| MD | SB338 | Engross | Requiring an animal control facility operated by a county or municipality to waive the adoption fee for a dog or cat for a veteran who presents a valid driver's license or identification card that includes a notation of veteran status; authorizing an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-25
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB284 | Engross | Defining the terms "service dog", "support dog", and "therapy horse" for the purposes of the law governing the Maryland Veterans Service Animal Program in the Department of Veterans Affairs; defining "service dog" as one that is individually trained ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-25
To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
| MD | SB712 | Intro | Providing that the prohibition against operating or riding on a motorcycle without certain protective headgear does not apply to an individual at least 21 years old who has been licensed to operate a motorcycle for at least 2 years, has completed a c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-23
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB296 | Engross | Prohibiting a person from using contributor information from any report or statement required under provisions of law governing campaign finance for commercial solicitation purposes; and prohibiting a person from publishing contributor information fr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-19
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | SB180 | Engross | Specifying that the purpose for which licensed funeral establishments and holders of certain permits are authorized to transfer unclaimed cremains of a veteran or an eligible dependent to a veterans service organization under certain circumstances is...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-18
To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
| MD | SB510 | Engross | Expanding the applicability of the annual sales and use tax-free period to certain sewing items used to make clothing if the taxable price of each item is less than $100; and providing that "sewing items" include the material used to make clothing, f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-18
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | SB487 | Intro | Requiring the Governor to appoint five members, instead of three, to the Board of License Commissioners for Anne Arundel County; requiring that members be appointed from each legislative district in Anne Arundel County; limiting the number of terms t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-17
[Hearing: Mar 5 @ 2:00 pm]
To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee |
| MD | SB496 | Pass | Providing certain financing during fiscal years 2021 and 2022 for the purpose of relieving the adverse effects of the coronavirus pandemic; allowing, for certain taxable years, a subtraction under the Maryland income tax for certain unemployment insu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 39 |
| MD | SB490 | Intro | Requiring the Board of License Commissioners for Anne Arundel County to employ a chief inspector; and providing for the salary of the chief inspector.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-12
[Hearing: Mar 5 @ 2:00 pm]
To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee |
| MD | SB713 | Intro | Prohibiting a person from willfully and maliciously destroying, injuring, or defacing a campaign sign that is on another person's property; establishing that a violation of the Act is a misdemeanor with a fine of up to $1,000, or imprisonment for not...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-12
[Hearing: Mar 3 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee |
| MD | SB838 | Intro | Requiring an election judge to establish a voter's identity by requiring the voter to present certain proof of identity; requiring the election judge to read the voter's name aloud; requiring a voter to vote a provisional ballot if the voter is unabl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-12
[Hearing: Mar 3 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee |
| MD | SB944 | Intro | Requiring the Board of License Commissioners for Anne Arundel County, for the 2020-2021 licensing period, to reimburse holders of certain alcoholic beverages licenses the entire amount of the annual license fee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-12
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB7 | Engross | Renaming the Court Dog and Child Witness Program to be the Court Dog Program; expanding the application of the Program to veterans who are participating in a court-supervised, comprehensive, and voluntary treatment-based program; establishing that t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB869 | Intro | Requiring the Department of Transportation to conduct a study and make recommendations on extending Maryland Area Regional Commuter (MARC) rail service to western Maryland; requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to incorporate the recommendati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
[Hearing: Mar 10 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB865 | Intro | Altering the transportation services provided by an emergency service transporter for which the Maryland Department of Health is required to reimburse the emergency service transporter under certain circumstances; and altering the medical services pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
[Hearing: Mar 10 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB887 | Intro | Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant a tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on real or personal property owned or leased by...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
[Hearing: Mar 3 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | SB852 | Intro | Requiring the Commissioner of Correction to provide a certain inmate with a reentry kit that includes clothing, an identification card, contact information on reentry services, information on Medicaid and the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange and publ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-09
[Hearing: Mar 3 @ 12:00 pm]
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB164 | Engross | Requiring that the behavioral health services for which the Maryland Department of Health provides service coordination for veterans under certain provisions of law include mental health first aid; requiring that mental health first aid consist of tr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-08
To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
| MD | SB1 | Engross | Requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to establish a certain new unit to assist in evaluating and reviewing certain proposals for new programs and substantial modifications of existing programs; requiring the Governor, in each of fiscal ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-08
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | SB304 | Engross | Altering the definition of "recyclable materials" under the Maryland Recycling Act to exclude incinerator ash; and repealing the authority of a county to utilize a resource recovery facility to meet 5% of the waste reduction required to be achieved t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB773 | Intro | Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to require each chamber of the General Assembly to designate its highest elected member within each party to appoint their party's members to standing committees in a manner that reflects the divers...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB233 | Intro | Requiring that certain guidelines for absentee voting provide for voter access to information concerning the status of the voter's absentee ballot or absentee ballot application; prohibiting an envelope enclosing an absentee ballot from including lan...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-02
To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee |
| MD | SB69 | Intro | Establishing the Cybersecurity Coordination and Operations Office within the Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) to help improve statewide cybersecurity readiness and response; requiring the Director of MEMA to appoint an Executive Director a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-02
To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee |
| MD | SB560 | Intro | Classifying the theft of a handgun as a felony; and establishing a penalty for theft of a handgun, for a first conviction, 2 to 5 years of imprisonment and a fine of up to $1,000 or both, and for a second or subsequent conviction, imprisonment for 5 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-27
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB318 | Intro | Stating certain findings of the General Assembly related to the value of fishing and hunting to the cultural and social heritage and the economy of the State; and establishing that it is the intent of the General Assembly that residents of the State ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-22
To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee |
| MD | SB243 | Intro | Requiring the State Department of Education, by July 1, 2022, to develop a certain program of education on the dangers of gambling and gambling addiction to be provided in public high schools; requiring the program to be coordinated with other State ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-06
To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee |
| MD | SB27 | Intro | Clarifying that personal protection or self-defense can qualify as a good and substantial reason to carry, wear, or transport a handgun for purposes of the issuance by the Secretary of State Police of a permit to carry, wear, or transport a handgun.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-28
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB108 | Intro | Altering the definition of "crime of violence" to remove an exception for the use of a firearm in the commission of a certain offense of possession with intent to distribute a controlled dangerous substance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-28
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB258 | Intro | Expanding eligibility for a property tax exemption for the dwelling house of a disabled veteran to include veterans with a service connected disability of at least 80%; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2021.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-22
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | SB261 | Intro | Authorizing the governing body of Anne Arundel County to grant, by law, a tax credit against the county property tax imposed on real property owned or leased by a business entity affected by a state of emergency declared under Title 14 of the Public ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-22
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
