MD Legislation | 2010 | Regular Session | Senate

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
SB995	Intro Sine Die	Prohibiting the Department of the Environment from issuing a sewage sludge utilization permit to an applicant for the land application of Class B sewage sludge in Kent County. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-22 Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
SB503	Intro Sine Die	Establishing the Sergey Brin Scholarship Program; authorizing the Maryland Higher Education Commission to make scholarship awards to specified recipients pursuing specified degrees; requiring a scholarship recipient to meet specified eligibility crit... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-22 Unfavorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
SB771	Intro Sine Die	Providing a subtraction modification under the State income tax equal to $500 for each day an employee of the State or a county government is furloughed during the year; providing that the subtraction modification may not exceed a specified amount du... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-22 Unfavorable Report by Budget and Taxation
SB773	Intro Sine Die	Repealing the State income tax on corporations; and terminating the Act at the end of December 31, 2013. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-22 Unfavorable Report by Budget and Taxation
SB270	Intro Sine Die	Requiring that all actions of the Anne Arundel County Board of Education and the School Board Nominating Commission of Anne Arundel County be taken at a public meeting and that specified records and actions be made public; and providing that an open ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-22 Unfavorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
SB273	Intro Sine Die	Increasing to 20 years the maximum term of imprisonment for a person who was involved in a vehicular accident that resulted in the death of another person if the person left the scene of the accident in violation of a specified provision of law and k... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-22 Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
SB801	Intro Sine Die	Requiring the Board of Education of Baltimore County to negotiate specified fees with specified employee organizations representing specified certificated and noncertificated employees to be charged to specified nonmembers for specified representatio... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-22 Unfavorable Report by Finance
SB38	Intro Sine Die	Adding the Maryland Environmental Service as a designated procurement unit under the Small Business Reserve Program. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-22 Unfavorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
SB549	Intro Sine Die	Requiring that the Anne Arundel County government accept and not alter an annual budget of the Board of License Commissioners that the Comptroller approves. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-22 Unfavorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs Withdrawn
SB805	Intro Sine Die	Prohibiting nonpublic institutions of higher education from making or enforcing rules subjecting students at the institution to disciplinary sanctions on the basis of conduct that is speech or other communication, as specified; authorizing a student ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-22 Unfavorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs Withdrawn
SB1066	Intro Sine Die	Authorizing a licensed dentist to own and operate specified facilities; authorizing the staffing of specified facilities and the operation of specified equipment without the availability of a licensed dentist under a specified circumstance; authorizi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-22 Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
SB45	Engross Sine Die	Requiring that registration plates for a vehicle, except for specified special registration plates, display the words "Home of Our National Anthem"; and applying the Act to registration plates manufactured on or after October 1, 2010. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-22 To House Environmental Matters Committee
SB46	Engross Sine Die	Prohibiting the Motor Vehicle Administration from charging a recipient of the Medal of Honor a fee for the renewal of the registration of a vehicle or the renewal of a noncommercial driver's license. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-22 To House Environmental Matters Committee
SB816	Intro Sine Die	Authorizing a court to enter a judgment of restitution if, as a direct result of a crime or delinquent act, a victim suffered actual or threatened harm, financial expenses or losses, or incurred rehabilitation expenses; authorizing a court to enter a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-22 Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
SB817	Intro Sine Die	Authorizing a court to order restitution to an identity fraud victim for an amount equal to the time reasonably spent by the victim to clear a credit history or rating or in connection with a civil or administrative proceeding to satisfy a debt, lien... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-22 Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
SB818	Intro Sine Die	Authorizing a court to order restitution if the victim of a crime or delinquent act incurred reasonable costs, including attorney's fees, for clearing the victim's credit history or rating or in connection with a proceeding to satisfy a debt, lien, j... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-22 Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
SB819	Intro Sine Die	Expanding the definition of "victim" under specified provisions related to restitution for victims of criminal or delinquent acts to mean a person who suffers actual or threatened physical, emotional, or financial harm as a direct result of a crime o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-22 Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
SB565	Intro Sine Die	Prohibiting a person who is detained for specified alcohol- or drug- related driving offenses from knowingly refusing to take a specified blood or breath test if the person was detained previously for specified alcohol- or drug-related driving offens... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-22 Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
SB821	Intro Sine Die	Requiring a law enforcement unit, under specified circumstances, to provide a victim of a crime or a delinquent act specified information about compensation for victims or specified pamphlets that notify victims of rights, services, and procedures; a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-22 Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
SB575	Intro Sine Die	Requiring the Maryland Rising Program in the Department of Juvenile Services to provide a volunteer mentor for each child in the State who has spent at least 30 days in a committed placement; and requiring the Department to adopt regulations to imple... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-22 Unfavorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
SB832	Intro Sine Die	Establishing the Maryland Community Enhancement Transit-Oriented Development Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund for specified purposes; providing for the contents and uses of the Fund; requiring that a portion of revenues from projects and other mone... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-22 Unfavorable Report by Finance
SB1092	Intro Sine Die	Requiring, on or before December 1, 2010, the Maryland Commission on Climate Change, in cooperation with the Department of Transportation and the Maryland Emergency Management Agency, to submit a specified report to the Governor and the General Assem... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-22 To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee
SB1096	Intro Sine Die	Repealing the termination provision relating to the Fishery Management Reform Act; and repealing provisions that established the Task Force on Fishery Management because of the completion of the work of the Task Force and the submission of a report o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-22 Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
SB844	Intro Sine Die	Requiring an employer under a State procurement contract or State grant to verify through the E-verify program the employment eligibility of each employee hired under the contract; prohibiting an employer under a State procurement contract or State g... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-22 Referred to interim study by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
SB594	Intro Sine Die	Authorizing the Governor, in specified fiscal years, to include an appropriation in the State budget for the Organic Agriculture Development Fund for specified purposes; extending the termination date for the Maryland Organic Transition Investment Pi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-22 Unfavorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
SB359	Intro Sine Die	Requiring the Department of Agriculture to adopt specified regulations regarding reporting on the release of fertilizers and pesticides; declaring specified findings of the General Assembly; requiring a person that releases fertilizers and pesticides... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-22 Unfavorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
SB106	Pass	Providing a credit against the State income tax for qualified employers employing specified individuals in qualified positions; providing for certification by the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation of qualified employers eligible for the c... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-22 Approved by the Governor
SB889	Intro Sine Die	Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City to establish a separate subclass of real property for property tax purposes consisting of vacant and uninhabitable real property, as defined; authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-22 Unfavorable Report by Budget and Taxation Withdrawn
SB128	Intro Sine Die	Requiring the State Board of Education to establish a GED Options Program that provides specified students with an alternative course for obtaining a high school diploma beginning August 1, 2010; providing for specified Program requirements; requirin... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-22 Unfavorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs Withdrawn
SB908	Intro Sine Die	Requiring specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for all medically necessary and appropriate pharmacy care, home nursing services, treatment at a hemophilia treatment center, and c... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-22 Unfavorable Report by Finance
SB659	Intro Sine Die	Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's regulations regarding immunizations to include the requirement that the parent or legal guardian of a child born on or after January 1, 1990, entering the seventh grade or the equivalent in this... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-22 Unfavorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
SB404	Intro Sine Die	Providing that a defendant found guilty of murder in the first degree may be sentenced to death under specified circumstances in a case in which the State presents to the court or the jury fingerprint or photographic evidence; altering specified prov... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-22 Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
SB107	Pass	Providing for an alternative method to determine the base period for unemployment insurance purposes under specified circumstances; altering provisions relating to benefit eligibility of specified part- time workers; creating an additional training b... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-21 Approved by the Governor
SB985	Intro Sine Die	Requiring that specified signs indicating dangers on a construction site be prominently displayed at the construction site at all times; requiring the signs to include specified information; requiring a construction site to have barricades enclosing ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-19 Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
SB1051	Intro Sine Die	Abolishing the State Racing Commission and establishing the Thoroughbred Racing Commission and the Standardbred Racing Commission; providing for the memberships, qualifications for members, terms, chairs, quorums, meetings, compensation, executive di... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-19 Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
SB1075	Intro Sine Die	Increasing the number of members on the Health Services Cost Review Commission; specifying that specified members of the Commission shall represent specified interests; requiring members of the Commission to devote full-time duties to office; requiri... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-19 Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
SB398	Intro Sine Die	Establishing that the date for trial of a criminal matter in the circuit court shall be set by the county administrative judge or a designee of the judge; and authorizing a county administrative judge to delegate to any judge, committee of judges, or... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-19 Recommit to Committee Judicial Proceedings (Senator Frosh)
SB158	Intro Sine Die	Prohibiting the forced sale or foreclosure of a property due to unpaid water, sewer, or other sanitary system bills; and repealing provisions rendered inconsistent with the Act. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-18 Motion Postpone Indefinitely (Senator Haines) Adopted (24-23)
SB676	Intro Sine Die	Requiring the Public Service Commission to issue to a specified applicant a temporary for-hire driver's license and, if applicable, a badge immediately on receipt of a completed application in which the applicant has included specified information re... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-18 Unfavorable Report by Finance
SB1003	Intro Sine Die	Providing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for specified health- and fitness-related expenses; limiting the amount of expenses that specified taxpayers may subtract from federal adjusted gross income; requiring the Comptroller... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-18 Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
SB1029	Intro Sine Die	Authorizing the use of public school facilities in Baltimore County for games of chance such as raffles and bingo that do not award cash money prizes; providing that the Act may not be construed to prohibit specified entities from charging a cash mon... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-18 Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
SB1034	Intro Sine Die	Renaming the Office of the Juvenile Justice Monitoring Unit to be the Office of the Juvenile Justice Monitor in the Office of the Attorney General; altering the membership of the State Advisory Board for Juvenile Services; etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-18 Re-referred Judicial Proceedings
SB1119	Intro Sine Die	Providing that a specified family day care home that provides care to children whose parents or guardians are friends of the provider and who provides day care on a nonregular basis for less than 25 hours a month is not required to register with the ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-18 Unfavorable Report by Senate Rules Withdrawn
SB1120	Intro Sine Die	Prohibiting, until the issue of the recognition by this State of same- sex marriages legally performed in other jurisdictions is decided by the Court of Appeals or addressed by the General Assembly of Maryland through the enactment of a law, a unit o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-18 Re-referred Judicial Proceedings
SB912	Intro Sine Die	Altering a definition to exclude the sale of poultry or rabbit products at a farmer's market from regulation as a food service facility; clarifying that a license is not required to deliver prepackaged food products; providing that a license is not r... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-18 Unfavorable Report by Finance Withdrawn
SB182	Engross Sine Die	Prohibiting the Board of License Commissioners in Prince George's County from issuing a new alcoholic beverages license on or after July 1, 2010, for use in a drive-through purchase facility in which alcoholic beverages are sold at retail and dispens... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-17 To House Economic Matters Committee
SB187	Intro Sine Die	Prohibiting specified actions constituting false claims against a governmental entity; providing specified penalties for making false claims against a governmental entity; requiring specified counsel to investigate specified violations; authorizing a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-17 Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
SB463	Engross Sine Die	Authorizing a State or local law enforcement agency to seize specified property used or intended for use in connection with a violation of the law prohibiting human trafficking; creating the Anti-Human Trafficking Fund for specified purposes; specify... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-17 To House Judiciary Committee
SB217	Engross Sine Die	Exempting the lawful repossession of tangible personal property from the Maryland Locksmiths Act. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-17 To House Economic Matters Committee
SB762	Engross Sine Die	Prohibiting specified persons from soliciting the execution of, processing, receiving, or accepting an application or agreement for a refund anticipation loan or refund anticipation check or facilitating the making of a refund anticipation loan or re... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2010-03-17 To House Economic Matters Committee