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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Vehicle Approaching Emergency or Police Vehicle - Duty to Change [SB-49]
Requiring drivers approaching emergency or police vehicles stopped, standing, or parked on a highway and using any visual signals, except when otherwise directed by a police officer, to vacate the lane closest to the emergency or police vehicle under specified circumstances or to reduce the speed of the vehicle to a speed that is sufficient to ensure the safety of police officers or emergency services personnel in the vicinity of the emergency or the police vehicle under specified circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Colburn
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/29/2010
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Motor Vehicles - Approaching Emergency Vehicles and Personnel [SB-324]
Requiring drivers approaching an emergency vehicle that is stopped, standing, or parked on a highway and using any visual signals, unless otherwise directed by a police officer or traffic control device, to make a lane change into an available lane not immediately adjacent to the emergency vehicle under specified circumstances or to slow to a reasonable and prudent speed that is safe for specified existing conditions under specified circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy Jacobs
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Community Emergency Response Team [SB-197]
Providing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax in the amount of $3,500 for qualifying members of a Community Emergency Response Team; providing that an individual may not qualify for the subtraction modification based on membership in a Community Emergency Response Team unless the Community Emergency Response Team maintains specified records and provides specified reports; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2009; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy Jacobs
Hearing 2/19 At 8:30 A.m. on 02/10/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Emergency and Police Vehicle and Personnel Protection Act [SB-159]
Requiring drivers approaching emergency or police vehicles stopped, standing, or parked on a highway and using any visual signals, except when otherwise directed by a police officer, to vacate the lane closest to the emergency or police vehicle under specified circumstances and to slow to a speed that is sufficient to ensure the safety of police officers or emergency services personnel in the vicinity of the emergency or police vehicle under specified circumstances; establishing a penalty; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Andrew Harris
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings Withdrawn on 03/29/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2010 [SB-141]
Altering the calculation of specified distributions required to be made to specified counties and Baltimore City based on per capita yield of county income taxes; altering or repealing specified required appropriations; altering or repealing specified grant programs; requiring the budget bill to specify how specified savings will be achieved and to include a specified schedule; requiring the transfer of specified funds from a specified account to the General Fund; authorizing the use of specified funds for specified purposes; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
State Government - Commemorative Days - Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Services [HB-910]
Requiring the Governor to proclaim the first Sunday in June each year as the day to honor fire, rescue, and emergency services workers who made the ultimate sacrifice in the performance of their duties; requiring the Governor to order the State flag to be flown at half-staff on a specified day each year; and requiring, on the first Sunday in June each year, specified memorial plaques to be placed by the Maryland Fire-Rescue Services Memorial Foundation, Inc., on the Maryland Fire-Rescue Services Memorial in the City of Annapolis.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Hometown Heroes Act of 2010 - Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for [HB-898]
Providing, under specified circumstances, a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for retirement income of residents who are at least 50 years old and are retired law enforcement officers or fire, rescue, or emergency services personnel; applying the Act to tax years beginning after 2009; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 3/4 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/17/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Maryland Civil Air Patrol [HB-754]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Aumann
Hearing 3/4 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Garrett County - Volunteer Fire Departments and Rescue Squads - Emergency [HB-733]
Altering specified taxes on specified real and personal property in Garrett County that are to be paid to specified volunteer fire departments; requiring the Board of County Commissioners of Garrett County to make payments to specified volunteer fire departments and rescue squads at specified times; providing that the amounts paid to volunteer fire departments in Garrett County shall be equivalent; specifying how specified funds received by volunteer fire departments and rescue squads in Garrett County may be used; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Wendell Beitzel
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Approaching Emergency Vehicles and Personnel [HB-499]
Requiring drivers approaching an emergency vehicle that is stopped, standing, or parked on a highway and using any visual signals, unless otherwise directed by a police officer or traffic control device, to make a lane change into an available lane not immediately adjacent to the emergency vehicle under specified circumstances or to slow to a reasonable and prudent speed that is safe for specified existing conditions under specified circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Fire, Rescue, and Ambulance Funds - Distribution of Money to Companies Outside [HB-1555]
Altering the entities to which money from the Senator William H. Amoss Fire, Rescue, and Ambulance Fund may be distributed to include fire, rescue, and ambulance companies located outside the State under specified circumstances; altering the volunteer fire, rescue, and ambulance companies to which grants or loans may be awarded under the Volunteer Company Assistance Fund to include companies located outside the State under specified circumstances; and making the Act an emergency measure.
Sponsored by: Rep. Norman Conway
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Baltimore City Fire Station Closing and Realignment Citizens' Review Board [HB-1397]
Establishing a Baltimore City Fire Station Closing and Realignment Citizens' Review Board; providing for the membership, terms, and duties of the Board; providing for the chair of the Board; providing that a member of the Board may not receive compensation as a member of the Board but may receive reimbursement for specified expenses; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Hearing 3/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/03/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Transportation - Bridges Over State Highways - Memorials to Fallen Heroes [HB-1392]
Authorizing the Governor to post a sign or plaque on specified bridges to honor fallen heroes who died in the performance of duties while serving the State, local, or federal government in a specified capacity; requiring the sign or plaque to be visible to travelers on specified roads or highways; requiring the Governor to select the fallen heroes; defining a specified term; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. J.B. Jennings
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/25/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Traffic Cases - State Police Helicopters and Ambulance, Fire, and Rescue [HB-1389]
Providing that a $7.50 District Court surcharge shall apply to specified traffic cases; requiring that the surcharge be imposed as a court cost; altering the funds to which the Comptroller is required to credit specified surcharges collected under specified circumstances; making stylistic and conforming changes; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Talmadge Branch
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Workers' Compensation - Medical Presumptions [HB-1280]
Altering the occupational disease presumption under the workers' compensation law as applied to specified individuals; providing that specified diseases and cancers are considered occupational diseases suffered in the line of duty and are compensable in a specified manner; providing that the Act shall be construed to carry out the intent of the Maryland General Assembly that workers' compensation presumptions related to occupational diseases and cancers be considered rebuttable; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Hearing Cancelled on 04/06/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Emergency and Police Vehicle and Personnel Protection Act [HB-1006]
Requiring drivers approaching emergency or police vehicles stopped, standing, or parked on a highway and using any visual signals, except when otherwise directed by a police officer, to vacate the lane closest to the emergency or police vehicle under specified circumstances or to slow to a speed that is sufficient to ensure the safety of police officers or emergency services personnel in the vicinity of the emergency or police vehicle under specified circumstances; establishing a penalty; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/15/2010
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Public Safety - Emergency Powers of the Governor - Violent Crime Crisis [SB-1078]
Authorizing the Governor to appoint special prosecutors and to direct resources and personnel from any unit of State government for a certain purpose during a state of emergency that is declared because a homicide rate reached at least 3 homicides per 100,000 residents of a county, city, town, or municipality in a 30-day period; altering a certain definition of "emergency"; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/28/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Retirement Income [HB-1631]
Authorizing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for certain retirement income attributable to certain out-of-state employment as a correctional officer, law enforcement officer, or fire, rescue, or emergency services personnel; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019.
Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Shoemaker
Unfavorable Report By House Rules And Executive Nominations; Withdrawn on 03/18/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Retirement Income [SB-1030]
Authorizing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for certain retirement income attributable to certain out-of-state employment as a correctional officer, law enforcement officer, or fire, rescue, or emergency services personnel; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019.
Sponsored by: Sen. Justin Ready
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/14/2020
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Public Safety - Criminal History Records Check - Fire Departments, Rescue Squads, and Ambulance Services [SB-1008]
Prohibiting a fire department, a rescue squad, or an ambulance service from conducting a criminal history records check or requiring an applicant to disclose criminal records before the applicant's first in-person interview; requiring each fire department, rescue squad, and ambulance service to establish a certain peer review committee; and establishing the duties of a peer review committee.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Carter
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/04/2020