Subject Laws and Ordinances | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| MD | SB370 | Requiring that specified industrial wind energy conversion systems comply with specified setback requirements; authorizing specified variances under specified circumstances; requiring that, before a permit is issued for specified industrial wind ener... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 463 |
| MD | HB409 | Requiring that, in specified years, a specified annual planning report contain a narrative on the implementation status of a specified comprehensive plan; increasing the time period of the comprehensive planning and zoning cycles of specified local j... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 521 |
| MD | SB671 | Increasing the time period of the comprehensive planning and zoning cycles of specified local jurisdictions to better coincide with the release of United States decennial census data; requiring a specified annual planning report to contain a specifie... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 520 |
| MD | HB1507 | Authorizing the County Commissioners of St. Mary's County to enact an ordinance prohibiting an owner of real property from allowing or causing the existence, creation, or maintenance of a nuisance under specified circumstances; requiring an ordinance... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 690 |
| MD | HB1432 | Altering the amount of the public safety surcharge that the Prince George's County Council may impose on specified construction in an area included in a basic plan or conceptual site plan that abuts an existing or planned mass transit rail station si... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 684 |
| MD | SB742 | Establishing that specified provisions of law granting a person who is issued special registration plates for individuals with disabilities the authority to park for unlimited periods of time in specified restricted parking zones do not supersede loc... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 312 |
| MD | HB1514 | Prohibiting the Department of the Environment from adopting a noise control ordinance, rule, or regulation regarding an outdoor concert venue with a capacity over 15,000 individuals in Howard County, as specified; etc. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 421 |
| MD | HB472 | Adding a new article to the Annotated Code of Maryland, to be designated and known as the "Local Government Article", to revise, restate, and recodify the laws of the State relating to local governments; etc. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 119 |
| MD | HB587 | Prohibiting a county or municipal corporation from taking specified actions that interfere with, or materially increase costs of, compliance with specified vegetation management standards. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 122 |
| MD | HB1527 | Making applicable in Anne Arundel County specified provisions of law authorizing a person that is subjected to a discriminatory act prohibited by the county code to bring and maintain a specified civil action in a specified manner. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 |
| MD | HB768 | Prohibiting a food service facility from using food containing industrially produced trans fat for specified purposes; providing for an exception to the use of trans fat by a food service facility; requiring a food service facility to maintain on-sit... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-28 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn |
| MD | SB117 | Authorizing the governing body of a county or a municipal corporation to adopt a local law that authorizes the county or municipal corporation to revoke or not renew the business license of an establishment for the second or subsequent conviction of ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-26 |
| MD | HB1395 | Authorizing the governing body of Harford County to impose a hotel rental tax of 6% within a specified area; requiring a hotel located in Harford County to collect the tax and to file a tax return and pay taxes collected on or before a specified date... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-25 Recommitted to Ways and Means (Delegate Hixson) |
| MD | HB421 | Requiring that specified time-stamped images of a motor vehicle provide sufficient information to allow for the calculation of a specified speed of the motor vehicle; altering a requirement relating to the issuance of warnings; requiring a court to i... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters |
| MD | HB1453 | Repealing specified criminal violations for the use, possession, and sale of marijuana; establishing specified exemptions from prosecution for specified persons for using, obtaining, purchasing, transporting, or possessing marijuana in specified circ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-19 |
| MD | SB893 | Requiring the governing body of a municipal corporation, in selecting classes of property subject to a municipal corporation property tax, to select only specified classes of property and establish such classes of taxable property in an ordinance tha... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-15 |
| MD | HB504 | Requiring that specified industrial wind energy conversion systems comply with specified setback requirements; authorizing specified variances under specified circumstances; requiring that, before a permit is issued for specified industrial wind ener... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 |
| MD | HB1044 | 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 |
| MD | HB770 | Establishing that specified provisions of law granting a person who is issued special registration plates for individuals with disabilities the authority to park for unlimited periods of time in specified restricted parking zones do not supersede loc... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-12 |
| MD | SB320 | Authorizing the County Commissioners of Frederick County to enact an ordinance that prohibits the knowing or intentional possession of synthetic cannabinoids; prohibiting the sale or manufacture of synthetic cannabinoids; making real property used in... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-11 Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| MD | SB443 | Altering the time period of a local government's comprehensive planning and zoning cycle to better coincide with the release of United States decennial census data; requiring specified planning commissions to include in a specified annual report info... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-07 Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Withdrawn |
| MD | HB194 | 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, from the proceeds,... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 |
| MD | HB402 | Authorizing the County Commissioners of Frederick County to enact an ordinance that prohibits the knowing or intentional possession of synthetic cannabinoids; prohibiting the sale or manufacture of synthetic cannabinoids; making real property used in... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-04 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| MD | HB1285 | Authorizing the Prince George's County Council to enact specified laws or ordinances to establish and collect a public school construction fee to be paid by business establishments located in the county and to establish and administer a public school... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-04 Unfavorable Report by Appropriations Withdrawn |
| MD | SB316 | Authorizing the ethics provisions enacted by Frederick County to allow specified former officials or employees of the county to engage in specified representation or assistance that related in a specified way to the officials' or employees' former go... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-28 Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| MD | HB315 | Prohibiting a landlord from using a lease containing a provision that requires a tenant to carry renter's insurance naming the landlord as beneficiary; restricting rental fee increases on specified residential rental units to 5% of the base rent; pro... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-28 |
| MD | SB584 | 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-28 |
| MD | HB820 | Requiring the governing body of a municipal corporation, in selecting classes of property subject to a municipal corporation property tax, to select only specified classes of property and establish such classes of taxable property in an ordinance tha... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-28 |
| MD | SB583 | 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; specifying provisions, requirements, and limitations applicable to any county laws ena... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-28 |
| MD | HB252 | 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 cons... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-25 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters |
| MD | SB391 | Repealing the Sustainable Growth and Agricultural Preservation Act of 2012; repealing specified provisions of law relating to the adoption of specified growth tier designations by specified local jurisdictions; repealing a prohibition against the sal... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-21 Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| MD | SB270 | 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, from the proceeds,... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-19 |
| MD | HB106 | Repealing the Sustainable Growth and Agricultural Preservation Act of 2012; repealing specified provisions of law relating to the adoption of specified growth tier designations by specified local jurisdictions; repealing a prohibition against the sal... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-18 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters |
| MD | HB1111 | Authorizing Prince George's County to impose, by law, a fee on specified retail establishments for use of disposable bags as part of a retail sale of products; and defining "disposable bag". [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-08 |
