Maryland Senate Bill 153 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14)
Status: Introduced on January 29 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-19 - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibiting a corporation from using any money or other property of the corporation in connection with a political expenditure unless the stockholders, by a majority vote, have authorized in advance the amount of money or property to be used and directed that the money or property be used for specified purposes; requiring specified notices and reporting about political expenditures; authorizing the Attorney General to bring a civil action to obtain specified remedies for a violation of the Act; etc.

Corporations - Political Expenditures - Stockholder Approval

Sen. Jamin Raskin [D]	Sen. Brian Feldman [D]	Sen. Guy Guzzone [D]	Sen. Cheryl Kagan [D]
Sen. Delores Kelley [D]	Sen. Nancy King [D]	Sen. Katherine Klausmeier [D]	Sen. Susan Lee [D]
Sen. Richard Madaleno [D]	Sen. Roger Manno [D]	Sen. Karen Montgomery [D]	Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam [D]
Sen. Paul Pinsky [D]	Sen. Jim Rosapepe [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-19	Senate	Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
2015-01-29	Senate	First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0153?ys=2015rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/bills/sb/sb0153f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/fnotes/bil_0003/sb0153.pdf