Age Of Majority
Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Business Regulation - Tobacco Products and Electronic Smoking Devices - Revisions [HB-1169]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring certain licensees to post a certain sign in a certain location; altering the minimum age, from 18 to 21, for an individual to purchase or be sold tobacco products; exempting certain individuals from a certain minimum age requirement for an individual to purchase or be sold tobacco products; authorizing the Maryland Department of Health to conduct inspections of licensed retailers; authorizing the Department to use certain individuals under the age of 21 years to assist in conducting a certain inspection; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Talmadge Branch
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 396 on 05/13/2019
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Family Law - Minors - Emancipation (Emancipation of Minors Act) [HB-1147]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Extending the jurisdiction of the equity court to include a petition for the emancipation of a minor; altering the conditions under which an individual who is 17 years old may marry; prohibiting an individual under the age of 17 years from marrying; repealing a certain exception to the prohibition against disclosure of an application for a marriage license by a clerk of the court; requiring a clerk of the court to review a certain order before issuing a marriage license under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Favorable With Amendments Report Adopted on 04/08/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency - Sports Wagering Operations [HB-1132]
[Gaming ]
[Sports ]
Requiring the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency to conduct a sports wagering operation; authorizing certain video lottery operators and horse racing licensees to apply to the Commission for a sports wagering license; authorizing the holder of a sports wagering license to accept, as an agent of the Agency, wagers on sporting events; requiring a certain commission for the holder of a sports wagering license and providing for the distribution of the remaining proceeds; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Health - Informed Consent (Woman's Right to Know Act) [HB-1075]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting a physician from performing an abortion unless the woman on whom the abortion will be performed voluntarily provides her informed consent; providing that consent to an abortion is voluntary and informed if certain requirements are met; requiring a certain physician to provide a woman on whom an abortion may be performed certain information at least a certain amount of time before the abortion and in a certain manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie Ciliberti
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/19/2019
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County - Charitable Gaming [SB-521]
[Gaming ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Authorizing specified organizations in Anne Arundel County to conduct a card game, card tournament, or casino event under specified circumstances; requiring an organization to obtain a permit from the County Department of Inspections and Permits; requiring an organization that seeks a permit to meet specified requirements; requiring an individual who participates in or volunteers as an operator of a card game, card tournament, or casino event to be at least 21 years of age; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/11/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Allegany County - Alcoholic Beverages - Minimum Age to Serve Liquor [SB-483]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Decreasing in Allegany County the minimum age for an individual to serve liquor from 21 years to 18 years.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Edwards
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 69 on 04/12/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Gaming - Home Games [SB-311]
[Gaming ]
Allowing an individual who is at least 21 years old to conduct a home game involving wagering if the home game is conducted in a specified manner; and limiting to $2,000 the total amount of money, tokens representing money, or any other thing or consideration of value that may be wagered by all players during any 24-hour period.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Hearing 4/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/08/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Former Foster Care Adolescents - Dental Care [SB-252]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Authorizing the Maryland Medical Assistance Program, subject to the limitations of the State budget, and as permitted by federal law, to provide dental care for former foster care adolescents who, on their 18th birthday, were in foster care under the responsibility of the State; and requiring, on or before October 1, 2016, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to apply to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for a waiver to provide specified comprehensive dental care services.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 57 on 04/12/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Task Force to Study the Adult High School Concept [SB-1173]
[Education ]
Establishing the Task Force to Study the Adult High School Concept; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving specified compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of specified expenses; requiring the Task Force to submit a final report of its findings and recommendations regarding the adult high school concept to the presiding officers and specified committees of the General Assembly on or before June 30, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 243 on 04/26/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Family Law - Child Support - Age of Majority - Postsecondary Education [SB-1100]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Providing that an individual who has attained the age of 18 years and is enrolled for at least 12 hours of credit in an institution of postsecondary education has the right to receive support and maintenance from both of the individual's parents until the individual dies, marries, is emancipated, graduates from or is no longer enrolled for at least 12 hours of credit in an institution of postsecondary education, or attains the age of 22 years.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lisa Gladden
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/24/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County - Charitable Gaming [HB-764]
[Gaming ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Authorizing specified organizations in Anne Arundel County to conduct a card game, card tournament, or casino event under specified circumstances; requiring an organization to obtain a permit from the County Department of Inspections and Permits; specifying that a permit holder may receive no more than one permit per calendar year; requiring an individual who volunteers as an operator of a card game, card tournament, or casino event to be at least 21 years of age; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Third Reading Passed (136-1) on 03/31/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Family Law - Child Support - Age of Majority - Postsecondary Education [HB-677]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Providing that an individual who has attained the age of 18 years and is enrolled for at least 12 hours of credit in an institution of postsecondary education has the right to receive support and maintenance from both of the individual's parents until the individual dies, marries, is emancipated, graduates from or is no longer enrolled for at least 12 hours of credit in an institution of postsecondary education, or attains the age of 22 years.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/14/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Howard County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class D Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses Ho. Co. 10-16 [HB-654]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Requiring an applicant for a specified Class D beer, wine, and liquor license in Howard County to attest in a sworn statement that gross receipts from food sales will be at least equal to 20% of the gross receipts from the sale of food and alcoholic beverages before obtaining the license; requiring an applicant for renewal of a specified Class D beer, wine, and liquor license to attest to a specified proportion of food and alcoholic beverages sales based on gross receipts before renewing the license; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 625 on 05/19/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Allegany County - Alcoholic Beverages - Minimum Age to Serve Liquor [HB-543]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Decreasing in Allegany County the minimum age for an individual to serve liquor from 21 years to 18 years.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/27/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Harford County Deputy Sheriffs Dailey and Logsdon Benefits Memorial Act [HB-1581]
[Pensions ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Increasing from 18 years to 26 years the maximum age at which specified children of deceased members of the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System who are killed in the line of duty are no longer eligible to receive a specified death benefit; requiring the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System to pay a specified death benefit under specified circumstances; applying the Act retroactively; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 12 on 04/04/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Task Force to Study the Adult High School Concept [HB-1406]
[Education ]
Establishing the Task Force to Study the Adult High School Concept; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving specified compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of specified expenses; requiring the Task Force to submit a final report of its findings and recommendations regarding the adult high school concept to the presiding officers and specified committees of the General Assembly on or before June 30, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 244 on 04/26/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Gaming - Home Games [HB-127]
[Gaming ]
Allowing an individual who is at least 21 years old to conduct a home game involving wagering if the home game is conducted in a specified manner; and limiting to $1000 the total amount of money, tokens representing money, or any other thing or consideration of value that may be wagered by all players during any 24-hour period.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carolyn Howard
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 613 on 05/19/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County - Solicitation of Money or Donations From Occupants of Vehicles - Prohibitions and Permit Program [HB-102]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Community Development ]
Altering a prohibition, in Anne Arundel County, on a person standing in a specified 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 specified permit program to allow individuals, of at least 18 years of age, or representatives of specified qualified organizations, who are 18 years old, to stand in a roadway, median divider, or an intersection to solicit money or donations from the occupant of a vehicle under specified conditions: etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/07/2016
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Alabama Regular Session 2016
Age of majority lowered, exceptions, Secs. 13A-12-3, 26-1-1 am'd. [HB-256]
[Children and Youth ]
Age of majority lowered, exceptions, Secs. 13A-12-3, 26-1-1 am'd.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Poole
Read For The First Time And Referred To The House Of Representatives Committee On Judiciary on 02/18/2016
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Family Law - Information and Services for Foster Children and Former Foster Children [SB-685]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the juvenile court to determine whether a local department made a reasonable effort, for a child at least 18 years of age, to enroll the child in health insurance that will continue after the child is emancipated, screen and assist the child with eligibility for public assistance, and establish a plan for stable housing for at least 12 months and sufficient income after emancipation; requiring a local department to advise a child before emancipation of the right to reenter care and procedures for reentering care; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 46 on 04/14/2015