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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Maryland Statutory Trust Act [SB-784]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Clarifying and revising the Maryland Business Trust Act and renaming it to be the Maryland Statutory Trust Act; providing that a use of a specified designation or statement in a specified certificate of trust or governing instrument does not create a specified presumption or inference; clarifying that a statutory trust has specified general powers; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jamin Raskin
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Election Law - Qualification of Voters - Proof of Identity [SB-711]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Requiring an election judge to establish a voter's identity and verify the voter's address if the voter seeks to vote a regular ballot; requiring an election judge to qualify a voter by requesting the voter to present a current and valid government-issued photo identification; requiring an election judge to authorize an individual to vote a regular ballot; allowing a voter who is unable to present a specified form of identification to vote by provisional ballot under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Reilly
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/17/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Maryland General Corporation Law - Miscellaneous Provisions [SB-688]
[Small Business ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Altering the manner in which specified charter documents of specified business entities must be executed by authorizing specified officers, agents, and persons to sign, acknowledge, witness, and attest the documents and to verify specified matters and facts; clarifying that a corporation may provide by its charter that holders of one or more classes or series of stock have specified voting rights; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jamin Raskin
Approved By The Governor on 04/13/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Elective Franchise - Registration and Voting at Polling Places [SB-6]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Authorizing the General Assembly to provide by suitable enactment a process to allow a qualified voter to register and vote on election day at the polling place in the precinct in which the voter resides or on a day designated for voting before election day at a specified polling place; making a stylistic change; and submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State of Maryland for their adoption or rejection.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Unfavorable Report By Education Health And Environmental Affairs Withdrawn on 01/28/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Election Law - Polling Places - Electioneering Boundaries [SB-573]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Altering the location of the line beyond which electioneering is prohibited outside a polling place.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Madaleno
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
State Board of Education - Student Member Voting Rights Act [SB-536]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
Allowing the student member of the State Board of Education to vote on the State Board's budget.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Real Estate Investment Trusts - Miscellaneous Provisions [SB-501]
[Real Estate ]
[Finance ]
[Investments ]
Clarifying that a real estate investment trust may provide by its declaration of trust that holders of one or more classes or series of shares have exclusive voting rights on an amendment that would alter only the contract rights of those shareholders; providing that, without action by the shareholders, the majority of the entire board of trustees may amend the declaration of trust in a specified manner under specified circumstances, unless prohibited in the declaration of trust; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jamin Raskin
Approved By The Governor on 04/13/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Election Law - Delay in Replacement of Voting Systems [SB-421]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Altering the date for replacing the State's direct-recording electronic (DRE) touchscreen voting system with a voter-verified paper record voting system; requiring the State to continue using the touchscreen voting system for elections until payments for the touchscreen voting system are concluded or until another date, as specified; altering provisions relating to the certification of voting systems; providing for the application of specified provisions of the Act; repealing uncodified provisions of prior Acts, as specified; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Colburn
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Elective Franchise - Registration and Voting at Polling Places [SB-417]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Authorizing the General Assembly to provide by suitable enactment a process to allow a qualified voter to register and vote on election day at a specified polling place in a specified precinct or on a specified day before election day at a specified polling place; making a stylistic change; and submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State of Maryland for their adoption or rejection.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Maryland Open Government Act [SB-407]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
Requiring that individuals be allowed to sign up on the General Assembly website during a specified time period to present testimony on a bill; requiring specified information about bills to be posted on the General Assembly website; requiring bill hearings to be broadcast on the General Assembly website under specified circumstances; requiring a meeting of the Board of Public Works to be broadcast on the Board's website under specified circumstances; requiring specified broadcasts of Board meetings to be archived; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway
Hearing 3/9 After Session on 03/04/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Elections - Permanent Absentee Ballot List [SB-293]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Requiring the State Board of Elections to establish guidelines for a permanent absentee ballot list; authorizing an individual to apply for permanent absentee ballot status; requiring that an absentee ballot be sent to a voter on the permanent absentee ballot list for specified elections; requiring that a voter be removed from the permanent absentee ballot list under specified circumstances; requiring a voter that has permanent absentee ballot status to notify the local board with specified information; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Election Law - Voter Registration and Nomination by Petition - Requirements [SB-292]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the qualifications for voter registration to allow an individual who is at least 16 years old to register to vote; specifying that an individual under the age of 18 years may vote in specified primary elections but may not vote in any other elections; altering the deadline to request a change of party affiliation to coincide with the deadline for registering to vote in an election; altering the date on which the number of petition signatures required for a candidate to be nominated by petition is determined; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Honorable Lorraine M. Sheehan Act to Protect Voting Rights for Individuals [SB-28]
[Voting Rights ]
[Disabilities ]
[Elections ]
Providing that an individual under guardianship for mental disability is not qualified to be a registered voter if a specified court has specifically found by clear and convincing evidence that the individual cannot communicate, with or without accommodations, a desire to participate in the voting process.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Lenett
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Elections - Special Elections - Voting by Mail [SB-258]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Authorizing special elections to be conducted by mail; applying specified provisions of law to ballots used for voting by mail; requiring the State Board to adopt regulations to govern voting by mail; requiring specified regulations to provide for specified elements regarding voting by mail; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2010 [SB-141]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Altering the calculation of specified distributions required to be made to specified counties and Baltimore City based on per capita yield of county income taxes; altering or repealing specified required appropriations; altering or repealing specified grant programs; requiring the budget bill to specify how specified savings will be achieved and to include a specified schedule; requiring the transfer of specified funds from a specified account to the General Fund; authorizing the use of specified funds for specified purposes; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Election Law - Access to Voting Room and Voting Booth by Minors Not Eligible to [SB-121]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
Increasing the maximum age at which a minor may accompany a voter in the voting room and voting booth at a polling place to 17; and requiring that a minor who accompanies a voter may not be eligible to vote in that election.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Hearing Cancelled on 01/27/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Voter's Rights Protection Act of 2010 [SB-114]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing the Attorney General or a registered voter to institute an action in a circuit court for injunctive relief when a person has engaged in, or there is reason to believe a person is about to engage in, specified violations of election law; requiring a circuit court to hear and determine an action filed under the Act as soon as practicable; providing that the grant of a remedy under the Act does not preclude any other remedy available under State or federal law; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lisa Gladden
Favorable With Amendments Report By Ways And Means on 04/12/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Harford County Board of Education - Student Member - Voting Rights [HB-978]
[Education ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
Providing that the student member of the Harford County Board of Education has specified voting rights; prohibiting the student member from voting on specified matters; altering procedures for the election of the student member; requiring the Harford County Regional Association of Student Councils to conduct a specified nominating convention; altering the qualifications of the student member; providing for the reimbursement of specified expenses of the student member under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 4/7 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/29/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Maryland General Corporation Law - Miscellaneous Provisions [HB-972]
[Small Business ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Altering the manner in which specified charter documents of specified business entities must be executed by authorizing specified officers, agents, and persons to sign, acknowledge, witness, and attest the documents and to verify specified matters and facts; clarifying that a corporation may provide by its charter that holders of one or more classes or series of stock have specified voting rights; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Approved By The Governor on 04/13/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Maryland Statutory Trust Act [HB-971]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Clarifying and revising the Maryland Business Trust Act and renaming it to be the Maryland Statutory Trust Act; providing that a use of a specified designation or statement in a specified certificate of trust or governing instrument does not create a specified presumption or inference; clarifying that a statutory trust has specified general powers; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/20/2010