| SB363 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing a court to grant an absolute divorce on the ground of the execution of a settlement agreement that resolves issues relating to alimony and property rights care, custody and support of minor or dependent children, and all other relief auth...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-01
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB985 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting the Office of the Public Defender or a panel attorney from continuing representation after a specified bail hearing unless a specified eligibility is determined; requiring the Office of the Public Defender to investigate the financial sta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-01
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| SB368 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the membership of the Commission on Maryland Cybersecurity Innovation and Excellence; requiring the Commission to submit a specified report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before January 1 of each year; and repealing the termi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-01
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (126-6) |
| SB417 | Engross
Sine Die | Adding light-emitting diode (LED) light bulbs to the list of Energy Star products exempt from the sales and use tax during President's Day weekend each year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-01
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| HB1256 | Engross
Sine Die | Limiting to $150 the fee that may be charged for a food processing plant license under specified provisions of law to specified civic and nonprofit organizations that process meat for human consumption no more than three times a year for 5 days or le...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-01
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB78 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering a provision concerning the age of a victim for purposes of specified prohibitions against felony human trafficking.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-01
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB892 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifying that a specified recapture of the Maryland estate tax occurs only when qualified agricultural property ceases to be used for farming purposes; establishing that specified individuals are responsible for paying a specified recapture of the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-01
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| SB136 | Engross
Sine Die | Increasing, from 30 years to 40 years, the maximum term of imprisonment that may be imposed for the offense of second-degree murder.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-01
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB1292 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing collective bargaining rights for specified employees of the District Court of Maryland; establishing a State Judicial Employees Labor Relations Board as an independent unit of State government; providing for the staggering of terms of th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-01
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB1073 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing a 5-year statute of limitations for an action for administrative penalties for violations of specified laws relating to the environment; providing that the Act may not be construed as limiting specified authority of the Department of the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-01
Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| SB602 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the size of an estate required to file an estate tax return; altering a specified limit on the unified credit used for determining the Maryland estate tax; repealing a specified limit on the unified credit used for determining the Maryland e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-01
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| SB128 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering for fiscal years 2016 and 2017 a definition to determine the number of students used to calculate a grant for schools that participate in a specified federal program; requiring a specified study to include a specified review of the identific...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-01
To House Appropriations Committee |
| SB670 | Engross
Sine Die | Allowing a qualified farm a credit, for tax years 2014 through 2016, of up to $5,000 against the State income tax; providing that the credit is equal to 50% of the value of an eligible food donation or 75% of the value of donated certified organic pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-01
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| HB240 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing each county and the Department of the Environment to adopt a specified solid waste management hierarchy; declaring the intent of the General Assembly that the State undertake specified actions relating to recycling and landfill disposal r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-01
Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| HB316 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the State Board of Education to post a training video on hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillators on its Web site; requiring the training video to be selected by the State Board, in collaboration with t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-31
Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| HB617 | Engross
Sine Die | Stating the policy of the State regarding the refund of fees paid to a unit; and defining the term "unit".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-31
Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| SB249 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Commission on Maryland Cybersecurity Innovation and Excellence to work, in a specified manner, to develop specified strategies to enable organizations that adopt telemedicine to practice safe security techniques to minimize successful c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-31
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters |
| HB571 | Engross
Sine Die | Setting forth a goal of the State to achieve, by 2020, a ratio of at least one school counselor to every 250 students in every public middle and high school in the State; requiring each local school system to develop and adopt a plan on or before Dec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-31
Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| SB973 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering findings and policies regarding the creation of the Division of Pretrial Detention and Services; requiring the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services, on or before May 1, 2015, with the advice of the Pretrial Services Commissio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-31
Third Reading Passed (37-9) |
| HB1119 | Engross
Sine Die | Changing the name of the State Board of Master Electricians to the Board of Electricians; authorizing the Board to issue an apprentice license and a journeyperson license; authorizing the Board to adopt a State electrical code; altering duties and me...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-28
To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee |
| HB1000 | Engross
Sine Die | Repealing a provision of law that prohibits the Prince George's County Board of License Commissioners from transferring specified beer, wine or liquor licenses that have an off-sale privilege into the boundaries of specified alcoholic beverages distr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-28
To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee |
| HB530 | Engross
Sine Die | Creating an exception to the prohibition against a person operating a bicycle or a motor scooter on a roadway where the posted maximum speed limit exceeds 50 miles an hour; and authorizing a person who is lawfully operating a bicycle or a motor scoot...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-28
Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| HB1133 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing for archery hunters in Calvert County and St. Mary's County a safety zone of 100 yards within which archery hunting may not take place except under specified circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-28
To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee |
| HB1022 | Engross
Sine Die | Expanding to nine the membership of the Board of License Commissioners of Prince George's County; requiring the Governor to appoint at least one commissioner from each legislative district in the county; requiring specified central committees to desi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-28
To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee |
| HB1547 | Engross
Sine Die | Creating an exemption for a person who is a retired former member of the armed forces of the United States from the requirement to obtain a hunting license under specified circumstances; providing that the exemption applies only to hunting on specifi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-28
To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee |
| HB759 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to allow a person to hunt deer on a Sunday on private property in Calvert County from the first Sunday in October through the second Sunday in January of the following year, inclusive, subject to specif...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-28
To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee |
| HB183 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the definition of a "local government" under the Local Government Tort Claims Act to include the nonprofit corporation serving as the industrial development authority in Carroll County; providing that a specified notice requirement does not ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-28
Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| SB1017 | Engross
Sine Die | Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to provide that a county charter may provide for the filling of a vacancy in the office of chief executive officer or county executive of a county by special election; submitting an amendment to the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-27
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| SB997 | Engross
Sine Die | Increasing from three to four the number of deputy sheriff majors that the Sheriff of Baltimore City is required to appoint.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-27
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| HB924 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting a merchant from using a wireless Internet signal or a cellular phone to monitor the behavior or shopping habits of a specified consumer unless the merchant displays at each entrance to the merchant's business premises a specified notice i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-27
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB46 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing the State Board of Individual Tax Preparers to impose a civil penalty not exceeding $5,000 against a person who violates specified provisions of law; requiring the Board to consider specified factors to determine the amount of the penalty...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-27
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters |
| SB146 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of Business and Economic Development to include on the Web site of the Department specified information relating to foreign trade zones; and defining "foreign trade zone".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-27
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters |
| SB45 | 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] | 2014-03-27
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters |
| SB651 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim March 13 as K9 Veterans Day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-27
To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
| SB533 | Engross
Sine Die | Expanding a specified liability exemption for a landowner who agrees to the use of a defined part of the landowner's property for cross-country skiing or snowmobiling in Garrett County to apply to the use of an off-highway vehicle in the State.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-27
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| SB283 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing the Secretary of State Police to accept a background investigation performed on behalf of an armored car company in place of a criminal history records check performed by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services under spe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB197 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring that the statewide information technology master plan developed by the Secretary of Information Technology include a cybersecurity framework; and requiring that the Secretary consider materials developed by the National Institute of Standar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-27
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters |
| SB1034 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering provisions of law concerning the filling of a vacancy on the Queen Anne's County Board of Education; providing for the holding of an election to fill a vacancy on the county board under specified circumstances; and providing that a member ap...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-27
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| HB943 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of Legislative Services to complete a study analyzing whether Baltimore City's property tax structure places an equitable burden on homeowners, renters, and commercial property owners; requiring the study to examine specified...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-27
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| HB345 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the contents of the certificate of a qualified expert to include a statement from a qualified expert that the licensed professional failed to meet an applicable standard of professional care and supervision; applying the Act prospectively; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-26
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| SB840 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring each Maryland corporation that has been awarded a contract by the State for more than $250,000 during the previous 12 months to submit a specified report each year to the Board of Public Works; and specifying the contents of the report.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-26
To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
| SB1046 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing that the Sheriff of Washington County shall receive a salary that is the greater of $100,000 or the salary set by the County Commissioners of Washington County under specified provisions of law; requiring the County Commissioners of Washing...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-26
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| SB806 | Engross
Sine Die | Increasing the penalty from $500 to $5,000 and terms of imprisonment not to exceed 6 months for a specified offense relating to subjecting a student to the risk of serious bodily injury for the purpose of an initiation into a student organization of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-26
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| SB411 | Engross
Sine Die | Excluding as a father of a child, for purposes of specified provisions relating to the paternity of a child in a guardian or adoption proceeding, a man who has committed a specified sexual crime against the child's mother; requiring a court to consid...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB947 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing a local government to use a specified process to remediate blighted property; requiring the owner of a blighted property, on notification from the appropriate unit of local government, to remediate the property's blighted condition in a s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-26
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| HB1302 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing that specified provisions in a contract or agreement relating to architectural, engineering, inspecting, or surveying services that purport to require the promisor or indemnitor to defend or pay the costs of defending specified promisees or...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-26
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| SB656 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting the use of a physical restraint on an inmate while the inmate is in labor or during delivery except under specified circumstances; requiring the specified responsible medical personnel to determine when the inmate's health allows the inma...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-26
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| SB41 | 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] | 2014-03-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB857 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing an attorney or any other officer of the court entitled to the issuance of a subpoena by a clerk of a court to obtain from the clerk of the court a subpoena that is signed and sealed by the clerk of court; authorizing the attorney or other...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-26
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| SB688 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing that an employer is liable under specified circumstances in an action concerning a violation of specified provisions of law based on the creation or continuation of a hostile work environment; providing for the prospective application of th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-26
To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
