Legislative Research: MD HB8 | 2017 | Regular Session
Other Sessions
| Session | Title/Description | Last Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 Regular Session (Introduced) | Establishing the Dangerous Driver Abatement Program; establishing the purpose of the Program is to reduce motor vehicle-related deaths by requiring repeat offenders to complete a driver accountability and safety course or be subject to sanctions; req... [HB8 2026 Detail][HB8 2026 Text][HB8 2026 Comments] | 2026-01-19 Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m. |
| 2025 Regular Session (Introduced - Dead) | Requiring, beginning July 1, 2026, certain food manufacturers, processors, and retailers to use certain terms regarding the quality or safety date on labels of food items manufactured for human consumption; prohibiting, beginning on July 1, 2026, a p... [HB8 2025 Detail][HB8 2025 Text][HB8 2025 Comments] | 2025-02-17 Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| 2024 Regular Session (Introduced - Dead) | Altering the eligibility requirements for an individual to be certified by the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission as a police officer to remove certain citizenship requirements for an individual who is a permanent legal resident of the... [HB8 2024 Detail][HB8 2024 Text][HB8 2024 Comments] | 2024-01-10 Hearing 1/23 at 1:00 p.m. |
| 2023 Regular Session (Introduced - Dead) | Requiring the departments of Housing and Community Development, Planning, Human Services, and Agriculture jointly to produce a report to the General Assembly for each county and State legislative district on the food environment in the county and dis... [HB8 2023 Detail][HB8 2023 Text][HB8 2023 Comments] | 2023-04-10 Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation |
| 2022 Regular Session (Introduced - Dead) | Establishing the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program in the Maryland Department of Labor to provide certain benefits to individuals who take leave from employment for certain purposes; establishing the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund a... [HB8 2022 Detail][HB8 2022 Text][HB8 2022 Comments] | 2022-01-25 Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m. |
| 2021 Regular Session (Introduced - Dead) | Specifying that funds in a certain renewable and clean energy programs account within the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund be used for the Maryland Healthy Soils Program; requiring that $500,000 of the renewable and clean energy programs acc... [HB8 2021 Detail][HB8 2021 Text][HB8 2021 Comments] | 2021-03-17 Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| 2020 Regular Session (Introduced - Dead) | Expanding the Illegal Dumping and Litter Control Law to include yard waste; establishing a penalty for a violation of the Act; prohibiting a court from imposing less than the mandatory minimum fine of $50 for a violation of the Act; and requiring a c... [HB8 2020 Detail][HB8 2020 Text][HB8 2020 Comments] | 2020-03-02 Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation; Withdrawn |
| 2019 Regular Session (Introduced - Dead) | Requiring riders of amusement attractions to obey the posted rules, warnings, and oral instructions and refrain from acting in a certain manner that may cause or contribute to an injury to the rider or others; requiring riders of amusement attraction... [HB8 2019 Detail][HB8 2019 Text][HB8 2019 Comments] | 2019-02-25 Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters |
| 2018 Regular Session (Introduced - Dead) | Requiring certain regulations to include a requirement that any swab, slide, or other DNA collection item included in a certain sexual assault evidence collection kit be tested within 1 year after the item was collected. [HB8 2018 Detail][HB8 2018 Text][HB8 2018 Comments] | 2018-02-12 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| 2017 Regular Session (Introduced - Dead) | Repealing specified exceptions to specified notice requirements for estate matters if specified laws or rules require a different method of delivery; repealing a specified provision of law that authorizes the orphans' court to require or the personal... [HB8 2017 Detail][HB8 2017 Text][HB8 2017 Comments] | 2017-02-28 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations; Withdrawn |
| 2016 Regular Session (Introduced - Dead) | Establishing the Task Force to Study Issues Related to the Use of Self-Driving Vehicles; requiring the Task Force to determine the most effective and appropriate best practices for governing self-driving vehicles based on a review of specified inform... [HB8 2016 Detail][HB8 2016 Text][HB8 2016 Comments] | 2016-03-14 Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation; Withdrawn |
| 2015 Regular Session (Engrossed - Dead) | Prohibiting a judge from issuing a summons directing a witness to attend and testify in court outside the State if the witness is a specified member of the news media, the record indicates the witness reasonably relied on specified protections when t... [HB8 2015 Detail][HB8 2015 Text][HB8 2015 Comments] | 2015-04-10 Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| 2014 Regular Session (Introduced - Dead) | Authorizing the creation of State Debt not to exceed $250,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Trustees of Historic Annapolis, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capita... [HB8 2014 Detail][HB8 2014 Text][HB8 2014 Comments] | 2014-04-07 Unfavorable Report by Appropriations |
| 2013 Regular Session (Vetoed) | Authorizing a guardian of the property of a minor or disabled person to petition the court to deposit cash belonging to the minor or disabled person in an amount not exceeding $200,000 into a single restricted account; requiring specified excess amou... [HB8 2013 Detail][HB8 2013 Text][HB8 2013 Comments] | 2013-05-16 Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) |
| 2012 Regular Session (Passed) | Prohibiting the use of electronic communication to maliciously engage in a course of conduct that alarms or seriously annoys another under specified circumstances; changing the defined term "electronic mail" to "electronic communication" and altering... [HB8 2012 Detail][HB8 2012 Text][HB8 2012 Comments] | 2012-04-10 Approved by the Governor |
| 2011 1st Special Session (Introduced - Dead) | Prohibiting the Department of Planning from adopting any regulation or taking any action that restricts the planning and land use powers of local governments or regional planning agencies; and making the Act an emergency measure. [HB8 2011 Detail][HB8 2011 Text][HB8 2011 Comments] | 2011-10-17 First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations |
| 2011 Regular Session (Introduced - Dead) | Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to prohibit the condemnation of private property for economic development purposes if the property is intended to be transferred to a private person; requiring that the issue of a condemnor's right ... [HB8 2011 Detail][HB8 2011 Text][HB8 2011 Comments] | 2011-02-21 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters |
| 2010 Regular Session (Introduced - Dead) | Prohibiting a member of the Senate of Maryland or the House of Delegates from holding a license issued in connection with the operation of video lottery terminals; and prohibiting a member from performing work or services as an independent contractor... [HB8 2010 Detail][HB8 2010 Text][HB8 2010 Comments] | 2010-01-20 Hearing 1/28 at 11:00 a.m. |
References Online
| Search Phrase | Web | News | Financial | Encylopedia | Biography |
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| [Maryland HB8] | Google Web | Google News | |||
| [Delegate Seth Howard MD] | Google Web | Google News | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Legislative Citation
APA
MD HB8 | 2017 | Regular Session. (2017, February 28). LegiScan. Retrieved October 13, 2026, from https://legiscan.com/MD/bill/HB8/2017
MLA
"MD HB8 | 2017 | Regular Session." LegiScan. LegiScan LLC, 28 Feb. 2017. Web. 13 Oct. 2026. <https://legiscan.com/MD/bill/HB8/2017>.
Chicago
"MD HB8 | 2017 | Regular Session." February 28, 2017 LegiScan. Accessed October 13, 2026. https://legiscan.com/MD/bill/HB8/2017.
Turabian
LegiScan. MD HB8 | 2017 | Regular Session. 28 February 2017. https://legiscan.com/MD/bill/HB8/2017 (accessed October 13, 2026).
