MD Legislation | 2015 | Regular Session
| Status | State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intro 25% | MD | HB508 | Requiring the Public Service Commission to authorize a customer of a gas company or an electric company to purchase and install an analog meter; requiring the meter to comply with specified standards; requiring a gas company or electric company to in... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-26 |
| Intro 25% | MD | HB516 | Requiring a utility company to give specified written notice to specified customers prior to deploying smart meters throughout all or a portion of the utility company's service territory; prohibiting a utility company from imposing any additional fee... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-26 |
| Intro 25% | MD | SB720 | Altering the requirement for the Comptroller to withhold Maryland income tax refunds of specified individuals with outstanding warrants to include residents of Carroll County or individuals who have outstanding warrants from Carroll County; making no... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-25 Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m. |
| Intro 25% | MD | HB784 | Requiring the President of Harford Community College to take specified actions before proposing an increase in tuition at Harford Community College; requiring two public meetings to be held; requiring a report to be published on the College's Web sit... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-19 |
| Intro 25% | MD | HB1040 | Requiring that members of the Wicomico County Board of Education be elected and appointed, as specified; providing for a student member of the county board; establishing the composition of the county board; providing for the qualifications, terms of ... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-19 |
| Intro 25% | MD | HB780 | Establishing 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 specified matters; requiring the Task... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-19 |
| Intro 25% | MD | SB687 | Providing that specified State employees may be entitled to parental leave with pay; establishing a maximum of 30 days of parental leave that employees may use for the care and nurturing of a child following the birth or adoption of the child; provid... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-19 |
| Intro 25% | MD | HB967 | Making specified provisions of law concerning the advertising for bids for specified procurements costing more than $25,000 apply to construction-related projects for schools in Baltimore County; providing for the prospective application of the Act; ... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-19 |
| Intro 25% | MD | SB755 | Providing that a specified provision of law relating to campaign finance entities does not apply to candidates for election to the central committee of a political party if the candidate during an election cycle does not spend more than $1,000 in per... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-19 |
| Intro 25% | MD | HB912 | Reestablishing the Prince George's County Juvenile Court and School Safety Workgroup; providing for the composition, cochairs, and staffing of the Workgroup; prohibiting a member of the Workgroup from receiving specified compensation, but authorizing... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-19 |
| Intro 25% | MD | HB1033 | Requiring local law enforcement agencies to notify county superintendents and employees of nonpublic schools if specified employees or specified other adults working on school property are arrested for specified crimes within 1 business day of the ar... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-19 Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary) |
| Intro 25% | MD | SB711 | Requiring that specified required envelopes used by specified voters voting by absentee ballot to return their ballots include prepaid postage; requiring the State Board of Elections to reimburse counties for the costs of prepaid postage for the abse... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-19 |
| Intro 25% | MD | HB955 | Requiring a specified individual acting in a professional capacity to notify the local department of social services or the appropriate law enforcement agency if the individual has reason to be believe that a verbal threat of a substantial risk of im... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-19 |
| Intro 25% | MD | HB1022 | Establishing the Office of the Child Welfare Ombudsman in the Office of the Attorney General; providing for the purpose and staffing of the Office; providing for the appointment, qualifications, term, and salary of the Child Welfare Ombudsman; requir... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-19 |
| Intro 25% | MD | SB752 | Establishing procedures for arbitration of collective bargaining disputes involving the exclusive representative of sworn law enforcement officers in the Charles County Sheriff's Office; authorizing any party to a collective bargaining agreement to d... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-19 |
| Intro 25% | MD | SB659 | Repealing the authority of an employer to include as part of an employee's wage an amount to represent the tips of the employee. [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-19 |
| Intro 25% | MD | HB856 | Making it a civil offense, subject to specified penalties, for a specified person acting in a professional capacity to fail to report child abuse under specified circumstances; making it a misdemeanor, subject to specified penalties, for a specified ... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-19 |
| Intro 25% | MD | HB725 | Extending from 7 to 20 years the statute of limitations in specified civil actions relating to child sexual abuse. [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-19 |
| Intro 25% | MD | SB688 | Requiring an employer to provide employees with a specified work schedule within a specified time period, notify employees of specified changes, and provide employees with a new work schedule within 24 hours after making a change to the initial sched... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-19 |
| Intro 25% | MD | SB793 | Requiring that regulations adopted by the Secretary of Budget and Management provide for automatic increases from minimum to maximum steps in a pay grade of pay rates in the Standard Pay Plan for State employees for an employee who is rated "outstand... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-19 Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance) |
| Intro 25% | MD | SB784 | Prohibiting, under specified circumstances, an employer from failing or refusing to hire, discharging, or otherwise discriminating against an applicant or employee on the basis of the applicant's or employee's engagement in a lawful activity off the ... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-19 |
| Engross 50% | MD | SB142 | Repealing the termination date of specified provisions of law relating to the authority of a premium finance company, with respect to specified motor vehicle insurance, personal insurance, and commercial insurance, to assign rights and obligations un... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-19 |
| Intro 25% | MD | SB657 | Requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management, the Secretary of Transportation, and the governing boards of State institutions of higher education to establish a program to improve the ratio of State employees to supervisors or managers beginning ... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-19 |
| Intro 25% | MD | SB777 | Requiring contractors and subcontractors under public work contracts subject to the prevailing wage rate law to pay the full cost of specified apprenticeship programs unless the contractor or subcontractor participates in an apprenticeship training p... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-19 |
| Intro 25% | MD | SB795 | Authorizing a comprehensive care facility or an extended care facility to petition the appropriate circuit court for an order permitting the facility to request a determination of the funds available to pay for the cost of a resident's care from the ... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-19 |
| Intro 25% | MD | HB891 | Requiring a jury commissioner to provide prospective juror information concerning individuals who are not citizens of the United States to the State Board of Elections and the State Motor Vehicle Administration within 5 days of receiving the informat... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-18 Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary) |
| Intro 25% | MD | SB371 | Requiring the State Highway Administration, under specified circumstances, to make a determination on whether to designate specified areas as bicycle and pedestrian priority areas by specified dates; requiring the Administration to adopt a specified ... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-18 |
| Intro 25% | MD | SB377 | Altering the membership of the Maryland Transportation Authority to include specified members of the General Assembly as nonvoting members of the Authority serving in an advisory capacity only; specifying criteria concerning the appointment, tenure, ... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-18 |
| Intro 25% | MD | SB400 | Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim the month of June as Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month and to urge the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Department of Aging, in conjunction with specified entities, to properly observe Al... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-18 |
| Intro 25% | MD | SB730 | Requiring that members of the Wicomico County Board of Education be elected and appointed, as specified; providing for a student member of the county board; establishing the composition of the county board; providing for the qualifications, terms of ... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-18 |
| Intro 25% | MD | SB158 | Requiring physicians, under specified circumstances, to provide a pregnant woman the opportunity to view the active ultrasound image of the embryo or fetus before the performance or inducement of an abortion; and requiring a physician to allow the pr... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-18 |
| Intro 25% | MD | SB758 | Providing that, beginning on October 1, 2015, the reasonable steps specified departments, agencies, and programs are required to take under a specified provision of law include the operation and maintenance of equal access versions of specified Web s... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-18 |
| Intro 25% | MD | SB471 | Establishing the Task Force to Study the Provision of Health Care Coverage to Uninsured Marylanders; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; establishing the purpose of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to submit ... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-18 |
| Intro 25% | MD | HB582 | Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution repealing provisions relating to election of circuit court judges; requiring the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint a qualified person to fill a vacancy in the of... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-18 |
| Intro 25% | MD | HB1013 | Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to require a judge of the Orphans' Court to hold the office for a term of 8 years; providing for a judge of the Orphans' Court to be elected by specified voters at the general election; establishing... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-18 Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary) |
| Intro 25% | MD | SB710 | Increasing the number of members of the Baltimore City School Commissioners; requiring the three board members be elected at large by the voters of Baltimore City; altering the length of a term of the members of the board; requiring specified board m... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-18 |
| Intro 25% | MD | SB723 | Repealing a prohibition against a certified nurse practitioner practicing in the State unless the nurse practitioner has an approved attestation that the nurse practitioner has an agreement for collaboration and consulting with a specified physician ... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-18 |
| Intro 25% | MD | SB717 | Requiring hospitals, related institutions, alternative health systems, and employers to report specified employment actions and terminations of employment of athletic trainers and physician assistants to the State Board of Physicians, subject to spec... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-18 |
| Intro 25% | MD | SB275 | Requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority to establish discounted variable toll rate for specified commuters who cross the Thomas J. Hatem Memorial Bridge between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. daily; requiring specified persons to regist... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-18 |
| Intro 25% | MD | SB796 | Authorizing any rebates received by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene from the Maryland AIDS Drug Assistance Program to be used to provide specified services to eligible individuals under Part B of the federal Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-18 |
| Intro 25% | MD | SB806 | Requiring the State Board of Education to include in the graduation requirements for public high schools a requirement that each student take a standardized government high school assessment; requiring, beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, the g... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-18 |
| Intro 25% | MD | HB548 | Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution relating to the selection and tenure of circuit court judges; altering the method of filling vacancies in the office of a judge of a circuit court; providing for retention elections following an app... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-18 Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary) |
| Intro 25% | MD | SB803 | Altering the maximum difference between the coinsurance percentage applicable to specified nonpreferred providers and the coinsurance percentage applicable to specified preferred providers; altering the reimbursement amount payable by specified insur... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-18 |
| Intro 25% | MD | SB548 | Requiring a specified business, when destroying a customer's records that contain specified personal or private information, to take specified steps to protect against unauthorized access to or use of the information; requiring a specified business t... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-18 |
| Intro 25% | MD | SB738 | Requiring specified engineering documents prepared in connection with specified projects conducted by, jointly with, or under contract with the State or a political subdivision of the State, where specified skills are required, to be signed, sealed, ... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-18 |
| Intro 25% | MD | SJ4 | Urging the Governor to recognize, by proclamation, the Freedom and Heritage flag as the official flag of the Vietnamese American community; urging the Governor to require that a specified flag, if flown on the grounds of State buildings and instituti... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-18 |
| Intro 25% | MD | HB1071 | Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution relating to the selection and tenure of circuit court judges; altering the method of filling vacancies in the office of a judge of a circuit court; providing for a retention election following an ap... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-18 Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary) |
| Intro 25% | MD | SB379 | Establishing the Francis Scott Key Bridge Authority to finance, construct, operate, and maintain the Francis Scott Key Bridge; providing for the members, appointment, terms, chair, and staff of the Authority; prohibiting the Department of Transportat... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-18 |
| Intro 25% | MD | SB802 | Requiring the State Highway Administration to establish a process by which a member of the General Assembly may request, on behalf of a United States Department of Defense Gold Star recipient, that the Administration dedicate a bridge or another appr... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-18 |
| Intro 25% | MD | SB511 | Providing that, except in the case of a medical emergency, an abortion may not be performed or induced or be attempted to be performed or induced unless a specified physician makes a specified determination; providing that, except in the case of a me... [Detail][Text] | 2015-03-18 |
