| HB1468 | Pass | Establishing the Job Access and Reverse Commute Program in the Maryland Transit Administration; authorizing the Administration to make certain grants under the Program to certain providers for certain employment and commuter projects; providing for t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 793 |
| SB83 | Pass | Changing from March 15 to April 15 the date by which public service companies are required to file a franchise tax return with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 652 |
| SB606 | Pass | Establishing the Off-Highway Recreational Vehicle Trail Fund to be used to maintain and construct trails for off-highway recreational vehicles on certain land; requiring the Secretary of Natural Resources to administer the Fund; requiring the Comptro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 700 |
| SB1202 | Pass | Establishing the Richard W. Collins III Leadership With Honor Scholarship Program; establishing eligibility criteria for the scholarship that requires an individual to be a member of the Reserve Officer Training Corps, a certain minority student, and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 597 |
| SB874 | Pass | Providing that certain immunity provisions relating to medical cannabis apply to the possession of medical cannabis; and prohibiting certain third-party vendors authorized by the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission to take certain actions ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 601 |
| SB1140 | Pass | Defining the term "child" for the purposes of the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation to mean a biological child, an adopted child, or a stepchild, not to include a foster child, a grandchild, or a descendant more remote than a grandch...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 623 |
| SB152 | Pass | Altering the definition of "eligible veteran" to include the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service and the Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for the purpose of granting a preference in hiring and prom...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 586 |
| HB365 | Pass | Altering the determination of the number of exemptions that an individual may use to calculate a certain deduction under the Maryland income tax; requiring the Bureau of Revenue Estimates, in consultation with the Consensus Revenue Monitoring and For...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 574 |
| SB1028 | Pass | Prohibiting certain mental health or child care practitioners from engaging in conversion therapy with individuals who are minors; providing that a certain mental health or child care practitioner who engages in conversion therapy with a minor shall ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 685 |
| SB595 | 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 688 |
| SB599 | Pass | Requiring the governing body of Baltimore County to grant a property tax credit against the county property tax imposed on a dwelling owned by a homeowner who is at least 70 years old under certain circumstances; providing for the calculation of, eli...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 709 |
| SB1020 | 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 634 |
| HB1410 | Pass | Extending, in Baltimore County, the time period to 1 year after which an alcoholic beverages license expires when the license holder has closed the business or stopped active alcoholic beverages business operations at the premises; establishing that ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 764 |
| HB236 | Pass | Establishing the Affordable Housing Commission for Prince George's County; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Commission; requiring the Commission to review certain procedures and practices and use certain information to examin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 776 |
| HB1634 | Pass | Altering the definition of "unfair or deceptive trade practice" to be "unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice"; providing the purpose of the Act is to support enforcement by and funding of the Office of the Attorney General and the Commissioner...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 731 |
| SB73 | Pass | Providing that full-time deputy sheriffs at the rank of captain and below and full-time correctional officers at the rank of captain and below in the Office of the Sheriff of Harford County have the right to organize and negotiate with the Harford Co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 647 |
| HB1228 | Pass | Requiring certain Equal Employment Opportunity Program reports to include certain information about sexual harassment policies, prevention training, and complaints.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 788 |
| SB17 | Pass | Altering a requirement that the Maryland Health Care Commission adopt certain regulations for the privacy and security of protected health information obtained or released through a health information exchange; altering the definition of a "health in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 657 |
| SB989 | Pass | Defining "Tier 1 county" as a county exceeding certain unemployment rates and with less than or equal to 75% of the median State income during certain periods; repealing a certain start-up tax credit under the One Maryland Economic Development Tax Cr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 583 |
| SB616 | Pass | Establishing a marketplace license in the 43rd alcoholic beverages district in Baltimore City; creating exceptions under which the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore City may issue certain new Class B-D-7 licenses; authorizing the Board to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 713 |
| SB1154 | Pass | Altering the definition of "film production activity" to include each season of a television series; excluding certain activities from eligibility for the film production tax credit program; authorizing a Maryland small or independent film entity to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 595 |
| HB1517 | Pass | Requiring the Director of the Behavioral Health Administration by December 1 each year to submit a report on behavioral health services for children and young adults in the State to the Governor and the General Assembly; requiring the Social Services...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 693 |
| HB252 | Pass | Authorizing a local jurisdiction to adopt the definition of agritourism by local ordinance, resolution, law, or rule; providing for the application of the Act to charter counties; and defining "agritourism" as an activity conducted on a farm that is ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 672 |
| SB228 | Pass | Altering the eligibility criteria for the cybersecurity investment incentive tax credit to provide the credit to a qualified investor in a qualified Maryland cybersecurity company rather than providing the credit to the company; authorizing certain b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 578 |
| SB563 | Pass | Altering the date from September 15 to November 15 by which an individual or a corporation is required to submit a certain application for a certain credit against the State income tax for certain research and development expenses incurred by the ind...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 609 |
| SB1010 | 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 739 |
| SB978 | Pass | Authorizing a student or a student's parent or guardian to release the student's Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery score to certain apprenticeship programs and certain employers; authorizing the State Department of Education to adopt regulat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 695 |
| SB1098 | Pass | Prohibiting the tax collector in Baltimore City from selling residential property when the tax in arrears consists only of unpaid charges for water and sewer service; authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City to enforce a lien for unpa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 714 |
| SB98 | Pass | Requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to apportion the assessment of operating property of a public utility among the counties and municipal corporations where the operating property is located; repealing certain requirements for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 655 |
| HB822 | Pass | Requiring, by July 1, 2019, the Department of Budget and Management and the State Retirement Agency to finalize the development of recommendations for a phased retirement plan; requiring the Department and the Agency to consider certain options and w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 774 |
| HB284 | Pass | Altering 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 607 |
| SB8 | Pass | Repealing certain provisions of law that authorize the State Board of Nursing to grant two 90-day extensions for the renewal of a certain license or certificate pending receipt of criminal history record information; repealing a provision of law that...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 656 |
| SB48 | Pass | Providing for enhanced workers' compensation benefits for a State correctional officer for a compensable permanent partial disability of less than 75 weeks; and providing that the Act applies only prospectively and may not be applied or interpreted t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 588 |
| HB202 | 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 702 |
| HB829 | Pass | Prohibiting a municipality from requiring an individual to provide a reason that the individual will be unable to vote in person on election day in order to vote by absentee ballot.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 746 |
| HB1350 | 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 628 |
| SB1102 | Pass | Altering certain requirements for service of process by a landlord of nonresidential property in an action for repossession for nonpayment of rent by requiring service to be directed to the sheriff for the appropriate county or municipality and autho...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 645 |
| HB1368 | Pass | Establishing that the "filing of the application for divorce", for purposes of a provision of law authorizing a court to decree an absolute divorce on the grounds of a 12-month separation when the parties have met certain conditions before the filing...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 782 |
| SB54 | Pass | Correcting certain incorrect cross-references for purposes of certain provisions of law relating to accountable care organizations, incentive-based compensation, and the renewal of certain health benefit plans; altering the triggering events for whic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 665 |
| SB540 | Pass | Increasing from $15,000 to $25,000 the threshold amount of a certain contract of sale or purchase entered into by the County Commissioners of Garrett County or a county employee above which the county is required to advertise for bids.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 699 |
| SB1056 | Pass | Establishing the Rural Health Collaborative Pilot in the Maryland Department of Health to lead a regional partnership in building a rural health system that enhances access to and utilization of health care services designed to meet certain goals; es...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 606 |
| HB205 | Pass | Providing for enhanced workers' compensation benefits for a State correctional officer for a compensable permanent partial disability of less than 75 weeks; and applying the Act prospectively.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 589 |
| SB1099 | Pass | Establishing the Commission to Restore Trust in Policing to review the operation of the Baltimore Police Department's Gun Trace Task Force and make recommendations on the reorganization of the Police Department and certain other matters as necessary;...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 753 |
| SB57 | Pass | Correcting an erroneous cross-reference relating to the notice requirements to which a medical professional liability insurer that cancels a policy for nonpayment of a deductible is subject.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 666 |
| HB1480 | Pass | Requiring a certain distributor of controlled dangerous substances to report certain suspicious orders to the Maryland Department of Health and the Office of the Attorney General; authorizing a certain distributor to satisfy a certain reporting oblig...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 592 |
| HB710 | Pass | Prohibiting a consumer reporting agency from charging a fee for the placement of a security freeze requested by a consumer or a certain consumer representative; prohibiting a consumer reporting agency from charging a fee for the temporary lift or rem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 676 |
| HB312 | Pass | Increasing the penalties for obstructing, hindering, or interfering with a school bus driver or a certain individual who is involved in providing public transportation services under certain circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 619 |
| HB1597 | Pass | Requiring certain Executive Branch Departments to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by October 1, 2018, regarding how many applications for occupational licenses and certificates were received during the preceding 5 years, how many of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 796 |
| HB744 | Pass | Requiring certain modal administrations of the Department of Transportation to adopt a complete streets policy that provides information for the implementation of design features that accommodate and facilitate safe and convenient access and mobility...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 717 |
| SB84 | Pass | Requiring that the supervisor of assessments for a county, rather than the State Department of Assessments and Taxation, approve or reject an application for an exemption of real property from the property tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 653 |
