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Carroll County - Public Facilities Bonds [SB-323]
[Finance ]
[Water ]
[Construction ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Carroll County, from time to time, to borrow not more than $25,000,000 in order to finance the construction, improvement, or development of specified public facilities in Carroll County, including water and sewer projects, to finance loans for fire or emergency-related equipment, buildings, and other facilities of volunteer fire departments in the County, and to effect such borrowing by the issuance and sale at public or private sale of its general obligation bonds; etc.
SB-323: Carroll County - Public Facilities Bonds
Sponsored by: Sen. Carroll County Senators
Hearing 3/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/21/2018
Election Laws - Loans to a Campaign Finance Entity [SB-259]
[Elections ]
[Finance ]
Altering the conditions under which the principal balance on a loan to a campaign finance entity is considered a contribution; providing that the terms of a loan to a campaign finance entity require that the loan be repaid no later than the end of the second year of the election cycle immediately following the election cycle in which the loan was made; specifying that penalties assessed for violations of campaign contribution limits may be assessed against a lender, the candidate whose campaign finance entity received the loan, or both; etc.
SB-259: Election Laws - Loans to a Campaign Finance Entity
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald N Young
Hearing 2/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2017
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Interest Paid on Student Loans [HB-196]
[Student Loans ]
[Taxes ]
[Education ]
Allowing a subtraction modification under the State income tax for the amount of interest paid by a qualified taxpayer on qualified student loans; requiring the Comptroller to adopt specified regulations; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2016.
HB-196: Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Interest Paid on Student Loans
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Hearing 2/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2017
Department of Commerce - Maryland Economic Development Assistance Authority and Fund - Renaming and Restructuring [HB-161]
[Economic Development ]
[Small Business ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Renaming the Maryland Economic Development Assistance Authority and the Maryland Economic Development Assistance Fund to be the Advantage Maryland Fund Authority and the Advantage Maryland Fund; repealing from the scope of the Authority and the Fund grants to local economic development funds; repealing from the scope of the Authority and the Fund loans to child care facilities to improve child care services; altering the scope of financial assistance provided under the Fund; establishing a specified reporting requirement; etc.
HB-161: Department of Commerce - Maryland Economic Development Assistance Authority and Fund - Renaming and Restructuring
Sponsored by: Rep. Economic Matters
Hearing 2/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2017
Credit Regulation - Mortgage Brokers - Finder's Fee [SB-203]
[Finance ]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Housing ]
Repealing a specified provision of law limiting the amount of a finder's fee that may be charged by a mortgage broker obtaining a mortgage loan with respect to the same property more than once within a 24-month period.
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State Archives - Care of Fine Art or Decorative Art - Procurement Exemption [HB-148]
[Arts and Culture ]
Exempting the preservation, conservation, proper care, restoration, and transportation by the State Archives of art, in the custody of the Commission on Artistic Property and owned by or loaned to the State, from specified provisions of State procurement law.
HB-148: State Archives - Care of Fine Art or Decorative Art - Procurement Exemption
Sponsored by: Rep. Health and Government Operations
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 111 on 04/11/2017
Financial Institutions - Mortgage Lenders - Examinations and Records [HB-142]
[Finance ]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Altering the time period during which the Commissioner of Financial Regulation must examine the business of specified mortgage lender licensees from at least once during any 36-month period to at least once during any 60-month period; and altering the minimum time period for which licensed mortgage lenders must retain specified records from 25 to 61 months.
HB-142: Financial Institutions - Mortgage Lenders - Examinations and Records
Sponsored by: Rep. Economic Matters
Hearing 2/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2017
SB-1505: Relating to the application of certain taxes imposed on certain tobacco products and to the allocation of certain revenue from those taxes to increase funding for certain health care education programs.
Sponsored by: Sen. Juan Hinojosa
Not Again Placed On Intent Calendar on 05/17/2017
You have voted SB-1505: Relating to the application of certain taxes imposed on certain tobacco products and to the allocation of certain revenue from those taxes to increase funding for certain health care education programs..
Department of Housing and Community Development - Homebuyer Education Requirements [HB-106]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Real Estate ]
[Education ]
Altering homebuyer education requirements for a loan recipient in the Down Payment and Settlement Expense Loan Program in the Department of Housing and Community Development; establishing specified requirements for the Department's homebuyer education requirements; providing that specified provisions do not alter or preempt the authority of a political subdivision to establish homebuyer education or counseling requirements for a down payment assistance program operated by the political subdivision; etc.
HB-106: Department of Housing and Community Development - Homebuyer Education Requirements
Sponsored by: Rep. Environment and Transportation
Favorable With Amendments Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 04/10/2017
Department of Housing and Community Development - Funding for Newly Constructed Single-Family Homes [HB-107]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
Authorizing the Department of Housing and Community Development to provide funding under specified programs for a growth-related project not in a priority funding area without receiving approval from the Board of Public Works for the construction or purchase of newly constructed single-family homes if the Department determines that the cost of compliance with building and fire codes makes it difficult for a low- or moderate-income family to purchase a newly constructed single-family home.
HB-107: Department of Housing and Community Development - Funding for Newly Constructed Single-Family Homes
Sponsored by: Rep. Environment and Transportation
Hearing 1/31 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2017
Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Bethesda Graceful Growing Together Community Center [HB-80]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Construction ]
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $200,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Graceful Growing Together, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, site improvement, and capital equipping of the Bethesda Graceful Growing Together Community Center, located in Montgomery County; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc.
HB-80: Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Bethesda Graceful Growing Together Community Center
Sponsored by: Rep. C. William Frick
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/10/2017
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Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Discharged Student Loan Debt [HB-83]
[Taxes ]
[Student Loans ]
[Education ]
Altering a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for specified income of specified individuals resulting from the discharge of student loan indebtedness by repealing a requirement that the discharge must be due to total and permanent disability or death; applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2016; etc.
Financial Institutions - Mortgage Lenders - Examinations and Records [SB-33]
[Finance ]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Altering the time period during which the Commissioner of Financial Regulation must examine the business of specified mortgage lender licensees from at least once during any 36-month period to at least once during any 60-month period; and altering the minimum time period for which licensed mortgage lenders must retain specified records from 25 to 61 months.
SB-33: Financial Institutions - Mortgage Lenders - Examinations and Records
Sponsored by: Sen. Finance
First Reading Economic Matters on 01/25/2017
HJR-99: Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing a lower amount for expenses that can be charged to a borrower and removing certain financing expense limitations for a home equity loan, establishing certain authorized lenders to make a home equity loan, changing certain options for the refinancing of home equity loans, changing the threshold for an advance of a home equity line of credit, and allowing home equity loans on agricultural homesteads.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Pena Raymond
Placed On Constitutional Amendments Calendar on 05/06/2017
You have voted HJR-99: Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing a lower amount for expenses that can be charged to a borrower and removing certain financing expense limitations for a home equity loan, establishing certain authorized lenders to make a home equity loan, changing certain options for the refinancing of home equity loans, changing the threshold for an advance of a home equity line of credit, and allowing home equity loans on agricultural homesteads..