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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Election Law - Required Notifications - Voter Challenges or Intimidation [HB-168]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Requiring specimen ballots mailed to registered voters before an election to include a specified notification concerning the forms of identification an individual may present to establish the individual's identity if the individual's right to vote is challenged at the polls; requiring information to be posted in each polling place concerning the forms of identification an individual may present to establish the individual's identity if the individual's right to vote is challenged at the polls; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Luedtke
Hearing 2/07 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/07/2017
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Public Health - Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder - Identification and Posting of Information [HB-184]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to identify, in consultation with stakeholders who wish to participate, specified up-to-date, evidence-based, written information relating to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder; requiring the Department to post specified information in a printable form on the Department's Web site that may be accessed by health care practitioners engaged in treating children and adolescents for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 768 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Health - Use of Medical Oxygen in Residential Dwellings - Smoking and Open Flame Restrictions [SB-175]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
Prohibiting an individual from lighting or smoking specified matters or substances that contain tobacco in a room of a residential dwelling in which medical oxygen is being used and within a specified number of feet of a specified room of a specified residential dwelling; prohibiting an individual from having an open flame in a room of a residential dwelling in which medical oxygen is being used and within a specified number of feet of a specified room of a specified residential dwelling; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 02/23/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Physicians - Professional Liability Insurance Coverage - Notification and Posting Requirements [SB-193]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring physicians licensed to practice medicine in the State to notify patients in writing and on each visit of specified information relating to professional liability insurance coverage; requiring the notification to be signed by the patient and retained by the physicians as part of the patient records; requiring the physician to post specified information in a specified location in their place of practice; requiring the State Board of Physicians to develop specified language for the notification; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs; Withdrawn on 02/09/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Railroad Grade Crossings - Exempt Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Plaque [SB-98]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing the State Highway Administration to erect an exempt highway-rail grade crossing plaque at each railroad grade crossing in the State that is no longer in use by a railroad; specifying that the design and placement of a plaque shall be erected in accordance with the federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices; and exempting specified vehicles from the requirement to stop at specified railroad grade crossings if the railroad grade crossing has an exempt highway-rail grade crossing plaque.
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Reilly
Hearing 3/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/23/2018
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Plug-In Electric Drive Vehicles - Reserved Parking Spaces [HB-36]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
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 green 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 specified purposes; applying a civil penalty of $100 for a violation of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tawanna Gaines
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/01/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Baltimore City - High Crime Zones - Required Public Notice [HB-13]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Police Commissioner of Baltimore City to post signs reasonably calculated to notify the public of the presence of an area designated as a "High Crime Zone", A "Stop and Frisk Zone", or any similar name; and requiring signs to be placed intermittently around the perimeter of the designated areas to notify the public of the existence and effects of the designation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 04/07/2017