Crimes - Solicitation to Commit Murder - Penalty [HB-778]
Repealing the statute of limitations for the crime of solicitation to commit murder in the first degree; providing that a person who solicits another or conspires with another to commit murder in the first degree is guilty of a felony; establishing a certain penalty; and providing for the application of the Act.
HB-778: Crimes - Solicitation to Commit Murder - Penalty
Sponsored by: Rep. Geraldine Valentino-Smith
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/15/2018
Campaign Finance Entities - Solicitation Disclosures - Expenditures [HB-383]
Requiring a solicitation by or for certain political action committees to contain a disclosure statement; requiring the disclosure statement to satisfy certain requirements and contain certain information; providing that certain political action committees that receive a contribution as a result of a violation of the Act must refund the contribution and may be assessed a civil penalty by the State Board of Elections; providing for the assessment process, maximum amount, and distribution of a civil penalty; etc.
Election Law - Fund-Raising and Donations in Connection With a Campaign - Prohibition on Firearms [HB-1805]
Prohibiting candidates and certain persons associated with candidates from receiving certain contributions through, conducting fund-raising events using, and soliciting certain contributions through the sale of prohibited firearms; prohibiting candidates and certain persons associated with candidates from giving away or donating prohibited firearms in connection with a campaign; authorizing the State Board of Elections to impose a civil penalty for a violation of the Act by a campaign finance entity; etc.
HB-1805: Election Law - Fund-Raising and Donations in Connection With a Campaign - Prohibition on Firearms
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephen Lafferty
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/05/2018
21st Century School Facilities Act [HB-1783]
Altering the requirements for awarding school construction contracts; renaming the Interagency Committee on School Construction as the Interagency Commission on School Construction; requiring the Commission to develop and approve policies, procedures, guidelines, and regulations on school construction allocations to local jurisdictions in an independent and merit-based manner; establishing the Workgroup on the Assessment and Funding of School Facilities and the School Safety Grant Program; etc.
HB-1783: 21st Century School Facilities Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne Jones
Gubernatorial Veto Override - Chapter 14 on 04/05/2018
Transportation - Aviation - Nonairport Taxicab Operators at BWI [HB-137]
Prohibiting a nonairport taxicab operator from soliciting commercial passengers at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport; requiring a nonairport taxicab operator to immediately depart the Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport terminal after dropping off a commercial passenger; authorizing a certain taxicab operator to park in a public parking lot at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport; establishing a civil penalty of up to $500 for violation of the Act; etc.
HB-137: Transportation - Aviation - Nonairport Taxicab Operators at BWI
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 803 on 05/26/2018
State Board of Dental Examiners - Appointment of Members [SB-994]
Repealing a certain balloting and nomination process to select the names of certain candidates to submit to the Governor to be members of the State Board of Dental Examiners; requiring the Board, within a certain period of time, to notify certain practicing licensees and professional organizations of a vacancy on the Board, provide certain information, solicit certain nominations for the vacancy, and forward certain nominations and petitions to the Governor; and authorizing the Governor to fill a vacancy on the Board in a certain manner.
SB-994: State Board of Dental Examiners - Appointment of Members
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/20/2019
Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment [SB-871]
Providing that the General Assembly finds that all State residents have a right to health care; providing it is the intent of the General Assembly to establish a comprehensive universal single-payer health care coverage program and a health care cost control system; establishing Healthy Maryland as a public corporation and a unit of State government to provide comprehensive universal health coverage for every State resident; requiring Healthy Maryland to provide certain services for residents of the State by January 1, 2021; etc.
SB-871: Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/04/2019
Transportation Climate Accountability Act of 2019 [SB-788]
Requiring the Department of the Environment, in conjunction with a reporting agency, to conduct a comprehensive study regarding the environmental impact of certain public-private partnership projects under certain circumstances; prohibiting a reporting agency for certain proposed public-private partnerships from submitting a certain presolicitation report before the submission of the comprehensive study; requiring that the study to inventory and estimate certain environmental impacts at certain intervals; etc.
SB-788: Transportation Climate Accountability Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2019
Criminal Law - Human Trafficking and Prostitution Offenses [SB-690]
Altering the elements of the prohibitions against human trafficking and renaming them sex trafficking; prohibiting a person from knowingly taking another for prostitution by use of or intent to use force, threat, coercion, or fraud; prohibiting a person from knowingly engaging in certain conduct with the intent to compel another to marry any person under certain circumstances; classifying the offense of human trafficking as a crime of violence under certain provisions of law; etc.
SB-690: Criminal Law - Human Trafficking and Prostitution Offenses
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 22 on 04/18/2019
Primary and Secondary Education - Community Schools - Established [SB-661]
Establishing community schools in the State for the purpose of providing an integrated focus on academics, health and social services, youth and community development, and familial and community engagement; requiring a community school to have a community school coordinator with responsibility for developing and implementing a plan based on an assessment of needs for the community school; authorizing local school systems to form a school-community partnership for the planning and implementation of a community school; etc.
SB-661: Primary and Secondary Education - Community Schools - Established
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 529 on 05/13/2019
Medical Laboratories - Laboratory Tests and Procedures - Advertising [SB-495]
Authorizing a person, subject to certain limitations, to directly or indirectly advertise for or solicit business in the State for a diagnostic laboratory test or procedure ordered by a physician and performed by a medical laboratory that is certified under 42 U.S.C. § 263a; requiring a certain person to disclose that the test or procedure may or may not be covered by health insurance; authorizing the Secretary of Health to take legal action to restrict the marketing of the test or procedure under certain circumstances; etc.
SB-495: Medical Laboratories - Laboratory Tests and Procedures - Advertising
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 413 on 05/13/2019
Medical Laboratories - Use or Sale of Data for Research Study and Advertising or Solicitation of Business [SB-1035]
Prohibiting a medical laboratory from using or selling to another person certain data for use in a research study unless a certain individual provides consent to the medical laboratory; repealing a prohibition on certain advertising or solicitation of business for a medical laboratory; and authorizing a certain person to advertise or solicit business in the State for a medical laboratory under certain circumstances: etc.
SB-1035: Medical Laboratories - Use or Sale of Data for Research Study and Advertising or Solicitation of Business
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Hearing Canceled on 03/15/2019
Public-Private Partnerships - Presolicitation Reports - Environmental Impact Statement Requirement [HB-91]
Prohibiting a reporting agency for certain proposed public-private partnerships from submitting a certain presolicitation report before a draft environmental impact statement that complies with the National Environmental Policy Act is available; requiring the Department of Transportation and the Maryland Transportation Authority to withdraw a certain presolicitation report; prohibiting the resubmission of the report until a certain draft environmental impact statement is adopted and a certain alternative is selected; etc.
Criminal Law - Human Trafficking and Prostitution Offenses [HB-871]
Altering the elements of the prohibitions against human trafficking and renaming them sex trafficking; prohibiting a person from knowingly taking another for prostitution by use of or intent to use force, threat, coercion, or fraud; prohibiting a person from knowingly engaging in certain conduct with the intent to compel another to marry any person under certain circumstances; classifying a certain offense of human trafficking as a crime of violence under certain provisions of law; etc.
HB-871: Criminal Law - Human Trafficking and Prostitution Offenses
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Chang
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 21 on 04/18/2019
State Board of Dental Examiners - Appointment of Members [HB-807]
Repealing a certain balloting and nomination process to select the names of certain candidates to submit to the Governor to be members of the State Board of Dental Examiners; requiring the Board, within a certain period of time, to notify certain practicing licensees and professional organizations of a vacancy on the Board, provide certain information, solicit certain nominations for the vacancy, and forward certain nominations and petitions to the Governor; and authorizing the Governor to fill a vacancy on the Board in a certain manner.
HB-807: State Board of Dental Examiners - Appointment of Members
Sponsored by: Rep. Sid Saab
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 04/03/2019
Primary and Secondary Education - Community Schools - Established [HB-733]
Establishing community schools in the State; requiring a community school to have a community school coordinator and a community school leadership team; requiring the community school leadership team to conduct a certain assessment of needs and assets and to develop a certain implementation plan; requiring the community school leadership team, in cooperation with the community school coordinator, to oversee the implementation of the plan; authorizing local school systems to form a school-community partnership; etc.
HB-733: Primary and Secondary Education - Community Schools - Established
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2019