| MD | SB161 | Pass | Authorizing the forfeiture of specified property under specified circumstances; repealing a specified provision authorizing the forfeiture of specified money or weapons relating to possession of a controlled dangerous substance; requiring that a spec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 658 |
| MD | SB390 | Pass | Requiring the salary schedule for deputy sheriffs of Charles County to correspond to the Department of State Police salary schedule; authorizing sworn law enforcement officers and correctional officers in Charles County to collectively bargain with t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 669 |
| MD | HB505 | Pass | Requiring the salary schedule for deputy sheriffs of Charles County to correspond to the Department of State Police salary schedule; authorizing sworn law enforcement officers and correctional officers in Charles County to collectively bargain with t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 670 |
| MD | SB485 | Pass | Establishing the Task Force to Study Family and Medical Leave Insurance; providing for the composition, chair and staffing of the Task Force; providing that the purpose of the Task Force is to make recommendations regarding the development of a State...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 677 |
| MD | HB740 | Pass | Establishing the Task Force to Study Family and Medical Leave Insurance; providing for the composition, chair and staffing of the Task Force; providing that the purpose of the Task Force is to make recommendations regarding the development of a State...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 678 |
| MD | SB942 | Pass | Altering the circumstances under which a court may reverse or modify the decision of an agency in specified contested cases on judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 704 |
| MD | HB990 | Pass | Authorizing the recovery of actual damages, expenses, litigation costs, and interest in first-party claims against disability insurers in specified civil actions that allege that the insurer failed to act in good faith under specified circumstances; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 729 |
| MD | HB336 | Pass | Authorizing the forfeiture of specified property under specified circumstances; repealing a specified provision authorizing the forfeiture of specified money or weapons relating to possession of a controlled dangerous substance; requiring that a spec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 619 |
| MD | HB565 | Pass | Specifying that a person who violates a provision of law involving the use or possession of marijuana in the amount of 10 grams or more is guilty of the misdemeanor of possession of marijuana; altering a specified provision of law so as to provide th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 514 |
| MD | HB641 | Pass | Altering the definition of "DNA profile" for purposes of provisions of law concerning the admissibility of a DNA profile in a criminal proceeding; providing that a DNA profile is admissible for specified purposes if accompanied by a specified stateme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 571 |
| MD | SB637 | Pass | Altering the definition of "DNA profile" for purposes of provisions of law concerning the admissibility of a DNA profile in a criminal proceeding; providing that a DNA profile is admissible for specified purposes if accompanied by a specified stateme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 570 |
| MD | HB773 | Pass | Providing that, if a law enforcement officer testifies that the officer witnessed the taking of a blood specimen by a person who the officer reasonably believed was a qualified medical person, the officer's testimony shall be sufficient evidence that...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 630 |
| MD | SB771 | Pass | Prohibiting a creditor or a debt collector from initiating or filing a specified consumer debt collection action under specified circumstances; specifying that any subsequent payment toward, written or oral affirmation of, or any other activity on th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 579 |
| MD | HB1016 | Pass | Prohibiting retaliatory personnel action against a law enforcement officer who discloses specified information; authorizing the appointment to an administrative hearing board a member of the public who has received specified training; establishing th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 519 |
| MD | SB150 | Pass | Repealing the prohibition on a person convicted of perjury from testifying in a proceeding; providing that evidence that a witness has been convicted of perjury shall be admitted for the purpose of attacking the credibility of the witness, regardless...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 530 |
| MD | HB237 | Pass | Repealing the prohibition on a person convicted of perjury from testifying in a proceeding; and providing that evidence that a witness has been convicted of perjury shall be admitted for the purpose of attacking the credibility of the witness, regard...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 531 |
| MD | SB1062 | Pass | Providing an exemption from the sales and use tax for specified construction material or warehousing equipment purchased for use in a specified target redevelopment area in Baltimore County under specified circumstances; requiring a buyer claiming th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 603 |
| MD | HB188 | Pass | Reorganizing and consolidating provisions of law relating to the disclosure of specified information by the Commissioner of Financial Regulation and specified other persons and the authority of the Commissioner to enter into information sharing agree...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 478 |
| MD | SB509 | Pass | Authorizing a specified action to be brought to establish title against adverse claims to property; providing for venue and the application of the Maryland Rules in an action under the Act; establishing requirements for a complaint, an answer to a co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 395 |
| MD | SB544 | Pass | Requiring an insurer to provide a specified insurance identification card to specified insureds at specified times; providing that an insurance identification card may be produced in a specified electronic format; requiring a specified operator to be...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 401 |
| MD | SB765 | Pass | Establishing that, in any custody or visitation proceeding, the disability of a party is relevant only to the extent that the court finds, based on evidence in the record, that the disability affects the best interest of the child; requiring in a spe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 423 |
| MD | HB920 | Pass | Authorizing a specified action to be brought to establish title against adverse claims to property; providing for venue and the application of the Maryland Rules in an action under the Act; establishing requirements for a complaint, an answer to a co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 396 |
| MD | SB90 | Pass | Altering the means by which the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation is authorized to recover overpayments of benefits, monetary penalties, and interest; authorizing the Secretary to adjust, compromise, or settle specified interest due; prov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-10
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 342 |
| MD | HB1220 | Pass | Authorizing the Inspector General or a specified Assistant Inspector General in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to subpoena any person or evidence, administer oaths, and take depositions and other testimony for the purpose of investigatin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 136 |
| MD | SB116 | Pass | Altering the time period during which the Office of Legislative Audits and the Legislative Auditor are required to audit specified State funds, programs, authorities, units, and a specified local liquor board; requiring the audit of each unit of Stat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 49 |
| MD | HB646 | Engross | Requiring a court, under specified circumstances, to terminate the parental rights of an individual convicted of or found to have committed an act of nonconsensual sexual conduct against the other parent that resulted in the conception of a child; pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-11
Favorable with Amendments 368578/1 |
| MD | SB593 | Intro | Requiring a court, under specified circumstances, to terminate the parental rights of an individual found to have committed an act of nonconsensual sexual conduct against the other parent that resulted in the conception of a child; specifying that a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-11
Favorable with Amendments 928178/1 |
| MD | HB976 | Engross | Establishing that, in any custody or visitation proceeding, the disability of a party is relevant only to the extent that the court finds, based on evidence in the record, that the disability affects the best interest of the child; requiring, in a sp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-11
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB1107 | Engross | Authorizing a specified Baltimore City police officer without a warrant to arrest a person suspected of committing battery against a specified Baltimore City special enforcement officer, special parking enforcement officer, or special traffic enforce...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-11
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (32-13) |
| MD | HB1261 | Engross | Altering the process by which the State Archivist reviews, evaluates, and makes recommendations to the General Assembly regarding specified State designations; providing that a specified provision of law does not affect the ability of the General Ass...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-11
Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| MD | HB1495 | Engross | Altering the circumstances under which a court may reverse or modify the decision of an agency in specified contested cases on judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-11
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB263 | Engross | Altering the conditions under which a lawsuit is deemed to be a strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP suit); altering the conditions under which a defendant in a SLAPP suit is not civilly liable for specified communications; providing...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| MD | HB345 | Intro | Providing that a civil action for specified damages may be brought under specified circumstances against an alcoholic beverages licensee or the licensee's employee who sells or furnishes alcoholic beverages to an individual who was visibly under the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-08
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary; Withdrawn |
| MD | SB482 | Intro | Providing that specified licensed physicians and allied health professionals regulated by the State Board of Physicians have 60 days after a license expires in which to renew it retroactively under specified circumstances; providing that, after a spe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-06
Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| MD | SB965 | Engross | Authorizing the State, in a criminal case involving the unlawful possession of specified firearms, to appeal from a decision of a trial court that excludes evidence offered by the State or requires the return of property alleged to have been seized i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-06
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| MD | SB1026 | Intro | Requiring a complaint against a law enforcement officer alleging brutality in the execution of the officer's duties to be signed under the penalty of perjury instead of before an official authorized to administer oaths; authorizing an individual who ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-04
Recommitted to Judicial Proceedings (Senator Zirkin) |
| MD | SB302 | Engross | Providing that a person who causes personal injury or wrongful death while operating or attempting to operate a motor vehicle, and who has a 0.15 or more alcohol concentration in the person's blood or breath or who refuses to submit to a chemical tes...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-31
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB361 | Engross | Voiding a provision of a specified contract or agreement that attempts or purports to waive specified rights or reduce specified liability as against public policy; providing for the treatment of specified information relating to a chemical constitue...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-31
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB645 | Intro | Requiring the State Board of Elections or a local board of elections that adopts a change in an administrative policy affecting voting rights to provide specified public notice of the change; providing for the form, content, and timing of the public ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-30
Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means; Withdrawn |
| MD | SB235 | Engross | Providing that, in a prosecution for a specified sexual offense, evidence that the defendant committed specified sexually assaultive behavior may be admissible for specified reasons; requiring that the State file a motion of intent to introduce speci...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-29
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | SB476 | Intro | Altering a definition of "location information" to include historical information concerning the geographic location of an electronic device that is or was generated by or derived from the operation of that device; and providing that specified eviden...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn |
| MD | HB1611 | Intro | Allowing a credit against the State income tax for the total installed costs of specified HVAC energy efficiency technology installed on or after January 1, 2016; providing that the credit may not exceed a specified amount; providing that the credit ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB606 | Engross | Providing that a statement made by a party during a discussion held in accordance with a patient safety early intervention program is inadmissible as specified evidence in a health care malpractice proceeding or civil action; authorizing a hospital, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB221 | Intro | Prohibiting a supervisor, an appointing authority, and the head of a law enforcement agency from threatening or taking specified retaliatory actions against a specified law enforcement officer under specified circumstances; authorizing a law enforcem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-21
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| MD | HB760 | Intro | Altering the requirements for making a specified complaint against a law enforcement officer for a reason that may lead to a specified action; altering the individuals who may conduct a specified investigation, interrogation, or hearing against a spe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-21
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| MD | HB1257 | Intro | Repealing a specified prohibition against specified employers failing to properly classify individuals who perform work for remuneration paid by the employer; repealing a specified prohibition against specified employers knowingly failing to properly...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-21
Referred to interim study by Economic Matters |
| MD | HB1367 | Intro | Establishing a pilot program to authorize a police officer of the Baltimore County Police Department, the Montgomery County Department of Police, the Prince George's County Police Department, and the Ocean City Police Department who has reasonable gr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-21
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| MD | HB947 | Engross | Requiring a custodian of records to deny inspection of the part of a recording from a specified body-worn digital recording device worn by a law enforcement officer regarding specified individuals; requiring specified notification of specified indivi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-21
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB904 | Intro | Authorizing a court to issue an order authorizing or directing a law enforcement officer to use a cell site simulator device after making a specified determination; requiring an application for use of a cell site simulator device to contain specified...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-19
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| MD | HB1160 | Intro | Providing that a specified provision of law relating to the admissibility of State Board of Physicians proceedings, records, files, and orders in civil and criminal actions does not apply to any proceeding before the Workers' Compensation Commission ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-19
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters |
