| MD | HB787 | Pass | Requiring 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-26
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 827 |
| MD | HB1539 | Pass | Providing that certain general contractors are jointly and severally liable for certain violations of the wage payment and collection law by a subcontractor regardless of whether the subcontractor is in a direct contractual relationship with the gene...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-26
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 846 |
| MD | HB888 | Veto | Prohibiting a person from transporting a certain rapid fire trigger activator into the State or manufacturing, possessing, selling, offering to sell, transferring, purchasing, or receiving a certain rapid fire trigger activator, subject to a certain ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-25
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) |
| MD | HB1243 | Veto | Authorizing 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-25
Vetoed by the Governor (Policy) |
| MD | HB230 | Pass | Altering the circumstances under which the State may withdraw from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative by requiring the General Assembly to enact a law approving the withdrawal.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 768 |
| MD | HB251 | 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 rela...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 736 |
| MD | 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 |
| MD | HB993 | Pass | Requiring that, consistent with certain fiduciary duties, the investment policy manual adopted by the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System include certain policies and address certain details regarding the management of certa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 769 |
| MD | 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 |
| MD | 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 |
| MD | 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 |
| MD | 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 |
| MD | HB281 | Pass | Requiring county boards to require public high schools to offer at least one high-quality computer science course beginning in the 2021-2022 school year; establishing the Maryland Center for Computing Education to identify ways to expand access to hi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 358 |
| MD | HB301 | Pass | Providing that, in a prosecution for certain sexual offenses, evidence that the defendant committed sexually assaultive behavior before or after the offense for which the defendant is on trial may be admissible for certain reasons; requiring that the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 362 |
| MD | HB430 | Pass | Requiring the Governor to include in the State budget a certain appropriation from all fund sources for the Child Care Subsidy Program each fiscal year; requiring the Governor to appropriate funds from all fund sources in the State budget to increase...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 563 |
| MD | HB593 | Pass | Expanding the student loan tax credit that allows certain individuals with certain student loan debt amounts to claim a credit against the State income tax to include graduate student loan debt.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 382 |
| MD | HB1209 | Pass | Requiring a law enforcement agency, with regard to a missing person, to enter all necessary and available information into the National Crime Information Center computer network within 2 hours after receipt of the minimum information necessary to mak...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 502 |
| MD | HB1234 | Pass | Authorizing a county board of education to award certain credit to a high school student for work-based training or classroom instruction completed under a registered apprenticeship program; authorizing a county board to count toward high school atte...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 403 |
| MD | HB1136 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to review certain reports and, in counties where fewer than 50% of students who have failed hearing and vision screenings are receiving the recommended services, to coordinate with the county board or the c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 401 |
| MD | HB1499 | Pass | Providing 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 cert...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 533 |
| MD | HB1500 | Pass | Requiring that, if a self-insured employer, insurer, or the Uninsured Employers' Fund has not waived third-party reimbursement, the Subsequent Injury Fund be reimbursed after the self-insured employer, insurer, or Uninsured Employers' Fund in a certa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 534 |
| MD | HB1283 | Pass | Altering, from a 6-month to a 12-month period, the length for which a certain insurer, nonprofit health service plan, and health maintenance organization is required to provide coverage for a single dispensing of a supply of prescription contraceptiv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 450 |
| MD | HB1342 | Pass | Altering the training course that the State Ethics Commission is required to provide for regulated lobbyists and prospective regulated lobbyists; prohibiting a certain State official from unlawfully harassing or discriminating against certain individ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 525 |
| MD | HB547 | Pass | Requiring the Head Start Program in the State to be referred to as the Ulysses Currie Head Start Program; and requiring the Governor to include an appropriation of at least $3,000,000 for the Ulysses Currie Head Start Program in each annual budget su...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 555 |
| MD | HB372 | Pass | Requiring the Secretary of Transportation to withhold a portion of the State's annual operating grant to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority under certain circumstances; requiring the Department of Transportation to provide an annual g...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 352 |
| MD | HB370 | Pass | Altering the requirement that Washington Suburban Transit Commission members appointed by the Governor serve as the Commission's appointees to be principal members of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Board of Directors; encouraging ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 353 |
| MD | HB305 | Pass | Requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to identify homeowners who may be eligible but have failed to apply for the homestead property tax credit; and requiring the Department to include a separate insert with each assessment notic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 297 |
| MD | HB645 | Pass | Prohibiting a local government from requiring an electrical license or an electrical permit to install, maintain, inspect, replace, or service a wireless security system if the wireless security system does not require submission of a fire protection...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 205 |
| MD | HB797 | Pass | Requiring the Patuxent Institution and each local correctional facility and each correctional facility in the Division of Correction to have a written policy and procedure in place requiring that menstrual hygiene products be provided at no cost to a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 254 |
| MD | HB819 | Pass | Altering 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 may appeal the decision; providing that appeals from a certain decision by the Secretary or the Secretary's des...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 253 |
| MD | HB1592 | Pass | Requiring that the membership of the Maryland Jockey Injury Compensation Fund, Inc. consist of each licensed owner and trainer who is subject to a certain assessment; altering the circumstances under which a jockey is a covered employee under workers...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 221 |
| MD | HB1483 | Pass | Authorizing a court to include in an order appointing a guardian of the person of a disabled person the duty to foster and preserve certain family relationships under certain circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 287 |
| MD | HB1646 | Pass | Requiring a State's Attorney to serve a written notice on a certain defendant, defendant's counsel, and the court prior to trial or the acceptance of a guilty plea or the equivalent; requiring a court to inform, verbally or in writing, a defendant co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 251 |
| MD | HB1662 | Pass | Prohibiting retail pet stores from offering for sale, transferring, or disposing of cats or dogs; repealing certain provisions of law that authorize the sale of certain cats and dogs and set forth the requirements for a retail pet store that offers t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 237 |
| MD | HB287 | Pass | Repealing provisions of law in Allegany, Carroll, Charles, Harford, Kent, Montgomery, Queen Anne's, and Washington counties that prohibit a license holder or an employee from knowingly selling or providing an alcoholic beverage to an individual with ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 306 |
| MD | HB679 | Pass | Authorizing a county board of education to extend the length of the school year for up to 5 school days beyond June 15 without approval from the State Board of Education; and requiring a county board to submit a written application to the State Board...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-10
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 35 |
| MD | HB461 | Engross | Authorizing, for purposes of filing a petition for U Nonimmigrant Status, a victim or victim's family member to request a certifying official to certify victim helpfulness on a Form I-918, Supplement B certification; providing that, for the purpose o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-09
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (42-3) |
| MD | HB596 | Engross | Entering into the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact; providing the purpose of the Compact is to strengthen access to health care by developing a process to complement existing licensing authority and provide a streamlined method for physicians to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-09
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB1026 | Intro | Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $45,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Temple Hills Swim Club, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-09
Unfavorable Report by Appropriations |
| MD | HB1089 | Engross | Establishing certain requirements for the appointment and removal of the inspector general of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority by the Board of Directors of the Authority; specifying certain powers and requirements of the inspector g...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-09
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-0) |
| MD | HB1194 | Engross | Establishing the Drug Cost Commission to determine how to make prescription drugs more affordable for State residents, State and local government, commercial health plans and other stakeholders within the State; requiring the Commission to create an ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-09
Favorable Report by Finance |
| MD | HB1697 | Engross | Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to limit the uses of certain revenues to educational opportunities and programs for the children of the State in public schools, the advancement of educators, and the construction of school faciliti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-09
Second Reading Passed |
| MD | HB1755 | Intro | Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $25,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of St. John's Broad Creek Episcopal Church for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstru...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-09
Unfavorable Report by Appropriations |
| MD | HB1776 | Intro | Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $300,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Alice Ferguson Foundation, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstructi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-09
Unfavorable Report by Appropriations |
| MD | HB1626 | Intro | Authorizing a custodian of records for the Motor Vehicle Administration to disclose certain personal information to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement only after being provided with a valid warrant or subpoena issued by a federal court...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-07
Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation; Withdrawn |
| MD | HB191 | Engross | Repealing provisions allowing individuals under the age of 17 to marry under certain circumstances; etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-06
Senators Smith, Hough, and Lee |
| MD | HB308 | Pass | Altering a certain limit on the unified credit used for determining the Maryland estate tax for certain decedents; altering a certain limitation on the amount of the Maryland estate tax for decedents dying on or after January 1, 2019; providing that,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-05
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(b) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 21 |
| MD | HB904 | Engross | Altering a certain exception relating to law enforcement officers to the prohibition on carrying certain weapons on public school property; requiring a public institution of higher education to post certain signs in prominent locations on the propert...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-05
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB1497 | Intro | Providing a credit for an employer or insurer for compensation paid to a covered employee who is temporarily totally disabled due to an accidental personal injury or an occupational disease under certain circumstances and during a certain period; and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-05
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters |
| MD | HB1516 | Intro | Establishing Healthy Maryland as a public corporation and a unit of State government to provide comprehensive universal health coverage for every Maryland resident; requiring Healthy Maryland to provide certain services, a certain system, certain cho...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-03
Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations; Withdrawn |
