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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Parking for Individuals with Disabilities - Van Accessible [HB-1018]
Prohibiting a person from stopping, standing, or parking a motor vehicle in a space designated as disabled van accessible unless the motor vehicle is a van and specified requirements are met; prohibiting a person from stopping, standing, or parking a motor vehicle in a specified access aisle accompanying a disabled van accessible parking space; requiring that a disabled van accessible parking space and the accompanying access aisle be identified in specified manners; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Referred To Interim Study By Environmental Matters on 03/21/2012
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Prescription Drugs - Dispensing Permits [SB-884]
Authorizing specified individuals who are licensed to practice specified health occupations in the State to dispense prescription drugs to patients under specified circumstances; requiring applicants to comply with specified standards; establishing specified standards for the operation of specified offices; establishing specified requirements to apply for a dispensing permit; requiring the State Board of Pharmacy to issue a dispensing permit under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Montgomery
Unfavorable Report By Education Health And Environmental Affairs Withdrawn on 03/25/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Alexander L. Booker Child Protection Construction Site Safety Act [SB-575]
Requiring that specified signs indicating dangers on a construction site be prominently displayed at the construction site at all times; requiring the signs to include specified information; requiring a construction site to have barricades enclosing specified dangers on a construction site under specified circumstances; and requiring specified construction equipment to be equipped with specified safety equipment.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Unfavorable Report By Finance Withdrawn on 03/08/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Raymond Scott Brown II Vehicle Towing Act [SB-572]
Providing for the statewide application of specified provisions of law governing the towing or removal of vehicles from parking lots; requiring a person who undertakes the towing or removal of vehicles from parking lots to provide notice to police departments before towing or removing a vehicle from a parking lot; repealing the requirement for a tower to provide notice to specified police departments after towing a vehicle from a parking lot; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 04/11/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Towing Practices and Procedures [SB-570]
Providing for the statewide application of provisions of law governing the towing or removal of vehicles from parking lots; establishing a motor vehicle towing, recovery, and storage lien on a towed motor vehicle on behalf of the tower or agent; authorizing a court to enter a judgment of restitution for a specified victim under specified circumstances; prohibiting a motor vehicle towing, recovery, and storage lienor from selling the motor vehicle to which the lien is attached under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Victor Ramirez
Favorable With Amendments Report By Environmental Matters on 04/09/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Chesapeake Bay Phosphorus Reduction Act of 2011 [SB-546]
Prohibiting low phosphorous fertilizers from being used on established turf; prohibiting specialty fertilizers from being labeled for specified uses on or after April 1, 2012; providing an exception; requiring the Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with the University of Maryland, to adopt regulations on or after April 1, 2012, that require signs to be posted where specialty fertilizer is sold or distributed; requiring the sign to contain specified information; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Astle
Hearing 3/8 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Chesapeake Bay Nitrogen Reduction Act of 2011 [SB-544]
Requiring the Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with the University of Maryland, to adopt regulations requiring specified signs to be posted where specialty fertilizer is sold or distributed on or after April 1, 2012; requiring the sign to contain specified information; prohibiting specified specialty fertilizers from being labeled for specified uses on or after April 1, 2012; prohibiting specified fertilizers from being sold or distributed for use on established lawns, grass, or turf on or after April 1, 2012; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/8 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Physicians - Medical Professional Liability Insurance Coverage - Notification [SB-5]
Requiring physicians licensed to practice medicine in the State to notify specified patients in writing and on specified visits of information about medical professional liability insurance coverage; requiring that the notification be provided to and signed by a patient at the time of the patient's first visit or at the first visit after the physician's receipt of information and be retained as part of the patient's medical records; requiring specified physicians to post information in their place of business; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/31 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/23/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
State Highway Administration - Unauthorized Signs on Highway Rights-of-Way [SB-410]
Providing for original jurisdiction of the District Court for specified actions; prohibiting a person without authorization from the State Highway Administration from placing a sign within the right-of- way of a State highway; clarifying that such signs may be removed by the Administration or other designated agencies; authorizing the Administration or a specified county or municipal corporation government to collect civil penalties and to seek an injunction against specified violations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jamin Raskin
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County - Drug-Free Zones Pilot Program - Public Parks and [SB-213]
Prohibiting a person in Anne Arundel County from manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, or possessing with intent to distribute a controlled dangerous substance in violation of a specified provision, or conspiring to commit the offenses, in a public park or recreation area; establishing penalties for a violation of the Act; establishing that a specified mandatory minimum penalty may not be suspended; establishing the ineligibility for parole for a specified person except under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Astle
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/28/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Business Regulation - Motor Fuel Advertising Signs - Requirements [SB-101]
Repealing the requirement that specified retail service station dealers advertise a price of mid-grade gasoline sold on the premises; repealing an obsolete provision of law relating to the sale of gasohol; authorizing signs to state a price for specified motor fuel products sold on the premises; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Edwards
Approved By The Governor on 04/12/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - Signs on Licensed Premises Prohibiting [HB-962]
Requiring a holder of a retail alcoholic beverages license in Baltimore City to post a sign on the licensed premises that states that State law prohibits the license holder from selling an alcoholic beverage to an individual under the age of 21 years; requiring the Board of Liquor License Commissioners to adopt guidelines for the design of the sign; and establishing penalties.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Dining Out Growth Act of 2011 [HB-941]
Authorizing a restaurant with an outdoor dining area to allow a patron's dog to accompany the patron in the outdoor dining area of the restaurant during specified hours; requiring specified restaurant owners to give notice to local health departments under specified circumstances; authorizing restaurant owners to make specified determinations and to limit the size and type of dog that may accompany a patron into the outdoor dining area; requiring specified restaurant owners to post a notice; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie Cullison
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Agriculture - Invasive Plants - Prevention and Control [HB-831]
Establishing the Invasive Plants Advisory Committee in the Department of Agriculture; providing for the membership and charge of the Committee; requiring the Secretary of Agriculture to adopt regulations relating to invasive plants by October 1, 2012; prohibiting specified activities involving specified invasive plants under specified circumstances; authorizing the Secretary to take specified action upon finding invasive plants; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Shane Robinson
Approved By The Governor on 04/12/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Chesapeake Bay Phosphorus Reduction Act of 2011 [HB-706]
Prohibiting low phosphorous fertilizers from being used on established turf; prohibiting specialty fertilizers from being labeled for specified uses on or after April 1, 2012; providing an exception; requiring the Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with the University of Maryland, to adopt regulations on or after April 1, 2012, that require signs to be posted where specialty fertilizer is sold or distributed; requiring the sign to contain specified information; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/21/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Chesapeake Bay Nitrogen Reduction Act of 2011 [HB-687]
Requiring the Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with the University of Maryland, to adopt regulations requiring specified signs to be posted where specialty fertilizer is sold or distributed on or after April 1, 2012; requiring the sign to contain specified information; prohibiting specified specialty fertilizers from being labeled for specified uses on or after April 1, 2012; prohibiting specified fertilizers from being sold or distributed for use on established lawns, grass, or turf on or after April 1, 2012; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/21/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Elections - Political Outdoor Signs - Removal and Destruction [HB-6]
Decreasing from 15 to 5 the number of days after an election within which outdoor signs advertising a candidate or the support or defeat of a proposition must be removed; authorizing the government of a county or municipality to remove and destroy political outdoor signs that are not removed within 5 days; and authorizing the government of a county or municipality to charge the candidate or the chair of the political committee that erected the sign for the cost of removing and destroying the sign.
Sponsored by: Rep. Veronica Turner
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means on 02/28/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Work Zone Speed Control Systems - Signage [HB-514]
Providing that a road sign required to notify drivers that a speed monitoring system may be in operation in a work zone must also notify drivers that images of motor vehicles may be recorded even if there are no workers present.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Morhaim
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/07/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Towing Practices and Procedures [HB-356]
Providing for the statewide application of provisions of law governing the towing or removal of vehicles from parking lots; establishing a motor vehicle towing, recovery, and storage lien on a towed motor vehicle on behalf of the tower or agent for specified charges; prohibiting a motor vehicle towing, recovery, and storage lienor from selling the motor vehicle to which the lien is attached under specified circumstances; specifying the manner in which a motor vehicle towing, recovery, and storage lienor may sell a vehicle; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Senators Raskin, Frosh, And Shank on 04/07/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
State Highway Administration - Unauthorized Signs on Highway Rights-of-Way [HB-289]
Providing for original jurisdiction of the District Court for specified actions; prohibiting a person without authorization from the State Highway Administration from placing a sign within the right-of- way of a State highway; clarifying that such signs may be removed by the Administration or other designated agencies; authorizing the Administration or a specified county or municipal corporation government to collect civil penalties and to seek an injunction against specified violations; repealing a reporting requirement; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ben Barnes
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011