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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Certified Local Farm Enterprise Program and Certified Local Farm Enterprise Food Aggregation Grant Fund - Establishment [SB-985]
[Agriculture ]
[Food ]
[Grants ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Office for the Certified Local Farm Enterprise Program in the Department of Agriculture; establishing the Certified Local Farm Enterprise Program in the Office to encourage certain units to try to achieve an overall percentage goal of 20% of the unit's total dollar value of procurement contracts for food from certain certified local farm enterprises; establishing a Certified Local Farm Enterprise Food Aggregation Grant Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/07/2020
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Hospitals - Care of Infants After Discharge [SB-944]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring a hospital to provide certain instructions to the parent or legal guardian of an infant before the hospital discharges the infant into the care of the parent or legal guardian; requiring a hospital before discharging an infant to inquire as to whether a parent or legal guardian is able to provide the infant with a certain environment and a certain item, inform a parent or legal guardian of certain matters, and provide each parent or legal guardian with a certain form; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 03/14/2020
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Education - Voluntary Ethical Special Education Advocate Certificate Program [SB-853]
[Education ]
[Disabilities ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the State Department of Education to establish the Voluntary Ethical Special Education Advocate Certificate Program on or before July 1, 2021, for administration of a voluntary certificate program for ethical special education advocates; specifying qualifications and application procedures for a certificate; requiring the Department to issue a certificate to a certain applicant; authorizing an applicant to petition for judicial review of a decision of the Department that relates to issuing or renewing a certificate; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2020
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Election Law - Voting Systems - Accessibility for Voters With Disabilities [SB-757]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Disabilities ]
Requiring each voter to use a ballot marking device that is accessible to voters with disabilities to vote at early voting centers and election day polling places to ensure that access is provided to voters with disabilities in accordance with a certain provision of law; applying the Act to all elections beginning with the statewide primary election held under a certain provision of law in 2022; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2020
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Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment for Multifamily Units Act [SB-734]
[Energy ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Providing that certain provisions of a recorded covenant or restriction, a declaration, or the bylaws or rules of a condominium or homeowners association are void and unenforceable if they prohibit or unreasonably restrict the installation or use of electric vehicle recharging equipment; requiring certain owners of electric vehicle recharging equipment to be responsible for certain costs and disclosures; requiring a unit owner or lot owner to obtain certain permits or approval; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 2/25 At 12:00 P.m. (judicial Proceedings) on 02/06/2020
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Adoption - Access to Birth and Adoption Records and Search, Contact, and Reunion Services [SB-743]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Repealing certain provisions of law specifying that certain provisions of law apply only to adoptions in which a juvenile court enters an order for adoption on or after January 1, 2000; altering, from 21 to 18, the age at which an adoptee, or biological parent if the adoptee is at least a certain age, may apply for a copy of certain birth and adoptions records; requiring the Director of Social Services to develop and make available a certain contact preference form; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 2/25 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/06/2020
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Election Law - Absentee Ballot Requests, Delivery, and Marking [HB-859]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Requiring the State Board of Elections approved absentee ballot application to require the applicant to provide certain information; repealing a provision of law requiring a local board of elections to provide an absentee ballot by facsimile transmission if requested by a voter; altering a certain provision of law to require a local board to provide an absentee ballot by the Internet only if requested by certain voters, rather than to any voter on request; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marc Korman
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2020
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End-of-Life Option Act (Richard E. Israel and Roger "Pip" Moyer Act) [SB-701]
[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: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 2/28 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/06/2020
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Insurance - Health Care Sharing Ministries [SB-697]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Religion ]
Repealing a certain exemption from certain insurance laws for certain voluntary noncontractual religious publication arrangements; exempting from certain insurance laws certain health care sharing ministries; requiring a person to obtain a certificate of registration from the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to act as a health care sharing ministry in the State; requiring the Commissioner to send a notice of an impending expiration of a certificate of registration not later than 30 days before the expiration; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 02/27/2020
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Income Tax Checkoff - The Blueprint for Maryland's Future Fund [SB-644]
[Taxes ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
Establishing an income tax checkoff for voluntary contributions to The Blueprint for Maryland's Future Fund; requiring the Comptroller to include a checkoff on the individual income tax return; requiring the Comptroller to collect and account for contributions made through the checkoff and to credit the proceeds to the Fund after deducting the amount necessary to administer the checkoff; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Hearing Canceled on 02/10/2020
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Grant Applications and Reporting - Uniform Forms and Requirements [SB-630]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Maryland Efficient Grant Application Council to study and make recommendations to the Governor's Grants Office and the Department of Budget and Management regarding the grants life cycle, including the creation of certain materials for use by certain grant-making agencies, grant applicants, and grant recipients, certain regulations, and certain recommended timelines and deadlines; requiring the Council to solicit the input of certain stakeholders and establish certain working groups; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 485 on 05/08/2020
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Health Facilities - Hospitals - Disclosure of Outpatient Facility Fees (Facility Fee Right-to-Know Act) [SB-632]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring certain hospitals to provide each patient with a certain written notice related to outpatient facility fees that are charged for services provided at the hospital that is in a certain form; requiring that certain notices be provided to certain patients in certain manners and at certain times; requiring certain hospitals to determine the range of hospital outpatient facility fees and fee estimates; requiring a certain hospital that charges an outpatient facility fee to use a certain range of fees and fee estimates; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 366 on 05/08/2020
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Financial Institutions - Commissioner of Financial Regulation - Money Transmissions [HB-855]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Establishing licensing requirements for certain money transmission locations; requiring an applicant for a license to engage in the business of money transmission to provide the address of each self-service financial kiosk in a certain application and information that satisfies the Commissioner of Financial Regulation that the applicant has created certain policies and procedures; specifying the licensing fee that an applicant for a branch location license is required to pay; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Favorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/17/2020
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Election Law - Time Off For Employee Voting [SB-666]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring every employer in the State to allow any employee, rather than any employee who claims to be a registered voter, in the State a certain period of absence from work to vote in an election, rather than only on election day; repealing a requirement that an employee furnish proof to the employer that the employee voted or attempted to vote on a form prescribed by the State Board of Elections; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/02/2020
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Baltimore County - Foreclosure Proceedings - Affidavit That Property Is Vacant or Unfit for Human Habitation [SB-675]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Property Tax ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing a person with a secured interest in residential property in Baltimore County, under certain circumstances, to file an order to docket or complaint to foreclose accompanied by an affidavit that the residential property is vacant or unfit for human habitation under certain housing codes; providing, with a certain exception, that the requirements of certain provisions of law do not apply to an action to foreclose a mortgage or deed of trust on the property for which the affidavit is issued; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Hearing 2/25 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/06/2020
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General Assembly - Environmental Impact Statements - Pilot Program [HB-866]
[Environmental ]
Prohibiting certain subcommittees of certain standing committees of the General Assembly from recommending an action on a bill unless an environmental impact statement accompanies the bill; authorizing a certain subcommittee to waive the environmental impact statement requirement under certain circumstances; requiring a certain subcommittee to ask the Department of Legislative Services to prepare a certain environmental impact statement on referral of a bill to the subcommittee; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nick Mosby
Hearing 2/24 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Real Property - Residential Leases - Voter Registration [HB-816]
[Real Estate ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Housing ]
Requiring a landlord to provide a residential tenant and each individual at least 16 years old who is authorized to reside at the residential rental property with a State voter registration application within 15 days after the date of occupancy; making a landlord liable for $25 in damages for each voter registration application that the landlord failed to provide; providing that the Act may not be construed to require a landlord to assist residents with completion of the State voter registration application; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/06/2020
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Public Health - Long-Term Care Planning [SB-690]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, on or before January 1, 2021, to develop and publish materials to assist State residents with long-term care family planning; requiring certain materials to meet certain requirements, be consistent with certain other materials, and include certain contact information; requiring the Department to make certain materials available in certain languages; and requiring certain State agencies to update certain websites in a certain manner on or before January 1, 2021.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Hearing 3/17 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/16/2020
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City of Annapolis - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Club Public Event Permit [HB-844]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Establishing a club public event permit in the City of Annapolis; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners to issue the permit to a holder of a Class C license; specifying that the permit authorizes a club to sell certain alcoholic beverages to a certain individual for on-premises consumption during a certain public event; requiring a permit holder to apply to the Board at least 45 days before an event; authorizing the Board to approve up to 12 public events per permit holder in a calendar year; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 338 on 05/08/2020
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Income Tax - Theatrical Production Tax Credit [SB-577]
[Taxes ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Film Production ]
[Economic Development ]
Allowing certain theatrical production entities to claim a credit against the State income tax for certain costs incurred for certain theatrical productions in the State; making the credit refundable under certain circumstances; requiring an entity to apply to the Department of Commerce to be a qualified theatrical production entity; requiring that to qualify for the credit certain estimated costs incurred in the State must exceed $100,000; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Hearing Canceled on 02/10/2020