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HB387Engross

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Establishing that the safety zone for archery hunters in Harford County extends for 50 yards from a dwelling house, residence, church, or any other building or camp occupied by human beings within which archery hunting may not take place except under...
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2015-04-13
Senate Refuses to Recede
SB192Engross

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Authorizing the Attorney General to institute an action in a circuit court for injunctive relief to prohibit a person from engaging in or continuing to engage in specified violations of election law, except in specified circumstances; authorizing the...
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2015-04-13
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
SB526Engross

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Authorizing a person to petition the court to shield court records and police records relating to specified convictions at a specified time; providing that, if a person is convicted of a new crime during a specified time period, the original convicti...
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2015-04-13
Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
SB200Engross

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Prohibiting a person from manufacturing for sale or accepting for sale a personal care product or an over-the-counter drug that contains synthetic plastic microbeads on or after specified dates; defining "synthetic plastic microbead" as an intentiona...
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2015-04-13
Senators Pinsky, Montgomery, and Bates
SB488Engross

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Increasing the maximum total amount of research and development tax credits that the Department of Business and Economic Development may approve; and applying the Act to all Maryland research and development tax credits certified after December 15, 2...
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2015-04-13
To House Ways and Means Committee
HB1177Engross

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Requiring the tax collector in Prince George's County to conduct a specified limited auction prior to conducting a public auction for property subject to tax liens; specifying the individuals who may participate in a limited auction; requiring a purc...
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2015-04-13
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee
HB55Engross

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Establishing for archery hunters in Calvert and St. Mary's counties a safety zone of 50 yards within which archery hunting may not take place except under specified circumstances.
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2015-04-13
Senate Refuses to Recede
HB86Engross

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Authorizing the student member of the Montgomery County Board of Education to attend an executive session of the Board of Education that relates to a specified matter; and authorizing the student member of the Montgomery County Board of Education to ...
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2015-04-13
Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
SB609Engross

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Establishing the Office of the Child Welfare Ombudsman Pilot Program in the Office of the Attorney General; providing that the purpose of the Pilot Program is to investigate in specified counties whether the needs of children and families are being m...
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2015-04-13
To House Judiciary Committee
SB605Engross

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Authorizing a finder of fact to determine that a person with an alcohol concentration of 0.15 or more in the blood or breath of the person who causes personal injury or wrongful death while driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle was acting wi...
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2015-04-13
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
SB866Engross

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Altering in Prince George's County the requirements relating to residency for an alcoholic beverages license applicant acting on behalf of a sole proprietorship, a partnership, a corporation, an unincorporated association, or a limited liability comp...
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2015-04-13
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (136-1)
HB1239Engross

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Repealing specified provisions establishing liability to a merchant for civil penalties for shoplifting and employee theft.
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2015-04-13
Delegates Smith, Dumais, and Rey
HB7Engross

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Altering the time period within which a local department of social services is required to expunge specified reports and records of suspected child abuse and neglect; authorizing a local department to immediately expunge specified reports and records...
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2015-04-13
Delegates Carter, Anderson, and Kittleman
SB735Engross

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Requiring the Office of the Public Defender to investigate the financial status of each applicant for services; requiring the Office to require a specified applicant to execute and deliver specified requests or authorizations that are needed in order...
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2015-04-13
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
SB261Engross

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Authorizing the Secretary of State Police to accept a background investigation performed on behalf of specified armored car companies in place of a specified criminal history records check performed by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional...
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2015-04-13
Senators Muse, Lee, and Hough
SB923Engross

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Authorizing the governing body of Washington County to grant, by law, a property tax credit against the county property tax imposed on specified residential property owned by specified disabled veterans of active military, naval, or air service; prov...
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2015-04-13
To House Ways and Means Committee
SB711Engross

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Requiring that specified required envelopes used by specified voters voting by absentee ballot to return their ballots include prepaid postage; requiring the State Board of Elections to reimburse counties for the costs of prepaid postage for the abse...
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2015-04-13
Senate Requests House Recede
SB393Engross

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Authorizing a court to order a defendant convicted of a specified charge of animal cruelty, as a condition of sentencing, to pay, in addition to any other fines and costs, all reasonable costs incurred in removing, housing, treating, or euthanizing a...
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2015-04-13
Delegates Vallario, Rosenberg, and Anderson
HB39Engross

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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...
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2015-04-13
Third Reading Passed (135-2)
HB1000Engross

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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.
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2015-04-13
Third Reading Passed (123-15)
HB815Engross

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Increasing from $1 to $2 the amount of a specified credit against the State income tax for each bushel of oyster shells recycled during the taxable year; applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2014; etc.
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2015-04-13
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee
HB119Engross

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Prohibiting a unit from requiring a prime contractor and a prime contractor from requiring a subcontractor to begin change order work under a contract until the procurement officer for the unit issues a specified written change order; requiring, unde...
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2015-04-13
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0)
HB1007Engross

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Limiting the amount of the fee that a condominium council of unit owners may charge a unit owner to furnish a certificate with the information necessary for the unit owner to comply with specified resale disclosure requirements; providing that a coun...
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2015-04-13
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0)
SB708Engross

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Prohibiting a unit from requiring a prime contractor and a prime contractor from requiring a subcontractor to begin change order work under a contract until the procurement officer for the unit issues a specified written change order; requiring, unde...
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2015-04-13
Third Reading Passed (47-0)
HB362Engross

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Authorizing a court to order a defendant convicted of a specified charge of animal cruelty, as a condition of sentencing, to pay, in addition to any other fines and costs, all reasonable costs, not exceeding a specified amount, incurred in removing, ...
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2015-04-13
Delegates Vallario, Rosenberg, and Anderson
HB606Engross

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Altering, for specified purposes relating to domestic violence, the definition of "person eligible for relief" to include an individual who has had a sexual relationship with a specified respondent within 1 year before filing of a specified petition;...
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2015-04-13
Third Reading Passed (137-0)
SB615Engross

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Altering specified provisions of law concerning a credit against the State income tax for preservation and conservation easements to allow specified persons to claim the credit for an easement conveyed to the Maryland Environmental Trust, the Marylan...
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2015-04-13
To House Ways and Means Committee
HB742Engross

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Altering the requirements for the designation and appointment of a program administrator of a residential child care program; requiring the State Board for the Certification of Residential Child Care Program Professionals to evaluate the moral charac...
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2015-04-13
Delegates Hayes, Angel, and Morgan
HB176Engross

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Providing for the conduct of a special election to fill a vacancy for an elected member on the Montgomery County Board of Education under specified circumstances; altering the authority of the members of the county board to appoint an individual to f...
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2015-04-13
Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
HB360Engross

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Repealing a presumption that specified money or weapons are forfeitable; prohibiting a seizing authority or prosecuting authority from directly or indirectly transferring seized property to a federal law enforcement authority or agency, with a specif...
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2015-04-13
Third Reading Passed (85-53)
HB910Engross

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Requiring the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission to establish a Polybutylene Connection Pipe Replacement Loan Program for replacement of specified pipes on specified property; requiring the Program to provide for specified eligibility requiremen...
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2015-04-13
Senators Feldman, Kelley, and Reilly
HB94Engross

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Authorizing the Commission on African American History and Culture to provide operational funding to a museum that specializes in African American history and culture.
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2015-04-13
To Senate Rules Committee
SB681Engross

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Clarifying the rights of a subscriber for shares of stock of a corporation; providing that an individual, whether or not then a director, may assent to an action by a consent that will be effective at a future time under specified circumstances; prov...
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2015-04-13
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
HB1152Engross

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Altering a prohibition, in Anne Arundel County, to prohibit a person from standing, or causing, encouraging, allowing, or petitioning another to stand, in a roadway, a median divider, or an intersection to solicit money or donations from the occupant...
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2015-04-11
To Senate Rules Committee
SB860Engross

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Allowing a subtraction modification under the Maryland individual and corporate income tax for a taxable year beginning after December 31, 2016, but before January 1, 2026, for the additional expenses to purchase and apply specified qualified commerc...
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2015-04-11
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
SB831Engross

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Repealing provisions of law establishing the annual compensation of the judges of the Orphans' Court for Baltimore County; requiring the annual compensation of the judges of the Orphans' Court for Baltimore County to be as set by the County Executive...
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2015-04-11
To House Health and Government Operations Committee
SB833Engross

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Altering the circumstances under which a contractor under a public work contract is liable to the public body for specified damages; increasing the amount of liquidated damages from $20 to $250 for each specified laborer or other specified employee f...
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2015-04-11
To House Economic Matters Committee
SB934Engross

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Requiring specified records that a secondhand precious metal object dealer or pawnbroker is required to keep for specified purposes to include a photograph of each precious metal object acquired or pawned.
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2015-04-11
To House Economic Matters Committee
SB703Engross

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Altering, with specified exceptions, the attachment points above which a medical stop-loss insurer assumes liability for losses incurred by an insured; applying the altered attachment points to renewal of a policy or contract of medical stop-loss ins...
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2015-04-11
To House Health and Government Operations Committee
HB322Engross

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Creating in Harford County a permit to be issued by the Sheriff of Harford County that authorizes specified nonprofit organizations to conduct a gaming contest, an event that involves a card game, a dice game, or roulette; limiting to four the number...
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2015-04-11
To Senate Rules Committee
HB1065Engross

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Clarifying the definition of "taxable price" for the State sales and use tax as it applies to the sale or use of an accommodation facilitated by an accommodations intermediary to include the full amount of the consideration paid by a buyer for the sa...
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2015-04-11
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee
SB696Engross

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repealing the offense for taking oysters with gear that is prohibited in a specified area; establishing an offense for taking oysters with a power dredge in a specified area; altering the administrative penalties that apply to a person for knowingly ...
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2015-04-10
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (137-0)
HB105Engross

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Altering the penalty for the possession or use of drug paraphernalia involving the use or possession of less than 10 grams of marijuana; making the use or possession of drug paraphernalia under specified circumstances a civil offense; establishing th...
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2015-04-10
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (44-3)
HB8Engross

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Prohibiting a judge from issuing a summons directing a witness to attend and testify in court outside the State if the witness is a specified member of the news media, the record indicates the witness reasonably relied on specified protections when t...
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2015-04-10
Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
HB780Engross

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Establishing the Task Force on the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding specified matters; requiring the Task...
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2015-04-10
Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
SB132Engross

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Making a local jurisdiction's designation of an official or employee to investigate and respond to questions or concerns about the local jurisdiction's speed monitoring system program subject to the approval of the governing body of the local jurisdi...
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2015-04-10
Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation
SB420Engross

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Increasing the maximum amount from $10,000 to $15,000 that a court may allow for specified funeral expenses; establishing that, if an estate is solvent, a personal representative is not required to obtain an allowance by the court for funeral expense...
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2015-04-10
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
HB505Engross

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Requiring specified State and local law enforcement agencies to reimburse individuals who take possession of dogs formerly used in law enforcement work under specified circumstances for specified veterinary treatment; specifying that the reimbursemen...
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2015-04-10
Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
HB721Engross

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Requiring a licensed real estate appraiser or a certified real estate appraiser to attach a copy of the appraisal agreement to the written appraisal report prepared in accordance with the appraisal agreement and to each additional copy of the written...
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2015-04-10
Unfavorable Report by Finance
HB1094Engross

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Prohibiting a merchant from using specified technology to monitor the behavior or shopping habits of a specified consumer unless the merchant provides a specified notice in a specified manner; providing that a violation of the Act is an unfair or dec...
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2015-04-10
Unfavorable Report by Finance
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