Insurance - Surplus Lines [SB-694]
Requiring the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to participate in a specified database; altering the authority of the Commissioner to allow a commercial insured to waive specified search requirements for surplus lines coverage for specified purposes; authorizing a surplus lines broker not to perform a diligent search when placing specified coverage with an exempt commercial purchaser under specified circumstances; etc.
SB-694: Insurance - Surplus Lines
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011
Real Property - Common Ownership Communities - Dispute Settlement Mechanism [SB-266]
Altering the application of a specified dispute settlement mechanism under the Maryland Condominium Act; establishing a specified dispute settlement mechanism under the Maryland Homeowners Association Act; requiring a governing body of a homeowners association to follow specified procedures before imposing a sanction for a rule violation; authorizing a specified action against a lot owner for damages or injunctive relief; etc.
SB-266: Real Property - Common Ownership Communities - Dispute Settlement Mechanism
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/21/2011
Real Property - Common Ownership Communities - Dispute Settlement Mechanism [HB-984]
Altering the application of a specified dispute settlement mechanism under the Maryland Condominium Act; establishing a specified dispute settlement mechanism under the Maryland Homeowners Association Act; requiring a governing body of a homeowners association to follow specified procedures before imposing a sanction for a rule violation; authorizing a specified action against a lot owner for damages or injunctive relief; etc.
HB-984: Real Property - Common Ownership Communities - Dispute Settlement Mechanism
Sponsored by: Rep. Aisha Braveboy
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/23/2011
Insurance - Surplus Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact [HB-911]
Entering the State of Maryland in the Surplus Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact; specifying the purposes of the Compact; providing for the creation of the Surplus Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact Commission as a body corporate and politic and an instrumentality of the compacting states; authorizing the Commission to adopt specified mandatory rules; providing that the Commission is solely responsible for its liabilities with specified exceptions; providing for venue for judicial proceedings; etc.
Consumer Protection - Home Appliances - Warranty Enforcement [HB-715]
Requiring a manufacturer of home appliances or its agent to repair or correct a nonconformity in a home appliance at no cost to the consumer if the home appliance does not conform to the manufacturer's express warranties; requiring a manufacturer, under specified circumstances and at the option of the consumer, to replace a home appliance with a comparable home appliance or accept return of a home appliance and refund the purchase price less reasonable allowances; etc.
HB-715: Consumer Protection - Home Appliances - Warranty Enforcement
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Re-referred Finance on 04/11/2011
Labor and Employment - The Healthy Retail Employee Act [SB-789]
Requiring specified employers to provide a nonworking or working shift break to specified employees under specified circumstances; authorizing employees to file a complaint with the Commissioner of Labor and Industry if the nonworking or working shift break is not provided as required; requiring the Commissioner to attempt to resolve a specified issue informally or issue a specified order under specified circumstances; requiring the Commissioner to assess a civil penalty under specified circumstances; etc.
SB-789: Labor and Employment - The Healthy Retail Employee Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
Family Law - Child Support Enforcement - Performance Incentive Model Office [HB-386]
Requiring the Secretary of Human Resources to establish child support performance incentive model offices; requiring the Secretary to establish a specified performance incentive program; authorizing conciliation conferences; authorizing the Secretary to adopt regulations; and requiring the Secretary to evaluate the model offices and to report to the General Assembly by specified dates.
HB-386: Family Law - Child Support Enforcement - Performance Incentive Model Office
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations Withdrawn on 03/26/2010
Southern Maryland - Homeowners Association Commission - Alternative Dispute Resolution Authority [SB-428]
Expanding the authority of certain homeowners association commissions in the code home rule counties of the Southern Maryland class to hear and resolve through alternative dispute resolution certain issues between a homeowners association and a homeowner regarding certain governing documents, including declarations, bylaws, deeds, and recorded covenants and restrictions.
SB-428: Southern Maryland - Homeowners Association Commission - Alternative Dispute Resolution Authority
Sponsored by: Sen.
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 219 on 05/08/2020
Southern Maryland - Homeowners Association Commission - Alternative Dispute Resolution Authority [HB-482]
Expanding the authority of certain homeowners association commissions in the code home rule counties of the Southern Maryland class to hear and resolve through alternative dispute resolution certain issues between a homeowners association and a homeowner regarding the enforcement of the governing documents, including declarations, bylaws, deeds, and recorded covenants and restrictions.
HB-482: Southern Maryland - Homeowners Association Commission - Alternative Dispute Resolution Authority
Sponsored by: Rep.
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 218 on 05/08/2020
Relating To Restorative Justice. [SB-737]
Requires the Judiciary to establish a task force for restorative justice, which dissolves on 6/30/2021. Requires the judiciary to report to the legislature on its findings. (SD1)
SB-737: Relating To Restorative Justice.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stanley Chang
Reported From Jdc (stand. Com. Rep. No. 2559) With Recommendation Of Passage On Second Reading, As Amended (sd 1) And Referral To Wam. on 02/12/2020
Relating To Restorative Justice. [HB-634]
Requires the Judiciary to establish a 5-year pilot program for restorative justice. Requires the judiciary to inform various criminal attorneys of the existence of the pilot program. Appropriates funds.
HB-634: Relating To Restorative Justice.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama
Carried Over To 2020 Regular Session. on 12/01/2019
Children With Disabilities and Child Care Providers - Dispute Resolution Process [SB-943]
Requiring the State Department of Education to develop a dispute resolution process to be used by families of children with disabilities and child care providers for resolving complaints of discrimination based on a child's disability; requiring the Department, in developing the dispute resolution process, to convene a workgroup that includes representatives of specified entities; requiring the Department to submit to the General Assembly, by October 1, 2017, a report outlining the process and its implementation; etc.
SB-943: Children With Disabilities and Child Care Providers - Dispute Resolution Process
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 714 on 05/25/2017
Condominiums - Unenforceability of Certain Provisions of Governing Documents [HB-676]
Making unenforceable a provision of declaration, a bylaw, a contract for the initial sale of a unit, or any other instrument made by a developer or vendor in accordance with specified provisions of law under specified circumstances; and applying the Act prospectively; etc.
HB-676: Condominiums - Unenforceability of Certain Provisions of Governing Documents
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
First Reading Senate Rules on 03/29/2017
Children With Disabilities and Child Care Providers - Dispute Resolution Process [HB-456]
Requiring the State Board of Education to develop a dispute resolution process to be used by families of children with disabilities and child care providers for resolving complaints of discrimination based on a child's disability; requiring the Department, in developing the dispute resolution process, to convene a workgroup that includes representatives of specified entities; requiring the Department to submit to the General Assembly, by October 1, 2017, a report outlining the process and its implementation; etc.
HB-456: Children With Disabilities and Child Care Providers - Dispute Resolution Process
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 713 on 05/25/2017