| 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 |
| HB1281 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing the Board of Education of Baltimore County and the County Executive of Baltimore County to enter into agreements for the cooperative or joint administration of specified programs, subject to a specified limitation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-04
Special Order until later today (Senator Zirkin) Adopted |
| HB1215 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the State Department of Education or a county board of education to procure online courses and services that have been approved by a state that the Department has determined has curriculum content standards consistent with the Maryland co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-04
Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means Withdrawn |
| 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 |
| HB1222 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the State Board of Education to set reasonable fees for the costs incurred by the State Department of Education for processing approvals for online courses and services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-04
Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means Withdrawn |
| HB949 | Intro
Sine Die | Repealing the death penalty; repealing procedures and requirements related to the death penalty; providing that in cases in which the State has filed a notice to seek a sentence of death, the notice shall be considered withdrawn and it shall be consi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-04
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Withdrawn |
| HB1105 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting an insurer, with respect to homeowner's insurance or renter's insurance, from denying, refusing to renew, or canceling coverage solely because the applicant or policyholder does not carry private passenger motor vehicle insurance with the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-04
Unfavorable Report by Finance |
| HB460 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a law enforcement officer to obtain a search warrant before obtaining location information transmitted by a mobile communications device.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-04
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Withdrawn |
| SB974 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Public Service Commission to study and make recommendations about the advisability of conducting specified auctions relating to the right of electric companies and electric cooperatives to provide electric service to customers using sta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-04
Unfavorable Report by Finance |
| HB1407 | 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] | 2012-04-04
Special Order until later today (Senator Muse) |
| 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) |
| SB817 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring specified health insurance carriers to reimburse a licensed health care provider for a covered service rendered by telemedicine to an insured or enrollee; requiring a covered service rendered by telemedicine to be reimbursed by a carrier at...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-04
Unfavorable Report by Finance Withdrawn |
| HB579 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing an exemption from specified requirements to complete a specified firearms training course if an individual is a retired law enforcement officer of a unit of the federal government, the State, or any local law enforcement agency in the State...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-04
Special Order until later today (Senator Pipkin) Adopted |
| HB1012 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of Business and Economic Development, Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation, and the Division of Parole and Probation in the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services jointly to study and evaluate the fea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-04
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| HB664 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person from committing a crime of violence when the person knows or reasonably should know that a minor is present; establishing circumstances under which a minor is present in a residence; establishing penalties for a violation of the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-04
Special Order until later today (Senator Kittleman) Adopted |
| SB510 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Board of Directors for the Maryland Health Insurance Plan to give an individual an opportunity for a specified hearing before the Board denies the eligibility of the individual for coverage under the Plan; requiring the Board to give no...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-04
Unfavorable Report by Finance |
| 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 |
| HB523 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Board of Public Works to approve economic inclusion plans for specified State procurement contracts; requiring that economic inclusion plans be drafted by specified contractors in collaboration with specified units and local community g...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-03
Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn |
| 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 |
| SB988 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the Board of Education of Baltimore County and the County Executive of Baltimore County to enter into agreements for the cooperative or joint administration of specified programs, subject to a specified limitation; etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-03
Special Order until later today (Senator Zirkin) Adopted |
| HB1314 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring that specified units of State government report to specified entities information by separate category concerning the unit's procurements for architectural services and for engineering services from minority business enterprises for the pre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-03
Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn |
| HB1410 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing a private lender to provide capital for a loan provided under a local Clean Energy Loan Program; authorizing a political subdivision to collect loan payments owed to a private lender through a surcharge on the owner's property tax bill; p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-03
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters Withdrawn |
| HB907 | Engross
Sine Die | Imposing a severance tax on the removal of natural gas from specified gas wells in the State; requiring a permit holder or producer to submit to the Department of the Environment specified reports in a specified manner; providing for the collection o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-03
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| SB238 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Board of Trustees of the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange, subject to a specified waiver, to submit specified regulations to specified legislative committees under specified circumstances; requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-03
To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
| SB1069 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Governor to authorize the gift of a statue of Harriet Tubman to the United States government and request the United States Congress to place the statue in the U.S. Capitol Building; and requiring the Governor to establish the Harriet Tu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-03
Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| HB1202 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a custodian of records under the Public Information Act to deny inspection of the part of a public record that includes the electronic mail addresses of individuals who were sent a specified newsletter from a public official; etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-03
Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn |
| HB382 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish a registry that includes specified information on employees of health care facilities who were terminated for abusing or neglecting a specified individual in a health care facility; re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-03
Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn |
| HB947 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing for specified years the use of Purse Dedication Account funds by Ocean Downs Race Course and Rosecroft Raceway for operating assistance to support at least 40 live racing days annually at each course; placing restrictions on the receipt o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-03
To Senate Rules Committee |
| HB263 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering to 10 p.m. the time at which establishments issued Class A beer and wine or beer, wine and liquor beverages licenses in the Park Heights Redevelopment Area in Baltimore City must stop selling alcoholic beverages.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-03
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters |
| HB992 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring specified State and local entities to make specified efforts to determine if another State or local entity is participating in a specified contract before initiating a specified procurement; and authorizing that, in specified fiscal years, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-03
Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn |
| HB1150 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the circumstances under which the State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors is required to issue licenses to applicants for mortician or funeral direction licenses; and requiring an individual who is seeking approval of an apprentice l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-03
Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn |
| HB207 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting owners, employees, and operators of tanning facilities from allowing minors to use tanning devices.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-03
Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn |
| HB130 | Engross
Sine Die | Making it a misdemeanor to knowingly and willfully shine, point, or focus the beam of a laser pointer on an individual operating an aircraft; exempting specified individuals under specified circumstances from provisions of the Act; specifying a penal...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-03
Special Order until later today (Senator King) |
| HB747 | 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] | 2012-04-03
To Senate Rules Committee |
| HB762 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing that specified communications made in the course of and relating to specified mediations may not be disclosed by the mediators, parties to the mediations, or specified persons who participate in or are present for the mediations, under s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-03
Senators Raskin, Getty, and Frosh |
| SB1087 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring that each county distribute a specified minimum amount of money that the county receives from the Senator William H. Amoss Fire, Rescue, and Ambulance Fund to volunteer fire, rescue, and ambulance companies; requiring the Director of the Ma...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-02
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| SB788 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to establish and maintain a Foreclosed Property Registry for specified property; requiring specified foreclosure purchasers to register specified residential property and to pay specified f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-02
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| HB501 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the State Open Meetings Law Compliance Board to develop and offer an online training program on the requirements of the open meetings law to employees, officers, or members of a public body and members of the general public.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-02
Unfavorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
| SB776 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the education requirements for a license to practice polysomnography; and requiring the State Board of Physicians to waive specified education requirements for a license to practice polysomnography if, in addition to meeting other requiremen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-02
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (130-0) |
| SB340 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person from stopping, standing, or parking a vehicle that is not a plug-in vehicle in a space that is marked for the use of plug-in vehicles and provides access to a plug-in vehicle recharging station; establishing that fines and penalt...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-02
Referred to interim study by Environmental Matters |
| SB486 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing specified persons to sign a statement that alleges, based on inspection of recorded images from a speed monitoring system, that a motor vehicle was being operated in violation of highway speed laws; authorizing specified persons to swear ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-02
Referred to interim study by Environmental Matters |
| HB927 | Engross
Sine Die | Allowing an entity or a specified qualified organization in Calvert County licensed to offer electronic or instant bingo under a commercial bingo license on December 31, 2008, to continue to operate a game of electronic or instant bingo under specifi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-02
Unfavorable Report by Budget and Taxation |
| HB1218 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing a Task Force to Study the Improvement of Maryland Public Charter Schools; providing for the membership and duties of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study the use of federal definitions relating to high quality charter school...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-02
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-0) |
| HJ16 | Intro
Sine Die | Expressing regret to the Hudson family for the role that the State and the State university system may have played in the lawsuit against the Hudson family farm; and providing a specified reassurance to farm families in the State.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-02
Referred House Rules and Executive Nominations |
| HB247 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing the State Board of Plumbing to adopt standards of the International Code Council as part of the State Plumbing Code; requiring the Board to periodically review specified standards of the International Code Council; requiring the Board to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-02
Unfavorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
| HB994 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing the Maryland Small Business Resources Workgroup; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Workgroup; prohibiting a member of the Workgroup from receiving compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of specified expen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-02
Unfavorable Report by Finance |
| HB582 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing vehicles of public service companies to be equipped with or display yellow or amber lights or signal devices; and making conforming and stylistic changes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-02
Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| SB63 | Engross
Sine Die | Expanding immunity from civil liability or criminal penalty to a person who provides or participates in providing notice of child abuse or neglect to the appropriate authorities; requiring the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to send an autopsy r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-02
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
