MD Legislation | 2017 | Regular Session | Senate | Bills

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
SB1123	Intro Sine Die	Requiring that procurements made through competitive sealed bids or competitive sealed proposals by the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency be awarded to the responsible bidder or offeror who submits the lowest responsive bid or proposal under sp... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-29 Third Reading Failed (21-25)
SB318	Engross Sine Die	Altering the eligibility criteria under the cybersecurity investment incentive tax credit to provide the credit to a specified qualified investor in a specified qualified Maryland cybersecurity company rather than providing the credit to the company;... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-29 To House Ways and Means Committee
SB266	Engross Sine Die	Requiring the Department of the Environment to use specified money from the Bay Restoration Fund to assist a person in paying the cost difference between a conventional on-site sewage disposal system and a system utilizing nitrogen removal technology... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-29 To House Environment and Transportation Committee
SB131	Engross Sine Die	Establishing a procedure for the election and appointment of members of the Anne Arundel County Board of Education; requiring specified members of the county board to be elected from councilmanic districts; providing a maximum of two consecutive 4-ye... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-28 To House Ways and Means Committee
SB813	Engross Sine Die	Specifying that payments to low-income households by the Secretary of Housing and Community Development through the Rental Allowance Program be made for a minimum of 2 consecutive years, subject to redetermination that the household continues to meet... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-28 To House Environment and Transportation Committee
SB476	Engross Sine Die	Requiring that the Governor's proposed budget for specified fiscal years include specified rate increases for specified community providers over the funding provided in specified legislative appropriations; requiring the Behavioral Health Administrat... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-28 To House Health and Government Operations Committee
SB181	Engross Sine Die	Establishing the Task Force to Study Data Sharing Among the Maryland Judiciary, the Maryland Parole Commission, and the Department of Natural Resources; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-28 To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
SB654	Engross Sine Die	Establishing the Task Force to Study Crime Classification and Penalties; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations on specified issues related to the classificatio... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-28 To House Judiciary Committee
SB1192	Intro Sine Die	Specifying factors that must be evidenced in order for the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to be satisfied that the work that an individual performs under a specified contract is not covered employment for purposes of the unemployment i... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-28 To Senate Finance Committee
SB984	Intro Sine Die	Establishing the Enhanced Security Compassionate Release Program in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; providing for the purpose of the Program; requiring the Program to include a specified initial cap on participation; etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-27 Unfavorable Report by Finance; Withdrawn
SB937	Engross Sine Die	Making it a civil rather than a criminal offense to consume an alcoholic beverage in public under specified circumstances or to possess an alcoholic beverage in an open container under specified circumstances; requiring offenders to be issued a citat... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-27 Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters
SB660	Intro Sine Die	Providing it is the intent of the General Assembly to promote the health, safety, and well-being of patients and to foster communication between patients and health care providers; requiring each administrator of a hospital to provide patients with a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-27 Unfavorable Report by Finance; Withdrawn
SB280	Engross Sine Die	Prohibiting the manufacturer of a nonwoven disposable product from, beginning January 1, 2018, advertising or labeling the nonwoven disposable product in a specified manner unless the nonwoven disposable product is flushable; and requiring the manufa... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-27 Referred to interim study by Economic Matters
SB400	Intro Sine Die	Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to develop and make available a standardized form for a BSL-3 laboratory for specified purposes; requiring the laboratories to report specified information to the Department on or before September... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-27 Unfavorable Report by Finance
SB526	Engross Sine Die	Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City to grant, by law, a property tax credit against the property tax imposed on specified rental dwellings in Baltimore City; establishing that qualified landlords that provide specified rental dis... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-27 To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
SB1001	Engross Sine Die	Providing that, for fiscal year 2017, county boards of education shall be relieved of a specified portion of a contribution for specified local employees of the Teachers' Retirement and Pension Systems; providing for a specified allocation of payment... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-24 Third Reading Passed with Amendments (136-2)
SB1105	Intro Sine Die	Prohibiting, except under specified circumstances, a person from using a specified unmanned aircraft system within 1,000 feet of a correctional facility; and establishing penalties for a violation of the Act of up to 4 years imprisonment or a maximum... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-24 Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
SB745	Engross Sine Die	Requiring a health care provider to disclose a specified medical record in accordance with compulsory process no later than 30 days after receiving specified documentation. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-24 To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
SB1101	Intro Sine Die	Authorizing a borrower under a reverse mortgage loan to designate a person to whom specified notice must be sent by the reverse mortgage lender; requiring a reverse mortgage lender to send a copy of a specified notice to a person designated by the re... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-23 Unfavorable Report by Finance; Withdrawn
SB601	Engross Sine Die	Altering the definition of "eligible individual" by requiring that an elderly individual must live in the same county, rather than the same dwelling, for at least 25 years to be eligible for a specified statewide optional property tax credit against ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-23 To House Ways and Means Committee
SB1092	Intro Sine Die	Requiring, with specified exceptions, each newly issued or reissued electronic benefits transfer card to contain a photograph of the recipient; requiring the Family Investment Administration in the Department of Human Resources to establish specified... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-23 To Senate Finance Committee
SB404	Intro Sine Die	Requiring employers with 15 or more employees to include specified information in a job announcement to recruit an employee or independent contractor to fill a position within the employer's organization; prohibiting specified employers from paying l... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-23 Unfavorable Report by Finance
SB1082	Intro Sine Die	Prohibiting a gas company or an electric company from imposing a specified deposit requirement on customers who are at least 65 years old and have an annual income at or below 300% of the federal poverty level; prohibiting a gas company or an electri... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-23 Unfavorable Report by Finance; Withdrawn
SB96	Engross Sine Die	Requiring specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for instruction by a licensed health care provider on fertility awareness-based methods; prohibiting the insurers, nonprofit health... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-23 To House Health and Government Operations Committee
SB895	Intro Sine Die	Authorizing a court to appoint a receiver under specified circumstances; providing that a specified mortgagee is entitled to the appointment of a receiver; requiring a court to appoint a receiver under specified circumstances; authorizing a court to ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-23 Unfavorable Report by Finance; Withdrawn
SB192	Intro Sine Die	Requiring a specified financial statement required to be submitted by a specified cemetery to the Director of the Office of Cemetery Oversight to contain a balance sheet from the most recent federal tax return filed by the business, or on a form spec... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-23 Unfavorable Report by Finance; Withdrawn
SB935	Intro Sine Die	Authorizing the parent or legal guardian of a minor to delegate to a temporary health care agent the authority to consent to and make decisions regarding medically necessary health care treatment of the minor; requiring a specified delegation to be m... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-23 Unfavorable Report by Finance
SB1130	Intro Sine Die	Excluding, from specified provisions of State insurance laws, specified blanket health insurance policies and contracts that provide health insurance benefits to specified volunteer emergency responders; providing that the blanket health insurance po... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-23 Unfavorable Report by Finance; Withdrawn
SB1098	Intro Sine Die	Prohibiting a specified services agreement between a credit card processor and a business entity from including a specified provision authorizing liquidated damages or specifying a fee for the termination of a services agreement that exceeds $99; pro... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-23 Unfavorable Report by Finance; Withdrawn
SB1150	Intro Sine Die	Requiring an individualized education program for a child with a hearing or speech impairment to include educating the child's parents or guardians in basic sign language; requiring that the Maryland Infants and Toddlers Program include resources suc... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-23 Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs; Withdrawn
SB1147	Intro Sine Die	Prohibiting an individual from operating a vessel on the waters of the State while another individual is riding on or suspended from the vessel's bow, gunwale, or transom in a dangerous manner; establishing a maximum penalty of $300 for a violation o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-23 Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs)
SB240	Engross Sine Die	Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to report on the status of the implementation of specified recommendations of the Abuser Registry Workgroup; and requiring the Department to submit a report on the implementation of the recommenda... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-23 To House Health and Government Operations Committee
SB1037	Intro Sine Die	Repealing the requirement that a health care provider who attests in a certificate of a qualified expert or who testifies in relation to a proceeding before an arbitration panel or a court concerning compliance with or departure from standards of car... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-23 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
SB760	Engross Sine Die	Altering specified procedures for suspending or dismissing specified public school personnel; authorizing specified public school personnel to request arbitration under specified circumstances; specifying the procedures for arbitration; assigning res... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-23 To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
SB1164	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]	2017-03-22 To Senate Finance Committee
SB1065	Intro Sine Die	Requiring specified Maryland Department of Transportation business entities to review and update the I-270/US 15 Multi-Modal Corridor Study and the West Side Mobility Study in order to ensure compliance with federal and State project development proc... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-22 To Senate Finance Committee
SB522	Engross Sine Die	Allowing specified eligible employers a credit against the State income tax for employing specified interns, which may not exceed $1,000 for each eligible intern or 10% of the wages paid to each eligible intern, subject to specified limitations; requ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-22 To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
SB254	Engross Sine Die	Providing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for the first $250,000 in proceeds from the sale of a perpetual conservation easement on real property in the State. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-22 To House Ways and Means Committee
SB641	Engross Sine Die	Increasing from $250,000 to $500,000 the aggregate amount of State income tax credits the Department of Housing and Community Development is authorized to issue in a taxable year for donations to specified qualified permanent endowment funds at speci... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-22 To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
SB971	Engross Sine Die	Altering the requirements for a specified nondiscrimination clause that prohibits specified discrimination by a contractor against an employee or applicant for employment; requiring the Maryland Commission on civil rights, in conjunction with the Dep... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-22 To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
SB167	Intro Sine Die	Clarifying that specified costs incurred by the holder of a tax sale certificate shall be reimbursed on redemption of the property; requiring specified payments for reimbursement to be made to the attorney for a holder of a certificate of sale or the... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-22 Recommitted to Budget and Taxation (Senator Conway)
SB1129	Intro Sine Die	Prohibiting the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene from requiring, under specified circumstances, that an outpatient substance use disorder treatment program be granted specified accreditation as a condition of licensure; requiring each hospital ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-22 To Senate Finance Committee
SB439	Engross Sine Die	Requiring the Secretary of Information Technology to appoint a specified access technology officer; requiring the access technology officer to develop a provision for inclusion in all State procurement contracts requiring a specified determination wi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-22 To House Health and Government Operations Committee
SB1126	Intro Sine Die	Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to convene a workgroup to study the advisability of the State, along with hospitals, pharmacies, health care facilities, and private medical practices, forming a generic drugs and medical supplies ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-22 To Senate Finance Committee
SB1156	Intro Sine Die	Exempting a high-deductible health plan from the prohibition on application of a deductible to coverage for male sterilization; and applying the Act to all policies, contracts, and health benefit plans issued, delivered, or renewed in the State on or... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-22 To Senate Finance Committee
SB783	Intro Sine Die	Providing that a statement made by a party during a discussion held in accordance with a patient safety early intervention program is inadmissible in specified legal proceedings; authorizing a hospital or a related institution to establish a specifie... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-22 Recommitted to Judicial Proceedings (Senator Zirkin)
SB1090	Intro Sine Die	Prohibiting the Maryland Transportation Authority from making any capital investment in the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway toll plaza; requiring the Authority to remove the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway toll plaza when it becomes functionally ob... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-22 To Senate Finance Committee
SB159	Engross Sine Die	Providing an exemption from the sales and use tax for materials, parts, or equipment used to repair, maintain, or upgrade aircraft or the avionics systems of aircraft if the materials, parts, or equipment are installed on the aircraft; and requiring ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-22 To House Ways and Means Committee
SB730	Engross Sine Die	Establishing the Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Farmers; requiring the Office of Student Financial Assistance in the Maryland Higher Education Commission to assist in the repayment of a higher education loan obtained for tuition, educ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-21 To House Ways and Means Committee
SB360	Engross Sine Die	Repealing the requirement that the State Board of Education adopt and publish standards for the administration of a subsidized feeding program; requiring the State to be responsible for the student share of the costs of specified meals; prohibiting a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2017-03-21 To House Ways and Means Committee