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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Health Insurance - Volunteer Emergency Responders - Benefits Under Blanket Policies and Contracts [SB-1130]
Excluding, from specified provisions of State insurance laws, specified blanket health insurance policies and contracts that provide health insurance benefits to specified volunteer emergency responders; providing that the blanket health insurance policies and contracts are subject to specified provisions of State insurance laws; requiring the blanket health insurance policies and contracts to disclose that the policies and contracts do not provide comprehensive health coverage; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 03/23/2017
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Income Tax Credit - Volunteer Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Services Personnel [SB-1104]
Authorizing a credit against the State income tax for specified volunteer members of specified fire, rescue, or emergency services organizations under specified circumstances; providing that the credit may not exceed the lesser of $350 or the State income tax for that taxable year and that any unused credit may not be carried over to any other taxable year; authorizing an individual to claim the credit in addition to a specified subtraction modification; and applying the Act to tax years 2017 and beyond.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Edwards
Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/15/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Income Tax Credit - Volunteer Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Services Personnel [HB-1084]
Authorizing a credit against the State income tax for specified volunteer members of specified fire, rescue, or emergency services organizations under specified circumstances; providing that the credit may not exceed the lesser of $350 or the State income tax for that taxable year and that any unused credit may not be carried over to any other taxable year; authorizing an individual to claim the credit in addition to a specified subtraction modification; and applying the Act to tax years 2017 and beyond.
Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Shoemaker
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/08/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Death Penalty - Law Enforcement Officers and First Responders [SB-958]
Providing that a person who is convicted of first-degree murder may be sentenced to death under specified circumstances; providing that the murder of a law enforcement officer or a first responder under specified 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
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/21/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Property Tax Credit - Public Safety Officers [HB-979]
Authorizing the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant, by law, a specified property tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on a specified dwelling that is owned by a specified public safety officer under specified circumstances; providing that the credit may not exceed $2,500 per dwelling and the amount of property tax imposed on the dwelling; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Hixson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 686 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Death Penalty - Law Enforcement Officers, Correctional Officers, and First Responders [HB-881]
Providing that a person who is convicted of first-degree murder may be sentenced to death under specified circumstances; providing that the murder of a law enforcement officer, a correctional officer, or a first responder under specified 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: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/06/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Baltimore County - Property Tax Credit - Fallen or Disabled Law Enforcement Officers and Rescue Workers - Acquisition of Dwelling [HB-750]
Altering eligibility for a specified credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on specified residential property in Baltimore County to include property owned or acquired by a cohabitant of a fallen law enforcement officer or rescue worker; altering the time period within which a disabled law enforcement officer or rescue worker, or the cohabitant or surviving spouse of a fallen officer or rescue worker, shall have acquired specified property in Baltimore County in order to qualify for the credit; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing 4/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/04/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Income Tax Subtraction Modification - Retirement Income of Law Enforcement, Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Services Personnel [SB-597]
Providing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax under specified circumstances for specified retirement income attributable to a resident's employment as a law enforcement officer or the individual's service as fire, rescue, or emergency services personnel; defining "emergency services personnel" as emergency medical technicians or paramedics; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2016.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 153 on 04/18/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Garrett County - Payment to Rescue Squads [SB-591]
Altering the Public Local Laws of Garrett County to require the Board of County Commissioners of Garrett County to appropriate specified funds for the benefit of specified rescue squads; and authorizing the County Commissioners to pay the value of a specified appropriation to a rescue squad by in-kind payment of personnel, equipment, or services.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Edwards
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 695 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Garrett County - Payment to Rescue Squads [HB-758]
Altering the Public Local Laws of Garrett County to require the Board of County Commissioners of Garrett County to appropriate specified funds for the benefit of specified rescue squads; and authorizing the County Commissioners to pay the value of a specified appropriation to a rescue squad by in-kind payment of personnel, equipment, or services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Wendell Beitzel
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/07/2018
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Property Tax Credit - Disabled or Fallen Law Enforcement Officers and Rescue Workers - Acquisition of Dwelling [HB-571]
Increasing from 2 to 10 the number of years within which a disabled law enforcement officer or rescue worker or the surviving spouse of a fallen law enforcement officer or rescue worker must have acquired specified residential property in order to qualify for a specified property tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on the property; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2017.
Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Shoemaker
Hearing 2/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/23/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Income Tax Subtraction Modification - Law Enforcement, Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Services Personnel (Hometown Heroes Act) [HB-388]
Increasing the amount of a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for specified qualifying volunteer fire, rescue, and emergency medical services members; providing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax under specified circumstances for a specified amount of retirement income attributable to a resident's employment as a law enforcement officer or the individual's service as fire, rescue, or emergency services personnel; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Hearing 2/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Property Tax Credit - Disabled or Fallen Law Enforcement Officers and Rescue Workers - Alterations [SB-282]
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or a municipal corporation to grant a specified property tax credit for specified residential real property owned by specified surviving spouses or specified cohabitants of specified fallen law enforcement officers and rescue workers; applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 173 on 04/18/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Income Tax Subtraction Modification - Law Enforcement, Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Services Personnel (Hometown Heroes Act) [SB-322]
Increasing the amount of a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for specified qualifying volunteer fire, rescue, and emergency medical services members; providing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax under specified circumstances for a specified amount of retirement income attributable to a resident's employment as a law enforcement officer or the individual's service as fire, rescue, or emergency services personnel; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/22/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Property Tax Credit - Disabled or Fallen Law Enforcement Officers and Rescue Workers - Alterations [HB-231]
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or of a municipal corporation to grant a property tax credit for a dwelling owned by the surviving spouse or cohabitant of a specified fallen law enforcement officer or rescue worker; increasing from 2 to 10 years the time within which specified persons must have acquired specified residential property in order to qualify for a specified property tax credit; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after June 30, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Impallaria
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 174 on 04/18/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Income Tax Subtraction Modification - Retirement Income of Law Enforcement, Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Services Personnel [HB-175]
Providing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax under specified circumstances for specified retirement income attributable to a resident's employment as a law enforcement officer or the individual's service as fire, rescue, or emergency services personnel; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2016.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Tarlau
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means; Withdrawn on 02/16/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Income Tax Subtraction Modification - Retirement Income of Law Enforcement, Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Services Personnel [HB-170]
Providing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax under specified circumstances for specified retirement income attributable to a resident's employment as a law enforcement officer or the individual's service as fire, rescue, or emergency services personnel for specified taxable years.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means; Withdrawn on 02/16/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
St. Mary's County - Fire Tax and Rescue Tax - Distribution of Revenue [HB-111]
Altering the distribution of revenue from the St. Mary's County fire tax; and altering the distribution of revenue from the St. Mary's County rescue tax.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means; Withdrawn on 02/16/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Income Tax Subtraction Modification - Retirement Income of Law Enforcement, Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Services Personnel [HB-100]
Providing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax under specified circumstances for specified retirement income attributable to a resident's employment as a law enforcement officer or the individual's service as fire, rescue, or emergency services personnel; defining "emergency services personnel" as emergency medical technicians or paramedics; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2016.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 154 on 04/18/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Hate Crimes - Prohibitions and Protected Classes - Expansion to Law Enforcement Officers and First Responders [SB-120]
Including law enforcement officers and first responders within the scope of specified prohibitions against committing crimes against specified persons, damaging property of specified persons, burning objects, and damaging specified buildings if there is evidence that exhibits animosity against persons or groups due to race, color, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, gender, disability, national origin, or status as homeless.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bob Cassilly
Hearing 1/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/25/2017