Horse Racing - Racetrack Facility Renewal Account - Eligibility and Capital Expenditures [SB-178]
[Sports ]
[Gaming ]
[Funding ]
Altering specified conditions of eligibility for funding from the Racetrack Facility Renewal Account by specifying minimum amounts to be spent on capital maintenance and expenditures by specified race tracks; authorizing the Maryland Racing Commission to grant a one-time request for capital improvement funds not to exceed $150,000 from the funds available in the Account for a capital improvement project at the Bowie Race Course Training Center under specified conditions; etc.
SB-178: Horse Racing - Racetrack Facility Renewal Account - Eligibility and Capital Expenditures
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 500 on 05/04/2017
Election Law - Persons Doing Public Business - Reporting by Governmental Entities [HB-118]
[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
Repealing the requirement that a governmental entity notify the State Board of Elections if a person doing public business with the governmental entity fails to file a specified statement; requiring a specified governmental entity to provide the State Board with specified information; authorizing the governmental entity to comply with a specified provision of the Act by sending a specified quarterly report to the State Board no later than 10 business days after the close of each calendar quarter; etc.
HB-118: Election Law - Persons Doing Public Business - Reporting by Governmental Entities
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Luedtke
Hearing 2/07 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/07/2018
Procurement - Prohibitions on Participation [SB-109]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Providing that specified prohibitions on participation in procurement apply only for a specified period of time following the issuance of an invitation for bids or a request for proposals; providing that specified prohibitions on participation in procurement do not apply to a subsequent invitation for bids or request for proposals for which the specifications are reused under specified circumstances; etc.
SB-109: Procurement - Prohibitions on Participation
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway
Hearing 3/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/22/2018
Minority Business Enterprises - Program Participation - Requirements and Reauthorization [SB-4]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requiring minority business enterprises serving as subcontractors on specified contracts to submit, within 10 days after notice from the prime contractor of the State's intent to award a contract, documentation providing the percentage and type of work assigned to the subcontractor to the procurement officer and to the contractor; providing the findings of the General Assembly based on a specified disparity study; requiring a specified report on the Minority Business Enterprise Program be submitted by September 30, 2021; etc.
SB-4: Minority Business Enterprises - Program Participation - Requirements and Reauthorization
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 340 on 04/18/2017
Insurance - Risk Management and Own Risk and Solvency Assessment Act [SB-8]
[Insurance ]
[Finance ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Requiring specified carriers to maintain a risk management framework for specified purposes; requiring specified carriers or specified insurance groups to conduct an own risk and solvency assessment regularly or at any time when there are significant changes to the carrier's or insurance group's risk profile; requiring specified carriers to submit to the Maryland Insurance Commissioner a specified report or reports on request or if the Commissioner is the lead state commissioner of a specified insurance group; etc.
SB-8: Insurance - Risk Management and Own Risk and Solvency Assessment Act
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 36 on 04/11/2017
Commission on the Disposition of the Crownsville Hospital Center Property [HB-60]
[Community Development ]
[Healthcare ]
[Real Estate ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the Commission on the Disposition of the Crownsville Hospital Center Property as an independent unit in the Executive Branch; placing the Commission under the Department of General Services for administrative and budgetary purposes; authorizing the Commission to sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of specified property and enter into contracts and execute specified instruments to carry out its purpose; terminating the Act on June 30, 2019; etc.
HB-60: Commission on the Disposition of the Crownsville Hospital Center Property
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Hearing 3/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/21/2017
Long-Term Care Insurance - Sale or Transfer of Book of Business [SB-1199]
[Insurance ]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Requiring specified carriers that issue, deliver, or offer policies, contracts, or certificates of long-term care insurance in the State and sell or otherwise transfer their books of business to another carrier to, at least 14 days before the sale or transfer, provide specified written notice to each insured and provide a specified database to the Maryland Insurance Commissioner.
SB-1199: Long-Term Care Insurance - Sale or Transfer of Book of Business
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 3/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/30/2017
Virginia Public Procurement Act; architectural and professional engineering term contracts. [SB-1508]
[Education ]
[Construction ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Virginia Public Procurement Act; architectural and professional engineering term contracting; limitations on project fees; certain school divisions. Includes a school division in a locality with a population in excess of 78,000 under the exception from (i) the $100,000 single-project fee limit for architectural and professional engineering term contracts and (ii) the $1 million annual aggregate total of all such projects. Under the bill, such school divisions may pay a single-project fee of up to $2.5 million and an annual aggregate of $6 million.
SB-1508: Virginia Public Procurement Act; architectural and professional engineering term contracts.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Cosgrove
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0555) on 03/16/2017
Virginia Public Procurement Act; requirements for use of construction management contracts. [HB-2366]
[Construction ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
Public procurement; requirements for use of construction management and design-build contracts. Establishes requirements for the procurement of construction using the construction management and design-build procurement methods by state and local public bodies and covered institutions of higher education, as defined in the bill, and the conditions under which such methods may be used. Public bodies must comply with procedures adopted by the Secretary of Administration for construction management or design-build projects. State public bodies and
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HB-2366: Virginia Public Procurement Act; requirements for use of construction management contracts.
Sponsored by: Rep. R. Steven Landes
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0699) on 03/24/2017
Virginia Public Procurement Act; small business enhancement program, limitations. [SB-1334]
[Small Business ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
Virginia Public Procurement Act; small business enhancement program; limitations. Provides that any enhancement or remedial measure authorized by the Governor for state public bodies may allow for small businesses certified by the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity or a subcategory of small businesses established as a part of the enhancement program to have a price preference over noncertified businesses competing for the same contract award, provided that the certified small business or the business in such subcategory of small
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SB-1334: Virginia Public Procurement Act; small business enhancement program, limitations.
Sponsored by: Sen. Frank Ruff
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0578) on 03/16/2017
Virginia Public Procurement Act; requirements for use of construction management contracts. [SB-1129]
[Construction ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
Public procurement; requirements for use of construction management and design-build procurement methods. Establishes requirements for the procurement of construction using the construction management and design-build procurement methods by state and local public bodies and covered institutions of higher education, as defined in the bill, and the conditions under which such methods may be used. Public bodies must comply with procedures adopted by the Secretary of Administration for construction management or design-build projects. State public bodies
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SB-1129: Virginia Public Procurement Act; requirements for use of construction management contracts.
Sponsored by: Sen. Frank Ruff
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0704) on 03/24/2017
Virginia Industries for the Blind; exempted from certain procurements. [HB-2096]
[Small Business ]
[Nonprofit ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
Procurement; exemption for Virginia Industries for the Blind. Exempts from the requirements of the Public Procurement Act (? 2.2-4300 et seq.) the Virginia Industries for the Blind when procuring components, materials, supplies, or services for use in commodities and services furnished to the federal government in connection with its operation as an AbilityOne Program-qualified nonprofit agency for the blind.
HB-2096: Virginia Industries for the Blind; exempted from certain procurements.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lamont Bagby
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0625) on 03/17/2017