| SB792 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing the Maryland Collaborative Reproduction Act; establishing the purposes of the Act; establishing rights and obligations of specified intended parents who use gamete or embryo donors to conceive a child through collaborative reproduction; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-02
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB475 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing a public school employer and an employee organization to use an alternative procedure regarding the renegotiation of allocated funds under specified circumstances; providing that, in connection with the Public School Labor Relations Board...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-02
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB490 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering, for specified purposes relating to domestic violence, the definition of "person eligible for relief" to include an individual who has had a sexual relationship with the respondent.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-02
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB923 | Engross
Sine Die | Increasing from 12 to 20 the number of members of a fire company in Harford County that a commanding officer may designate to be appointed by the sheriff as deputy sheriffs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-02
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| HB1350 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring, on or before August 1, 2013, the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on the savings it has achieved through the efficient use of resources and how a portion of these savi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-02
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| SB504 | Engross
Sine Die | Making it a misdemeanor to knowingly and willfully make specified threats against a deputy State's Attorney, an assistant State's Attorney, or an assistant Public Defender; and imposing penalties.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-02
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SJ3 | Engross
Sine Die | Urging that specified actions be taken by Congress, the federal Department of Veterans Affairs, and the federal Veterans Benefits Administration to address the long waiting periods for veterans with disabilities who file disability compensation claim...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-01
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| SB103 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the subtraction modification under the State income tax from $5,000 to $10,000 of military retirement income received for retirees at least 65 years old on the last day of the taxable year; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning aft...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-01
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| HB282 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing a person to file a specified petition for expungement of specified juvenile records; authorizing the court to order the expungement of a specified record under specified circumstances; requiring the court to consider specified criteria in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-01
Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| SB167 | Engross
Sine Die | Making unenforceable a provision of a declaration, bylaw, contract for sale of a unit, or other instrument made by a developer relating to residential condominiums that purports to shorten the statute of limitations for any warranty claim or other sp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-01
Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters |
| SB399 | Engross
Sine Die | Expanding the applicability of specified provisions of law relating to the Motor Vehicle Administration's collection and forwarding of Selective Service registration information to women and minors between the ages of 17 and 25 years; altering the co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-29
To House Environmental Matters Committee |
| SB205 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting a driver who has been given a visual or audible signal to stop by a police officer in a vehicle that is not an appropriately marked police vehicle but is displaying an activated flashing blue or red and blue light from attempting to elude...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-29
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| SB30 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting the driver of a motor vehicle in which a person who is under the age of 8 years is a passenger from smoking a tobacco product or allowing a passenger to smoke in the motor vehicle; establishing a fine of up to $50 for a violation of the A...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-29
To House Environmental Matters Committee |
| SB179 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering specified requirements for the responsible member of an entity providing architectural services; authorizing the State Board of Architects to deny a firm permit to an applicant, reprimand a permit holder, suspend or revoke a permit, or impos...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-29
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters |
| SB503 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing that, for purposes of granting a limited or an absolute divorce, parties may be considered to be living separate and apart without cohabitation even if the parties share living expenses and a residence, as long as the parties maintain separ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-29
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| SB684 | Engross
Sine Die | Limiting the eligibility of qualifying biomass as a Tier 1 renewable source for the renewable energy portfolio standard to qualifying biomass used at a generation unit that started commercial operation on or after January 1, 2005, and that achieves a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-29
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| HB155 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Baltimore County Revenue Authority, when the estimated cost of specified commodities and services exceeds a specified amount, to use a specified competitive bidding process to purchase the commodities and services by written, formal con...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-28
To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee |
| HB220 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing the Attorney General to institute an action in a circuit court for injunctive relief to prohibit a person from engaging in or continuing to engage in specified violations of election law; providing that injunctive relief may be granted un...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-28
Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs) |
| SB285 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the State Board of Physicians, in cooperation with the State Board of Chiropractic and Massage Therapy Examiners, the State Board of Occupational Therapy Practice, the State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners, and other stakeholders, to st...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-28
Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn |
| SB274 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering eligibility requirements for the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and the definition of "former foster care adolescent" to conform to federal eligibility requirements; authorizing the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to provide spec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-28
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| SB908 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring retirees of the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System who are reemployed under specified circumstances to terminate participation in a Deferred Retirement Option Program and receive a specified lump sum payment before being reemployed by...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-28
To House Appropriations Committee |
| SB297 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the penalty for use or possession of less than 10 grams of marijuana; making the violation a civil offense punishable by a fine not exceeding $100; etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-28
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB1222 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing a defense to any nuisance action brought under State or local law against a landlord if the tenant's actions are the sole basis for the action and specified actions have been taken by the landlord or the District Court in a suit to repos...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-28
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| HB592 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring a local board of canvassers to prepare a statement of election results by precinct that includes all votes cast by voters registered in each precinct who voted early on specified voting machines; and requiring the State Board of Elections t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-28
To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee |
| HB324 | Engross
Sine Die | Increasing to $10,000 the maximum fine that may be imposed for specified offenses relating to voting.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-28
To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee |
| SB119 | Engross
Sine Die | Increasing the amount of a property tax exemption for dwelling houses owned by specified blind individuals or surviving spouses of blind individuals from $15,000 of the assessed value of the dwelling to $30,000; etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-28
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| SB831 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing the Committee on State Budget Evidence-Based Policy Options; requiring the Committee annually to determine the policy areas in the State operating budget that should receive an analysis of evidence-based policy options and to report on t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-28
To House Appropriations Committee |
| SB37 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing a court to order a defendant convicted of a specified charge of animal cruelty, as a condition of sentencing, to pay, in addition to any other fines and costs, all reasonable costs incurred in removing, housing, treating, or euthanizing a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-28
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB822 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing the governing body of Calvert County to enter into a payment in lieu of taxes agreement with the owner of a facility for the liquefaction of natural gas; requiring an agreement for payment in lieu of taxes to include specified provisions;...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-28
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| SB43 | 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] | 2013-03-28
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB318 | Engross
Sine Die | Expanding the eligibility for the property tax credit in Frederick County granted to offset specified increases in county or municipal corporation income tax revenues; etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-28
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| SB71 | Engross
Sine Die | Including retirement accounts in the definition of "account" in provisions relating to information and assistance by financial institutions to the Child Support Enforcement Administration; altering an exemption for specified retirement plans from the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-28
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB619 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the funding sources for and clarifying the uses of the State Wildlife and Management Protection Fund; clarifying that a 3-day nonresident hunting license does not authorize bear hunting; increasing the fees for specified hunting licenses; re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-28
To House Environmental Matters Committee |
| SB105 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the definition of a "person in a position of authority" relating to prohibiting an individual from engaging in a sexual act, sexual contact, or vaginal intercourse with a minor under specified circumstances; prohibiting a person from engagin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-28
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| SB856 | Engross
Sine Die | Repealing the requirement that the Monday after Easter be a public school holiday; and specifying that, at the option of a county board, the Monday after Easter may be a public school holiday.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-28
Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means Withdrawn |
| SB637 | Engross
Sine Die | Increasing to $20 from $10 specified appearance of counsel fees collected or charged by the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Carroll County.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-28
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB907 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring that, to the extent practicable, all candidates for the same office appear on the same ballot face on a direct recording electronic voting system device.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-28
To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee |
| SB178 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing that a laboratory report of a blood or genetic test constitutes a presumptive finding of paternity in specified cases if the test was conducted in a specified laboratory and the report establishes a statistical probability of paternity o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-28
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB125 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing that a plaintiff or holder of a certificate of sale in a foreclosure action may be reimbursed for reasonable attorney's fees up to $1,200 for specified participation in a bankruptcy proceeding or for opening an estate for specified purposes...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-28
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| SB590 | Engross
Sine Die | Including specified additional information on a specified report required of a law enforcement agency that maintains a SWAT team; extending to the end of June 30, 2017 a specified termination provision; etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB701 | Engross
Sine Die | Repealing specified obsolete provisions of the State alcoholic beverages law, including the repeal of a requirement that the Comptroller prescribe specified maximum discounts that may be allowed by specified persons, the repeal of a requirement that ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-27
To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee |
| HB878 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting a merchant from requiring a consumer to accept a store credit card, instead of cash, a check, or a credit to the consumer's credit or debit card account, for a rebate or returned merchandise unless the merchant displays at the point of sa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-27
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB719 | Engross
Sine Die | Adding an additional venue in which a person may be prosecuted for a false statement concerning a destructive device or toxic material.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-27
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| SB261 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the effective date of specified regulations adopted under the Administrative Procedure Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-27
To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
| SB228 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing that a person who violates a specified provision of law prohibiting using a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence or felony is not covered by the 1-year statute of limitations for a misdemeanor; etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB840 | Engross
Sine Die | Expanding the membership of the Joint Committee on Gaming Oversight; and specifying that the Director of the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency, the Special Secretary of the Governor's Office of Minority Affairs, and the Governor appoint as memb...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-27
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| HB811 | Engross
Sine Die | Exempting an action to foreclose a lien on residential property that is brought by the governing body of a common ownership community under the Maryland Contract Lien Act from specified foreclosure procedures; subjecting an action to foreclose a lien...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-27
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| SB433 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing the Task Force to Study the Establishment of Educational Programs for Adult Learners; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting a member from receiving specified compensation, but authorizing the r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-27
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| SB420 | Engross
Sine Die | Making it a misdemeanor to possess or use specified firearm ammunition during and in relation to the commission of a crime; and establishing penalties.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB170 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the circumstances under which a personal representative of an estate may file for an election for modified administration; providing that, if a personal representative discovers property after the time for filing a verified final report, the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
