| HB1255 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Public Service Commission to adopt regulations to limit the authority of a public service company to terminate gas or electric service to a residential customer in arrears under specified circumstances; requiring regulations that would ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-18
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| HB750 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempting fantasy competitions from Maryland gaming prohibitions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-18
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| HB498 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $200,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Damascus Heritage Society, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, and capital equipping of the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-18
Unfavorable Report by Appropriations Withdrawn |
| HB1008 | Intro
Sine Die | Renaming the Injured Workers' Insurance Fund as the Chesapeake Employers' Mutual Insurance Company; requiring the Company to be a specified authorized mutual insurer; altering the provisions of law that apply to the Company that applied to the Fund; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-18
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| HB1266 | Intro
Sine Die | Allowing first-time homebuyers and other specified homebuyers specified credits against the State income tax for 1% of the purchase price of specified homes, not exceeding $5,000; providing that a married couple filing a joint return may not claim th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-18
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| HB1268 | Intro
Sine Die | Making it a misdemeanor to knowingly participate in the illegal sale, rental, transfer, purchase, possession, or receipt of ammunition solely designed for a regulated firearm; and providing a penalty.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-18
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB1277 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing that specified provisions relating to exemptions from execution on a judgment do not impair child support liens.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-18
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB1279 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing that a marriage between consenting adults is valid in the State; and making the Act contingent on the passage and ratification of a specified constitutional amendment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-18
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB18 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting specified persons from using, allowing to be used, or selling specified lead wheel weights after specified dates; requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt regulations that at a minimum list environmentally safe lead-free wheel...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-18
Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn |
| HB1286 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the maximum rate of the admissions and amusement tax that a county or municipal corporation may set for gross receipts that are also subject to the State sales tax from 11% to 10%; altering the rate of the sales and use tax from 6% to 5%; an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-18
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| HB23 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person from operating a vessel on Knapps Narrows in Talbot County in excess of a specified speed; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to develop a specified informational program; and establishing penalties.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-18
Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn |
| HB36 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Comptroller or local governments to disburse specified grant funds from the Bay Restoration Fund directly to contractors who incur costs eligible for reimbursement under specified circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-18
Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn |
| HB1304 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing that an exemption from the sales and use tax does not apply to the sale by a person who engaged in pawn transactions over the preceding calendar year involving property having an aggregate value of at least $1,000; altering definitions unde...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-18
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| HB1310 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the definition of "sexual act" to include an act in which a part of an individual's body is used to penetrate specified body parts of another individual; and altering the definition of "sexual contact".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-18
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB53 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering specified requirements for the adoption of specified regulations by the Department of the Environment; establishing requirements of septage haulers; establishing an Oversight Committee on Sewage Sludge Utilization; requiring the Department t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-18
Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn |
| HB1328 | Intro
Sine Die | Specifying that it is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for up to 5 years or a fine of up to $10,000 or both to knowingly violate the prohibition against the possession of a regulated firearm or ammunition solely designed for a regulated firea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-18
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB64 | Intro
Sine Die | Creating a rebuttable presumption that a foreclosure sale of specified residential real property is invalid if the sale begins more than 30 minutes after the scheduled time for the sale.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-18
Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters |
| HB317 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund to accept premiums on an installment basis under specified circumstances; requiring the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to ensure specified provisions of the Fund's installment payment plan; prohibit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-18
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| HB832 | Intro
Sine Die | Increasing the State tax rates for alcoholic beverages sold in Maryland from $1.50 to $10.03 per gallon for distilled spirits, from 40 cents to $2.96 per gallon for wine, and from 9 cents to $1.16 per gallon for beer; providing for the distribution o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-18
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| HB1349 | Intro
Sine Die | Increasing from $300,000 to $450,000 the maximum assessed value of a dwelling on which the Homeowners' Property Tax Credit is computed; increasing the maximum assessed value of a dwelling on which the credit is computed for taxable years beginning af...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-18
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| SB33 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution that establishes the right of every person to hunt, fish, or harvest wild game, subject to State law; and submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State of Maryland for their adoption...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-18
Unfavorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
| HB1367 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to revoke the registration of or refuse to register any vehicle owned by a person who is convicted of subsequent alcohol- or drug-related driving offenses; requiring the Administration to revoke the driver's...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-18
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB616 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring specified business entities that make independent expenditures of at least $10,000 for campaign material to disclose specified information to the State Board of Elections within 12 hours of making the expenditure; requiring the State Board ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-18
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| HB1385 | Intro
Sine Die | 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][Discuss] | 2010-02-18
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB621 | Intro
Sine Die | Imposing a surcharge rate of $5 on each ton of commercial fertilizer distributed in the State; exempting low phosphorous fertilizer from the surcharge; requiring distributors to pay the surcharge before distributing commercial fertilizer in the State...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-18
Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn |
| HB1150 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing a court to award statutory damages in an amount not less than $500 or more than $5,000 and treble damages under specified circumstances to a person who is injured by a violation of the Maryland Consumer Protection Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-18
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| HB649 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a health care facility and specified individuals acting on behalf of or under the direction or supervision of a health care facility from discharging, disposing of, flushing, pouring, or emptying an unused medication into a wastewater sys...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-18
To House Environmental Matters Committee |
| SB862 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a fiduciary, an investment manager, a placement agent, or an actuary for the State Retirement and Pension System from contacting the Board of Trustees or any employee of the State Retirement Agency within 2 years after leaving that positi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-18
Hearing 3/4 at 8:00 a.m. |
| HB917 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a business entity from making a contribution to a campaign finance entity; and defining the term "business entity" to mean a corporation, a general or limited partnership, a limited liability corporation, or a real estate investment trust...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-18
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| HB1186 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering an exclusion from the definition of "taxable price" under the sales and use tax for a mandatory gratuity or service charge in the nature of a tip for serving food or beverage for consumption on the premises of the vendor.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-18
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| HB1189 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing a State property tax exemption for property that is actively used for farm or agricultural purposes and is subject to an easement or other interest that is conveyed or assigned to specified entities; and applying the Act to tax years beginn...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-18
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| HB185 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing that, for purposes of enforcing specified provisions of law relating to sign placement and maintenance along highways, the presence of a sign in violation of the provisions of law is evidence of specified facts concerning the placement o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-18
Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn |
| HB690 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person doing public business from making an independent expenditure for campaign material that supports or opposes a candidate or political party; and defining "doing public business".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-18
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| SB894 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting members or former members of the State Police Retirement System who commit specified criminal offenses during the period of time the member or former member was an employee of the Department of State Police from applying for a special dis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-18
Hearing 3/4 at 8:00 a.m. |
| SB896 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifying that only specified disability retirees of the State Police Retirement System who are not reemployed as specified law enforcement officers are exempt from a temporary suspension of their disability retirement allowance if they are reemploy...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-18
Hearing 3/4 at 8:00 a.m. |
| HB1209 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to provide for a semiannual payment of State, county, municipal corporation, and special taxing district property taxes for residential property; repealing obsolete provisions; etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-18
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| HB712 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to issue a specified request for proposals to select authorized growers of marijuana for medical use; providing for specified requirements of authorized growers; requiring the Department to establ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-18
To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
| HB714 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifying that work performed by a home care worker under specified circumstances is not covered employment for purposes of unemployment insurance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-17
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| HB721 | Intro
Sine Die | Declaring that it is the public policy of the State to restrict and deter the use of unauthorized alien workers in the performance of public contracts and grants in the State; specifying criteria for mandatory registration in a federal E-Verify progr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-17
To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
| SB672 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the definition of "in-office ancillary services" as it relates to specified referrals by specified health care practitioners so as to include magnetic resonance imaging services, computed tomography scan services, and radiation therapy servi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-17
To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee |
| SB674 | Intro
Sine Die | Repealing specified laws relating to senatorial and delegate scholarships.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-17
To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee |
| SB677 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring specified telephone companies to provide the Public Service Commission with copies of specified documents at specified times under specified circumstances; requiring the Commission to provide the telephone companies with specified confident...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB679 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the treasurer of a campaign finance entity, to the extent practicable, to record the occupation and employer of an individual who makes contributions in a cumulative amount of $200 or more during a calendar year to the campaign finance enti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-17
To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee |
| SB681 | Intro
Sine Die | Creating a public financing system for General Assembly candidates; repealing the Public Financing Act for gubernatorial candidates; altering limits on contributions and transfers, as specified; providing that specified contributions be considered as...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-17
To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee |
| SB686 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring counties and municipalities to adopt laws or ordinances to establish a stormwater remediation fee and a local watershed protection fund on or before July 1, 2011; requiring counties and municipalities to collect the fees and administer the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-17
To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee |
| HB999 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring counties and municipalities to adopt laws or ordinances to establish a stormwater remediation fee and a local watershed protection fund on or before July 1, 2011; requiring counties and municipalities to collect the fees and administer the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-17
To House Environmental Matters Committee |
| HB1019 | Intro
Sine Die | Creating an exception to the prohibition against willfully intercepting a wire or an electronic communication for a person who intercepts wire, oral, or electronic communications in a nursing home or assisted living program under specified circumstan...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-17
To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
| SB455 | Intro
Sine Die | Adding televisions to the list of products regulated under the Maryland Efficiency Standards Act; providing that the Act does not apply to televisions manufactured before a specified date; requiring the Maryland Energy Administration to adopt regulat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-17
To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee |
| SB710 | Intro
Sine Die | Reducing the number of signatures required to be included in a petition to form a new political party from 10,000 to 5,000.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-17
To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee |
| SB711 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring an election judge to establish a voter's identity and verify the voter's address if the voter seeks to vote a regular ballot; requiring an election judge to qualify a voter by requesting the voter to present a current and valid government-i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-02-17
To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee |
