Vehicle Laws - Registration Plates for Motorcycles - Individuals with [HB-825]
Authorizing an individual to possess a specified number of special registration plates for individuals with disabilities for specified motorcycles in addition to the special registration plate and parking placards authorized under provisions of law.
HB-825: Vehicle Laws - Registration Plates for Motorcycles - Individuals with
Sponsored by: Rep. Cheryl Glenn
Favorable With Amendments Report By Environmental Matters on 03/21/2012
Maryland State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors - Permits and [HB-753]
Requiring that a mortuary transport service be issued a permit by the Maryland State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors before removing or transporting human remains; establishing fees and requirements for obtaining a permit; requiring permit holders to use vehicles that have passed a specified inspection; requiring permit holders to employ only specified registered transporters; requiring that individuals employed by specified permit holders be registered with the Board before removing and transporting human remains; etc.
HB-753: Maryland State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors - Permits and
Sponsored by: Rep. Wade Kach
Approved By The Governor on 05/22/2012
National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline Information - Sign Posting [HB-607]
Requiring the business owner of a privately owned bus station or truck stop located in the State to post in restrooms in a specified manner a specified sign that provides National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline information; requiring an agency that determines a violation has occurred to provide a notice to the business owner of a bus station or truck stop or the business owner's agent; etc.
HB-607: National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline Information - Sign Posting
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Approved By The Governor on 05/22/2012
Motor Vehicles - Motor Scooters, Mopeds, and Off-Highway Recreational Vehicles [HB-569]
Requiring a motor scooter or a moped in the State to be titled by the Motor Vehicle Administration; requiring the Administration to issue a permanent decal to the owner of a motor scooter, a moped, or an off- highway recreational vehicle; establishing a fee for a title issued for a motor scooter, a moped, or an off-highway recreational vehicle; prohibiting a person from operating or riding on a motor scooter or an off-highway recreational vehicle unless the person is wearing protective headgear; etc.
HB-569: Motor Vehicles - Motor Scooters, Mopeds, and Off-Highway Recreational Vehicles
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/22/2012
Baltimore City - Vehicle Height Monitoring Systems [HB-476]
Authorizing and establishing requirements for the use of specified vehicle height monitoring systems in Baltimore City to enforce specified State and local laws restricting the presence of specified vehicles during specified times; establishing that a vehicle height monitoring system may be used under the Act only if its use is authorized by an ordinance adopted by the Baltimore City Council; providing for the contents of a citation under the Act; establishing a maximum fine of $500 for a third or subsequent violation; etc.
HB-476: Baltimore City - Vehicle Height Monitoring Systems
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Approved By The Governor on 05/02/2012
State Highway Administration - Signs on Highway Rights-of-Way - Permits [HB-415]
Establishing that a specified prohibition relating to the placement and maintenance of signs on State highway rights-of-way does not apply to a sign for which a specified permit has been issued; authorizing the State Highway Administration to issue a specified permit for a sign located within a State highway right-of-way under specified circumstances; etc.
HB-415: State Highway Administration - Signs on Highway Rights-of-Way - Permits
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Afzali
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters Withdrawn on 03/05/2012
Business Regulation - Cemeteries - Forfeited Rights To Interment [HB-389]
Authorizing a cemetery to initiate proceedings for the forfeiture of the right to interment under specified circumstances; requiring the Office of Cemetery Oversight to review and approve all forfeiture proceedings; requiring a cemetery that initiates a proceeding for the forfeiture of the right to interment to provide a specified notice and to file specified information with the Office; authorizing an owner or family member of the owner of a right to interment to suspend specified forfeiture proceedings in a specified manner; etc.
HB-389: Business Regulation - Cemeteries - Forfeited Rights To Interment
Sponsored by: Rep. Galen Clagett
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 02/14/2012
Transportation - Temporary Advertising Signs on State Highways Authorized [HB-359]
Authorizing a person to place or maintain temporary advertising signs on a State highway under specified circumstances; 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; etc.
HB-359: Transportation - Temporary Advertising Signs on State Highways Authorized
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/12/2012
Public Safety - Department of State Police - Yellow Dot Program [HB-230]
Establishing the Yellow Dot Program in the Department of State Police to provide specified health information to emergency responders under specified circumstances; requiring the Department to design and make available specified materials necessary to implement and administer the Program; requiring the Department to publicize the Program and distribute Program materials in cooperation with the Motor Vehicle Administration; etc.
HB-230: Public Safety - Department of State Police - Yellow Dot Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 03/13/2012
Maryland Transit Administration - Audio and Video Recording Devices on Vehicles [HB-166]
Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to activate an audio recording device on specified vehicles; requiring the Administration to post a notice on vehicles, as specified; limiting, to specified persons and for specified purposes, the review of any audio recording made on a vehicle used to provide transit service; requiring the Administration to adopt specified regulations; etc.
HB-166: Maryland Transit Administration - Audio and Video Recording Devices on Vehicles
Sponsored by: Rep. Carolyn Howard
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/20/2012
Motor Vehicles - Towing Practices and Procedures [HB-160]
Clarifying the application of and altering security requirements for tow trucks; altering penalties for specified violations relating to tow truck vehicle registration; repealing a provision exempting abandoned vehicles from the application of provisions relating to the towing and removal of vehicles from parking lots; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to establish and maintain a database containing addresses for specified insurers and make the database available to any tower free of charge; etc.
HB-160: Motor Vehicles - Towing Practices and Procedures
Sponsored by: Rep. Talmadge Branch
Re-referred Judicial Proceedings on 04/07/2012
Natural Resources - State Boat Act - Fees and Requirements [HB-1307]
Altering the fee for specified vessel manufacturer's and vessel dealer's licenses; altering the expiration date for a temporary certificate of boat number; subjecting specified vessels operated by sail to specified vessel numbering requirements; etc.
HB-1307: Natural Resources - State Boat Act - Fees and Requirements
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/28/2012
State Highway Administration - Sale of Naming Rights to State Highways [HB-1299]
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-1299: State Highway Administration - Sale of Naming Rights to State Highways
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Hearing 3/14 At 4:00 P.m. on 02/29/2012
Unauthorized Signs on Highway Rights-of-Way - Exceptions [HB-1139]
Exempting a sign placed or maintained by a home builder or real estate broker during specified time periods from the prohibition against placing or maintaining a sign within the right-of-way of a State highway.
HB-1139: Unauthorized Signs on Highway Rights-of-Way - Exceptions
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/21/2012
Environment - Recycling - Manufacturer Takeback for E-Waste [HB-1136]
Prohibiting, beginning on January 1, 2013, specified electronics manufacturers from selling, offering for sale, or delivering for subsequent sale in the State specified electronic devices unless a specified label is permanently affixed to the device and the manufacturer has registered with and submitted a specified fee to the Department of the Environment in a specified manner; requiring specified electronics manufacturers to implement and finance specified electronics takeback programs and file specified reports; etc.
HB-1136: Environment - Recycling - Manufacturer Takeback for E-Waste
Sponsored by: Rep. Kirill Reznik
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters Withdrawn on 03/05/2012
Transportation - Temporary Advertising Signs on State Highways - Weekends [HB-1131]
Authorizing a person to place or maintain a temporary advertising sign that meets specified requirements on a State highway; providing that 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; authorizing the State Highway Administration to enter into a public-private partnership with an entity to allow the entity to display and maintain a sign on a State highway under specified circumstances; etc.
HB-1131: Transportation - Temporary Advertising Signs on State Highways - Weekends
Sponsored by: Sen. Andrew Serafini
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/21/2012
Sales and Use Tax - Services [HB-1051]
Altering the definition of a "taxable service" under the sales and use tax to impose the tax on specified services; exempting from the sales tax the sale of a parking facility or service by a political subdivision of the State; etc.
HB-1051: Sales and Use Tax - Services
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Hixson
Hearing 3/6 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/15/2012
Agritourism Activity - Civil Liability - Defense of Assumption of Inherent [HB-1032]
Providing that an agritourism professional who provides specified notice concerning inherent risks of agritourism activity to a participant in the activity is not subject to civil liability under specified circumstances; and providing for the application and construction of the Act.
HB-1032: Agritourism Activity - Civil Liability - Defense of Assumption of Inherent
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael McDermott
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary Withdrawn on 02/27/2012