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Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To Water. [HB-631]
Requires an owner or prior owner of an abandoned well to repair or seal the well at the owner's or prior owner's expense. Appropriates funds for three new positions to assist DLNR with the inspection of abandoned wells, the enforcement of well construction and pump installation standards, and enforcement of well abandonment requirements. (HB631 HD1)
Sponsored by: Rep. Daynette Morikawa
Reported From Wal (stand. Com. Rep. No. 355) As Amended In Hd 1, Recommending Passage On Second Reading And Referral To Fin. on 02/15/2017
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Gettr Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To Passengers Riding In Bed Of Pickup Trucks. [SB-796]
Raises the age of passengers prohibited from riding in the bed of a pickup truck under certain conditions from twelve or under to under eighteen years of age. Deems passengers in the bed of a pickup truck to have assumed the risk of injury or death from an accident or injury occurring while the vehicle is in operation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Breene Harimoto
Passed First Reading. on 01/23/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Employee Ownership Trusts [HB-1638]
Authorizing the creation of employee ownership trusts; providing for the exclusive purpose of an employee ownership trust; requiring the trustee of an employee ownership trust to carry out the express terms and purposes of the trust; providing, under specified circumstances, for the distribution of the principal or income of an employee ownership trust; authorizing specified tax benefits, procurement preferences, loan guarantees, and promotion activities to encourage the creation of employee ownership arrangements; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Keith Haynes
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/02/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Government - Creation and Maintenance of Religious Registry - Prohibitions and Immunity for Refusal to Provide Information [HB-1590]
Providing that an official of State government, local government, or a municipality is immune from criminal and civil liability for refusing to provide information to the federal government or another state that will be used for the creation or maintenance of a registry of individuals who belong to a specific religion or who hold specific religious beliefs; authorizing the State to indemnify a specified official for specified costs and judgments; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C. William Frick
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/22/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Statewide Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kit Tracking System - Requirements [SB-1094]
Requiring the Department of State Police to create and operate a specified statewide sexual assault evidence collection kit tracking system; authorizing the State Police to contract with specified entities for specified purposes; providing requirements for a specified tracking system; authorizing the State Police to use a specified implementation process and to submit a report on the status and plan for launching the system to the General Assembly by January 1, 2018; etc.;
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/15/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Veterinary Practitioners - Animal Cruelty and Animal Fighting - Reporting [HB-1463]
Requiring a veterinary practitioner who has reason to believe that an animal that has been treated by the veterinary practitioner has been subjected to cruelty or fighting in violation of specified provisions of law to report the suspected animal cruelty or animal fighting to the appropriate law enforcement agency or county animal control agency in a timely manner; authorizing the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners to impose specified disciplinary actions on a veterinary practitioner under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 417 on 05/04/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Courts - Criminal and Civil Immunity - Prescribing, Dispensing, and Administering Opioid Antagonists [HB-1379]
Providing that a health care provider, under specified circumstances, is not criminally or civilly liable for prescribing, dispensing, or administering an opioid antagonist to treat or prevent a drug overdose or any adverse effect arising from the use of a specified opioid antagonist; providing that an individual who is not a health care provider is not criminally or civilly liable for specified effects arising from the individual administering an opioid antagonist under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C. William Frick
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/15/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Local Government Tort Claims Act and Maryland Tort Claims Act - Damages Sustained on Artificial or Synthetic Turf Playing Fields [HB-1353]
Establishing that the limits on liability of a local government under the Local Government Tort Claims Act do not apply to a tort action for damages sustained by an individual on an artificial or a synthetic turf playing field owned or operated by a local government; providing that the State, its officers, and its units may not raise sovereign immunity as a defense in a tort action for damages sustained by an individual on a State-owned or State-operated artificial or synthetic turf playing field; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/15/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Victim Services Unit - Victims' Compensation [HB-1428]
Establishing a Victim Services Unit in the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention; transferring the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board from the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to the Victim Services Unit; transferring the program for sexual assault forensic examinations from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to the Victim Services Unit; requiring, each year, the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to report on matters related to crime victims by December 31; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing 4/07 At 9:30 A.m. on 04/07/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Boat Act - Removal of Abandoned or Sunken Vessels [HB-1253]
Altering the definition of "abandoned vessel" to include a sunken vessel but exclude specified historic property or submerged archaeological historic property; clarifying that specified provisions of law relating to the removal and disposal of abandoned vessels apply to sunken vessels; extending liability protections for damage that may occur during removal, storage, or custody of an abandoned or sunken vessel to a person that removes, preserves, or stores the abandoned or sunken vessel on behalf of the Department of Natural Resources; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Long
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 408 on 05/04/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Forests and Parks - Public Recreation on Private and State-Owned Land - Hunting [HB-1246]
Expanding a specified liability exemption for a landowner who agrees to the use of a defined part of the landowner's property for cross-country skiing or off-highway vehicle use to apply to hunting.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sally Jameson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 746 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Campaign Finance - Political Organizations - Compliance and Disclosure [HB-1498]
Authorizing a political action committee to establish one compliance account; providing that disbursements from a political action committee compliance account may be made only for purposes of complying with specified campaign finance laws; providing that donations to a political action committee compliance account may be made only if the donor consents to the use of the donation for specified purposes; providing that donations to a political action committee compliance account are not subject to specified limits; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Tarlau
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 851 on 05/27/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - General Contractor Liability for Nonpayment of Wages [HB-1146]
Providing that general contractors are jointly and severally liable for violations of the wage payment and collection law by their subcontractors and the subcontractors' subcontractors.
Sponsored by: Rep. C. William Frick
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/14/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Landlord and Tenant - Military Personnel - Limitation on Liability for Rent [HB-1194]
Altering the circumstances under which the liability for rent under a lease of a person on active duty with the United States military is limited; limiting the liability for rent of the spouse of a person on active duty with the United States military under specified circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sally Jameson
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/06/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Procurement - Information Technology - Nonvisual Access [HB-1140]
Requiring the Secretary of Information Technology to appoint an access technology officer in accordance with specified requirements; requiring the access technology officer to develop a provision for inclusion in all State procurement contracts that requires a specified determination 18 months from contract commencement; requiring the Department of Information Technology, on or before January 1, 2018, to adopt new nonvisual access procurement standards that are consistent with specified federal standards; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/14/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Unborn Child Protection From Dismemberment Abortion Act of 2017 [HB-1167]
Prohibiting, except under specified circumstances, the performance of or the attempt to perform a dismemberment abortion that kills an unborn child on a pregnant woman; authorizing a specified individual to seek a hearing before the State Board of Physicians on a specified issue; providing that specified findings of the Board from a specified hearing are admissible on that issue at a specified trial; providing for the delay of a specified trial for a specified purpose for a specified number of days; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie Ciliberti
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/10/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Statewide Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kit Tracking System - Requirements [HB-1141]
Requiring the Department of State Police to create and operate a specified statewide sexual assault evidence collection kit tracking system; authorizing the State Police to contract with specified entities for specified purposes; providing requirements for a specified tracking system; authorizing the State Police to use a specified implementation process and to submit a report on the status and plan for launching the system to the General Assembly by January 1, 2018; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C. William Frick
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/06/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Maryland Health Care Regulatory Reform Act of 2017 [SB-1020]
Reorganizing the Maryland Health Care Commission and the Health Services Cost Review Commission to be the Maryland Health Care and Cost Review Commission; repealing the Health Services Cost Review Commission, the Health Services Cost Review Commission Fund, and related provisions of law; requiring the Commission to submit to the Governor and General Assembly by January 1, 2018, a proposal for a streamlined certificate of need process and a specified list of health care facilities and services; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Hearing 3/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/21/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Vehicle Presence Monitoring Systems - Authorization by Local Jurisdictions [HB-947]
Authorizing and establishing requirements for the use of specified vehicle presence monitoring systems in local jurisdictions to enforce State and local laws restricting the presence of vehicles during specified times; establishing that a vehicle presence monitoring system may be used in a local jurisdiction under the Act only if its use is authorized by a local law adopted by the local jurisdiction; requiring the issuance of a warning for a first violation under the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alfred Carr
Hearing 3/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/02/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Courts - Direct Action Against Insurer [SB-911]
Requiring a specified insurance policy issued, sold, or delivered in the State to be construed to make the insurer directly liable, within the terms and limits of the policy, to specified third party claimants; providing that a third party claimant has a right of direct action against a specified insurer subject to specified requirements; authorizing a third party claimant to bring an action against the insurer alone or the insurer and the insured jointly under specified circumstances; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Zirkin
Hearing 2/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/23/2017