Maryland Senator Chris West [R]

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MDSB36PassRepealing the authority of the court to decree a limited divorce; and altering certain grounds for an absolute divorce.
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2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 645
MDSB55PassAltering the period of time within which a person is required to file a Maryland estate tax return for the purpose of allowing a surviving spouse to take into account the deceased spousal unused exclusion amount to be consistent with the time for mak...
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2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 713
MDSB185PassAltering the purpose of the Maryland State Police Gun Center to include the tracking, screening, and vetting of all firearms surrendered under final protective orders in the State; and requiring each law enforcement agency to report to the Center the...
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2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 624
MDSB211PassAuthorizing a court to stay the entering of a conviction, defer further proceedings, and place a certain defendant on probation subject to reasonable conditions if the court finds facts justifying a finding of guilt; authorizing the State and a certa...
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2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 711
MDSB209PassEstablishing the Task Force to Study Crime Classification to study and make recommendations regarding a method for classifying crimes and civil offenses under State law and to identify and logically categorize all crimes and civil offenses that exist...
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2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 712
MDSB289PassAltering the name of the Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship to be the Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship.
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2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 733
MDSB446PassEstablishing rules governing the exercise of the decanting power to distribute the property of a first trust to one or more second trusts or to modify the terms of a first trust.
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2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 716
MDSB792PassEstablishing requirements for the registration and termination of domestic partnerships with the register of wills; repealing provisions on legitimacy and illegitimacy of children and providing for the parentage of a child born or conceived by regist...
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2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 647
MDSB611PassEstablishing the Environmental and Natural Resources Crimes Unit of the Office of the Attorney General to investigate and prosecute cases against persons that violate State criminal environmental and natural resources laws; requiring, on or before No...
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2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 689
MDSB148PassProviding for the stable funding and support of trauma-informed, high-quality program and services for victims of crime; requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services to help support certain programs providing servic...
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2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 626
MDSB354PassEstablishing a certain income tax checkoff for voluntary contributions to the Maryland Veterans Trust Fund; and requiring, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024, the Comptroller to include a checkoff on individual income tax return form...
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2023-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 617
MDSB553PassIncreasing the amount of a certain subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for certain military retirement income received by individuals under the age of 55 years to $12,500 and individuals at least 55 years old to $20,000 during the ...
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2023-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 614
MDSB554PassEstablishing the Tricare Premium Reimbursement Program in the Military Department for the Department to award grants to reimburse certain members of the National Guard for the cost of premiums for certain health care and dental care plans; and requir...
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2023-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 612
MDSB310PassAltering the Black Bear Damage Reimbursement Fund to authorize grants from the Fund to be made for projects that prevent damages caused by black bears and reduce conflicts between black bears and humans; renaming the Fund to be the Black Bear Damage ...
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2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 565
MDSB526PassAltering the definition of "qualified conservation" for purposes of provisions of law related to forest mitigation banks; altering exemptions from certain afforestation, reforestation, and preservation requirements; altering certain methods of calcul...
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2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 542
MDSB549PassEstablishing the Build Our Future Grant Pilot Program in the Department of Commerce to provide funding for certain costs for infrastructure projects in eligible technology sectors; requiring certain grantees to provide matching funds and to demonstr...
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2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 431
MDSB550PassEstablishing the Maryland Community Investment Venture Fund as an instrumentality of the State to develop opportunities for banking institutions and credit unions to better serve the needs of low- to moderate-income tracts; providing for certain asse...
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2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 433
MDSB145PassAuthorizing the State Board of Social Work Examiners, under certain circumstances, to issue a conditional license to practice social work to an applicant who, except for passing a required examination, has met the appropriate education and experience...
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2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 317
MDSB346PassEstablishing a licensing and regulatory system for sign language interpreters under the State Board of Sign Language Interpreters in the Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing; establishing the Sign Language Interpreters Fund to be used exclusively t...
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2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 269
MDSB90PassProhibiting a person from making certain telephone solicitations to a certain called party in a certain manner by restricting the methods, times, and identifying information that the person making the call may utilize; and making a violation of the A...
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2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 413
MDSB379PassRequiring a local board of elections to send, not later than 43 days before an election, a ballot to voters who have made a request and qualify to vote by absentee ballot; altering the procedures for the canvassing of and curing of errors on absentee...
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2023-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 152
MDSB535PassProhibiting a person from discriminating in the sale or rental of, or otherwise making unavailable or denying, a dwelling to an individual with a disability who has, obtains, or retains a certain service dog; and defining "service dog" as a dog that ...
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2023-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 212
MDSB974PassRequiring contractors operating State-owned nursing homes to promptly provide notice of certain deficiencies, enforcement actions, citations, and fines to the Governor, the State agency overseeing the nursing home, certain committees of the General A...
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2023-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 106
MDSB7PassAltering the composition of the State Board of On-Site Wastewater Professionals; clarifying and altering the distribution of certain fees and penalties; and clarifying the application of certain license requirements and penalties.
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2023-04-11
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 67
MDSB552PassAltering the percentage of the federal earned income tax credit used for determining the amount that an individual may claim as a refund under the Maryland earned income tax credit under certain circumstances; repealing a certain limitation on the am...
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2023-04-11
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 3
MDSB478PassExtending the time for the submission of the final report of the Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission to December 1, 2025; and extending the termination date for the Commission to June 30, 2026.
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2023-04-11
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 12
MDSB260Engross
50%
Requiring producers of architectural paint or a representative organization to submit a plan for the establishment of a Paint Stewardship Program to the Department of the Environment on or before July 1, 2024, and in accordance with certain requireme...
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2023-04-07
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDSB547Engross
50%
Requiring the Office of Statewide Broadband within the Department of Housing and Community Development to conduct a study of broadband services, service providers, infrastructure, and private network investors and submit its findings and recommendati...
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2023-04-06
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDSB279Engross
50%
Requiring the Department of Agriculture to develop, publish, and regularly update a fact sheet on the care and protection of pets in the event of an eviction or any other loss of possession of real property; requiring a landlord to provide a link to ...
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2023-04-04
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDSB528Engross
50%
Requiring, subject to a certain exception, the Motor Vehicle Administration to require certain persons who are convicted of, or granted probation before judgment for, certain criminal offenses related to driving while impaired by alcohol to participa...
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2023-04-04
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDSB87Engross
50%
Establishing the Correctional Ombudsman Unit in the Office of the Attorney General; requiring the Unit to conduct investigations, reviews, and assessments of administrative acts taken by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services or in...
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2023-03-30
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDSB318Engross
50%
Establishing the Healthy Indoor Air Quality Grant Program in the Maryland Energy Administration; providing that the purpose of the Program is to improve indoor air quality by providing grants to qualified individuals or businesses to install indoor a...
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2023-03-30
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDSB56Engross
50%
Prohibiting a provision in a contract with a design professional for professional services that requires the design professional to defend certain parties against liability or certain claims.
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2023-03-22
To House Judiciary Committee
MDSB195Engross
50%
Requiring that candidates for judge of the orphans' court appear on the ballot without party designation.
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2023-03-22
To House Judiciary Committee
MDSB210Engross
50%
Altering a prohibition on judges of the orphans' court acting as attorneys to prohibit a judge of the orphans' court from acting as an attorney in matters related to the administration of an estate or a guardianship of a minor within the jurisdiction...
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2023-03-22
To House Judiciary Committee
MDSB252Engross
50%
Providing that a person charged with negligent driving must appear in court and may not prepay the fine if the negligent driving contributed to an accident that resulted in the death of another person; and establishing a penalty for a person convicte...
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2023-03-22
To House Judiciary Committee
MDSB793Engross
50%
Establishing consumer protections related to the repair or replacement of motor vehicle glass on motor vehicles equipped with an advanced driver assistance system; and establishing that a violation of the Act is an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade...
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2023-03-18
To House Economic Matters Committee
MDSB18Engross
50%
Establishing the Police Recruitment and Retention Workgroup to study issues and factors potentially contributing to recruitment challenges and the decline in police officer retention statewide; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and r...
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2023-03-13
To House Appropriations Committee
MDSB235Engross
50%
Requiring a county board of education, during the design development phase of the construction or major renovation of a school building, to evaluate the use of solar panels on the roof of the school and geothermal heating and cooling systems; and pro...
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2023-03-13
To House Appropriations Committee
MDSB867Engross
50%
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration, in consultation with the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture, to design and issue a Maryland Heroes registration plate that features the images of Harriet Tubman and Frederick Dougla...
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2023-03-13
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDSB938Intro
25%
Altering the amount and uses of annual funding relating to school safety to include the development of services to resolve student disputes through mediation and repealing the requirement that a certain appropriation be used for a certain purpose; re...
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2023-03-09
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB348Engross
50%
Altering the calculation of certain funding for the State Library Resource Center for certain fiscal years.
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2023-03-07
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDSB887Intro
25%
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to develop and make available a specially designed registration plate that features the statement "In God We Trust".
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2023-03-02
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB500Intro
25%
Exempting from certain requirements relating to the offering of health benefit plans to individuals and small employers in the State health benefit plans issued through a professional employer organization, coemployer, or other organization that enga...
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2023-02-27
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB564Intro
25%
Establishing the felony of theft of a handgun; and establishing a penalty for theft of a handgun of, for a first conviction, 2 to 5 years of imprisonment or a fine of up to $1,000 or both and, for a second or subsequent conviction, imprisonment for 5...
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2023-02-27
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB58Engross
50%
Altering certain provisions governing the issuance of stock, convertible securities, and scrip; clarifying the authority of corporations to hold annual meetings by remote communication; clarifying the application of certain provisions of law to the c...
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2023-02-23
To House Economic Matters Committee
MDSB461Intro
25%
Allowing, subject to certain limitations, a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for up to a certain amount each year for certain individuals who are receiving certain benefits under the Social Security Act or who are at least 65 ye...
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2023-02-23
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee
MDSB60Intro
25%
Authorizing a person to apply for preliminary approval of a permit to wear, carry, or transport a handgun without completing a certified firearms training course; and requiring the Secretary of State Police to investigate an application for prelimina...
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2023-02-14
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB499Intro
25%
Establishing the Workgroup to Study Reentry; requiring the Workgroup to examine the current role of State and local agencies in the reentry of formerly incarcerated individuals after completing their terms of confinement in State and local correction...
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2023-02-14
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB744Intro
25%
Establishing that a violation of a condition of probation, parole, or mandatory supervision that involves the use or possession of a firearm is not a technical violation for certain purposes; requiring the Commissioner of Correction to provide a cert...
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2023-02-14
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
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