Campaign Financing
Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Election Law - Use of Campaign Funds for Meeting and Conference Expenses [HB-6]
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Including as an allowable expenditure of funds from a campaign account under the State election law a disbursement to pay for travel, lodging, meals, and registration expenses associated with attendance of an office holder or a candidate at meetings or conferences focused on legislative issues, process, or public policy analyses pertinent to the office the elected official holds or that the candidate seeks.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carolyn J B Howard
Favorable With Amendments Report By Education Health And Environmental Affairs on 04/09/2012
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Campaign Finance - Contributions - Disclosure [HB-538]
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[Finance ]
[Funding ]
Requiring a campaign finance entity to report specified information on its campaign finance reports for each contribution the entity receives; authorizing a campaign finance entity to report a maximum of a cumulative amount of $25,000 in contributions in an election cycle on its campaign finance reports without providing specified information about each contribution; requiring that contributions reported on or after January 1, 2011, shall be considered in making a specified determination under the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Favorable Report By Education Health And Environmental Affairs on 04/09/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Public Funding and Small Donor Act for General Assembly Elections [HB-195]
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[Small Business ]
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Creating a public financing system for General Assembly candidates; repealing the Public Financing Act for gubernatorial candidates; altering limits on contributions and transfers, as specified; providing that specified contributions be considered as being made by one contributor; authorizing the governing body of a county to enact laws to regulate public campaign finance activity for county elective offices and candidates for those offices, as specified; specifying expenditure limits for participating candidates; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2012
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Election Law - Campaign Finance - Requirements [HB-1285]
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[Voting Rights ]
[Ethics ]
Requiring the chairman and treasurer of a campaign finance entity to provide electronic mail addresses of the chairman and treasurer to the State Board of Elections and notify the State Board of a change in the electronic mail addresses by a specified date if the chairman and treasurer consent to receiving specified notice only by electronic mail; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jon S Cardin
Approved By The Governor on 05/02/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
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Election Law - Campaign Contributors - Occupation and Employer [HB-1103]
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Requiring the treasurer to include in a campaign finance report the occupation and employer of an individual who makes contributions to the campaign finance entity of a cumulative amount of $500 or more in an election cycle; requiring the State Board of Elections to provide specified notice to a treasurer of a campaign finance entity if a contributor makes cumulative contributions exceeding a specified amount during a specified period; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jon S Cardin
Approved By The Governor on 05/02/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Election Law - Campaign Finance Entities - Retention of Records [HB-1098]
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[Voting Rights ]
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Altering record retention requirements applicable to campaign finance entities by requiring that the account books and related records of a campaign finance entity be preserved until the earlier of 10 years after the creation of the record or 2 years after the campaign finance entity files a final campaign finance report.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jon S Cardin
First Reading Ways And Means on 02/10/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
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Election Law - Campaign Finance Entities - Retention of Records [HB-1007]
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Altering record retention requirements applicable to campaign finance entities by requiring that the account books and related records of a campaign finance entity be preserved until the earlier of 10 years after the creation of the record or 2 years after the campaign finance entity files a final campaign finance report.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jon S Cardin
Approved By The Governor on 05/02/2012
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Election Law - Commission to Study Campaign Finance Law [SJR-4]
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[Funding ]
Creating a Commission to Study Campaign Finance Law; specifying the composition, powers, and duties of the Commission; providing for the staffing of the Commission; requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by specified dates; providing for the termination of the Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Roy P Dyson
Re-referred Ways And Means on 04/09/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
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Prince George's County - Public Ethics Requirements - Limitations on [SB-902]
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[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
Prohibiting payments to slates that include a member of the County Council for Prince George's County or the Prince George's County Executive during the pendency of specified land use applications; altering the restriction on participation in specified planning and zoning matters by a member of the County Council for Prince George's County who received a specified political contribution or who belonged to a slate that received a specified contribution within a specified time period; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas V. Miller
Approved By The Governor on 04/12/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
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Election Law - Online Voter Registration [SB-806]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
Authorizing an individual to apply to become a registered voter through an online voter registration system; authorizing the State Board of Elections to operate an online voter registration system that allows an individual to apply to register to vote and make specified changes in the individual's existing voter registration record; requiring an individual who applies to register to vote through the online voter registration system to follow specified procedures and provide specified information; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor on 05/10/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Campaign Finance Entities - Slates - Membership and Campaign Finance Transfers [SB-758]
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Requiring a member of a slate to be removed from the slate under specified circumstances; requiring the treasurer of a slate to notify the State Board of Elections, within a specified time period of discovering that a member is required to be removed from the slate, that the member be removed; altering the exemption from transfer limits for transfers between a slate and the campaign finance entities of its members; requiring a slate to include specified information in its campaign finance reports; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jamin B Raskin
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2011
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Election Law - Electronic Media - Electronic Contributions and Expenditures [SB-757]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Finance ]
Repealing requirements that a campaign finance entity make a disbursement only by check; requiring a campaign finance entity to make a disbursement by specified methods; requiring an electronic method of making a disbursement that the State Board authorizes by regulation to satisfy specified requirements; repealing a requirement that a contribution in excess of $100 be made only by check or credit card; requiring that a contribution be made by specified methods; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jamin B Raskin
Approved By The Governor on 05/10/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
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Insurance - Surplus Lines [SB-694]
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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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Campaign Finance - Affiliated Entities - Attribution of Contributions [SB-663]
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Requiring that contributions by two or more business entities be considered as being made by one contributor under specified circumstances; requiring that contributions by a specified number of entities be considered as being made by one contributor under specified circumstances; and defining a specified term.
Sponsored by: Sen. Allan H Kittleman
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Election Law - Nonfederal Out-of-State Political Committee - Transfer Limits [SB-662]
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Repealing the definition of "campaign finance entity" that included a nonfederal out-of-state political committee as a campaign finance entity for the purposes of specified provisions of law regarding campaign finance transfer limits; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jamin B Raskin
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Public Funding and Small Donor Act for General Assembly Elections [SB-657]
[Elections ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
[Ethics ]
Creating a public financing system for General Assembly candidates; repealing the Public Financing Act for gubernatorial candidates; altering limits on contributions and transfers, as specified; providing that specified contributions be considered as being made by one contributor; authorizing the governing body of a county to enact laws to regulate public campaign finance activity for county elective offices and candidates for those offices, as specified; specifying expenditure limits for participating candidates; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Campaign Finance Entities - Loans - Reporting Requirement and Penalties [SB-605]
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[Law Enforcement ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Ethics ]
Requiring a campaign finance entity that receives a loan under a specified provision of law to report the receipt of the loan to the State Board of Elections within 24 hours of receipt; requiring the State Board to post specified information concerning the loan on the State Board Web site within 24 hours of notice; providing that penalties assessed for a violation of campaign contribution limits may be assessed against a lender, the candidate whose campaign finance entity received the loan, or both, as specified; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jamin B Raskin
Hearing 3/31 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/29/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Election Law - Independent Expenditures - Reporting [SB-592]
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[Voting Rights ]
Altering the definition of "independent expenditure" to include independent expenditures relating to ballot issues; requiring a person to file an independent expenditure report on a specified date when the person makes aggregate independent expenditures of more than $10,000 in an election cycle on campaign material that is a public communication; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. John C Astle
Hearing 3/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/16/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County - Automated Political Telephone Calls - Prohibition [SB-527]
[Elections ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting a person from placing or causing to have placed an automated telephone call to a residential telephone number in Anne Arundel County that is registered on the national do-not-call registry with the purpose of promoting a political candidate or advertising, campaigning, or soliciting donations for or against a political candidate, or relating to a political issue; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Warner Simonaire
Hearing 3/1 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Elections - Candidates for Judicial Offices - Certificates of Candidacy and [SB-52]
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[Ethics ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Prohibiting, under specified circumstances, a judge from filing a certificate of candidacy for judicial office more than 2 years before the general election for the judicial office; prohibiting, under specified circumstances, a judge from establishing, or causing to be established, a campaign finance entity more than 2 years before the general election for a judicial office; and applying the Act to a judge of the circuit court for a county and a judge of the Orphans' Court for a county.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Carter Conway
Hearing 1/25 At 3:45 P.m. on 01/19/2011