Satellite Simulcast Betting - Instant Horse Racing Machines [SB-1002]
[Gaming ]
Broadening the scope of satellite simulcast betting on horse races to include instant racing; and specifying that instant racing involves a bettor viewing a self-serve totalizator machine that displays a previously run horse race in digitized form and specified information before and after the race.
SB-1002: Satellite Simulcast Betting - Instant Horse Racing Machines
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Favorable on 03/16/2010
State Government - Office of the Juvenile Justice Monitor [SB-1034]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Renaming the Office of the Juvenile Justice Monitoring Unit to be the Office of the Juvenile Justice Monitor in the Office of the Attorney General; altering the membership of the State Advisory Board for Juvenile Services; etc.
SB-1034: State Government - Office of the Juvenile Justice Monitor
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Re-referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/18/2010
Card Games - Prince George's County [SB-1035]
[Gaming ]
Authorizing a qualified organization to operate a card games facility in Prince George's County; limiting the number of licenses that the State may issue to operate a card games facility; limiting the number of locations at which card games facilities may be located; requiring legislation under specified circumstances; and submitting the Act to a referendum of the legally qualified voters of Maryland for their adoption or rejection.
SB-1035: Card Games - Prince George's County
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Hearing 4/8 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/26/2010
Commissioner of Financial Regulation - Financial Education Resources [SB-1036]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Education ]
Authorizing the office of the Commissioner of Financial Regulation to serve as a clearinghouse for information on financial education resources, services, and programs available to residents of the State; authorizing the Commissioner to include on the Commissioner's website specified information on financial education, resources, services, and programs and links to the websites of specified other state or federal agencies and specified nonprofit organizations; etc.
SB-1036: Commissioner of Financial Regulation - Financial Education Resources
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Favorable With Amendments Report By Ways And Means on 04/12/2010
Family Law - Child Custody Determinations [SB-1047]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Creating a rebuttable presumption that specified custodial arrangements are in the best interest of the child in specified child custody proceedings.
SB-1047: Family Law - Child Custody Determinations
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/26/2010
State Racing Commission - Expansion of Membership [SB-1048]
[Gaming ]
Expanding the membership of the State Racing Commission to 13; altering the minimum number of members needed to meet specified qualifications; altering the maximum number of members allowed to exercise specified privileges; and requiring at least 3 members to be residents of Prince George's County.
SB-1048: State Racing Commission - Expansion of Membership
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Re-referred Finance on 03/12/2010
Standardbred Recovery Act of 2010 [SB-1051]
[Sports ]
Abolishing the State Racing Commission and establishing the Thoroughbred Racing Commission and the Standardbred Racing Commission; providing for the memberships, qualifications for members, terms, chairs, quorums, meetings, compensation, executive directors, staffs, specified employees, specified powers, and testing laboratories of the Thoroughbred Racing Commission and of the Standardbred Racing Commission; altering allocations of funds from specified accounts; etc.
SB-1051: Standardbred Recovery Act of 2010
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Hearing 3/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2010
Raymond Scott Brown II Vehicle Towing Notification Act [SB-1054]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a person who undertakes the towing or removal of vehicles from parking lots to provide specified notice to specified police departments; altering the time frame within which a tower is required to provide notice to specified police departments after towing a vehicle from a parking lot; altering the information that a tower is required to provide to specified police departments after towing a vehicle from a parking lot; and establishing specified methods of providing the notice.
SB-1054: Raymond Scott Brown II Vehicle Towing Notification Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Re-referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/12/2010
Health Occupations - Restricted Volunteer Dentist's License - Restricted [SB-1055]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing a restricted volunteer dentist's license and a restricted volunteer dental hygienist's license under the State Board of Dental Examiners; establishing specified procedures to apply for specified licenses; establishing the scope of practice of specified licenses; providing that the holders of specified licenses may not be required to complete specified continuing education requirements as a condition of renewal of the licenses; defining terms; etc.
SB-1055: Health Occupations - Restricted Volunteer Dentist's License - Restricted
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
First Reading Senate Rules on 03/01/2010