Vehicle Laws - Security Lapses - Notice to Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund [HB-987]
[Insurance ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to notify the Executive Director of the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund of the final termination or other lapse of security for a vehicle; and requiring the Administration to include in the notice the name and available contact information for the owner of the vehicle.
HB-987: Vehicle Laws - Security Lapses - Notice to Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund
Sponsored by: Rep. Talmadge Branch
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters; Withdrawn on 03/16/2018
Natural Resources - Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund - Purpose and Authorized Use of Funds [HB-947]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Renaming the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund to be the Chesapeake Bay and State Waters Trust Fund; modifying the purpose of the Fund to include the restoration and protection of the health of the waters of the State; expanding the use of the Fund to include certain projects to improve and protect the health of the waters of the State; etc.
HB-947: Natural Resources - Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund - Purpose and Authorized Use of Funds
Sponsored by: Rep. Wendell Beitzel
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/12/2018
Transportation - Dedication of Structures [HB-9]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
Adding State residency to the eligibility requirements for dedicating a bridge or another appropriate structure to a deceased member of the armed forces.
HB-9: Transportation - Dedication of Structures
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 278 on 04/24/2018
Campaign Finance Reports - Business Contributors - Registration Status [HB-763]
[Elections ]
[Finance ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to electronically transmit the names of all businesses that are registered with the Department to the State Board of Elections in a certain manner; requiring the State Board to electronically cross-reference the names of businesses listed as contributors on campaign finance reports with the names of businesses transmitted by the Department; etc.
HB-763: Campaign Finance Reports - Business Contributors - Registration Status
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2018
Campaign Finance – Contributions in Name of Another – Fair Campaign Financing Fund [HB-755]
[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
[Funding ]
Prohibiting a campaign finance entity that receives a contribution in violation of a certain prohibition on contributions in the name of another person from using the contribution; requiring the campaign finance entity to remit the illegal contribution to the Fair Campaign Financing Fund; requiring the Comptroller to credit the illegal contribution to the Fund; etc.
HB-755: Campaign Finance – Contributions in Name of Another – Fair Campaign Financing Fund
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 460 on 05/08/2018
Commercial Law - Consumer Protection - Ticket Website Domain Names [HB-740]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Arts and Culture ]
Prohibiting a person who owns, operates, or controls a ticket website from using in the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the ticket website certain lower-level domain names that contain the name of the venue for which the tickets grant admission, the name of certain entertainment events, or certain other names; providing for the application of the Act; etc.
Maryland Department of Health - Biosafety Level 3 Laboratories [HB-655]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop and make available a certain form; requiring certain biosafety level 3 (BSL-3) laboratories to report, on or before September 30 each year, certain information to the Department; requiring the Department to report, on or before December 31 each year, certain information regarding the number and location of the laboratories to the Maryland Emergency Management Agency and certain local officials, and the total number of the laboratories to the Governor and the General Assembly; etc.
HB-655: Maryland Department of Health - Biosafety Level 3 Laboratories
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/27/2018
Education – Head Start Program – Annual Appropriation (The Ulysses Currie Act) [HB-547]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Head Start Program in the State to be referred to as the Ulysses Currie Head Start Program; and requiring the Governor to include an appropriation of at least $3,000,000 for the Ulysses Currie Head Start Program in each annual budget submission.
HB-547: Education – Head Start Program – Annual Appropriation (The Ulysses Currie Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Tawanna Gaines
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 555 on 05/08/2018
State Highway Administration - Sale or Lease of Naming Rights for Rest Areas and Welcome Centers [HB-54]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing the State Highway Administration to sell or lease to a private entity the naming rights for rest areas and welcome centers, as specified; prohibiting the sale or lease of rest area and welcome center naming rights unless the Administration makes certain determinations; requiring the term of a contract for the sale or lease of naming rights to be at least 1 year; requiring the proceeds from the sale or lease of naming rights for rest areas and welcome centers to be credited to the Transportation Trust Fund; etc.
HB-54: State Highway Administration - Sale or Lease of Naming Rights for Rest Areas and Welcome Centers
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/25/2018
Condominiums - Amendment of Declarations [HB-179]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
Decreasing from 80% to 60% the percentage of unit owners whose written consent is required to amend the declaration of a condominium under certain circumstances.
HB-179: Condominiums - Amendment of Declarations
Sponsored by: Rep. Alfred Carr
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2018
21st Century School Facilities Act [HB-1783]
[Construction ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the requirements for awarding school construction contracts; renaming the Interagency Committee on School Construction as the Interagency Commission on School Construction; requiring the Commission to develop and approve policies, procedures, guidelines, and regulations on school construction allocations to local jurisdictions in an independent and merit-based manner; establishing the Workgroup on the Assessment and Funding of School Facilities and the School Safety Grant Program; etc.
HB-1783: 21st Century School Facilities Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne Jones
Gubernatorial Veto Override - Chapter 14 on 04/05/2018
Civil Actions – Name Change Not in Connection With Divorce or Adoption [HB-1735]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a court to give special consideration to certain objections as potential evidence of fraudulent intent in considering a petition for a change of name not related to divorce or adoption; and providing for the application of the Act.
HB-1735: Civil Actions – Name Change Not in Connection With Divorce or Adoption
Sponsored by: Rep. Herbert McMillan
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/21/2018
Health Insurance - Freedom of Choice of Pharmacy Act [HB-1527]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Prohibiting certain carriers from prohibiting an enrollee from selecting, or limiting the ability of an enrollee to select, a certain pharmacy for the receipt of certain services; prohibiting certain carriers, under certain circumstances, from denying a pharmacy a certain right or imposing on an enrollee certain payments, fees, reimbursement amounts, limitations, or conditions for certain services; etc.
HB-1527: Health Insurance - Freedom of Choice of Pharmacy Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/12/2018
Maryland Stadium Authority - Use of State Owned or Leased Suite - Disclosure [HB-1472]
[Sports ]
[Ethics ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Governor to report to the Maryland Stadium Authority the name of each person who received a ticket to attend an event or meal in a suite owned or leased by the State in a State owned or leased stadium, the date of the event, the nature of the event, and certain information regarding amounts paid or reimbursed to the State within a certain time period; and requiring the Authority to post a certain statement on the Authority's website.
HB-1472: Maryland Stadium Authority - Use of State Owned or Leased Suite - Disclosure
Sponsored by: Rep. Kirill Reznik
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 04/06/2018
Maryland Transit Administration - Purple Line Transit Stations - Naming [HB-1436]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to designate certain Purple Line transit stations by certain names; and defining the "Purple Line" as a light rail transit line that provides transit service between Bethesda in Montgomery County and New Carrollton in Prince George's County
Unborn Child Protection From Dismemberment Abortion Act of 2018 [HB-1355]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Prohibiting, except under certain circumstances, the performance of or the attempt to perform a dismemberment abortion that kills an unborn child on a pregnant woman; authorizing a certain individual to seek a hearing before the State Board of Physicians on a certain issue; providing that certain findings of the Board from a certain hearing are admissible on that issue at a certain trial; providing for the delay of a certain trial for a certain purpose for a certain number of days; etc.
HB-1355: Unborn Child Protection From Dismemberment Abortion Act of 2018
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/09/2018
Local Boards of Education - Fields and Courts - Naming Rights [HB-1353]
[Education ]
[Sports ]
Authorizing the sale or lease of naming rights by local boards of education of certain sports facilities at certain elementary and secondary schools; authorizing local boards of education to adopt certain regulations; and defining a certain term.
HB-1353: Local Boards of Education - Fields and Courts - Naming Rights
Sponsored by: Rep. Christian Miele
Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/09/2018