensee from the proceeds of video lottery terminals; creating a State Capital Account for a specified purpose; authorizing the holder of a video lottery operation license to offer table games in the State; submitting the Act to a referendum; etc. |
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HB1266 Alcoholic Beverages - Sunday Sales Last House Action: 2/27 Hearing 3/26 at 3:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Kramer |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Statewide Bills Authorizing a local licensing board that issues alcoholic beverages licenses to adopt rules allowing the sale of alcoholic beverages between 10 a.m. Sunday and 2 a.m. the following Monday; and specifying that rules of a local licensing board regarding Sunday sales supersede statewide alcoholic beverages laws. |
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HB1267 Senatorial and Delegate Scholarships - Posting of Award Recipients Last House Action: 3/2 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Frank |
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Filed Under: Higher Education Requiring the Office of Student Financial Assistance in the Maryland Higher Education Commission to post on its Web site and to make available the names and addresses of each recipient of a Senatorial or Delegate scholarship and the name of the legislator who made each award and the number of the legislator's district; etc. |
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HB1268 Business Occupations and Professions - Plumbers - Lead-Free Materials Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Barnes, Davis, Feldman, Hershey, Impallaria, and W. Miller |
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Filed Under: Business Regulation and Occupations Altering the definition of "lead-free" to include a specified standard for individual plumbing fittings and fixtures; allowing for a stricter federal standard for lead-free plumbing fittings and fixtures and pipes and pipe fittings; and clarifying which pipes, pipe fittings, plumbing fittings, and fixtures are considered when calculating weighted average lead content. |
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HB1269 Public Utilities - Consumer Relations - Tenant Payment of Landlord Utility Bills Last House Action: 3/6 Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Barnes, Davis, and Hucker |
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Filed Under: Utility Regulation Authorizing specified tenants to prevent the termination of specified utility service by paying the amount due on a monthly bill; authorizing specified tenants to restore specified utility service by paying the amount due on a monthly bill and other applicable charges; authorizing specified tenants to pay for specified other charges; specifying that specified tenants incur no liability by taking specified action; etc. |
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HB1270 Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2008 - Anne Arundel County - Goshen House Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Vitale, Busch, George, and McMillan |
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Filed Under: Prior Authorizations Amending the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2008 to remove the requirement that the Board of Directors of the Goshen Farm Preservation Society, Inc. grant a specified historic easement to the Maryland Historical Trust; and extending to June 1, 2013, the deadline for the Board to present evidence that a matching fund will be provided. |
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HB1271 Alcoholic Beverages - Multiple Licenses - Chain Stores and Out-of-State Licenses Last House Action: 2/27 Hearing 3/26 at 3:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Jameson, Barnes, and Feldman |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Increasing to five the number of alcoholic beverages licenses that may be issued to a person for specified purposes; limiting the licenses that may be issued for a specified purpose; specifying that a business enterprise is not a chain store for purposes of provisions of the alcoholic beverages law under specified circumstances; repealing prohibitions against issuing licenses in specified counties to a person who holds an alcoholic beverages license issued in another state or Washington, D.C; etc. |
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HB1272 Public Health - Electronic Cigarettes - Distribution to Minors Prohibited Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates A. Miller, Cullison, Reznik, S. Robinson, and Washington |
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Filed Under: Public Health Prohibiting a person from selling, distributing, or offering for sale to a minor electronic devices that can be used to deliver nicotine to the individual inhaling from the device, including electronic cigarettes, cigars, cigarillos, or pipes; specifying an exception to the prohibition; providing that a violation of the Act is a misdemeanor subject to a specified fine; establishing a defense for a violation of the Act; etc. |
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HB1273 Creation of a State Debt - Howard County - Linwood Center Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 2:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Guzzone |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $500,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Linwood Center, Inc. for the planning and design of a new school building at the Linwood Center, located in Ellicott City; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB1274 Criminal Law - Video Lottery Terminals - Playing by Individual Under 21 Years of Age Last House Action: 3/2 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Reznik |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Prohibiting an individual under the age of 21 years from playing a video lottery terminal; providing that it is a Code violation and a civil offense for an individual under the age of 21 years to play a video lottery terminal; providing that a person who violates the Act shall be issued a citation; establishing penalties for a violation of the Act; establishing procedures for the issuance of a citation under the Act; etc. |
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HB1275 Election Law - Petition Fund Reports - Available Online Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Cardin, George, and Summers |
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Filed Under: Elections Requiring the State Board of Elections to make specified statements of contributions and expenditures for specified petitions available on its Internet site. |
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HB1276 Income and Property Tax Credits - Conservation Easements - NeighborSpace of Baltimore County, Inc. Last House Action: 3/14 Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Cardin |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Property - Local Allowing tax credits against the State, county, and municipal corporation property taxes and the State income tax for specified conservation property donated to NeighborSpace of Baltimore County, Inc.; etc. |
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HB1277 State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Health Improvement and Cost Savings Act of 2012 Last House Action: 3/2 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations) Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Cardin |
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Filed Under: State Government - Personnel Requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management, in consultation with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, to establish a wellness pilot project in the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program; requiring the wellness pilot project to achieve specified savings through participation in programs by State employees and their dependents; establishing the dates on which the pilot project begins and ends; requiring that participation in the wellness pilot project be voluntary; etc. |
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HB1278 Transportation - Institutions of Higher Education and State Employment Facilities - Bicycle and Pedestrian Access Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Cardin |
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Filed Under: Transportation - Highways Requiring each public institution of higher education and State employment facility to develop by fiscal year 2014 a facility master plan to address bicycle and pedestrian circulation on and near the campus; and requiring the institution or employment facility to include in the facility master plan measures to incorporate bikeways and pedestrian facilities and to promote biking and walking on the campus. |
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HB1279 Motor Vehicle Administration - Plug-In Vehicles - Disclosure of Personal Information Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Malone and McHale |
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Filed Under: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials Requiring a custodian of Motor Vehicle Administration records containing personal information to disclose specified personal information related to plug-in vehicles for specified use by an electric company subject to specified restrictions. |
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HB1280 Public Utilities - Electric Vehicle Users and Charging Stations - Exclusions Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates McHale and Malone |
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Filed Under: Utility Regulation Altering the definitions of "electricity supplier" and "public service company", as those terms apply to specified provisions of the Public Utilities Article, to exclude a person that owns or operates equipment used for charging electric vehicles; and altering the definition of "retail electric customer", as that term applies to specified provisions of the Public Utilities Article, to exclude a person that charges an electric vehicle at an electric vehicle charging station. |
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HB1281 Baltimore County - Cooperative or Joint Administration of Programs Last House Action: 3/2 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Chair, Baltimore County Delegation (By Request - Baltimore County Administration) |
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Filed Under: Education - Local Bills Authorizing the County Council of Baltimore County and the County Executive of Baltimore County to enter into specified agreements for the cooperative or joint administration of specified programs. |
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HB1282 Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Family Crisis Center Security System Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 12:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Summers, Ivey, and Niemann |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $70,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Family Crisis Center of Prince George's County, Inc. for the acquisition, design, and capital equipping of the Family Crisis Center Security System, located in Brentwood; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB1283 Baltimore City - New Youth Detention Facility - Redirection of Funds to Public School Construction Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Carter |
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Filed Under: Education - Local Bills Stating the intent of the General Assembly that all State funding that would have been used to construct and operate the New Youth Detention Facility in Baltimore City shall be redirected to public school construction projects in Baltimore City. |
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HB1284 Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - Meade High School Concession Stand Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 10:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Beidle, Love, and Sophocleus |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $150,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Anne Arundel County Board of Education for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the concession stand and bathrooms at Meade High School, located in Fort Meade; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. |
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HB1285 Election Law - Campaign Finance - Requirements Last House Action: 3/15 Favorable Report Adopted Second Reading Passed Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Summers, Cardin, and George |
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Filed Under: Elections Requiring the chairman and treasurer of a campaign finance entity to provide electronic mail addresses of the chairman and treasurer to the State Board of Elections and notify the State Board of a change in the electronic mail addresses by a specified date if the chairman and treasurer consent to receiving specified notice only by electronic mail; etc. |
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HB1286 Procurement - Noncompetitive Negotiation - Repeal of Limitations Last House Action: 3/8 Hearing cancelled Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Tarrant, Braveboy, Costa, Kipke, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, and Reznik |
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Filed Under: State Government - Procurement Expanding the authorized use of noncompetitive negotiation by specifically including the procurement of health services, repealing the limitation on the types of individuals receiving specified services, and repealing a requirement for approval by the Department of Budget and Management before noncompetitive negotiation for a specified class of procurement may be used; etc. |
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HB1287 Harford County - Charitable Gaming Last House Action: 3/2 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Harford County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Gaming Creating in Harford County a permit to be issued by the Sheriff of Harford County that authorizes specified nonprofit organizations to conduct a gaming contest; specifying requirements that organizations must meet to be issued a permit; limiting to four the number of gaming contests an organization may hold in a year; stating the location and hours for conducting a gaming contest; specifying that the maximum bet a single individual may place on a game is $10; etc. |
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HB1288 Foreclosure Prevention and Neighborhood Stabilization Act of 2012 Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Carter |
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Filed Under: Real Property Requiring a secured party to file a specified request for foreclosure mediation at one of two points in a specified foreclosure proceeding; requiring the court to stay foreclosure proceedings until the conclusion of foreclosure mediation under specified circumstances; requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to establish and maintain a Foreclosed Property Registry; establishing a tax credit for the purchase of residential property in a foreclosure hotspot; etc. |
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HB1289 Economic Development - Qualified Distressed Counties - One Maryland Economic Development Tax Credit Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/9 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Chair, Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - Business and Economic Development) |
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Filed Under: Economic and Community Development Altering the definition of "qualified distressed county" for specified purposes; authorizing specified businesses to claim an income tax credit under the One Maryland Economic Development Tax Credit if the number of qualifying positions filled by the qualified business falls below 25, but does not fall below 10; etc. |
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HB1290 Land Use Last House Action: 3/15 Favorable Report Adopted Second Reading Passed Last Senate Action: No Action |
The Speaker (By Request - Department of Legislative Services - Code Revision) |
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Filed Under: Local Government - Generally Adding a new article to the Annotated Code of Maryland, to be designated and known as the "Land Use Article", to revise, restate, and recodify the laws of the State relating to zoning, planning, subdivision, and other land use mechanisms, including comprehensive plans, historic preservation, and related matters; revising, restating, and recodifying the laws of the State relating to the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, including the Regional District and the Metropolitan District; etc. |
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HB1291 Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2010 - Montgomery County - Maydale Nature Center Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Luedtke, Kaiser, and Zucker |
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Filed Under: Prior Authorizations Amending the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2010 to extend the deadline for the Board of Directors of The Friends of Maydale Nature Center, Inc. to present evidence that a matching fund will be provided for the reconstruction of the Maydale Nature Center, located in Colesville; requiring the Board of Public Works to expend or encumber the proceeds of the loan by June 1, 2014; etc. |
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HB1292 Criminal Procedure - Retention of Right to Expungement Last House Action: 3/19 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Carter and Oaks |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Establishing that whether a person is entitled to expungement of one charge or conviction arising from an incident, transaction, or set of facts does not affect the person's right to expungement of another charge or conviction arising from the same incident, transaction, or set of facts; and making specified conforming changes. |
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HB1293 Criminal Law - Child Kidnapping and Prostitution - Penalty Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Dumais |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Reclassifying as a felony a specified offense relating to child kidnapping and prostitution involving an individual under the age of 16 years; and altering the penalty for a specified provision of law relating to child kidnapping and prostitution involving an individual under the age of 16 years. |
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HB1294 Health - Forensic Laboratories - Regulation Last House Action: 3/1 Hearing 3/9 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations) Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Anderson |
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Filed Under: Public Health Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to authorize a specified accrediting body to inspect specified forensic laboratories; requiring a forensic laboratory to obtain accreditation from a specified accreditation body before applying for a license; requiring the Secretary to approve an accreditation body to accredit forensic laboratories in the State; directing the Forensic Laboratory Advisory Committee to advise the Secretary on specified matters; etc. |
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HB1295 Income Tax - Credit for Long-Term Care Insurance Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/9 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Frank |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Income Increasing limits on an employer's State income tax credit for employer-provided long-term care insurance from $100 to $300 per employee and from $5,000 to $15,000 total for each employer; applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011; etc. |
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HB1296 St. Mary's County - Alcoholic Beverages - Golf Course License Last House Action: 2/27 Hearing 3/26 at 3:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
St. Mary's County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Authorizing the St. Mary's County Alcohol Beverage Board to issue a special Class M-G beer, wine and liquor license for use at a specified golf course; specifying that a licensee may be a golf course manager; providing for an annual license fee; specifying that the license may be used to sell beer, wine, and liquor for consumption only on the land and in the facilities used for golfing purposes; authorizing a golf course manager to designate an agent for specified purposes; etc. |
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HB1297 Higher Education - Private Career Schools - Financial Guarantee Requirements Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Howard, Alston, and Vaughn |
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Filed Under: Higher Education Requiring specified private career schools to maintain specified financial guarantees under specified circumstances; requiring the financial guarantees to be in specified forms and in specified amounts; providing for the effective date of specified provisions of the Act; and providing for the termination of specified provisions of the Act. |
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HB1298 Education - Calvert County Board of Education - Annual Audit Last House Action: 3/2 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Fisher |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Requiring the Calvert County Board of Education to report to specified recipients the results of a specified audit of its financial transactions and accounts within 3 months after the close of the fiscal year for the Calvert County Board of Education. |
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HB1299 State Highway Administration - Sale of Naming Rights to State Highways Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/14 at 4:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Fisher, Bates, Boteler, Frank, Glass, Hershey, Hough, Jacobs, Kach, McComas, McConkey, Norman, Otto, Schulz, Serafini, and Szeliga |
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Filed Under: Transportation - Highways Requiring the State Highway Administration to initiate the process to issue a request for proposals on or before a specified date to sell the naming rights to State highways; providing that the request for proposals be issued in accordance with specified procurement requirements; etc. |
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HB1300 Criminal Injuries Compensation Board - Human Trafficking - Victims Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Stein |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Altering the definition of "victim" for purposes of claims to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board; providing for an exception for claims by a victim of crimes relating to human trafficking who would not otherwise be eligible to receive an award; providing that a claimant may file a claim up to 3 years after the claimant knew or should have known of crimes; authorizing the Board to waive specified requirements; etc. |
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HB1301 Sales and Use Tax - Machinery and Equipment - Energy Star Windows and Doors Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/14 at 4:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Howard |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Sales and Use Exempting from the sales and use tax sales of machinery and equipment to be used directly and predominantly to produce Energy Star windows or Energy Star entry doors for residential real property and utilities used to operate the machinery or equipment; etc. |
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HB1302 Maryland Transportation Financing and Infrastructure Investment Act of 2012 Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means) Last Senate Action: No Action |
The Speaker (By Request - Administration) |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Transportation Altering the distribution of the motor fuel tax revenue; requiring the Comptroller to make specified determinations and announcements regarding specified average retail prices of motor fuel and specified sales and use tax equivalent rates for specified periods; providing for the addition of specified sales and use tax equivalent rates to specified motor fuel tax rates under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB1303 Agriculture - Cost Sharing for Water Pollution Control Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Agriculture) |
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Filed Under: Agriculture Increasing from $100,000 to $200,000 the maximum amount of State cost sharing for water pollution control projects. |
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HB1304 Department of Agriculture - Animal Waste Technology Fund Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Agriculture) |
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Filed Under: Agriculture Repealing provisions relating to financial assistance for animal waste technology projects from the Maryland Economic Development Assistance Fund; establishing an Animal Waste Technology Fund in the Department of Agriculture; establishing the purpose and goal of the Fund; etc. |
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HB1305 Department of Natural Resources - Authority to Establish Free Fishing Areas Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Natural Resources) |
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Filed Under: Hunting and Fishing Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to adopt regulations to create free fishing areas in tidal and nontidal waters of the State where a person may catch finfish for recreational purposes without the otherwise required licenses or authorizations; and creating an exemption for free fishing areas to the requirement that a person obtain an angler's license before fishing in the nontidal waters of the State. |
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HB1306 Department of Natural Resources - Aquaculture Leasing Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Natural Resources) |
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Filed Under: Hunting and Fishing Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources, in consultation with the Aquaculture Coordinating Council, to charge an application fee, rent, and an aquaculture development surcharge for water column leases; reducing the length of time that the Department is required to advertise an aquaculture lease application; and repealing provisions of law that authorize and govern the dredging of oysters on leased ground in specified areas of the State. |
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HB1307 Natural Resources - State Boat Act - Fees and Requirements Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Natural Resources) |
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Filed Under: Natural Resources - Generally Altering the fee for specified vessel manufacturer's and vessel dealer's licenses; altering the expiration date for a temporary certificate of boat number; subjecting specified vessels operated by sail to specified vessel numbering requirements; etc. |
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HB1308 Calvert County - School Buses - Length of Operation Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Fisher |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Altering the length of time a school bus may be operated in Calvert County. |
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HB1309 Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Enhanced Agricultural Management Equipment Last House Action: 3/2 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Conway, Afzali, Aumann, Bates, Beitzel, Boteler, Cane, Cardin, Clagett, Eckardt, Elliott, Frush, Gaines, Haddaway-Riccio, Hogan, Jacobs, Kach, Lafferty, McComas, McConkey, McDermott, McIntosh, Myers, Niemann, O'Donnell, Otto, Ready, Schulz, S |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Income Providing a subtraction modification under the Maryland individual and corporate income tax for 100% of the expenses incurred to buy and install enhanced agricultural management equipment under specified circumstances; providing a subtraction modification for 50% of the expenses incurred to buy and install enhanced agricultural management equipment under specified circumstances; defining "enhanced agricultural management equipment"; applying the Act to tax years after 2011; etc. |
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HB1310 Regulated Firearms - Database - Applications for Dealer's License - Record Keeping and Reporting Requirements Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates McIntosh, Hucker, Arora, Healey, B. Robinson, Summers, and Washington |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Authorizing the Department of State Police to make specified information available to aid the investigation of those who are armed and prohibited from possessing a firearm; requiring the Secretary of State Police or the Secretary's designee to disapprove an application for a State-regulated firearms dealer's license if the Secretary or designee determines that the applicant intends a specified person to participate or hold a specified interest in the management or operation of the business for which the license is sought; etc. |
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HB1311 Baltimore County Revenue Authority - Vice Chairman Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Boteler, Bromwell, Cluster, and Kach |
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Filed Under: Counties - Local Laws Requiring the County Executive of Baltimore County to name one member of the Baltimore County Revenue Authority as vice chairman, subject to the advice and consent of the County Council of Baltimore County. |
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HB1312 Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Institutes for Behavior Resources Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 11:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Tarrant, Conaway, and B. Robinson |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $150,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Institutes for Behavior Resources, Inc. for the planning, design, construction, repair, and capital equipping of the Institutes for Behavior Resources, located in Baltimore; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB1313 Baltimore County Revenue Authority - Members - Parking and Golf Privileges Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Boteler, Bromwell, Cluster, and Kach |
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Filed Under: Counties - Local Laws Authorizing the members of the Baltimore Revenue Authority to have free access to park in the county parking garage and be allowed no more than 25 complimentary rounds of golf annually at a county golf course during the period considered prime time by the authority. |
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HB1314 Procurement - Minority Business Enterprises - Reporting of Architectural Services and Engineering Services Contracts Last House Action: 3/8 Hearing cancelled Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Holmes |
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Filed Under: State Government - Procurement Requiring that specified units of State government report to specified entities information by separate category concerning the unit's procurements for architectural services and for engineering services from minority business enterprises for the preceding fiscal year. |
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HB1315 Public Service Commission - Reports - Ratepayer Impact Statements Last House Action: 2/27 Re-referred Economic Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Davis |
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Filed Under: Utility Regulation Prohibiting the Public Service Commission from issuing an order that may have a material impact on specified customers unless the Commission meets specified requirements. |
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HB1316 Alcoholic Beverages - Rectifiers - Tours, Samples, and Sales Last House Action: 2/27 Hearing 3/26 at 3:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hershey, DeBoy, and Malone |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Statewide Bills Expanding the privileges of a rectifying license so that the holder of the license may conduct guided tours of the licensed premises, serve not more than a specified number of samples of products manufactured at the licensed premises, sell specified foods and beverages, sell products manufactured on the licensed premises for consumption off the licensed premises, and sell related merchandise. |
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HB1317 Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Baltimore Design School Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 11:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates B. Robinson, Conaway, and Tarrant |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $200,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Fashion, Architecture and Basic Design School, Inc. for the planning, construction, repair, renovation, and capital equipping of the Baltimore Design School, located in Baltimore City; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB1318 Developmental Disabilities Administration - Disparity Study - Funding to Nonprofit Organizations Last House Action: 2/16 First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates B. Robinson, Carter, Conaway, Glenn, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Stukes, and Tarrant |
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Filed Under: State Government - Procurement Requiring the Developmental Disabilities Administration to contract with an independent consultant to complete a specified disparity study; requiring the Administration to submit the results of the study to specified entities on or before June 30, 2013; and providing for the termination of the Act. |
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HB1319 Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - Zoo License Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (134-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Delegates Tarrant, Conaway, and B. Robinson |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Creating a Class BWL-MZ license for use at a zoo in Druid Hill Park in Baltimore City; specifying that the license may be used to sell beer, wine, and liquor for consumption only on the land and in the facilities used by the zoo; requiring an applicant who has another alcoholic beverages license to exchange that license for a Class BWL- MZ license; authorizing the licensee to designate an agent for a specified purpose; authorizing the sale of beer, wine, and liquor at multiple locations under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB1320 Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2007 - St. Mary's County - St. Mary's County Fairgrounds Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Bohanan |
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Filed Under: Prior Authorizations Amending the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2007 to extend to June 1, 2014, the deadline by which the Board of Directors of the St. Mary's County Fair Association, Inc. must present evidence of a specified matching fund; etc. |
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HB1321 Public Safety - Firearms Regulation by Local Jurisdictions Last House Action: 2/16 First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Simmons |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Creating a specified exception to the State preemption of a political subdivision's authority relating to firearms; authorizing a political subdivision to require a specified person to report the purchase of specified firearms; and authorizing a political subdivision to require a specified report to include specified information. |
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HB1322 Family Investment Program - Assistance Determination - Child Support Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Mitchell, Anderson, Carter, Conaway, Harrison, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Tarrant, Walker, and Washington |
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Filed Under: Social Services - Generally Prohibiting the inclusion of a child support payment due under a court order, but not actually received, as household income in determining whether an applicant meets the eligibility standard for assistance under the Family Investment Program or the amount of assistance to be provided by a local department of social services. |
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HB1323 Task Force to Study Separating Mass Transit Funding from the Transportation Trust Fund Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/14 at 4:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Bates, Stocksdale, Afzali, Aumann, Boteler, Cluster, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Frank, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Hough, Jacobs, Kach, Krebs, McComas, McDermott, McMillan, W. Miller, Myers, Norman, O'Donnell, Otto, Ready, Schulz, and Szeliga |
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Filed Under: Transportation - Generally Establishing a Task Force to Study Separating Mass Transit Funding from the Transportation Trust Fund; requiring the Task Force to review and evaluate specified matters relating to separating mass transit funding from the Transportation Trust Fund; specifying the membership and staffing for the Task Force; prohibiting Task Force members from receiving compensation as members of the Task Force, except for reimbursement of specified expenses; requiring the Task Force to report findings and recommendations; terminating the Act; etc. |
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HB1324 Public Safety - Eyewitness Identification - Procedures Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Anderson |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Requiring, on or before October 1, 2012, each law enforcement agency in the State to adopt and implement a specified written policy relating to specified identification procedures and file a copy with the Department of State Police; requiring the Department, on or before October 1, 2012, to compile the written policies; requiring that a specified identification procedure be conducted by a blind or blinded administrator; defining "blind" and "blinded"; requiring a specified identification procedure to be conducted in a specified manner; etc. |
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HB1325 Natural Resources - Crabs - Catch Times for Trotline Gear Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate O'Donnell |
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Filed Under: Hunting and Fishing Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to adopt regulations establishing an earlier beginning of the workday for tidal fish licensees who catch crabs using trotline gear; prohibiting the Department from restricting the tidal fish licensees' workday to less than 11 hours, including time spent setting or taking up gear; and prohibiting trotline gear from being set earlier than the catch time established by the Department. |
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HB1326 Harford County - Disposition of Fee for Performing Marriage Ceremony - Funds for Historical Society Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Norman |
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Filed Under: Family Law Altering the distribution of the fee collected for performing a marriage ceremony in Harford County to require that $20 be paid to the Historical Society of Harford County, Inc. |
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HB1327 Community Legacy Program - Sustainable Community Designation - Time Extension Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Lafferty |
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Filed Under: Economic and Community Development Extending the date until which existing community legacy areas and designated neighborhoods will be considered sustainable communities for the purposes of the Community Legacy Program; and extending the date by which sponsors of existing community legacy areas and designated neighborhoods are required to file for redesignation as a sustainable community for the purposes of financial assistance under the Program. |
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HB1328 State Government - Independent Audits of Units - Requirement Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates McDermott, Cluster, Aumann, Bates, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Fisher, Frank, George, Glass, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Hough, Jacobs, Kach, Kipke, Krebs, W. Miller, Myers, Norman, O'Donnell, Otto, Parrott, Ready, Stocksdale, and Vitale |
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Filed Under: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials Requiring a unit of State government to be audited by an independent auditor beginning on July 1, 2014, and every 2 fiscal years thereafter; requiring that the audit cover specified fiscal years and that a specified report be submitted to the Department of Budget and Management by a specified date; requiring the Department to contract with a specified auditor for a specified purpose; authorizing a specified auditor to be paid only by a specified method; etc. |
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HB1329 Washington Suburban Transit Commission - Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Board of Directors - Membership Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Transportation) |
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Filed Under: Bi-County Agencies Altering the requirements for the appointment of the commissioners of the Washington Suburban Transit Commission; requiring that one of the appointees from Montgomery County and one of the appointees from Prince George's County serve as alternate members of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Board of Directors; etc. |
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HB1330 Criminal History Records Checks - Informal Child Care Providers Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Departmental - Education) |
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Filed Under: Family Law Altering provisions of law relating to individuals required to obtain a criminal history records check; requiring an adult known to be residing in an informal child care provider's home to obtain a criminal history records check; requiring specified informal child care providers to obtain a criminal history records check; etc. |
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HB1331 Residential Property Sales - Disclosure of Utility Consumption Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Carr, Beidle, Bobo, Cane, Frush, Hucker, Luedtke, Niemann, Reznik, S. Robinson, Stein, and Weir |
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Filed Under: Real Property Requiring a vendor of single family residential property to display or make available specified utility information under specified circumstances; requiring a vendor to make available specified utility information in a specified manner; authorizing a vendor to provide to prospective purchasers a specified home energy rating score; providing that the Act does not apply to specified sales or transfers of property; and applying the Act prospectively. |
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HB1332 State Retirement and Pension System - Investments - Independent Investment Advisory Firms Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Serafini |
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Filed Under: State Pensions and Retirement Eliminating the Investment Division of the State Retirement Agency and the position of the Chief Investment Officer; requiring the Board of Trustees to hire independent investment advisory firms to invest the assets of the several systems of the State Retirement and Pension System; requiring the State Retirement Agency to submit a quarterly report to the Board of Trustees; altering a requirement relating to the management of specified real estate investments of the State Retirement and Pension System; etc. |
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HB1333 Environment - Nitrogen Removal Technology - Payment of Cost Differential Last House Action: 3/12 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Frush, McIntosh, Bobo, Healey, Holmes, Hubbard, Lafferty, Murphy, Niemann, S. Robinson, and Stein |
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Filed Under: Environment Altering a requirement that the Department of the Environment pay a homeowner for specified costs associated with the installation of on- site sewage disposal systems utilizing nitrogen removal technology; requiring specified costs paid to a homeowner to be based on the annual household income of the homeowner; etc. |
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HB1334 Life-Threatening Injury by Motor Vehicle or Vessel While Impaired by a Controlled Dangerous Substance - Penalty (Ava's Law) Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates McDermott and Cluster |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Increasing the penalty for causing life-threatening injury as a result of negligently driving, operating, or controlling a motor vehicle or vessel while impaired by a controlled dangerous substance. |
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HB1335 Vehicle Laws - Carrying and Displaying Proof of Required Security - Requirements Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Stein |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Miscellaneous Requiring an individual who is operating a vehicle to carry in the vehicle proof of required security for the vehicle and to display the proof of required security on demand of a police officer; requiring a police officer who detains a driver for a suspected violation to demand that the driver display the proof of required security; providing that specified requirements regarding proof of required security may be satisfied by carrying and making available a valid rental agreement in specified circumstances; establishing a fine; etc. |
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HB1336 State Personnel - Innovative Idea Awards Program - Additional Cash Awards Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Wilson, Bohanan, Hucker, Malone, Oaks, and Walker |
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Filed Under: State Government - Personnel Requiring that a specified additional cash award provided to specified State employees under the Innovative Idea Awards Program for innovative ideas shall be equal to 10% of the savings or gain to the State from the innovative idea; and repealing the limit on the amount of the cash award. |
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HB1337 Upper Shore Regional Council - Mandatory Appropriation Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Smigiel, Hershey, and Jacobs |
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Filed Under: Economic and Community Development Requiring the Governor to include in the State budget for fiscal year 2014 and each fiscal year thereafter an appropriation of at least $200,000 to support the Upper Shore Regional Council. |
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HB1338 Vehicle Laws - Fleeing or Eluding Police Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Parrott |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road Making it a felony for a driver of a vehicle to attempt, under specified circumstances, to elude a police officer who gives the driver a visual or an audible signal to stop when the driver's actions pose a risk of imminent bodily injury to, result in bodily injury to, or result in the death of another person; providing an exception to the prohibition against attempting to elude a police officer to allow a driver who has been given a signal to stop to proceed to a police station or any other public area before stopping; etc. |
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HB1339 Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Renewable Energy Credits - Qualifying Thermal Biomass Systems Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates McIntosh, Arora, Bobo, Cane, Cardin, Carr, Frush, Glenn, Hammen, Healey, Howard, Kramer, Lafferty, Lee, Luedtke, Stein, Summers, and Washington |
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Filed Under: Utility Regulation Specifying that energy from a specified qualifying thermal biomass system is eligible for inclusion in meeting the renewable energy portfolio standard; specifying that a person that owns and operates a specified qualifying thermal biomass system shall receive a specified renewable energy credit under specified circumstances; requiring the total amount of energy generated and consumed by a residential, nonresidential, or commercial qualifying thermal biomass system to be measured in a specified way; etc. |
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HB1340 Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Corporation Act - Revisions Last House Action: 3/7 Hearing cancelled Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Cullison |
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Filed Under: Insurance - Other than Health Revising the Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Corporation Act; altering the maximum amounts of specified contractual obligations of specified impaired or insolvent insurers for which the Corporation may become liable under specified circumstances; authorizing the Corporation to elect to succeed to the rights and obligations of specified insolvent insurers relating to specified reinsurance contracts within 180 days after the date of an order of liquidation; etc. |
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HB1341 Medicaid Sustainability Commission Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations) Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate James |
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Filed Under: Public Health Establishing the Medicaid Sustainability Commission; providing for the membership, chair, and staffing of the Commission; prohibiting a member of the Commission from receiving specified compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of specified expenses; requiring the Commission to study and make recommendations regarding specified matters relating to the sustainability of the Maryland Medical Assistance Program, including recommendations to provide for a specified plan; terminating the Act after June 30, 2014; etc. |
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HB1342 Real Property - Storage of Personal Property After Eviction Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Weir |
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Filed Under: Real Property Requiring a purchaser in a foreclosure sale executing a judgment awarding possession of residential property and a landlord executing a warrant of restitution of residential property to store personal property remaining on the residential property for 30 days in a specified manner; providing that the purchaser and landlord are liable to the former occupant or tenant for damage to or loss of the personal property during the storage period; requiring the purchaser and landlord to prepare a specified inventory at a specified time; etc. |
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HB1343 Residential Real Estate - Transfer of Mortgage Servicing - Disclosure of Additional Information Last House Action: 3/13 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hucker, Frick, Carr, and Washington |
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Filed Under: Real Property Requiring a mortgage servicer to include in a specified written notice information on the interest rate and term of the mortgage loan, and additional information if the mortgage is an adjustable interest rate mortgage, when a mortgagor's mortgage loan is transferred for servicing to the mortgage servicer. |
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HB1344 Religious Corporations - Laws Governing Assets of United Methodist Church - Repeal Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Harrison, Braveboy, Carter, Conway, Dwyer, and Zucker |
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Filed Under: Corporations and Associations Repealing requirements for the holding of specified assets owned by a specified Methodist Church; and repealing provisions of law providing for the effect of the absence of a trust clause in a specified deed or other conveyance executed before a specified date. |
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HB1345 Sales and Use Tax - Luxury Surcharge Last House Action: 3/2 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hixson and Mizeur |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Sales and Use Imposing a surcharge on retail sales or use of tangible personal property if the taxable price of specified items exceeds specified amounts; exempting specified sales from the surcharge; providing for the amount of the surcharge based on the taxable price of specified items; providing that specified exemptions under the sales and use tax do not apply to the surcharge; etc. |
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HB1346 Graduated Income Tax Reform Last House Action: 3/2 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Hixson and Mizeur |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Income Altering the rates and rate brackets under the State income tax on individuals; altering provisions relating to calculation of amounts of income tax required to be withheld on wages and required to be withheld from specified other payments; altering the determination of the amount of the standard deduction allowed for an individual under the Maryland income tax; applying the Act to tax years after 2011; etc. |
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HB1347 Wicomico County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class D Licenses - Follow-Up Records Checks Last House Action: 2/27 Hearing 3/26 at 3:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Wicomico County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Clarifying that there is a Class D beer, wine and liquor tavern license in Wicomico County; establishing a Class D beer, wine and liquor entertainment and amusement license in the County; specifying requirements that the premises that is the subject of a license application must meet; requiring the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository (CJIS) to provide the Board with a revised printed criminal record statement of a license applicant or license holder under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB1348 Slot Machines - Ownership and Operation by War Veterans' Organizations - Allocation of Proceeds Last House Action: 3/2 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates McComas, Afzali, Anderson, Boteler, Dwyer, Elliott, Frank, Glass, Impallaria, James, McDonough, Norman, Stifler, and Szeliga |
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Filed Under: Gaming Making provisions that authorize eligible war veterans' organizations to own or operate slot machines applicable statewide; altering the definition of "eligible organization" to make it applicable to a war veterans' organization that has been located in the State for at least 5 years before the organization applies for a license for a slot machine; specifying the manner in which the proceeds from the slot machines of war veterans' organizations located in specified counties are to be used; etc. |
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HB1349 University of Maryland, Baltimore - Environmental Law Clinic - Reimbursement of Lawsuit Expenses Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates McDermott, Afzali, Aumann, Bates, Boteler, Cluster, Eckardt, Frank, Glass, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Hough, Jacobs, Kach, K. Kelly, Krebs, McComas, McConkey, W. Miller, Norman, O'Donnell, Otto, Parrott, Ready, Serafini, Smigiel, Stifler, Stoc |
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Filed Under: Higher Education Requiring the University of Maryland, Baltimore to pay an amount not to exceed $500,000 to reimburse the Hudson Farm for legal expenses incurred as a defendant in a lawsuit in which the University of Maryland School of Law Environmental Law Clinic is representing the plaintiff at no charge. |
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HB1350 Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2010 - Howard County - Troy Regional Park Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Howard County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Prior Authorizations Amending the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2010 to provide that a grant for the Troy Regional Park may not terminate before June 1, 2014; etc. |
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HB1351 Registered Sex Offenders - Prohibition - Halloween Activities Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Kipke |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Prohibiting an individual registered with the State sex offender registry from participating in any Halloween activity that involves children or any activity offered as an alternative to Halloween that involves children; and establishing a penalty. |
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HB1352 Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - Cisco Center Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 10:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Kipke |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $25,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Cisco Center Foundation, Inc. for the reconstruction and capital equipping of the Cisco Center, located in Severna Park; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB1353 Real Property - Blighted Property - Required Sale or Nuisance Abatement Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Healey |
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Filed Under: Real Property Requiring the owner of a blighted property to either list the property for sale with a licensed real estate broker at a price that does not exceed a specified amount or remediate the property's code violations in a specified manner and within a specified period of time; authorizing the appropriate unit of local government to grant an extension of the required time periods for remediation; prohibiting an owner of a blighted property from listing the property for lease until the property meets specified code requirements; etc. |
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HB1354 Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2005 - Baltimore City - Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Rosenberg |
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Filed Under: Prior Authorizations Amending the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2005 to provide that a specified grant for the Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum may not terminate before June 1, 2015; etc. |
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HB1355 Political Subdivisions - Legal Notice Requirements - Posting on Web Sites Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Niemann |
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Filed Under: Municipal Corporations Authorizing a county or municipality to satisfy a requirement to publish legal notices in a newspaper of general circulation by posting the notices on its Web site; requiring notices posted on a county or municipality Web site to be conspicuously displayed and be easily accessible; requiring a county or municipality that chooses to post notices on the Internet to publish specified advance notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or municipality and to offer a specified mail service; etc. |
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HB1356 Health Insurance - Dental Preventive Care - Coverage Last House Action: 3/7 Hearing cancelled Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Barkley |
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Filed Under: Insurance - Health Requiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, health maintenance organizations, dental plan organizations, and other specified persons to provide coverage for dental preventive care, including dental cleanings, if specified conditions are met; prohibiting specified provisions from being construed to require coverage for a specified service; etc. |
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HB1357 Ethics - General Assembly - Government Employment Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Ross |
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Filed Under: Ethics Providing that the Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics may exempt a member of the General Assembly, a filed candidate for election to the General Assembly, or a member-elect of the General Assembly from the prohibition on receiving earned income from the Executive Branch or a unit of a political subdivision of the State if the work for which the income would be received is consistent with the individual's qualifications, based on a specified evaluation by the Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics. |
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HB1358 Residential Condominiums - Investor Ownership and Owner Occupancy Requirements Last House Action: 3/6 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates B. Robinson, Conaway, and Tarrant |
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Filed Under: Real Property Establishing requirements in residential condominiums that limit investor ownership of units and require a specified percentage of owner occupancy of units under specified circumstances; establishing methods for residential condominiums to transition to the investor owner and owner occupant requirements of the Act as units are resold or transferred to new owners; providing that an aggrieved unit owner may file a complaint with the Division of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General; etc. |
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HB1359 Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Mt. Lebanon Community Development Corporation Community Center and Gymnasium Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Conaway, B. Robinson, and Tarrant |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $100,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Mt. Lebanon Community Development Corporation for the planning, design, and construction of the Mt. Lebanon Community Development Corporation Community Center and Gymnasium; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB1360 Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Cheverly United Methodist Church Last House Action: 3/12 Unfavorable Report by Appropriations Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Ivey, Niemann, and Summers |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $75,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Trustees of the Cheverly Community Church of Evangelical Brethren Church for the design, construction, repair, and renovation of the Cheverly United Methodist Church; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; requiring the grantee to grant and convey a specified easement to the Maryland Historical Trust; etc. |
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HB1361 Vehicle Laws - Automotive Dismantlers and Recyclers or Scrap Processors - Disposal of Vehicles Last House Action: 3/14 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Conway and Cane |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration Requiring an automotive dismantler and recycler or scrap processor to give to specified persons under specified circumstances at least 10 days' notice of intent to dispose of specified vehicles; and providing that an automotive dismantler and recycler or scrap processor takes unencumbered title to a vehicle and may immediately dispose of the vehicle under specified circumstances. |
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HB1362 Interest Rate on Tax Deficiencies and Refunds Last House Action: 3/6 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Schuh |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Miscellaneous Altering the calculation of the monthly interest rate on tax deficiencies and refunds to one-twelfth of an annual interest rate equal to 3 percentage points above the average prime rate of interest quoted by commercial banks to large businesses during the State's previous fiscal year; providing that the interest rate may not be less than a specified rate for specified calendar years; repealing a requirement that the Comptroller annually set the interest rate; etc. |
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HB1363 Baltimore City Board of Liquor License Commissioners - License Renewal Applications - Mandatory Rejection Last House Action: 2/27 Hearing 3/26 at 3:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate B. Robinson |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Requiring the Baltimore City Board of Liquor License Commissioners to reject a license renewal application if it is submitted after April 30 in any year. |
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HB1364 Labor and Employment - Determination of Independent Contractor Status - Workplace Fraud Act and Unemployment Insurance Last House Action: 3/6 Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Schulz, Afzali, Bates, Clagett, Eckardt, Elliott, Frank, George, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Hogan, Jacobs, Krebs, McComas, W. Miller, Minnick, Norman, O'Donnell, Otto, Schuh, Stifler, and Vitale |
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Filed Under: Private Sector Labor and Industry Establishing an exception for an employer that produces specified documents for inspection to the presumption that an employer-employee relationship exists for purposes of the Workplace Fraud Act; providing for a presumption, under specified circumstances, that an individual working for remuneration is an independent contractor under specified circumstances; prohibiting the Commissioner of Labor and Industry, under specified circumstances, from entering a place of business or work site to review and copy specified records; etc. |
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HB1365 Criminal Procedure - Restitution and Other Payments - Referral to the Central Collection Unit Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Departmental - Public Safety and Correctional Services) |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Authorizing the Division of Parole and Probation and the Department of Juvenile Services to refer all restitution payments, court costs, fines, fees, or accounts to the Central Collection Unit of the Department of Budget and Management for collection; etc. |
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HB1366 Baltimore County - Slot Machines - Ownership and Operation by Eligible War Veterans' Organizations Last House Action: 3/6 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Impallaria, Aumann, Boteler, McDonough, Minnick, Olszewski, and Weir |
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Filed Under: Gaming Authorizing eligible war veterans' organizations in Baltimore County to own or operate slot machines under specified circumstances; and altering the definition of "eligible organization" to include war veterans' organizations that have been located in Baltimore County for at least 5 years before applying for a specified license. |
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HB1367 State Emblems - Literacy Symbol - Book "E" Lookee Last House Action: 3/5 Re-referred Health and Government Operations Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Cane and Conway |
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Filed Under: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials Designating Book "E" Lookee as the State literacy symbol. |
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HB1368 Frederick County - Middletown Wine Festival License Last House Action: 2/27 Hearing 3/26 at 3:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Schulz |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Authorizing in Frederick County the creation of a Middletown Wine Festival license; authorizing the Frederick County Board of License Commissioners to issue the license to a holder of specified licenses; specifying that the license entitles the holder to display and sell at retail wine for consumption on or off the premises on the days and for the hours designated for the Middletown Wine Festival; providing for a license fee; authorizing the Burgess and Commissioners of Middletown to hold not more than two 1-day Middletown Wine Festivals; etc. |
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HB1369 Office of Minority Affairs - Duties of Special Secretary - Minority Business Enterprises Last House Action: 3/6 Hearing cancelled Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Minority Affairs, Office of) |
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Filed Under: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials Expanding the duties of the Special Secretary of the Office of Minority Affairs to include the promotion and coordination of training regarding the requirements of the Minority Business Enterprise Program and participating in specified plans, programs, and operations. |
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HB1370 Procurement - Minority Business Participation Last House Action: 3/6 Hearing cancelled Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Transportation) (By Request - Departmental - Minority Affairs, Office of) |
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Filed Under: State Government - Procurement Establishing specified legislative findings relating to results of a disparity study regarding minority- and women-owned business enterprises in Maryland; replacing the current numerical percentage goal for minority business enterprise participation with a biennial process by which the State's minority business enterprise participation goal shall be established, based on specified factors, and adopted by regulation; etc. |
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HB1371 State Government - Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman Memorial Statues - Placement and Commission Last House Action: 3/7 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates O'Donnell, Afzali, Aumann, Bates, Burns, Cane, Cluster, Conaway, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Fisher, Frank, George, Glass, Haddaway-Riccio, Harrison, Hershey, Holmes, Howard, Jacobs, Jones, Kach, McComas, McConkey, McDermott, McDonough, A. Mille |
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Filed Under: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials Requiring that a Frederick Douglass Memorial Statue and a Harriet Tubman Memorial Statue be placed on the grounds of the State House, one on each side of the Roger Brooke Taney Statue; establishing the Commission on the Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman Memorial Statues; requiring the Commission to develop and implement a process to create specified memorial statues and take other specified action relating to the creation of the memorial statues; terminating the Commission on June 30, 2014; etc. |
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HB1372 Natural Resources - Commercial Fishing Licenses, Authorizations, and Permits Last House Action: 2/28 Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Natural Resources) |
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Filed Under: Hunting and Fishing Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to assess specified costs on specified commercial fishing licensees; repealing a provision of law that limits the number of participants in the commercial and charter boat fishery; establishing a $50 application fee for the transfer of a commercial fishing license or authorization; expanding the pool of persons eligible to be named the beneficiary of a license or authorization on the death of a licensee; altering the eligibility requirements and procedures for a permanent transfer; etc. |
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HB1373 Real Property - Foreclosed Property Registry Last House Action: 3/16 Favorable with Amendments Report by Environmental Matters Favorable with Amendments {700815/1 Report Adopted Second Reading Passed with Amendments Last Senate Action: No Action |
Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation) |
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Filed Under: Real Property Requiring the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to establish and maintain a Foreclosed Property Registry for specified property; requiring specified foreclosure purchasers to register specified residential property and to pay registration fees; requiring foreclosure purchasers to provide specified information related to the property; establishing the Foreclosed Property Registry Fund; providing for the purpose and composition of the Fund; etc. |
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HB1374 Real Property - Foreclosures and Mediation Last House Action: 3/16 Favorable with Amendments Report by Environmental Matters Favorable with Amendments {900118/1 Report Adopted Second Reading Passed with Amendments Last Senate Action: No Action |
Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation) |
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Filed Under: Real Property Establishing a specified prefile mediation process between a secured party and a mortgagor or grantor before the commencement of foreclosure actions under specified circumstances; providing that a mortgagor or grantor is not entitled to participate in mediation after the filing of specified foreclosure actions except under specified circumstances; establishing specified procedures and notices for participation in a prefile mediation; altering specified procedures relating to foreclosure and postfile mediation; etc. |
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HB1375 Vehicle Laws - Maryland Transportation Authority - Payment of Tolls Last House Action: 3/1 Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Transportation) |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Equipment and Inspections Clarifying procedures of the Maryland Transportation Authority for the collection of unpaid tolls through a specified notice and a citation for toll violations; specifying the content of a citation; altering procedures for paying or contesting the amounts due under a citation; providing for the admissibility and prima facie effect of the information in a citation in any proceeding to contest liability; altering specified defenses to a citation; altering procedures for collection of unpaid tolls and civil penalties; etc. |
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HB1376 Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Fort Foote Elementary School Marquee Project Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 2:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Walker |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $8,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Fort Foote Elementary School PTA, Inc. for the planning, design, and construction of the Fort Foote Elementary School Marquee Project located in Fort Washington; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB1377 Creation of a State Debt - Allegany County - Friends Aware, Inc. Site and Project Development Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 2:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Allegany County Delegation |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $634,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Friends Aware, Inc. for the planning, design, and construction of the Friends Aware, Inc. Site and Project Development, located in Cumberland; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB1378 Creation of a State Debt - Allegany County - Allegany Museum Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 2:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Allegany County Delegation |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $350,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Allegany Museum, Inc. for the design, construction, renovation, and capital equipping of the Allegany Museum, located in Cumberland; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; requiring the grantee to grant and convey a specified easement to the Maryland Historical Trust; etc. |
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HB1379 Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2005 - Cecil County - The Amphitheater at Bainbridge Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Rudolph |
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Filed Under: Prior Authorizations Amending the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loans of 2005 to alter the purpose of the grant for the Amphitheatre at Bainbridge to authorize a grant for the Historic Tome School; requiring the grantee to grant and convey a specified easement to the Maryland Historical Trust; requiring that the Board of Public Works expend or encumber the proceeds of the loan by June 1, 2014; etc. |
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HB1380 Task Force to Implement the Northeastern Maryland University Research Park Last House Action: 3/12 Unfavorable Report by Appropriations Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Rudolph and James |
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Filed Under: Higher Education Establishing the Task Force to Implement the Northeastern Maryland University Research Park; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding specified matters; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before January 1, 2013; etc. |
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HB1381 Maryland Higher Education Commission - Proposed 2+2 Facility on a Community College Campus - Approval Required Last House Action: 3/7 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Rudolph and James |
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Filed Under: Higher Education Requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to grant all necessary approvals for a proposed 2+2 facility proposed to be built on the campus of a community college under specified circumstances. |
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HB1382 Creation of a State Debt - Maryland Food Bank Sustainability Project Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 11:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates DeBoy, Conway, and Malone |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $300,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Maryland Food Bank, Inc. for the planning, construction, repair, and capital equipping of the Maryland Food Bank Sustainability Project, located in Baltimore County; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB1383 Property and Casualty Insurance - Underwriting Based on Geographic Area Last House Action: 3/6 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate O'Donnell |
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Filed Under: Insurance - Other than Health Altering the requirements an insurer must meet before refusing to issue or renew a contract of motor vehicle, property, or casualty insurance solely because the insured property or the applicant's or insured's address is located within a specified geographic area of the State; requiring an insurer to adopt a specified underwriting standard and file it with the Maryland Insurance Commissioner for approval; etc. |
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HB1384 Prior Authorizations of State Debt to Fund Capital Projects - Alterations Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Jones |
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Filed Under: Prior Authorizations Amending prior authorizations of State Debt to alter the requirement that specified grantees provide specified matching funds; extending the deadline for specified grantees to present evidence that a matching fund will be presented; providing that specified grants may not terminate before specified dates; changing the locations of specified capital projects; repealing a requirement that a specified grantee grant a historical easement; altering the purpose of specified grants; changing the names of specified grantees; etc. |
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HB1385 Youth Camps - Fees and Inspections - Exemptions Last House Action: 3/13 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Rudolph |
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Filed Under: Public Health Prohibiting the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene from imposing a fee for the purpose of inspecting, monitoring, and regulating specified youth camps; requiring a youth camp to make a specified certification to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene on or before April 1 of each year that all of the programs and activities conducted by the youth camp comply with applicable State health and safety laws and regulations; exempting a camp that completes a specified self-inspection report from inspection; etc. |
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HB1386 Estates and Trusts - Registers of Wills - Fees Last House Action: 3/6 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates F. Turner and Luedtke |
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Filed Under: Estates and Trusts Providing that a register of wills is not required to record documents or provide copies of specified documents until fees have been paid, unless otherwise provided by law; increasing fees that the registers of wills are entitled to charge; establishing fees for specified services; repealing fees for specified services; etc. |
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HB1387 Charles County - Winery Special Event Permits - Farmers' Markets Last House Action: 2/27 Hearing 3/26 at 3:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Murphy |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Authorizing the Office of the Comptroller to issue a winery special event permit to a Class 4 Maryland limited winery in Charles County for unlimited use 1 day each week at farmers' markets in Charles County that are listed on the Farmers' Market Directory of the Maryland Department of Agriculture. |
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HB1388 Motor Fuel Tax - Increase - Construction Cost Index Last House Action: 3/6 Hearing 3/14 at 4:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Ross and Hixson |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Transportation Increasing the motor fuel tax rates for specified motor fuel on specified dates by 5 cents per gallon; providing for the alteration of the motor fuel tax rates for specified motor fuel annually beginning on July 1, 2015, based on the percentage growth in the Construction Cost Index; prohibiting an increase of the motor fuel tax rates for specified motor fuel of more than 2 cents per gallon in specified fiscal years; etc. |
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HB1389 Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Largo High School PTSA Track Renovation Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 9:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Davis |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $245,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Prince George's County Board of Education for the planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, and reconstruction of the Largo High School Track, located in Largo; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund of $60,000; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB1390 Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Forestville Military Academy Track Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 9:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Davis |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $245,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Prince George's County Board of Education for the planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, and reconstruction of the Forestville Military Academy Track, located in Forestville; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund of $60,000; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB1391 Public School Construction Program - Maryland School for the Blind Last House Action: 3/15 Third Reading Passed (134-0) Last Senate Action: 3/16 First Reading Budget and Taxation |
Delegates Conway, Bates, Beitzel, Bohanan, Busch, Clagett, DeBoy, Eckardt, Gaines, Griffith, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Hixson, Jones, Malone, McConkey, McIntosh, Mizeur, Proctor, Sophocleus, Stocksdale, Washington, Wood, Zucker, Aumann, Glenn, Haynes, James, |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Establishing that the Maryland School for the Blind shall be eligible for school construction funding for specified fiscal years, notwithstanding a specified provision of law and subject to specified regulations; and requiring the Board of Public Works to adopt specified regulations. |
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HB1392 On-Site Sewage Disposal System - Nitrogen Removal Technology - Homeowner Funding Assistance Last House Action: 3/15 Hearing cancelled Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Lafferty |
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Filed Under: Environment Repealing the limitation on the period of time during which the Department of the Environment is required to assist specified homeowners by paying a specified cost difference between a conventional on-site sewage disposal system and a system that utilizes nitrogen removal technology. |
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HB1393 Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Homecrest House - Edwards Building Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 12:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Kramer, Arora, and Cullison |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $40,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of National Capital B'nai B'rith Assisted Housing Corporation for the planning, design, construction, renovation, and capital equipping of the Edwards Building, located in Silver Spring; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; prohibiting the use of the loan proceeds or matching fund for sectarian religious purposes; etc. |
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HB1394 Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Retirement Income Last House Action: 3/6 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Summers |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Income Increasing the maximum amount allowed as a subtraction modification under the State income tax for specified retirement income of an individual who is at least 70 years old or who is totally disabled; reducing the maximum amount of retirement income allowed as a subtraction modification by the amount of Social Security benefits received; providing that the amount of the subtraction modification may not exceed specified amounts during specified taxable years; applying the Act to taxable years after December 31, 2011; etc. |
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HB1395 Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - Deale Elementary School Technology Enhancement Project Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 12:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Costa |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $23,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Deale Elementary School Parent Teacher Association (Technology Committee) for the design, construction, repair, and renovation of the Deale Elementary School Technology Enhancement Project; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB1396 Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Lighthouse Youth and Family Services Center Last House Action: 2/29 Hearing 3/10 at 11:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Malone and DeBoy |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $34,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Lighthouse, Inc. for the construction, repair, renovation, and reconstruction of the Lighthouse Youth and Family Services Center, located in Catonsville; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB1397 Vehicle Laws - Overtaking and Passing Bicycles, EPAMDs, and Motor Scooters Last House Action: 3/6 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Cardin, Bobo, Carr, Frush, Luedtke, and Stein |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road Creating an exception to specified prohibitions against driving a vehicle on the left side of the roadway in a no-passing zone for a driver who is making the minimum adjustment necessary under specified circumstances to facilitate the provision of the 3-foot clearance for overtaking and passing a bicycle, EPAMD, or motor scooter going in the same direction. |
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HB1398 Harford County - Slot Machines - Ownership and Operation by Eligible War Veterans' Organizations Last House Action: 3/6 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Impallaria, McComas, McDonough, and Norman |
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Filed Under: Gaming Authorizing eligible war veterans' organizations in Harford County to own or operate slot machines under specified circumstances. |
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HB1399 Hospitals - Credentialing and Privileging Process - Telemedicine Last House Action: 3/7 Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Smigiel and Hammen |
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Filed Under: Health Care Facilities and Regulation Authorizing a hospital, in its credentialing and privileging process for a physician who provides medical services to patients at the hospital only by telemedicine from a distant-site hospital or distant- site telemedicine entity, to rely on credentialing and privileging decisions made for the physician by the distant-site hospital or distant-site telemedicine entity under specified circumstances. |
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HB1400 State Board of Physicians - Exceptions from Licensing - Physicians Authorized to Practice Medicine by Another State Last House Action: 3/7 Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Smigiel and Hammen |
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Filed Under: Health Occupations Expanding an exception from licensing by the State Board of Physicians to include a physician who resides in and is authorized to practice medicine by any other state, instead of an adjoining state, and who meets other requirements; establishing an exception from licensing by the Board for a physician who resides in and is authorized to practice medicine by another state and who provides specified services by telemedicine; etc. |
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HB1401 State Department of Education - Oral Health Education - Certification and Monitoring Last House Action: 3/6 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Oaks, Costa, Frank, Kipke, and Pena-Melnyk |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Requiring each county superintendent to certify to the State Superintendent of Schools on or before September 1 of each year that oral health education, including oral disease prevention and dental health promotion, is being taught in the county; etc. |
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HB1402 Child Support - Contempt Orders - Veterans and Service Members Last House Action: 3/12 Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Tarrant, Minnick, Stukes, and Wood |
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Filed Under: Family Law Prohibiting a court from imprisoning a specified veteran or service member of the United States armed forces for contempt for failure to make a payment of child support under a court order; etc. |
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HB1403 Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Friendly High School Gymnasium Last House Action: 3/12 Unfavorable Report by Appropriations Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Walker and Valderrama |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $150,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the School Board of Prince George's County for the renovation of the Friendly High School Gymnasium, located in Fort Washington; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB1404 Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Southern Area Indoor Aquatic Center Last House Action: 3/6 Hearing 3/10 at 2:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Walker and Valderrama |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $100,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Prince George's County - Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission for the design and construction of the Southern Area Indoor Aquatic Center, located in Riverdale; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB1405 Criminal Law - Motor Vehicles - Criminal Negligence Resulting in Death Last House Action: 2/27 First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Clippinger |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Repealing the application to motor vehicles of a specified provision of law relating to criminally negligent manslaughter by vehicle or vessel; making it a misdemeanor for a person to cause the death of another as a result of the person's driving, operating, or controlling a motor vehicle in a criminally negligent manner; establishing the circumstances under which a person is considered to act in a criminally negligent manner for purposes of the Act; etc. |
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HB1406 Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Harbor Light Community Development Center Last House Action: 3/6 Hearing 3/10 at 2:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Walker and Valderrama |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $40,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Harbor Light Community Development Corporation for the design, construction, and renovation of the Harbor Light Community Development Center, located in Fort Washington; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB1407 Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Workgroup on Cancer Clusters and Environmental Causes of Cancer Last House Action: 3/14 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Walker |
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Filed Under: Public Health Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with the Department of the Environment, to convene a workgroup to examine issues relating to the investigation of potential cancer clusters in the State and potential environmental causes of cancer; specifying issues to be examined; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to report findings of the workgroup on or before December 1, 2012; etc. |
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HB1408 Education - Religious Bills of Rights - Individuals Connected to Public Schools Last House Action: 2/27 First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Boteler, Aumann, Bates, Cluster, Dwyer, Frank, Glass, Impallaria, Jacobs, McConkey, McDonough, Myers, Otto, Ready, Smigiel, and Weir |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Requiring the State Board of Education to establish religious bills of rights for specified individuals connected to public schools on or before September 1, 2012; requiring the religious bills of rights to include specified rights; requiring the State Board to prepare and update guidelines relating to the goals and use of the religious bills of rights and distribute those guidelines to each county board of education on or before September 1, 2012, and each year thereafter; etc. |
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HB1409 Motor Vehicles - Registration Plates - "Home of Our National Anthem" Last House Action: 3/15 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Clagett and Schulz |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration Requiring that a specified registration plate for a vehicle display the words "Home of Our National Anthem"; and applying the Act to registration plates manufactured on or after October 1, 2012. |
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HB1410 Clean Energy Loan Programs - Private Lenders - Collection of Loan Payments Last House Action: 3/9 Re-referred Economic Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Hucker |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Property Authorizing a private lender to provide capital for a loan provided under a local Clean Energy Loan Program; authorizing a political subdivision to collect loan payments owed to a private lender through a surcharge on the owner's property tax bill; providing that an unpaid surcharge constitutes a lien against the property on which it is imposed under specified circumstances; and providing that specified provisions of law that apply to a tax lien also apply to a lien created under the Act. |
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HB1411 Environment - Water Management Administration - Wetlands and Waterways Program Fees Last House Action: 3/12 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates George, Frush, and Lafferty |
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Filed Under: Environment Altering specified application fees for major wetlands and waterways projects, minor wetlands and waterways projects, and major and minor modifications; requiring the Board of Public Works to establish a minimum compensation rate for specified structures in accordance with specified requirements; authorizing the Board to increase or adjust the compensation rate under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB1412 Education - Maintenance of Effort Last House Action: 2/28 Re-referred Ways and Means & Appropriations Hearing 3/1 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means) Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Bohanan, Kaiser, Jones, Conway, Hixson, Branch, Guzzone, Luedtke, and Morhaim |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Authorizing a county governing body, for a specified purpose under specified circumstances, to set a property tax rate that is higher than the rate authorized under the county's charter or to collect more property tax revenues than are authorized under the county's charter, notwithstanding any provision of a county charter that places specified limits on that county's property tax rate or revenues; requiring a county to appropriate to the local board of education specified revenues under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB1413 Operating Budget - Budget Reconciliation - Requirement for Separate Bills Last House Action: 3/14 Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Eckardt and Frank |
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Filed Under: Operating Budget Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution prohibiting the General Assembly from enacting specified omnibus bills; requiring the Governor to submit to the General Assembly a separate bill for each item in the Budget that requires an action of the General Assembly in addition to the Budget Bill; requiring the General Assembly to pass a separate bill for each item in the Budget that requires an action of the General Assembly in addition to the Budget Bill; submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State; etc. |
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HB1414 Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2010 - Baltimore City - Port Discovery Last House Action: 3/7 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates McHale, Clippinger, and Hammen |
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Filed Under: Prior Authorizations Amending the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2010 to extend the deadline for the Board of Directors of the Baltimore Children's Museum, Inc. to present evidence that a matching fund will be provided; requiring the Board of Public Works to expend or encumber the proceeds of the loan by December 31, 2012; etc. |
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HB1415 Creation of a State Debt - Dorchester County - Chesapeake Grove Senior Housing and Intergenerational Center Last House Action: 3/6 Hearing 3/10 at 10:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Cane and Conway |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $250,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Delmarva Community Services, Inc. for the planning, design, and construction of the Chesapeake Grove Senior Housing and Intergenerational Center, located in Cambridge; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB1416 Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Coppin Heights Urban Revitalization Project - Phase I Last House Action: 3/6 Hearing 3/10 at 11:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates B. Robinson, Conaway, and Tarrant |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $140,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Trustees of the Coppin Heights Community Development Corp. for the acquisition, planning, design, and repair of the Coppin Heights Urban Revitalization Project - Phase I, located in Baltimore; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB1417 Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Street Lighting Enhancements Last House Action: 3/6 Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Vaughn |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $150,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Mayor and Town Council of the Town of Capitol Heights for the planning, repair, construction, and capital equipping of the Street Lighting Enhancements, located in Capitol Heights; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB1418 Criminal Procedure - Coram Nobis - Failure to Seek Appeal Last House Action: 2/29 First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Anderson, Alston, Carter, Simmons, Valentino-Smith, Vallario, and Waldstreicher |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Providing that the failure to seek an appeal in a criminal case may not be construed as a waiver of the right to file a petition for writ of error coram nobis. |
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HB1419 Natural Resources - Hunting Licenses and Stamps Last House Action: 3/6 Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Natural Resources) |
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Filed Under: Natural Resources - Generally Clarifying the uses of the State Wildlife and Management Protection Fund; clarifying that a 3-day nonresident hunting license does not authorize bear hunting; increasing the fees for specified hunting stamps and licenses; etc. |
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HB1420 Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2010 - Montgomery County - Sandy Spring Museum Last House Action: 3/7 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Luedtke, Kaiser, and Zucker |
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Filed Under: Prior Authorizations Amending the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2010 to extend the deadline for the Board of Trustees of the Sandy Spring Museum, Inc. to present evidence that a matching fund will be provided for the planning, repair, and capital equipping of the Sandy Spring Museum, located in Sandy Spring; requiring the Board of Public Works to expend or encumber the proceeds of the loan by June 1, 2013; etc. |
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HB1421 Health - Youth Camps - Application Fees for Certification Last House Action: 3/14 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Smigiel, Bates, Dwyer, Frank, and Hough |
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Filed Under: Public Health Prohibiting the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene from imposing a specified application fee for a youth camp certificate or letter of compliance that is greater than a fee imposed by the Secretary prior to the publication of a specified fee in the Maryland Register on specified dates; and prohibiting a regulation that increases an application fee for a letter of compliance from taking effect until the General Assembly approves the increase through legislation enacted into law. |
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HB1422 Law Enforcement Officers - Separation from Service - Retirement Credentials Last House Action: 3/12 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates McDermott, Cluster, and Smigiel |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Providing that a qualified retired law enforcement officer retains a specified rank and receives a retired law enforcement photographic identification card from a specified law enforcement agency under specified circumstances; authorizing a qualified retired law enforcement officer to wear, carry, or transport a handgun under specified circumstances; requiring each law enforcement agency in the State to adopt specified written policies relating to photographic identification cards for retired law enforcement officers; etc. |
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HB1423 Local Government - Fire, Rescue, and Ambulance Funds - Distribution of Money to Volunteer Companies Last House Action: 3/14 Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Conway, Beidle, Bohanan, Cane, Clagett, Costa, DeBoy, Guzzone, Jacobs, K. Kelly, Love, Malone, Morhaim, Otto, Proctor, Rudolph, Sophocleus, and Wood |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Requiring that each county distribute a specified minimum amount of money that the county receives from the Senator William H. Amoss Fire, Rescue, and Ambulance Fund to volunteer fire, rescue, and ambulance companies; requiring the Director of the Maryland Emergency Management Agency to submit an annual report to the General Assembly on the amount of money distributed by each county to volunteer companies; etc. |
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HB1424 Ocean City Convention Center - Financial Obligations and Taxing Authority Last House Action: 3/12 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Conway and McDermott |
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Filed Under: Counties - Generally Altering a provision that places a limit on the amount of specified bonds that may be issued by a local governing body in connection with a specified convention center facility in a resort area and a tax on the sale of food and beverages in the resort area so that the limit applies to the total outstanding principal amount of the bonds; extending the time during which Ocean City and the Stadium Authority each own a specified leasehold interest in the Ocean City Convention Center and its expansion; etc. |
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HB1425 Motor Vehicle Registration - Special Vintage Reproduction License Plate Last House Action: 3/12 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate McDermott |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to develop and make available a specially designed vintage reproduction license plate; prescribing who may apply for and the classes of vehicles eligible for the license plate; providing the manner in which fees will be established, collected, and distributed in connection with the license plate; and requiring that the license plate be made of specified materials and resemble a specified license plate issued by the State in 1910. |
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HB1426 Workers' Compensation Commission - Jurisdiction Over Claims on Appeal - Limitation Last House Action: 3/9 Re-referred Economic Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Jameson and Minnick |
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Filed Under: Workers' Compensation Providing that, if a workers' compensation claim is on appeal, the Workers' Compensation Commission has continuing powers and retains jurisdiction over the claim only to consider specified requests; etc. |
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HB1427 Electricity - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Overhead Transmission Lines Last House Action: 3/13 Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Jameson and Schuh |
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Filed Under: Utility Regulation Authorizing the Public Service Commission to waive the requirement for an electric company to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity under specified circumstances for good cause; requiring the Commission to waive the requirement to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity for construction related to an existing overhead transmission line designed to carry a specified amount of voltage under specified circumstances; etc. |
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HB1428 Juvenile Court - Jurisdiction - Robbery Last House Action: 3/1 First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Barnes (By Request) and Delegates Frush and Pena-Melnyk |
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Filed Under: Juvenile Law Establishing that a circuit court for a county sitting as the juvenile court does not have jurisdiction over a child at least 16 years old alleged to have committed a robbery under a specified provision of law unless a specified order removing the proceeding to juvenile court has been filed. |
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HB1429 State Government - Statue of Harriet Tubman Last House Action: 3/7 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Lee, Nathan-Pulliam, Alston, Arora, Beidle, Bobo, Braveboy, Burns, Cane, Carr, Conaway, Cullison, Eckardt, Frick, Frush, Gaines, George, Glenn, Gutierrez, Harrison, Healey, Howard, Jones, A. Kelly, Love, Luedtke, McComas, A. Miller, Pena-Meln |
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Filed Under: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials Requiring the Governor to authorize the gift of a statue of Harriet Tubman to the United States government and request the United States Congress to place the statue in the U.S. Capitol Building; and requiring the Governor to establish the Harriet Tubman Statue Commission, composed of ten members appointed by the Governor, that, under the supervision and direction of the State Treasurer, would raise funds to pay the costs associated with the statue and represent the State in selecting a sculptor. |
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HB1430 Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Battle of Bladensburg Visitor Center and Monument Last House Action: 3/6 Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Niemann |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $500,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Trustees of the Aman Memorial Trust, Inc. for the construction and renovation of the Battle of Bladensburg Visitor Center and Monument, located in Bladensburg; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB1431 Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary's Counties - Turkey Hunting on Private Property - Sundays Last House Action: 3/6 Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates O'Donnell, Bohanan, Fisher, Jameson, Vallario, Wilson, and Wood |
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Filed Under: Hunting and Fishing Authorizing a person to hunt turkey on private property on Sundays during the spring turkey hunting season in Calvert County, Charles County, and St. Mary's County; and making the Act an emergency measure. |
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HB1432 Alcoholic Beverages - Comptroller - Departments of Liquor Control and Liquor Control Boards Last House Action: 3/12 Hearing cancelled Hearing 3/26 at 3:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Barkley |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Statewide Bills Expressly requiring the Comptroller to enforce provisions of law applicable to specified activities conducted by a department of liquor control or a liquor control board; and making specified powers of liquor control boards subject to the enforcement authority of the Comptroller. |
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HB1433 Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2011 - Montgomery County - Olney Theatre Last House Action: 3/7 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Zucker, Kaiser, Luedtke, Arora, Barkley, Carr, Cullison, Gilchrist, Gutierrez, Kramer, A. Miller, and S. Robinson |
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Filed Under: Prior Authorizations Amending the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2011 to the Board of Directors of the Olney Theatre Center to alter the matching fund requirement for the construction of the main stage building at the Olney Theatre Center to include specified expenditures made on or after January 1, 2004; etc. |
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HB1434 Health Insurance - Coverage for Autism Spectrum Disorders Last House Action: 3/14 Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Reznik |
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Filed Under: Insurance - Health Requiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders; authorizing limits on the required coverage; authorizing treatment for autism spectrum disorders to be provided by specified individuals; clarifying that specified provisions of the Act may not be construed as limiting benefits otherwise available to an individual; prohibiting specified limits on visits to an autism services provider; etc. |
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HB1435 Maryland Veterans Commission - Membership - Revision Last House Action: 3/14 Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Stukes and Mitchell |
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Filed Under: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials Altering the composition of the Maryland Veterans Commission by replacing the member appointed from a list of individuals submitted by the Black Veterans of All Wars, Inc. with a member appointed from a list of individuals submitted by the National Association for Black Veterans. |
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HB1436 Worcester County - Alcoholic Beverages - Beer and Wine Festivals Last House Action: 3/12 Hearing cancelled Hearing 3/26 at 3:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Conway and McDermott |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Authorizing the Worcester County Board of License Commissioners to issue not more than three licenses each year for displaying and selling beer and wine at beer and wine festivals in the county. |
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HB1437 State Operating Budget - State Prescription Drug Program Subsidy - Lump Sum Payment Last House Action: 3/14 Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Clagett |
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Filed Under: State Government - Personnel Authorizing the State to enter into a contract with a provider of a specified method to use a computerized actuarial methodology to determine the value of specified future payments from a specified subsidy received as a result of the State's prescription drug program for specified Medicare-eligible retirees and convert the payments to provide a lump sum payment to the State in a specified manner; making the Act an emergency measure; etc. |
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HB1438 City of Frederick - Criminal History Records Check - Taxi Driver and Tow Truck Driver Applicants Last House Action: 3/13 Re-referred Judiciary Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Clagett |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Authorizing the City of Frederick Police Department to request State and national criminal history records checks for taxi driver applicants and tow truck driver applicants in the City of Frederick from the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository; requiring the Police Department to submit sets of fingerprints of taxi driver applicants and tow truck driver applicants and pay specified fees to the Central Repository; etc. |
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HB1439 Operating Budget - Capital Gains Tax Revenue - Appropriation to Revenue Stabilization Account Last House Action: 3/14 Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates James, Bohanan, Clagett, and Gaines |
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Filed Under: Operating Budget Requiring the Governor to include in the budget bill for each fiscal year a specified appropriation to the Revenue Stabilization Account if State income tax revenue from capital gains exceeds $500,000,000; and providing that the appropriation of specified State income tax revenue from capital gains to the Account shall be in addition to other required appropriations to the Account. |
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HB1440 Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2010 - Prince George's County - Walker Mill Daycare and Training Center Last House Action: 3/7 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Griffith |
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Filed Under: Prior Authorizations Amending the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2010 to extend the deadline for the Board of Directors of Walker Mill Development, Inc. to present evidence that a matching fund will be provided for the Walker Mill Daycare and Training Center; requiring that the Board of Public Works expend or encumber the proceeds of the loan by June 1, 2014; etc. |
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HB1441 Family Law - Termination of Alimony - Cohabitation of Recipient Last House Action: 3/12 Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Stocksdale and Ready |
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Filed Under: Family Law Establishing that alimony terminates on the cohabitation of an alimony recipient and a specified other individual under specified circumstances; establishing that cohabitation is presumed under specified circumstances; and requiring that, on the marriage or cohabitation of the recipient, the recipient notify the party who is required to pay alimony. |
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HB1442 Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2010 - Baltimore County - HopeWell Cancer Support Last House Action: 3/14 Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Stein |
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Filed Under: Prior Authorizations Amending the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2010 to extend to December 1, 2012 the deadline for the Board of Trustees of HopeWell Cancer Support, Inc. to present evidence that a matching fund will be provided for the HopeWell Cancer Support Facility, located in Lutherville; requiring the Board of Public Works to expend or encumber the proceeds of the loan by December 1, 2012; etc. |
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HB1443 Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Qualifying Thermal Biomass Systems Last House Action: 3/13 Re-referred Economic Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Stein |
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Filed Under: Utility Regulation Providing that energy from a qualifying thermal biomass system is eligible for inclusion in meeting the renewable energy portfolio standard; providing that a person that owns a qualifying thermal biomass system shall receive a renewable energy credit; requiring the Public Service Commission to adopt procedures for the metering, verification, and reporting of thermal energy output from qualifying thermal biomass systems; applying the Act only to qualifying thermal biomass systems that are commissioned on or after June 1, 2012; etc. |
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HB1444 Alcoholic Beverages Sales - Prohibition on Use of Self-Scanning Cash Registers Last House Action: 3/13 Hearing 3/26 at 3:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Valderrama, Barkley, Davis, Feldman, and Walker |
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Filed Under: Alcoholic Beverages - Statewide Bills Making it a misdemeanor for a retail alcoholic beverages licensee to sell alcoholic beverages by means of a self-scanning cash register or a specified other automated system that may be operated on a self- service basis by a customer; and specifying a penalty. |
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HB1445 Plumbing and Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Employees - Public Work Contracts - License Requirement and Employee Classification Last House Action: 3/9 Re-referred Economic Matters Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Stifler |
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Filed Under: Business Regulation and Occupations Prohibiting a person from employing an individual to provide or assist in providing plumbing or heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, or refrigeration services on a specified public work contract unless the person is licensed; and prohibiting a person from classifying a specified employee under a specified public work contract at a specified work classification higher than the employee's license type. |
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HB1446 Somerset and Worcester Counties - Deer Hunting on Private Property - Sundays Last House Action: 3/5 First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Otto and McDermott |
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Filed Under: Hunting and Fishing Authorizing persons in Somerset County and Worcester County to hunt deer on specified Sundays on private property using specified hunting equipment during specified months. |
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HB1447 Education - School Attendance in Another County Last House Action: 3/12 Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Myers and Beitzel |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Allowing specified students who reside in a specified county and attend school in another county to attend the school until graduation from high school; providing that a specified county may not be required to provide transportation of specified students; requiring specified counties to determine the feasibility of transporting specified students; authorizing siblings of specified students to attend school in a specified county; etc. |
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HB1448 Queen Anne's County - Deer Hunting on Private Property - Sundays Last House Action: 3/5 First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations Last Senate Action: No Action |
Queen Anne's County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Hunting and Fishing Authorizing a person in Queen Anne's County to hunt deer on specified Sundays on private property using specified hunting equipment during specified months. |
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HB1449 Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2010 - Baltimore City - Renovation of Southeast Neighborhood Development Center Last House Action: 3/14 Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Clippinger, Hammen, and McHale |
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Filed Under: Prior Authorizations Amending the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2010 to extend the deadline for the Board of Directors of Southeast Development, Inc. to present evidence that a matching fund will be provided for the renovation of the Southeast Neighborhood Development Center, located in Baltimore City; requiring the Board of Public Works to expend or encumber the proceeds of the loan by June 1, 2013; etc. |
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HB1450 Public Schools - Provision of Supplemental Educational Services Last House Action: 3/12 Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Mitchell and Ivey |
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Filed Under: Primary and Secondary Education Requiring the State Department of Education to supervise the provision of supplemental educational services in the State; requiring the Department to assist county boards of education in developing specified funding applications in a specified manner, develop a specified process for the approval of supplemental educational services providers, provide a specified notice to potential providers, maintain a list of State-approved providers, and repeal the approval of a specified provider; etc. |
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HB1451 Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Community Resource Center Last House Action: 3/8 Re-referred Appropriations Hearing 3/10 at 2:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Glenn |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $500,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of L.A.M.B., Inc. for the planning, design, construction, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the Community Resource Center, located in Baltimore City; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB1452 Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Garrett-Jacobs Mansion Last House Action: 3/8 Re-referred Appropriations Hearing 3/10 at 9:00 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Haynes |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $300,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Trustees of the Garrett-Jacobs Mansion Endowment Fund, Inc. for the design, repair, renovation, and reconstruction of the Garrett-Jacobs Mansion, located in Baltimore City; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB1453 Public Safety - Impersonating an Officer of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Metro Transit Police - Prohibited Last House Action: 3/19 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Withdrawn Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Jameson |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Altering the definition of a "police officer" to include a member of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Metro Transit Police under specified provisions of law prohibiting impersonating a police officer; authorizing a person to have, use, wear, or display a uniform, badge, or specified other articles worn by the WMATA Metro Transit Police only with specified authorization; etc. |
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HB1454 Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Park Heights Sports Complex Last House Action: 3/8 Re-referred Appropriations Hearing 3/12 at 9:30 a.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Baltimore City Delegation and Delegate Oaks |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $250,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Mayor and City Council of the City of Baltimore for the design, construction, and capital equipping of the Park Heights Sports Complex located in Baltimore City; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB1455 Mortality and Quality Review Committee - Reporting Requirements - Sunset Extension Last House Action: 3/14 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Costa and Hubbard |
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Filed Under: Public Health Extending the termination date of specified provisions of law requiring the Mortality and Quality Review Committee to make specified reports, recommendations and findings regarding incidents of injury and requiring the Office of Health Care Quality to provide specified data to the Committee. |
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HB1456 Income Tax - Tax Credits - Electronic Filing Requirements Last House Action: 3/7 First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations Motion Rules Suspended for late introduction (Delegate Mizeur) Adopted (137-2) Referred House Rules and Executive Nominations Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Mizeur |
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Filed Under: Taxes - Income Authorizing the Comptroller to require by regulation that a taxpayer claiming specified income tax credits claim the credits by electronic means; authorizing the Comptroller to require by regulation that additional tax credits be claimed by electronic means; applying the Act to tax years beginning after December 31, 2012; etc. |
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HB1457 Charles County - Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights Act Last House Action: 3/14 Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Charles County Delegation |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Providing for specified rights of a correctional officer in Charles County relating to employment, investigation, and discipline under specified circumstances; providing for the procedures for the investigation or interrogation of a correctional officer; etc. |
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HB1458 Creation of a State Debt - Maryland Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs - Renovations Last House Action: 3/8 Re-referred Appropriations Hearing 3/10 at 12:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Bohanan |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $300,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Trustees of the MD Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs, Inc. for the planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of various boys and girls clubs, located in Maryland; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. |
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HB1459 Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - East Baltimore Historical Library Last House Action: 3/8 Re-referred Appropriations Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Harrison and Conway |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $250,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of East Baltimore Development, Inc. for the renovation of the East Baltimore Historical Library, located in Baltimore City; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds; requiring the grantee to grant and convey a specified easement to the Maryland Historical Trust; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. |
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HB1460 Court Costs - Criminal Cases - Funding for Law Enforcement Last House Action: 3/8 First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations Motion Rules Suspended for late introduction (Delegate Conway) Adopted (137-0) Referred House Rules and Executive Nominations Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Conway, Branch, Cluster, and McDermott |
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Filed Under: Public Safety Altering the source of money for the Law Enforcement Equipment Fund; requiring a court to impose on a defendant convicted of a specified crime an additional cost of $7.50 in the case; requiring the Comptroller to deposit $3.75 of each fee collected into the Law Enforcement Equipment Fund; requiring the Comptroller to pay $3.75 of each fee collected to the law enforcement agency that issued the citation or completed the police report associated with the case; etc. |
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HB1461 Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2010 - Garrett County - Oakland B&O Railroad Museum Last House Action: 3/14 Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Beitzel |
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Filed Under: Prior Authorizations Amending the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2010 to extend the deadline for the Mayor and Town Council of the Town of Oakland to present evidence that a matching fund will be provided for the Oakland B&O Museum project; requiring the Board of Public Works to expend or encumber the proceeds of the loan by June 1, 2013; etc. |
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HB1462 Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Miles Washington Family Support Center Last House Action: 3/13 Re-referred Appropriations Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Haynes |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $175,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Trustees of the Miles Washington Family Support Center, Inc. for the planning, construction, repair, renovation, and capital equipping of the Miles Washington Family Support Center, located in Baltimore City; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a specified requirement; requiring the grantee to grant and convey a specified easement to the Maryland Historical Trust; etc. |
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HB1463 Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2010 - Prince George's County - Prince George's VFD Last House Action: 3/14 Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Griffith |
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Filed Under: Prior Authorizations Amending the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2010 to change the name of a specified grantee from Prince George's VFD to the Prince George's County Fire Department; adding the Marlboro Volunteer Fire Department, the Beltsville Volunteer Fire Department, the Hyattsville Volunteer Fire Department, the Kentland Volunteer Fire Department, and the Laurel Volunteer Fire Department as grantees to a specified grant; making the Act an emergency measure; etc. |
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HB1464 Video Lottery Terminals - Licensees - Operations Last House Action: 3/13 Re-referred Ways and Means Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Conway |
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Filed Under: Gaming Raising to 43% the amount from proceeds of video lottery terminals from the video lottery facility in Worcester County that the Comptroller is required to pay to the video lottery operation licensee for the facility; and repealing the prohibition on the licensee's engaging in specified activities. |
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HB1465 Creation of a State Debt - St. Mary's County - Sotterley Plantation Post-Hurricane Restoration Last House Action: 3/13 Re-referred Appropriations Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Bohanan |
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Filed Under: State Debt (Bond Bills) Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $50,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Trustees of Historic Sotterley, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the Sotterley Plantation, located in Hollywood; requiring the grantee to grant and convey a specified easement to the Maryland Historical Trust; etc. |
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HB1466 Prince George's County - Domestic Violence - GPS Tracking System Pilot Program for Offenders Last House Action: 3/12 First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations Motion Rules Suspended for late introduction (Delegate Barnes) Adopted (130-0) Referred House Rules and Executive Nominations Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Barnes |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Procedure Repealing the requirement that Prince George's County implement a specified GPS tracking system pilot program for specified offenders as a condition of pretrial release or probation; requiring the Division of Parole and Probation to implement and operate the pilot program; providing that the Division establishes specified fees; repealing the requirement that the Sheriff of Prince George's County provide a specified report; etc. |
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HB1467 Sustainable Communities - Financing and Designation Last House Action: 3/12 First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations Motion Rules Suspended for late introduction (Delegate McIntosh) Adopted (127-3) Referred House Rules and Executive Nominations Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate McIntosh |
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Filed Under: Economic and Community Development Authorizing specified counties and municipal corporations to finance the costs of public improvements located in a sustainable community and owned by the Maryland Economic Development Corporation, the State, or specified other governmental units; etc. |
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HB1468 Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2010 - Prince George's County - La Vida Sana (Healthy Living Farm) Last House Action: 3/13 First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations Referred House Rules and Executive Nominations Motion Rules Suspended for late introduction (Delegate Gaines) Adopted (132-1) Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Gaines, Healey, and Ross |
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Filed Under: Prior Authorizations Amending the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2010 to extend until June 1, 2013, the deadline for the Board of Directors of the Engaged Community Offshoots, Inc. to present evidence that a matching fund will be provided; requiring the Board of Public Works to expend or encumber the proceeds of the loan by June 1, 2013; etc. |
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HB1469 Criminal Law - Aggravated Animal Cruelty - Bait Dogs Last House Action: 3/14 First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations Motion Rules Suspended for late introduction (Delegate McConkey) Adopted (135-0) Referred House Rules and Executive Nominations Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate McConkey |
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Filed Under: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Prohibiting a person from using or allowing a dog to be used as a bait dog; prohibiting a person from possessing, owning, selling, transporting, or training a dog with the intent to use the dog as a bait dog; requiring a dog that is used in a dogfight or as a bait dog to be removed from the possession of the owner and not returned except under specified circumstances; and making the Act an emergency measure. |
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HB1470 Elective Franchise - Registration and Voting at Early Voting Polling Places Last House Action: 3/14 First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations Motion Rules Suspended for late introduction (Delegate Cardin) Adopted (132-0) Referred House Rules and Executive Nominations Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegates Cardin, Reznik, Barve, Hixson, Ivey, Luedtke, Ross, and Summers |
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Filed Under: Elections Authorizing the General Assembly to provide by suitable enactment a process to allow a qualified voter to register and vote on a day designated for voting before election day at a specified polling place; making a stylistic change; and submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejection. |
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HB1471 Vehicle Laws - Motorcycles - Expiration of Learner's Instructional Permit Last House Action: 3/14 First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations Motion Rules Suspended for late introduction (Delegate Glass) Adopted (136-0) Referred House Rules and Executive Nominations Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Glass |
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Filed Under: Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration Altering the expiration date for a specified learner's instructional permit for a motorcycle. |
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HB1472 County Property Taxes - Classes of Property and Special Rates Last House Action: 3/15 First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations Motion Rules Suspended for late introduction (Delegate Carr) Adopted (130-2) Referred House Rules and Executive Nominations Last Senate Action: No Action |
Delegate Carr |
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Filed Under: Counties - Generally Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county to impose property tax on those classes of property that it selects to be subject to property tax; authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county to set special rates for any class of property that is subject to the county property tax; providing for the application of the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2012; etc. |
