Public Safety - Fire, Rescue, and Ambulance Funds - Distribution [HB-365]
Authorizing the Senator William H. Amoss Fire, Rescue, and Ambulance Fund to be used to acquire land for a specified purpose; authorizing funds to be used to install specified systems and to acquire telecommunication devices, computers, equipment, and machinery under specified circumstances; providing that funds be distributed to volunteer companies based on need; requiring a county to distribute money to volunteer companies located in qualified municipalities; defining terms; etc.
HB-365: Public Safety - Fire, Rescue, and Ambulance Funds - Distribution
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 225 on 04/14/2014
Frederick County - Gaming Permits [HB-329]
Increasing to four the number of gaming events that a specified organization in Frederick County may hold in a calendar year in which the major prize has a value of more than $5,000.
HB-329: Frederick County - Gaming Permits
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 97 on 04/08/2014
You have voted HB-1531: St. Mary's County Metropolitan Commission - Water and Sewer Service Charges - Volunteer Fire Departments and Rescue Squads - Exemption.
You have voted HB-1461: Hometown Heroes - Income Tax Subtraction Modification - Retirement Income of Law Enforcement, Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Services Personnel.
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Gift Cards Purchased for Emergency Personnel [HB-1353]
Allowing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for the value of specified gift cards provided to specified emergency personnel; requiring a taxpayer to meet specified filing requirements to claim the subtraction modification; providing that the value of specified gift cards may not qualify for the subtraction modification; requiring the Comptroller to adopt specified regulations; etc.
HB-1353: Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Gift Cards Purchased for Emergency Personnel
Sponsored by: Rep. Glen Glass
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/04/2014
Criminal Law - Assault - First Responders [HB-1183]
Prohibiting a person from intentionally causing physical injury to another if the person knows or has reason to know that the other is a firefighter, an emergency medical technician, a rescue squad member, or any other first responder engaged in providing emergency medical care or rescue services; and applying specified penalties.
HB-1183: Criminal Law - Assault - First Responders
Sponsored by: Rep. James Malone
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/10/2014
Calvert County - Length of Service Award - Fire Fighters, Rescue Squad Members, and Rescue Dive Team Members - Increase Authorized [HB-1056]
Authorizing the County Commissioners of Calvert County to enact a local law that increases the amount of benefits that a specified member of any Calvert County volunteer fire company, volunteer rescue squad, or rescue dive team is eligible to receive to $700 per month, for life, and increases the amount of an additional payment each month for each full year of volunteer service in excess of 25 years to $10 per month; and repealing a provision setting a specified maximum benefit.
HB-1056: Calvert County - Length of Service Award - Fire Fighters, Rescue Squad Members, and Rescue Dive Team Members - Increase Authorized
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/07/2014
You have voted HB-1056: Calvert County - Length of Service Award - Fire Fighters, Rescue Squad Members, and Rescue Dive Team Members - Increase Authorized.
Local Government - Fire, Rescue, and Ambulance Funds - Distribution [SB-899]
Requiring that each county distribute a specified minimum percentage of funds that the county receives from the Senator William H. Amoss Fire, Rescue, and Ambulance Fund to volunteer fire, rescue, and ambulance companies; requiring the Director of the Maryland Emergency Management Agency to submit an annual report to the General Assembly on the money distributed by each county to volunteer companies; requiring each county to provide a specified report; establishing a workgroup to study specified laws and policies; etc.
SB-899: Local Government - Fire, Rescue, and Ambulance Funds - Distribution
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 331 on 05/02/2013
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Maryland Civil Air Patrol [SB-774]
Providing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax in the amount of $3,500 for qualifying members of the Maryland Civil Air Patrol, subject to specified conditions; providing for a delayed effective date; etc.
SB-774: Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Maryland Civil Air Patrol
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 546 on 05/16/2013
Workers' Compensation - Medical Presumptions - Statute of Limitations on Claims [SB-681]
Altering the date by which a medical expert is required to conduct a specified study and report the findings of the study to the Department of Legislative Services; delaying the date by which a claim filed for an occupational disease may be based on alterations to a specified presumption; delaying the date by which alterations to a specified presumption may be construed to apply for a claim filed for an occupational disease; etc.
SB-681: Workers' Compensation - Medical Presumptions - Statute of Limitations on Claims
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Finance Withdrawn on 03/14/2013
Privileged Communications - Critical Incident Stress Management and Peer Support [SB-661]
Prohibiting a critical incident stress management team member, an individual who participates in a critical incident stress management team intervention, and a peer support member from disclosing specified confidential information acquired from a law enforcement officer, a correctional officer, or an emergency responder in the course of duty; etc.
SB-661: Privileged Communications - Critical Incident Stress Management and Peer Support
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings Withdrawn on 03/18/2013
Vehicles Laws - Emergency Vehicles - Motorcades and Escorts [SB-621]
Authorizing the driver of specified emergency vehicles to exercise specified privileges while performing motorcade or escort duties; authorizing specified emergency vehicles to travel through any jurisdiction in the State as necessary to perform and return from motorcade or escort duty; requiring a jurisdiction that employs a driver who travels through another jurisdiction while performing or returning from motorcade or escort duty to provide specified notice to the other jurisdiction; etc.
SB-621: Vehicles Laws - Emergency Vehicles - Motorcades and Escorts
Sponsored by: Sen. John Astle
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 66 on 04/09/2013
Higher Education - Charles W. Riley Firefighter and Ambulance and Rescue Squad Member Scholarship [SB-587]
Repealing a specified tuition reimbursement program and establishing the Charles W. Riley Firefighter and Ambulance and Rescue Squad Member Scholarship; establishing eligibility requirements; requiring scholarship recipients to repay funds to the Maryland Higher Education Commission under specified circumstances; authorizing that the annual amount of the scholarship may be up to 100% of the equivalent tuition and mandatory fees of a resident undergraduate student at a specified 4-year public institution of higher education; etc.
SB-587: Higher Education - Charles W. Riley Firefighter and Ambulance and Rescue Squad Member Scholarship
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 503 on 05/16/2013
State Aid for Critical Services - County Maintenance of Effort Requirements [SB-1055]
Requiring each county, beginning in fiscal year 2015, to appropriate at least the same amount of local funds to specified categories of critical services as the county appropriated in the prior fiscal year; requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management to withhold specified State aid if a county does not meet specified maintenance of effort requirements in specified categories of critical services; requiring the Secretary to disburse specified withheld State aid if specified maintenance of effort requirements are met; etc.
SB-1055: State Aid for Critical Services - County Maintenance of Effort Requirements
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Hearing 3/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/20/2013
Transportation Infrastructure Investment Act of 2013 [SB-1054]
Altering the distribution of motor fuel tax revenue; reducing specified motor fuel tax rates on July 1, 2013; requiring that specified motor fuel tax rates be increased on July 1 of each year based on the percentage growth in the Consumer Price Index; requiring a specified sales and use tax equivalent rate to be added to specified motor fuel tax rates and collected in the same manner as the motor fuel tax; etc.
SB-1054: Transportation Infrastructure Investment Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Miller
First Reading Senate Rules on 03/04/2013
Firearms - Dealer's License and Handgun Permit Application Fees [HB-894]
Increasing by $2 the fees paid by applicants for regulated firearms dealer's licenses and handgun permit initial applications; and requiring the Secretary of State Police to use $2 of the fees to support specified continuing education and crisis intervention teams in local jurisdictions.
HB-894: Firearms - Dealer's License and Handgun Permit Application Fees
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/05/2013