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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Wetlands and Waterways Program - State-Owned Lakes - Structural Shoreline Stabilization [HB-406]
[Water ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
Specifying that the application fee for a structural shoreline stabilization project located on or adjacent to a State-owned lake may not exceed $250; and requiring the Department of the Environment, in conjunction with the Department of Natural Resources, to identify up to three types of structural stabilization practices that may be implemented on or adjacent to a State-owned lake.
Sponsored by: Rep. Wendell Beitzel
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 362 on 04/30/2019
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End-of-Life Option Act (Richard E. Israel and Roger "Pip" Moyer Act) [HB-399]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizing an individual to request aid in dying by making certain requests; prohibiting another individual from requesting aid in dying on behalf of an individual; requiring a certain request to be made in a certain manner; requiring a written request for aid in dying to meet certain requirements; establishing certain requirements for witnesses to a written request for aid in dying; requiring a written request for aid in dying to be in a certain form; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 03/08/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Tidal Fish Licenses - Authorization to Catch Crabs - Application Requirements [HB-394]
[Animals ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring an applicant for a new or renewed authorization to catch crabs under a tidal fish license to supply, as part of the application, the applicant's home address and proof of residency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Ann Lisanti
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/28/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Health - Biosafety Level 3 Laboratories [HB-383]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Safety ]
[Science ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop and make available a certain form; requiring certain biosafety level 3 (BSL-3) laboratories to report, on or before September 30 each year, certain information to the Department; requiring the Department to report, on or before December 31 each year, certain information regarding the number and location of the laboratories to the Maryland Emergency Management Agency and certain local officials and the total number of the laboratories to the Governor and the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Ann Lisanti
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Election Law - Absentee and Provisional Ballots - Status Information [HB-382]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring that certain guidelines for absentee voting and provisional voting provide for voter access to information concerning the status of the voter's absentee ballot or provisional ballot; requiring the State Board of Elections to allow a voter to access certain information concerning the status of the voter's absentee ballot or provisional ballot; authorizing a voter to request to receive a postcard, an e-mail, or a text message concerning the status of the voter's absentee or provisional ballot in a certain manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington
First Reading Ways And Means on 01/30/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Public Health - State-Provided Health Care Benefits [HB-378]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Insurance ]
Establishing the Office of Health Care Coverage in the Maryland Department of Health to establish and carry out the HealthcareMaryland Program to provide benefits to State residents who do not receive federal benefits through Medicare, TRICARE, plans that are subject to ERISA, or any other federal medical program; requiring the Office to contract with a certain number of managed care organizations; requiring certain employers to pay to the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation a certain annual payroll tax; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Hearing 3/14 At 1:00 P.m. (health And Government Operations) on 02/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Protection Zones - Revisions [HB-377]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Science ]
Altering the definition of "SAV protection zone"; altering the requirements for the areas that must be included in updated designations of SAV protection zones; altering the circumstances under which a previously designated SAV protection zone may be opened to the use of a hydraulic clam dredge, traditional bottom dredge, or shinnecock rake; repealing the authority of the Department of Natural Resources to make certain revisions to the delineations of SAV protection zones; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/16/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Primary and Secondary Education - Nonpublic Schools - Required Information [HB-356]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the State Department of Education, beginning September 1, 2019, and annually thereafter, to provide to the county agency responsible for permitting and the local fire marshal in the county a list of nonpublic schools in the county that have been issued a certificate of approval and a list of nonpublic schools in the county that have provided the Department with a church-exempt registration form and other documentation required by certain regulations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Luedtke
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 04/03/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Education – County Boards of Education – Disclosures and Requirements [HB-355]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Repealing the requirement that certain county boards of education develop and maintain a funding accountability website; requiring that each county board report annually certain financial information to the Department of Budget and Management beginning January 1, 2020; requiring the Department to post certain information provided by each county board on its Funding Accountability & Transparency website; providing the Act may not be construed to require the disclosure of certain confidential information; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Luedtke
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 541 on 05/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Public Institutions of Higher Education - Residency Requirement - Determination of In-State Tuition Status [HB-318]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
Requiring a public institution of higher education to determine that a student meets the residency requirement if the student provides evidence to the institution that the student graduated from a secondary school in the State or received the equivalent of a high school diploma in the State, resides at an address in the State, and possesses a Social Security number; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Sydnor
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations; Withdrawn on 03/14/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws – Race–Based Traffic Stops – Policy and Reporting Requirements [HB-301]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Repealing the termination date on provisions of law related to policy and reporting requirements for race-based traffic stops; requiring the Maryland Statistical Analysis Center, on or before September 1 each year, to post on its website, in a manner easily accessible to the public, a filterable data display showing certain traffic stop data for the previous calendar year; and requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to provide electronic and written notice to the General Assembly when the filterable data display is updated.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 625 on 05/25/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Public Safety – DNA Analysis – Search of Data Base [HB-30]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
Prohibiting a person from performing a search of the statewide DNA data base or any other DNA or genealogical data base for the purpose of identification of an offender in connection with a crime for which the offender may be a biological relative of the individual from whom the DNA sample was acquired.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Sydnor
Hearing 1/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/10/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Health Occupations - Pharmacists - Disclosure of Price and Cost Share for Prescription Drugs [HB-296]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring, at the point of sale, a certain pharmacist or the pharmacist's designee to inform a retail consumer, to the best of the pharmacist's or pharmacist's designee's knowledge, of the retail price for a prescription drug and, under certain circumstances, the cost share for which the retail consumer is responsible for the prescription drug; and requiring the State Board of Pharmacy to adopt certain procedures.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership - Chaplains [HB-29]
[Retirement ]
[Pensions ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the membership of the Correctional Officers' Retirement System to include Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services employees in the position of chaplain on or after July 1, 2019; requiring a certain transfer and combination of certain service credit for certain individuals; requiring the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System to calculate a certain disability benefit for certain individuals and to grant a certain benefit under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing 1/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/22/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Election Law - Registration and Voting at Precinct Polling Places [HB-286]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Providing an exception to the voter registration deadline to allow an individual to appear, on election day, at a precinct polling place in the individual's county of residence and apply to register to vote; requiring an applicant for voter registration on election day to provide certain proof of residency; requiring the State Board of Elections to take appropriate measures to notify potential registrants of the correct precinct polling place for the potential registrants' residence addresses under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne Jones
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 609 on 05/25/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership [HB-283]
[Retirement ]
[Pensions ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the membership of the Correctional Officers' Retirement System to include Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services employees in certain positions on or after July 1, 2019; requiring a certain transfer and combination of certain service credit for certain individuals; requiring the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System to calculate a certain disability benefit for certain individuals and to grant a certain benefit under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing Canceled on 01/30/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Natural Resources - State and Local Forest Conservation Funds [HB-272]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Water ]
[Funding ]
Requiring a person that is subject to the Forest Conservation Act to demonstrate that appropriate credits generated by a forest mitigation bank in the same county or watershed are not available before the person may pay money to a State or local forest conservation fund to meet certain requirements; prohibiting a local authority from collecting money for deposit into its forest conservation fund unless it has submitted to the Department of Naural Resources the mitigation plan and accounting procedures; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 601 on 05/25/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Maryland Community College Promise Scholarship Program - Alterations to the Award of Scholarship Funds [HB-268]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Defining "local promise scholarship" as a community college scholarship program in effect on July 1, 2018, that provides a scholarship to any high school senior who is eligible for enrollment at the community college; and specifying that if an award recipient is eligible for a local promise scholarship, an award under the Maryland Community College Promise Scholarship program shall be credited to the tuition of a scholarship recipient before the award of a local promise scholarship; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/24/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Homestead Property Tax Credit - Calculation of Credit for Dwelling Purchased by First-Time Homebuyer [HB-264]
[Property Tax ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Taxes ]
Authorizing certain local governments to allow, by law, a first-time homebuyer in the State to calculate the homestead property tax credit for property that includes a newly purchased dwelling using a certain method; requiring that the credit for a newly purchased dwelling be calculated in a certain manner; providing that a certain homeowner may receive the larger of the homestead property tax credit amounts as calculated using certain methods; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after June 30, 2019.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Long
First Reading Ways And Means on 01/25/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Higher Education - Tuition Rates - Exemptions [HB-262]
[Education ]
Altering the circumstances under which certain individuals are exempt from paying the out-of-state tuition rate at public institutions of higher education; altering the circumstances under which certain individuals are eligible to pay the resident tuition rate at a public senior higher education institution or the in-county rate at a community college; requiring certain individuals to retain a certain tuition status until the individual is awarded a certain degree under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/24/2019