Awards, Medals And Prizes
Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Senior Citizen Activities Centers - Bingo Games - Authorization [SB-992]
[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: Sen. J.B. Jennings
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/13/2018
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Natural Resources – Unprotected Birds and Mammals [SB-94]
[Animals ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Safety ]
[Sports ]
Adding "pigeon" to the defined term "unprotected bird" for the purposes of the wildlife and hunting laws of the State; prohibiting a person from engaging in certain activity while hunting or pursuing unprotected birds or mammals; prohibiting a person from conducting or participating in an organized contest for prizes or monetary awards for which unprotected birds are launched by mechanical or manual means as targets for the contest participants; providing a fine of $25 for each unprotected bird killed in violation of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 670 on 05/15/2018
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Higher Education - Educational Excellence Award Eligibility - High School Diploma by Examination [SB-842]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
Exempting individuals who have successfully obtained a high school diploma by examination from certain requirements relating to the Guaranteed Access Grant, subject to certain qualifications; requiring certain individuals to meet certain qualifications under certain circumstances; altering a certain age for eligibility for the Guaranteed Access Grant under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Carter Conway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 389 on 05/08/2018
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General Provisions – Historical State Song [SB-790]
[Arts and Culture ]
Altering the State song to be the historical State song.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 04/09/2018
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Senior Citizen Activities Centers - Bingo Games - Authorization [HB-868]
[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. Anne R Kaiser
Hearing 2/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/16/2018
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Higher Education - Educational Excellence Award Eligibility - High School Diploma by Examination [HB-781]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
Exempting individuals who have successfully obtained a high school diploma by examination from certain requirements relating to the Guaranteed Access Grant, subject to certain qualifications; requiring certain individuals to meet certain qualifications under certain circumstances; altering a certain age for eligibility for the Guaranteed Access Grant under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 388 on 05/08/2018
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Montgomery County - Alcoholic Beverages - Basket of Cheer Permit MC 21-18 [HB-159]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Establishing a basket of cheer permit in Montgomery County; requiring the Board of License Commissioners to grant the permit at no cost to holders of certain Class C licenses; and providing that the permit authorizes the permit holder to provide as a prize at a benefit performance a basket of cheer, consisting of certain alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption.
Sponsored by: Rep. Montgomery County Delegation
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 122 on 04/10/2018
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Carroll County and Montgomery County – Gaming – Bingo Games MC 13–18 [HB-143]
[Gaming ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Allowing, in Carroll County and Montgomery County, an individual who is at least 21 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. Montgomery County Delegation
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/27/2018
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State Lottery - Unclaimed Prizes - Public Prekindergarten Programs [HB-10]
[Education ]
[Gaming ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
Requiring the Director of the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency, at the end of each fiscal year, to remit money in the unclaimed prize fund to the Comptroller for distribution to each county board of education in the State on a pro rata basis determined by the total lottery sales made in each county; requiring that a county board of education use distributions from the fund for public prekindergarten programs; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Walker
Hearing 1/17 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/17/2018
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Governor’s Appointments Office, Appointing Authorities, and the Secretary of Budget and Management – Duties and Reports [SB-751]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Ethics ]
Prohibiting certain appointing authorities from delegating the authority to make the final decision on the appointment or termination of certain employees; requiring the Appointments Office, by December 31, 2019, and each December 31 thereafter, to submit a report to the Joint Committee on Fair Practices and State Personnel Oversight on the Office's activities regarding employees under the jurisdiction of an appointing authority; requiring the Office of the Attorney General to provide a certain hotline or e-mail address for certain purposes; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/24/2019
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Counties – Innovative Development Competitions [SB-740]
[Economic Development ]
[Community Development ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Authorizing a county to enact a local law to provide for a certain innovative development competition for purposes of encouraging development proposals from private entities by granting cash prizes to projects selected by a certain Board to foster certain types of innovation; providing that a prize awarded through an innovative development competition may not exceed $250,000 and shall be matched by the State Innovative Development Fund, and may only be used to implement a winning project; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Fry Hester
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs; Withdrawn on 03/04/2019
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Wicomico County - Alcoholic Beverages - Basket of Cheer Permit [SB-6]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Nonprofit ]
Establishing a basket of cheer permit in Wicomico County; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners to grant the permit to certain nonprofit organizations; providing that the permit authorizes the permit holder to provide as a prize at a benefit performance a basket of cheer, consisting of certain alcoholic beverages; specifying that the alcoholic beverages contained in a basket of cheer shall be for off-premises consumption; and setting a fee of $30 or $45 for the permit for holders of certain Class C licenses.
Sponsored by: Sen. Wicomico County Senators
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 591 on 05/25/2019
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Education - Noncertificated Public School Employees - Employee of the Year Award [SB-463]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing a Public School Employee of the Year Award in the State Department of Education to provide recognition to public school employees who provide essential services to public schools in the State and contribute to a positive instructional environment; requiring each local school system to nominate an employee for the award each year beginning in the 2019-2020 school year; requiring the Department to convene a panel to select finalists; requiring the Department to issue the award to a certain individual; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill P Carter
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/14/2019
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Workgroup to Study Prize-Linked Savings Accounts [SB-351]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Workgroup to Study Prize-Linked Savings Accounts; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Workgroup; prohibiting a member of the Workgroup from receiving certain compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of certain expenses; requiring the Workgroup to study and make recommendations regarding certain matters relating to prize-linked savings accounts; requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2019; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2019
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State Lottery - Instant Ticket Lottery Machines - Fraternal Organizations ("Slots" for Homeless Veterans Act) [SB-326]
[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. Delores G Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Budget And Taxation on 03/06/2019
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Frederick County - Alcoholic Beverages - Basket of Cheer [SB-325]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Establishing a basket of cheer permit in Frederick County; requiring the Board of License Commissioners to grant the permit at no cost to holders of certain Class C per diem licenses; providing that the permit authorizes the permit holder to provide as a prize at a benefit performance not more than 10 baskets of cheer of alcoholic beverages produced in Maryland and obtained from the holder of a retail license; and stating that the alcoholic beverages in a basket of cheer shall be for off-premises consumption.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald N Young
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 656 on 05/25/2019
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Carroll County - Instant Ticket Lottery Machines - Fraternal and Sororal Organizations [SB-257]
[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: Sen. Carroll County Senators
First Reading Budget And Taxation on 01/25/2019
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Gaming - Video Lottery Operator Compliance - Disclosure of Winning Odds on Video Lottery Terminals [HB-987]
[Gaming ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to adopt certain regulations that require a video lottery operation licensee, as a condition of holding the license, to disclose certain winning odds information in a certain manner on each video lottery terminal display.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2019
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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 Neely Shoemaker
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2019
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Workgroup to Study Prize-Linked Savings Accounts [HB-579]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Workgroup to Study Prize-Linked Savings Accounts; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Workgroup; prohibiting a member of the Workgroup from receiving certain compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of certain expenses; requiring the Workgroup to study and make recommendations regarding certain matters relating to prize-linked savings accounts; requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2019; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2019