Holidays And Special Dates
Maryland 2018 Regular Session
General Provisions - Commemorative Months - Maryland Sportsmanship Month [SB-1178]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim March as Maryland Sportsmanship Month; requiring the proclamation to urge local recreation and parks departments in the State to observe Maryland Sportsmanship Month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities; and specifying examples of appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.
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General Provisions - Commemorative Months - Maryland Sportsmen and Sportswomen Month [SB-1171]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim March as Maryland Sportsmen and Sportswomen Month; and requiring the proclamation to urge the Department of Natural Resources and certain local departments to properly observe Maryland Sportsmen and Sportswomen Month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Pediatric Stroke - Awareness, Training, and Resource Materials [HB-668]
Requiring the State Department of Education, in collaboration with the Maryland Department of Health, to provide awareness and training for directors of student services in local education agencies on pediatric stroke; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health to provide to the State Department of Education resource information on pediatric stroke, including information on the warning signs.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
General Provisions - Commemorative Days - Missing Children Day [HB-539]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim May 25 as Missing Children Day.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
General Provisions - Commemorative Days - Foster Youth Legislative Shadow Days [HB-52]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim the second Wednesday and Thursday in February as Foster Youth Legislative Shadow Days.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
General Provisions - Commemorative Months - Foster Care Month [HB-49]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim May as Foster Care Month; and requiring the proclamation to urge residents of Maryland to volunteer their talents and energies on behalf of children in foster care, foster parents, and child welfare professionals.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Education - Commemoration - Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001 [HB-313]
Requiring public schools to devote a part of the school day to appropriate exercises that commemorate various days, including the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County - Controlled Water Ski Areas in Maynadier Creek - Operation of Vessel - Hours of Operation [HB-299]
Authorizing a person to operate or give permission to operate a vessel for the purpose of towing a water skier in a ski slalom course located in a controlled water ski area during certain times on certain days and State holidays; prohibiting a person from operating or giving permission to operate a vessel for the purpose of towing a water skier in a ski slalom course located in a controlled water ski area on certain days; applying the Act; and making the Act an emergency measure.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
General Provisions – Commemorative Days – Pongal Day [HB-1762]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim January 14 as Pongal Day.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
General Provisions - Commemorative Months - Maryland Sportsmanship Month [HB-1298]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim March as Maryland Sportsmanship Month; requiring the proclamation to urge local recreation and parks departments in the State to observe Maryland Sportsmanship Month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities; and specifying examples of appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
General Provisions - Commemorative Days - Spotted Turtle Awareness Day [HB-1250]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim February 17 as Spotted Turtle Awareness Day.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
General Provisions - Commemorative Days - Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day [HB-121]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim the fourth Thursday in March as Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day.
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Welcome Home Korean War Veterans Day [SJR-5]
Designating July 27, 2019, as Welcome Home Korean War Veterans Day; and providing that the designation is an appropriate way for the State to properly thank and honor its members of the United States armed forces for their service and sacrifice during the Korean War.
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Freedom of the Press Day [SJR-2]
Designating June 28 as Freedom of the Press Day in Maryland to memorialize the lives lost on June 28, 2018, at the Capital Gazette offices.
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
General Provisions - Commemorative Days - Welcome Home Korean War Veterans Day [SB-996]
Providing that July 27 each year is Welcome Home Korean War Veterans Day in recognition of the service and sacrifice of Korean War veterans.
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County - Controlled Water Ski Area in Maynadier Creek - Operation of Vessel - Hours of Operation [SB-93]
Authorizing a person to operate or give permission to operate a vessel for certain purposes in a slalom ski course located in a controlled water ski area in Maynadier Creek during certain times on certain days; prohibiting a person from operating or giving permission to operate a vessel for certain purposes in a slalom ski course located in a controlled water ski area in Maynadier Creek on Saturdays or State holidays; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to report on the Act's implementation by December 1, 2022; etc.
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Primary and Secondary Education - Black History Month - Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass [SB-879]
Requiring public schools to devote a part of at least one day to appropriate exercises that relate to Black History Month, with an emphasis on Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass and the contributions they made in the fight against slavery; etc.
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Election Law - Early Voting - Reporting of Precinct Results [SB-782]
Requiring that a certain statement of election results required to be prepared by each local board of canvassers report election results by precinct that includes all votes cast by voters registered in each precinct who voted on an early voting day; and requiring that a certain report of election results by precinct made available by the State Board of Elections include all votes cast by voters registered in each precinct who voted on an early voting day.
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
General Provisions - Commemorative Days - Pongal Day [SB-615]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim January 14 as Pongal Day; providing that Thai Pongal is one of the main festivals celebrating the importance of the harvest in the state of Tamil Nadu in south India, Sri Lanka, and certain other countries.
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Election Law - Presidential Elections - Voting by Electors [SB-582]
Requiring the Secretary of State to certify the election of each of the presidential electors of the political party of the candidates for President and Vice President of the United States who received a certain number of the votes cast in all of the United States; requiring presidential electors to cast their votes for the candidates for President and Vice President who received a certain number of the votes cast in all of the United States, rather than a plurality of the votes cast in the State; etc.