| SB371 | Pass | Requiring the Bureau of Revenue Estimates, beginning with the revenue estimate for fiscal year 2020, to calculate a specified share of General Fund revenues represented by specified nonwithholding income tax revenues; stating it is the goal of the St...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 550 |
| SB15 | Pass | Requiring a holder of a special permit needed to make agreements with donors for annuity payments to specified entities to submit to the Maryland Insurance Commissioner audited fiscal year-end financial statements of the holder instead of an annual r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 504 |
| SB758 | Pass | Allowing a credit against the State income tax for the total installed costs paid or incurred by a taxpayer that installs an energy storage system and who obtains a tax credit certificate from the Maryland Energy Administration; requiring the Adminis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 389 |
| SB2 | Pass | Altering the process by which the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority may amend or revise the boundaries of a recognized heritage area by allowing publication in the Maryland Register of a revised Uniform Resource Locator (URL) to a geographical inform...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 512 |
| SB1027 | Pass | Establishing a specified limitations period on an action for injunctive relief or damages for a violation of a collective bargaining agreement covering an employee of the State or a political subdivision of the State or a breach by an exclusive repre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 482 |
| SB496 | Pass | Requiring that the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission adopt regulations to allow a video lottery operation licensee to reduce proceeds from video lottery terminals and table games if a video lottery operation licensee returns to successful p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 445 |
| SB228 | Pass | Specifying that a jackpot won at a video lottery terminal that is not claimed by the winner within 182 days after the jackpot is won shall become the property of the State and be distributed in a specified manner.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 452 |
| SB324 | Pass | Repealing a licensing requirement for specified mechanical musical devices in Carroll County.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 434 |
| SB99 | Pass | Requiring the Department of the Environment, in consultation with specified persons, to study, review, explore, identify, and make recommendations regarding specified matters that relate to the diversion of yard waste, food residuals, and other organ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 383 |
| SB1125 | Pass | Requiring the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to adopt regulations that require each video lottery operator to adopt specified procedures to offer specified players the opportunity to donate coins when receiving cash on payout to the Mary...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 450 |
| SB1122 | Pass | Authorizing the holder of an alcoholic beverages license in Baltimore City or another appropriate interested party to make a written request to the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore City to extend the time authorized for the transfer of th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 465 |
| SB649 | Pass | Providing that a specified local telephone company provide "lifeline" to qualifying low-income consumers under specified circumstances; repealing a requirement that a telephone company charge an eligible subscriber a percentage of a specified tariff ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 533 |
| SB1121 | Pass | Prohibiting a candidate for the office of judge of the circuit court who is defeated for the nomination at a primary election in each contest for the office of circuit court judge in which the candidate appears on the ballot from appearing on the bal...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 440 |
| SB986 | Pass | Renaming the graduate social worker license issued by the State Board of Social Work Examiners to be the master social worker license; requiring a specified licensed bachelor social worker or licensed master social worker to submit specified informat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 549 |
| SB137 | Pass | Requiring an official publisher that publishes legal material in an electronic record to designate the electronic record as official, under specified circumstances, and authenticate the electronic record in a specified manner; providing that specifie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 554 |
| SB376 | Pass | Repealing the requirement that a mortgage or deed of trust bear a specified certification that the instrument was prepared by a specified person in order to be recorded; providing that a deed other than a mortgage, deed of trust, or an assignment or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 521 |
| SB392 | Pass | Providing that a specified disclosure provided by a lender to a borrower in compliance with a specified federal law shall satisfy specified disclosure requirements under provisions of law governing closed end credit loans secured by a first mortgage ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 484 |
| SB210 | Pass | Altering the restriction on a holder of a Class 8 farm brewery license selling or serving only specified types of food; and allowing the holder to sell and serve any food if the holder is licensed to operate a food establishment, subject to specified...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 467 |
| SB314 | Pass | Authorizing funds in the Bay Restoration Fund to be used for the costs associated with the purchase of specified nutrient load reductions, not to exceed a specified amount per year in specified years; requiring the load reductions purchased under the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 367 |
| SB385 | Pass | Altering the membership of the State Board of Nursing; requiring that specified petitions for membership on the Board have at least a specified number of signatures of support from nurses with a specified license; altering the requirements for the el...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 516 |
| SB269 | Pass | Providing that prohibitions relating to the practice of veterinary medicine do not apply to emergency veterinary care for which a person may not be held civilly liable; providing immunity from civil liability for specified people providing emergency ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 411 |
| SB353 | Pass | Repealing a requirement that annuity contracts purchased under the optional retirement program shall be issued to and become the property of participating employees of the program; clarifying that the rights of participating employees who purchase an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 528 |
| SB1099 | Pass | Amending the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2016 to add an additional grantee to specified grants.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 511 |
| SB59 | Pass | Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to adopt regulations that authorize a tidal fish licensee authorized to catch crabs using all legal gear to work 1 additional early hour on Labor Day, Memorial Day, July 4, and the day before each of thes...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 401 |
| SB178 | Pass | Altering specified conditions of eligibility for funding from the Racetrack Facility Renewal Account by specifying minimum amounts to be spent on capital maintenance and expenditures by specified race tracks; authorizing the Maryland Racing Commissio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 500 |
| SB703 | Pass | Requiring agricultural land preservation easements to be included as part of a partnership formed under the Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration Program under specified circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 394 |
| SB1102 | Pass | Establishing in Worcester County a 1-day beer and wine tasting license; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners to issue a license to an organization representing local governments in the State for a specified purpose; prohibiting the Board fr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 564 |
| SB457 | Pass | Altering the salary of the Sheriff of Carroll County to $100,000 beginning December 4, 2018, and to $110,000 beginning December 3, 2019; and providing for the application of the Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 436 |
| SB735 | Pass | Requiring the Board of County Commissioners of St. Mary's County, when the St. Mary's County Metropolitan Commission plans to borrow any money, to review and approve any loan application before the Commission submits the loan application to a lender.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 426 |
| SB85 | Pass | Authorizing the placement of more than two children in a treatment foster care home in order to place siblings together if the local department makes a written finding that placing the siblings together is in their best interests and that the sibling...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 491 |
| SB441 | Pass | Establishing the Maryland Veterans Service Animal Program in the Department of Veterans Affairs to refer eligible veterans who inquire about participation in the Program to one or more nonprofit training entities and encourage successful Program part...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 416 |
| SB982 | Pass | Requiring the Department of Juvenile Services to provide a progress report on the status of the implementation of specified recommendations of the Task Force to Study the Restraint, Searches, and Needs of Children in the Juvenile Justice System; requ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 487 |
| SB1040 | Pass | Reducing the number of days from 90 to 60 that the Department of the Environment has to take specified actions on a proposed county plan or a proposed revision or amendment to a county plan; reducing the number of days from 90 to 45 for an extension ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 387 |
| SB36 | Pass | Authorizing the Comptroller, under specified circumstances, to grant a waiver from the requirement that a taxpayer claiming specified tax credits submit a claim for the credit by electronic means; and applying the Act to tax years beginning after Dec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 556 |
| SB620 | Pass | Establishing a special event permit in Washington County; authorizing a holder of a Class 3 wintery license or a Class 4 limited winery license in the county to sell beer, wine produced by the holder, and liquor for on-premises consumption at specifi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 432 |
| SB964 | Pass | Requiring the Department of Natural Resources, in consultation with interested stakeholders, to review specified conflicts that arise related to aquaculture and submerged aquatic vegetation, develop solutions to these conflicts, and report its findin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 380 |
| SB799 | Pass | Altering the assessment of points and the penalties associated with the suspension of a driver's license or privilege to drive of an individual who fails to attend a specified driver improvement program or is an obligor 60 days or more out of complia...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 488 |
| SB46 | Pass | Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to issue lifetime complimentary fishing licenses to an out-of-state person who certifies that the person is a former prisoner of war or a 100% service connected disabled American veteran if the person's...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 463 |
| SB676 | Pass | Repealing the prohibition on the neglect or refusal, by an adult child who has or is able to earn sufficient means, to provide a destitute parent with food, shelter, care, and clothing; altering the definition of "responsible relative", as it relates...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 540 |
| SB44 | Pass | Altering the procedures required to be included in a program for the management of records; requiring each head of a unit of State government to designate a records officer to carry out specified functions; providing that the Records Management Divis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 539 |
| SB450 | Pass | Requiring the State Open Meetings Law Compliance Board, in conjunction with the Office of the Attorney General, to develop, conduct educational programs and distribute educational materials on the requirements of the open meetings law to the staff an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 526 |
| SB355 | Pass | Authorizing the Public Service Commission, when determining specified expenses while setting a just and reasonable rate for a gas company, to include all costs reasonably incurred by the gas company for performing environmental remediation of real pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 388 |
| SB438 | Pass | Prohibiting the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency from allowing the establishment of any system or program that allows a person to purchase a State lottery ticket through an electronic device that connects to the Internet, such as a personal co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 448 |
| SB440 | Pass | Prohibiting a county or municipality from issuing a grading or building permit until the developer submits a grading and sediment control plan approved by the Department of the Environment if the property that is the subject of the permit is, or is i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 370 |
| SB737 | Pass | Altering specified limits on debt in St. Mary's County; subjecting specified bonds and other evidences of indebtedness issued under the authority of the St. Mary's County Sanitary Commission Act to a specified limitation; and requiring the responsibi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 424 |
| SB158 | Pass | Altering the basis for calculating a specified license fee credited to the Maryland Oil Disaster Containment, Clean-Up and Contingency Fund; and extending the deadline from June 30, 2017 to June 30, 2019, by which the owner of a specified eligible he...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 390 |
| SB268 | Pass | Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to prepare a specified fishery management plan for the cownose ray species; requiring the Department to prepare a specified fishery management plan for the cownose ray species on or before December 31, 20...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 399 |
| SB340 | Pass | Requiring the University of Maryland School of Public Health, Center for Health Equity, in consultation with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, to convene a workgroup to study and make recommendations to units of State and local government ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 559 |
| SB456 | Pass | Altering the salary of the State's Attorney for Carroll County; providing that the State's Attorney's salary is the following percentages of the salary of a judge of the District Court of Maryland: 80%, ending on December 3, 2018, 90%, beginning on D...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 437 |
| SB873 | Pass | Altering the definitions of "qualified position" and "State priority funding area" for purposes of the job creation tax credit program; requiring the Department of Commerce to certify the amount of the tax credit for which a qualified business entity...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 489 |
