| SB737 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting specified nursing homes or nursing home management firms from knowingly employing or retaining as a consultant an individual who has surrendered a specified license under specified circumstances to the State Board of Nursing Home Administ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-24 of the Maryland Constitution |
| SB901 | Pass | Altering the definition of "debt cancellation agreement", for purposes of specified provisions of law governing retail installment sales and closed end credit, to include, under specified circumstances, an agreement under which the outstanding balanc... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Approved by the Governor |
| SB422 | Pass | Declaring the intention of the General Assembly to monitor specified issues and determine whether modification of the Act is required at a specified time; authorizing an individual to file an application for a statement of charges with a District Cou... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Approved by the Governor |
| SB1040 | Veto | Authorizing in Frederick County the creation of a Middletown Wine Festival license; authorizing the Frederick County Board of License Commissioners to issue the license to a holder of specified licenses; specifying that the license entitles the holde... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) |
| SB421 | Pass | Altering the definition of "explosives" to include two or more components that are advertised and sold together with instructions on how to combine the components to create a specified explosive. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Approved by the Governor |
| SB507 | Pass | Altering the interest rate payable by specified lending institutions on escrow accounts created in connection with loans secured by a first mortgage or first deed of trust on residential real property; requiring the interest rate to be adjusted under... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Approved by the Governor |
| SB44 | Veto | Authorizing the Dorchester County Council to collect the Bay Restoration Fee on behalf of the Dorchester County Sanitary District. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) |
| SB8 | Pass | Authorizing a warrant official to certify to the Comptroller the existence of an outstanding warrant; providing that the Comptroller may not pay Maryland income tax refunds to individuals with outstanding warrants under specified circumstances; provi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Approved by the Governor |
| SB58 | Pass | Altering a provision of law relating to funding the education of specified students with disabilities in informal kinship care relationships; and defining "least restrictive environment". [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Approved by the Governor |
| SB259 | Veto | Authorizing the Harford Community College Board of Trustees to borrow money for specified purposes and secure debt in a specified manner. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) |
| SB792 | Pass | Establishing a Linked Deposit Program for Small Businesses in the Department of Housing and Community Development for a specified purpose; providing that specified loans qualify under the Program; requiring the Department of Housing and Community Dev... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Approved by the Governor |
| SB45 | Veto | Prohibiting the use of a certificate of completion of a specified alcohol awareness program by specified employees or employers at more than one licensed establishment in Dorchester County. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) |
| SB133 | Pass | Exempting a manufacturer that distributes its own prescription devices that are approved or authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration from specified permit requirements; altering the information required to be included in an application for... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Approved by the Governor |
| SB791 | Pass | Altering the percentage of Tier 1 renewable energy that must be derived from solar energy in the State's renewable energy portfolio standard in specified years; authorizing the Public Service Commission, in consultation with the Maryland Energy Admin... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Approved by the Governor |
| SB470 | Veto | Increasing the pension of a judge of the Orphans' Court for Allegany County under specified circumstances; and making a technical change. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) |
| SB346 | Pass | Authorizing a person in Harford County to hunt deer on specified Sundays on private property using specified hunting equipment during specified months. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Approved by the Governor |
| SB415 | Pass | Requiring a funeral establishment or crematory, on taking custody of the body of a decedent in accordance with all authorizations required by law, to maintain the body in a specified manner; requiring a funeral establishment or crematory to maintain ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Approved by the Governor |
| SB885 | Pass | Requiring the Division of Parole and Probation to consider a specified caseload for parole and probation employees when considering employee disciplinary actions. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Approved by the Governor |
| SB188 | Veto | Altering the requirement that Washington County distribute to the Town of Williamsport 35% of any amount received under specified payments in lieu of property taxes from an electricity generation facility under specified circumstances; applying the A... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) |
| SB332 | Pass | Exempting the Family Security Trust Fund, under specified circumstances, from a requirement that specified interest accrue to the General Fund; and requiring the State Treasurer, under specified circumstances, to pay investment earnings into the Gene... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Approved by the Governor |
| SB472 | Veto | Requiring a court order that terminates a dormant mineral interest to identify specified information; and requiring a clerk of the court that issued the order to record the order in the land records. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) |
| SB187 | Veto | Continuing the State Commission of Real Estate Appraisers and Home Inspectors in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act by extending to July 1, 2023, the termination date; renaming the Commission; requiring that an eval... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) |
| SB691 | Pass | Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to establish a program to implement earned compliance credits, which create a specified reduction in a specified period of active supervision for specified individuals, and to develo... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Approved by the Governor |
| SB880 | Pass | Providing that if an individual who was a member of one of the several systems in the State Retirement and Pension System on June 30, 2011, becomes a member of another one of the several systems on or after July 1, 2011, the individual shall be consi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Approved by the Governor |
| SB256 | Pass | Altering the scope of provisions of law that require an insurer to send to a named insured and an insurance producer a specified notice of a premium increase for policies of commercial insurance and policies of workers' compensation insurance; provid... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Approved by the Governor |
| SB474 | Pass | Repealing provisions of law relating to the requirements that must be met to qualify as a certified professional counselor-alcohol and drug; prohibiting the State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists from placing a certified professional c... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Approved by the Governor |
| SB783 | Pass | Providing specified collective bargaining rights to specified State employees; specifying the responsibilities of the State Labor Relations Board in administering and enforcing specified provisions of law relating to the collective bargaining rights ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Approved by the Governor |
| SB94 | Veto | Continuing the State Board for Certification of Residential Child Care Program Professionals in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (sunset law) by extending to July 1, 2024, the termination provisions relating to sp... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) |
| SB333 | Veto | Altering the definition of "transient charge", as it relates to Garrett County, for purposes of provisions of law authorizing specified counties to impose a hotel rental tax on transient charges collected by specified hotels; and increasing from 5% t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) |
| SB343 | Pass | Making additional State units that are responsible for the management of specified funds subject to requirements under current law concerning the use of minority business enterprise brokerage and investment services firms, as specified; specifying th... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Approved by the Governor |
| SB549 | Pass | Altering the definition of "small business" under the Small Business Reserve Program; including small businesses that meet either the limitation on employees employed by the business or the limitation on gross sales of the business under the Small Bu... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Approved by the Governor |
| SB476 | Pass | Establishing the Financial Education and Capability Commission; providing for the composition, co-chairs, and staffing of the Commission; prohibiting a member of the Commission from receiving specified compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Approved by the Governor |
| SB781 | Pass | Requiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for health care services delivered through telemedicine in a specified manner; prohibiting insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and heal... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Approved by the Governor |
| SB135 | Pass | Prohibiting a ground lease holder from collecting ground rent payments, bringing a specified action, or obtaining a specified lien unless the ground lease is registered with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation and the ground lease holder... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Approved by the Governor |
| SB477 | Pass | Altering the termination provisions of a specified job creation tax credit earned by a qualified business entity under specified circumstances. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Approved by the Governor |
| SB779 | Pass | Requiring the Governor's Office of Minority Affairs to conduct a study of the Maryland State Retirement and Pension System and all funds managed by the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System to determine the capacity to select ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Approved by the Governor |
| SB405 | Pass | Establishing the purpose of the Life Sciences Advisory Board in the Department of Business and Economic Development; and altering the membership of the Advisory Board. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Approved by the Governor |
| SB778 | Pass | Requiring a specified lessor to maintain specified records for a specified period of time; requiring a lessor to provide a written receipt and a written statement to a consumer under specified circumstances; requiring that a written receipt contain s... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Approved by the Governor |
| SB1075 | Veto | Authorizing the Worcester County Board of License Commissioners to issue not more than three licenses each year for displaying and selling beer and wine at beer and wine festivals in the county. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) |
| SB990 | Pass | Altering a provision that places a limit on the amount of specified bonds that may be issued by a local governing body in connection with a specified convention center facility in a resort area and a tax on the sale of food and beverages in the resor... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Approved by the Governor |
| SB335 | Pass | Altering the rate of member contributions for members of the Judges' Retirement System; requiring individuals who become members of the Judges' Retirement System on or after a specified date to earn a specified amount of eligibility service before be... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Approved by the Governor |
| SB670 | Veto | Authorizing the County Commissioners of Washington County to require that the Washington County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association submit financial reports; authorizing the county commissioners to adopt specified regulations; authorizing the count... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) |
| SB869 | Pass | Requiring that guest rooms in newly constructed hotels be equipped with a device that turns off light fixtures after a specified period of time; authorizing the required device to control heating, ventilation, or air conditioning default settings; re... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Approved by the Governor |
| SB66 | Veto | Removing the requirement in Harford County for a country club to maintain a specified number of tennis courts to be eligible for a Class C-3 club alcoholic beverages license. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) |
| SB678 | Pass | Altering provisions relating to the expungement of specified criminal records by authorizing a person to file, and requiring a court to grant, a petition for expungement of a criminal charge transferred to the juvenile court under specified circumsta... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Approved by the Governor |
| SB867 | Pass | Requiring the State Department of Education to support and facilitate specified oral health education, develop a process to monitor specified implementation of oral health education, and submit a summary to the Governor and General Assembly on or bef... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Approved by the Governor |
| SB969 | Pass | Altering the membership of the State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists; requiring specified individuals to be licensed by the Board as clinical professional art therapists before performing specified work in the State; establishing educ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Approved by the Governor |
| SB663 | Veto | Altering the number of regular members and eliminating substitute members on the Carroll County Board of Elections; requiring the members of the board to be of specified political parties; requiring that a vacancy on the board be filled in a specifie... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) |
| SB662 | Veto | Establishing for archery hunters in Carroll County a 50-yard safety zone within which archery hunting may not take place except under specified circumstances. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) |
| SB337 | Pass | Exempting individuals who provide gratuitous care for specified individuals from the requirement that an individual must be licensed or certified before practicing specified health occupations; exempting individuals who respond to a disaster situatio... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-22 Approved by the Governor |