Campaign Financing
Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Election Law - Use of Campaign Funds for Meeting and Conference Expenses and [SB-119]
Including a disbursement to pay the costs of a candidate or elected official for travel, lodging, meals, and registration expenses to attend meetings or conferences and other activities focused on legislative issues, process, or public policy analyses pertinent to the office the candidate seeks or the elected official holds as an allowable expenditure of funds from a campaign account under the State election law; prohibiting a specified responsible officer from issuing or authorizing an expenditure, except as authorized by law; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 2/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/26/2011
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Election Law - Commission to Study Campaign Finance Law [HJR-7]
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: Rep. Sheila Hixson
Signed By The President And The Speaker on 05/10/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Election Law - Independent Expenditures and Electioneering Communications - [HB-93]
Altering the definition of "independent expenditure"; authorizing the State Board of Elections to audit specified independent expenditure reports and specified electioneering communication reports; requiring a person to file an independent expenditure or electioneering communication report after the person makes aggregate expenditures of more than $10,000 in an election cycle for campaign material that is a public communication; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C. William Frick
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Rudolph
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/15/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Election Law - Online Voter Registration [HB-740]
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: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Approved By The Governor on 05/10/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Campaign Finance - Affiliated Entities - Attribution of Contributions [HB-723]
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 other than business entities be considered as being made by one contributor under specified circumstances; and defining a term.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Walker
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2011 [HB-72]
Altering or repealing required appropriations; altering the distribution of revenues; altering or repealing specified funding requirements; altering the authorized use of specified funds; altering for a specified fiscal year a specified percentage used to determine eligibility for and the amount of State grants to specified counties and Baltimore City based on per capita yield of county income taxes; altering the amount of a surcharge imposed for recording specified instruments for specified fiscal years; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Campaign Finance - Contributions - Disclosure [HB-481]
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 specified amount of 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 determination under the Act; providing for a delayed effective date; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Hearing 3/24 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/21/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Election Law - Nonfederal Out-of-State Political Committee - Transfer Limits [HB-447]
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: Rep. Jay Walker
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Campaign Finance - Affiliated Business Entities - Attribution of Contributions [HB-322]
Requiring that campaign finance contributions by two or more business entities be attributed to one business entity if one is a wholly owned subsidiary of another or if the business entities are owned or controlled by at least 80% of the same individuals or business entities; and defining the term "business entity" to include a corporation, a general partnership or limited partnership, a limited liability company, or a real estate investment trust.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Election Law - Campaign Funds - Investments [HB-205]
Authorizing a campaign finance entity to invest funds the entity receives in a certificate of deposit with a term of 1 year or less or in a United States Treasury bill; and providing for a delayed effective date.
Sponsored by: Rep. C. William Frick
Hearing 3/24 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/16/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Public Funding and Small Donor Act for General Assembly Elections [HB-159]
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. C. William Frick
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Election Law - Use of Campaign Funds for Meeting and Conference Expenses [HB-122]
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. Tawanna Gaines
Hearing Cancelled on 04/04/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
General Assembly - Members - Constituent Services Fund [HB-1131]
Authorizing a member of the General Assembly to establish a constituent services fund; authorizing a member to accept contributions to the fund; requiring a member who establishes a fund to include specified information on the member's campaign finance reports; prohibiting a member from using money in the fund to conduct specified activities or distribute specified materials; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Unfavorable Report By House Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/11/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Prince George's County Council - Land Use Applications - Expansion of Ethics [HB-1103]
Prohibiting a member of the Prince George's County Council from voting or participating in proceedings related to specified applications, subject to exceptions, if a slate to which the member belongs has received specified payments from specified individuals; requiring specified applicants who make specified payments to a slate that includes a member of the County Council to file a specified affidavit; making the Act applicable to payments made to specified campaign finance entities; repealing an exception; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
First Reading Environmental Matters on 02/11/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Prince George's County - Public Ethics Requirements - Limitations on [HB-1089]
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 which received a specified contribution within a specified time period; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/19/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Campaign Finance Entities - Loans - Reporting Requirement and Penalties [HB-1060]
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: Rep. Jay Walker
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Election Law - Campaign Advertisements - Closed Captioning [HB-1000]
Requiring a specified campaign finance entity to include closed captioning for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing in campaign advertisements that are distributed by broadcast or cable television or on its Web site; providing exemptions; specifying the factors to be considered when applying the undue hardship exemption; prohibiting a specified campaign finance entity from distributing a campaign advertisement by broadcast or cable radio, subject to specified conditions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Hogan
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2011
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Public Pension Fund Protection Act [SB-862]
Prohibiting a fiduciary, an investment manager, a placement agent, or an actuary for the State Retirement and Pension System from contacting the Board of Trustees or any employee of the State Retirement Agency within 2 years after leaving that position with the intent to initiate specified actions; requiring the Board of Trustees to adopt regulations to require the disclosure of payments to placement agents with regard to the investment of the assets of the State Retirement and Pension System; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Harrington
Re-referred Budget And Taxation on 02/19/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Campaign Finance - Contributions by Foreign Nationals [SB-750]
Prohibiting a foreign national from making a contribution to a campaign finance entity governed by the State election laws; and defining the term "foreign national".
Sponsored by: Sen. Roy Dyson
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/17/2010