Referendum
Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Constitutional Amendment - Environmental Rights [HB-82]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Water ]
[Air Quality ]
[Climate Change ]
Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to establish that every person has an inalienable right to a healthful environment; declaring that the State's natural resources are the common property of every person and the State is the trustee of the natural and historic resources of the State; establishing that every person has the right to intervene in an action brought by the State or a political subdivision to protect certain rights; submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Erek Barron
Hearing 1/20 At 1:30 P.m. on 12/22/2021
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Constitutional Amendment - Right to Healthy Environment and Communities [SB-873]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Water ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Health ]
Amending the Maryland Constitution to establish that every person has the right to certain environmental and community standards; authorizing an agency, a political subdivision, or any person that meets certain standing requirements to enforce a certain right; establishing that every person has the right to intervene in an action brought by the State to protect a certain right; and submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejection.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Zirkin
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Health, And Environmental Affairs) on 03/06/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Expansion of Commercial Gaming - Referendum - Sports Wagering [SB-836]
[Gaming ]
[Elections ]
[Sports ]
Providing that the General Assembly may authorize, by law, the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to issue certain sports wagering licenses; submitting the Act to a referendum of the qualified voters of the State; requiring the State Board of Elections to do certain things necessary to provide for and hold the referendum; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/07/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
State Budget [SB-820]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
[Funding ]
Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution authorizing the General Assembly to increase or add Executive Department items in the budget bill, subject to a certain limitation; providing for the veto by the Governor of only those items relating to the Executive Department that have been increased or added by the General Assembly; providing for the reversion to original appropriations of certain vetoed items in the budget bill; authorizing the General Assembly to override budget bill item vetoes; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/07/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Baltimore County Board of Education - Voluntary Nonsectarian Prayer at School-Sponsored Student Events - Referendum [SB-613]
[Education ]
[Religion ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Baltimore County Board of Education to allow nonsectarian student-initiated voluntary prayer during mandatory and voluntary school-sponsored student events; providing that the Act does not diminish certain rights of certain individuals relating to free speech and the free exercise of religion; providing that the exercise of certain rights may not be construed as a certain support, approval, or sanction of the contents of a certain prayer; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs; Withdrawn on 03/05/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Elective Franchise - Registration and Voting at Precinct Polling Place [SB-594]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to authorize the General Assembly to allow a qualified individual to register and vote at a precinct polling place on Election Day; submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejection; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/15/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
General Assembly and Congressional Legislative Redistricting and Apportionment Commission [SB-307]
[Elections ]
Prohibiting multimember delegate districts; creating the General Assembly and Congressional Legislative Redistricting and Apportionment Commission; requiring the Commission to divide the State to create certain General Assembly legislative districts and congressional districts; establishing exclusive and original jurisdiction for the Court of Appeals to establish legislative districts and congressional districts under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bob Cassilly
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/01/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Government Accountability Act of 2018 [SB-294]
[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
Limiting to two the number of consecutive terms as either a Senator or a Delegate to which a person may be elected; specifying how service for a certain partial term shall be considered for purposes of the term limit; submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejection; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bob Cassilly
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/01/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Education – Commercial Gaming Revenues – Constitutional Amendment [SB-1122]
[Education ]
[Gaming ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Construction ]
Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to limit the uses of certain revenues to educational opportunities and programs for the children of the State in public schools, the advancement of educators, and the construction of school facilities; requiring the Governor to include in the budget submission certain amounts in certain fiscal years as supplemental funding for certain purposes; requiring that certain funding be in addition to certain State funding provided for certain grades in public schools; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor, Assigned A Chapter Number, Enactment Subject To Constitutional Referendum - Chapter 357 on 05/08/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Constitutional Amendment - Cannabis - Use, Possession, Cultivation, and Sale [SB-1039]
[Cannabis ]
Amending the Maryland Constitution to establish that, subject to certain exceptions, an individual in the State who is at least 21 years old may under State law use cannabis, possess up to 1 ounce of cannabis, cultivate up to 6 cannabis plants, and share a certain amount of cannabis; providing that the amendment does not require or prohibit certain employment policies, authorize certain driving conduct, or change certain existing laws, with a certain exception; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ulysses Currie
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/20/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Declaration of Rights - Right to Information [SB-1035]
[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Data Privacy ]
Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to establish that the Constitution of the United States of America provides to the people of the State a representative government and guarantees the rights of free speech, assembly, and petition, and that the public has a right to have access to information in a timely, open, and transparent manner regarding how, when, and by and from whom funds are raised and spent to influence State elections, governmental actions in selecting candidates for office, and ballot questions; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/01/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Oil and Gas Drilling and Production - Restrictions [SB-1029]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Mining ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Water ]
[Climate Change ]
Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to impose certain restrictions on the drilling or production of oil or gas in the State and to prohibit the General Assembly, on or after November 15, 2018, from authorizing any drilling for oil or gas except by an act passed in a certain manner and if approved through a certain referendum; and submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejection.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/06/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Gaming - Fantasy Competitions - Operators and Video Lottery Facilities [SB-1015]
[Gaming ]
Authorizing the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to adopt certain regulations related to fantasy competitions; authorizing, subject to a certain referendum, the Commission to authorize the holder of a certain license to offer fantasy competitions to the public; submitting certain provisions of the Act to a referendum of the qualified voters of the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Miller
Unfavorable Report By Budget And Taxation; Withdrawn on 03/14/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
General Assembly - Term Limits [HB-886]
[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to limit the number of consecutive terms as either a Senator or a Delegate to which a person may be elected; specifying how service for a certain partial term shall be considered for purposes of the term limits; providing that certain provisions of this amendment do not prohibit a person who was elected to serve a further consecutive term in the same office in a certain election from serving in the same office during a certain term; submitting the amendment to qualified voters of the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Afzali
Unfavorable Report By House Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/29/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Courts - Appointments to Vacant Offices by the Judiciary - Same Party as Predecessor [HB-770]
[Elections ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring that a vacancy occurring during the elected term of a clerk of the circuit court be filled by the circuit court with a qualified individual of the same political party, if any, as the vacating clerk; requiring that a vacancy during the elected term of a Register of Wills be filled by the Orphans' Court with a qualified individual of the same political party, if any, as the vacating Register of Wills; submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejection; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/05/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Courts - Aggravated Murder Court [HB-761]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to authorize the General Assembly to create an Aggravated Murder Court that shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction over all presentments or indictments for offenses previously punishable by death; vesting the judicial power of the State in the Aggravated Murder Court as the General Assembly may create by law; submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejection; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Impallaria
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/05/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
General Assembly - Length of Session [HB-731]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to alter the limit on the number of days that the General Assembly may continue its session except under certain circumstances; altering the vote of the membership of each House of the General Assembly required to extend its session; and submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejection; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Unfavorable Report By House Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/29/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Municipalities - Charter Amendments - Procedures [HB-615]
[Community Development ]
[Elections ]
Requiring the legislative body of a municipality to hold a public hearing and give at least 21 days' advance notice of the public hearing before adopting a resolution initiated by the legislative body that proposes an amendment to the municipal charter; and requiring the legislative body of a municipality to hold a certain public hearing and give 21 days' notice before voting on a proposed charter amendment initiated by a certain petition.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Ann Lisanti
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 285 on 04/24/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Circuit Court Judges - Selection and Tenure [HB-607]
[Elections ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Proposing amendments to the Maryland Constitution relating to the selection and tenure of circuit court judges; requiring Senate confirmation of individuals appointed by the Governor to the office of a judge of a circuit court; providing for contested elections following an appointment to fill a vacancy in the office of a judge of a circuit court under certain circumstances; providing for the reappointment of certain judges; submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejection; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 03/16/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Elective Franchise - Registration and Voting at Precinct Polling Place [HB-532]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to authorize the General Assembly to allow a qualified individual to register and vote at a precinct polling place on Election Day; and submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejection.
Sponsored by: Rep. C. William Frick
Assigned A Chapter Number, Enactment Subject To Constitutional Referendum - Chapter 855 on 05/26/2018