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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Catastrophe Savings Accounts [SB-336]
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[Disaster Relief ]
Allowing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for certain deposits into certain catastrophe savings accounts and the interest earnings of the account; providing for the maximum amount that may be maintained in a catastrophe saving account; requiring an account holder that withdraws funds from an account for an ineligible purpose to add the funds back to the account holder's federal adjusted gross income and pay a 2.5% penalty; prohibiting a taxpayer from establishing more than one catastrophe savings account; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Hearing Canceled on 01/28/2020
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Crimes - Unattended Dogs in Extreme Weather Conditions [HB-406]
[Animals ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Prohibiting a person from leaving a dog outside and unattended for longer than 30 minutes without access to continuous suitable shelter during extreme weather conditions, subject to certain exceptions; making a violation a civil offense; applying certain penalties; and defining the terms "suitable shelter," "sporting," and "extreme weather conditions".
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/16/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Homeowner's Insurance - Weather-Related Claims and Notice of Cancellation or Nonrenewal [HB-333]
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[Consumer Protection ]
[Housing ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Repealing a certain exception that allowed an insurer to cancel or refuse to renew coverage for homeowner's insurance based on weather-related claims if there were three or more weather-related claims within a certain time period; and requiring that a certain written notice of intention to cancel or not renew a homeowner's insurance policy include a form adopted by the Maryland Insurance Commissioner that allows the insured to protest the proposed action and request a hearing 30 days after the mailing date of the notice.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/02/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Declaration of a Climate Emergency and Implementation of a Climate Mobilization Effort [HJR-1]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Climate Change ]
Declaring that a climate and ecological emergency threatens the State, the nation, civilization, humanity, and the natural world; committing the State to a statewide climate mobilization effort to reverse global warming and the current ecological crisis, end statewide greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, draw down carbon from the atmosphere, and accelerate the development and implementation of adaptation and resilience strategies; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Maggie McIntosh
Hearing 2/24 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Bay Restoration Fund - Authorized Uses [SB-172]
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[Grants ]
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[Disaster Relief ]
Altering the criteria for determining the use of funds in the Bay Restoration Fund for certain purposes in certain fiscal years to include climate resiliency and flood control; and specifying that certain grants to certain local governments may be used for stormwater management measures that include stormwater measures relating to climate resiliency or flood control.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Referred Environment And Transportation on 02/14/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
St. Mary's County - Emergency Snow Routes - Authority [HB-89]
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[Public Safety ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Authorizing the County Commissioners of St. Mary's County to designate an emergency snow route and to regulate travel and the presence of vehicles on an emergency snow route during a snow emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 46 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Solid Waste Management - Prohibition on Releasing a Balloon Into the Atmosphere [SB-28]
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[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting a person who is at least 13 years old, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a nonprofit entity, the State, or any unit or political subdivision of the State from knowingly and intentionally releasing or causing to be released, or organizing the release of, a balloon into the atmosphere, with certain exceptions; requiring a certain unit, officer, or official of a local government with delegated enforcement authority to report certain violations; establishing a civil penalty of $250 for a violation of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Young
Referred Environment And Transportation on 02/12/2020
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Termination of Electric or Gas Service - Prohibition [HB-1533]
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[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a public service company from terminating, under specified circumstances, electric or gas service to a residential customer during a severe weather period for a severe weather event and on specified days; prohibiting a public service company, on receipt of a specified request or subsequent request, from terminating, under specified circumstances, electric or gas service to a residential customer for 30 days beyond a scheduled termination of service date under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Diana Fennell
Unfavorable Report By House Rules And Executive Nominations; Withdrawn on 03/08/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Electric Universal Service Program - Unexpended Funds [HB-1002]
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[Public Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Consumer Protection ]
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Providing that the Public Service Commission has oversight responsibility over specified expenditures of the electric universal service program; requiring the Department of Human Resources to expend specified funds in specified fiscal years for specified purposes, including bill assistance and arrearage retirement, targeted weatherization, or arrearage management; stating the intent of the General Assembly regarding the timing for expending specified unexpended bill assistance and arrearage funds; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dereck Davis
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 777 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Electric Universal Service Program - Unexpended Funds [SB-966]
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[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
Providing that the Public Service Commission has oversight responsibility over specified expenditures of the electric universal service program; requiring the Department of Human Resources to expend specified funds collected for the program in specified fiscal years for specified purposes, including bill assistance and arrearage retirement, targeted weatherization, or arrearage management; and stating the intent of the General Assembly regarding the timing for expending specified unexpended bill assistance and arrearage funds.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/07/2018
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Termination of Electric or Gas Service - Prohibition [SB-658]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a public service company from terminating, under specified circumstances, electric or gas service to a residential customer during a severe weather period for a severe weather event and on specified days; prohibiting a public service company, on receipt of a specified request or subsequent request, from terminating, under specified circumstances, electric or gas service to a residential customer for 30 days beyond a scheduled termination of service date under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 03/09/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment; property tax, exemption for flooding remediation, abatement, etc. [SJR-331]
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[Real Estate ]
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Constitutional amendment (first resolution); property tax; exemption for flooding remediation, abatement, and resiliency efforts. Provides that the General Assembly may authorize a county, city, or town to partially exempt any real subject to recurring flooding upon which flooding abatement, mitigation, or resiliency efforts have been undertaken.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lynwood Lewis
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0773) on 03/27/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
National Flood Insurance Program; participation by affected localities, report. [HB-2319]
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National Flood Insurance Program; participation by localities; report. Requires the Secretary of Natural Resources to issue a report by November 1, 2018, listing any locality not participating in the Community Rating System of the National Flood Insurance Program and recommending any legislation necessary to encourage participation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Miyares
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0274) on 03/03/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Hurricane and Flooding Risk Reduction Act of 2017; established. [HB-2320]
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[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
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[Community Development ]
Hurricane and Flooding Risk Reduction Act of 2017. Establishes the Commonwealth as a Nonfederal Sponsor of Hurricane and Flooding Risk Reduction Projects. The bill also establishes the Virginia Hurricane and Flooding Risk Reduction Authority, a Board of Directors for that Authority, and a Governor's Advisory Commission on Hurricane and Flooding Risk Reduction.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Miyares
Left In Agriculture, Chesapeake And Natural Resources on 02/07/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Coastal flooding adaptation and resiliency report; JLARC to study. [SJR-297]
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[Climate Change ]
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[Economic Development ]
Study; JLARC; coastal flooding adaptation and resiliency. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the ongoing efforts throughout the Commonwealth with regard to coastal flooding adaptation and resiliency and to determine the effectiveness of such efforts and issue appropriate recommendations.
Sponsored by: Sen. Frank Wagner
Passed By Indefinitely In Rules By Voice Vote on 02/02/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Study; JLARC; coastal flooding adaptation and resiliency report. [HJR-672]
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[Economic Development ]
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Study; JLARC; coastal flooding adaptation and resiliency report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the ongoing efforts throughout the Commonwealth with regard to coastal flooding adaptation and resiliency and to (i) assess the adequacy and effectiveness of the Commonwealth's coastal flooding and adaptation development programs; (ii) assess how effectively the state and local governments develop, manage, and oversee coastal flooding and adaptation practices and strategies; and (iii) examine best practices and strategies
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Heretick
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017