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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Death Penalty - Murder of Specific Individuals or Mass Murder [HB-887]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Providing that a person who is convicted of murder in the first degree may be sentenced to death under certain circumstances; providing that the murder of a law enforcement officer, a correctional officer, a certain first responder, or a certain witness, or a certain mass murder, under certain circumstances, is an aggravating circumstance that the court or jury must consider in making a determination as to the imposition of the death penalty; establishing procedures for the imposition of the death penalty; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Afzali
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/15/2018
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Calvert County - Length of Service Award Program - Death Benefits [HB-627]
[Pensions ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Veterans ]
[Human Services ]
Altering the availability of certain death benefits of a qualified volunteer of a fire company, rescue squad, or rescue dive team in Calvert County who is unmarried at the time of death if an alternate beneficiary who is a child, grandchild, or great grandchild of the volunteer has been designated; providing for the termination of certain death benefits of a qualified volunteer in Calvert County who is unmarried at the time of death under certain circumstances; and applying the Act retroactively to July 1, 2015.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 113 on 04/10/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Retirement Income [HB-58]
[Taxes ]
[Retirement ]
Including income from an individual retirement account or a certain annuity within a certain subtraction modification for certain retirement income under certain circumstances; applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carolyn Howard
Hearing 3/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/28/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Law Enforcement - First Responders Killed or Disabled in the Line of Duty Fund [HB-543]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Veterans ]
[Disabilities ]
[Human Services ]
Establishing the First Responders Killed or Disabled in the Line of Duty Fund to provide financial assistance to first responders and the families of first responders who are killed or disabled in the line of duty; requiring the Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to administer the Fund; requiring the State Treasurer to hold the Fund and the Comptroller to account for the Fund; authorizing the Executive Director to make one-time grants to a first responder or the family of a first responder; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/05/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Calvert County - Fire and Rescue Commission - Membership [HB-446]
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[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing the Calvert County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association to designate certain alternate members to the Calvert County Fire and Rescue Commission under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 111 on 04/10/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Retirement Income [HB-405]
[Taxes ]
[Retirement ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Including income from certain retirement plans within a certain subtraction modification allowed under the Maryland income tax for certain individuals; altering the calculation of the subtraction modification; increasing the maximum amount of the subtraction modification allowed for certain taxable years; and prohibiting an individual from qualifying for the subtraction if the total income from all qualified plans for the taxable year exceeds $100,000.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Chang
Hearing 2/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Volunteer Fire, Rescue, or Emergency Medical Services Membership [HB-37]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Increasing the amount of a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for certain qualifying volunteer fire, rescue, and emergency medical services members for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing 1/17 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/17/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Police Vehicles - Use of Cruise or Directional Marker Lights [HB-1714]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing that certain police vehicles may be equipped with and display cruise or directional marker lights; and authorizing the driver of a police vehicle to use cruise or directional marker lights at any time.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nick Mosby
Hearing 4/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/03/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Public Safety - Length of Service Award Programs - Statewide Service [HB-1515]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
Requiring a Length of Service Award Program to combine active service time earned by an eligible individual in any county in the State when determining eligibility for a benefit under the Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sally Jameson
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/27/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Privileged Communications - Critical Incident Stress Management Services [HB-1479]
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[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Crime ]
Prohibiting a critical incident stress management team member from disclosing communications or information received or acquired in confidence from a law enforcement officer, a correctional officer, or an emergency responder in the course of providing critical incident stress management services; prohibiting a critical incident stress management team member from being compelled to testify in certain proceedings or investigations; establishing certain exceptions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Herbert McMillan
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 03/12/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Public Safety - Trauma-Affected Veterans Training Program - Establishment [HB-1214]
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[Veterans ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Mental Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Military ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
Requiring the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of State Police, and the State Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Board jointly and in consultation with veterans to establish a Trauma-Affected Veterans Training Program to provide training to emergency responders and law enforcement officers regarding the effects of certain injuries, techniques that can be used when interacting with certain veterans, and any other relevant issues relating to certain veterans; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C. William Frick
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/07/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Volunteer Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Medical Services Members [HB-1069]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Community Development ]
[Finance ]
Increasing the amount of a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for certain qualifying volunteer fire, rescue, and emergency medical services members.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carolyn Howard
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 582 on 05/15/2018
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment [SB-871]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Providing that the General Assembly finds that all State residents have a right to health care; providing it is the intent of the General Assembly to establish a comprehensive universal single-payer health care coverage program and a health care cost control system; establishing Healthy Maryland as a public corporation and a unit of State government to provide comprehensive universal health coverage for every State resident; requiring Healthy Maryland to provide certain services for residents of the State by January 1, 2021; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/04/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Public Health – Co–Prescribing, Prescribing and Dispensing Opioid Overdose Reversal Drugs [SB-820]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
Authorizing a prescribing licensed health care provider to co-prescribe or prescribe or a pharmacist to dispense an opioid overdose reversal drug under certain circumstances; prohibiting a prescribing licensed health care provider and pharmacist from taking certain actions until the prescribing licensed health care provider or pharmacist completes certain training; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Young
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Higher Education - Charles W. Riley Firefighter and Ambulance and Rescue Squad Member Scholarship - Alterations [SB-74]
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[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Repealing the requirement for applicants for and recipients of the Charles W. Riley Firefighter and Ambulance and Rescue Squad Member Scholarship to file for federal and State financial aid each year.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 147 on 04/18/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Workers' Compensation - Medical Presumptions for Diseases and Cancer - Eligibility (Firefighter Jesse McCullough's Cancer Protection Law) [SB-646]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the circumstances under which certain firefighters, fire fighting instructors, rescue squad members, advanced life support unit members, and sworn members of the Office of the State Fire Marshal are presumed to be suffering from an occupational disease that was suffered in the line of duty and is compensable under the workers' compensation law; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 216 on 04/30/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Volunteer Fire Company and Rescue Squads - Member Disability and Death Benefits - Appeals Process [SB-571]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Veterans ]
Authorizing certain members of a volunteer fire company or rescue squad and certain individuals who are denied payment of a certain disability or death benefit by the Board of Trustees of the Maryland State Firemen's Association to appeal the decision to a certain appeals panel; establishing a certain appeals panel; establishing membership of a certain appeals panel; providing for the retroactive application of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/08/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Retirement Income [SB-413]
[Taxes ]
[Retirement ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Veterans ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Increasing, from $15,000 to $20,000, a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for certain military retirement income under certain circumstances and for certain retirement income attributable to a resident's employment as a correctional officer, a law enforcement officer, or a fire, rescue, or emergency services worker; allowing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for certain surviving spouses of certain qualified retired public safety employees under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
First Reading Budget And Taxation on 02/01/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Death Penalty - Law Enforcement Officers and First Responders [SB-295]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Providing that a person who is convicted of first-degree murder may be sentenced to death under certain circumstances; providing that the murder of a law enforcement officer or a first responder under certain circumstances constitutes aggravating circumstances that the court or jury must consider in making a determination as to the imposition of the death penalty; establishing procedures for the imposition of the death penalty; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. J.B. Jennings
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 01/29/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Income Tax Subtraction Modification - Qualified Retired Public Safety Employee (Hometown Heroes Act of 2019) [SB-171]
[Taxes ]
[Retirement ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Pensions ]
Altering the subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax under certain circumstances for a certain amount of retirement income attributable to a resident's employment as a correctional officer, a law enforcement officer, or a fire, rescue, or emergency services worker.
Sponsored by: Sen. Douglas Peters
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2019