State Government - Use of Public Resources - Reimbursement by Elected Officials [HB-400]
[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring a State elected official, within 30 days after a public resource is used in connection with a specified campaign event, to submit to the State Board of Elections specified documentation and reimburse the State for the cost of the public resource used; providing that a State elected official is subject to a specified fine under specified circumstances; requiring the State Board to refer a violation of a specified provision of the Act to the Office of the State Prosecutor; etc.
HB-400: State Government - Use of Public Resources - Reimbursement by Elected Officials
Sponsored by: Rep. Anthony J. O'Donnell
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means; Withdrawn on 03/09/2015
Forest Conservation Act - Exemption - Hazards to Air Navigation [HB-238]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Creating an exemption under the Forest Conservation Act for the cutting or clearing of trees to comply with a specified provision of law, under specified circumstances.
HB-238: Forest Conservation Act - Exemption - Hazards to Air Navigation
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy J Szeliga
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/19/2015
Criminal Procedure - Government Drone Use - Limitations [SB-926]
[Crime ]
[Drones ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring the use of a drone by an agent of the State or a political subdivision of the State to fully comply with specified requirements and guidelines; prohibiting an agent of the State or a political subdivision of the State from operating a drone for the purpose of receiving or disclosing information acquired through the operation of a drone except in specified circumstances; providing exceptions to the prohibition against the use of specified drones and the acquisition and disclosure of specified information; etc.
SB-926: Criminal Procedure - Government Drone Use - Limitations
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas McClain Middleton
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/20/2014
Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2014 [SB-172]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
[Gaming ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Authorizing specified funds to be used for specified purposes; creating a Maryland Amusement Game Advisory Committee; authorizing charter counties to impose a hotel rental tax under specified circumstances; repealing the authorization for the State Lottery Commission to pay specified incentives; altering the allocation of specified local impact grants; providing a specified calculation of local wealth for education aid purposes for specified fiscal years; etc.
SB-172: Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas V. Miller
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 464 on 05/15/2014
Criminal Procedure - Government Drone Use - Limitations [HB-847]
[Crime ]
[Drones ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring the use of a drone by an agent of the State or a political subdivision of the State to fully comply with specified requirements and guidelines; prohibiting an agent of the State or a political subdivision of the State from operating a drone for the purpose of receiving or disclosing information acquired through the operation of a drone except in specified circumstances; providing exceptions to the prohibition against the use of specified drones and the acquisition and disclosure of specified information; etc.
HB-847: Criminal Procedure - Government Drone Use - Limitations
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff D. Waldstreicher
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/13/2014
Drones - Unauthorized Surveillance [HB-785]
[Drones ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
Prohibiting a law enforcement agency from using a drone to gather evidence or other information without a warrant except under specified circumstances; authorizing an aggrieved party to initiate a specified civil action against a law enforcement agency; establishing that evidence obtained or collected in violation of the Act is not admissible as evidence in a criminal prosecution in a court of law in the State; etc.
HB-785: Drones - Unauthorized Surveillance
Sponsored by: Rep. Sally Y Jameson
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/13/2014
Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2014 [HB-162]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Healthcare ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Authorizing specified funds to be used for specified purposes; authorizing or altering the distribution of specified revenues; altering or repealing specified required appropriations; altering the rate of specified commissions; providing for the transfer of specified funds; altering the rate of a specified assessment; requiring the Health Services Cost Review Commission to establish a Community Partnership Assistance Program; setting limits in increases in payments to specified providers for a specified fiscal year; etc.
HB-162: Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Rep. The Speaker
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/28/2014
Streamlined Tax Administration Act of 2013 [SB-827]
[Taxes ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
Transferring specified powers and duties of the Comptroller to the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation, including the regulation and taxation of alcoholic beverages, cigarettes and other tobacco products, motor carriers, and motor fuel and the regulation of transient vendors; creating a Division of Business Regulation and Taxation in the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation; authorizing the Secretary to delegate specified powers and duties; creating a Business Regulation and Taxation Fund; etc.
SB-827: Streamlined Tax Administration Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Garagiola
Hearing 3/14 At 1:00 P.m. (finance) on 03/14/2013
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Maryland Civil Air Patrol [SB-774]
[Taxes ]
[Military ]
Providing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax in the amount of $3,500 for qualifying members of the Maryland Civil Air Patrol, subject to specified conditions; providing for a delayed effective date; etc.
SB-774: Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Maryland Civil Air Patrol
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 546 on 05/16/2013
Crimes - Aiming Laser Pointer at Aircraft [SB-19]
[Aerospace ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Making it a misdemeanor to knowingly and willfully shine, point, or focus the beam of a laser pointer on an individual operating an aircraft; exempting specified individuals under specified circumstances from provisions of the Act; and specifying a penalty.
SB-19: Crimes - Aiming Laser Pointer at Aircraft
Sponsored by: Sen. J.B. Jennings
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 164 on 05/02/2013
Transportation Infrastructure Investment Act of 2013 [SB-1054]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Taxes ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
Altering the distribution of motor fuel tax revenue; reducing specified motor fuel tax rates on July 1, 2013; requiring that specified motor fuel tax rates be increased on July 1 of each year based on the percentage growth in the Consumer Price Index; requiring a specified sales and use tax equivalent rate to be added to specified motor fuel tax rates and collected in the same manner as the motor fuel tax; etc.
SB-1054: Transportation Infrastructure Investment Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas V. Miller
First Reading Senate Rules on 03/04/2013
Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - College Park Aviation Museum [SB-1050]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Military ]
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $600,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission for the acquisition of a purpose-built 1909 Military Flyer for the College Park Aviation Museum, located in College Park; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc.
SB-1050: Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - College Park Aviation Museum
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Hearing 3/09 At 11:00 A.m. on 03/09/2013
Streamlined Tax Administration Act of 2013 [HB-660]
[Taxes ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
Transferring specified powers and duties of the Comptroller to the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation, including the regulation and taxation of alcoholic beverages, cigarettes and other tobacco products, motor carriers, and motor fuel and the regulation of transient vendors; creating a Division of Business Regulation and Taxation in the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation; authorizing the Secretary to delegate specified powers and duties; creating a Business Regulation and Taxation Fund; etc.
HB-660: Streamlined Tax Administration Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. Dereck Eugene Davis
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/27/2013
Transportation Infrastructure Investment Act of 2013 [HB-1515]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
Altering the distribution of motor fuel tax revenue; requiring that specified motor fuel tax rates be increased on July 1 of each year based on the percentage growth in the Consumer Price Index; limiting the increase in specified motor fuel tax rates by a specified amount of the motor fuel tax rate effective in the previous year; requiring a specified sales and use tax equivalent rate to be added to specified motor fuel tax rates and collected in the same manner as the motor fuel tax; etc.
HB-1515: Transportation Infrastructure Investment Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. The Speaker
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 429 on 05/16/2013
Criminal Procedure - Law Enforcement Agencies - Use of Drones [HB-1233]
[Crime ]
[Drones ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
Prohibiting a law enforcement agency from using a drone to gather evidence or other information without a warrant, except under specified circumstances; authorizing an aggrieved party to initiate a specified civil action against a law enforcement agency; establishing that evidence obtained or collected in violation of the Act is not admissible as evidence in a criminal prosecution in a court of law in the State; and defining terms.
HB-1233: Criminal Procedure - Law Enforcement Agencies - Use of Drones
Sponsored by: Rep. Warren E. Miller
Hearing 3/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2013
Crimes - Aiming Laser Pointer at Aircraft [HB-12]
[Aerospace ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Making it a misdemeanor to knowingly and willfully shine, point, or focus the beam of a laser pointer on an individual operating an aircraft; exempting specified individuals under specified circumstances from provisions of the Act; specifying a penalty; and specifying that a sentence imposed under the Act is in addition to a specified other sentence.
HB-12: Crimes - Aiming Laser Pointer at Aircraft
Sponsored by: Rep. Sam Arora
Favorable With Amendments {978378/1 Report Adopted on 04/05/2013
Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Bohrer Park Miniature Golf Course [HB-1007]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Recreation ]
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $150,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Mayor and City Council of the City of Gaithersburg for the planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of a miniature golf course at Bohrer Park, located in the City of Gaithersburg; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc.
HB-1007: Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Bohrer Park Miniature Golf Course
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/08/2013
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Maryland Civil Air Patrol [HB-1004]
[Taxes ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
Providing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax in the amount of $3,500 for qualifying members of the Maryland Civil Air Patrol, subject to specified conditions; providing for a delayed effective date; etc.
HB-1004: Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Maryland Civil Air Patrol
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Walker
Rereferred To Budget And Taxation on 04/05/2013
SB-238: Aircraft, manufacturers of commercial aircraft or aircraft parts, statute of limitations, statute of repose, forum non conveniens provided in civil liability actions, allocation of fault, Alabama Commercial Aviation Business Improvement Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Cameron Ward
Delivered To Governor At 12:30 P.m. On April 4, 2013 on 04/04/2013
You have voted SB-238: Aircraft, manufacturers of commercial aircraft or aircraft parts, statute of limitations, statute of repose, forum non conveniens provided in civil liability actions, allocation of fault, Alabama Commercial Aviation Business Improvement Act of 2013.
HB-330: Aircraft, manufacturers of commercial aircraft or aircraft parts, statute of limitations, statute of repose, forum non conveniens provided in civil liability actions, allocation of fault, Alabama Commercial Aviation Business Improvement Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. Harry Shiver
Third Reading Indefinitely Postponed on 03/14/2013
You have voted HB-330: Aircraft, manufacturers of commercial aircraft or aircraft parts, statute of limitations, statute of repose, forum non conveniens provided in civil liability actions, allocation of fault, Alabama Commercial Aviation Business Improvement Act of 2013.