State Personnel and Procurement - Service Contracts - Reporting and Audit Requirements [HB-158]
Requiring that specified units meet with the exclusive representative of the employees who may be affected by the service contract to discuss specified alternatives to service contracts under specified circumstances; requiring that specified service contracts be subject to a legislative audit to determine compliance with specified requirements; requiring that the findings of the specified legislative audit be made available to the public; etc.
HB-158: State Personnel and Procurement - Service Contracts - Reporting and Audit Requirements
Sponsored by: Sen. Craig Zucker
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 403 on 05/12/2015
You have voted HB-150: Secretary of State and Attorney General - Charitable Enforcement and Protection of Charitable Assets - Workgroup Reports - Extension.
State Boat Act - Registered Vessel - Disclosure of Owner Information [HB-1254]
Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to disclose specified information relating to the owner of a registered vessel to a specified dealer if requested for a specified purpose; limiting the information that the Department may disclose to a specified dealer; authorizing the Department to impose a fee not to exceed $150 for providing specified information; requiring the Department to provide specified information via electronic means; and prohibiting the Department from providing specified information in printed hard copy.
HB-1254: State Boat Act - Registered Vessel - Disclosure of Owner Information
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Arentz
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/06/2015
Consumer Protection - Maryland Telephone Consumer Protection Act [HB-1163]
Requiring the Office of the Attorney General to include on the Web site of the Office's Division of Consumer Protection an explanation of a consumer's rights under the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act and a link to the Federal Trade Commission's National Do Not Call Registry Web site where consumers may register a telephone number, verify a registration, and submit a complaint.
Anne Arundel County - Solicitation of Money or Donations From Occupants of Vehicles - Prohibitions and Permit Program [HB-1152]
Altering a prohibition, in Anne Arundel County, to prohibit a person from standing, or causing, encouraging, allowing, or petitioning another to stand, in a roadway, a median divider, or an intersection to solicit money or donations from the occupant of a vehicle; authorizing the governing body of the county or of a municipal corporation in the county to enact a specified permit program; authorizing permits for no more than 7 calendar days; requiring the county to develop a plan to include traffic safety training; etc.
HB-1152: Anne Arundel County - Solicitation of Money or Donations From Occupants of Vehicles - Prohibitions and Permit Program
Sponsored by: Rep.
First Reading Senate Rules on 04/11/2015
Family Law - Rehoming of Adopted Children [HB-1125]
Prohibiting a person from rehoming a child, committing specified acts related to rehoming a child, conspiring in the commission of specified acts related to rehoming a child, or acting as an accessory to the commission of specified acts related to rehoming a child; providing that the Act does not apply to the placement of a child by a licensed attorney, a child placement agency, or the State Department of Human Resources; and imposing a specified penalty.
HB-1125: Family Law - Rehoming of Adopted Children
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/19/2015
Crimes - Solicitation to Commit Murder or Arson - Statute of Limitations [HB-1046]
Providing that the statute of limitations for the crime of solicitation to commit murder in the first degree, murder in the second degree, arson in the first degree, or arson in the second degree is the statute of limitations for the prosecution of the substantive crime that is the subject of the solicitation.
HB-1046: Crimes - Solicitation to Commit Murder or Arson - Statute of Limitations
Sponsored by: Rep. Brett Wilson
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/19/2015
Health Insurance - Medicare Marketing Rules [SB-98]
Requiring an insurance producer, when soliciting or advertising the sale of a Medicare Advantage Plan, Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug Plan, Medicare Prescription Drug Plan (Part D), or Medicare Section 1876 cost plan, to comply with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Medicare Marketing Guidelines, including the prohibitions against specified activities.
SB-98: Health Insurance - Medicare Marketing Rules
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 25 on 04/08/2014
Secretary of State and Attorney General - Charitable Enforcement and Protection of Charitable Assets [SB-964]
Authorizing the Attorney General to take specified actions relating to investigations of alleged violations of laws relating to charitable organizations and charitable representatives; repealing specified authority for the legal counsel for the Office of the Secretary of State to administer oaths and examine an individual under oath; providing a specified enforcement action or other remedy is subject to specified immunity or limitation on liability; establishing the Charitable Enforcement Fund; etc.
SB-964: Secretary of State and Attorney General - Charitable Enforcement and Protection of Charitable Assets
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Third Reading Passed (47-0) on 04/03/2014
Crimes - Solicitation to Commit Murder or Arson - Statute of Limitations [HB-646]
Providing that the statute of limitations for the crime of solicitation to commit murder in the first degree, murder in the second degree, arson in the first degree, or arson in the second degree is the statute of limitations for the prosecution of the substantive crime that is the subject of the solicitation.
HB-646: Crimes - Solicitation to Commit Murder or Arson - Statute of Limitations
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 02/24/2014
Secretary of State and Attorney General - Charitable Enforcement and Protection of Charitable Assets [HB-1352]
Authorizing the Attorney General to take specified actions relating to investigations of alleged violations of laws relating to charitable organizations and charitable representatives; providing that a specified enforcement action or other remedy is subject to specified immunity or limitation on liability; requiring that an action to enforce specified provisions of the Act be brought within a specified period of time; etc.
HB-1352: Secretary of State and Attorney General - Charitable Enforcement and Protection of Charitable Assets
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 654 on 05/15/2014
Procurement - Preferences - Rural County Business Enterprise Participation [SB-789]
Establishing a specified participation goal for specified rural county business enterprises for specified procurement contracts; requiring specified solicitation documents to establish the degree of participation based on specified information; providing that specified provisions of the Act do not apply in specified circumstances; requiring a unit to award specified procurement contracts to specified bidders or offerors under specified circumstances; etc.
SB-789: Procurement - Preferences - Rural County Business Enterprise Participation
Sponsored by: Sen. E. J. Pipkin
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/14/2013
Referendum Integrity Act [SB-673]
Requiring a petition signature page to contain a specified notification and be completed on a specified form; altering the information an individual must provide to sign a petition; establishing specified requirements for an online petition system; establishing specified requirements for petition circulators; requiring that a specified determination of whether a petition has a sufficient number of signatures be made in a specified manner; etc.
SB-673: Referendum Integrity Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/28/2013
Public-Private Partnerships [SB-538]
Establishing the policy of the State on public-private partnerships; authorizing a reporting agency to establish a public-private partnership and execute an agreement in connection with specified functions, services, or assets; requiring a reporting agency to adopt regulations and establish processes for the development, solicitation, evaluation, award, and delivery of public-private partnerships; etc.
SB-538: Public-Private Partnerships
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Hearing 2/20 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/20/2013
Criminal Procedure - Expungement of Records - Not Criminally Responsible [SB-479]
Authorizing a person to file a petition for expungement of criminal records if the person was found not criminally responsible under any State or local law that prohibits specified acts; specifying that a petition for expungement based on a finding of not criminally responsible under the Act may not be filed within a specified period of time; etc.
SB-479: Criminal Procedure - Expungement of Records - Not Criminally Responsible
Sponsored by: Sen. Lisa Gladden
Hearing 4/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/06/2013
Crimes - Solicitation to Commit Murder or Arson - Statute of Limitations [SB-416]
Providing that the statute of limitations for the crime of solicitation to commit murder in the first degree, murder in the second degree, arson in the first degree, or arson in the second degree is the statute of limitations for the prosecution of the substantive crime that is the subject of the solicitation.
SB-416: Crimes - Solicitation to Commit Murder or Arson - Statute of Limitations
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/07/2013
Maryland Health Progress Act of 2013 [SB-274]
Altering eligibility requirements for the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and the definition of "former foster care adolescent" to conform to federal eligibility requirements; authorizing the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to provide specified grants; adding to the purposes for which a specified assessment in hospital rates may be used; exempting the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange and its employees from specified provisions of law governing third party administrators; etc.
SB-274: Maryland Health Progress Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/28/2013