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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Shelter and Weather Protection Requirement - Bison Exemption [SB-102]
[Animals ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Providing that the prohibition against unnecessarily failing to provide an animal with shelter or protection from the weather does not apply to a person who has charge or custody of bison, as owner or otherwise.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Colburn
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings Withdrawn on 02/14/2012
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Criminal Law - Shelter and Weather Protection Requirement - Bison Exemption [HB-80]
[Animals ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Providing that the prohibition against unnecessarily failing to provide an animal with shelter or protection from the weather does not apply to a person who has charge or custody of bison, as owner or otherwise.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide Eckardt
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary Withdrawn on 02/13/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Homeowner's Insurance - Underwriting Based on Geographic Area [HB-1383]
[Insurance ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Establishing the requirements an insurer must meet before refusing to issue or renew a policy of homeowner's insurance solely because the insured property or the applicant's or insured's address is located within a specified geographic area of the State; requiring an insurer to adopt a specified underwriting standard and file it with the Maryland Insurance Commissioner for approval; specifying exceptions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anthony O'Donnell
Re-referred Finance on 04/09/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Landlord and Tenant - Stay of Execution of Warrant of [HB-1184]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Authorizing an administrative judge to stay the execution of a warrant of restitution of a residential property in the event of extreme weather conditions, except in District 1 of the District Court of Maryland.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters Withdrawn on 03/05/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Education - Student Athletes - Heat Acclimatization Guidelines [HB-1080]
[Education ]
[Sports ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the State Department of Education, in collaboration with specified organizations and health care providers, to develop a model policy for preseason-practice heat acclimatization guidelines for student athletes; requiring local boards of education to adopt preseason-practice heat acclimatization guidelines for student athletes; requiring specified guidelines to include requirements for the duration of a practice time, a walk-through, and a recovery period during preseason practice; and defining terms.
Sponsored by: Rep. C. William Frick
Approved By The Governor on 05/22/2012
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Maryland 2011 Special Session
Environment - Watershed Implementation Plan - Conowingo Dam Environmental [SB-18]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Prohibiting a person from engaging in an activity or strategy to implement a State Watershed Implementation Plan until the State completes a full assessment of the environmental impacts of opening the Conowingo Dam floodgates in September 2011 following Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee; and making the Act an emergency measure.
Sponsored by: Sen. E. J. Pipkin
First Reading Senate Rules on 10/17/2011
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Motorcycles and mopeds; use of bridges in high winds. [SB-740]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Motorcycles and mopeds; use of bridges in high winds. Requires VDOT to prohibit use of certain bridges in Hampton Roads by motorcycles and mopeds during periods of high wind.
Sponsored by: Sen. Louise Lucas
Senate: Stricken At Request Of Patron In Transportation (11-y 0-n) on 01/20/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Public Service Companies - Termination of Electric or Gas Service - Extreme [SB-793]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Altering the forecasted temperatures outside which an electric company or a gas company may not terminate service to a residential customer; and altering the periods of forecasted temperatures within which those services may not be terminated.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing Cancelled on 03/17/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Snowstorm and Related Climate Change Preparation Act [SB-766]
[Climate Change ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring, on or before December 1, 2011, the Maryland Commission on Climate Change, in cooperation with the Department of Transportation and the Maryland Emergency Management Agency, to submit a specified report to the Governor and the General Assembly on specified investments necessary for the State to respond to specified weather emergencies; requiring the report to include specified information; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/8 At 1:00 P.m. (education Health And Environmental Affairs) on 02/09/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Homeowner's Insurance - Cancellation or Nonrenewal - Water Proximity and Storms [HB-1157]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Housing ]
[Water ]
Prohibiting an insurer from canceling or failing to renew homeowner's insurance on the basis of proximity to water or of specified storm risks; prohibiting an insurer from issuing a notice of nonrenewal of homeowner's insurance solely on those bases under specified circumstances; requiring every cancellation or nonrenewal to be substantiated in a specified manner subject to review by the Maryland Insurance Commissioner; and providing for the retroactive application of the Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Rudolph
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters Withdrawn on 03/18/2011
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Transportation - Road Salt Management - Best Practices Guidance [SB-775]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the State Highway Administration, in consultation with the Department of the Environment, to develop a best practices road salt management document on or before October 1, 2011, for use by local jurisdictions and the State to minimize the adverse environmental impacts of road salt runoff in the State; requiring the Administration to update the guidance document annually and make it available to the public on the Administration's website; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Snowstorm and Related Climate Change Preparation Act [SB-1092]
[Climate Change ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Energy ]
Requiring, on or before December 1, 2010, the Maryland Commission on Climate Change, in cooperation with the Department of Transportation and the Maryland Emergency Management Agency, to submit a specified report to the Governor and the General Assembly on specified investments necessary for the State to respond to specified weather emergencies; requiring the report to include specified information; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/30 At 1:00 P.m. (education Health And Environmental Affairs) on 03/22/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
State Highway Administration - Clearing Sidewalks of Snow at Transit Stations - [SB-1049]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the State Highway Administration, under specified circumstances, to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding or any other agreement regarding the clearing of snow from the sidewalks serving specified transit stations after a declaration of a snow emergency; requiring the Memorandum of Understanding or agreement to include specified terms; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Harrington
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/26/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Climate Change [HJR-13]
[Climate Change ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Science ]
Urging the United States Environmental Protection Agency to immediately halt its carbon dioxide reduction policies and programs and to withdraw its endangerment finding and related regulations until a full and independent investigation of the climate change conspiracy and science can be undertaken.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide Eckardt
Unfavorable Report By House Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/12/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Transportation - Road Salt Management - Best Practices Guidance [HB-903]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the State Highway Administration, in consultation with the Department of the Environment, to develop a best practices road salt management document on or before October 1, 2011, for use by local jurisdictions and the State to minimize the adverse environmental impacts of road salt runoff in the State; requiring the Administration to update the guidance document annually and make it available to the public on the Administration's website; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C. William Frick
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Commission on Responses to Serious Incidents of Inclement Weather [HB-1429]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Public Safety ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Establishing a Commission on Responses to Serious Incidents of Inclement Weather; providing for the membership, duties, and staffing of the Commission; requiring the Governor to appoint the chair of the Commission; prohibiting a member of the Commission from receiving specified compensation, but authorizing a member to be reimbursed for specified expenses; requiring the Commission to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by specified dates; providing for the termination of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 04/01/2010
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Environment – Climate Crisis and Education Act [HB-1543]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Climate Change ]
[Education ]
[Air Quality ]
Establishing a Climate Crisis Initiative in the Department of the Environment for certain purposes; requiring the Secretary of the Environment to administer certain schedules of greenhouse gas pollution fees; requiring the Secretary to delegate certain collection and benefit functions to the Comptroller; requiring the Comptroller to carry out certain functions; requiring the collection of a certain greenhouse gas pollution fee on certain fuels for certain purposes; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. (economic Matters) And Hearing Canceled (environment And Transportation) on 02/11/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Education - Home-Based Instructional Days - Establishment [HB-1270]
[Education ]
Authorizing a county board of education to develop a policy for public schools in the county to use home-based instructional days during the school year under certain circumstances; requiring a home-based instructional day policy to include certain procedures for instruction, attendance, and notification; requiring a county board, before implementing a home-based instructional policy, to submit the policy to the State Board of Education for approval; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Hornberger
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Aquaculture Leases – Marking Requirements and Use of Lease – Alterations [HB-1434]
[Agriculture ]
[Water ]
[Environmental ]
[Science ]
Establishing certain circumstances under which a leaseholder of certain aquaculture leases is not required to mark a lease area; repealing the authority of the Department of Natural Resources to waive the requirements for active use of a lease due to the unavailability of shellfish seed; requiring the Department to waive the requirements for active use of a lease on a showing that shellfish larvae or shellfish seed is unavailable; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jerry Clark
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/13/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Education – Length of the School Year – Declared State of Emergency
(Kathryn Marie Carmello’s Law) [HB-1250]
[Education ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing a county board of education to decrease the length of the school year for each school day affected by a declared state of emergency for certain public schools without approval of the State Board of Education; and repealing a provision of law authorizing the State Board to open schools on holidays in the case of emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2020