| SB563 | Pass | Providing that specified dependents who are determined eligible to receive services from the Developmental Disabilities Administration shall retain eligibility for the services under specified circumstances; requiring the Administration to allow spec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 364 |
| HB113 | Pass | Increasing to $400,000 per individual claim and $800,000 per total claims the limits on liability of a local government for claims under the Local Government Tort Claims Act that arise from the same occurrence; altering the period of time from 180 da...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 131 |
| HB287 | Pass | Establishing specified damages for which specified persons are liable for entering an area leased to another person for aquaculture purposes to harvest, damage, or transfer shellfish or to alter, damage, or remove any markings or equipment; requiring...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 235 |
| SB297 | Pass | Establishing the Task Force on Family Caregiving and Long-Term Supports; providing for the composition, staff, and duties of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving specified compensation; authorizing the reimbursement o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 155 |
| HB954 | Pass | Requiring local law enforcement agencies to provide the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention with information on officer-involved deaths and deaths in the line of duty; requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 134 |
| SB22 | Pass | Clarifying, for the 2014 taxable year, that 25 percent is the applicable percentage of the federal earned income credit used for determining the amount that an individual may claim as a refund under the Maryland earned income credit under specified c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 143 |
| SB520 | Pass | Providing that, in a prosecution for a specified charge relating to prostitution, it is an affirmative defense of duress if the defendant committed the act as a result of being a victim of an act of another who was charged with violating the human tr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 357 |
| SB298 | Pass | Requiring that a specified notice be provided to a buyer purchasing a vehicle though dealer-arranged financing or leasing before approval of a third-party financial institution has been received; requiring a dealer to notify a buyer in writing if the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 156 |
| HB942 | Pass | Establishing a 2-year pilot program called Apprenticeship Maryland to prepare students to enter the workforce; providing for the Program to begin in the summer of 2016; requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Department ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 140 |
| HB940 | Pass | Establishing the State Customer Service and Business Development Efforts Training Program to increase the responsiveness of and improve customer service provided by State agencies to businesses and customers in the State; requiring the Office of the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 138 |
| HB340 | Pass | Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim July 2 as Thurgood Marshall Day; and requiring the proclamation to urge educational and cultural organizations to observe Thurgood Marshall Day properly.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 241 |
| SB793 | Pass | Requiring that regulations adopted by the Secretary of Budget and Management provide for automatic increases from minimum to maximum steps in a pay grade of pay rates in the Standard Pay Plan for State employees for an employee whose overall performa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 199 |
| SB909 | Pass | Authorizing the Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland to use specified money to finance the purchase or lease of property only by one or more specified Southern Maryland counties, the Maryland Food Center Authority, or another entity, as determine...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 207 |
| HB779 | Pass | Establishing the Maryland Higher Education Outreach and College Access Pilot Program targeting low-income Maryland high school students to determine if the Program can lead to an increase in low-income students attending and succeeding in college; es...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 201 |
| HB614 | Pass | Altering the definition of handgun for purposes of provisions relating to the Handgun Roster Board to exclude a shotgun, a rifle, a short-barreled rifle, a short-barreled shotgun, or an antique firearm from the definition.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 441 |
| HB115 | Pass | Making the Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights applicable to correctional officers in Carroll County.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 221 |
| SB695 | Pass | Establishing the State Public Information Act Compliance Board and Office of the Public Access Ombudsman; requiring the Governor and the Attorney General to publish on their Web sites specified notice relating to specified applications and the names ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 135 |
| SB736 | Pass | Repealing a provision of law requiring specified firearms manufacturers and dealers and the Department of State Police to take specified actions relating to identification of handguns; authorizing the Department of State Police to dispose of specifie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 379 |
| HB805 | Pass | Requiring the State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists to require applicants, licensees, certificate holders, and trainees to submit to a mental health or physical examination under specified circumstances; providing that applicants, lic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 457 |
| HB354 | Pass | Establishing the Task Force to Study the Commemoration of Harriet Elizabeth Brown; requiring the staff of the Calvert County Delegation to the General Assembly to provide staff to the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to hold public hearings and m...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 242 |
| HB346 | Pass | Altering references to the term "master" to "magistrate" in specified provisions of law prohibiting specified individuals from practicing law or preparing or helping to prepare specified documents while employed in a specified capacity; requiring the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 414 |
| HB630 | Pass | Altering the definition of "service contract" to include a specified mechanical repair contract; altering the definition of "mechanical repair contract" and defining "obligor" for purposes of specified provisions of law establishing requirements for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 444 |
| HB117 | Pass | Altering the hours of sale on Sundays from between 11 a.m. and 11 p.m. to between 8 a.m. and 11 p.m. for holders of Class A licenses in Carroll County.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 222 |
| HB707 | Pass | Prohibiting the Prince George's County Board of Education from issuing a credit card to a member of the county board; and providing for a delayed effective date.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 451 |
| HB187 | Pass | Applying to Cecil County and Queen Anne's County specified provisions authorizing the governing body of a county to contract with another governmental entity for the joint or cooperative performance of any governmental function; and authorizing the g...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 228 |
| HB873 | Pass | Altering, for purposes of the Charles County Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights, the definition of "correctional officer" to exclude an officer who is in probationary status on initial entry into the Sheriff's Office, except if an allegation of br...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 284 |
| HB349 | Pass | Repealing the Pricing Committee for Blind Industries and Services of Maryland and merging the functions of the Committee with the Pricing and Selection Committee for the Employment Works Program; providing that the Committee shall ensure that supplie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 415 |
| HB460 | Pass | Requiring the establishment of the Couples Advancing Together Pilot Program in one county and, on or after July 1, 2015, the program shall assist 50 couples; altering the provision of law relating to the number of couples to be assisted by the Progra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 422 |
| SB564 | Pass | Requiring 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 365 |
| HB323 | Pass | Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development, subject to specified provisions, to adopt modifications to the Maryland Building Performance Standards that allow any innovative approach, design, equipment, or method of construction tha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 239 |
| HB1110 | Pass | Authorizing the Secretary of State Police to require a specified manner and format for an application for a commission; requiring the Secretary to apply for a State and national criminal history records check under specified circumstances; requiring ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 298 |
| HB430 | Pass | Altering the administrative sanctions for specified alcohol-related administrative per se offenses applicable to a person who was involved in a motor vehicle accident that resulted in the death of another person; authorizing the Administration, under...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 247 |
| SB499 | Pass | Establishing a special Class C (retirement center) on-sale beer, wine and liquor license in Frederick County; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners to issue the license by converting a specified license held on behalf of a retirement center;...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 177 |
| HB1113 | Pass | Altering the circumstances under which the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission must disqualify an applicant for a specified license due to the commission of a crime involving moral turpitude or a gambling offense; repealing the requirement th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 299 |
| SB315 | Pass | Specifying that a court may issue a final protective order for a period not to exceed 2 years by consent of the respondent under specified circumstances; and authorizing a judge, under specified circumstances, to extend the term of a protective order...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 338 |
| HB729 | Pass | Authorizing the State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors to issue a public cease and desist order or impose a civil fine of no more than $5,000 per offense for specified violations of specified provisions of law under specified circumstances; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 452 |
| HB847 | Pass | Exempting victims of human trafficking from paying a specified out-of-county fee or out-of-region fee at community colleges in the State; authorizing each board of community college trustees to waive a specified out-of-county fee or out-of-region fee...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 341 |
| SB321 | Pass | Requiring, on or before October 1, 2016, the Baltimore City and Baltimore County police departments to establish behavioral health units; requiring a behavioral health unit to consist of at least six officers who are specially trained to understand t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 126 |
| SB500 | Pass | Restricting the number of bottles of wine that may remain open at any one time at a wine sampling or tasting event in Frederick County to all bottles in a wine preservation system that the Board of License Commissioners approves and not more than six...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 178 |
| HB1109 | Pass | Establishing specified powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Director of the Behavioral Health Administration in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; requiring core service agencies, local addictions authorities, and local behavioral he...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 469 |
| HB965 | Pass | Altering a specified definition for fiscal years 2017 and 2018 to determine the number of students used to calculate the State compensatory education grant for schools that participate in the federal community eligibility provision for school meals; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 291 |
| SB482 | Pass | Establishing that it is lawful under a specified provision of law for a law enforcement officer to intercept a specified oral communication with a specified device under specified circumstances; requiring on or before January 1, 2016, the Maryland Po...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 128 |
| SB83 | Pass | Requiring the Department of the Environment, after specified consultation, to develop and implement a specified public information campaign about the health risks associated with the Vibrio bacteria in the waters of the State on or before June 15, 20...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 322 |
| SB157 | Pass | Altering the health care providers who provide consultation, diagnosis, and treatment of a mental or emotional disorder to which minors who are 16 years old and older have the same capacity as an adult to consent; providing that the capacity to conse...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 327 |
| HB936 | Pass | Clarifying the value on which requirements for the amount of the payment security and specified performance security shall be based in a public-private partnership agreement for a construction contract.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 290 |
| HB180 | Pass | Providing for calendar years through 2019 the authorization to use specified Purse Dedication Account funds generated from video lottery proceeds for financial assistance for operating losses, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 227 |
| HB327 | Pass | Altering the definitions of "ambulatory surgical facility" and "surgical services" under provisions of law governing freestanding ambulatory care facilities in the State to conform with federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regulations; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 240 |
| SB618 | Pass | Requiring a law enforcement agency to provide a retiring law enforcement officer or specified retired law enforcement officer with an identification card under specified circumstances; authorizing a law enforcement agency to charge a reasonable fee f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 184 |
| SB583 | Pass | Expanding the group of persons who may file a specified petition for postconviction DNA testing or a database or log search; and clarifying what scientific identification evidence the State is required to preserve under specified circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 369 |
| SB654 | Pass | Establishing that the act of seeking assistance by a person who experiences a medical emergency after ingesting or using alcohol or drugs may be used as a mitigating factor in a criminal prosecution of the person; extending the applicability of speci...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 375 |
