| 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 |
| SB892 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing the awarding of an additional video lottery operation license and 4,750 additional video lottery terminals for a video lottery facility in a specified location in Prince George's County; requiring, after a specified date, specified video ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-09
Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means |
| SB413 | Engross
Sine Die | Increasing fees for service of process of papers by a sheriff; requiring that $10 of the fees be distributed to a fund established for the Rental Allowance Program of the Department of Housing and Community Development; establishing the Rental Allowa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-09
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| SB786 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing a prefile mediation process between a secured party and a mortgagor or grantor before the commencement of a specified foreclosure action under specified circumstances; providing that a specified mortgagor or grantor is not entitled to pa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-09
Re-referred Environmental Matters |
| SB255 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Board of License Commissioners for Garrett County to apply to the Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS) Central Repository of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services for a specified criminal history records check ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-09
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters |
| SB995 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing that it is an affirmative defense to a prosecution for the possession of marijuana or the possession of specified drug paraphernalia that the defendant was a specified caregiver and possessed the marijuana or paraphernalia for a specifie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-09
Hearing 4/9 at 4:30 p.m. |
| SB437 | Engross
Sine Die | Creating in Frederick County a Middletown Wine Festival License; authorizing the Frederick County Board of License Commissioners to issue a license to a holder of specified licenses; specifying that the license entitles the holder to display and sell...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-09
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters |
| SB616 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing the Commission to Study the Retirement of Judges; providing for the membership and staffing of the Commission; requiring the Governor to designate a chair of the Commission; establishing that the members of the Commission may not receive...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-09
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| SB168 | Engross
Sine Die | Making victims of domestic violence who are eligible for an award as the result of an injury resulting from a specified domestic violence incident and who sought temporary lodging to avoid further injury eligible to receive an award from the Criminal...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-09
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| SB610 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing the governing body of a county or a municipal corporation to adopt a local law that authorizes the county or municipal corporation to revoke or not renew the business license of an establishment for the second or subsequent conviction of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-09
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| SB999 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Joint Committee on Fair Practices and State Personnel to convene a workgroup to study and make recommendations regarding methods of strengthening existing remedies and any new remedies needed to address abuse suffered by State employees...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-09
Re-referred Appropriations |
| SB673 | Engross
Sine Die | Repealing the prohibition on a person convicted of perjury testifying in a proceeding.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-07
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| SB391 | Engross
Sine Die | Lowering to $450,000 the minimum capital investment for dining room facilities and kitchen equipment required for a restaurant to qualify for a Class BLX on-sale license in Cecil County.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-07
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters |
| SB389 | Engross
Sine Die | Adding Cecil County to the list of jurisdictions in which the holder of a Class 6 pub-brewery license may sell malt beverages for off- premises consumption in sealed refillable containers under specified circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-07
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters |
| SB26 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing a sixth video lottery operation license and 1,000 additional video lottery terminals in the State under specified circumstances; authorizing a video lottery license for a specified location in Prince George's County; specifying the maximu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-07
Hearing 4/9 at 9:30 a.m. |
| SB840 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the City Council of the City of Laurel to make a determination regarding the granting of a license to sell alcoholic beverages in a specified building within a specified distance of a church.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-07
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters |
| SB726 | Engross
Sine Die | Expanding the definition of "consumer" under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act to include a nonprofit organization that purchases, rents, or leases goods or services for the benefit of the members of the nonprofit organization; establishing that a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-07
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters |
| SB588 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from restricting licensed bow hunters who are at least 21 years old from carrying a handgun for personal protection.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-07
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| SB882 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing the Mayor and city Council of Baltimore to establish an Investment in Our Youth (IO-YOUth) Pilot Program; providing that the Program must be established as a qualified organization eligible to receive specified contributions under a speci...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-06
Second Reading Passed |
| SB1078 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring a local board of elections to send specified voters an absentee ballot by the Internet or facsimile transmission under specified circumstances; requiring the State Board of Elections to provide an online ballot marking tool for voters to us...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-06
Motion Rules Suspended two readings same day (Delegate Cardin) Rejected (91-44) |
| SB80 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing that, on specified testimony by a party or specified other persons, a written vehicle repair estimate prepared by an insurer or its authorized representative is admissible, without the testimony of the preparer of the estimate, as evidence ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-06
Special Order until later today (Davis) Adopted |
| SB183 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing, without liability for the termination and on 30 days' notice to the contractor, the board of directors of a condominium to terminate a contract entered into by the developer, officers, or previous board within 180 days after the board of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-06
Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters |
| SB252 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing the Baltimore City Community Enhancement Transit-Oriented Development Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund for specified purposes; providing for the contents and uses of the Fund; providing that a portion of revenues from projects and othe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-06
Special Order until later today (Delegate McIntosh) Adopted |
| SB544 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring that an elected official of the State or of a county or municipal corporation who is found guilty of a felony or specified misdemeanors be suspended, and, under specified circumstances, removed from office by operation of law; requiring tha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-06
Special Order until later today (Delegate Ivey) Adopted |
| SB198 | Engross
Sine Die | Increasing to $20 from $10 specified appearance of counsel fees collected or charged by the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-06
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (120-15) |
| SB976 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing a subtraction modification under the Maryland individual and corporate income tax for 100% of the expenses incurred to buy and install enhanced agricultural management equipment under specified circumstances; providing a subtraction modific...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-06
Second Reading Passed |
| SB358 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing the policy of the State on public-private partnerships; altering provisions of law relating to public-private partnerships; authorizing a reporting agency to establish a public-private partnership and execute a partnership agreement in c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-06
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (91-45) |
| SB577 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing the State Traumatic Brain Injury Trust Fund as a special fund to be used to support specified services for specified individuals with traumatic brain injuries; requiring the Secretary of the Department of Disabilities or the Secretary's ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-06
Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations |
| SB687 | Engross
Sine Die | Repealing the authority of the Maryland Higher Education Commission to impose application fees for the approval of specified academic program actions taken by specified institutions of higher education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-05
Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| SB873 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to convene a workgroup to evaluate and make recommendations relating to lead liability protection for owners of pre-1978 rental property; requiring the workgroup to include specified representatives; requ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-05
Second Reading Passed |
| SB209 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing that persons who violate a specified provision of law prohibiting paying or receiving consideration in connection with real estate settlements may be subject to disciplinary action; authorizing specified licensing authorities to take discip...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-05
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters |
| SB20 | Engross
Sine Die | Extending the termination provision for the Chesapeake Bay Commemorative License Plate and the special registration plate honoring State agriculture to the end of June 30, 2021.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-05
Delegates Malone, Stein, and McMillan |
| SB493 | Engross
Sine Die | Specifying that the factors the Maryland Transit Administration must consider in conducting the Baltimore Corridor Red Line Transit Study apply for fiscal years 2013 through 2018; altering the period during which a specified provision applies prohibi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-05
Second Reading Passed |
| SB636 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing for each permit to drill a gas well in deep shale deposits a presumptive impact area around the gas well; requiring a permittee to replace a water supply under specified circumstances; authorizing the permittee to avoid restoration under...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-05
Second Reading Passed |
| SB532 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Smart Growth Subcabinet to meet at least biannually with specified individuals to discuss specified local government issues; prohibiting use of the State Development Plan to deny a State-issued permit or specified State funding; etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-05
Second Reading Passed |
| SB1030 | Engross
Sine Die | Increasing to $950,000 the minimum General Fund appropriation to the Small Business Development Center Network Fund that the Governor is required to include in the annual budget bill beginning in fiscal year 2013.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-05
Second Reading Passed |
| SB944 | Engross
Sine Die | Increasing the penalty for causing life-threatening injury as a result of negligently driving, operating, or controlling a motor vehicle or vessel while impaired by a controlled dangerous substance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-05
Second Reading Passed |
| SB1045 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering a factor that a law enforcement agency considers when evaluating a report regarding a missing child; altering the requirement that a law enforcement agency institute appropriate search procedures to locate specified missing children to inclu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-05
Second Reading Passed |
| SB572 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim April 3 as Crime Victim and Advocate Commemorative Day to honor the individuals in the State who have become crime victims and the advocates who serve those victims; and requiring the Governor annually to t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-05
Second Reading Passed |
| SB925 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing that an appeal from a final judgment entered following a conditional plea of guilty may be taken in accordance with the Maryland Rules; and defining "conditional plea of guilty".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-05
Second Reading Passed |
| SB558 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing that the statute of limitations for the crime of solicitation is the statute of limitations for the prosecution of the substantive crime that is the subject of the solicitation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-05
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| SB347 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing an individual for whom special registration plates for individuals with disabilities are issued to park in a designated zone for the handicapped established by Baltimore County on any county road, subject to a specified restriction.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-04
Special Order until next session (Delegate Kach) Adopted |
| SB483 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring specified local critical area programs to, with specified exceptions, prohibit the location of junkyards, scrap storage yards, other scrap metal facilities, and specified machinery in the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-04
Delegates Frush, Niemann, and Norman |
| SB767 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring that specified wind energy conversion systems comply with specified setback requirements; authorizing specified variances under specified circumstances; requiring that before a permit is issued for specified wind energy conversion systems, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-04
Re-referred Economic Matters |
| SB657 | Engross
Sine Die | Terminating the Maryland Foaled Stakes Program; providing that specified money be allocated only to the Maryland Sire Stakes Program; specifying that the Maryland Standardbred Race Fund consists only of the Sire Stakes Program; repealing a requiremen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-04
Re-referred Ways and Means |
| SB535 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of Business and Economic Development, the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation, and the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services jointly to study and evaluate the feasibility of establishing a business ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-04
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| SB849 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, health maintenance organizations, and dental plan organizations to provide coverage for dental preventive care, including dental cleanings, if specified conditions are met; prohibiting a carrier fro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-04
Special Order until next session (Delegate W. Miller) Adopted |
| SB725 | Engross
Sine Die | Making unenforceable a provision of a declaration, a bylaw, a contract for sale of a unit, or any other instrument made by a developer relating to residential condominiums that purports to shorten the statute of limitations for specified claims, purp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-04
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (133-2) |
| SB557 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the definition of a "public body" for the purposes of the Open Meetings Act to include an entity that is created by a memorandum of understanding or a master agreement to which a majority of the county boards of education and the State Depar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-03
Second Reading Passed |
| SB784 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with the Department of the Environment, to convene a workgroup to examine issues relating to the investigation of potential cancer clusters in the State and potential environmenta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-03
Second Reading Passed |
