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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Election Law - Redistricting Ballot Questions - Map of Proposed Districts [HB-1327]
Requiring that a specified statement providing notice of a ballot question relating to congressional redistricting include the address of a Web site where a map of the boundaries of the proposed districts may be viewed; and requiring that a map of the proposed districts be posted in each polling place if there is a question on the ballot relating to congressional redistricting.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/03/2014
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Law Enforcement Procedures - Traffic Stops and Safety Checkpoints [HB-1227]
Requiring a law enforcement officer to provide or recite a specified statement of rights to an individual detained at a traffic stop before the law enforcement officer searches the individual or the property or vehicle of the individual; prohibiting a law enforcement officer from posting or displaying a deceptive, materially false, or misleading sign concerning a safety checkpoint on a highway; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Glen Glass
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/03/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Health - Food Allergy Awareness [HB-1197]
Requiring a food establishment, beginning March 1, 2015, to request that a customer inform the employee taking the customer's food order of any known food allergies before ordering; providing that the request may be included on a specified sign or a menu or menu board or made by the employee taking the customer's food order; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to make available on its Web site a list of specified food allergen awareness training courses and tests and a list of specified resources; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Hixson
Favorable With Amendments Report By Health And Government Operations on 04/07/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Health - General - Genetically Engineered Food - Labeling Requirements [HB-1191]
Requiring specified raw foods and packaged foods that are entirely or partially produced with genetic engineering to display a specified label beginning on July 1, 2015; requiring a manufacturer to include a specified label on specified foods; requiring a supplier to include a specified label on a container used for packaging, holding, or transporting specified foods; requiring a retailer to place a specified label on a shelf or bin containing specified foods; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Hearing 3/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/18/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors - Funeral Establishments Owned by a Single Owner - Pre-Need Trustee Licenses and Public Notification of Death [HB-1042]
Requiring the State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors to issue an executor license to an applicant if the applicant is the appointed personal representative of a deceased surviving spouse's estate under specified circumstances; requiring an applicant for an executor license to submit to the Board within a specified time period the name of a licensed funeral director or mortician who has agreed to apply for a specified pre-need trustee license; requiring the Board to provide for the term of an executor license; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Curtis Anderson
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/15/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Plug-In Electric Drive Vehicles - Reserved Parking Spaces [HB-1020]
Prohibiting a person from stopping, standing, or parking a vehicle that is not a plug-in electric drive vehicle connected for recharging purposes in a parking space that is designated in a specified manner for the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles and provides access to a plug-in vehicle recharging station; establishing standards for signage designating reserved parking for specified plug-in vehicles; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Turner
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/10/2014
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Prior Authorizations of State Debt to Fund Capital Projects - Alterations [SB-934]
Amending specified prior authorizations of State Debt to alter the requirement that specified grantees provide specified matching funds; extending the deadline for specified grantees to present evidence that a matching fund will be presented; providing that specified grants may not terminate before specified dates; changing the locations of specified capital projects; altering the purpose of specified grants; changing the names of specified grantees; making a technical correction; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James DeGrange
Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/15/2013
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Election Law - Elections by Mail [SB-901]
Requiring that elections be conducted by mail; requiring the State Board of Elections, in consultation with the local boards of elections, to select a specified voting system; requiring local boards of elections to mail a ballot to specified voters by specified deadlines; requiring a voter who receives a ballot to take specified action to vote the ballot; providing for the methods by which a voter may return a ballot; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/07/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Transportation - State Highway Administration - Sale or Lease of Highway Naming Rights [SB-805]
Authorizing the State Highway Administration to sell or lease to a private entity the naming rights for all or part of a State highway; prohibiting the sale or lease of highway naming rights unless the Administration makes specified determinations; requiring the term of a contract for the sale or lease of naming rights to be at least 1 year; providing that a sale or lease of naming rights may not be construed to require that any highway sign or mailing address be altered; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/06/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Maryland Earned Sick and Safe Leave Act [SB-698]
Requiring specified employers to provide employees with specified earned sick and safe leave; providing for the manner in which earned sick and safe leave is accrued by the employee and treated by the employer; requiring an employer to allow an employee to use earned sick and safe leave for specified purposes; requiring an employee, under specified circumstances, to request leave, notify the employer of specified information, and comply with specified procedures; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Madaleno
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/27/2013
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Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Perry Hall High School Stadium Scoreboard [SB-616]
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $55,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Perry Hall High School Athletic Booster Club, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, and capital equipping of the Perry Hall High School Stadium Scoreboard, located in Baltimore County; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. J.B. Jennings
Hearing 3/09 At 9:00 A.m. on 03/09/2013
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Business Occupations and Professions - Private Process Service - Licensing and Certification [SB-554]
Requiring the licensure as a private process service agency of any person who provides specified private process service; providing for the terms and renewals of the licenses, qualifications for and duties of licensees, display of licenses, and required records of a licensee; establishing specified administrative, financial, and surety bond requirements for a licensed private process service agency; establishing qualifications for and duties of certified private process servers; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Frosh
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/19/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Obstruction of Driver's View [SB-499]
Altering an exception to, and the maximum penalty for a violation of, the prohibition against driving a vehicle with specified materials placed on the vehicle's windshield or rear window.
Sponsored by: Sen. Roger Manno
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/05/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Worcester County - Motor Scooters and Mopeds - Special Dealer Decals [SB-472]
Authorizing a motor scooter or moped dealer in Worcester County to apply to the Motor Vehicle Administration for the issuance of special dealer decals; authorizing a motor scooter or moped dealer in Worcester County that attaches a special dealer decal to specified motor scooters or mopeds to, as authorized by law, drive the motor scooters or mopeds on a highway or allow, for demonstration purposes, a prospective buyer to drive the motor scooters or mopeds on a highway; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
Third Reading Passed (43-0) on 04/02/2013
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Anne Arundel County - Drug Free School Zones - Hotline Number on Signs [SB-426]
Requiring that a hotline number to report information concerning suspected illegal drug activity be included on all new and replacement signs designating specified areas as drug free school zones in Anne Arundel County.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Simonaire
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 264 on 05/02/2013
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Health - Food Allergy Awareness, Food Safety, and Food Service Facility Letter Grading - Posting Requirement and Task Force [SB-390]
Requiring a food establishment, beginning March 1, 2014, to display a specified poster relating to food allergies; requiring, on or before January 1, 2014, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with the Restaurant Association of Maryland and Food Allergy Research and Education, to create and make available on its Web site a specified poster; establishing a Task Force to Study Food Allergy Awareness, Food Safety, and Food Service Facility Letter Grading; requiring a report on or before January 1, 2014; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jamin Raskin
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 251 on 05/02/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Transportation - Advertising Signs on State Highways for Agricultural Businesses Authorized [SB-326]
Authorizing, subject to specified requirements, a person to place or maintain an advertising sign for specified agricultural businesses on a State highway; providing that specified provisions of law regulating the placement and maintenance of outdoor signs in specified locations do not apply to a sign placed in accordance with the Act; making stylistic changes; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barry Glassman
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings Withdrawn on 03/05/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Motor Vehicle Administration - Yellow Dot Program [SB-222]
Establishing the Yellow Dot Program in the Motor Vehicle Administration to provide specified health information to emergency responders under specified circumstances; requiring the Administration to design and make available specified materials necessary to implement and administer the Program; authorizing the Administration to charge a Program participant a specified fee; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jamin Raskin
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 02/18/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Registration Plates for Motorcycles - Individuals with Disabilities [SB-212]
Authorizing an individual to possess two special registration plates for individuals with disabilities for Class D motorcycles in addition to the special registration plate and parking placards authorized under specified provisions of law.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Astle
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 206 on 05/02/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Maryland Transit Administration - Activation of Audio Recording Devices on Vehicles Used for Transit Service - Prohibition [SB-182]
Prohibiting the Maryland Transit Administration, on specified transit service vehicles equipped with an audio recording device, from activating the audio recording device; and requiring the Administration to post a specified notice on each vehicle equipped with an audio recording device.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Brochin
Motion Reconsider Second Reading (senator Madaleno) Adopted on 02/26/2013