Emergency Bills
Maryland 2017 Regular Session
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Child Abuse - Sex Trafficking (Protecting Victims of Sex Trafficking Act of 2017) [HB-632]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the definition of "sexual abuse" in provisions of law relating to child abuse to include the sex trafficking of a child by any individual; defining the terms "sexual molestation or exploitation" and "sex trafficking" in provisions of law relating to child abuse; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 152 on 04/18/2017
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Annual Curative Bill [SB-493]
Generally curing previous Acts of the General Assembly with possible title defects.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas V. Miller
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 61 on 04/11/2017
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Maryland Medical Practice Act - Individuals Exempt From Licensure - Repeal of Criminal History Records Check Requirement [HB-581]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Repealing the requirement that, in order to practice medicine without a license while performing specified duties, specified individuals must submit to a criminal history records check in accordance with a specified provision of law; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
First Reading Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 02/27/2017
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Howard County - Property Tax Credit for Commercial Real Property - Flood Damage Ho. Co. 9-17 [HB-572]
[Property Tax ]
[Real Estate ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Taxes ]
[Economic Development ]
Authorizing the governing body of Howard County to grant, by law, a tax credit against the county property tax imposed on commercial real property that the governing body determines has suffered specified damage caused by flood conditions; authorizing the governing body of Howard County to specify the amount and duration of the credit; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Howard County Delegation
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 137 on 04/11/2017
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State Highway Administration - Watkins Mill Road Interchange Project [HB-543]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Construction ]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to promptly undertake all steps necessary to complete the Watkins Mill Road Interchange Project; specifying the requirements for the Project; requiring the Governor to appropriate a specified amount of funding for the Project; stating the intent of the General Assembly; requiring the Administration to submit, on or before December 1 each year, a report on the status of the Watkins Mill Project to specified committees of the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/10/2017
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Income Tax - Credit for Nurse Practitioner or Licensed Physician in Preceptorship Program - Alterations [SB-436]
[Healthcare ]
[Taxes ]
[Education ]
Altering the application of a specified fee assessed by the Board of Nursing for the renewal of a nurse practitioner who holds an advanced practice certification; altering the number of hours, so that the required minimum of three rotations must each consist of at least 100 hours of community-based clinical training, that a specified nurse practitioner or licensed physician must work in a specified preceptorship program in order to qualify for a specified credit against the State income tax; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide C Eckardt
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 234 on 04/18/2017
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Workgroup to Study the Implementation of Universal Access to Prekindergarten for 4-Year-Olds [HB-516]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the Workgroup to Study the Implementation of Universal Access to Prekindergarten for 4-Year-Olds in order to estimate the number of 4-year-old children being served by publicly funded kindergarten programs by using the free and reduced-price meal eligibility data; requiring the Workgroup to study and make recommendations regarding an implementation plan based on a specified report and to present its findings to the Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education by September 1, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric D. Ebersole
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(b) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 25 on 04/06/2017
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Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission - Composition and Licenses [HB-487]
[Cannabis ]
[Healthcare ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Public Health ]
Altering the membership of the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission; providing that an appointment made to the Commission is subject to confirmation by the Senate of Maryland; requiring the membership of the Commission to reflect the racial diversity of the State; prohibiting a member of the Commission from being employed or otherwise affiliated with a grower, processor, or dispensary for 2 years from the date on which the term of the member ended; increasing the number of growers that may be licensed by the Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel T Oaks
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/03/2017
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Charles County - State's Attorney's Office and Child Support Enforcement Administration - Transfer of Personnel [HB-457]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Services ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Children and Youth ]
Transferring the Child Support Unit of the Office of the State's Attorney for Charles County to the Child Support Enforcement Administration of the Department of Human Resources; requiring that the employees be transferred in accordance with specified provisions of law; requiring that specified transferred employees be given credit with the State for years of county employment for the purposes of determining specified retirement eligibility and also be subject to specified benefit selections in the Employees' Pension System; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles County Delegation
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 134 on 04/11/2017
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Repeal of the Maryland Open Transportation Investment Decision Act of 2016 (Road Kill Bill Repeal) [HB-402]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Repealing specified State transportation goals; repealing a requirement that the Department of Transportation score the extent to which specified transportation projects satisfy the goals; repealing a requirement that the Department develop a specified scoring system and promulgate specified regulations; repealing a requirement that the Department, in accordance with the specified scoring system, rank major transportation projects for inclusion in the draft and final Consolidated Transportation Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. (appropriations) on 03/03/2017
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Volkswagen Settlement Funds - Use of Environmental Mitigation Trust [HB-442]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Air Quality ]
[Climate Change ]
Establishing the Volkswagen Settlement Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; specifying the purpose of the Fund; requiring the Department of the Environment and the Maryland Energy Administration to administer the Fund; requiring specified funds received under the Volkswagen settlement agreement to be distributed to the Fund; providing that at least 15% of the revenue received by the Fund must be used for specified purposes related to electric vehicle infrastructure; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
Hearing 2/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2017
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Alcoholic Beverages - Beer, Wine, and Liquor Exhibition Permit [HB-464]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Altering the national family beer and wine exhibition permit to make it the national beer, wine, and liquor exhibition permit; authorizing the Comptroller to issue the permit to a bona fide alcohol trade association; authorizing the permit holder to exhibit, judge, and taste beer, wine, and liquor under specified circumstances; authorizing the permit holder to receive for use beer, wine, and liquor from specified persons under specified circumstances; providing a permit fee of $50; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Talmadge Branch
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 466 on 05/04/2017
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Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - Licenses [SB-384]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Exempting an applicant for a specified Class B-D-7 license in a specified Old Goucher Revitalization District in the 43rd alcoholic beverages district in Baltimore City from specified zoning requirements; creating exceptions under which the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore City may issue specified new Class B-D-7 licenses in specified alcoholic beverages districts under specified circumstances; providing that a specified Class B-D-7 license may be transferred within the Old Goucher Revitalization District; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Carter Conway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 81 on 04/11/2017
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Montgomery County - Alcoholic Beverages - Tasting at Dispensaries MC 19-17 [HB-306]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Authorizing the Department of Liquor Control for Montgomery County to hold tastings of beer, wine, and liquor in the inventory of the dispensary under specified circumstances at specified dispensaries; and limiting the quantity of beer, wine, and liquor that an individual may consume as part of a tasting.
Sponsored by: Rep. Montgomery County Delegation
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 127 on 04/11/2017
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Education - School Emergency Air-Conditioning Fund - Established [SB-334]
[Education ]
[Air Quality ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the School Emergency Air-Conditioning Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; specifying the purpose of the Fund is to provide grants to public primary and secondary schools in the State to install air conditioning; requiring the Interagency Committee on School Construction to administer the Fund; requiring that in each of fiscal years 2019 through 2022, the Governor shall appropriate at least $7,500,000 to the Fund; requiring the State Treasurer to hold the Fund and the Comptroller to account for the Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/15/2017
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Charles County - State's Attorney's Office and Child Support Enforcement Administration - Transfer of Personnel [SB-347]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Services ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Children and Youth ]
Transferring the Child Support Unit of the Office of the State's Attorney for Charles County to the Child Support Enforcement Administration of the Department of Human Resources; requiring that the employees be transferred in accordance with specified provisions of law; requiring that specified transferred employees be given credit with the State for years of county employment for the purposes of determining specified retirement eligibility and also be subject to specified benefit selections in the Employees' Pension System; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles County Senators
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 135 on 04/11/2017
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Kent County - Turkey Hunting on Private Property - Sundays [HB-305]
[Animals ]
[Sports ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Recreation ]
Authorizing a person to hunt turkey on private property in Kent County on Sundays during the spring turkey hunting season.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven J. Arentz
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 304 on 04/18/2017
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Child Abuse - Sex Trafficking (Protecting Victims of Sex Trafficking Act of 2017) [SB-308]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the definition of "sexual abuse" in provisions of law relating to child abuse to include the sex trafficking of a child by any individual; defining the terms "sexual molestation or exploitation" and "sex trafficking" in provisions of law relating to child abuse; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 151 on 04/18/2017
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Maryland Open Transportation Investment Decision Act - Application and Evaluation [SB-307]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Economic Development ]
Altering the definition of "major transportation project"; requiring the Department to develop a model that uses a specified project-based scoring system to rank specified projects and to make the model available to the public; requiring the Department to use the model to rank specified projects; requiring the Department to include specified rankings and scores in an appendix to the Consolidated Transportation Program and on the Department's Web site; establishing the Workgroup on the Maryland Open Transportation Investment Decision Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ulysses Currie
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 30 on 04/11/2017
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Washington Metrorail Safety Commission Membership Act [SB-265]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring that specified members of the board of directors of the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate; requiring one regular member of the board of directors of the Commission who is appointed by the Governor to be a resident of Montgomery County or Prince George's County; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 351 on 04/18/2017