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MDHB151Establishing the Task Force to Study the Implementation of Tax Benefits for Emergency Preparedness Equipment; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding w...
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2013-05-16
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
MDHB465Authorizing the County Commissioners of Somerset County to adopt an emergency burning ban; prohibiting a person from starting or allowing any open air burning during an emergency burning ban subject to specified exceptions; authorizing the County Com...
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2013-05-16
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
MDSB815Authorizing nonpublic schools in the State to establish a policy to authorize specified school personnel to administer auto-injectable epinephrine to specified students under specified circumstances; requiring specified policies to include specified ...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 559
MDHB890Providing for an Overdose Response Program overseen by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; requiring the Department to adopt regulations and authorizing the Department to take other actions; specifying the requirements an individual must mee...
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2013-05-16
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
MDHB1014Authorizing nonpublic schools in the State to establish a policy to authorize specified school personnel to administer auto-injectable epinephrine to specified students under specified circumstances; requiring specified policies to include specified ...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 560
MDSB47Altering the State procurement law to grant a preference for American manufactured goods in State contracting; requiring a public body to require that specified contractors and subcontractors use or supply American manufactured goods under specified ...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 437
MDHB191Altering the State procurement law to grant a preference for American manufactured goods in State contracting; requiring a public body to require that specified contractors and subcontractors use or supply American manufactured goods under specified ...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 438
MDHB680Providing that the Maryland Vehicle Law does not preclude a local authority from authorizing an emergency vehicle not subject to registration to operate on a highway under its jurisdiction while performing an emergency service.
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 632
MDHB1515Altering the distribution of motor fuel tax revenue; requiring that specified motor fuel tax rates be increased on July 1 of each year based on the percentage growth in the Consumer Price Index; limiting the increase in specified motor fuel tax rates...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 429
MDSB481Establishing the Task Force to Study the Implementation of Tax Benefits for Emergency Preparedness; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding the impleme...
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2013-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 481
MDSB143Requiring each county board of education to evaluate the emergency management plan in each public school under the jurisdiction of the county board on or before February 1, 2014; requiring each county board of education to report to the State Departm...
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2013-05-02
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 187
MDSB424Authorizing the County Commissioners of Somerset County to adopt an emergency burning ban; prohibiting a person from starting or allowing any open air burning during an emergency burning ban, subject to specified exceptions; authorizing the County Co...
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2013-05-02
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 263
MDSB610Providing for an Overdose Response Program overseen by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; requiring the Department to adopt regulations and authorizing the Department to take other actions; specifying the requirements an individual must mee...
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2013-05-02
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 299
MDSB745Establishing 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 percentag...
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2013-05-02
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 313
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
MDHB806Requiring applicants to the State Board of Social Work Examiners for licensure to submit to a criminal history records check and a mental or physical examination under specified circumstances; prohibiting licensees from practicing social work, engagi...
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2013-05-02
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 391
MDSB829Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to establish a Transportation Trust Fund to be used only for purposes relating to transportation except in specified circumstances; prohibiting the transfer of funds in the Transportation Trust Fund...
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2013-05-02
Assigned a chapter number, enactment subject to constitutional referendum - Chapter 422
MDHB983Requiring each county board of education to evaluate the emergency management plan in each public school under the jurisdiction of the county board on or before February 1, 2014; requiring each county board of education to report to the State Departm...
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2013-05-02
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 188
MDSB899Requiring 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 331
MDHB706Expanding the purpose and authorized uses of the Reforestation Fund to include tree planting on private land and financing the prevention of and response to forest health emergencies; defining the term "no net loss of forest"; altering the range of a...
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2013-05-02
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 384
MDHB1513Providing that specified out-of-state businesses and out-of-state employees do not have a presence in the State that subjects the businesses or employees to specified licensing or registration requirements, income taxes, unemployment insurance contri...
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2013-05-02
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 420
MDHB360Repealing provisions of law that authorize health maintenance organizations to offer a benefit package that provides specified limited benefits; repealing provisions of law that authorize a specified group health insurance policy to provide for the c...
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2013-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 106
MDSB408Specifying that the duties to which the Sheriff of Washington County is required to assign special deputy sheriffs include specified duties; making the provision of county liability insurance to a special deputy sheriff discretionary, rather than man...
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2013-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 47
MDHB559Specifying that the duties to which the Sheriff of Washington County is required to assign special deputy sheriffs include specified duties; making the provision of county liability insurance to a special deputy sheriff discretionary, rather than man...
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2013-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 48
MDHB332Prohibiting a person from selling or offering to sell essential goods and services during a state of emergency for a price of more than 20% above the price charged by that person for those goods and services not more than 60 days or less than 4 days ...
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2013-04-08
Unfavorable Report by Finance
MDHB524Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to establish a Transportation Trust Fund to be used only for purposes relating to transportation except under specified circumstances; prohibiting the transfer of funds in the Transportation Trust F...
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2013-04-08
MDHB747Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $340,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Mayor and City Council of the City of Rockville for the construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the Rockvill...
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2013-04-08
Unfavorable Report by Appropriations
MDHB1118Requiring the Public Service Commission to adopt regulations to classify specified gas leaks and to require specified gas transmission companies to remediate and monitor those leaks in a specified manner; requiring the Commission to adopt regulations...
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2013-04-05
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters
MDHB1224Requiring the Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), in consultation with specified persons, to establish emergency response standards for specified gas transmission companies; requiring a gas transmission company to submit to MEMA an emergency...
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2013-04-05
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters
MDSB566Providing that the Maryland Vehicle Law does not preclude a local authority from authorizing an emergency vehicle not subject to registration to operate on a highway under its jurisdiction while performing an emergency service.
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2013-04-05
MDHB817Authorizing the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant a property tax credit for alternate power sources at retail service stations; establishing when the tax credit may be granted; establishing that the tax credit shall be equa...
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2013-04-04
MDSB1037Providing that specified out-of-state businesses and out-of-state employees do not have a presence in the State that subjects the businesses or employees to specified licensing or registration requirements, income taxes, unemployment insurance contri...
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2013-04-04
MDSB1040Modifying specified standards for involuntary admissions of individuals with mental disorders to specified facilities or a Veterans' Administration hospital under specified circumstances; modifying specified standards for emergency evaluations of ind...
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2013-03-26
MDSB605Requiring the Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), in consultation with specified persons, to establish emergency response standards for specified gas transmission companies; requiring a gas transmission company to submit to MEMA an emergency...
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2013-03-25
Unfavorable Report by Finance
MDSB864Requiring the Public Service Commission to adopt regulations to classify specified gas leaks and to require specified gas transmission companies to remediate and monitor those leaks in a specified manner; requiring the Commission to adopt regulations...
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2013-03-25
Unfavorable Report by Finance
MDSB907Requiring the Public Service Commission to act under a specified certification or agreement with the U.S. Secretary of Transportation as an interstate authority agent for the purpose of implementing specified federal pipeline safety laws; requiring a...
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2013-03-25
Unfavorable Report by Finance
MDHB114Establishing the Task Force to Study Recovery Efforts Following Residential Fires; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of specified expenses; requiring the Task Force to study and repo...
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2013-03-19
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters
MDSB986Authorizing a person bringing an action for damages resulting from a gas explosion or gas leak to be awarded compensatory damages in the amount of three times the amount of actual damages, plus punitive damages, reasonable attorney's fees and expert ...
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2013-03-19
MDHB953Requiring the Public Service Commission to act under a specified certification or agreement with the U.S. Secretary of Transportation as an interstate authority agent for the purpose of implementing specified federal pipeline safety laws; requiring a...
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2013-03-14
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters Withdrawn
MDSB382Requiring that a petition for emergency evaluation of a specified individual include, under specified circumstances, a statement of whether the individual has possession of or access to firearms; authorizing a court, under specified circumstances, to...
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2013-03-11
Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings Withdrawn
MDSB209Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $340,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Mayor and City Council of the City of Rockville for the construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the Rockvill...
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2013-03-09
MDSB412Prohibiting, with a specified exception, a person from applying a lawn care pesticide on the grounds of specified child care facilities and schools; authorizing a person to apply a lawn care pesticide on the grounds of specified child care facilities...
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2013-03-07
Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Withdrawn
MDSB901Requiring that elections be conducted by mail; requiring the State Board of Elections, in consultation with the local boards of elections, to select a specified voting system; requiring local boards of elections to mail a ballot to specified voters b...
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2013-03-07
MDHB919Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City and the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant a specified property tax credit for installing generators at group homes; establishing the amount and duration of the tax cr...
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2013-03-07
MDSB689Requiring the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant a property tax credit for alternate power sources at retail service stations; establishing when the tax credit may be granted; establishing that the tax credit shall be equal ...
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2013-03-06
MDHB1258Modifying specified standards for involuntary admissions of individuals with mental disorders to specified facilities or a Veterans' Administration hospital under specified circumstances; modifying specified standards for emergency evaluations of ind...
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2013-03-05
MDHB433Prohibiting, with a specified exception, a person from applying a lawn care pesticide on the grounds of specified child care facilities and schools; authorizing a person to apply a lawn care pesticide on the grounds of specified child care facilities...
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2013-03-04
Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn
MDSB1054Altering the distribution of motor fuel tax revenue; reducing specified motor fuel tax rates on July 1, 2013; requiring that specified motor fuel tax rates be increased on July 1 of each year based on the percentage growth in the Consumer Price Index...
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2013-03-04
MDHB59Proposing 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 th...
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2013-02-26
MDHB176Proposing 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 ...
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2013-02-26
Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)
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