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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Program Open Space - Baltimore City Grants - Increase and Inflation Adjustment [HB-631]
Increasing, from $1,500,000 to $6,000,000, a specified statutory minimum grant to Baltimore City, payable from the State's share of the proceeds of Program Open Space, for specified purposes related to Program Open Space; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to increase the grant each fiscal year by applying the growth in a specified consumer price index to the amount of grants received in the prior fiscal year; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/19/2015
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Fair Elections Act [HB-573]
Reforming the system of public financing of campaigns for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor; establishing a Fair Elections Fund; providing for the contents and administration of the Fund; allocating specified fees and penalties that are assessed under the Election Law Article to the Fund; establishing the powers and duties of the State Board with respect to the administration of public campaign financing; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Craig Zucker
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/04/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Motorist Tax Relief - Motor Fuel Tax - Consumer Price Index and Sales and Use Tax Equivalent Rate Adjustments - Repeal [HB-483]
Repealing a requirement that specified motor fuel tax rates be adjusted in future years based on growth in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers; repealing a requirement that a specified sales and use tax equivalent rate be determined in a specified manner on specified dates and added to the motor fuel tax rates; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/06/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Motor Fuel Tax Rates - Consumer Price Index Adjustment - Repeal [HB-174]
Repealing a requirement that specified motor fuel tax rates be adjusted in future years based on growth in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/06/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Taxpayer Protection Act - State Income Tax - Consumer Price Index Adjustments [HB-147]
Increasing specified State income tax rate bracket thresholds for all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2014, by a specified cost-of-living adjustment; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Herbert McMillan
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means on 03/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Open Space Incentive Program - Payments to Counties [HB-1091]
Repealing specified provisions that provide counties with a percentage of revenues derived from a State forest or park reserve and concession operations within a county; requiring specified payments to counties for State forests, parks, and wildlife management areas that are exempt from the property tax; providing for a payment of $250,000 for each open space unit in the county beginning in fiscal year 2017; establishing the manner of determining which land is considered in determining the amount of the payment; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/13/2015
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Health Insurance - Specialty Drugs [SB-874]
Prohibiting specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from imposing a copayment or coinsurance requirement on a covered specialty drug that exceeds a specified dollar amount; providing for an annual increase to the copayment or coinsurance requirement limit; authorizing a pharmacy registered under a specified provision of federal law to apply to be a designated pharmacy for a specified purpose under specified conditions; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/15/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Maryland Wage and Hour Law - Payment of Wages [SB-371]
Specifying the amount of the State minimum wage rate that is in effect for specified time periods; requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to set the rate in a specified manner on or after a specified date; requiring that the Commissioner publish the rate in the Maryland Register on or before a specified date every 3 years; altering the age under which specified individuals are exempt from the Maryland Wage and Hour Law; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 2/17 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/17/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Maryland Minimum Wage Act of 2014 [SB-331]
Specifying the State minimum wage rate that is in effect for specified time periods; increasing, except under specified circumstances, the State minimum wage rate in effect for specified time periods based on the annual growth in the Consumer Price Index; requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry, beginning on a specified date and each subsequent year, to determine and announce the growth in the Consumer Price Index, if any, and the new State minimum wage rate; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 2/17 At 12:00 P.m. (finance) on 02/17/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Health Insurance - Specialty Drugs [HB-761]
Prohibiting insurers and nonprofit health service plans that provide coverage for prescription drugs under individual, group, or blanket health insurance policies, and health maintenance organizations that provide coverage for prescription drugs under individual or group contracts from imposing a copayment or coinsurance requirement on a covered specialty drug that exceeds a specified dollar amount; providing for an annual increase to the copayment or coinsurance requirement limit; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 422 on 05/05/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Taxpayer Protection Act - State Income Tax - Consumer Price Index Adjustments [HB-557]
Increasing specified State income tax rate bracket thresholds for taxable years after 2013 by a specified cost-of-living adjustment; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/18/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Motor Fuel Tax - Downward Adjustment - Decrease in Consumer Price Index [HB-54]
Requiring that specified motor fuel tax rates be adjusted downward to reflect any decrease in the Consumer Price Index.
Sponsored by: Rep. Cathleen Vitale
Hearing 1/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Maryland Minimum Wage Act of 2014 [HB-295]
Incrementally increasing the State minimum wage rate to $10.10 beginning July 1, 2018; authorizing specified employers to pay employees under the age of 20 years a specified wage under specified circumstances; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to increase reimbursement of community providers serving individuals with developmental disabilities; requiring the Governor, in specified fiscal years, to include in a specified budget proposal specified funding increases; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 262 on 05/05/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Maryland Wage and Hour Law - Payment of Wages [HB-187]
Specifying the amount of the State minimum wage rate as of January 1, 2015 as $8.20 per hour for the 12-month period; providing annual increases in the State minimum wage in 2016 and 2017; authorizing specified amusement and recreational establishments to pay specified employees a specified wage under specified circumstances; repealing specified exemptions from provision of law related to the payment of overtime wages; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/26/2014
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Maryland Wage and Hour Law - Payment of Wages [SB-683]
Specifying the amount of the State minimum wage rate that is in effect for specified time periods; requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to set the rate in a specified manner on or after a specified date or under specified circumstances; requiring that the Commissioner publish the rate in the Maryland Register on or before a specified date each year; repealing the exemption from the Maryland Wage and Hour Law for specified individuals; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/22/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Transportation Infrastructure Investment Act of 2013 [SB-1054]
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Miller
First Reading Senate Rules on 03/04/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Campaign Finance Reform Act of 2013 [SB-1039]
Providing that a candidate may join a slate or continue as a member of a slate only under specified circumstances; altering limits on the aggregate amount of contributions a person may make in an election cycle; requiring that contribution limits and transfer limits be adjusted in a specified manner at specified times; providing that contributions by two or more business entities be considered as being made by one contributor under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Third Reading Passed (45-2) on 04/03/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Taxpayer Protection Act - State Income Tax - Consumer Price Index Adjustments [HB-308]
Increasing specified State income tax rate bracket thresholds for taxable years after 2012 by a specified cost-of-living adjustment; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/26/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Transportation Infrastructure Investment Act of 2013 [HB-1515]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. The Speaker
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 429 on 05/16/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Campaign Finance Reform Act of 2013 [HB-1499]
Providing that a candidate may join a slate or continue as a member of a slate only under specified circumstances; altering limits on the aggregate amount of contributions a person may make in an election cycle; requiring that contribution limits and transfer limits be adjusted in a specified manner at specified times; providing that contributions by two or more business entities be considered as being made by one contributor under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. The Speaker
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 419 on 05/02/2013