| HB403 | Pass | Establishing the Community College Facilities Renewal Grant Program to provide State funds to community colleges for improvements, repairs, and deferred maintenance projects; requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to administer the Progra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 687 |
| HB1506 | Pass | Authorizing the Securities Commissioner of the Division of Securities of the Office of the Attorney General to bring a civil action for damages against a certain person that violates certain provisions of law on behalf of a certain person; authorizin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 794 |
| SB947 | Pass | Prohibiting 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 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 730 |
| SB1148 | Pass | Repealing 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 615 |
| HB1096 | Pass | Establishing the Veteran Employment and Transition Success Program to provide grants to assist transitioning veterans in obtaining a certification, license, or registration under the Health Occupations Article; requiring the Department of Veterans Af...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 786 |
| SB1131 | Pass | Allowing 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 624 |
| HB1575 | Pass | Authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore County to allow a person to obtain a certain interest in one or more licenses issued in another jurisdiction or state and a certain number of Class B beer, wine, and liquor licenses that th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 765 |
| SB1260 | Pass | Providing 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 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 719 |
| HB373 | Pass | Repealing provisions relating to a home detention program in Cecil County; authorizing the Sheriff of Cecil County to establish home detention, pretrial release, work release, and prerelease programs; requiring the Sheriff to adopt regulations necess...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 608 |
| HB382 | Pass | Repealing certain statutory language to clarify that a person who has been charged with any civil offense or infraction, except a juvenile offense, may file a petition for expungement of certain records under certain circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 686 |
| SB402 | Pass | Requiring 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 737 |
| HB1393 | Pass | Specifying that a certain prohibition against a person having an interest in more than one alcoholic beverages license issued by the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore County does not apply to a license issued for a hotel that has at least ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 761 |
| SB996 | Pass | Altering a subtraction modification under the State income tax for certain military retirement income for individuals who are at least 55 years old from $10,000 to $15,000; providing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax under cert...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 573 |
| HB1456 | Pass | Expanding the definition of "offshore drilling activity" to mean the exploration, development, production or transportation of oil or gas on or under the outer continental shelf; establishing that an offshore drilling activity is an ultrahazardous an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 626 |
| SB647 | Pass | Altering the Maryland earned income tax credit to allow certain individuals without qualifying children to claim an increased credit; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017; and making the Act contingent on the taking eff...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 611 |
| SB1006 | Pass | Altering the definition of the construction practice term "Coast Smart" to include highway facilities; requiring the Coast Smart Council, in conjunction with the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Transportation, to establish Coast...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 629 |
| SB648 | Pass | Requiring, for a development with 11 or more homes to be built by the same builder, a home builder to provide a purchaser with written information on energy-efficient options, including a statement that tax credits may be available related to the ene...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 681 |
| SB361 | Pass | Authorizing a court after a certain finding of incompetency or not criminally responsible due to a mental disorder to order the Maryland Department of Health as soon as possible after the defendant's admission, but not later than 48 hours, to evaluat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 703 |
| HB1553 | Pass | Prohibiting an agent, a landlord, or an operator from making false representations or statements to tenants in violation of certain laws in Baltimore City; prohibiting certain individuals from making false representations or statements in connection ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 637 |
| HB1297 | Pass | Authorizing a lender to elect to make a certain loan to a borrower under certain circumstances; providing that certain provisions of law do not apply to certain loans under certain circumstances; prohibiting an unlicensed person from making a covered...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 790 |
| HB1385 | Pass | Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to establish by ordinance a certain Tourism Improvement District; authorizing the Mayor and City Council to designate a Tourism Improvement District Association to provide certain services; requirin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 641 |
| SB1144 | Pass | Establishing in Baltimore County a Class B-ECF/DS beer, wine, and liquor license; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore County to issue the license to an individual who is authorized by the University of Maryland, Baltimore Cou...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 617 |
| SB564 | Pass | Altering the method by which an individual or a corporation may claim a credit against the State income tax for certain costs incurred to obtain federal security clearances, to rent certain spaces, and to construct or renovate certain sensitive compa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 610 |
| SB659 | Pass | Repealing a certain provision of law specifying a certain processing fee for articles of transfer; repealing each provision of law regarding executing and filing articles of transfer; altering the types of actions not required by a corporation for ce...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 720 |
| HB714 | Pass | Extending the termination date to September 30, 2022, for certain provisions of law authorizing certain hybrid vehicles to use a certain high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane regardless of the number of passengers under certain circumstances; extending t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 679 |
| SB399 | Pass | Requiring the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore City to publish notice of license application in two newspapers instead of three.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 635 |
| HB1448 | Pass | Allowing the District Court or a circuit court to authorize the clerk of the court to approve an individual installment plan agreement for the payment of certain fines for traffic offenses under certain circumstances; authorizing a certain defendant ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 792 |
| HB742 | Pass | Continuing the State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (Sunset Law) by extending to July 1, 2021, the termination provisions relating to statutory and regulatory a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 756 |
| HB1557 | Pass | Requiring a unit to give a certain preference under certain circumstances to a certain resident firm that is licensed or otherwise authorized to provide architectural services or engineering services in the State; requiring a certain nonresident firm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 633 |
| HB97 | Pass | Continuing the State Board of Law Examiners in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (sunset law) by extending to July 1, 2030, the termination provisions relating to the statutory and regulatory authority of the Board...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 591 |
| SB1063 | Pass | Prohibiting referral of a patient to a certifying provider by certain persons or entities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 600 |
| SB895 | Pass | Increasing the maximum number of years of eligibility service that certain members of the State Police Retirement System may have to participate in the Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP) to 30; increasing the number of years that certain membe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 726 |
| SB899 | Pass | Clarifying that the compensation of the Executive Director for the State Retirement Agency and certain staff shall be as provided in the State budget; requiring the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System to adopt criteria for s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 728 |
| HB1423 | Pass | Requiring each State employee to complete at least a cumulative 2 hours of in-person or virtual, interactive training on sexual harassment prevention within 6 months after the employee's initial appointment and every 2-year period thereafter; requiri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 791 |
| SB621 | Pass | Authorizing certain persons to execute and record a restrictive covenant modification to an unlawfully restrictive covenant in a certain manner; requiring the governing body of a homeowners association to delete any recorded covenant or restriction t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 636 |
| HB1596 | Pass | Providing that, except as prohibited by federal law, a provision in certain employment contracts, policies, or agreements that waive certain rights or remedies to a claim of sexual harassment or certain retaliation is null and void as being against t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 738 |
| HB108 | Pass | Repealing the requirement that an application to the Department of Housing and Community Development for funds under the Baltimore Regional Neighborhood Initiative Program contain a local government resolution of support or letter of support; and pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 766 |
| HB1723 | Pass | Requiring an inmate participating in a work-release arrangement in Charles County to pay court-ordered restitution and certain food, lodging, electronic monitoring, and clothing costs; requiring the Charles County Sheriff to establish certain per die...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 625 |
| SB848 | Pass | Altering the method by which an individual or a corporation may claim a credit against the State income tax for certain expenses related to certain wineries and vineyards in the State; extending for 3 years a certain termination provision for the cre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 614 |
| HB417 | Pass | Requiring the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission to develop and operate a website by July 1, 2020, that includes certain information about certain payees and certain payments; and specifying certain requirements for the website.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 770 |
| SB835 | Pass | Establishing the Collaborative Care Pilot Program in the Maryland Department of Health to implement a Collaborative Care Model in primary care settings to provide health care services to recipients enrolled in HealthChoice; requiring the Department t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 683 |
| SB552 | Pass | Continuing the State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (Sunset Law) by extending to July 1, 2021, the termination provisions relating to statutory and regulatory a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 757 |
| HB1481 | Pass | Requiring, for a development with 11 or more homes to be built by the same builder, a home builder to provide a purchaser with written information on energy-efficient options, including a statement that tax credits may be available related to the ene...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 680 |
| HB815 | Pass | Increasing the minimum dollar amount of contracts from $15,000 to $30,000 for which the Calvert County Commissioners are required to undergo a formal bidding process; requiring a certain contract to be awarded to the most responsible offeror under ce...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 744 |
| SB150 | Pass | Establishing a bookstore beer and wine license in the City of Annapolis; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners to issue the license to a certain establishment; specifying that the license authorizes the license holder to sell beer and wine t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 674 |
| HB89 | Pass | Repealing a certain requirement that the State Department of Assessments and Taxation be responsible for certain administrative duties relating to a credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on a certain dwelling that is...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 654 |
| SB1165 | Pass | Altering the definition of "veteran" for purposes of certain provisions of law governing veteran-owned small business enterprise participation in procurement to include only individuals who are verified by the State Department of Veterans Affairs as ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 740 |
| HB1598 | Pass | Altering the educational requirements to qualify for a license to practice massage therapy; altering the educational requirements to qualify to be registered to practice massage therapy; and requiring each holder of a license or registration to pract...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 797 |
| HB1765 | Pass | Authorizing a certain reduction in nitrogen from a certain upgrade to an on-site sewage disposal system to count toward a nitrogen load reduction required in a certain watershed implementation plan under certain circumstances; authorizing a certain r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 585 |
| SB153 | Pass | Increasing from $750 to $1,500 the maximum allowable amount of a credit against the State income tax that provides $5 for each bushel of oyster shells recycled during the taxable year; extending the termination date of the credit to the end of June 3...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 604 |
