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MDHB1176Requiring the development, review, and approval of online courses and services to include an assessment regarding the accessibility of the online course or service to individuals with disabilities, including the blind; authorizing the State Departmen...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 471
MDHB1159Altering a requirement that the Public Service Commission, on or before September 1 of each year, determine whether specified electric companies have met specified service quality and reliability standards; requiring the Secretary of Health and Menta...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 670
MDHB1253Altering the annual fees and surcharges for specified commercial fishing licenses and authorizations; requiring that specified tidal fish licensees obtain a harvester registration from the Department of Natural Resources; authorizing the Department t...
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2013-05-16
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
MDHB1Listing cannabimimetic agents on Schedule I for purposes of designating controlled dangerous substances that may not be legally used, possessed, or distributed; and defining cannabimimetic agents.
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2013-05-16
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
MDHB1505Increasing from 2 to 3 the maximum number of days per week that the Department of Natural Resources may authorize a specified dredge boat to operate under the power of an auxiliary yawl boat while dredging for oysters in the Chesapeake Bay.
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 689
MDHB1494Repealing a prohibition on the use of State funds to implement specified standards for State correctional facilities.
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 688
MDHB167Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim November 1 as Maryland Emancipation Day.
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2013-05-02
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 352
MDHB235Requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to maintain a database, available to the public on the Department's Web site, that relates to the valuation of specified real property in the State and includes specified information.
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2013-05-02
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 361
MDHB357Establishing a maximum oyster inspection tax that may be imposed by the Potomac River Fisheries Commission; requiring the Potomac River Fisheries Commission to use the proceeds of the oyster inspection tax solely for planting seed or shell oyster on ...
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2013-05-02
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 235
MDHB408Providing a subtraction modification under the Maryland individual and corporate income tax for specified expenses incurred to buy and install enhanced agricultural management equipment under specified circumstances; defining "enhanced agricultural m...
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2013-05-02
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 258
MDHB561Providing that specified requirements of the nutrient management program administered by the Department of Agriculture apply to specified surface waters, the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, and other specified bodies of water.
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2013-05-02
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 315
MDHB778Requiring that each county distribute a specified minimum percentage of funds 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 th...
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2013-05-02
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 332
MDHB1119Requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management to develop and implement the Foster Youth Summer Internship Pilot Program; requiring the Program to be established in multiple regions of the State; requiring the Secretary to coordinate with specified...
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2013-05-02
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 317
MDHB1040Repealing provisions of law relating to regulation of numismatic items; providing that specified provisions of law do not apply to retail jewelers who participate in a remount sale; requiring specified dealers and pawnbrokers to hold specified items ...
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2013-05-02
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 399
MDHB225Requiring specified licensing units and boards to give credit to former service members for relevant military training, education, and experience in connection with the issuance of occupational and professional licenses, certificates, and registratio...
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2013-04-17
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 155
MDHB739Requiring public institutions of higher education to report annually, on or before October 1, to the Maryland Higher Education Commission the number of students attending that institution who are legally present, or not legally present, in the United...
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2013-04-08
Unfavorable Report by Appropriations
MDHB1137Establishing the Task Force to Study the Process for Assisting Cancer Patients at Local Departments of Social Services; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving specif...
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2013-04-05
Unfavorable Report by Appropriations
MDHB1173Authorizing the Public Service Commission to establish a Small Commercial Energy Efficiency On-Bill Financing Program; specifying the purpose of the Program; authorizing the Commission to require a utility company to participate in the Program; autho...
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2013-04-04
MDHB1325Requiring the Department of Transportation to adopt regulations to establish a methodology for applying life cycle cost analysis to the evaluation of specified pavement projects; requiring that the methodology address specified matters; requiring the...
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2013-04-04
MDHB1186Establishing 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 matters including methods to adopt an...
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2013-04-03
MDHB569Requiring the Department of the Environment, in consultation with local government officials, to conduct a review of State programs that provide financial assistance for costs relating to the planning, design, construction, and upgrade of wastewater ...
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2013-04-02
Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
MDHB734Requiring each institution or school within the University System of Maryland to maintain its total student body in a specified manner.
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2013-04-02
Unfavorable Report by Appropriations
MDHB862Reducing by $1,000 the annual resident tuition rate at public institutions of higher education for specified educators and their immediate family members, and requiring each public institution of higher education to adopt policies to implement the tu...
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2013-04-02
Unfavorable Report by Appropriations
MDHB1267Requiring a registered sex offender who applies for admission to a nursing home or an assisted living program to provide a specified notification to the nursing home or assisted living program during the admission process; adding to the information t...
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2013-03-28
Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn
MDHB309Authorizing a judgment creditor to obtain discovery in aid of enforcement of a money judgment entered or recorded in a circuit court or in the District Court by use of a court ordered examination under oath before a judge or examiner of a judgment de...
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2013-03-26
MDHB969Establishing a Commission to Consider Mental Health-Related Ways to Limit Mass Violence by Individuals with Antisocial Personality Disorders, Depressive Disorders, or Other Mental Illness; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Com...
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2013-03-23
Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn
MDHB1244Adding the waters of Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, Cecil County, Harford County, Kent County, and Queen Anne's County that lie north of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and the Kent Narrows Bridge to the areas of State waters in the Chesapeake Bay ...
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2013-03-23
Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters
MDHB1241Establishing the Sustainable Fisheries Enforcement Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; applying a $10 surcharge to specified angler's licenses, commercial fishing licenses, and recreational fishing licenses; requiring that the surcharge be credited t...
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2013-03-23
Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters
MDHB622Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to provide at least a 30-day supply of oyster tags whenever the Department distributes oyster tags to an individual licensed to catch oysters.
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2013-03-22
Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn
MDHB1110Prohibiting a merchant from selling a tire to a consumer in the State as a new tire if the tire is a retreaded, previously used, or recycled tire or was manufactured more than 3 years before the date of sale; requiring a merchant who sells a specifie...
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2013-03-21
Referred to interim study by Economic Matters
MDHB1144Prohibiting a junk dealer or scrap metal processor from purchasing from an individual a shopping cart, flatbed cart, or similar wheeled device under specified circumstances, or copper or other metal piping unlawfully taken from a house; providing for...
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2013-03-19
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters
MDHB1288Requiring a county board of education to pay a public institution of higher education 50% of the tuition and fees charged to a student enrolled in a noncredit remedial education course under specified circumstances; requiring a county board to remit ...
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2013-03-19
MDHB1243Altering the maximum civil and administrative penalties for water pollution control violations; and requiring the Department of the Environment to distribute specified proceeds from the penalties to the Fisheries Research and Development Fund for spe...
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2013-03-19
Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters
MDHB1304Prohibiting a critical incident stress management team member, an individual who participates in a critical incident stress management team intervention, and a peer support member from disclosing specified confidential information acquired from a law...
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2013-03-18
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Withdrawn
MDHB578Altering 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 one-time $500 credit to an annual $200 c...
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2013-03-15
MDHB1312Prohibiting, except in specified circumstances, the performance or inducement or attempted performance or inducement of an abortion of a pregnant woman unless a determination as to the probable age of the unborn child is made by a specified physician...
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2013-03-15
MDHB843Requiring 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...
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2013-03-13
MDHB439Altering the subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for military retirement income to increase, over a specified period of time, the amount of income that is allowed to be subtracted; etc.
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2013-03-12
MDHB503Increasing 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; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2...
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2013-03-12
MDHB666Altering a specified sales and use tax exemption to include any school supply with a taxable price of $100 or less during a designated sales tax-free period for back-to-school shopping, subject to specified limitations; etc.
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2013-03-12
MDHB689Allowing a qualified unemployed veteran a credit of up to $2,000 against the State income tax for expenses associated with starting a business during the taxable year; requiring the business to meet specified qualifications; requiring the Comptroller...
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2013-03-12
MDHB975Altering the membership of the Public Service Commission; establishing a specified eligibility requirement for specified commissioners; providing that the Chairman shall serve at large; requiring the Governor to appoint four new commissioners; and pr...
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2013-03-12
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters
MDHB1268Requiring that, before taking the oath of office, an individual elected or appointed to an office take a specified course on the oath of office, the United States Constitution's Bill of Rights, and the Maryland Declaration of Rights that is offered b...
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2013-03-12
Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations
MDHB233Establishing 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 recommendati...
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2013-03-11
MDHB236Requiring that a question that relates to the enactment of a legislative or congressional districting plan that was petitioned to referendum include a map of the State that shows the boundary lines for the legislative or congressional districts that ...
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2013-03-11
MDHB363Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to require the approval of two-thirds of the members elected to each House of the General Assembly to pass legislation to increase the rate of an existing tax or to impose a tax on an individual or ...
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2013-03-11
MDHB812Exempting veterans and persons serving on active duty in the armed forces of the United States from any practical or field components of the course of instruction in competency and safety in the handling of firearms; and requiring the Department of N...
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2013-03-11
Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters
MDHB1199Creating the Citizens' Congressional Redistricting Commission; requiring the Commission to divide the State to create congressional districts, as specified; providing for the membership, qualifications, and duties of the Commission; specifying requir...
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2013-03-11
MDHB1158Requiring specified corporations to compute Maryland taxable income using a specified method; requiring that, subject to specified regulations, specified groups of corporations file a combined income tax return; establishing the Small Business Person...
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2013-03-08
MDHB1264Establishing the Task Force to Study Forfeiture of Retirement Benefits for Public Officials Charged with or Convicted of a Crime; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study and make recomme...
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2013-03-07
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