Natural Resources - Oyster Harvesting - Bulk Oyster Tags [SB-1018]
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to develop a bulk oyster tag for use by individuals licensed to catch oysters in the State; requiring the Department to authorize an individual to use a single bulk oyster tag to identify multiple containers of oysters harvested from a single bar on a single day; establishing requirements for a bulk oyster tag; and prohibiting the Department from requiring additional tagging of specified containers.
Motor Vehicles - Speed Monitoring Systems - Local Jurisdictions [HB-929]
Altering the standards and requirements for the required warning period for violations recorded by speed monitoring systems; establishing that speed monitoring systems placed in specified areas may only be placed on highways with a specified minimum speed limit; applying notice and signage standards for unmanned local stationary speed monitoring systems to all local speed monitoring systems; requiring local jurisdictions to designate specified persons to act in a liaison capacity; etc.
HB-929: Motor Vehicles - Speed Monitoring Systems - Local Jurisdictions
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Floor Amendment (senator Pipkin) {603623/1 on 04/08/2013
Real Property - Property Used for Methamphetamine Production - Disclosure and Quarantine [HB-917]
Requiring a specified residential property disclosure statement to contain specified information relating to whether the property has been used for illegal drug production; requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to maintain a specified list of certified industrial hygienists; authorizing a local law enforcement agency to quarantine a specified property if the property has been used for the production of methamphetamine; etc.
HB-917: Real Property - Property Used for Methamphetamine Production - Disclosure and Quarantine
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. (health And Government Operations) on 03/15/2013
Health - Food Allergy Awareness, Food Safety, and Food Service Facility Letter Grading - Posting Requirement and Task Force [HB-9]
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.
HB-9: Health - Food Allergy Awareness, Food Safety, and Food Service Facility Letter Grading - Posting Requirement and Task Force
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Hixson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 252 on 05/02/2013
State Highway Administration - Sale of Naming Rights to State Highways [HB-762]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to initiate the process to issue a request for proposals on or before a specified date to sell the naming rights to State highways; providing that the request for proposals be issued in accordance with specified procurement requirements; etc.
HB-762: State Highway Administration - Sale of Naming Rights to State Highways
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/28/2013
Labor and Employment - Maryland Earned Sick and Safe Leave Act [HB-735]
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.
HB-735: Labor and Employment - Maryland Earned Sick and Safe Leave Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters Withdrawn on 03/25/2013
Election Law - Polling Places - Electioneering [HB-730]
Requiring that electioneering be allowed on the premises of a public building that is used for a polling place up to a specified electioneering boundary; requiring that campaign signs be allowed on the premises of a public building that is used for a polling place for, at a minimum, specified time periods; prohibiting a polling place from being located in a privately owned building except under specified circumstances; etc.
HB-730: Election Law - Polling Places - Electioneering
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/16/2013
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Sewage Leaks - Posting Requirements MC/PG 114-13 [HB-642]
Requiring the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission to post warning signs at each public access point to a waterway that is contaminated by a leak in a sanitary line, pipe, or fixture that is connected to the sanitary sewer system of the Commission within 24 hours after a leak is reported; requiring a warning sign to include the source and date of discovery of the leak and specified contact information of the Commission; requiring the Commission to post the warning signs downstream from the leak; etc.
Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Perry Hall High School Stadium Scoreboard [HB-614]
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.
HB-614: Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Perry Hall High School Stadium Scoreboard
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/08/2013
Motor Vehicle Administration - Yellow Dot Program [HB-322]
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.
HB-322: Motor Vehicle Administration - Yellow Dot Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 02/26/2013
Transportation - Advertising Signs on State Highways for Agricultural Businesses Authorized [HB-304]
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.
HB-304: Transportation - Advertising Signs on State Highways for Agricultural Businesses Authorized
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Afzali
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters Withdrawn on 02/25/2013
Prior Authorizations of State Debt to Fund Capital Projects - Alterations [HB-1372]
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 technical corrections; etc.
HB-1372: Prior Authorizations of State Debt to Fund Capital Projects - Alterations
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne Jones
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 430 on 05/16/2013
Environment - Motor Vehicle Batteries - Recycling [HB-135]
Requiring any person selling motor vehicle batteries for retail sale in the State to accept all used motor vehicle batteries offered by customers for recycling and to post a sign in accordance with specified requirements; requiring a person accepting used motor vehicle batteries to provide for the recycling of each battery within 90 days and in accordance with specified regulations; establishing penalties for a violation of the Act; requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt regulations; etc.
HB-135: Environment - Motor Vehicle Batteries - Recycling
Sponsored by: Rep. Shane Robinson
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/04/2013
Business Occupations and Professions - Private Process Service - Licensing and Certification [HB-1291]
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.
HB-1291: Business Occupations and Professions - Private Process Service - Licensing and Certification
Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Hucker
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters Withdrawn on 03/19/2013
Public Health - Synthetic Infill Turf Fields - Informational Signs [HB-1262]
Requiring the owner or operator of a facility with a synthetic infill turf field to post a specified sign in a conspicuous location informing individuals using the field of specified health and safety recommendations of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
HB-1262: Public Health - Synthetic Infill Turf Fields - Informational Signs
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 03/21/2013
Motor Vehicles - Towing Services - Licensing [HB-1255]
Prohibiting, after October 1, 2015, a person from registering a tow truck unless the person obtains a towing license; authorizing a police department to take an improperly registered tow truck into custody; requiring, after October 1, 2015, a person to obtain a license from the Motor Vehicle Administration before driving a tow truck in the State, operating a towing service in the State, or operating a specified vehicle storage facility in the State; establishing the Towing Regulation Advisory Board in the MVA; etc.
HB-1255: Motor Vehicles - Towing Services - Licensing
Sponsored by: Rep. James Malone
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/05/2013