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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Qualified Maryland Toll Expenses [SB-376]
[Taxes ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Allowing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for specified tolls paid through the use of the E-ZPass Maryland program; requiring a taxpayer to submit specified documentation to qualify for the subtraction modification; defining specified terms; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2014; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/11/2015
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Maryland Transportation Authority - Membership [SB-377]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Altering the membership of the Maryland Transportation Authority to include specified members of the General Assembly as nonvoting members of the Authority serving in an advisory capacity only; specifying criteria concerning the appointment, tenure, and compensation of the legislative members of the Authority; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/18/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Assault - First Responders [SB-392]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Prohibiting a person from intentionally causing physical injury to another if the person knows or has reason to know that the other is a firefighter, an emergency medical technician, a rescue squad member, or any other first responder engaged in providing emergency medical care or rescue services; and increasing penalties for assaulting specified individuals from 10 up to 15 years imprisonment or a fine not to exceed $5,000 or both.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/23/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Environment - Hydraulic Fracturing - Regulations [SB-409]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Water ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt regulations to provide for the hydraulic fracturing of a well for the exploration or production of natural gas in the State on or before October 1, 2016; prohibiting specified regulations adopted by the Department from becoming effective until October 1, 2017; prohibiting the Department from issuing a permit for the hydraulic fracturing of a well for the exploration or production of natural gas in the State until October 1, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 480 on 05/30/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
State Donor Registry - Information and Methods of Registration - Clerks of Circuit Courts, Registers of Wills, and Motor Vehicle Administration (Enhancing Organ Donation Rates Act) [SB-415]
[Healthcare ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the clerks of the circuit courts and registers of wills to make available to the public information about registering with the State donor registry; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to provide a method by which an individual doing business with the Administration can register as a donor with the State donor registry for a specified purpose and select to have a donor designation on the individual's driver's license or identification card; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 348 on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Health Insurance - Coverage for Infertility Services [SB-416]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Reproductive Rights ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from requiring specified conditions of coverage for specified infertility benefits for a patient who is married to an individual of the same sex; providing that specified provisions of law relating to health insurance coverage of in vitro fertilization do not apply to insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations that provide specified benefits; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 482 on 05/30/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Equal Pay for Equal Work [SB-424]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Rights ]
Altering a specified provision of law concerning equal pay for equal work to prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity; prohibiting an employer from discriminating between employees in any occupation by providing less favorable employment opportunities based on sex or gender identity; prohibiting an employer from taking any adverse employment action against an employee concerning the disclosure or discussion of an employee's wages; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/05/2015
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Civil Actions - Hydraulic Fracturing Liability Act [SB-458]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
[Water ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Voiding as against public policy a provision of a specified contract or agreement that attempts or purports to waive specified rights or reduce specified liability for injury, death, or loss to person or property caused by the hydraulic fracturing activities of a specified permitee; providing for the treatment of specified information relating to a chemical constituent used in hydraulic fracturing for the purposes of a specified action; authorizing a specified plaintiff to recover specified economic and noneconomic damages; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 4/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/01/2015
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Electricity - Community Solar Energy Generating System Program [SB-481]
[Energy ]
[Community Development ]
Establishing a Program on community solar energy generating systems under the authority of the Public Service Commission; providing for the structure and operation of the Program, including the generation of electricity and allocation of costs to system subscribers; authorizing an electric company to submit a petition to own and operate a community solar energy generating system to the Commission; authorizing the Commission to approve a petition if the Commission makes a specified determination; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/03/2015
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Child Care - Providers and Maryland Child Care Subsidy Program [SB-487]
[Children and Youth ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requiring a family child care home that participates in the Maryland Child Care Subsidy Program to register with the State Department of Education and comply with specified regulations concerning registration, subject to specified exceptions; requiring specified family child care homes to register with the Department on a specified date; requiring a specified individual who receives assistance under the Maryland Child Care Subsidy Program to use a specified family child care home or child care center; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 4/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/02/2015