Veterans Full Employment Act of 2013 [HB-225]
Requiring specified licensing units and boards to give credit to former service members for relevant military training, education, and experience in connection with the issuance of occupational and professional licenses, certificates, and registrations; repealing and recodifying provisions of law regarding the renewal of occupational or professional licenses and the completion of continuing education or continuing competency requirements for specified members of an armed force deployed outside the State; etc.
HB-225: Veterans Full Employment Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 155 on 04/17/2013
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Military Health Care Pensions - Health Care Workforce Shortage [HB-195]
Providing a subtraction modification under the State income tax for 50% of military retirement income of an individual whose federal adjusted gross income does not exceed $65,000 and who commits to living and working in the State for a specified period and working in a health care field identified as having a health care workforce shortage; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013; etc.
HB-195: Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Military Health Care Pensions - Health Care Workforce Shortage
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/19/2013
Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation - Occupational and Professional [SB-144]
Authorizing a unit in the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to allow specified holders of occupational and professional licenses to renew an expired license without penalty under specified circumstances and to complete continuing education or competency requirements within a reasonable time after license renewal.
SB-144: Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation - Occupational and Professional
Sponsored by: Sen. Education
Approved By The Governor on 04/10/2012
Income Tax Exemption - Military Health Care Pensions - Health Care Workforce [HB-532]
Providing a subtraction modification under the State income tax for 50% of military retirement income of an individual whose federal adjusted gross income does not exceed $65,000 and who commits to living and working in the State in a health care field identified as having a health care workforce shortage; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012; etc.
HB-532: Income Tax Exemption - Military Health Care Pensions - Health Care Workforce
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2012
Militia - Employment for Military Spouses - Teachers, Health Care [SB-687]
Requiring the State Department of Education to develop a specified form relating to teacher certification and tenure and to post the form on its Web site; requiring the Adjutant General or the Adjutant General's designee to assist military spouses in finding specified employment; etc.
SB-687: Militia - Employment for Military Spouses - Teachers, Health Care
Sponsored by: Sen. Douglas Peters
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011
Behavioral Health - Veterans - Coordination and Provision of Services [SB-682]
Reenacting specified provisions of law that were abrogated as of May 31, 2011, to provide for the continuance of the coordination of specified behavioral health services for specified veterans; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in collaboration with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, the Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs, the Maryland National Guard, and the Maryland Defense Force, to provide behavioral health services coordination for specified veterans, subject to specified limitations; etc.
SB-682: Behavioral Health - Veterans - Coordination and Provision of Services
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor on 04/12/2011
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Maryland Defense Force [SB-346]
Providing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax in the amount of $3,500 for qualifying members of the Maryland Defense Force; providing that an individual may not qualify for the subtraction modification based on membership in the Maryland Defense Force unless the Maryland Defense Force maintains specified records and provides specified reports; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011.
SB-346: Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Maryland Defense Force
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Zirkin
Approved By The Governor on 05/10/2011
Militia - Employment for Military Spouses - Teachers, Health Care [HB-998]
Requiring the State Department of Education to develop a specified form relating to teacher certification and tenure and to post the form on its Web site; requiring the Adjutant General or the Adjutant General's designee to assist military spouses in finding specified employment; etc.
HB-998: Militia - Employment for Military Spouses - Teachers, Health Care
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011
Behavioral Health - Veterans - Coordination and Provision of Services [HB-793]
Reenacting specified provisions of law that were abrogated as of May 31, 2011, to provide for the continuance of the coordination of specified behavioral health services for specified veterans; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in collaboration with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, the Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs, the Maryland National Guard, and the Maryland Defense Force, to provide behavioral health services coordination for specified veterans, subject to specified limitations; etc.
HB-793: Behavioral Health - Veterans - Coordination and Provision of Services
Sponsored by: Rep. Carolyn Howard
Approved By The Governor on 04/12/2011
State Retirement and Pension System - Guaranteed Retirement Income Plan and [HB-1344]
Establishing a guaranteed retirement income plan and a retirement savings plan under the State Retirement and Pension System; requiring that members of the Employees' Pension System or the Teachers' Pension System elect to become members of the guaranteed retirement income plan or the retirement savings plan by June 15, 2011; requiring that individuals who become employed by a participating employer on or after June 1, 2011, become members of the guaranteed retirement income plan or the retirement savings plan; etc.
HB-1344: State Retirement and Pension System - Guaranteed Retirement Income Plan and
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Afzali
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/08/2011
Volunteer Company Assistance Fund - Reporting Requirements - Military [HB-1193]
Altering the definition of "Department" to require the Military Department, instead of the Department of Budget and Management, to receive and review specified information from the Maryland State Firemen's Association and report on use of the Volunteer Company Assistance Fund to the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee and the House Appropriations Committee on an annual basis.
HB-1193: Volunteer Company Assistance Fund - Reporting Requirements - Military
Sponsored by: Rep. Health
Approved By The Governor on 04/12/2011
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Maryland Defense Force [HB-11]
Providing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax in the amount of $3,500 for qualifying members of the Maryland Defense Force; providing that an individual may not qualify for the subtraction modification based on membership in the Maryland Defense Force unless the Maryland Defense Force maintains specified records and provides specified reports; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011.
HB-11: Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Maryland Defense Force
Sponsored by: Rep. Jon Cardin
Approved By The Governor on 05/10/2011
Maryland Militia - Membership [SB-72]
Altering the composition of the Maryland militia to include citizens of the United States who take an oath of allegiance to the State.
SB-72: Maryland Militia - Membership
Sponsored by: Sen. Education
Approved By The Governor on 04/13/2010
Higher Education - Death of Police Officer or Firefighter - Edward T. Conroy [SB-639]
Waiving the tuition for any child of a police officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty in the State; requiring the Governor to provide in the annual budget a specified amount for the Edward T. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program under specified circumstances; requiring postsecondary institutions to allow specified students, upon acceptance, after meeting enrollment requirements, to enroll in specified programs and attend classes for credit; etc.
SB-639: Higher Education - Death of Police Officer or Firefighter - Edward T. Conroy
Sponsored by: Sen. Ulysses Currie
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/17/2010
Workers' Compensation - Average Weekly Wage - Militia [SB-53]
Authorizing, for the purpose of computing the average weekly wage for workers' compensation benefits for specified members of the organized militia, the use of actual wages earned by the member in the member's civilian employment at the time of entry into State active duty.
SB-53: Workers' Compensation - Average Weekly Wage - Militia
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Maryland Defense Force [SB-1052]
Providing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax in the amount of $3,500 for qualifying members of the Maryland Defense Force; providing that an individual may not qualify for the subtraction modification based on membership in the Maryland Defense Force unless the Maryland Defense Force maintains specified records and provides specified reports; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2010.
SB-1052: Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Maryland Defense Force
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Zirkin
Hearing 3/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/10/2010
Income Tax Exemption - Military Health Care Pensions - Health Care Workforce [HB-722]
Providing a subtraction modification under the State income tax for 100% of military retirement income of an individual whose federal adjusted gross income does not exceed $65,000 and who commits to living and working in the State in a health care field identified as having a health care workforce shortage; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2010; etc.
HB-722: Income Tax Exemption - Military Health Care Pensions - Health Care Workforce
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Hearing 3/4 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2010