Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Military Retirement Income [SB-211]
[Taxes ]
[Military ]
[Retirement ]
[Veterans ]
Altering the maximum amount of a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for certain military retirement income for certain taxable years; removing a certain limitation on the subtraction modification for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2022; etc.
SB-211: Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Military Retirement Income
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Hearing 1/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/17/2020
Public Safety – Rifles and Shotguns – Sales, Rentals, and Transfers [SB-208]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Providing that a person who is not a certain licensee may not complete a sale, rental, or transfer of a certain rifle or shotgun as a purchaser, lessee, or transferee or seller, lessor, or transferor, except under certain circumstances; requiring, before a certain sale, rental, or transfer is conducted, the seller, lessor, or transferor and purchaser, lessee, or transferee to both request that a certain licensee facilitate the sale, rental, or transfer; establishing certain penalties for violations of the Act; etc.
SB-208: Public Safety – Rifles and Shotguns – Sales, Rentals, and Transfers
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/07/2020
Labor and Employment - Wage History and Wage Range [SB-217]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring an employer, on request, to provide to an applicant for employment the wage range for the position for which the applicant applied; prohibiting an employer from taking negative actions against an applicant for employment because the applicant did not provide wage history or wage range; prohibiting an employer from relying on wage history, except when voluntarily provided, for the purpose of determining fair wage, and from seeking an applicant's wage history from former employers or their agents; etc.
SB-217: Labor and Employment - Wage History and Wage Range
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Favorable With Amendments Report By Economic Matters on 03/18/2020
Criminal Procedure - Motion to Vacate Judgment - Human Trafficking (True Freedom Act of 2020) [SB-206]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the eligibility for the filing of a certain motion to vacate judgment if the person's participation in the offense was a direct result of being a victim of human trafficking; requiring that a certain motion be served on a certain State's Attorney; requiring that a certain motion be mailed to a victim or victim's representative at a certain address if the qualifying offense occurred within 5 years before the filing of the motion; requiring the court to take certain factors into consideration when making a certain finding; etc.
SB-206: Criminal Procedure - Motion to Vacate Judgment - Human Trafficking (True Freedom Act of 2020)
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 127 on 05/08/2020
Criminal Law – Assault in the First Degree – Strangulation [SB-212]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from intentionally strangling another in the commission of an assault; and providing a penalty of imprisonment not exceeding 25 years for a violation of the Act.
SB-212: Criminal Law – Assault in the First Degree – Strangulation
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 120 on 05/08/2020
State Personnel - Employee Accommodations - Pregnancy and Childbirth [SB-225]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring all units in the Executive, Judicial, and Legislative branches of State government, including all units with independent personnel systems, to provide certain reasonable accommodations for an employee with certain limitations caused or contributed to by pregnancy or childbirth; prohibiting units of State government, under certain circumstances, from requiring an employee to take certain leave or requiring an employee to accept certain accommodations under certain circumstances; etc.
SB-225: State Personnel - Employee Accommodations - Pregnancy and Childbirth
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 234 on 05/08/2020
Criminal Law - Sexual Crimes - Repeal of Spousal Defense [SB-230]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Repealing a certain prohibition on prosecuting a person for rape or a certain sexual offense against a victim who was the person's legal spouse at the time of the alleged rape or sexual offense.
SB-230: Criminal Law - Sexual Crimes - Repeal of Spousal Defense
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 01/17/2020
Sexual Solicitation of a Minor - Solicitation Through Parent, Guardian, or Custodian - Prohibition and Penalties [SB-231]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from knowingly and with a certain intent soliciting the consent of a parent, guardian, or custodian of a minor, or a law enforcement officer posing as a parent, guardian, or custodian of a minor, to engage in certain prohibited sexual acts with the minor; and establishing and altering certain penalties.
SB-231: Sexual Solicitation of a Minor - Solicitation Through Parent, Guardian, or Custodian - Prohibition and Penalties
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 129 on 05/08/2020
Sales and Use Tax - Aircraft Parts and Equipment - Exemption [SB-121]
[Taxes ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Aerospace ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Economic Development ]
Providing an exemption from the sales and use tax for materials, parts, and equipment used to repair, maintain, or upgrade aircraft or the avionics systems of aircraft if the materials, parts, or equipment are installed on the aircraft; requiring the Comptroller to report to the General Assembly by December 31 each year on the amount of sales and use tax revenue lost from the exemption and any change to the number of aviation technicians employed in the State as a result of the exemption; terminating the Act after June 30, 2025; etc.
SB-121: Sales and Use Tax - Aircraft Parts and Equipment - Exemption
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 638 on 05/08/2020
Constitutional Amendment - Gaming - Expansion [SB-325]
[Gaming ]
Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to repeal a certain prohibition on the authority of the General Assembly to authorize additional forms or the expansion of commercial gaming; repealing the authority of the General Assembly to authorize, through the use of a certain referendum, additional forms or the expansion of commercial gaming; conforming certain provisions of the Maryland Constitution to changes made by a certain referendum; and submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State.