| HB387 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing that the safety zone for archery hunters in Harford County extends for 50 yards from a dwelling house, residence, church, or any other building or camp occupied by human beings within which archery hunting may not take place except under...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-13
Senate Refuses to Recede |
| HJ2 | Engross
Sine Die | Urging the U.S. Congress to propose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that affirms every citizen's individual right to vote, reserves inalienable political rights to natural persons, and authorizes regulation of campaign contributions and electio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-13
To Senate Rules Committee |
| HB1177 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the tax collector in Prince George's County to conduct a specified limited auction prior to conducting a public auction for property subject to tax liens; specifying the individuals who may participate in a limited auction; requiring a purc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-13
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| HB55 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing for archery hunters in Calvert and St. Mary's counties a safety zone of 50 yards within which archery hunting may not take place except under specified circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-13
Senate Refuses to Recede |
| HB86 | Engross
Sine Die | 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 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-13
Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| HB1239 | Engross
Sine Die | Repealing specified provisions establishing liability to a merchant for civil penalties for shoplifting and employee theft.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-13
Delegates Smith, Dumais, and Rey |
| HB7 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the time period within which a local department of social services is required to expunge specified reports and records of suspected child abuse and neglect; authorizing a local department to immediately expunge specified reports and records...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-13
Delegates Carter, Anderson, and Kittleman |
| HB39 | Engross
Sine Die | Repealing a provision of law requiring specified firearms manufacturers and dealers and the Department of State Police to take specified actions relating to identification of handguns; authorizing the Department of State Police to dispose of specifie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-13
Third Reading Passed (135-2) |
| HB1000 | Engross
Sine Die | Expanding the group of persons who may file a specified petition for postconviction DNA testing or a database or log search; and clarifying what scientific identification evidence the State is required to preserve under specified circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-13
Third Reading Passed (123-15) |
| HB815 | Engross
Sine Die | Increasing from $1 to $2 the amount of a specified credit against the State income tax for each bushel of oyster shells recycled during the taxable year; applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2014; etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-13
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| HB119 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting a unit from requiring a prime contractor and a prime contractor from requiring a subcontractor to begin change order work under a contract until the procurement officer for the unit issues a specified written change order; requiring, unde...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-13
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0) |
| HB1007 | Engross
Sine Die | Limiting the amount of the fee that a condominium council of unit owners may charge a unit owner to furnish a certificate with the information necessary for the unit owner to comply with specified resale disclosure requirements; providing that a coun...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-13
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0) |
| HB362 | Engross
Sine Die | 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, not exceeding a specified amount, incurred in removing, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-13
Delegates Vallario, Rosenberg, and Anderson |
| HB606 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering, for specified purposes relating to domestic violence, the definition of "person eligible for relief" to include an individual who has had a sexual relationship with a specified respondent within 1 year before filing of a specified petition;...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-13
Third Reading Passed (137-0) |
| HB742 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the requirements for the designation and appointment of a program administrator of a residential child care program; requiring the State Board for the Certification of Residential Child Care Program Professionals to evaluate the moral charac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-13
Delegates Hayes, Angel, and Morgan |
| HB176 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing for the conduct of a special election to fill a vacancy for an elected member on the Montgomery County Board of Education under specified circumstances; altering the authority of the members of the county board to appoint an individual to f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-13
Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| HB360 | Engross
Sine Die | Repealing a presumption that specified money or weapons are forfeitable; prohibiting a seizing authority or prosecuting authority from directly or indirectly transferring seized property to a federal law enforcement authority or agency, with a specif...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-13
Third Reading Passed (85-53) |
| HB910 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission to establish a Polybutylene Connection Pipe Replacement Loan Program for replacement of specified pipes on specified property; requiring the Program to provide for specified eligibility requiremen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-13
Senators Feldman, Kelley, and Reilly |
| HB94 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing the Commission on African American History and Culture to provide operational funding to a museum that specializes in African American history and culture.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-13
To Senate Rules Committee |
| HB1152 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering a prohibition, in Anne Arundel County, to prohibit a person from standing, or causing, encouraging, allowing, or petitioning another to stand, in a roadway, a median divider, or an intersection to solicit money or donations from the occupant...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-11
To Senate Rules Committee |
| HB322 | Engross
Sine Die | 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, an event that involves a card game, a dice game, or roulette; limiting to four the number...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-11
To Senate Rules Committee |
| HB1065 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifying the definition of "taxable price" for the State sales and use tax as it applies to the sale or use of an accommodation facilitated by an accommodations intermediary to include the full amount of the consideration paid by a buyer for the sa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-11
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| HB105 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the penalty for the possession or use of drug paraphernalia involving the use or possession of less than 10 grams of marijuana; making the use or possession of drug paraphernalia under specified circumstances a civil offense; establishing th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-10
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (44-3) |
| HB8 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting a judge from issuing a summons directing a witness to attend and testify in court outside the State if the witness is a specified member of the news media, the record indicates the witness reasonably relied on specified protections when t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-10
Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| HB780 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing the Task Force on the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect; 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-10
Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| HB505 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring specified State and local law enforcement agencies to reimburse individuals who take possession of dogs formerly used in law enforcement work under specified circumstances for specified veterinary treatment; specifying that the reimbursemen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-10
Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| HB721 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring a licensed real estate appraiser or a certified real estate appraiser to attach a copy of the appraisal agreement to the written appraisal report prepared in accordance with the appraisal agreement and to each additional copy of the written...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-10
Unfavorable Report by Finance |
| HB1094 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting a merchant from using specified technology to monitor the behavior or shopping habits of a specified consumer unless the merchant provides a specified notice in a specified manner; providing that a violation of the Act is an unfair or dec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-10
Unfavorable Report by Finance |
| HB1198 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the definition of "law enforcement unit" as it relates to the Baltimore City Civilian Review Board so as to increase the number of law enforcement units that are subject to review by the Board; altering the composition of the Board; requirin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-09
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| HB615 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing that a person may not be sanctioned for a violation of a condition of probation or parole for the sole reason that the person received a citation for the commission of a nonjailable civil offense, subject to a specified exception.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-09
Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| HB1081 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing the Orange Ribbon for Healthy School Hours certification within the State Department of Education beginning in the 2016-2017 school year; providing that the purpose of the Orange Ribbon for Healthy School Hours certification is to recogn...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-09
Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| HB383 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the State Board of Education and specified nonpublic schools to develop and implement a specified program relating to sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention; and requiring a specified program to be incorporated into the health cu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-09
Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| HB680 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing that evidence of a conviction for a traffic offense may be admitted as evidence in a civil proceeding to prove specified facts under specified circumstances; requiring the trier of fact to determine the weight to be accorded evidence of a c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-09
Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| HB1137 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the State Board of Education, in consultation with specified stakeholders, to report to specified committees of the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2015, on specified matters related to the local school system assessments.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-09
Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| HB476 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting an individual from operating a motor vehicle on a highway while wearing or using a wearable computer with a head-mounted display; and defining the term "wearable computer with a head-mounted display" as a computer device that is worn on a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-09
Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| HB1073 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of the Environment to study the potential risks and impacts to the State in the event of a crude oil spill during rail transport in the State; requiring the Department to establish specified plans as part of the study; requir...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-08
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB1158 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring an owner of specified residential rental property to submit certifications and affidavits to the Department of the Environment in order to maintain an exemption from lead-based paint risk reduction standards; providing that an exemption for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-07
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| HB491 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring a minimum of $15,000 each sole proprietor registered cemeterian or permit holder operating a conservation cemetery is required to deposit initially into the perpetual care trust fund; requiring the Office of Cemetery Oversight to consider w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-07
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB1133 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing the Task Force to Study the Warrant Intercept Program for Maryland Income Tax Refunds; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving specified compensation, bu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-07
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| HB1130 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the maximum penalty for driving a motor vehicle while a person's license or privilege to drive is suspended under specified provisions of State law; altering the maximum penalty for driving a motor vehicle while a person's license or privile...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-07
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| HB285 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to allow a person in Caroline County or Dorchester County to hunt any game bird or game mammal, except migratory game birds and wetland game birds, on a Sunday on specified land during the open season f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-03
Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| HB1002 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to form a workgroup with representatives of county oyster committees to examine issues related to the composition and duties of county oyster committees; and requiring the workgroup to report its findings...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-03
Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| HB494 | Engross
Sine Die | Repealing a provision of law authorizing a District Court commissioner to set bond or commit persons to jail in default of bond or release them on personal recognizance if circumstances warrant; authorizing a police officer to charge by citation for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-03
Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| HB252 | Engross
Sine Die | Increasing the occurrence of a promotional event established under the Jane Lawton Farm-to-School Program in the Department of Agriculture to advocate State agriculture and farm products to children through school meal and classroom programs; and req...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-03
Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| HB40 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the contents of the certificate of a qualified expert to include a statement from a qualified expert that the licensed professional failed to meet an applicable standard of professional care and supervision; applying the Act prospectively; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-03
Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| HB127 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the date of the termination provisions from 2016 to 2015 relating to the statutory and regulatory authority of the State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors; and altering from July 1, 2018, to July 1, 2017, the date of the requirement ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-03
Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| HB455 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing that specified provisions in a contract or an agreement relating to architectural, engineering, inspecting, or surveying services that purport to require the promisor or indemnitor to defend or pay the costs of defending specified promisees...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-03
Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| HB234 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting specified former State officials and specified former public officials of the Executive Branch from assisting or representing specified parties for compensation, for 1 year after leaving State employment, in a matter that is subject to le...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-02
To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee |
| HB818 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the circumstances under which a driver may move out of or into a lane by authorizing the move when the driver has reasonably determined it is safe to do so and activated the appropriate turn signal; and prohibiting a person from moving a veh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-02
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| HB53 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing that the clerk of a circuit court may charge a reasonable fee set by the State Court Administrator and not to exceed $60 for recording an affidavit of affixation or an affidavit of severance for a manufactured home.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-02
Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
