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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Tobacco Taxes - Healthy Maryland Initiative [HB-108]
[Taxes ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Altering specified fees for licenses for tobacco manufacturers, retailers, and storage warehouses; altering specified fees for licenses for other tobacco products manufacturers, retailers, tobacconists, and storage warehouses; requiring a specified level of funding for the Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Program; altering the tobacco tax rates on cigarettes and other tobacco products; requiring a person to obtain specified permits before selling and shipping directly to a consumer in the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Luedtke
Hearing 2/24 At 1:00 P.m. (ways And Means) on 02/24/2015
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Courts - Electronic Communications - Privacy [SB-924]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Expanding the application of a provision of law that requires an investigative or law enforcement officer to obtain a specified search warrant in order to require a provider of wire or electronic communication service to disclose the contents of wire or electronic communications system for 180 days or less to a wire or electronic communication that is in electronic storage for any amount of time.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Third Reading Passed (47-0) on 04/03/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Caroline County - Volunteer Fire Companies - Storage of Alcoholic Beverages [SB-764]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing volunteer fire companies in Caroline County to store alcoholic beverages on licensed premises in between specified licensed events under specified circumstances; requiring a license holder to keep specified records of specified alcoholic beverages on the licensed premises for 2 years; requiring that specified records be available for inspection by specified personnel; requiring specified records to include a specified inventory of specified alcoholic beverages; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 337 on 05/05/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Maryland Oil Disaster Containment, Clean-Up and Contingency Fund and Oil Contaminated Site Environmental Cleanup Fund [SB-678]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Water ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the basis for calculating a specified license fee credited to the Maryland Oil Disaster Containment, Clean-Up and Contingency Fund; altering the date by which the Department of the Environment is required to report annually to specified subcommittees of the General Assembly; extending the deadline by which the owner of a specified eligible heating oil tank may apply for reimbursement of specified costs from the Oil Contaminated Site Environmental Cleanup Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 325 on 05/05/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Limited Lines Insurance Licenses - Self-Service Storage Producers [SB-490]
[Insurance ]
[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to issue a limited lines license as a self-service storage producer to an owner of a self-service storage facility and specified individuals who meet specified requirements; providing for the scope of the license; prohibiting an owner from offering or selling specified insurance unless the owner holds a specified license and makes a specified designation; requiring an applicant for a license to file a specified application with the Commissioner; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Astle
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 174 on 04/14/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Business Regulation - Automated Purchasing Machines - Licensing of Buyers and Required Records [SB-382]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring a person to have a specified license before doing business as a buyer of personal property by means of an automated purchasing machine in the State; requiring applicants for a buyer license and a specified resident agent of an applicant or a licensee to apply for a national and State criminal history records check; requiring a buyer to ensure that each automated purchasing machine that the buyer owns or operates in the State meets specified requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 161 on 04/14/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Public Schools and Institutions of Higher Education - Artificial Trans Fat - Prohibition [SB-251]
[Education ]
[Food ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Prohibiting a public school or public institution of higher education from storing, distributing, holding for service, using in the preparation of any menu item, or serving food containing artificial trans fat; and defining "artificial trans fat".
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs; Withdrawn on 02/13/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Somerset County - Alcoholic Beverages - Micro-Brewery Licenses [SB-250]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Adding Somerset County to the list of jurisdictions in which a Class 7 micro-brewery license may be issued; and adding Somerset County to the list of jurisdictions in which the holder of a Class 7 micro-brewery license may sell at retail beer brewed under the license to customers for consumption off the licensed premises in specified refillable containers.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 286 on 05/05/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Reports to Crimesolvers/Crimestoppers Organization - Inadmissibility and Confidentiality [SB-234]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing that evidence of a communication or information contained in the communication between an individual reporting alleged criminal activity to a specified Crimesolvers/Crimestoppers organization and the individual who accepts the report is not admissible in a court proceeding; establishing that a law enforcement agency that receives specified information may not disclose the identity of the individual who provided the information under a promise of anonymity; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/17/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Health General - Milk Products - Direct-to-Consumer Sale of Raw Milk [SB-1092]
[Agriculture ]
[Food ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Excluding specified sales of raw milk from specified State regulation of milk products; creating an exception to the prohibition against the sale of raw milk; authorizing the sale of raw milk directly to the consumer in accordance with specified requirements; restricting the authorization to sell raw milk directly to the consumer to specified persons; requiring testing of specified animals; prohibiting the sale of raw milk unless a specified contract is executed; requiring specified testing of specified animals; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. J.B. Jennings
Hearing 3/06 At 11:00 A.m. on 03/06/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Business Regulation - Automated Purchasing Machines - Licensing of Buyers and Required Records [HB-918]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring a person to have a specified license before doing business as a buyer of personal property by means of an automated purchasing machine in the State; requiring applicants for a buyer's license and a resident agent of an applicant or a licensee to apply for a specified criminal history records check; requiring a buyer to ensure that each automated purchasing machine that the buyer owns or operates in the State meets requirements; requiring a buyer to use an individual screen transaction under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Clippinger
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/15/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Business Regulation - Automated Purchasing Machines - Requirements and Records [HB-85]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring an automated purchasing machine to require a seller of specified personal property to provide specified information before the completion of a transaction; requiring an automated purchasing machine to verify specified information through specified documentation submitted by a seller; establishing specified record keeping and reporting requirements for an APM operator; requiring an APM operator to keep specified personal property in the State for a specified period of time; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/15/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Public Schools and Institutions of Higher Education - Artificial Trans Fat - Prohibition [HB-736]
[Education ]
[Food ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting a public school or public institution of higher education from storing, distributing, holding for service, using in the preparation of any menu item, or serving food containing artificial trans fat; and defining "artificial trans fat" as the specific type of fat formed by adding hydrogen to liquid vegetable oil to make the oil more solid, and including partially hydrogenated vegetable shortening, margarine, and vegetable oil.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Carter
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 02/11/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Public Safety - DNA Samples and Records - Collection, Use, Storage, and Expungement [HB-680]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring a governmental unit that collects DNA samples or maintains DNA records for law enforcement purposes to comply with specified provisions of law governing the collection, use, and expungement of DNA samples and records; and prohibiting a DNA sample from being stored unless it is required to be collected or stored under specified provisions of law.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/11/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Limited Lines Insurance Licenses - Self-Service Storage Producers [HB-603]
[Insurance ]
[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to issue a limited lines license as a self-service storage producer to an owner or operator of a self-service storage facility and certain individuals who meet specified requirements; providing for the scope of the license; providing that an owner is not required to be licensed under specified circumstances; requiring an applicant for a license to file a specified application with the Commissioner; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/15/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Environment - Hydraulic Fracturing Wastewater - Prohibited Acts [HB-409]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Water ]
[Energy ]
Prohibiting a person from storing, treating, discharging, or disposing of, in the State, wastewater resulting from hydraulic fracturing.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/10/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Business Regulation - Automated Purchasing Machines - Licensing of Operators and Required Records [HB-338]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Small Business ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring a person to have an automated purchasing machine (APM) license before doing business as an APM operator; establishing the application process for an APM operator license; requiring applicants for an APM operator license and specified employees of an applicant or licensee to apply for a national and State criminal history check; providing for circumstances in which the Secretary can deny, reprimand, suspend, or revoke a license; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Clippinger
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/15/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Somerset County - Alcoholic Beverages - Micro-Brewery Licenses [HB-287]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Adding Somerset County to the list of jurisdictions in which a Class 7 micro-brewery license may be issued; and adding Somerset County to the list of jurisdictions in which the holder of a Class 7 micro-brewery license may sell at retail beer brewed under the license to customers for consumption off the licensed premises in specified refillable containers.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Otto
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/15/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Towing, Recovery, and Storage - Methods of Payment [HB-1467]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Repealing specified payment alternatives that under specified circumstances allow a person that provides vehicle towing, recovery, or storage services to avoid having to accept payment by at least two major, nationally recognized credit cards; requiring a police department or any other person that stores an abandoned vehicle to accept payment for outstanding towing, preservation, and storage charges by cash or at least two major, nationally recognized credit cards; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Curtis Anderson
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/20/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Health Occupations - Compound Drugs - Provision to Ophthalmologists for Office Use [HB-1088]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizing a pharmacy for which a pharmacy permit has been issued by the State Board of Pharmacy and a sterile compounding facility to provide to an ophthalmologist for office use, without a patient-specific prescription, specified compound drugs for specified purposes; requiring sterile compounding facility to require the ophthalmologist to provide to the sterile compounding facility the identity of any patient to whom the drugs are administered; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 640 on 05/15/2014