Health - Prescription Drug Affordability Board [SB-759]
Establishing the Prescription Drug Affordability Board to protect State residents, State and local governments, commercial health plans, health care providers, pharmacies licensed in the State, and other stakeholders within the health care system from the high costs of prescription drug products; providing for the membership of the Board and the disclosure of certain conflicts of interest; requiring the Board to identify certain prescription drug products with certain costs; etc.
SB-759: Health - Prescription Drug Affordability Board
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Favorable With Amendments Report By Health And Government Operations on 04/08/2019
Maryland Easy Enrollment Health Insurance Program [HB-814]
Establishing the Maryland Easy Enrollment Health Insurance Program to improve data collection on uninsured individuals and to maximize enrollment of eligible uninsured individuals in affordable insurance programs; requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to establish a Maryland Easy Enrollment Health Insurance Program Advisory Workgroup; requiring the Comptroller to include a certain checkoff, to indicate whether an individual is interested in obtaining minimum essential health coverage, on certain State income tax forms; etc.
HB-814: Maryland Easy Enrollment Health Insurance Program
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 423 on 05/13/2019
Health - Prescription Drug Affordability Board [HB-768]
Establishing the Prescription Drug Affordability Board to protect State residents and certain stakeholders from the high costs of prescription drug products; requiring the Board to collect data and identify prescription drug products that may cause affordability challenges; authorizing the Board to meet in closed session when discussing trade secrets; authorizing the Board to set an upper payment limit for certain drug products; creating a Stakeholder Council to assist the Board with certain reporting requirements; etc.
HB-768: Health - Prescription Drug Affordability Board
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 692 on 05/25/2019
Marijuana Laws - Full Disclosure of Legal, Employment, and Health Risks [HB-1307]
Requiring the Office of the Attorney General, at least 90 days before the implementation of any law that reduces penalties for or legalizes the use of marijuana, to establish an information system, including the creation of a website and public service announcements for radio, television, newspapers, and billboards, to notify the public of the risks related to the change in the law.
HB-1307: Marijuana Laws - Full Disclosure of Legal, Employment, and Health Risks
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Impallaria
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/14/2019
Relating To Taxation. [SB-675]
Requires that real estate investment trusts file returns reporting their shareholders' pro rata shares of net income and net income attributable to this State. Requires withholding on all payments to shareholders. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2019.
SB-675: Relating To Taxation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Les Ihara
The Committee On Wam Deferred The Measure. on 02/06/2019
Relating To Elections. [HB-712]
Requires candidates for President, Vice President, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Mayor to disclose their federal income tax returns to be listed on a general election ballot. Prohibits electors from voting for candidates for President or Vice President if those candidates have not disclosed their federal income tax returns. (HB712 HD1)
HB-712: Relating To Elections.
Sponsored by: Rep. Roy Takumi
Failed To Pass Third Reading. Ayes, 10; Aye(s) With Reservations: Senator(s) Ruderman, Taniguchi . Noes, 15 (senator(s) S. Chang, Dela Cruz, English, Fevella, Ihara, Inouye, Kanuha, J.keohokalole, Kidani, Kim, Moriwaki, Riviere, Shimabukuro, L. Thielen, Wakai). Excused, 0 (none). on 04/09/2019
Utilities - Surviving Spouse of Account Holder - Protections [SB-628]
Requiring a certain utility, on presentation of certain documents and without requiring certain information or imposing a fee or penalty, to temporarily keep a certain account open for a certain period of time or transfer a certain account to a surviving spouse under certain circumstances; and authorizing a certain utility to impose a fee or penalty or terminate an account for nonpayment under certain circumstances or close a certain account under certain circumstances.
SB-628: Utilities - Surviving Spouse of Account Holder - Protections
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 570 on 05/08/2020
Income Tax Checkoff - The Blueprint for Maryland's Future Fund [SB-644]
Establishing an income tax checkoff for voluntary contributions to The Blueprint for Maryland's Future Fund; requiring the Comptroller to include a checkoff on the individual income tax return; requiring the Comptroller to collect and account for contributions made through the checkoff and to credit the proceeds to the Fund after deducting the amount necessary to administer the checkoff; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019; etc.
SB-644: Income Tax Checkoff - The Blueprint for Maryland's Future Fund
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Hearing Canceled on 02/10/2020
Maryland Mortgage Lender Law - Considerations of a Mortgage Servicer - Borrower's Ability to Repay [SB-621]
Prohibiting a mortgage servicer from making or modifying certain mortgage loans without giving due regard to the borrower's ability to repay the loans; requiring that due regard to a borrower's ability to repay include consideration of a debt-to-income ratio and verification of certain income and assets through the review of certain written documentation; and exempting certain mortgage loans from the Act.
SB-621: Maryland Mortgage Lender Law - Considerations of a Mortgage Servicer - Borrower's Ability to Repay
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2020
Taxation – Tobacco Tax, Sales and Use Tax, and Digital Advertising Gross Revenues Tax [HB-732]
Increasing certain tax rates on cigarettes and other tobacco products; imposing a sales and use tax rate of 12% on electronic smoking devices; requiring the Governor to include at least $18,250,000 in the annual budget for fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal year thereafter for certain smoking cessation activities; requiring the Comptroller to distribute certain revenue attributable to certain taxes to The Blueprint for Maryland's Future Fund; imposing a tax on certain revenues from certain digital advertising services in the State; etc.
HB-732: Taxation – Tobacco Tax, Sales and Use Tax, and Digital Advertising Gross Revenues Tax
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Luedtke
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/07/2020
Child Support - Reporting of Employment Information [HB-647]
Transferring, from the Labor and Employment Article to the Family Law Article, certain provisions of law relating to the reporting of certain employment information concerning certain individuals for certain purposes relating to child support collection; transferring, from the Secretary of Labor to the Secretary of Human Services, certain duties and authority relating to the reporting of certain employment information concerning certain individuals; etc.
HB-647: Child Support - Reporting of Employment Information
Sponsored by: Rep.
First Reading Judiciary on 01/29/2020
Corporate Income Tax - Combined Reporting [HB-295]
Requiring affiliated corporations to compute Maryland taxable income using a certain combined reporting method; requiring the Comptroller to report by March 1 of each year an estimate of the total additional tax revenue from corporations to be collected in the next fiscal year as a result of the combined reporting method; requiring the Comptroller to distribute certain revenue from corporations to The Blueprint for Maryland's Future Fund; etc.
HB-295: Corporate Income Tax - Combined Reporting
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Hearing Canceled on 01/29/2020
Relating To Taxation. [SB-2698]
Requires that real estate investment trusts file returns reporting their shareholders' pro rata shares of net income and net income attributable to this State. Requires withholding on all payments to shareholders. Appropriates funds. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2020.
SB-2698: Relating To Taxation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jarrett Keohokalole
Referred To Wam. on 01/27/2020
Electronic Smoking Devices, Other Tobacco Products, and Cigarettes - Taxation and Regulation [SB-3]
Applying certain provisions of tax law regulating the sale, manufacture, distribution, possession, and use of cigarettes and other tobacco products to certain electronic smoking devices; altering the definition of "other tobacco products" to include certain consumable products and the components or parts of those products and to exclude certain other products; requiring the Governor, in fiscal year 2022 and thereafter, to include at least $21,000,000 in the annual budget for certain activities aimed at reducing tobacco use; etc.
SB-3: Electronic Smoking Devices, Other Tobacco Products, and Cigarettes - Taxation and Regulation
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Favorable With Amendments Report By Budget And Taxation on 03/13/2020
Office of Cemetery Oversight - Cemetery Financial Statement - Requirements [SB-104]
Altering the items that are required to be included with a financial statement submitted to the Director of the Office of Cemetery Oversight to allow, at the election of the business, an existing business in operation for 5 or more years to submit federal tax returns filed by the business for the prior year instead of a certain financial stability statement.
Relating To Elections. [HB-712]
Requires candidates for President, Vice President, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Mayor to disclose their federal income tax returns to be listed on a general election ballot. Prohibits electors from voting for candidates for President or Vice President if those candidates have not disclosed their federal income tax returns. (HB712 HD1)
HB-712: Relating To Elections.
Sponsored by: Rep. Roy Takumi
Carried Over To 2020 Regular Session. on 12/01/2019