| HB1072 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting, under specified circumstances, an employer from failing or refusing to hire, discharging, or otherwise discriminating against an applicant or employee on the basis of the applicant's or employee's engagement in a lawful activity off the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-20
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters |
| HB645 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting the sale of dogs and cats by a retail pet store after June 1, 2015, and individuals under specified conditions at specified locations; establishing specified penalties for a violation of the Act; providing for the application of the Act; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-20
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters; Withdrawn |
| SB572 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a hospital to provide a specified patient or the legal guardian of the patient with a specified number of opportunities to designate a caregiver within a specified number of hours after the entrance of the patient to the hospital and before...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-20
Unfavorable Report by Finance |
| HB351 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a limited liability company to have a company representative; requiring the articles of organization, articles of cancellation, and articles of reinstatement of a limited liability company to include the name and street address of the compa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-20
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters; Withdrawn |
| HB366 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering a specified definition of "tax" to exclude liens against real property arising from any unpaid water, sewer, or other sanitary system charges, fees, or assessments; and prohibiting Baltimore City from selling a property at tax sale for unpai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-20
Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation |
| HB352 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting an insurer from refusing to insure, refusing to continue to insure, limiting the amount or extent or kind of coverage available to an individual, or charge an individual a different rate for the same coverage solely for reasons associated...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-20
Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations; Withdrawn |
| HB326 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of the Environment to engage with the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin on the development and implementation of a water resources plan for the portion of the Monocacy River watershed located in Maryland; requi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-20
Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation |
| HB1112 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to designate a hearing committee that consists of 3 members of the Commission to conduct evidentiary hearings and prepare recommended decisions for the Commission; providing that procedures ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-20
Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means |
| HB1119 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring that a specified defendant or party may not be provided a specified representation by specified personnel of the Office of the Public Defender if the representation would violate specified caseload standards; providing that a specified defe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-20
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB962 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the definition of "lot coverage" for purposes of specified provisions of law relating to the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area to exclude driveways constructed of decking material with gaps to allow water to pass freely from...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-20
Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation |
| HB731 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a law enforcement agency to adopt by January 1, 2016, a written policy and procedure to govern specified disciplinary actions that may be taken against a specified law enforcement officer; requiring each written policy to include specified ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-19
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| HB457 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing that a person who is convicted of first degree murder may be sentenced to death under specified circumstances; providing that the murder of a law enforcement officer, a correctional officer, a specified first responder, or a specified witne...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-19
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| HB1136 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempting spouses and financially dependent children of active duty and retired members of the United States armed forces from paying nonresident tuition at a public institution of higher education in the State under specified circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-19
To House Appropriations Committee |
| SB447 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing a sales and use tax exemption period for the 7-day period from the third Sunday in April through the following Saturday for hunting and sporting goods shopping in Maryland during which the sales and use tax does not apply to the sale of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-19
Unfavorable Report by Budget and Taxation |
| HB891 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a jury commissioner to provide prospective juror information concerning individuals who are not citizens of the United States to the State Board of Elections and the State Motor Vehicle Administration within 5 days of receiving the informat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-19
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| HB434 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the General Assembly to create an Aggravated Murder Court that shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction over all presentments or indictments for offenses previously punishable by death; vesting the judicial power of the State in the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-19
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| SB783 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the time period, from 3 years to 2 years, within which a specified motion for a deficiency judgment must be filed after the final ratification of the auditor's report following a specified foreclosure sale; applying Section 1 of the Act pros...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-19
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| HB1040 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring that members of the Wicomico County Board of Education be elected and appointed, as specified; providing for a student member of the county board; establishing the composition of the county board; providing for the qualifications, terms of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-19
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| SB873 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing a credit for an employer or insurer for specified payments to a covered employee for temporary total disability benefits under specified circumstances and during a specified period; applying the Act only prospectively; etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-19
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB419 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to consider potential user conflicts, including navigation, recreation, and commercial fishing, in determining the location of submerged land aquaculture leases in the Chesapeake Bay and water column aqua...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-19
Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation; Withdrawn |
| SB874 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing that an employer or insurer is not liable for temporary total disability payments to a covered employee while the employee is incarcerated; providing for a specified exception; and applying the Act prospectively.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-19
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB214 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority to offer to users of the Francis Scott Key Bridge the same toll discount plans that the Authority offered to users of the Thomas J. Hatem Memorial Bridge on January 1, 2015.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-19
Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation |
| HB461 | Intro
Sine Die | Increasing from $30,000 to $50,000 the amount in controversy that determines the civil jurisdiction of the District Court in specified cases; and applying the Act prospectively.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-19
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary; Withdrawn |
| HB238 | Intro
Sine Die | Creating an exemption under the Forest Conservation Act for the cutting or clearing of trees to comply with a specified provision of law, under specified circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-19
Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation |
| SB823 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting money received by a campaign finance entity from specified persons from being considered a loan; providing that the terms of a loan to a campaign finance entity require that the loan be repaid no later than the end of the second year of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-19
To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee |
| HB1263 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $30,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Trustees of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Jesus House, Baltimore for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-19
Unfavorable Report by Appropriations; Withdrawn |
| SB814 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of Legislative Services to obtain specified census data, adjust the census data for specified purposes, and provide the census data to a temporary redistricting commission within 30 days after the Department has finished adju...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-19
To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee |
| HB408 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting the Maryland Transportation Authority from imposing an E-ZPass account maintenance charge, a charge imposed by the Authority in an equal amount on all E-ZPass account holders on a regularly recurring basis.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-19
Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation |
| HB863 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing that a person may not recklessly or intentionally do an act or create a situation that subjects a student to the risk of mental or emotional distress; providing that specified penalties apply to a specified offense; and altering specifie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-19
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary; Withdrawn |
| HB1146 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring an agency that is participating in a child abuse or neglect investigation and that has reasonable grounds to believe that a person has failed to report child abuse as required under a specified provision of law to file a specified complaint...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-19
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB1193 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Supplemental Public School Construction Matching Fund Program; providing for the purpose of the Program and requiring the Department of Budget and Management to implement and administer the Program; establishing specified requirement...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-19
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB417 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing that it is not a legitimate law enforcement purpose to use active or historical plate data captured by an automatic license plate reader system that indicates the owner of the vehicle has been issued a permit to carry, wear, or transport...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-19
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| HB967 | 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] | 2015-03-19
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| HB1186 | Intro
Sine Die | Expanding the scope and purpose of the Address Confidentiality Program for victims of domestic violence to include making the legal names of domestic violence victims confidential under specified circumstances; altering the contents of an application...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-19
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB620 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting, except under specified circumstances, a person from using a specified unmanned aircraft system to intentionally conduct surveillance of, gather evidence or collect information about, or photographically or electronically record a specifi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-19
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| HB627 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a law enforcement officer to activate both the audio and visual recording capabilities of a body-worn camera under specified circumstances; requiring a specified camera to continue recording until a specified event; providing that the camer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-19
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| SB859 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempting an affected property from the risk reduction standard if the owner of the affected property has maintained a specified exemption certification for two consecutive certification periods and submits proof to the Department of the Environment;...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-19
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| HB62 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempting Class L (historic) vehicles and Class N (street rod) vehicles from the requirement to display two registration plates if the front registration plate is stored inside the vehicle in a manner making the plate easily accessible for verificati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-19
Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation |
| HB1209 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring each county board of education to establish a specified wellness committee to discuss issues relating to the physical, mental, and social health and well-being of students and make specified recommendations; providing for the membership of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-19
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| HB1208 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring specified local school systems to create specified dining menus; requiring a specified dining menu to include specified information under specified circumstances; requiring specified local school systems to post specified information on the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-19
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| HB639 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the membership of the Maryland Transportation Authority to include specified members of the General Assembly as nonvoting members of the Authority serving in an advisory capacity only; specifying criteria concerning the appointment, tenure, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-19
Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation |
| HB1211 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Board of Public Works to provide specified public notice at least 72 hours before approving a reduction in appropriations; and requiring the Board of Public Works to provide specified written notice within a specified period of time to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-19
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB1046 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing that the statute of limitations for the crime of solicitation to commit murder in the first degree, murder in the second degree, arson in the first degree, or arson in the second degree is the statute of limitations for the prosecution of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-19
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| HB582 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution repealing provisions relating to election of circuit court judges; requiring the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint a qualified person to fill a vacancy in the of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-19
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary; Withdrawn |
| SB898 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the number of weeks used to determine the amount of compensation an employer or its insurer is required to pay a specified covered employee for a permanent partial disability under specified provisions of law; and providing for the prospecti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-19
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB579 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person from threatening another person verbally or in writing with the intent to extort sexually explicit or nude photographs or video footage or other visual representations of the other person; and providing penalties for a violation ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-19
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| HB1033 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring local law enforcement agencies to notify county superintendents and employees of nonpublic schools if specified employees or specified other adults working on school property are arrested for specified crimes within 1 business day of the ar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-19
Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary) |
| HB692 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the College Savings Plans of Maryland Board to establish the Maryland College Savings Account Plan for specified purposes; requiring the Board to oversee the administration of the Savings Account Plan; requiring the Board to maintain the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-19
Unfavorable Report by Appropriations; Withdrawn |
| SB851 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering a specified definition for purposes of specified provisions of law prohibiting nonjudicial actions to take possession of property; repealing specified provisions of law providing that the establishment of a lien is the remedy for nonpayment ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-19
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| HB955 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a specified individual acting in a professional capacity to notify the local department of social services or the appropriate law enforcement agency if the individual has reason to be believe that a verbal threat of a substantial risk of im...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-19
To House Judiciary Committee |
