MD Legislation | 2011 | Regular Session | House

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
HB1164	Intro Sine Die	Authorizing the use of specified Bay Restoration funds for specified demonstration projects in Talbot County for the extension of sewer from a publicly owned wastewater facility under specified circumstances. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-03-01 Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m.
HB143	Intro Sine Die	Requiring Board of Public Works regulations that implement the Minority Business Enterprise Program to provide for the disclosure of each waiver of Program obligations and the reason for each waiver; altering the record keeping and reporting requirem... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-03-01 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn
HB153	Intro Sine Die	Allowing a retail gasoline dealer against whom a complaint is filed alleging a violation of the below-cost sales law to produce documents relating to the complaint within a 3-day period; providing for the imposition of sanctions in a specified manner... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-03-01 Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters
HB158	Intro Sine Die	Prohibiting a person that collects or attempts to collect an alleged debt arising out of a specified consumer transaction from communicating with the debtor or a person related to the debtor until at least 24 hours after the end of any grace period a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-03-01 Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters
HB1159	Intro Sine Die	Prohibiting an insurer from filing a plan of material reduction in homeowner's insurance on specified bases or in specified areas under specified circumstances; authorizing the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to approve the filing of a plan of materi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-03-01 Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m.
HB865	Intro Sine Die	Requiring a specified financial statement of an existing cemetery business that sells burial goods to contain a copy of the balance sheet from the last federal tax return filed by the business or a balance sheet on a specified form; and repealing a p... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-03-01 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn
HB1197	Intro Sine Die	Authorizing the Frederick County Board of Education to place school bus monitoring cameras on county school buses to record a motor vehicle committing a violation relating to overtaking and passing school vehicles; requiring a school bus operator to ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-03-01 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m.
HB1142	Intro Sine Die	Prohibiting a person from manufacturing, selling, or distributing a product or product component obtained from the reduction of an Atlantic menhaden; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to adopt specified regulations in consultation with th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-03-01 Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m.
HB180	Intro Sine Die	Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to reimburse a hospital for donor human breast milk provided to a Maryland Medical Assistance Program recipient under specified circumstances. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-03-01 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn
HB548	Intro Sine Die	Altering an annual statement that an insurer that issues or delivers policies of homeowner's insurance in the State must provide, to require that the statement summarize the insurer's underwriting standards for insurance eligibility; requiring the st... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-03-01 Referred to interim study by Economic Matters
HB469	Intro Sine Die	Authorizing the Director of the Office of Cemetery Oversight to grant to specified persons subject to specified trust requirements under provisions of law a specified extension of time in which to file specified reports relating to the perpetual care... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-03-01 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn
HB1032	Intro Sine Die	Entering into the Interstate Compact on Natural-Born United States Citizens; requiring that the State of Maryland make a distinction on specified birth records between individuals born subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and individuals ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-03-01 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn
HB483	Intro Sine Die	Authorizing a judgment creditor to obtain discovery in aid of enforcement of a money judgment entered or recorded in circuit court or in the District Court by use of a court ordered examination under oath before a judge or examiner of a judgment debt... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-28 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
HB395	Intro Sine Die	Authorizing the board of directors or other governing body of a homeowners association to impose a fee for the late payment of specified charges or assessments, levy reasonable fines for a violation of the declaration, recorded covenants and restrict... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-28 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn
HB705	Intro Sine Die	Making it a misdemeanor to sell or offer to sell a firearm on the premises of a pawn shop, or to deposit, pledge, purchase, offer to purchase, sell, or offer to sell a firearm in connection with a pawn transaction. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-28 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Withdrawn
HB304	Intro Sine Die	Establishing that alimony terminates on the cohabitation of an alimony recipient for a period of at least 30 days with an individual who is not a member of the recipient's family; establishing that cohabitation is presumed under specified circumstanc... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-28 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
HB458	Intro Sine Die	Prohibiting the dissemination of criminal history record information to a person other than a criminal justice unit if the information relates to a charge or conviction for a nonviolent crime that was allegedly committed more than 10 years previously... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-28 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
HB425	Intro Sine Die	Requiring the Department of the Environment to require a bond in a specified amount for a permit that authorizes the use of coal combustion by-products for reclamation. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-28 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn
HB337	Intro Sine Die	Adding a new article to the Maryland Constitution requiring the General Assembly to pass laws necessary to establish standards and procedures for recall elections for the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, and Comptroller, and elected a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-28 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters
HB471	Intro Sine Die	Requiring an appeal to a circuit court from a final judgment of an orphans' court to be heard by the circuit court on the record made in the orphans' court rather than to be heard de novo; providing that the Act applies only prospectively to the esta... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-28 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
HB834	Intro Sine Die	Changing all references to the orphans' court in the Annotated Code to the estate court; and making the Act contingent on the passage and ratification of a constitutional amendment. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-28 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
HB885	Intro Sine Die	Amending the Maryland Constitution to change the name of each Orphans' Court in the State to the Estate Court; and submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejection. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-28 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
HB6	Intro Sine Die	Decreasing from 15 to 5 the number of days after an election within which outdoor signs advertising a candidate or the support or defeat of a proposition must be removed; authorizing the government of a county or municipality to remove and destroy po... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-28 Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means
HB7	Intro Sine Die	Allowing a subtraction modification under, and credit against, the State income tax for interest income from loans made to businesses or the owners of businesses located in an enterprise zone; prohibiting the lender from having an equity or other own... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-28 Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means
HB923	Intro Sine Die	Specifying that an individual is a citizen of the State of Maryland if the individual is born in the United States and is subject to the jurisdiction of the United States or is naturalized in the United States and is living within, and intends to rem... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-28 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Withdrawn
HB532	Intro Sine Die	Providing that a specified user of a wastewater facility is exempt from paying a Bay Restoration Fee under a specified circumstance. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-28 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn
HB325	Intro Sine Die	Authorizing the State Department of Human Resources or a local department of social services to charge a reasonable fee not exceeding $25 for the processing of a specified request for background information from the child abuse and neglect central re... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-28 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
HB504	Intro Sine Die	Reducing from 18 months to 12 months the period of time a judge may sentence an individual to a local correctional facility; and prohibiting a judge from sentencing an individual to a local correctional facility for a period exceeding 12 months. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-28 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
HB428	Intro Sine Die	Requiring the Department of the Environment to hold an informational meeting in a specified location with respect to permit applications involving the disposal of coal combustion by-products; requiring the Department to hold a public hearing before t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-28 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn
HB850	Intro Sine Die	Repealing specified provisions of law relating to early voting; repealing a process to allow a voter in the State to vote in primary or general elections at early voting centers, instead of in the voter's assigned precinct on election day; repealing ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-28 Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means
HB847	Intro Sine Die	Requiring the Department of the Environment, in consultation with the Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, to develop maps that identify environmentally stressed communities ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-28 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn
HB373	Intro Sine Die	Repealing provisions of law that require enforcement as a secondary offense of specified prohibitions against the use of a wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-28 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn
HB426	Intro Sine Die	Excluding from the jurisdiction of juvenile court a child at least 16 years old who is alleged to have committed, as a member of a criminal gang, a specified act that would be a crime if committed by an adult; etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-28 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
HB278	Intro Sine Die	Requiring a local jurisdiction to inspect or contract for the inspection of a lot or parcel that is in the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays critical area at the request of a prospective purchaser to determine if a critical area violation exists o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-28 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters
HB434	Intro Sine Die	Changing the minimum amount in controversy in civil cases over which the District Court of Maryland and the circuit courts have concurrent jurisdiction from $5,000 to $10,000; changing the amount of a small claim action in the District Court to $10,0... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-28 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
HB1284	Intro Sine Die	Authorizing a person in Cecil County to hunt for deer on private property on specified Sundays during specified months under specified conditions. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-25 To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
HB1272	Intro Sine Die	Providing that a person who has attained the age of 18 years and is enrolled in an institution of postsecondary education has the right to receive support and maintenance from both of the person's parents until the person dies, marries, is emancipate... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-24 To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
HB836	Intro Sine Die	Requiring that the operating expenses for the salaries and benefits of the employees of the land records office of the clerk of the circuit court for each county and Baltimore City be paid from the General Fund of the State instead of the Circuit Cou... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-23 To House Appropriations Committee
HB586	Intro Sine Die	Altering the calculation of the maximum subtraction modification allowed under the Maryland income tax for specified retirement income under specified circumstances; including income from specified rollover individual retirement accounts in the subtr... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-23 To House Ways and Means Committee
HB735	Intro Sine Die	Making applicable statewide the provisions that authorize eligible veterans' organizations to own or operate slot machines; and altering the definition of "eligible organization" to make it applicable to specified war veterans' organizations. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-23 To House Ways and Means Committee
HB920	Intro Sine Die	Prohibiting the Judicial, Executive, and Legislative branches of State government from inquiring into the criminal record or criminal history of an applicant for employment until the applicant is selected for an interview; providing that the Act does... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-23 To House Appropriations Committee
HB764	Intro Sine Die	Requiring the University System of Maryland and its constituent institutions, Morgan State University, St. Mary's College of Maryland, and Baltimore City Community College to comply with specified procurement requirements relating to service contract... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-23 To House Appropriations Committee
HB1021	Intro Sine Die	Amending the Maryland Constitution to authorize video lottery terminal gaming at a location in Frederick County; altering the number of licenses that the State may issue to operate video lottery terminals from five to six; increasing the number of vi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-23 To House Ways and Means Committee
HB775	Intro Sine Die	Repealing a provision limiting to tax years before 2010 the application of a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for specified foreign earned income of employees of the United States or of any agency of the United States; applying ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-23 To House Ways and Means Committee
HB774	Intro Sine Die	Increasing the maximum amount for a subtraction modification under the State income tax for military retirement income from $5,000 to $10,000 of military retirement income received; providing for a delayed effective date; and applying the Act to taxa... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-23 To House Ways and Means Committee
HB636	Intro Sine Die	Requiring the Board of Public Works to include the cost of planning and design as an approved public school construction or capital improvement cost; requiring the Board of Public Works, at the recommendation of the Interagency Committee on School Co... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-23 To House Appropriations Committee
HB591	Intro Sine Die	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 reversion or crediting of any part of the Transpor... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-23 To House Appropriations Committee
HB952	Intro Sine Die	Authorizing the Director of the State Lottery Agency to issue a license for not more than three lottery ticket terminals for the sale of State lottery tickets to veterans' organizations; providing that revenues from lottery ticket sales by a veterans... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-23 To House Ways and Means Committee
HB673	Intro Sine Die	Establishing collective bargaining rights for specified law enforcement officers represented by the State Law Enforcement Officers Labor Alliance; specifying which police employees are eligible to participate in the collective bargaining process; est... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-23 To House Appropriations Committee
HB1250	Intro Sine Die	Authorizing the Maryland Stadium Authority to prepare independent studies to evaluate specified sites and to develop a comprehensive financing plan for a new thoroughbred racetrack in the State; requiring the Authority to submit a specified report to... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2011-02-22 To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee