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Number	Legislature	Summary	Subjects
SB-1075	State (Maryland)	Renaming the Alcohol and Tobacco Commission to be the Alcohol, Cannabis, and Tobacco Commission; providing that a member of the Commission may not have a certain interest, ownership, or management in the cannabis industry; establishing the Advisory Committee on Adult-Use Cannabis; providing an individual at least 21 years old and in possession of a certain amount of cannabis is not subject to arrest or any civil or administrative penalty; imposing a certain excise tax on the sale of cannabis under certain circumstances; etc. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Taxes - Sales And Use Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Public Health Advertising Age Of Majority Alcoholic Beverages Annotated Code Of Maryland Arrests Boundaries Cannabis
SB-1040	State (Maryland)	Increasing to 3.5% the maximum rate a county may impose on an individual's Maryland taxable income for a taxable year beginning after December 31, 2021; requiring a county, with regard to any increase to its county income tax rate that is effective on or after January 1, 2022, to impose the increase on an income bracket basis; requiring a county that imposes the county income tax on an income bracket basis to set, by ordinance or resolution, certain income brackets; etc. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Taxes - Income Comptroller Counties Income Tax Laws And Ordinances Salaries And Compensation
HB-1587	State (Maryland)	Prohibiting a person from stopping, standing, or parking a vehicle that is not a plug-in electric drive vehicle in a parking space that is designated for the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles; requiring that a parking space that is for the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles have green pavement markings; requiring that a parking space that is for the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles be counted as part of the overall number of parking spaces for purposes of complying with certain zoning or parking laws; etc. Democrat: 100% (5) 100% Democrat support	Vehicle Laws - Rules Of The Road Civil Actions Disabilities Laws And Ordinances Motor Vehicles Motor Vehicle Equipment Parking Penalties And Sentences Signs And Billboards Signs And Billboards
HB-1341	State (Maryland)	Providing that certain provisions of law do not prohibit insurers, nonprofit health service plans, or health maintenance organizations from offering products or services at no charge or at a discounted price to educate a person regarding, or to monitor, control, or prevent, risk of loss to certain persons; authorizing an insurer, a nonprofit health service plan, or a health maintenance organization to include an offer or provision of products or services in a certain contract or rate filing; etc. Democrat: 66% (4) Republican: 33% (2) 66% Democrat support 33% Republican support	Insurance - Other Than Health Insurance - Health Claims Commerce And Business Communications Consumer Protection Contracts Education Fees Health Insurance
HB-1242	State (Maryland)	Establishing that a parent has the fundamental right to direct the upbringing, education, care, and welfare of the parent's child; prohibiting the State or a political subdivision from infringing on a parent's fundamental right to direct the upbringing, education, care, and welfare of the parent's child unless the State or political subdivision can demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence certain factors; and providing the Act may not be construed to authorize a parent to cause physical or emotional harm to the parent's child. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Family Law Child Care Education Human Rights Laws And Ordinances Parents And Guardians
HB-1366	State (Maryland)	Authorizing the governing body of Harford County to impose, by law, and collect a sales and use tax on residential, nonresidential, and mobile telecommunications service in Harford County under certain circumstances; requiring that the tax be itemized on the telecommunications service bill and collected by the telecommunications service vendor on behalf of Harford County; providing that the net proceeds of the tax may be used only for expenditures of the Harford County public school system; etc. Democrat: 100% (2) 100% Democrat support	Taxes - Miscellaneous - Local Counties - Local Laws Harford County Laws And Ordinances Public Schools Revenue And Taxes Sales And Use Tax Telecommunications And Information Technology
HB-1319	State (Maryland)	Requiring the Governor to appoint five members of the Board of License Commissioners for Wicomico County; requiring that members of the Board be nominated in a certain manner; requiring that three members of the Board be residents of the City of Salisbury, nominated jointly by the County Executive and the Mayor of Salisbury; staggering the terms of member of the Board in a certain manner; and specifying the expiration of the terms of certain members of the Board. Republican: 75% (3) Democrat: 25% (1) 75% Republican support 25% Democrat support	Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Age Of Majority Alcoholic Beverages Licenses Alcoholic Beverages - By Subdivision Alcoholic Beverages Manufacturing Beverage Containers Boundaries Commerce And Business Committees And Commissions Communications
HB-1161	State (Maryland)	Providing that a certain tax that a county or municipal corporation may impose on amounts paid for the rental, leasing, or use of any space, facility, or accommodation in a mobile home park or services provided by a mobile home park does not apply to certain mobile homes in Washington County; authorizing Washington County to impose, by ordinance, a tax on the use of a mobile home in the county; providing that the tax constitutes a lien on the mobile home and may be collected in the same manner property taxes may be collected; etc. Unaffiliated: 100% (1) 100% Unaffiliated support	Counties - Local Laws Taxes - Miscellaneous - Local Assessments Assessments And Taxation, Department Of Laws And Ordinances Leases And Rent Liens Mobile And Manufactured Homes Penalties And Sentences Property Tax
HB-1522	State (Maryland)	Providing that a public general law may not be construed to limit a power or function of a local government unless the public general law specifically states that it limits concurrent jurisdiction or that the State's jurisdiction is exclusive; providing for the construction of the Act; and applying the Act prospectively. Democrat: 81% (9) Republican: 18% (2) 81% Democrat support 18% Republican support	Local Government - Generally Jurisdiction Laws And Ordinances Public Local Laws
HB-1301	State (Maryland)	Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant, by law, a property tax credit on a certain assessment of certain qualified opportunity zone property if the taxpayer has invested at least $100,000, including acquisition costs and improvements, in the property; providing for the calculation of the credit; etc. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Taxes - Property Assessments Baltimore City Counties Enterprise Zones Laws And Ordinances Municipal Corporations Property Tax Tax Credits
HB-1454	State (Maryland)	Exempting moderate income housing units from a certain tax; authorizing the governing body of Howard County to increase the rate of the transfer tax to support certain public purposes; requiring the Director of Finance of Howard County to collect and distribute in certain amounts transfer tax proceeds attributable to an increase in the tax rate to the county general fund to be used for certain purposes; etc. Unaffiliated: 100% (1) 100% Unaffiliated support	Taxes - Recordation And Transfer Construction County Councils Exemptions Fire Protection Housing Howard County Indigent Persons Laws And Ordinances Poverty
HB-1385	State (Maryland)	Authorizing the Town of Mount Airy, Carroll County and Frederick County, to undertake and carry out certain urban renewal projects for slum clearance and redevelopment; prohibiting certain land or property from being taken for certain purposes without just compensation first being paid to the party entitled to the compensation; declaring that certain land or property taken in connection with certain urban renewal powers is needed for public uses or purposes; etc. Unaffiliated: 100% (1) 100% Unaffiliated support	Municipalities Administrative Agencies Appraisals Banks And Trust Companies Bonds Building Codes Carroll County Circuit Courts Codes Condemnation
HB-1528	State (Maryland)	Establishing the Maryland Council on Health in All Policies to employ a Health in All Policies framework, a public health framework through which public and private policymakers and stakeholders use a collaborative approach to improve health outcomes and reduce health inequities in the State; providing, to the extent practicable, Council members are to reflect the geographic, racial, ethnic, cultural, and gender diversity of the State; requiring the Council to submit a report by December 1 each year on the Council's activities; etc. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Public Health Administrative Agencies Agriculture, Department Of Art, Music And Cultural Affairs Boundaries Committees And Commissions Communications Consumer Protection Correction, Division Of Demographics
HB-1494	State (Maryland)	Authorizing a county to impose the county income tax on an income bracket basis under certain circumstances; requiring a county that imposes the county income tax on an income bracket basis to set, by ordinance or resolution, certain income brackets; prohibiting the income brackets from differing from the income brackets to which the State income tax applies; prohibiting a county that imposes the county income tax on an income tax bracket basis from setting a minimum income tax rate less than 2.25%; etc. Democrat: 100% (9) 100% Democrat support	Taxes - Income Comptroller Counties Income Tax Laws And Ordinances Salaries And Compensation
HB-1362	State (Maryland)	Repealing certain provisions of law requiring that the proceeds of the Harford County transfer tax be distributed to the county's agricultural land preservation program and to fund school site acquisition and school construction or certain indebtedness for school site acquisition and school construction; and authorizing the Harford County Council to determine, by law, the manner in which the proceeds of the Harford County transfer tax are distributed. Democrat: 100% (2) 100% Democrat support	Taxes - Recordation And Transfer Agriculture Agriculture Construction Construction County Councils County Councils Farmland Farmland Harford County
HB-1362	State (Maryland)	Repealing certain provisions of law requiring that the proceeds of the Harford County transfer tax be distributed to the county's agricultural land preservation program and to fund school site acquisition and school construction or certain indebtedness for school site acquisition and school construction; and authorizing the Harford County Council to determine, by law, the manner in which the proceeds of the Harford County transfer tax are distributed. Democrat: 100% (2) 100% Democrat support	Taxes - Recordation And Transfer Agriculture Agriculture Construction Construction County Councils County Councils Farmland Farmland Harford County
HB-1225	State (Maryland)	Declaring the intent of the General Assembly to codify a certain federal regulation concerning preemption of local regulation of amateur radio station antenna structures; establishing certain requirements that apply to a county or municipal ordinance regulating amateur radio station antenna structures; applying the Act to all counties and municipalities; etc. Republican: 100% (4) 100% Republican support	Local Government - Generally Counties Laws And Ordinances Municipal Corporations Radio Rules And Regulations
HB-1189	State (Maryland)	Reauthorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City to grant, by law, a certain property tax credit against the property tax imposed on certain newly constructed dwellings in Baltimore City, subject to certain limitations; expanding the tax credit program to authorize the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City to grant, by law, the property tax credit to certain owners of certain substantially rehabilitated dwellings; providing that the property tax credit may not be granted on or after July 1, 2025; etc. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Taxes - Property - Local Baltimore City Housing Laws And Ordinances Property Tax Tax Credits Urban Renewal
HB-1555	State (Maryland)	Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City, beginning on or after January 1, 2022, to require certain members of the command staff of the Police Department of Baltimore City to reside in Baltimore City; requiring a certain local law, ordinance, or policy enacted or adopted by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City to include a certain waiver, exemption, or 120-day grace period to begin residence in Baltimore City under certain circumstances; etc. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Counties - Local Laws Baltimore City Law Enforcement Laws And Ordinances Residency Time Work, Labor And Employment
HB-1072	State (Maryland)	Authorizing the governing body of Prince George's County to allow, by law, certain primary or specialty health care providers to claim a tax credit up to a certain amount against the county income tax under certain circumstances; providing that the tax credit is allowed against the county income tax only; authorizing the governing body of Prince George's County to provide for certain matters relating to the tax credit; requiring the county to notify the Comptroller by July 1 of the preceding taxable year if the tax credit is authorized; etc. Unaffiliated: 100% (1) 100% Unaffiliated support	Taxes - Income Comptroller Dentists Health Occupations Income Tax Laws And Ordinances Licenses Notices Optometrists Osteopaths

Title: Adult-Use Cannabis - Legalization

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: SB-1075

Subjects: Taxes - Sales And Use, Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes, Public Health, Advertising, Age Of Majority, Alcoholic Beverages, Annotated Code Of Maryland, Arrests, Boundaries, Cannabis

Democrat: 100% (1)

Title: Local Tax Relief for Working Families Act of 2020

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: SB-1040

Subjects: Taxes - Income, Comptroller, Counties, Income Tax, Laws And Ordinances, Salaries And Compensation

Democrat: 100% (1)

Title: Vehicle Laws - Plug-In Electric Drive Vehicles - Reserved Parking Spaces

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1587

Subjects: Vehicle Laws - Rules Of The Road, Civil Actions, Disabilities, Laws And Ordinances, Motor Vehicles, Motor Vehicle Equipment, Parking, Penalties And Sentences, Signs And Billboards, Signs And Billboards

Democrat: 100% (5)

Title: Insurance - Product and Service Offerings

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1341

Subjects: Insurance - Other Than Health, Insurance - Health, Claims, Commerce And Business, Communications, Consumer Protection, Contracts, Education, Fees, Health Insurance

Democrat: 66% (4) Republican: 33% (2)

Title: Family Law - Fundamental Parental Rights

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1242

Subjects: Family Law, Child Care, Education, Human Rights, Laws And Ordinances, Parents And Guardians

Republican: 100% (1)

Title: Harford County - Telecommunications Service Tax - Authorization

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1366

Subjects: Taxes - Miscellaneous - Local, Counties - Local Laws, Harford County, Laws And Ordinances, Public Schools, Revenue And Taxes, Sales And Use Tax, Telecommunications And Information Technology

Democrat: 100% (2)

Title: Wicomico County – Alcoholic Beverages – Board of License Commissioners

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1319

Subjects: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills, Age Of Majority, Alcoholic Beverages Licenses, Alcoholic Beverages - By Subdivision, Alcoholic Beverages Manufacturing, Beverage Containers, Boundaries, Commerce And Business, Committees And Commissions, Communications

Republican: 75% (3) Democrat: 25% (1)

Title: Washington County - Mobile Home Tax - Authorization

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1161

Subjects: Counties - Local Laws, Taxes - Miscellaneous - Local, Assessments, Assessments And Taxation, Department Of, Laws And Ordinances, Leases And Rent, Liens, Mobile And Manufactured Homes, Penalties And Sentences, Property Tax

Unaffiliated: 100% (1)

Title: General Provisions - Public General Law - Preemption of Local Laws

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1522

Subjects: Local Government - Generally, Jurisdiction, Laws And Ordinances, Public Local Laws

Democrat: 81% (9) Republican: 18% (2)

Title: Property Tax Credit - Opportunity Zone Property Improvements

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1301

Subjects: Taxes - Property, Assessments, Baltimore City, Counties, Enterprise Zones, Laws And Ordinances, Municipal Corporations, Property Tax, Tax Credits

Democrat: 100% (1)

Title: Howard County - Transfer Tax - Rate Increase Authorization Ho. Co. 26-20

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1454

Subjects: Taxes - Recordation And Transfer, Construction, County Councils, Exemptions, Fire Protection, Housing, Howard County, Indigent Persons, Laws And Ordinances, Poverty

Unaffiliated: 100% (1)

Title: Town of Mount Airy (Carroll County and Frederick County) - Urban Renewal Authority

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1385

Subjects: Municipalities, Administrative Agencies, Appraisals, Banks And Trust Companies, Bonds, Building Codes, Carroll County, Circuit Courts, Codes, Condemnation

Unaffiliated: 100% (1)

Title: Maryland Council on Health in All Policies - Establishment

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1528

Subjects: Public Health, Administrative Agencies, Agriculture, Department Of, Art, Music And Cultural Affairs, Boundaries, Committees And Commissions, Communications, Consumer Protection, Correction, Division Of, Demographics

Democrat: 100% (1)

Title: County Income Tax – Authority to Impose on an Income Bracket Basis

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1494

Subjects: Taxes - Income, Comptroller, Counties, Income Tax, Laws And Ordinances, Salaries And Compensation

Democrat: 100% (9)

Title: Harford County - Transfer Tax - Distribution of Proceeds

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1362

Subjects: Taxes - Recordation And Transfer, Agriculture, Agriculture, Construction, Construction, County Councils, County Councils, Farmland, Farmland, Harford County

Democrat: 100% (2)

Title: Harford County - Transfer Tax - Distribution of Proceeds

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1362

Subjects: Taxes - Recordation And Transfer, Agriculture, Agriculture, Construction, Construction, County Councils, County Councils, Farmland, Farmland, Harford County

Democrat: 100% (2)

Title: Local Government - Regulation of Amateur Radio Station Antenna Structures

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1225

Subjects: Local Government - Generally, Counties, Laws And Ordinances, Municipal Corporations, Radio, Rules And Regulations

Republican: 100% (4)

Title: Baltimore City - Property Tax Credit for Newly Constructed Dwellings - Reauthorization and Modification

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1189

Subjects: Taxes - Property - Local, Baltimore City, Housing, Laws And Ordinances, Property Tax, Tax Credits, Urban Renewal

Democrat: 100% (1)

Title: Baltimore City - Members of the Command Staff of the Police Department - Residency Requirements

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1555

Subjects: Counties - Local Laws, Baltimore City, Law Enforcement, Laws And Ordinances, Residency, Time, Work, Labor And Employment

Democrat: 100% (1)

Title: Prince George's County - County Income Tax - Credit for Primary and Specialty Health Care Providers

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1072

Subjects: Taxes - Income, Comptroller, Dentists, Health Occupations, Income Tax, Laws And Ordinances, Licenses, Notices, Optometrists, Osteopaths

Unaffiliated: 100% (1)

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