| HB923 | Pass | Authorizing the governing body of Allegany County and of a municipal corporation in Allegany County to grant a property tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on specified property owned by specified organizations...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 470 |
| SB509 | Pass | Increasing the salary of each associate judge of the Orphans' Court for Prince George's County from $42,000 to $50,000, and the salary of the Chief Judge from $42,500 to $55,000 per year; and applying the Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 454 |
| SB500 | Pass | Exempting specified representatives of specified entities from the requirement of admission to the Bar of Maryland and other requirements of the Court of Appeals for representing the entity in the appeals of specified civil actions originating in the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 544 |
| HB1182 | Pass | Altering the annual salary of the State's Attorney for Frederick County; requiring the salary of the State's Attorney for Frederick County to increase in a percentage equal to the average annual increment and salary adjustment given to Frederick Coun...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 495 |
| HB406 | Pass | Extending through fiscal year 2020 the Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment Rebate Program and authorization to issue motor vehicle excise tax credits for specified qualified plug-in electric drive vehicles; increasing the total amount of rebates fr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 362 |
| SB116 | Pass | Providing that a local government may spend 100 percent of its future annual apportionment on development projects and capital renewal after it has exceeded its acquisition goals under Program Open Space; requiring the Joint Subcommittee on Program O...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 406 |
| HB595 | 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 520 |
| SB503 | Pass | Requiring each health occupations board established under the Health Occupations Article to report an update on specified efforts to educate specified individuals regarding racial and ethnic health disparities to specified committees of the General A...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 499 |
| HB627 | Pass | Adding vehicles used to provide demand response services to those vehicles that qualify for a specified motor fuel tax refund.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 522 |
| HB384 | Pass | Altering the definition of "eligible costs" as it relates to projects that receive funding from the Bay Restoration Fund to include any wastewater facility upgrade to enhanced nutrient removal, as determined by the Department of the Environment; etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 369 |
| HB464 | Pass | Altering the national family beer and wine exhibition permit to make it the national beer, wine, and liquor exhibition permit; authorizing the Comptroller to issue the permit to a bona fide alcohol trade association; authorizing the permit holder to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 466 |
| HB1207 | 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 492 |
| SB66 | Pass | Requiring a specified person to make, in order to procure a specified hunting license under specified circumstances, an affidavit that the person hunted before July 1, 1977, rather than that the person had a specified hunting license; limiting the ex...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 402 |
| HB880 | Pass | Requiring the State Open Meetings Law Compliance Board, in conjunction with the Office of the Attorney General, to develop and conduct educational programs and distribute educational materials on the requirements of the open meetings law to the staff...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 525 |
| SB989 | Pass | Prohibiting the State Board of Physicians from requiring, as a qualification to obtain a license or as a condition to renew a license, certification by a specified accrediting organization that specializes in a specific area of medicine or maintenanc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 547 |
| SB88 | Pass | Repealing a specified statutory translation of the Calvert family motto depicted on the Great Seal of the State; and establishing a specified meaning for the Calvert family motto, "Fatti maschii parole femine", which generally means "Strong deeds, ge...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 496 |
| HB386 | Pass | Removing Montgomery County from the scope of law governing the establishment of business improvement districts; authorizing Montgomery County or a municipal corporation in Montgomery County to create specified business improvement districts; providin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 444 |
| HB1463 | Pass | Requiring a veterinary practitioner who has reason to believe that an animal that has been treated by the veterinary practitioner has been subjected to cruelty or fighting in violation of specified provisions of law to report the suspected animal cru...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 417 |
| SB328 | Pass | Requiring the State Highway Administration to dedicate a specified portion of Maryland Route 695A in Baltimore County as Henrietta Lacks Way.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 555 |
| HB1427 | Pass | Establishing an apprentice hunting license that confers specified rights on a purchaser of the license; authorizing a person to obtain an apprentice hunting license on satisfactory completion of a short online or electronic course of instruction in c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 403 |
| SB226 | Pass | Altering the definition of "qualified Maryland biotechnology company" to extend a specified time period from a specified date that an active business may claim the biotechnology tax credit; altering the definition of "biotechnology company" to includ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 476 |
| HB270 | Pass | Requiring the Department of the Environment, in consultation with the State Department of Education, the Department of General Services, and Maryland Occupational Safety and Health, to adopt regulations, under specified circumstances, to require peri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 386 |
| SB924 | Pass | Altering and establishing specified surety bond requirements for specified persons licensed or registered by the Commissioner of Financial Regulation and specified persons licensed by the State Collection Agency Licensing Board; requiring a specified...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 479 |
| SB278 | Pass | Establishing the Maryland Farms and Families Program in the Department of Agriculture; establishing that the purpose of the Program is to double the purchasing power of food-insecure Maryland residents with limited access to fresh fruits and vegetabl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 396 |
| HB811 | Pass | Requiring that at least 20% of the local impact grants distributed to Allegany County from specified proceeds of video lottery terminals be used for capital projects for municipalities and nonprofit organizations in the county; and requiring that an ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 472 |
| SB636 | Pass | Altering the membership of the Commission on the Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Passage of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution to include a representative of the Maryland Heritage Women's History Center.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 478 |
| HB813 | 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 com...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 447 |
| HB795 | Pass | Altering the circumstances under which the Board of License Commissioners for Harford County may issue a waiver from specified school distance restrictions for specified alcoholic beverages licenses; and requiring public hearings to be held in a spec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 498 |
| SB143 | Pass | Providing that a person who tortiously causes an injury to or death of a pet while acting through an animal under the person's ownership is liable to the owner of the pet for specified compensatory damages; increasing from $7500 to a maximum of $10,0...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 413 |
| HB773 | Pass | Requiring the Power Plant Research Program to conduct a study of regulatory reforms and market incentives that may be necessary or beneficial to increase the use of energy storage devices in the State; requiring the Program to consult with specified ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 382 |
| HB792 | Pass | Requiring the Office of Legislative Audits, at the request of the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House, to conduct a performance audit of the local alcoholic beverages licensing board for a county or the City of Annapolis to evaluate ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 524 |
| SB57 | Pass | Making specified modifications to the State income tax credit for the expense of registering specified qualified vehicles in the State; requiring a taxpayer to obtain a tax credit certificate from the Motor Vehicle Administration to receive the credi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 502 |
| SB639 | Pass | Altering the salary of a Sheriff's deputy in Allegany County; and clarifying that at least one of the Sheriff's deputies is required to be assigned by the Sheriff to execute process, orders, and directions for the juvenile court and specified other d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 471 |
| HB1104 | Pass | Establishing that a specified affidavit or specified other proof may be provided as evidence of a domestic partnership to qualify for an exemption from the inheritance tax on the receipt of interest in real property held in joint tenancy that passes ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 503 |
| SB1177 | Pass | Repealing in Harford County a provision of law stating that a condition of a common direct or indirect sharing between specified persons of profit from the sale of alcoholic beverages gives rise to a presumption of indirect ownership interest in an a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 497 |
| SB497 | Pass | Altering the period of time, from 1 year to 2 years, by which a video lottery operation licensee must notify the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission of its intent to reapply for a video lottery operation license; altering the membership of sp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 446 |
| SB289 | Pass | Repealing provisions of law that require the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on the effect of competitive rating on the insurance markets in the State; requiring the Maryland Insurance Administration...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 514 |
| SB794 | Pass | Altering an exception to the requirement that an individual be admitted to the Maryland Bar before the individual may practice law in the State by authorizing an individual who is admitted to the bar of any other state to provide legal advice to the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 508 |
| SB218 | Pass | Authorizing the technical staff of the Public Service Commission to assist a water company or a sewage disposal company in establishing a proposed just and reasonable rate; authorizing the technical staff to seek information from specified companies ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 536 |
| SB313 | Pass | Establishing a Maryland Energy Innovation Institute as part of the A. James Clark School of Engineering to collaborate with academic institutions on clean energy programs in the State and to attract private investment to clean energy innovation and c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 365 |
| HB1345 | Pass | Establishing the National Capital Strategic Economic Development Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund to provide grants to government agencies and nonprofit community development organizations for commercial or residential development projects for site...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 523 |
| SB343 | Pass | Altering the definition of "eligible costs" as it relates to projects that receive funding from the Bay Restoration Fund to include any wastewater facility upgrade to enhanced nutrient removal, as determined by the Department of the Environment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 368 |
| HB592 | Pass | Requiring a hearing on an appeal to a supervisor of assessments concerning the value or classification of a specified dwelling to occur no later than 120 days after the Department of Assessments and Taxation receives the appeal, unless the property o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 537 |
| SB818 | Pass | Establishing a Voluntary Protection Program in the Division of Labor and Industry to encourage participating employers to have exemplary worker safety and health programs; requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to recognize specified employ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 517 |
| HB1480 | Pass | Providing that in Washington County a violation of the prohibition against selling or providing alcoholic beverages to an individual under the age of 21 years is a misdemeanor; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners to impose a maximum fine o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 431 |
| HB315 | Pass | Authorizing the Montgomery County Department of Liquor Control to contract with specified retail outlets to sell liquor for off-premises consumption under specified circumstances; requiring the Department to adopt regulations to establish criteria fo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 442 |
| SB298 | Pass | Altering the salary of the Sheriff of St. Mary's County, the County Treasurer of St. Mary's County, and the State's Attorney for St. Mary's County; and providing for the application of the Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 428 |
| 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 |
| HB725 | Pass | Authorizing, under specified circumstances, an heir or a personal representative of a deceased licensed dentist who was the owner of a dental practice to serve as an owner of the dental practice for no more than 1 year after the death of the licensed...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-04
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 545 |
