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SB357VetoClarifying that specified employees of the Baltimore Metropolitan Council may participate in the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program; clarifying that the definition of "Social Security integration level" for purposes of cal...
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2011-05-19
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
SB799VetoProviding that annual retirement allowance adjustments for retirees of the State Retirement and Pension System shall be a specified amount under specified circumstances; requiring that annual retirement allowances for retirees of the State Retirement...
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2011-05-19
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
SB655PassEstablishing specified enhanced penalties for a person who commits a specified separate commercial fisheries violation while the person's commercial fishing license or authorization is suspended or revoked or who engages in commercial fishing activit...
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2011-05-19
Approved by the Governor
HB1229VetoEstablishing the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; establishing the mission of the Program; requiring the Program to carry out its mission by monitoring the prescribing and dispensing of specified su...
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2011-05-19
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
HB1017PassProhibiting 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 for the renewal of a noncommercial driver's license.
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2011-05-19
Approved by the Governor
HB57PassAuthorizing specified fee revenue collected for the Bay Restoration Fund to be used to pay the cost of connecting properties served by onsite sewage disposal systems to specified existing municipal wastewater facilities under specified circumstances;...
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2011-05-19
Approved by the Governor
HB173PassEstablishing an Invest Maryland Program; establishing the Maryland Venture Fund Authority in the Department of Business and Economic Development; providing for the membership, terms, and duties of the Authority; requiring members of the Authority to ...
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2011-05-19
Approved by the Governor
HB406VetoRepealing specified provisions of law relating to the Washington County Water and Sewer Debt Reduction Fund; requiring the County Commissioners of Washington County to ensure service of the debt for the Conococheague Industrial Pretreatment Facility ...
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2011-05-19
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
HB1184PassAltering a provision of law concerning regulations adopted by the Secretary of Transportation for grievance procedures for employees under the Department of Transportation; authorizing an aggrieved employee to appeal decisions to the Office of Admini...
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2011-05-19
Approved by the Governor
SB333VetoRequiring the juvenile court, in specified child in need of assistance hearings, to send written findings to specified individuals and agencies if the court finds that specified reasonable efforts were made but that a specified condition exists.
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2011-05-19
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
SB743PassAltering the eligibility requirements for family planning services under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program by requiring the Program to provide those services beginning on January 1, 2012, to all women whose family income is at or below 200 perc...
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2011-05-19
Approved by the Governor
SB959PassAltering the definition of bio-heating oil for purposes of a State income tax credit for the purchase of bio-heating oil for specified purposes; extending the termination provision for the income tax credit to June 30, 2018; altering dates of applica...
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2011-05-19
Approved by the Governor
SB414PassAltering the acknowledgment procedures for citations issued by specified police officers for specified natural resources violations; repealing a hearing requirement that must be met before the Department of Natural Resources may suspend a recreationa...
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2011-05-19
Approved by the Governor
SB694PassRequiring the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to participate in a specified database; altering the authority of the Commissioner to allow a commercial insured to waive specified search requirements for surplus lines coverage for specified purposes; a...
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2011-05-19
Approved by the Governor
HB1243VetoAltering alcoholic beverages license fees within Baltimore County.
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2011-05-19
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
HB64VetoContinuing the State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (sunset law) by extending to July 1, 2017, the termination provisions relating to the statutory and regula...
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2011-05-19
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
SB888PassStating that the policy of this State is to encourage the use of special needs trusts or supplemental needs trusts by individuals with disabilities of all ages to preserve funds in order to provide for the needs of the individuals not met by public b...
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2011-05-19
Approved by the Governor
HB65PassContinuing the Electrology Practice Committee in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (sunset law) by extending until July 1, 2023, the termination provisions relating to the statutory and regulatory authority of the ...
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2011-05-19
Approved by the Governor
SB154PassRequiring health insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to reimburse an ambulance service provider directly for covered services under specified circumstances; providing that an insured, a subscriber, or an enr...
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2011-05-19
Approved by the Governor
HB954VetoAltering which salaries the Washington County Salary Study Commission is required to study; increasing the number of regular members of the Washington County Board of Elections to five; requiring the members of the local board to be of specified poli...
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2011-05-19
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
HB66VetoContinuing the State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (sunset law) by extending to July 1, 2022, the termination provisions relating to authority of the Board; requiring tha...
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2011-05-19
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
HB1130PassProhibiting an employer from taking adverse action against an employee who makes a complaint, brings an action, or testifies in an action under the Maryland Wage and Hour Law; specifying that the adverse action prohibited includes discharge, demotion...
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2011-05-19
Approved by the Governor
HB68VetoContinuing the State Board of Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (sunset law) by extending to July 1, 2023, the termination provisions relatin...
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2011-05-19
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
SB847PassMaking the Department of Natural Resources responsible for the employment of the State's Aquaculture Coordinator; transferring specified seafood-related programs, funds, and organizations from the Department of Agriculture to the Department of Natura...
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2011-05-19
Approved by the Governor
HB1338PassProviding that specified errors may not constitute fraud or grounds for recoupment of specified claims payments under specified circumstances; specifying that specified claims remain subject to recoupment of overpayment or payment of any discovered u...
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2011-05-19
Approved by the Governor
SB159PassProviding that a person who is cited for unlawfully catching oysters may have a specified license revoked under specified circumstances; establishing grounds for license revocation; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to hold a hearing unde...
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2011-05-19
Approved by the Governor
SB393VetoAuthorizing the County Commissioners of Calvert County, by ordinance, to regulate the grading, constructing, improving, maintaining, and repairing of specified roads; authorizing the County Commissioners to establish standards for utility cuts in and...
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2011-05-19
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
SB723PassRequiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to adopt regulations for the privacy and security of protected health information obtained or released through a health information exchange by specified persons; requiring the regulations to include prot...
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2011-05-19
Approved by the Governor
HB188PassAuthorizing the State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners to send license renewal notices by electronic means; altering the amount of the maximum fine for specified violations from $5,000 to $10,000; and altering definitions.
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2011-05-19
Approved by the Governor
SB736VetoAltering the hours during which specified licensees in Cecil County may sell specified alcoholic beverages on Sunday; exempting specified holders of specified classes of beer, wine and liquor licenses from paying a specified license fee under specifi...
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2011-05-19
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
SB163PassIncreasing to five the number of regular members and eliminating substitute members on the Allegany County Board of Elections, the Baltimore City Board of Elections, the Charles County Board of Elections, and the Frederick County Board of Elections; ...
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2011-05-19
Approved by the Governor
HB417PassProviding that specified death benefit provisions of the workers' compensation law apply only to specified covered employees of a municipal corporation or a county, and their dependents; altering the authority of the Workers' Compensation Commission ...
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2011-05-19
Approved by the Governor
SB584PassEstablishing the Cord Blood Transplant Program in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for specified purposes; establishing the Cord Blood Transplant Center Support Fund; providing for the purpose of the Fund; requiring the Department to admin...
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2011-05-19
Approved by the Governor
HB573PassEstablishing labeling requirements for specialty fertilizer used on specified turf; exempting organic fertilizer sold to specified fertilizer applicators from a specified prohibition; requiring the Department of Agriculture, in consultation with the ...
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2011-05-19
Approved by the Governor
HB625VetoAuthorizing a person in Carroll County to hunt deer on the last three Sundays in October and the second Sunday in November on private property with a bow and arrow; and removing Carroll County from the list of counties in which deer hunting on privat...
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2011-05-19
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
HB1180PassRequiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, on request, to prepare and register a certificate of foreign birth for specified individuals who have been granted an IH-3 visa by the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service; and req...
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2011-05-19
Approved by the Governor
SB75PassExpanding the scope of the Maryland Consumer Protection Act by altering the definition of "consumer" to include an individual who sells or offers for sale to a merchant consumer goods or consumer realty, and altering the definition of "merchant" to i...
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2011-05-19
Approved by the Governor
SB718PassProviding that a telephone company may not be required to distribute a specified telephone directory to an address in the State unless the property owner or an occupant requests the directory; requiring a telephone company to provide notice to custom...
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2011-05-19
Approved by the Governor
HB244PassExtending the presumption of a compensable occupational disease under workers' compensation law to include Anne Arundel County deputy sheriffs who suffer from heart disease or hypertension resulting in partial or total disability or death under speci...
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2011-05-19
Approved by the Governor
SB400PassRequiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, on request, to prepare and register a certificate of foreign birth for specified individuals who have been granted an IH-3 visa by the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service; and req...
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2011-05-19
Approved by the Governor
HB982PassProhibiting a person from requiring an insurer or insurance producer to prepare or issue, or a policyholder to provide, a certificate of insurance that contains false or misleading information relating to the policy of insurance referenced in the cer...
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2011-05-19
Approved by the Governor
SB170VetoAltering the maximum maturity date of school construction bonds that the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners may issue; and requiring that the Board report by December 1, 2011, to committees of the General Assembly on a long-term plan for th...
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2011-05-19
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
SB212PassProviding that specified death benefit provisions of the workers' compensation law apply only to specified covered employees of a municipal corporation or a county, and their dependents; altering the authority of the Workers' Compensation Commission ...
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2011-05-19
Approved by the Governor
HB393VetoRepealing limitations on the amount of the solid waste removal fee imposed on property in the Smith Island Solid Waste District in Somerset County.
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2011-05-19
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
SB214VetoAltering the provisions of the Maryland Public Ethics Law to provide that employees of the Baltimore City Health Department, the Police Commissioner of Baltimore City, the civilian employees and police officers of the Police Department of Baltimore C...
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2011-05-19
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
SB672PassAllowing a qualified film production entity to claim a credit against the State income tax for costs incurred for film production activities; repealing the Film Production Rebate Program; requiring the Department of Business and Economic Development ...
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2011-05-19
Approved by the Governor
HB396PassAltering the acknowledgment procedures for citations issued by specified police officers for specified natural resources violations; repealing a hearing requirement that must be met before the Department of Natural Resources may suspend a recreationa...
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2011-05-19
Approved by the Governor
HB689VetoIncreasing to five the number of regular members of the Harford County Board of Elections; requiring the members of the local board to be of specified political parties; requiring a vacancy on the local board to be filled in a specified manner; etc.
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2011-05-19
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
HB1013PassEstablishing a permanent Hearing Aid Loan Bank Program in the State Department of Education; providing for the staffing of the Program; requiring the Program to establish a Hearing Aid Loan Bank; specifying criteria for eligibility under the Program;...
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2011-05-19
Approved by the Governor
SB84VetoContinuing the Electrology Practice Committee in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (sunset law) by extending until July 1, 2023, the termination provisions relating to the statutory and regulatory authority of the ...
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2011-05-19
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
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