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HB1106PassAltering the renewable energy portfolio standard percentage derived from solar energy for specified years; altering the renewable energy portfolio standard percentage derived from Tier 1 renewable sources for specified years; authorizing the Small, M...
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2017-02-02
Became law per Maryland Constitution, Chapter 1 of 2017
HB1476PassRequiring, beginning in fiscal year 2018 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Governor to include $3,000,000 in the annual budget bill for the Shelter and Transitional Housing Facilities Grant Program within the Department of Housing and Community De...
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2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 699
HB535PassMaking legislative findings and declarations that it is necessary to regulate transfers of structured settlement payment rights to ensure that the transfers are effectuated on fair and reasonable terms and are in the best interest of payees, and to p...
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2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 721
HB14PassMaking permanent a $15,000 limit on the amount of the vessel excise tax that may be imposed on any vessel; and requiring that the maximum amount of the excise tax imposed for any vessel be increased by $100 on July 1, 2016 and July 1 of each subseque...
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2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 657
HB1395PassAltering the calculation of disparity grants to specified counties and Baltimore City under specified circumstances in fiscal years 2018 and 2019.
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2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 738
HB1420PassEstablishing the State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; renaming the State Board of Chiropractic and Massage Therapy Examiners, altering the membership of the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners, an...
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2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 739
HB115PassEstablishing the Robotics Grant Program to provide grants to public schools and nonprofit robotics clubs in the State to support existing robotics programs and to increase the number of programs in the State; establishing eligibility requirements for...
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2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 682
HB211PassProhibiting a person from selling, on or after January 1, 2018, a neonicotinoid pesticide unless the person also sells a restricted use pesticide; prohibiting a person from using a neonicotinoid pesticide on or after January 1, 2018, unless the perso...
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2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 662
HB1462PassProviding specified exceptions to a specified prohibition on the practice of veterinary medicine and dispensing specified medication that is not in a specified manufacturer's container for a person who sells or dispenses specified medication in a con...
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2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 688
HB1401PassRequiring a State grant to be made available to fund the increased operating expenses for the branches of the Enoch Pratt Free Library that increase their operating hours above the hours in effect as of January 1, 2016; requiring the Governor to incl...
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2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 715
HB1363PassRequiring that a person making a specified appeal before a supervisor of assessments receive specified information from the Department of Assessments and Taxation regarding the property that is the subject of the appeal and a specified sales analysis...
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2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 737
HB525PassAltering the conditions under which a motor vehicle dealer's failure to comply with specified requirements constitutes grounds for denial of a specified claim or reduction of the amount of specified compensation; prohibiting a motor vehicle manufactu...
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2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 720
HB740PassEstablishing the Task Force to Study Family and Medical Leave Insurance; providing for the composition, chair and staffing of the Task Force; providing that the purpose of the Task Force is to make recommendations regarding the development of a State...
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2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 678
HB724PassAltering a specified provision of law to authorize health care providers to require specified persons to pay a cost-based fee for providing specified information; altering the fees health care providers and hospitals may charge for copying and mailin...
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2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 724
HB965PassEstablishing the Maryland International thoroughbred race; providing that the Maryland International is a Grade 1 stakes race run on a turf track; providing for the funding of the purse for the Maryland International beginning on July 1, 2017; provid...
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2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 727
HB696PassAuthorizing the Maryland Underground Facilities Damage Prevention Authority to collect an assessment or a charge not exceeding 5 cents per ticket under specified circumstances; specifying the circumstances under which the Authority may collect an ass...
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2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 676
HB1448PassIncreasing specified fees for applicants for a home builder registration and a home builder sales representative registration; increasing the administrative fee for the Home Builder Guaranty Fund for specified home builders; increasing the fee for re...
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2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 706
HB1387PassAuthorizing the Department of Natural Resources to adopt regulations governing the use of bowfishing gear; establishing a commercial northern snakehead bowfishing license; authorizing a licensee to catch for sale northern snakeheads in the tidal wate...
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2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 709
HB963PassAltering specified campaign finance law definitions to include campaign finance activity relating to prospective questions to be placed on the ballot; prohibiting a chief election official from certifying a petition if the petition sponsor fails to p...
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2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 725
HB722PassBeginning in fiscal year 2017, increasing the amount of money from $20,000,000 to $40,000,000 the Governor is required to provide in the State budget for the Capital Grant Program for Local School Systems With Significant Enrollment Growth or Relocat...
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2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 666
HB360PassEstablishing the Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Foster Care Recipients; requiring an applicant to be employed for at least 20 hours per week by the State or a county or municipality of the State and have received an undergraduate or g...
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2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 719
HB349PassProhibiting an Executive Branch agency from banning or regulating the sale of coffee in conjunction with a career exploration and development activity in a public high school in Baltimore County; and providing for the termination of the Act.
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2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 717
HB1192PassAltering the contents of the certificate that a unit owner is required to furnish to a purchaser on resale of a unit; specifying a maximum fee of $250 that a council of unit owners may charge for furnishing a certificate to a unit owner; requiring th...
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2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 735
HB505PassRequiring the salary schedule for deputy sheriffs of Charles County to correspond to the Department of State Police salary schedule; authorizing sworn law enforcement officers and correctional officers in Charles County to collectively bargain with t...
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2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 670
HB383PassAuthorizing the City of Annapolis to participate in the Maryland Emergency Management Assistance Compact, the purpose of which is to provide for mutual assistance between the jurisdictions in managing an emergency.
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2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 674
HB990PassAuthorizing the recovery of actual damages, expenses, litigation costs, and interest in first-party claims against disability insurers in specified civil actions that allege that the insurer failed to act in good faith under specified circumstances; ...
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2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 729
HB410PassRequiring a court to order a person convicted of poaching deer on any land in the State to pay the State specified restitution and to perform 40 to 80 hours of community service under specified circumstances; requiring the restitution collected under...
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2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 664
HB356PassRequiring the Department of Human Resources to submit a grant application to the United States Department of Agriculture to support a pilot project that provides incentives to directly and efficiently increase the purchase and consumption of eligible...
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2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 718
HB378PassRequiring, on or before May 1 of each year, the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to provide to the Comptroller information identifying specified residential property owners who failed to claim the homeowners' property tax credit; requirin...
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2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 668
HB1210PassEstablishing in Baltimore City a Class D beer license to be issued to a holder of a Class 5 brewery license; specifying that the Class D beer license authorizes the license holder to sell at retail beer brewed on the premises for on-premises consumpt...
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2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 736
HB87PassAuthorizing 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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2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 716
HB986PassAltering the definition of "total purchase price" for the purposes of the vehicle excise tax to exclude from the computation of the tax an allowance for the trade-in of a leased vehicle under specified circumstances.
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2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 728
HB1014PassProhibiting a public institution of higher education from referring a delinquent student account or debt to the Central Collection Unit except under specified circumstances; requiring the College Savings Plans of Maryland Board to develop and impleme...
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2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 690
HB999PassEstablishing the Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education; requiring specified appointments to be made to ensure diversity within the Commission; requiring the Commission to review the findings and recommendations of a specified study, re...
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2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 702
HB558PassIncreasing the number of members of the Baltimore City School Commissioners; requiring the two elected board members to be elected at large by the voters of Baltimore City; providing for the terms of the appointed and elected members of the Board; re...
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2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 723
HB238PassRequiring the Anne Arundel County Board of License Commissioners to remit a specified administrative fee to the Comptroller instead of using the fee to cover specified expenses; requiring the Board to remit to the Comptroller, rather than to Anne Aru...
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2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 660
HB709PassRequiring teachers and professional personnel at the Maryland School for the Blind to be paid an annual salary at least equal to a specified amount paid in Baltimore County to specified personnel; requiring the Governor to appropriate $1,000,000 for ...
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2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 672
HB919PassRepealing the termination of a provision of law authorizing the employees of a vendor or authorized representative of a vendor of portable electronics insurance to be compensated in a specified manner; and repealing a requirement that the Maryland In...
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2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 694
HB668PassRequiring the Governor to include in the State budget specified funding in a specified amount for each fiscal year in which the State Department of Education receives an Expansion Grant through the federal Preschool Development Grants Program.
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2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 684
HB1021PassRequiring the Prince George's County Board of License Commissioners to issue notice of the date, time, and location of a hearing, as soon as practicable after the hearing is scheduled, to all specified municipalities, civic associations, homeowners' ...
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2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 730
HB706PassAuthorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Charles County to issue an entertainment concessionaire license to specified persons in conjunction with an entertainment facility; authorizing the Board to issue an entertainment facility license to...
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2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 692
HB1138PassAltering the areas within which multifamily housing designated as student housing is exempt from the Prince George's County school facilities surcharge; and establishing an exemption from the school facilities surcharge for specified multifamily hous...
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2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 733
HB1024PassClarifying that a municipal corporation or governed special taxing district in Montgomery County may adopt an additional or stricter building requirement than is required by a State, regional, or county unit to regulate the construction, repair, or r...
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2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 731
HB1411PassRequiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to approve a credentialing entity to develop and administer a certification process for recovery residences; requiring the certification entity to establish specified requirements and processes, c...
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2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 711
HB1115PassIncreasing from $25 to $125 the license fee that an applicant for a county license to sell cigarettes at retail in Montgomery County must pay; requiring the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County to distribute a specified amount of each lic...
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2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 732
HB1179PassAuthorizing specified hybrid vehicles to use a specified high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane regardless of the number of passengers under specified circumstances; making specified requirements regarding the use of HOV lanes by plug-in electric drive ve...
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2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 734
HB194VetoTransferring the Child Support Unit of the Office of the State's Attorney for Carroll County to the Child Support Enforcement Administration of the Department of Human Resources; requiring that the employees be transferred in accordance with provisio...
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2016-05-27
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
HB1150VetoRequiring a specified health benefit plan to include provisions that permit enrollees a minimum of 1 year to submit a claim for a service, provide for the suspension of the minimum period of time, and provide that failure to submit a claim within the...
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2016-05-27
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
HB122VetoAuthorizing the Mayor of Ocean City to appoint a designee of the Mayor as a member of the Critical Area Commission for the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays; and establishing that a member from the Atlantic Coastal Bays Watershed who is the Mayor ...
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2016-05-27
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
HB1095VetoRequiring specified local departments of social services and specified local health departments, under specified circumstances, to provide specified parents or guardians with an oral and written notice that their child may be eligible for publicly fu...
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2016-05-27
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
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