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SB668PassIncreasing from $114,500 to $124,500 the limit on the maximum salary that the Board of Public Works may set for a clerk of a circuit court; and applying the Act.
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2018-05-26
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 810
SB532PassMaking individuals who are eligible for in-State financial aid eligible for a Delegate Howard P. Rawlings Educational Excellence Award and part-time grants.
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2018-05-26
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 813
SB566PassAltering a certain provision of law limiting the amount of a finder's fee that may be charged by a mortgage broker obtaining a mortgage loan with respect to the same property more than once within a 24-month period.
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2018-05-26
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 845
SB614PassProhibiting the State or its reporting agency from entering into certain contracts or plans related to the redevelopment of a certain project at State Center unless certain criteria are met; requiring certain criteria to be included, to the extent po...
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2018-05-26
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 840
SB1206PassRequiring the Governor to include in the annual State budget, for fiscal years 2020 through 2023, an appropriation of $500,000 from the Transportation Trust Fund for the operation of the replica sailing vessel known as the Pride of Baltimore II; requ...
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2018-05-26
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 854
SB672PassIncreasing from $114,500 to $124,500 the maximum salary of a register of wills; and providing for the application of the Act.
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2018-05-26
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 823
SB629PassRequiring each local correctional facility and each correctional facility in the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to have a policy in place regarding the medical care of pregnant inmates that addresses certain matters including a...
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2018-05-26
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 828
SB96PassRepealing the requirement that both parties appear before the court at an absolute divorce hearing in order for the court to decree an absolute divorce on the grounds of mutual consent.
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2018-05-26
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 849
SB278PassAltering the prevailing wage law to apply to the construction of certain structures or works funded with certain bond proceeds and located in tax increment financing development districts created on or after July 1, 2018; providing that the prevailin...
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2018-05-26
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 818
SB693PassProhibiting a person who owns, operates, or controls a ticket website from using in the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the ticket website certain lower-level domain names that contain the name of the venue for which the tickets grant admission, th...
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2018-05-26
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 826
SB743PassProhibiting a peer-to-peer car sharing program from delivering or issuing in the State a peer-to-peer car sharing program agreement containing a collision damage waiver, unless the peer-to-peer car sharing program uses a certain collision damage waiv...
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2018-05-26
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 852
SB173PassEstablishing that a judge of the Orphans' Court for Kent County shall receive a salary set by the Kent County Commissioners; establishing that each judge shall receive an allowance for travel expenses in accordance with the county budget; requiring t...
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2018-05-26
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 808
SB291PassRequiring the Department of Human Services to take certain actions when serving as a representative payee or fiduciary for certain federal benefits for a child in the Department's custody; requiring the Department to provide certain notice to the chi...
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2018-05-26
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 816
SB735PassIncreasing the amount of compensation from $7,500 to $9,000 for the president and from $6,500 to $8,000 for other voting members of the Carroll County Board of Education; and providing that the Act does not apply to the compensation of the president ...
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2018-05-26
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 832
SB400PassExtending the period during which the Maryland Stadium Authority and Baltimore City must contribute certain amounts to the annual operating deficits of the Baltimore Convention facility and $200,000 each year to a capital improvement reserve fund; an...
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2018-05-26
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 851
SB821PassEstablishing the Community Development Program in the Department of Housing and Community Development; establishing the Community Development Board in the Program; establishing the Community Development Fund to provide financial assistance to communi...
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2018-05-26
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 802
SB49PassIncreasing from $2,400 to $5,000 the salary of the president and from $2,400 to $4,500 the salary of the other regular members of the Anne Arundel County Board of Elections; and providing that the Act does not apply to the salary or compensation of t...
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2018-05-26
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 805
SB120PassAuthorizing a court to decree an absolute divorce on the grounds of mutual consent if the parties have minor children, under certain circumstances; requiring a certain settlement agreement to provide for the care, custody, access, and support of mino...
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2018-05-26
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 850
SB795PassProhibiting private career schools, for-profit institutions of higher education, and certain institutions of higher education required to register with the Maryland Higher Education Commission under certain circumstances from enrolling certain studen...
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2018-05-26
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 836
SB436PassAltering the salary of the Sheriff of Caroline County to be equal to 80% of the salary of the State's Attorney for Caroline County; altering the salary of the Sheriff of Kent County to be equal to 80% of the salary of the State's Attorney for Kent Co...
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2018-05-26
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 821
SB900PassTransferring the authority to adopt certain regulations related to fantasy competitions from the Comptroller to the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission; prohibiting a person from operating a kiosk or machine that offers fantasy competition to...
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2018-05-26
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 853
SB875PassAltering the definition of "campaign material" to include certain material that is disseminated and certain qualifying paid digital communications; altering the definition of "public communication" to include certain qualifying paid digital communica...
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2018-05-26
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 833
SB967PassAuthorizing an additional 5% tax credit for certain expenditures under the Heritage Structure Rehabilitation Tax Credit for certain commercial rehabilitations that qualify as affordable housing; requiring that the amount of an expired or unclaimed in...
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2018-05-26
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 843
SB891PassAltering the maximum civil penalty that may be assessed against a person for a violation of the Maryland Antitrust Act from $100,000 to $10,000 for each violation; and providing that each day a violation of the Act continues is a separate violation.
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2018-05-26
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 848
SB740VetoRepealing the requirement that the State Board of Education adopt and publish standards for the administration of a subsidized feeding program; authorizing a nonpublic school that participates in the federal School Breakfast Program or the National S...
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2018-05-25
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
SB739VetoAltering the membership of the State Board of Education to add two regular members who are certified teachers with certain experience and a parent of a student enrolled in a public school; prohibiting the two teacher members from being employed by th...
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2018-05-25
Vetoed by the Governor (Policy)
SB802VetoEstablishing a continuing care retirement community license in Baltimore City; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners to issue the license for use by a continuing care retirement community that is located in the 41st alcoholic beverages distr...
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2018-05-25
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
SB138VetoRequiring the Governor to include the State as a member of the U.S. Climate Alliance on or before July 1, 2018; prohibiting the Governor from withdrawing the State from the U.S. Climate Alliance unless the General Assembly enacts a law approving the ...
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2018-05-25
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
SB678VetoAltering the employment categories of certain employees of the State Department of Education; requiring that all positions in the Department be appointed positions in the professional service and skilled service as well as the executive service and m...
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2018-05-25
Vetoed by the Governor (Policy)
SB630VetoRequiring the Maryland Department of Health to make a certain advance payment to a nursing home at the request of the nursing home for uncompensated Maryland Medical Assistance Program services provided to a certain resident; providing that the advan...
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2018-05-25
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
SB575VetoProviding that certain provisions of law governing the reporting and investigation of workers' compensation insurance fraud claims apply to certain employers who participate in a governmental self-insurance group for workers compensation and to certa...
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2018-05-25
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
SB572VetoAuthorizing employees on a public work contract to sue to recover the difference between certain prevailing wage rates and the amounts received by the employees; providing that a certain determination by the Commissioner of Labor and Industry does no...
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2018-05-25
Vetoed by the Governor (Policy)
SB612VetoRepealing the termination provision of a certain provision of law relating to the annual certification of the amount of assessable base for certain real property for the purposes of calculating certain State education aid.
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2018-05-25
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
SB636VetoAltering the period of time for which certain employees of the Office of the Sheriff of Cecil County are required to serve a probationary period; altering which deputy sheriffs in the Office have the right to organize and collectively bargain with th...
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2018-05-25
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
SB838VetoProviding that, unless good cause is shown, a petition for writ of error coram nobis may not be filed more than 3 years after the petitioner knew or should have known that the petitioner faces a significant collateral consequence from the conviction ...
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2018-05-25
Vetoed by the Governor (Policy)
SB178VetoAltering from 10 to 30 days after the appointment or election of an individual to the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System during which the individual is required to take the oath of office; clarifying that individuals appoin...
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2018-05-25
Vetoed by the Governor (Policy)
SB1079VetoAuthorizing the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to require any additional information from a pharmacy benefits manager that may be reasonably necessary to verify information in a certain application; requiring a pharmacy benefits manager to establish...
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2018-05-25
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
SB889VetoAuthorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Washington County, from time to time, to borrow not more than $70,000,000 in order to finance the costs of the construction, improvement, or development of certain public facilities in Washington...
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2018-05-25
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
SB360VetoAuthorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Carroll County, from time to time, to borrow not more than $32,700,000 in order to finance the construction, improvement, or development of certain public facilities in Carroll County, including ...
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2018-05-25
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
SB741VetoAltering the process by which a person who is denied a certain handgun permit or renewal of a permit or whose permit is revoked or limited by the Secretary of State Police or the Secretary's designee may appeal the decision; providing that appeals fr...
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2018-05-25
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
SB1128VetoExpanding the definition of "offshore drilling activity" to mean the exploration, development, or production of oil or gas in, on, or under the outer continental shelf and the transportation of oil or gas from the outer continental shelf; establishin...
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2018-05-25
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
SB792VetoProviding that an insurer is not prohibited from paying certain commissions to licensed insurance producers under commercial insurance policies issued to certain exempt commercial policyholders in a certain manner under certain circumstances; applyin...
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2018-05-25
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
SB1123PassRepealing a requirement applicable to Garrett County that a certain animal control officer enforce certain provisions; and requiring, in Garrett County, certain provisions to be enforced by the sheriff, a deputy authorized by the sheriff, or an anima...
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2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 701
SB318PassAltering the determination of the amount of the standard deduction allowed for an individual under the Maryland income tax; altering the minimum and maximum limitation amounts of certain standard deductions allowed under the Maryland income tax for c...
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2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 577
SB1239PassMaking certain provisions relating to the appointment or designation of a standby guardian of the person or property of a minor under certain circumstances applicable to the appointment or designation of a standby guardian of the person or property o...
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2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 749
SB947PassProhibiting a certain hearing officer from ordering the release of an individual who meets the requirements for involuntary admission under a certain provision of law on the grounds that the individual was kept at an emergency facility for more than ...
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2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 730
SB1148PassRepealing a provision of law requiring the Washington County Commissioners to establish an Advisory School Design Review Committee; repealing provisions establishing the Committee's duties and relating to the review of the Committee's comments and re...
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2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 615
SB1131PassAllowing a certain insurance identification card to be issued for a period of 12 months for a 12-month commercial motor vehicle insurance policy covering three or more vehicles even if the payment by the insured is for a period of less than 12 months...
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2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 624
SB1260PassProviding that the first $300,000 received by the Waterway Improvement Fund, during fiscal year 2019, may be used only for the State portion of funding for the dredging study of the Ocean City Inlet by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; and providing ...
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2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 719
SB402PassRequiring a county board of education to provide age-appropriate instruction on the meaning of "consent," which is defined as the unambiguous and voluntary agreement between all participants in each physical act within the course of interpersonal rel...
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2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 737
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