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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
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Frederick County - Alcoholic Beverages - Notice for License Applications, Fees, and Inspectors [SB-503]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Frederick County to fulfill a notice requirement for license applications by posting online a completed application with all submitted documents on or before a specified date; eliminating the fees for a specified certificate of permission and a specified license; repealing the requirement that the Governor appoint a full-time inspector; authorizing the Board to appoint a chief inspector and one full-time or two part-time inspectors; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald N Young
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/12/2015
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Baltimore County - Education - Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Instructors [SB-466]
[Education ]
[Military ]
[Veterans ]
Applying to Baltimore County a definition of "public school employee" that includes Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) instructors for the purpose of specified provisions of law related to organizations of certificated employees.
Sponsored by: Sen. J.B. Jennings
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 352 on 05/12/2015
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Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Company [SB-465]
[Insurance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
Authorizing the Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Company to take specified actions relating to a subsidiary for specified purposes subject to specified requirements and under specified circumstances; altering the staggering of terms of members of the Board; authorizing the Governor to remove specified members for incompetence or misconduct; authorizing the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to remove specified members under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 36 on 04/14/2015
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Employees' Pension System - Dorchester County Sanitary Commission - Eligible Governmental Unit [SB-442]
[Pensions ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Adding the Dorchester County Sanitary Commission as an eligible governmental unit in the Employees' Pension System; and providing that specified individuals are subject to the alternate contributory pension benefit in the Employees' Pension System in the same manner as specified other individuals.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide C Eckardt
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 33 on 04/14/2015
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State Board of Dental Examiners - Authority - Exemptions [SB-421]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Nonprofit ]
Altering specified exemptions from the authority of the State Board of Dental Examiners; providing that the Board's authority does not apply to specified clinics, government agencies, or nonprofit organizations; repealing the exemption from the Board's authority of specified groups under specified circumstances; requiring specified dental employees of specified government agencies or nonprofit organizations to be under the authority of the Board; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs; Withdrawn on 03/20/2015
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Maryland False Claims Act [SB-374]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting specified actions constituting false claims against a governmental entity; providing specified penalties for making false claims; requiring the court to consider and give special attention to specified factors in determining the amount of fines and penalties to be levied under the Act; authorizing a person and the governmental entity to file a civil action against a person that makes a specified false claim under specified circumstances; providing for the prospective application of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 165 on 05/12/2015
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Alternate Contributory Pension Selection - Return to Employment [SB-364]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Allowing an individual to resume participation in the Alternate Contributory Pension Selection in the Employees' Pension System or Teachers' Pension System if the individual has been separated from employment for more than 4 years, by June 30, 2011, has accrued the minimum amount of eligibility service needed to be eligible for a vested allowance, and by June 30, 2016, has returned to employment in a position included in the Employees' Pension System or Teachers' Pension System; providing for the retroactive application of the Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward J Kasemeyer
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 163 on 05/12/2015
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Award of Attorney's Fees and Expenses - Violation of Maryland Constitutional Right [SB-319]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Funding ]
Authorizing a court to award to a prevailing plaintiff reasonable attorney's fees and expenses in specified actions seeking to remedy a violation of a Maryland constitutional right; authorizing a court to award reasonable attorney's fees and expenses to a prevailing defendant under specified circumstances; establishing that the limit on the liability of the State under the Maryland Tort Claims Act does not include a specified award of attorney's fees and expenses; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/25/2015
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Correctional Services - Baltimore City Detention Center - Transfer of Ownership [SB-268]
[Crime ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Abolishing the Division of Pretrial Detention and Services within the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services; providing for the transfer of property, assets, licenses, credits, and rights of the Baltimore City Detention Center to the Mayor of Baltimore City; requiring the State to pay all the operating and capital costs of the Baltimore City Detention Center in fiscal years 2016 through 2018, one-half the costs in 2019, and providing that Baltimore City pay all the operating and capital costs in fiscal year 2020; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bob Cassilly
Favorable With Amendments {308571/1 on 03/10/2015
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Circuit Court for Calvert County - Fees for Appearance of Counsel [SB-264]
[Libraries ]
[Funding ]
Increasing to $20 from $10 specified appearance of counsel fees collected or charged by the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Calvert County; and altering the purposes for which the appearance fees deposited into the Calvert County Law Library Fund may be used.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas V. Miller
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 478 on 05/30/2015
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University System of Maryland - Chancellor - Appointment [SB-19]
[Education ]
Subjecting the appointment of the Chancellor of the University System of Maryland to the advice and consent of the General Assembly; and making the Act an emergency measure.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Carter Conway
Hearing 1/22 At 2:30 P.m. on 01/22/2015
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Local Government Tort Claims Act and Maryland Tort Claims Act - Repeal of Certain Notice Requirements [SB-147]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Repealing a specified notice requirement for a claim under the Local Government Tort Claims Act; repealing a requirement that a claimant submit a claim within a specified time to the State Treasurer or a designee of the State Treasurer under the Maryland Tort Claims Act; and applying the Act prospectively.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert A Zirkin
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2015
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Speed Monitoring Systems - Local Designees - Approval [SB-132]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Making a local jurisdiction's designation of an official or employee to investigate and respond to questions or concerns about the local jurisdiction's speed monitoring system program subject to the approval of the governing body of the local jurisdiction.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Anthony Muse
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/10/2015
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Criminal Procedure - Shielding - Misdemeanor Convictions [SB-130]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing a person to request that specified court records and police records relating to a specified conviction be shielded at a specified time; providing that, if a specified person is convicted of a new crime during a specified time period, a specified original conviction is not eligible for shielding unless the new conviction becomes eligible for shielding; requiring the Court of Appeals, by rule, to establish procedures relating to the filing of a specified request for shielding; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lisa A Gladden
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/13/2015
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Public and Nonpublic Schools - Student Diabetes Management Program [HB-992]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the State Department of Education and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with specified other organizations, to establish specified guidelines for the training of trained diabetes care providers; providing for the content of the guidelines; requiring each county board of education to require specified public schools to establish a Student Diabetes Management Program in the school; providing that specified nonpublic schools may establish a Student Diabetes Management Program in the school; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Smith
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/13/2015
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Labor and Employment - Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Establishment [HB-985]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Insurance ]
[Healthcare ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Establishing the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program; providing for the manner in which the Program is to be administered; providing for the powers and duties of the Secretary under the Program; requiring, beginning on January 1, 2016, specified employers and employees to pay the Secretary specified contributions; requiring, beginning on January 1, 2017, an individual to meet specified conditions to be eligible for benefits; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ariana M. Kelly
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters; Withdrawn on 03/17/2015
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Education - Community Colleges - Collective Bargaining [HB-966]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Establishing collective bargaining rights for specified community college employees; requiring specified community colleges to determine whether specified employees are public employees for purposes of collective bargaining; establishing procedures for the election or recognition of an exclusive bargaining representative; providing procedures by which the State Higher Education Labor Relations Board may designate a bargaining unit; establishing the maximum number of bargaining units within a community college; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara A. Robinson
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/10/2015
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Employees' Pension System - Town of Sykesville - Service Credit [HB-907]
[Pensions ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Retirement ]
Authorizing the Town of Sykesville to purchase specified additional service credit for specified employees; requiring specified additional service credit to be credited to specified employees on July 1 of the fiscal year in which the additional service credit is purchased; requiring a specified adjustment to a specified new entrant valuation that is used to determine a specified employer contribution in the fiscal year in which a specified purchase of services credit is made; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Neely Shoemaker
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/12/2015
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Baltimore County - Education - Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Instructors [HB-895]
[Education ]
[Military ]
[Veterans ]
Applying to Baltimore County a definition of "public school employee" that includes Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) instructors for the purpose of specified provisions of law related to organizations of certificated employees.
Sponsored by: Rep. Baltimore County Delegation
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/12/2015
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Public Information Act - State Public Information Act Compliance Board and State Policy [HB-867]
[Ethics ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
Establishing the State Public Information Act Compliance Board; providing for the powers and duties of the Board; authorizing any person to file a specified complaint with the Board; requiring that the complaint contain specified information and be signed by the complainant; requiring the Board to take specified action regarding a complaint; requiring a custodian who receives a complaint from the Board to file a specified response within a specified time period; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel T Oaks
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/17/2015