| HB641 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a family child care home that participates in the Maryland Child Care Subsidy Program to register with the State Department of Education and comply with specified regulations concerning registration; and altering a specified definition of "...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
| SB311 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the State Board of Elections and local boards of elections to emphasize in public communications specified information about casting a ballot by mail; and specifying public communications that are subject to the Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee |
| HB342 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the State Department of Education to establish a consortium of qualified substitute related services providers who may assist in delivering specified services in the absence of the regular related services provider.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| HB389 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting public schools and publicly funded prekindergarten programs from opening for pupil attendance prior to the day after Labor Day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| SB283 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering specified financial disclosure provisions governing an elected local official of a municipal corporation; prohibiting the disclosure of specified information concerning specified relatives, interests in specified real property or business en...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee |
| SB697 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to convene a workgroup to evaluate and make findings and recommendations regarding the state of mental health care delivery on the Eastern Shore of Maryland; requiring the workgroup to include spe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB616 | Intro
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] | 2015-02-26
Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs; Withdrawn |
| HB407 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing a public high school in Baltimore County to adopt a school schedule for that school; requiring the principal of a public high school to convene a school schedule committee to study and recommend a school schedule; providing for the 20-mem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| HB1213 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the One Maryland Blue Ribbon Commission; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Commission; requiring the Commission to review the current State procurement process and develop policy recommendations to ensure greater ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-26
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| SB156 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish, before June 1, 2016, a specified sickle cell disease outreach program; requiring that the program provide specified programs, support, and services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. |
| SB357 | Intro
Sine Die | Increasing, from $1,500,000 to $6,000,000, a specified statutory minimum grant to Baltimore City, payable from the State's share of the proceeds of Program Open Space, for specified purposes related to Program Open Space; requiring the Department of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation) |
| SB365 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering eligibility criteria for credits under the One Maryland Economic Development Tax Credit to include persons who establish or expand a business facility that, for specified business incubators, creates at least 25 qualified positions at the fa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| SB397 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt rules and regulations for licensees of the Developmental Disabilities Administration to obtain and provide information on employees; requiring the rules and regulations to require a licens...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB1205 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing evidence of a defendant's past sex crime or past sex abuse of a minor to be admitted in specified prosecutions; requiring a prosecutor who intends to offer specified evidence to disclose the evidence to the defendant at least 15 days befo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| HB1202 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring each highway construction or maintenance project that includes a pavement component to use at least 10% recycled aggregate in all bound pavement layers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| HB1203 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing a Class S motor vehicle registration classification for motor vehicles used by a drivers' school to give highway driving instruction; establishing specified annual registration fees for Class S (drivers' school) vehicles; providing for t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| HB1196 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Commission on the Long-Term Care Medical Assistance Program Eligibility Determination Process; providing for the composition, chair, duties, and staffing of the Commission; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| SB475 | Intro
Sine Die | Increasing from $15,000 to $30,000 the maximum amount in controversy in a civil action in which a party may not demand a jury trial; providing for the construction and application of the Act; and making the Act contingent on the passage and ratificat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| HB1201 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists to issue a provisional license for 1 year to an individual to practice clinical alcohol and drug counseling, clinical marriage and family therapy, clinical professional art therapy...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| HB1204 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the Sheriff of Anne Arundel County to appoint an administrative or executive assistant to serve at the pleasure of the Sheriff; exempting the administrative or executive assistant to the Sheriff from the county merit system; etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| HB1197 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a secured party from obtaining a deficiency judgment or taking any other action to collect a deficiency in an action to foreclose a mortgage or deed of trust on owner-occupied residential property that was recorded on or after October 1, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| HB1200 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the State Board of Education to include in the graduation requirements for public high schools a requirement that each student take a standardized government high school assessment; requiring, beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, the g...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| HB1199 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the calculation of specified property tax relief provided to specified renters in Baltimore City by altering the percentage of rent used to determine the amount of assumed property tax and altering the calculation of combined income for a Ba...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| SB390 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring specified public agencies to bear a specified burden of proof in due process hearings that are held to resolve a dispute relating to the provision of a free appropriate public education; providing a specified exception for a parent or guard...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee |
| SB574 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing an exemption from the sales and use tax for specified sales of bottled water; clarifying that the exemption does not apply to specified sales of bottled water; etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| SB405 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing a tax credit against the State income tax for contributions made to specified student assistance organizations; requiring the Department of Business and Economic Development to administer the tax credit; requiring specified entities to subm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| HB722 | Intro
Sine Die | Repealing a credit against the State income tax for the expense of registering specified qualified vehicles in the State; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2014.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| SB584 | Intro
Sine Die | Allowing a credit against the State income tax for 50% of an investment, not to exceed specified amounts, made in a qualified innovation business; requiring a qualified investor to meet specified requirements in order to be eligible for the credit; r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| SB474 | Intro
Sine Die | Increasing, from more than $15,000 to more than $30,000, the amount in controversy in civil proceedings in which the right to a jury trial may be limited by legislation; and submitting the constitutional amendment to the qualified voters of the State...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| SB281 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Blue Ribbon Commission to Study Maryland's Behavioral Health System; providing for the composition, chair, staffing, and duties of the Commission; requiring, to the extent practicable, that the membership of the Commission reflect th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB280 | Intro
Sine Die | Allowing a qualified farm a credit, for tax years 2015 through 2017, 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] | 2015-02-25
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| SB494 | Intro
Sine Die | Increasing from $3,500,000 to $6,000,000 the maximum sum of contributions for specified projects under the Neighborhood and Community Assistance Program that are eligible for a specified tax credit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| HB626 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering to 10,000 the number of registered voters in the State that must be affiliated with a political party as of December 31 each year in order for the political party to retain its status.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| HB723 | Intro
Sine Die | Repealing specified tax credits allowed against the public service company franchise tax for the purchase of Maryland-mined coal; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after 2014; etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| SB312 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Maryland Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program for eligible private sector employees; establishing the Maryland Secure Choice Retirement Savings Trust; establishing the Maryland Secure Choice Retirement Savings Board to implement,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation) |
| SB338 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the definition of "person in interest" as it relates to the disclosure of confidential medical records to include the spouse, parent, or child of a deceased person under specified circumstances; and requiring a specified person in interest t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB479 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the maximum amount of noneconomic damages that may be recovered in health care malpractice and other civil actions for a catastrophic injury under specified circumstances; etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| HB454 | 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] | 2015-02-25
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| SB319 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing a court to award to a prevailing plaintiff reasonable attorney's fees and expenses in specified actions seeking to remedy a violation of a Maryland constitutional right; authorizing a court to award reasonable attorney's fees and expenses...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-25
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| SB212 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a person who is convicted of driving while under the influence of alcohol to successfully complete the Ignition Interlock System Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-24
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| HB392 | Intro
Sine Die | Increasing the maximum amount allowed as a subtraction modification under the State income tax for specified retirement income of an individual who is at least 70 years old or who is totally disabled; providing that the amount of the subtraction modi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-24
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| SB473 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring that in Baltimore County, a specified allocation of money from the Senator William H. Amoss Fire, Rescue, and Ambulance Fund shall be determined by a two-thirds vote of specified individuals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-24
To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee |
| HB421 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Maryland Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program for eligible private sector employees; establishing the Maryland Secure Choice Retirement Savings Trust; establishing the Maryland Secure Choice Retirement Savings Board to implement,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-24
Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) |
| SB464 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring, for the purpose of assessing specified costs under a specified provision of law, the Workers' Compensation Commission to find under specified circumstances that a person has brought a proceeding under the Workers' Compensation Act without ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-24
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB911 | Intro
Sine Die | Repealing specified criminal and civil prohibitions against the use and possession of marijuana; establishing specified exemptions from prosecution for specified persons for using, obtaining, purchasing, transporting, or possessing marijuana under sp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-24
Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary) |
| HB221 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Commission on Tax Policy, Reform, and Fairness; specifying the membership of the Commission; providing for the appointment of a Senate cochair and House cochair of the Commission; providing for the staffing of the Commission; prohibi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-24
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| HB433 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Office of the Attorney General, at least 90 days before the implementation of any law that reduces penalties for or legalizes the use of marijuana, to establish an information system, including the creation of a Web site and public serv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-24
Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary) |
| HB199 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the definition of a "foster parent" to include individuals approved by specified child placement agencies and specified treatment foster parents for purposes of a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for unreimbursed expens...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-24
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| HB1191 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing evidence of a defendant's past sex crime or past sex abuse of a minor to be admitted in specified prosecutions; requiring a prosecutor who intends to offer specified evidence to disclose the evidence to the defendant at least 15 days befo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-24
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| HB1192 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the court, in any case in which the court determines child support, to also consider custody and visitation of the child; and requiring the Child Support Enforcement Administration to refer the parties to the court for purposes of consideri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-24
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
