| HB174 | Pass | Changing the name of the Internal Investigative Unit in the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to the Intelligence and Investigative Division; and requiring the Intelligence and Investigative Division to oversee and coordinate inte... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 217 |
| SB434 | Pass | Requiring the court, if a motion to extend the term of a final peace order or a final protective order is filed during the term of the order, to hold a hearing within 30 days after the motion is filed; and requiring the court, if the hearing is sched... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 164 |
| SB1103 | Pass | Authorizing the Board of Liquor License Commissioners for Baltimore City to issue a Class C beer, wine and liquor license in ward 5, precinct 1 of the 44th alcoholic beverages district in Baltimore City. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 210 |
| HB460 | Pass | Requiring the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission, rather than the Department of State Police, to conduct background investigations in connection with specified gaming licenses; etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 231 |
| SB364 | Pass | Making the use or possession of less than 10 grams of marijuana a civil rather than a criminal offense; establishing that a person who violates the Act may be issued a citation; establishing fines; requiring a court to order a specified person who ha... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 158 |
| HB461 | Pass | Establishing the State Early Childhood Advisory Council; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Council; requiring the Council to develop a strategic plan to improve the school readiness of young children; requiring the Council to ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 232 |
| SB116 | Pass | Extending to June 30, 2016 the termination of specified provisions of law authorizing the Department of Juvenile Services to transfer a child committed to residential placement from a specified facility to another facility under specified circumstanc... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 135 |
| SB126 | Pass | Exempting from the prohibition against an employer requiring or demanding, as a condition of employment, that an individual submit to or take a polygraph examination or other similar test an individual who applies for employment or is employed as a c... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 139 |
| SB460 | Pass | Altering the definition of "person in a position of authority" for purposes of a specified prohibition against engaging in sexual contact, a sexual act, or vaginal intercourse with a specified minor; repealing a requirement that the "person in a posi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 170 |
| SB416 | Pass | Repealing the termination date of specified provisions of law requiring health maintenance organizations to pay nonparticipating providers for specified services at specified rates. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 163 |
| SB456 | Pass | Altering the definition of "premium" for purposes of the insurance laws of the State to include a driving record report fee and an accident history report fee. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 169 |
| SB112 | Pass | Repealing the Innovative Partnerships for Technology Program for State community colleges, including the authority of the Maryland Higher Education Commission to adopt regulations relating to the Program; and repealing a cross-reference to the Progra... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 134 |
| SB479 | Pass | Requiring, to the extent practicable, that the Board for the Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Company reflect the geographic and demographic, including race and gender, diversity of the State, and that at least one member shall have significant experi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 172 |
| SB453 | Pass | Authorizing the State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, and Speech-Language Pathologists to issue cease and desist orders or obtain injunctive relief for violations of specified provisions of law; authorizing an action to b... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 167 |
| SB120 | Pass | Adding the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation and the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to the list of public agencies required to request a local school system superintendent to appoint a parent surrogate to represent... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 136 |
| SB436 | Pass | Requiring a specified court to grant appropriate relief on a finding that a law enforcement agency obtained evidence in violation of a specified right or law under specified circumstances. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 165 |
| HB307 | Pass | Changing the standard of proof from clear and convincing evidence to a preponderance of the evidence by which a judge in a peace order hearing must make specified findings before the judge may issue a final peace order or mutual peace orders; and cha... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 112 |
| SB106 | Pass | Exempting from the recordation tax and the State transfer tax the transfer of real property between specified business entities as part of a specified reorganization; and applying the Act to instruments of writing recorded on or after July 1, 2014. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 129 |
| HB1164 | Pass | Establishing the Maryland College and Career-Ready Standards and Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) Implementation Review Workgroup; requiring the Workgroup to assess specified needs, design specified plans, and m... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 246 |
| HB1399 | Pass | Providing that the Sheriff of Washington County shall receive a salary of 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 Washington C... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 250 |
| HB175 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from attempting to deliver or possessing with the intent to deliver specified telecommunication devices or accessories to a person detained or confined in a specified place of confinement; prohibiting a person from depositing or ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 145 |
| SB111 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to establish a Private Career School Advisory Council; and repealing the requirement that the Commission establish a William Donald Schaefer Scholarship Advisory Council. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 133 |
| HB1417 | Pass | Altering provisions that apply to the work sharing unemployment insurance program; requiring that a decision by the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to disapprove a work sharing plan identify the reasons for disapproval; altering require... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 251 |
| SB490 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to issue a limited lines license as a self-service storage producer to an owner of a self-service storage facility and specified individuals who meet specified requirements; providing for the scope of the... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 174 |
| SB348 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from committing a violation of a prohibition against using a text messaging device or a handheld telephone while driving that causes an accident that directly results in the death or serious bodily injury of another; etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 260 |
| SB465 | Pass | Repealing provisions of law prohibiting a member of the Washington County Gaming Commission from serving on the gaming commission if the member serves on the board of directors or as an officer of an organization that applies for funds from the gamin... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 171 |
| HB306 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from committing a specified crime of violence when the person knows or reasonably should know that a minor who is at least 2 years old is present in a residence; establishing a specified circumstance under which a minor is presen... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 116 |
| SB884 | Pass | Altering the circumstances under which a health insurance carrier is not prohibited from providing bonuses or other incentive-based compensation to a health care practitioner or a set of health care practitioners. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 204 |
| SB481 | Pass | Prohibiting an individual under the age of 21 years from playing a table game or video lottery terminal in a video lottery facility, or from entering or remaining in an area within a video lottery facility that is designated for table game or video l... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 173 |
| SB54 | Pass | Specifying that the duties of the Maryland Apprenticeship and Training Council are to be carried out consistent with the approval of the Division of Labor and Industry; authorizing the Council, under specified circumstances, to designate specified Co... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 120 |
| HB454 | Pass | Authorizing the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to suspend a gaming license on an emergency basis if the suspension is necessary to protect the State's gaming program from specified harm; requiring the Commission to schedule a hearing on ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 230 |
| SB440 | Pass | Authorizing the Board of County Commissioners for Somerset County to establish and fund a volunteer service award program for qualified members of volunteer fire departments, ambulance companies, and rescue squads. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 166 |
| SB503 | Pass | Requiring a public school student to complete, as part of the health or physical education curriculum, instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation that includes hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrilla... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 175 |
| SB922 | Pass | Authorizing a victim or a victim's representative to follow a specified protocol in order to request specified notices in a specified electronic form; authorizing the prosecuting attorney and the clerk of specified courts to provide specified notices... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 205 |
| SB60 | Pass | Altering in Dorchester County the hours that a Class B beer and light wine license holder may sell beer and light wine on Sundays for on- and off-premises consumption; and repealing a prohibition against the sale of beer and light wine on Sundays aft... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 122 |
| HB957 | Pass | Altering the penalty for a third or subsequent violation of specified prohibitions against driving while impaired by alcohol or drugs; etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 244 |
| HB451 | Pass | Altering the purposes of the Neighborhood Business Development Program to include helping to create specified small businesses and other food-related enterprises in food deserts; requiring the Business Development Program in the Neighborhood Business... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 228 |
| SB988 | Pass | Requiring the State Department of Education to report to the General Assembly on specified matters relating to broadband capabilities in local school systems on or before December 1, 2014; and terminating the Act at the end of December 31, 2014. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 208 |
| SB860 | Pass | Requiring, on or before January 1, 2016, each law enforcement agency in the State to adopt the Police Training Commission's Eyewitness Identification Model Policy or adopt and implement a specified policy relating to specified identification procedur... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 201 |
| SB95 | Pass | Authorizing the Comptroller of the State to monitor and record specified incoming telephone calls to employees of the Comptroller's call centers for training, quality assurance, and employee safety purposes; prohibiting the Comptroller from recording... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 128 |
| SB162 | Pass | Altering the definition of "practice podiatry" to include the surgical treatment of acute ankle fracture in the scope of practice of licensed podiatrists; and requiring qualifications that a hospital or related institution sets for granting specified... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 140 |
| HB876 | Pass | Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City to implement, by law, a specified property tax credit that may not exceed a specified amount under specified circumstances; authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City to adopt spe... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 194 |
| HB856 | Pass | Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Maryland Insurance Administration to establish a specified stakeholder workgroup on workforce development for community health workers; requiring the workgroup to conduct a study and make ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 259 |
| HB1388 | Pass | Requiring the State Department of Education to report to the General Assembly on specified matters relating to broadband capabilities in local school systems on or before December 1, 2014; and terminating the Act at the end of December 31, 2014. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 209 |
| HB976 | Pass | Increasing the annual salary of the State's Attorney of Prince George's County to $199,000; providing that the Act does not apply to the salary or compensation of the State's Attorney of Prince George's County while serving before October 1, 2014; pr... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 245 |
| SB124 | Pass | Repealing the Education Coordinating Committee and the Lida Lee Tall Learning Resources Center. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 138 |
| SB685 | Pass | Requiring the State Department of Human Resources or a local department of social services to provide to a health care practitioner specified information if requested by the health care practitioner or a specified agency, institution, or program unde... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 190 |
| HB714 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from maliciously using an interactive computer service to disclose or assist another person to disclose specified personal identifying information of an individual, without the consent of the individual, in order to annoy, threat... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 237 |
| SB815 | Pass | Exempting specified work release and prerelease programs in Montgomery County from specified prohibitions relating to telecommunication devices in a place of confinement. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 197 |
| SB382 | Pass | Requiring a person to have a specified license before doing business as a buyer of personal property by means of an automated purchasing machine in the State; requiring applicants for a buyer license and a specified resident agent of an applicant or ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 161 |