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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Health - Hospital-Based Facilities - Disclosure of Facility Fees [SB-538]
Requiring certain hospitals and health systems to provide each patient with a written notice that includes certain information related to facility fees that are charged for outpatient services provided at hospital-based facilities; requiring that each initial billing statement to a patient from a hospital or health system that includes a facility fee include certain information; requiring that a certain written notice be provided to certain patients in a certain manner and at a certain time; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Young
Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 03/01/2019
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Vehicle Laws - Manufacturers and Dealers - Advertisements [SB-526]
Providing that a manufacturer, distributor, or factory branch may not prohibit a dealer from advertising a vehicle for sale or lease at a certain price or coerce or require a dealer to change the advertising medium for a certain price; and requiring a contract for the sale of a vehicle by a dealer to contain a certain statement.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/28/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Pedestrian Safety Fund Act of 2019 [SB-460]
Increasing the maximum fine from $500 to $1,000 that may be imposed for a violation of provisions of the Maryland Vehicle Law regarding crosswalks; establishing the Pedestrian Safety Fund for the purpose of enhancing the safety and quality of pedestrian and bicycle transportation, including through certain educational programming for bicyclists, motorists, and pedestrians, certain physical design changes, and certain increased enforcement of existing rules of the road; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 519 on 05/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Gas Price Clarity Act [SB-453]
Altering the information about a certain measurement of certain gasoline that must be stated on a sign on the premises of a retail service station dealer to require that the highest price, or the cash price and the credit price, be stated in a clear and visible manner; authorizing a certain sign to state the highest price for a certain measurement of certain other motor fuel products; and repealing a certain exemption from a certain signage requirement for certain retail service station dealers.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/15/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Motor Vehicle Registration - Exception for Low Speed Electric Vehicles - City of Havre de Grace [SB-389]
Creating an exception to motor vehicle registration requirements for low speed electric vehicles in the City of Havre de Grace that are owned and operated by the City of Havre de Grace; defining a "low speed electric vehicle" as a vehicle capable of a sustained speed of 20 miles per hour but not more than 25 miles per hour; providing that a person who operates a low speed electric vehicle in the City of Havre de Grace may operate the vehicle only on certain roadways and, between dusk and dawn, only under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bob Cassilly
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/27/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
State Board of Dental Examiners - Ownership, Management, or Operation of a Dental Practice [SB-371]
Requiring a dental practice to be owned, managed, or operated by a licensed dentist, subject to certain exceptions; authorizing an unlicensed person to take certain actions; prohibiting a licensed dentist from raising a certain defense in a certain action; repealing a certain exemption from the requirements of the Maryland Dentistry Act; authorizing the State Board of Dental Examiners to take certain action against certain applicants and licensees for accepting or tendering rebates or split fees; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 04/08/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport - Security Screening Checkpoint - Charitable Donations [SB-368]
Requiring the Executive Director of the Maryland Aviation Administration to place donation boxes at the entrance to each security screening checkpoint at the Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport; and requiring that money deposited in the donation boxes be appropriated to the Department of Disabilities to be used only to support transitional housing programs for individuals with disabilities.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Young
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/02/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Election Law - Election Day Page Program - Establishment [SB-364]
Establishing the Election Day Page Program to stimulate student interest in elections, provide assistance to election judges, and assist elderly and disabled voters at polling places; requiring the State Board of Elections to develop a page training program for use by participating local boards that includes the duties, responsibilities, and prohibited conduct of pages at polling places; requiring participating local boards, in collaboration with local school systems, to establish a procedure for the selection of pages; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 468 on 05/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Overtaking and Passing Bicycles [SB-354]
Authorizing the driver of a vehicle to drive on the left side of the roadway in a no-passing zone to overtake and pass at a safe distance a bicycle traveling in the same direction in accordance with certain provisions of law.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/04/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Tourist Area and Corridor Program and Task Force on Attraction Signs [SB-34]
Establishing the Tourist Area and Corridor Program in the State Highway Administration to develop a system of supplemental guide signs that direct motorists to eligible attractions within a geographical area; requiring the Administration to adopt certain regulations; providing that certain individual attractions are eligible for a sign; establishing the Task Force on Attraction Signs to review and report its findings regarding program consolidation, streamlining certain processes, and potential funding by October 1, 2020; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Young
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/15/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Plug-In Electric Drive Vehicles - Reserved Parking Spaces [SB-316]
Prohibiting a person from stopping, standing, or parking a vehicle that is not a plug-in electric drive vehicle in a parking space that is designated for the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles; requiring that a parking space for the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles have certain pavement markings; requiring that a parking space for the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles be counted as part of the overall number of parking spaces for certain purposes; establishing a civil penalty of $50 for a violation of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/04/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Hospitals - Patient's Bill of Rights [SB-301]
Requiring each administrator of a hospital to provide patients with a certain patient's bill of rights; requiring each administrator of a hospital to provide certain patients with an interpreter, a translator, or other accommodation to provide assistance to patients; requiring each administrator of a hospital to conspicuously post the patient's bill of rights on the hospital's website and in areas of the hospital accessible to patients and visitors; requiring the Department of Health to submit a certain report by January 1, 2021; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 286 on 04/30/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Intersections - Prohibited Acts [SB-291]
Prohibiting a vehicle from entering certain intersections when facing certain traffic signals if the vehicle is unable to safely and completely proceed through the intersection; establishing certain exceptions to the prohibition; prohibiting a police officer from issuing a citation for a violation of this Act unless certain conditions are met; establishing a $90 fine for a violation of the Act; providing that a violation of the Act is not a moving violation for purposes of assessing points; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing Canceled on 01/30/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Parking for Individuals With Disabilities – Continuing Care Retirement Facility – Time Limitation [SB-266]
Authorizing the owner or operator of a parking lot used by a continuing care retirement community to limit the amount of time that a motor vehicle is authorized to be parked in any parking space designated for the use of individuals with disabilities; prohibiting the owner or operator of a parking lot used by a continuing care retirement community from limiting the amount of time that a vehicle may be parked in a parking space designated for the use of individuals with disabilities to less than one-half hour; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/04/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
University of Maryland University College - Renaming [SB-201]
Renaming the University of Maryland University College to be the University of Maryland Global Campus; requiring the publisher of the Annotated Code of Maryland, in consultation with and subject to the approval of the Department of Legislative Services, to correct cross-references and terminology rendered incorrect by the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Pinsky
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/24/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Assembly Areas - State-Funded Construction or Renovation - Assisted Listening System Requirement [SB-1014]
Requiring certain recipients of State funds to install an assistive listening system in an assembly area during construction or renovation of the assembly area if the assembly area uses or requires the use of a public address system and a State contract has been executed; authorizing certain recipients of State funds to apply for a waiver from the requirement of a certain provision of the Act; requiring that the waiver request include a certain description; establishing the Hearing Accessibility Advisory Board; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 337 on 04/30/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Election Law - Election Calendar and Processes - Revisions [SB-1004]
Altering the date by which the Clerk of the Court of Appeals and the Clerk of the Court of Special Appeals must provide a certain notice to the State Board of Elections; repealing the requirement that the Anne Arundel County Board of Education provide a certain notice to the State Board; altering the deadline for the filing of a certain certificate of candidacy; altering the deadline for the filing of a certain petition to challenge a certain candidate's residency; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Pinsky
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 770 on 05/25/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Left Lane - Use for Passing [HB-984]
Providing that, on a roadway that has three or more lanes for traffic moving in the same direction with a posted maximum speed limit of 55 miles per hour or more, the far left lane may be used only for the overtaking and passing of another vehicle and, after overtaking and passing the other vehicle, the driver shall return to the right lane as soon as it is reasonably safe to do so; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to include certain information as part of its driver education curriculum; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Neil Parrott
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/16/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System - Accidental Disability Retirement Application [HB-94]
Authorizing the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System to accept an application for an accidental disability retirement allowance from certain individuals within 3 years after the individuals' retirement; requiring that the accidental disability retirement allowance begin on a certain day under certain circumstances; and terminating the Act after June 30, 2020.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 02/25/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Agricultural Land Preservation Easements - Use of Land - Signs Forbidding Trespassing, Hunting, or the Destruction of Property [HB-935]
Requiring a landowner to locate certain signs forbidding trespassing, hunting, or the destruction of property at least 500 feet apart on land subject to an agricultural land preservation easement under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/15/2019