Kent County
Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Food Stamp Program - Summer Supplement for Children - Pilot Program [HB-1432]
Requiring the State to provide, in Garrett County, Kent County, and Talbot County, a summer supplement of $30 per child, per month for June, July, and August, to a household that receives a federally funded benefit under the food stamp program; requiring the Department of Human Services to measure certain effects and annually report to the Governor and the General Assembly; requiring the Governor to appropriate $350,000 for fiscal years 2020 and 2021 for the summer supplement, measuring, and reporting; terminating the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alfred Carr
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/07/2018
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Northern Bay Crossing [HB-1199]
Repealing the authority of the State Roads Commission concerning the construction and financing of a northern crossing of the Chesapeake Bay with a terminus in Kent County; prohibiting the Maryland Department of Transportation and other certain units from including in certain plans and other documents any reference or statement with respect to a crossing of the Chesapeake Bay with a terminus that lies in whole or in part in Kent County; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Arentz
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/08/2018
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Public Safety – Buildings Used for Agritourism [SB-99]
Adding certain counties to the list of counties that exempt agricultural buildings used for agritourism from certain building performance standards; and exempting a building used for agritourism in certain counties from a building permit requirement under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Reilly
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 71 on 04/18/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Kent County Alcoholic Beverages Act of 2019 [SB-955]
Authorizing a holder of a Class D beer, wine, and liquor license in Kent County to sell alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption as well as on-premises consumption; increasing to 15 the maximum number of rooms that a facility with a Class B (country inn) beer, wine, and liquor license may offer to the public as sleeping accommodations; decreasing to 100 the minimum number of permanently installed seats required in a theater with a theater beer, wine, and liquor license; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 768 on 05/25/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Toll Roads, Highways, and Bridges - County Government Consent Requirement - Expansion [SB-442]
Expanding to all counties in the State a prohibition on State agencies constructing within the nine Eastern Shore counties a toll road, toll highway, or toll bridge without the consent of a majority of the affected counties; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County - Toll Roads, Highways, and Bridges and Chesapeake Bay Crossing - Consent Requirement [SB-107]
Expanding to Anne Arundel County a prohibition on State agencies constructing a toll road, toll highway, or toll bridge within the county without the consent of a majority of the affected counties; prohibiting a State agency, without the express consent of Anne Arundel County, from constructing a crossing of the Chesapeake Bay that affects Anne Arundel County; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Reilly
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/28/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
County Boards of Education - Establishing Regional Career and Technical Education Schools - Authority and Funding [SB-1002]
Authorizing the county boards of education in Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's, and Talbot counties and an institution of higher education located within the regional counties to establish a regional career and technical education school subject to certain requirements; requiring the State to distribute to the county boards a certain amount for certain expenses and 100% of school construction funding; requiring the county boards to use certain funds only for a certain purpose; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/22/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Environment - On-Site Wastewater Services - Regulation [HB-840]
Establishing the State Board of On-Site Wastewater Professionals in the Department of the Environment; specifying the purpose and composition of the Board; specifying the term of a Board member; requiring the Governor to appoint Board members with the advice and consent of the Senate of Maryland; requiring the Board to adopt certain regulations; requiring a county to enforce certain standards relating to certain design, installation, and maintenance of certain on-site wastewater systems; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/15/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Public Safety – Buildings Used for Agritourism [HB-639]
Adding certain counties to the list of counties that exempt agricultural buildings used for agritourism from certain building performance standards; and exempting a building used for agritourism in certain counties from a certain permit requirement under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 70 on 04/18/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
County Boards of Education – Establishing Regional Career and Technology Education Schools – Authority [HB-513]
Authorizing the county boards of education in Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's, and Talbot counties to establish a regional Career and Technology Education (CTE) school to provide career and technology education programs to public high school students in the counties; requiring a regional CTE school to operate under the terms of a certain collective bargaining agreement; requiring the Interagency Commission on School Construction to study and develop a certain cost-share formula for certain county boards of education; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Arentz
Hearing 3/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County - Toll Roads, Highways, and Bridges and Chesapeake Bay Crossing - Consent Requirement [HB-212]
Expanding to Anne Arundel County a prohibition on State agencies constructing a toll road, toll highway, or toll bridge within the county without the consent of a majority of the affected counties; prohibiting a State agency, without the express consent of Anne Arundel County, from constructing a crossing of the Chesapeake Bay that affects Anne Arundel County; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Malone
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/15/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Oyster Severance Tax - Increase [HB-1358]
Increasing the amount of the severance tax levied on oysters caught within certain natural oyster bars from $1 to $2 per bushel; and requiring that $1 of the severance tax levied be distributed to certain county oyster committees for the repletion of natural oyster bars within the waters of the counties.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Mautz
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/18/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Kent County Alcoholic Beverages Act of 2019 [HB-1335]
Authorizing a holder of a Class D beer, wine, and liquor license in Kent County to sell alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption as well as on-premises consumption; increasing to 15 the maximum number of rooms that a facility with a Class B (country inn) beer, wine, and liquor license may offer to the public as sleeping accommodations; decreasing to 100 the minimum number of permanently installed seats required in a theater with a theater beer, wine, and liquor license; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Arentz
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/15/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Toll Roads, Highways, and Bridges - County Government Consent Requirement - Expansion [HB-102]
Expanding to all counties in the State a prohibition on State agencies constructing within the nine Eastern Shore counties a toll road, toll highway, or toll bridge without the consent of a majority of the affected counties; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tawanna Gaines
Hearing 2/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/23/2019
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Kent County - Alcoholic Beverages - Limited Distillery License [SB-959]
Authorizing a Class 9 limited distillery license in Kent County; authorizing a Class 9 limited distillery license to be issued to a holder of a Class B beer, wine, and liquor license as well as a holder of a Class D beer, wine, and liquor license under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey
First Reading Economic Matters on 03/21/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Economic Development - Rural Economic Development Program and One Maryland Tax Credit [SB-737]
Establishing the Rural Economic Development Program to encourage businesses to locate and expand in the rural counties of the State; providing that for 10 taxable years after a business is designated as a qualified business under the Program the business is eligible for a specified property tax exemption, income tax subtraction modification, and sales and use tax exemption; establishing the Rural Economic Development Program Infrastructure Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund to be used to make grants to specified counties; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Roger Manno
Hearing 3/15 At 2:30 P.m. on 03/15/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Maryland Income Tax Refunds - Eastern Shore Counties - Warrant Intercept Program [SB-729]
Altering the requirement for the Comptroller to withhold Maryland income tax refunds of specified individuals with outstanding warrants to include residents of the Eastern Shore counties or individuals who have outstanding warrants from an Eastern Shore county; making nonsubstantive changes to specified termination provisions; making conforming changes; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
Hearing 3/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/29/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Income Tax Credit - New Dwellings - Automatic Fire Sprinkler Systems [SB-728]
Allowing a record owner of a specified new dwelling in a specified county to claim a credit against the State income tax in an amount equal to $1.25 for each square foot of the new dwelling if a specified automatic fire sprinkler system is installed in the new dwelling; requiring the Office of the State Fire Marshal to approve applications for the credit; providing that the Office may not approve a credit in a taxable year beginning after December 31, 2018; limiting the total amount of credits to $1,000,000 in any taxable year; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
Hearing 4/11 At 9:00 A.m. on 04/11/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Freestanding Medical Facilities - Certificate of Need, Rates, and Definition [SB-707]
Exempting from the certificate of need requirements for change of scope or capital expenditures the conversion of a licensed general hospital to a freestanding medical facility, in accordance with specified requirements; increasing from 45 to 90 the number of days before the proposed closing of a health care facility for the filing of the notice of the proposed closing; establishing the workgroup on rural health care delivery to study health care needs in five specified counties; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 420 on 05/10/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Kent County - Prospective Employees and Volunteers - Criminal History Records Check [SB-629]
Authorizing the Director of Human Resources of Kent County to request from the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services a State and national criminal history records check for a prospective county employee or volunteer; requiring that the Director submit sets of fingerprints and fees to the Central Repository as part of the application for a criminal history records check; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 76 on 04/12/2016