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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County - Automated Political Telephone Calls - Prohibition [SB-527]
[Elections ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting a person from placing or causing to have placed an automated telephone call to a residential telephone number in Anne Arundel County that is registered on the national do-not-call registry with the purpose of promoting a political candidate or advertising, campaigning, or soliciting donations for or against a political candidate, or relating to a political issue; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Simonaire
Hearing 3/1 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2011
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Prince George's County - Development and Ethics Reform Act of 2011 [SB-517]
[Ethics ]
[Community Development ]
[Real Estate ]
[Construction ]
Specifying that the ethics provisions required to be enacted by Prince George's County shall contain specified provisions; limiting review by the County Council for Prince George's County, sitting as a district council, of actions taken by the planning board on specified site development plans to specified circumstances; prohibiting a person from entering into any agreement for contingent compensation; prohibiting specified elected county officials from conditioning the approval of specified applications on specified requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Miller
Hearing 3/3 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/16/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Prince George's County - Ethics Reforms [SB-509]
[Ethics ]
Specifying that the ethics provisions required to be enacted by Prince George's County shall prohibit a person from lobbying the county government for contingent compensation, prohibit the county government from issuing a credit card to specified officials, prohibit an elected county official from soliciting specified persons to provide a monetary benefit to specified other persons, make specified changes to the board of ethics, and provide for meetings of the board of ethics.
Sponsored by: Sen. Douglas Peters
Approved By The Governor on 04/12/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Frederick County - Roadside Solicitation of Money or Donations - Permit Program [SB-331]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing Frederick County or a municipal corporation in Frederick County under specified conditions to enact a permit program allowing a person to stand in a roadway, median divider, or intersection to solicit money or donations from the occupant of a vehicle; requiring a permit application to include specified information; requiring the county or municipal corporation to approve or deny an application within 5 days after the application is filed; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Young
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/19/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Prince George's County - Development and Ethics Reform Act of 2011 [HB-993]
[Ethics ]
[Community Development ]
[Real Estate ]
[Construction ]
Specifying that the ethics provisions required to be enacted by Prince George's County shall contain specified provisions; limiting review by the County Council for Prince George's County, sitting as a district council, of actions taken by the planning board on specified site development plans to specified circumstances; prohibiting a person from entering into any agreement for contingent compensation; prohibiting specified elected county officials from conditioning the approval of specified applications on specified requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
First Reading Environmental Matters on 02/11/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Montgomery County - Solicitation of Money or Donations from Occupants of [HB-832]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Community Development ]
Authorizing the Montgomery County Council to enact a local law to require a person to obtain a specified permit before standing in a median divider or on a sidewalk adjacent to a roadway to solicit money or donations from the occupant of a vehicle; prohibiting a person from soliciting money or donations in violation of a local law enacted under the Act; prohibiting a local law enacted under the Act from authorizing issuance of a specified permit to a minor; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters Withdrawn on 03/17/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Ethics Law - Soliciting the Employment of Lobbyists [HB-46]
[Ethics ]
Prohibiting a State official or public official from initiating a solicitation for a person to retain the services of a particular regulated lobbyist or lobbying firm.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anthony O'Donnell
Hearing 3/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/16/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Frederick County - Roadside Solicitation of Money or Donations - Permit Program [HB-263]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing Frederick County or a municipal corporation in Frederick County under specified conditions to enact a permit program allowing a person to stand in a roadway, median divider, or intersection to solicit money or donations from the occupant of a vehicle; requiring a permit application to include specified information; requiring the county or municipal corporation to approve or deny an application within 5 days; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Prince George's County - Permit Program for Roadside Solicitation of Money or [HB-1104]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Community Development ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Extending the termination date for specified provisions of law authorizing the County Council of Prince George's County to enact a permit program to allow a person to stand in a roadway, median divider, or intersection to solicit money or donations from the occupant of a vehicle.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor on 05/10/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Prince George's County - Ethics Reforms [HB-1090]
[Ethics ]
Specifying that the ethics provisions required to be enacted by Prince George's County shall prohibit a person from lobbying the county government for contingent compensation, prohibit the county government from issuing a credit card to specified officials, prohibit an elected county official from soliciting specified persons to provide a benefit to specified other persons, make specified changes to the board of ethics, and provide for an ethics advisor.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
First Reading Environmental Matters on 02/11/2011
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Public-Private Partnerships - Oversight [SB-979]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Finance ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring specified State agencies to submit a report concerning a proposed public-private partnership to the State Treasurer and specified committees of the General Assembly not less than 45 days prior to issuing a public notice of solicitation for the public- private partnership; requiring specified State agencies to submit an annual report concerning public-private partnerships that are under consideration to specified committees of the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Verna Jones-Rodwell
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Public Pension Fund Protection Act [SB-862]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Prohibiting a fiduciary, an investment manager, a placement agent, or an actuary for the State Retirement and Pension System from contacting the Board of Trustees or any employee of the State Retirement Agency within 2 years after leaving that position with the intent to initiate specified actions; requiring the Board of Trustees to adopt regulations to require the disclosure of payments to placement agents with regard to the investment of the assets of the State Retirement and Pension System; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Harrington
Re-referred Budget And Taxation on 02/19/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Simulated Census Documents - Prohibition [SB-680]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from using, sending, or delivering to another a document that simulates an official letter, survey, or questionnaire relating to the decennial census of the United States or implies a specified association with certain government entities for a specified purpose; prohibiting a person from using a logo, seal, insignia, envelope, or other form that simulates specified identifying information of any governmental unit; providing specified penalties for violations of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Harrington
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/29/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Crimes - Harassment - Prohibitions and Penalties [SB-298]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Expanding the prohibition against a person engaging in conduct that alarms or seriously annoys another to include conduct with the intent to abuse, torment, or embarrass the other; expanding the prohibition against telephone harassment to include anonymous and repeated calls that are reasonably expected to or are intended to alarm another; providing that the prohibition against telephone harassment does not apply to a peaceable activity intended to express a political view or provide information to others; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Simonaire
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 01/27/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Human Trafficking - Prohibitions [SB-261]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person from knowingly engaging in a device, scheme, or continuing course of conduct intended to cause another to believe that if the other did not take part in a sexually explicit performance the other or a third person would suffer physical restraint or serious physical harm; prohibiting a person from knowingly destroying, concealing, removing, confiscating, or possessing specified documents of another person while violating specified prohibitions; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Simonaire
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Crimes - Harassment - Prohibitions and Penalties [HB-762]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Expanding the prohibition against a person engaging in conduct that alarms or seriously annoys another to include conduct with the intent to abuse, torment, or embarrass the other; expanding the prohibition against telephone harassment to include anonymous and repeated calls that are reasonably expected to or are intended to alarm another; providing that the prohibition against telephone harassment does not apply to a peaceable activity intended to express a political view or provide information to others; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/22/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Human Trafficking - Prohibitions [HB-283]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person from knowingly engaging in a device, scheme, or continuing course of conduct intended to cause another to believe that if the other did not take part in a sexually explicit performance the other or a third person would suffer physical restraint or serious physical harm; prohibiting a person from knowingly destroying, concealing, removing, confiscating, or possessing specified documents of another person while violating specified prohibitions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Public-Private Partnerships - Oversight [HB-1370]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Finance ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requiring specified State agencies to submit a report concerning a proposed public-private partnership to the State Treasurer and specified committees of the General Assembly not less than 45 days prior to issuing a public notice of solicitation for the public- private partnership; requiring specified State agencies to submit an annual report concerning public-private partnerships that are under consideration to specified committees of the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Talmadge Branch
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Procurement - Minority Business Enterprises - Waiver Requirements [HB-1236]
[Small Business ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Economic Development ]
Prohibiting specified units of government from waiving the obligations of a contractor relating to minority business participation unless the contractor publishes a solicitation for minority business participation, does not receive a response to the solicitation, and at least 30 days have passed since the date the solicitation was published.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 03/25/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Criminal Gang Activity - Gang Solicitation [HB-1211]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person from soliciting, inviting, recruiting, encouraging, or otherwise causing or attempting to cause an individual to participate in a criminal gang; and applying a misdemeanor penalty that imposes on a person who is convicted of a violation of the Act a term of imprisonment not exceeding 2 years or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 04/12/2010