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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Estates and Trusts - Elective Share of Surviving Spouse [HB-99]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Repealing certain provisions of law relating to a surviving spouse making an election to take a certain share of the net estate of the decedent, instead of that designated under the will, to ensure the surviving spouse is reasonably provided for during the surviving spouse's lifetime; providing that a surviving spouse may take a certain elective share amount of a certain estate subject to election; establishing the priority to be used in determining the sources from which a certain elective share amount is payable; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 435 on 05/13/2019
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Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act [HB-975]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Prohibiting, except under certain circumstances, the performance or inducement or attempted performance or inducement of an abortion unless a certain determination as to the probable age of the unborn child is made by a certain physician; providing that the failure of a physician to perform certain actions is deemed "unprofessional conduct"; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to adopt certain regulations on or before January 1, 2020; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie Ciliberti
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/19/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Senior Citizen Activities Centers - Bingo Games - Authorization [HB-970]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Gaming ]
Allowing an individual who is at least 21 years old to conduct a bingo game involving cash prizes if the game is conducted at a certain senior citizen activities center in a certain manner.
Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Shoemaker
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – License Renewals and Adult Entertainment [HB-959]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Children and Youth ]
Authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore City, when determining whether a license should be renewed and, if so, whether any conditions should be attached, to consider the performance of a license holder for the 4 years immediately before the date of the renewal application; prohibiting the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore City or a certain license holder in the City from allowing a person under the age of 21 years to enter a certain establishment except under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 706 on 05/25/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Family Law - Child Support - Eligibility of a Child Who Has Attained the Age of 18 Years [HB-937]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Providing that a certain child who has attained the age of 18 years and who is continuously enrolled in a certain school or training program has the right to receive support and maintenance until a certain occurrence or until the child attains the age of 21 years; requiring a court to consider certain factors when making a determination to award child support for a certain child; authorizing a court to allocate an award of child support to a certain entity under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 03/27/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Employees', Teachers', and Correctional Officers' Systems - Active Members - Death Benefits [HB-860]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Providing certain survivor benefits to surviving children of certain members of the State Retirement and Pension System; providing for the payment of a certain allowance to surviving children of a member when there is no surviving spouse; providing for the distribution of a certain allowance to surviving children; allowing certain surviving children to participate in the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ben Barnes
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/24/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Family Law - Marriage - Age Requirements [HB-855]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Repealing provisions allowing individuals under the age of majority to marry under certain circumstances; and establishing that individuals under the age of 18 may not marry.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
First Reading Judiciary on 02/08/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Truant Students - Active Intervention [HB-798]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring, in Baltimore City, a certain system of active intervention for certain truant students developed by the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners to include an Individualized Reengagement Plan for each truant student, coordination and collaboration with State and municipal agencies to deliver certain services, creation of a certain database to track truant students, and a specific plan for each public school to reengage truant students; requiring the Individualized Reengagement Plan to be developed by certain individuals; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Cheryl Glenn
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means; Withdrawn on 03/25/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Workplace Harassment – Prohibitions, Liability, Enforcement, and Prevention Training [HB-679]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Rights ]
[Education ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting certain individuals granted special access to the State legislative complex from unlawfully harassing or discriminating against certain individuals; requiring the Department of General Services, if requested, to revoke access granted to a person who violates certain provisions of the Act or a regulated lobbyist who violates a certain provision of law; providing that sexual harassment prevention training for employees of the University system of Maryland may consist of webinar, computer-based, or online training; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne Jones
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 222 on 04/30/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System - Designation of Beneficiary [HB-64]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
Altering a requirement for designating a beneficiary of a member, former member, or retiree of the State Retirement and Pension System; providing an option for a member, former member, or retiree to designate a beneficiary through the State Retirement Agency's secure access participant portal with an electronic signature; altering the definition of "designated beneficiary"; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ben Barnes
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/24/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Carroll County - Instant Ticket Lottery Machines - Fraternal and Sororal Organizations [HB-573]
[Gaming ]
Expanding the list of organizations in certain counties that may be licensed to operate not more than five instant ticket lottery machines to include certain fraternal and sororal organizations in Carroll County provided the organization is not a high school or college fraternity or sorority or any other organization the membership of which is restricted wholly or largely to certain students or graduates; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Shoemaker
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Education - Public and Nonpublic High Schools - Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Instruction [HB-567]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Beginning in the 2020-2021 school year, requiring county boards of education to provide instruction on organ and tissue donation and registration as part of a specified curriculum in grades 9 through 12 in public schools; specifying the purposes and goals of the instruction; encouraging nonpublic high schools to provide instruction on organ and tissue donation and registration in a certain manner; and encouraging county boards to provide instruction on organ and tissue donation and registration during the 2019-2020 school year.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Montgomery County - Gaming - Bingo Games MC 1-19 [HB-564]
[Gaming ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Allowing, in Montgomery County, an individual who is at least 55 years of age to conduct a bingo game involving cash prizes if the game is conducted at a certain residential property that is restricted to residents who are at least 55 years of age and is conducted in a certain manner.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 170 on 04/18/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Health Occupations - Requirements for the Practice of Optometry - Miscellaneous Revisions [HB-471]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Repealing certain provisions of law requiring a therapeutically certified optometrist to refer a certain patient to an ophthalmologist under certain circumstances; repealing the authority of a therapeutically certified optometrist to prescribe certain topical therapeutic pharmaceutical agents and authorizing the prescription of therapeutic pharmaceutical agents for the prevention, management, or treatment of conditions and diseases of the eye and ocular adnexa; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Shane Pendergrass
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 344 on 04/30/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Election Law – Voter Registration Drive – High Schools [HB-423]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring each local board of elections to conduct a voter registration drive at least once each school year in each public high school in the county in a manner specified in an agreement between the local board and county board of education; requiring each public official responsible for the use of a public high school to make available to the local board of elections, without charge, the space that is needed in the building for the proper conduct of a voter registration drive; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/22/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
State Lottery - Instant Ticket Lottery Machines - Fraternal Organizations ("Slots" for Homeless Veterans Act) [HB-340]
[Gaming ]
[Veterans ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing the Director of the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency to issue certain fraternal organizations a license for not more than five instant ticket lottery machines; providing that proceeds from instant ticket lottery machine sales by a fraternal organization are to be distributed in a certain manner; and authorizing certain fraternal organizations to purchase or lease instant ticket lottery machines from any vendor approved by the Agency to sell or lease the machines to fraternal organizations.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means; Withdrawn on 03/14/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Maryland Commission on Civil Rights - Civil Penalties [HB-317]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Human Rights ]
Providing that certain maximum penalty amounts the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights is authorized to seek if it finds that a respondent has engaged in a discriminatory act regarding public accommodations and certain actions by persons licensed or regulated by a unit in the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation do not apply if the discriminatory act is committed by the agent or employee of the respondent; requiring any civil penalties collected under the Act be paid to the complainant, not the General Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie Cullison
Third Reading Passed (97-39) on 03/18/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Nonpublic Elementary and Secondary Schools - Discrimination - Prohibition [HB-295]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Disabilities ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Human Rights ]
Prohibiting a nonpublic elementary or secondary school that receives State funds from refusing enrollment of, expelling, withholding privileges from, or discriminating against any student or prospective student because of an individual's race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability; prohibiting such a school that receives State funds from taking retaliatory action against a student or parent or guardian who files a complaint alleging discrimination; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle Wilkins
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 03/08/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County - Solicitation of Money or Donations From Occupants of Vehicles - Prohibitions and Permit Program [HB-273]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Community Development ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering a prohibition, in Anne Arundel County, on a person standing in a certain highway to solicit money or donations; authorizing the governing body of Anne Arundel County or of a municipal corporation in the county to enact a permit program to allow individuals of at least 18 years of age to stand in a roadway, a median divider, or an intersection to solicit money or donations from the occupant of a vehicle; requiring a plan for safely soliciting money in a roadway to include training in traffic safety; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ben Barnes
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/04/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Family Law - Kinship Caregivers [HB-1212]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Authorizing a local department of social services to place a child for a certain initial placement with a kinship caregiver as an alternative to foster care under certain circumstances; authorizing a local department to place a child with a kinship caregiver if a kinship caregiver is located subsequent to the placement of the child in a foster care setting; specifying that a kinship caregiver may not be under 21 years of age; authorizing a local department to approve an individual as a kinship caregiver under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Shoemaker
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 77 on 04/18/2019