| HB1017 | Pass | Requiring that, in Prince George's County, the interest payable on specified county property tax payment deferrals may not exceed 4%; requiring the governing body of Prince George's County to establish and promote a specified public awareness campaig... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 369 |
| SB525 | Pass | Clarifying that when an owner of a mineral interest takes a specified action for a mineral that is part of a mineral interest, the action constitutes use of the entire mineral interest owned by that owner; establishing that payment of specified taxes... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 399 |
| SB795 | Pass | Establishing a Class MT (movie theater) license in Harford County; authorizing the Harford County Board of License Commissioners to issue the license to an owner of a movie theater; requiring the owner of a movie theater to provide documentation to t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 428 |
| HB1123 | Pass | Altering a specified provision of law to provide that the boundaries of the Maryland-Washington Metropolitan District do not include the City of Greenbelt as its boundaries are defined on July 1, 2016. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 500 |
| SB85 | Pass | Renaming the Department of Economic Competitiveness and Commerce to be the Department of Commerce; repealing the Office of the Secretary of Commerce in the Office of the Governor; repealing the requirement that the Secretary of Commerce employ an Exe... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 338 |
| SB242 | Pass | Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, under specified circumstances, to include primary care providers in the types of health care providers eligible to receive reimbursement for health care services that are delivered through teleme... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 366 |
| SB551 | Pass | Requiring the Behavioral Health Advisory Council, in consultation with specified agencies, specified health providers, and specified stakeholders, to develop a strategic plan for ensuring that clinical crisis walk-in services and mobile crisis teams ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 405 |
| HB790 | Pass | 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 363 |
| SB239 | Pass | Establishing the Maryland Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act; authorizing a user to direct a custodian of digital assets to disclose or not to disclose those assets under specified circumstances and in a specified manner; providing that the Act d... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 364 |
| SB17 | Pass | Increasing, from 1 year to 5 years, the number of years after the date of an open session a public body is required to keep a copy of minutes of the open session and any recording made under specified provisions of law; requiring specified public bod... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 329 |
| HB192 | Pass | Providing that another planned permanent living arrangement may be a child's permanency plan only if the child is at least 16 years old. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 382 |
| HB1071 | Pass | Authorizing a Class 7 micro-brewery license to be issued in Cecil County; authorizing a Class 7 micro-brewery license to be issued to a holder of a Class B beer, wine, and liquor license or a Class D beer, wine, and liquor license under specified cir... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 455 |
| HB1344 | Pass | Requiring that a specified question be placed on the ballot in Queen Anne's County at the November general election of 2016 to determine the sense of the voters of the County on the issue of the method of electing the members of the Board of County C... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 509 |
| HB202 | Pass | Requiring the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to adopt regulations requiring one video lottery facility licensee to adopt procedures to offer players the opportunity to donate coins, when receiving cash on payout, to the Maryland Veterans... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 479 |
| SB245 | Pass | Authorizing employers to grant a preference in hiring and promotion to eligible veterans, spouses of eligible veterans who have service-connected disabilities, and surviving spouses of deceased eligible veterans; providing that granting a preference ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 318 |
| SB888 | Pass | Establishing in the Motor Vehicle Administration the Program to Incentivize and Enable Uninsured Vehicle Owners to Be Insured; specifying the eligibility requirements; requiring the Administration to waive a portion of specified delinquent uninsured ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 446 |
| HB648 | Pass | Requiring the Comptroller to implement electronic filing of alcoholic beverage tax returns on or before January 1, 2018. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 422 |
| SB162 | Pass | Altering from 120 to 150 the number of days during which the Public Service Commission is required to take a final action after a gas company files an amendment to an approved plan to invest in eligible infrastructure replacement projects. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 355 |
| HB140 | Pass | Reducing the application fee from $150 to $100 for a license to engage in the business of providing security systems services; requiring a specified applicant to pay specified fees relating to a criminal history records check; decreasing the amount o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 477 |
| SB824 | Pass | Providing that a licensee of the State Real Estate Commission need not verify that a specified service provider is currently licensed by the State to perform the services if the licensee offers the name of the service provider to a client in the prov... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 432 |
| HB11 | Pass | Altering the circumstances under which insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations must provide benefits for expenses arising from in vitro fertilization procedures; providing an exception to the required use of a s... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 326 |
| HB75 | Pass | Altering from 120 to 150 the number of days during which the Public Service Commission is required to take a final action after a gas company files an amendment to an approved plan to invest in eligible infrastructure replacement projects. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 356 |
| HB1268 | Pass | Repealing a provision of law that prohibits an individual in detention for or previously convicted of a felony that is not a crime of violence from being eligible for a specified pretrial release program in Calvert County; and providing that an indiv... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 506 |
| SB22 | Pass | Altering the composition of the Interagency Council on Homelessness; increasing, from six to nine, the number of representatives from diverse geographical regions of the State engaged in homeless advocacy; requiring the Governor to designate as chair... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 331 |
| HB900 | Pass | Providing that, under specified circumstances, a first named insured under a specified policy of motor vehicle liability insurance is not required to obtain coverage for specified medical, hospital, and disability benefits that must be provided by sp... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 426 |
| SB141 | Pass | Authorizing Anne Arundel County to establish, modify, or abolish special taxing districts for the purpose of providing or expanding water or wastewater services. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 353 |
| SB856 | Pass | Requiring specified health care providers to obtain consent for HIV testing in accordance with specified provisions of law and to test pregnant patients, except under specified circumstances, during the first and third trimesters of pregnancy; repeal... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 440 |
| SB285 | Pass | Repealing the requirement that a person must have a subcontractor license or a contractor license issued by the Maryland Home Improvement Commission whenever the person acts as a home improvement subcontractor in the State; repealing specified fees a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 370 |
| SB811 | Pass | Requiring an electric company to issue acceptance and final approval to operate a customer-generator's solar electric generating facility on the electric company's distribution facilities within 20 days after the completion of the installation proces... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 430 |
| SB1119 | Pass | Authorizing the Treasurer to invest or reinvest specified funds in a specified obligation issued and unconditionally guaranteed by a supranational issuer; defining a specified term; etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 469 |
| SB66 | Pass | Exempting professional corporations in which a majority of the stockholders are individuals who are licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized to practice a health occupation under the Health Occupations Article from the requirement that the name o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 335 |
| SB982 | Pass | Authorizing the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System to enter into an agreement with the Maryland Technology Development Corporation or another entity to make and manage investments in private equity and venture capital in th... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 459 |
| SB94 | Pass | Repealing a specified provision of law requiring that specified displaced homemakers be exempt from payment of specified tuition and be counted in a specified computation of full-time equivalent enrollment; replacing obsolete references with referenc... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 344 |
| SB96 | Pass | Establishing that the State Collection Agency Licensing Board exercises its powers, duties, and functions subject to the authority of the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 347 |
| SB979 | Pass | Altering the eligibility provisions of the Optional Retirement Program to include individuals in specified position categories designated by specified governing boards of institutions of higher education or the Secretary of Higher Education; requirin... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 458 |
| HB960 | Pass | Authorizing a guardian of the property of a specified minor or disabled person to pay or apply income or principal from a specified estate to establish or fund a specified special needs trust, a pooled asset special needs trust account, or an Achievi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 439 |
| SB606 | Pass | Establishing the Maryland College Collaboration for Student Veterans Commission; providing that the purpose of the Commission is to work to ensure the educational success of returning veterans, facilitate the sharing of best practices among instituti... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 413 |
| SB119 | Pass | Requiring businesses, registered with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation, that offer discounts or preferences on products or services to veterans to accept a valid driver's license or identification card with a notation of veteran statu... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 350 |
| SB449 | Pass | Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to include as part of the personal needs allowance guardianship fees for guardianship services when determining the portion of income specified recipients of Maryland Medical Assistance Program be... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 390 |
| SB95 | Pass | Repealing the Workforce Creation and Adult Education Transition Council; altering the responsibility of the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation as it relates to the development of a specified State plan; repealing a specified provision of ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 346 |
| HB981 | Pass | Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to include as part of the personal needs allowance guardianship fees payable for guardianship services when determining the portion of income specified recipients of Maryland Medical Assistance Pr... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 391 |
| SB137 | Pass | Altering specified provisions of law concerning a credit against the State income tax for specified preservation and conservation easements to allow an individual or a member of a pass-through entity to claim the credit for an easement conveyed to th... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 351 |
| HB1458 | Pass | Establishing the Maryland College Collaboration for Student Veterans Commission; providing that the purpose of the Commission is to work to ensure the educational success of returning veterans, facilitate the sharing of best practices among instituti... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 414 |
| HB1494 | Pass | Authorizing a credit against the State income tax for individuals who serve as preceptors in specified preceptorship programs under specified circumstances and work in specified areas of the State with health care workforce shortages; establishing th... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 386 |
| SB8 | Pass | Altering the due date for specified payment of deferred county property taxes in Anne Arundel County if the owner no longer satisfies specified income eligibility requirements; and making clarifying changes to provisions of law that require payment o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 327 |
| HB1450 | Pass | Altering the collection and purpose of specified fees and revenues related to debt settlement services; repealing the termination date of the Maryland Debt Settlement Services Act; etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 393 |
| SB97 | Pass | Repealing the Prince George's County AIDS Prevention Sterile Needle and Syringe Exchange Program; authorizing the establishment of Opioid-Associated Disease Prevention and Outreach Programs; requiring a local health department or a specified communit... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 348 |
| HB1291 | Pass | Establishing a limited license to provide hair services - blow drying; requiring the State Board of Cosmetologists to establish by regulation specified curriculum standards for providing hair services - blow drying for use by specified entities for a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 435 |
| HB1005 | Pass | Prohibiting health insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from applying a copayment, coinsurance, or prior authorization requirement for specified contraceptive drugs and devices; providing that the prohibition... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 437 |
| HB892 | Pass | Establishing a Class MT (movie theater) license in Harford County; authorizing the Harford County Board of License Commissioners to issue the license to an owner of a movie theater; requiring the owner of a movie theater, in order to be eligible for ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 429 |