Subject Emergencies | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action![]() |
|---|---|---|---|
| MD | HB151 | Establishing 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) |
| MD | HB465 | Authorizing 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) |
| MD | SB815 | Authorizing 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 ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 559 |
| MD | HB890 | Providing 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) |
| MD | HB1014 | Authorizing 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 ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 560 |
| MD | SB47 | Altering 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 ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 437 |
| MD | HB191 | Altering 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 ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 438 |
| MD | HB680 | Providing 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. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 632 |
| MD | HB1515 | Altering 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 429 |
| MD | SB481 | Establishing 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 481 |
| MD | SB143 | Requiring 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 187 |
| MD | SB424 | Authorizing 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 263 |
| MD | SB610 | Providing 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 299 |
| MD | SB745 | 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 percentag... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 313 |
| MD | HB778 | Requiring 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 332 |
| MD | HB806 | Requiring 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 391 |
| MD | SB829 | Proposing 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Assigned a chapter number, enactment subject to constitutional referendum - Chapter 422 |
| MD | HB983 | Requiring 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 188 |
| MD | SB899 | Requiring 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 331 |
| MD | HB706 | Expanding 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 384 |
| MD | HB1513 | Providing 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 420 |
| MD | HB360 | Repealing 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 106 |
| MD | SB408 | Specifying 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 47 |
| MD | HB559 | Specifying 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 48 |
| MD | HB332 | Prohibiting 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 ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 Unfavorable Report by Finance |
| MD | HB524 | Proposing 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 |
| MD | HB747 | Authorizing 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 Unfavorable Report by Appropriations |
| MD | HB1118 | Requiring 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-05 Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters |
| MD | HB1224 | Requiring 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-05 Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters |
| MD | SB566 | Providing 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. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-05 |
| MD | HB817 | Authorizing 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-04 |
| MD | SB1037 | Providing 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-04 |
| MD | SB1040 | Modifying 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-26 |
| MD | SB605 | Requiring 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-25 Unfavorable Report by Finance |
| MD | SB864 | Requiring 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-25 Unfavorable Report by Finance |
| MD | SB907 | Requiring 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-25 Unfavorable Report by Finance |
| MD | HB114 | Establishing 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-19 Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters |
| MD | SB986 | Authorizing 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 ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-19 |
| MD | HB953 | Requiring 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters Withdrawn |
| MD | SB382 | Requiring 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-11 Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings Withdrawn |
| MD | SB209 | Authorizing 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-09 |
| MD | SB412 | Prohibiting, 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-07 Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Withdrawn |
| MD | SB901 | Requiring 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-07 |
| MD | HB919 | Authorizing 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-07 |
| MD | SB689 | Requiring 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 ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-06 |
| MD | HB1258 | Modifying 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 |
| MD | HB433 | Prohibiting, 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-04 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn |
| MD | SB1054 | Altering 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... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-04 |
| MD | HB59 | 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 th... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-26 |
| MD | HB176 | 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 ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-26 Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations) |


