| HB146 | Intro
Sine Die | Increasing the minimum and maximum limitation amounts of the standard deduction allowed under the State income tax for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2015, by a specified cost-of-living adjustment; etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means |
| HB144 | Intro
Sine Die | Including income from specified retirement plans within a subtraction modification allowed under the Maryland income tax for retired individuals who are at least 65 years old or who are disabled or whose spouse is disabled; applying the Act to taxabl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means |
| SB664 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting the State or a local jurisdiction from imposing or levying a vehicle-miles-traveled tax or other similar fees, tolls, or taxes; prohibiting the State or a local jurisdiction from requiring the installation of a device in or on a privately...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| HB968 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the requirements for making a specified complaint against a law enforcement officer for a reason that may lead to a specified action; altering the individuals who may conduct a specified investigation, interrogation, or hearing against a spe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB142 | Intro
Sine Die | Increasing the amount of specified exemptions allowed under the State income tax for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2015, by a specified cost-of-living adjustment; etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means |
| SB42 | Intro
Sine Die | Repealing the requirement that, on or before July 1, 2013, a county or municipality subject to a specified municipal stormwater permit adopt and implement laws or ordinances to establish a watershed protection and restoration program; repealing the r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| SB629 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing a specified county governing body to exclude specified lease payments made by the county board of education from the maintenance of effort calculation under specified circumstances; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| HB608 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing that a plaintiff in a civil action against a law enforcement officer or law enforcement agency for injuries resulting from law enforcement officer misconduct may not be required, as a part of a settlement of the civil action, to agree not t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB668 | Intro
Sine Die | Extending from 7 to 20 years the statute of limitations in specified civil actions relating to child sexual abuse.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| SB470 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person from administering an antibiotic drug to a food-producing animal in the absence of any clinical sign of disease and without a prescription from a licensed veterinarian; requiring the State Department of Agriculture to establish b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs; Withdrawn |
| HB251 | Intro
Sine Die | Reducing the State corporate income tax rate from 8.25% to 6% beginning in tax year 2015.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means |
| HB734 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing a procedure for the election and appointment of specified members of the Anne Arundel County Board of Education; repealing provisions governing the appointment of all members of the county board; requiring the County Executive of Anne Ar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| SB752 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing procedures for arbitration of collective bargaining disputes involving the exclusive representative of sworn law enforcement officers in the Charles County Sheriff's Office; authorizing any party to a collective bargaining agreement to d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
Unfavorable Report by Finance; Withdrawn |
| HB250 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for any income received by an individual who is at least 65 years old or is totally disabled; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2014; etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means |
| HB819 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a law enforcement agency to order a law enforcement officer to submit to specified alcohol and drug testing if the officer was involved in an incident in which the officer discharged a firearm or an electronic control device or caused a mot...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB310 | Intro
Sine Die | Increasing the number of members of the Baltimore City School Commissioners; requiring that three board members be elected at large by the voters of Baltimore City; altering the length of a term of the members of the board; requiring specified board ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| SB932 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to notify an applicant for the issuance or renewal of a driver's license or an identification card of the option of, and requirements for, obtaining a specified veteran status notation; etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
Referred Senate Rules |
| HB338 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the deployment of a SWAT team only under specified circumstances; requiring a law enforcement agency to create a specified report before the deployment of a SWAT team, with a specified exception; requiring, at specified intervals beginnin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB36 | Intro
Sine Die | Repealing the requirement that, on or before July 1, 2013, a county or municipality subject to a specified municipal stormwater permit adopt and implement laws or ordinances to establish a watershed protection and restoration program; repealing the r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| SB660 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the General Assembly to increase or add Executive Department items in the budget bill, subject to a specified limitation; providing for the veto of specified budget bill items; providing for the reversion to original appropriations of spe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| HB790 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the Washington County Board of Education to establish an alternative teacher certification program; authorizing the Board to declare a critical teacher shortage and certify specified candidates to fill specified teacher shortage vacancies...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| SB300 | Intro
Sine Die | Increasing, subject to specified conditions, to two the number of Class A alcoholic beverages licenses that may be issued in the State to any individual for a specified use; and clarifying that, with a specified exception, no more than one license ma...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| SB284 | Intro
Sine Die | Increasing the occurrence of a specified promotional event established under the Jane Lawton Farm-to-School Program in the Department of Agriculture to advocate State agriculture and farm products to children through school meal and classroom program...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| SB100 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifying that self-defense can qualify as a good and substantial reason to wear, carry, or transport a handgun for purposes of the issuance by the Secretary of State Police of a permit to carry, wear, or transport a handgun.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| HB1042 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting specified nitrogen oxide emissions rates for specified affected electric generating units from exceeding specified amounts; requiring the owner or operator of an affected electric generating unit to submit a specified plan for approval to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| SB742 | Intro
Sine Die | Limiting the types of beverages that a restaurant may include in the price of a children's menu of meal options or a meal that is represented as a child's meal; and authorizing a restaurant to offer specified beverages to minors for a charge.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB675 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) Laboratory Safety Program; requiring the Program to identify specified BSL-3 laboratories in the State and their locations and collect other information regarding safety issues relevant to BSL-3 laboratories...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB725 | Intro
Sine Die | Making specified provisions of law concerning the advertising for bids for specified procurements costing more than $25,000 apply to construction-related projects for schools in Baltimore County; providing for the prospective application of the Act; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| HB1011 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the issuance of a certified or an abridged copy of a birth certificate to an adult child of the individual to whom the record relates.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
| SB530 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a court to inform a person convicted of a specified offense that the person is prohibited from possessing a firearm under specified provisions of law; providing that if a person commits a specified offense and the offense is a domestically ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| SB789 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing an exemption under the sales and use tax for nonprofit organizations authorized by the governing authority of a public library district, municipal library, or county library in the State to perform auxiliary services for that library.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| SB619 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing a specified member of the State Advisory Council on Quality Care at the End of Life to serve another 4 years as a member and chair of the Advisory Council after the completion of two consecutive 4-year terms, notwithstanding specified pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB670 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting the State Department of Assessments and Taxation from imposing a fee for the filing of specified documents by corporations or business entities with 10 or fewer employees; requiring specified corporations to compute Maryland taxable incom...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| HB1018 | Intro
Sine Die | Stating the intent of the General Assembly that no voter should have to wait more than 30 minutes to vote at an early voting center or polling place; stating the intent of the General Assembly that the State Board of Elections and local boards of ele...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-11
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| SB389 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the State income tax rates for specified income of individuals; requiring the Comptroller to waive, under specified circumstances, interest and penalties imposed on an individual relating to payment of estimated income tax for calendar year ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-11
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| SB385 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt regulations setting standards that use the American Society of Addiction Medicine criteria for treatment, care, and rehabilitation of individuals with a substance use disorder; requiring, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-11
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB885 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a corporation from using any money or other property of the corporation in connection with a political expenditure unless the stockholders, by a majority vote, have authorized in advance the amount of money or property to be used and dire...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-11
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| HB1015 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Responsible Tobacco Retailing Program in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; repealing specified exemptions from licensure for specified retailers of specified tobacco products; increasing specified licensure fees for specif...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-11
Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) |
| SB430 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing that specified provisions of law apply to mental health and substance use disorder benefits provided by the Maryland Medical Assistance Program or administered by an administrative services organization; requiring the Department of Health a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-11
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB372 | Intro
Sine Die | Allowing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for contributions to a specified first-time homebuyer savings account during a taxable year and specified earnings on the account; providing that an account holder may claim the subtra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-11
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| SB376 | Intro
Sine Die | Allowing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for specified tolls paid through the use of the E-ZPass Maryland program; requiring a taxpayer to submit specified documentation to qualify for the subtraction modification; defining s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-11
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| SB700 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a ticket seller or an operator of a ticket seller's Web site from prohibiting the transfer of a specified ticket, requiring an additional fee for the transfer of a specified ticket, or requiring a purchaser of a ticket to present specifie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-11
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB1064 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a local board of canvassers to complete specified ballot accounting, reconciliation, and tabulation audit procedures in a specified manner before certifying the results of an election; requiring the State Board of Elections to adopt specifi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-11
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| SB327 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt regulations setting standards that use the American Society of Addiction Medicine criteria for treatment, care, and rehabilitation of individuals with a substance use disorder.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-11
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB661 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering a specified limit on the unified credit used for determining the Maryland estate tax for decedents dying on or after January 1, 2015; altering a specified limitation on the amount of the Maryland estate tax for decedents dying on or after Ja...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-11
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| HB1031 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Let's Play Maryland Pilot Program in the Governor's Office for Children; specifying the purpose of the Program; specifying eligibility requirements for participation in the Program; authorizing the Office, beginning on July 1, 2016, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-11
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| HB470 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing specified procedures for determining the legal sufficiency of specified certificates of qualified experts and their reports in health care malpractice claims or actions; and applying the Act prospectively.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB1049 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring specified voter registration agencies to implement a fully automated voter registration system on or before July 1, 2016; requiring specified voter registration agencies to submit specified reports to specified committees of the General Ass...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-11
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| HB547 | Intro
Sine Die | Repealing provisions relating to the Health Care Alternative Dispute Resolution Office; prohibiting a person from bringing an action against a health care provider for a medical injury unless the person provides to the health care provider a specifie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-11
Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary) |
| SB712 | Intro
Sine Die | Imposing a tax on the production of natural gas from specified wells in the State; setting the rate of the tax at 2.5% of the gross fair market value of natural gas produced at the wellhead; providing for the administration of the tax by the Comptrol...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-11
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
