MD Legislation | 2015 | Regular Session

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SB185PassNaming the Workforce Shortage Student Assistance grant for child care providers to be the grant known as the Hattie N. Harrison Memorial Scholarship; and generally relating to the Workforce Shortage Student Assistance grants for child care providers.
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 316
SB508PassProhibiting specified county boards of education and specified nonpublic schools from hiring or retaining specified individuals who have been convicted of specified crimes; requiring specified contracts to provide that specified contractors or subcon...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 180
SB592PassIncreasing from $5,000 to $10,000 a subtraction modification under the State income tax for specified military retirement income for individuals who are at least 65 years old on the last day of the taxable year; and applying the Act to all taxable ye...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 125
HB83VetoClarifying that an official custodian is required to designate types of public records of the governmental unit that are to be made available and to maintain a current list of the types of public records that have been designated as available to any ...
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2015-05-12
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
HB189PassAuthorizing the Secretary of State Police to accept a criminal background investigation performed on behalf of an armored car company in place of a specified criminal history records check performed by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 404
SB67PassClassifying the offense of home invasion as a crime of violence under specified provisions of law.
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 321
SB172VetoRequiring a court exercising criminal jurisdiction in a case involving a child, or the District Court at a bail review or preliminary hearing involving a child, to order a specified child to be held in a secure juvenile facility pending a specified t...
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2015-05-12
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
SB210PassProhibiting an institution of postsecondary education from requiring, requesting, suggesting, or causing a student, an applicant, or a prospective student to grant access to, allow observation of, or disclose information that allows access to or obse...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 466
HB887VetoRequiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for at least two brand name abuse-deterrent opioid analgesic drug products and, if available, at least two generic abuse-deterrent opioid ana...
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2015-05-12
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
HB1182PassApproving specified projects for the acquisition, development, and improvement of specified academic facilities for the University System of Maryland; authorizing the University System of Maryland to issue bonds in a total principal amount of $37,500...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 471
SB862PassRatifying amendments to the Natural Resources Article that require a specified percentage of revenues attributable to Maryland Park Service operations be appropriated in the State budget by the Governor for the Maryland Park Service; requiring the bu...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 389
SB103PassClarifying that regular interest may not be paid on member contributions of specified members of the Judges' Retirement System under specified circumstances; providing that an individual who was a member of the Judges Retirement System on or before J...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 150
SB204PassAltering the date of the statewide primary election in the year in which the President of the United States is elected; altering the date of the primary election for municipal offices in Baltimore City in the year in which the President of the United...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 332
SB195PassAltering the circumstances under which a specified unit of a State facility may admit a minor under a specified provision of law for the treatment of a mental disorder to allow for the assent to the admission to be made by a psychiatric nurse practit...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 330
HB938VetoRequiring that, in Prince George's County, the zoning hearing examiner shall issue a decision on a zoning matter not more than 30 days after the matter is remanded and relevant information is received from the applicant or the district council; alter...
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2015-05-12
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
HB77VetoClarifying that regular interest may not be paid on member contributions of specified members of the Judges' Retirement System under specified circumstances; providing that an individual who was a member of the Judges' Retirement System on or before ...
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2015-05-12
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
SB579VetoIncreasing from $1,350,000 to $2,250,000 the maximum amount that the Maryland Small Business Development Financing Authority may guarantee a surety under the Small Business Surety Bond Program; and increasing from $1,000,000 to $2,500,000 the maximum...
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2015-05-12
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
HB164PassLimiting the amount of a supersedeas bond required to stay the enforcement of a judgment in a civil action; authorizing a court to reduce further the amount of a supersedeas bond; providing a procedure by which an appellee may seek discovery for the ...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 225
HB236PassProhibiting a person from intentionally causing physical injury to another if the person knows or has reason to know that the other is a firefighter, an emergency medical technician, a rescue squad member, or any other first responder engaged in prov...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 410
HB244PassAuthorizing a person to petition the court to shield court records and police records relating to shieldable convictions no earlier than 3 years after the person satisfies the sentence or sentences imposed for all convictions for which shielding is r...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 313
HB1176VetoAuthorizing the organization that represents a majority of the standardbred owners and trainers in the State to apply to the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation for the reimbursement of specified expenditures not to exceed 2% of all open pu...
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2015-05-12
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
HB76VetoRequiring specified accumulated contributions of nonvested former members to be transferred into a specified fund; clarifying that specified accumulated contributions shall be paid to specified former members under specified circumstances; requiring ...
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2015-05-12
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
SB863PassRepealing the requirement that a specified county or municipality adopt and implement local laws or ordinances necessary to establish a watershed protection and restoration program; exempting a specified county from specified provisions of the Act; a...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 124
HB1183PassRequiring a contract for the initial sale of a new home to include a specified provision under specified circumstances; authorizing a seller or purchaser to declare a specified contract void and of no effect under specified circumstances; requiring a...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 472
SB189VetoRequiring the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services to require an individual to pass a polygraph examination before being appointed to serve as a correctional officer in a correctional facility; and requiring the Secretary to adopt reg...
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2015-05-12
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
SB370PassProviding that only the State may enact a law or take other action to prohibit, restrict, or regulate the testing or operation of unmanned aircraft systems; requiring the Department of Business and Economic Development, in consultation with other spe...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 164
SB607VetoEstablishing the Joint Committee on Behavioral Health and Opioid Use Disorders; specifying the purposes of the Joint Committee are to review the final report of the Governor's Heroin and Opioid Emergency Task Force, review and monitor the activities ...
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2015-05-12
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
HB947PassRequiring the Professional Standards and Teacher Education Board to require, beginning on or before July 1, 2016, specified certificate holders applying for renewal of a certificate as a school counselor to have obtained, by a method determined by th...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 467
HB1188PassAltering the definition of "police officer" and "law enforcement officer" under specified provisions of law to clarify that the terms include members of the Maryland Capitol Police of the Department of General Services; clarifying the geographic area...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 302
SB14VetoAltering the definition of "pharmacist rehabilitation committee", for purposes of provisions of law governing pharmacist rehabilitation committees, to provide that it is a group that includes at least one pharmacist instead of a group, the majority o...
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2015-05-12
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
HB935PassAuthorizing the governing body of Prince George's County to file a complaint to foreclose all rights of redemption in abandoned property consisting of a vacant lot or improved property cited as vacant and unfit for habitation on a housing or building...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 289
SB106VetoAuthorizing the Chesapeake Bay Trust to invest any money of the Trust in marketable equity securities, marketable equity-related mutual funds, or debt-related mutual funds; etc.
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2015-05-12
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
SB225PassAltering the definition of unaccompanied homeless youth by requiring specified documentation that establishes that the child or youth has had a consistent presence in the State for at least 1 year before enrollment in a public institution of higher e...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 333
HB795PassRequiring, in Washington County, violations of the alcoholic beverages laws of the State or any regulation adopted under those laws to be expunged by the Washington County Board of License Commissioners after 5 years from the date the violation occur...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 277
HB58PassProhibiting an individual from serving concurrently as a member of a health occupations board or a specified advisory committee and as an elected officer of a specified professional association that advocates for the interests of the individuals regu...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 219
SB62VetoRepealing a requirement that specified water and sewer authorities pay a fee of 5 cents for each entry to the clerk of a circuit court in the county where the specified real estate is located to record a lien in a specified lien register.
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2015-05-12
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
HB165PassAltering a specified ground for limited divorce by repealing a requirement that separation of the parties be voluntary and without a reasonable expectation of reconciliation; and repealing a specified condition precedent to granting a decree of limit...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 226
SB632VetoRequiring, in Washington County, violations of the alcoholic beverages laws of the State or any regulation adopted under those laws to be expunged by the Washington County Board of License Commissioners after 5 years from the date the violation occur...
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2015-05-12
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
HB657PassAuthorizing specified pharmacists to administer a self-administered drug to a patient under specified circumstances in accordance with specified regulations; defining a specified term; etc.
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 447
SB634PassAuthorizing a special liquor tasting license to be issued in Washington County; authorizing the license to be issued only to a holder of a Class A (off-sale) beer, wine and liquor license; establishing the annual license fee of $300 for 12 tastings a...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 186
HB616VetoRepealing provisions authorizing the County Commissioners of St. Mary's County to pass rules, regulations, or resolutions relating to dog licenses, the prohibition of dogs running at large off the property of the owner, the seizure and disposal of do...
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2015-05-12
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
HB803PassAuthorizing a person to plant, grow, harvest, possess, process, sell, or buy industrial hemp in the State; requiring a person to register with the Department of Agriculture before planting or growing industrial hemp; altering the definition of "marij...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 456
SB174PassEstablishing the Behavioral Health Advisory Council in the Office of the Governor; providing the purpose of the Council is to promote a quality system of care that integrates specified practices and strategies to enhance behavioral health services ac...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 328
SB472PassAuthorizing a court to decree an absolute divorce on the grounds of mutual consent if the parties do not have any minor children in common and the parties execute and submit to the court a written settlement agreement signed by both parties resolving...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 353
HB1178PassExempting from the recordation tax and State transfer tax a purchase money mortgage or purchase money deed of trust related to a transfer from a certified community development financial institution under specified circumstances; providing for the re...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 301
HB463PassRequiring the State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors to issue a funeral establishment license to a funeral establishment that will be owned and operated in accordance with specified provisions of law by a specified individual, a specified gr...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 249
HB756PassEstablishing refillable container permits for draft beer in Charles County and Queen Anne's County; authorizing the Charles County Board of License Commissioners and the Queen Anne's County Board of License Commissioners to issue the permits to holde...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 273
SB135PassExtending the presumption of compensability under the workers' compensation law to include, under specified conditions, Anne Arundel County detention officers who suffer from heart disease or hypertension resulting in partial or total disability or d...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 324
SB726PassAuthorizing the Town of Sykesville to purchase specified additional service credit for specified employees; requiring specified additional service credit to be credited to specified employees on July 1 of the fiscal year in which the additional servi...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 195
SB350PassIncreasing the participation goal from 0.5% to 1% for specified veteran-owned business enterprises for specified procurement contracts.
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 343
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