Sen. Ronald Young
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Sponsored Legislation
Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Income Tax Checkoff - Maryland Assault Weapons Buyback Fund [SB-55]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Establishing the Maryland Assault Weapons Buyback Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund and establishing a related income tax return checkoff; requiring the Department of State Police to administer the Fund and to adopt certain regulations to implement the Fund; requiring the State Treasurer to hold the Fund and the Comptroller to account for the Fund; requiring the Governor for fiscal year 2022 to appropriate $50,000 for the Fund; specifying the purpose for which the Fund may be used; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Young
Unfavorable Report By Budget And Taxation; Withdrawn on 01/16/2020
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Gettr Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Office of Cemetery Oversight - Cemetery Financial Statement - Requirements [SB-104]
[Finance ]
[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Altering the items that are required to be included with a financial statement submitted to the Director of the Office of Cemetery Oversight to allow, at the election of the business, an existing business in operation for 5 or more years to submit federal tax returns filed by the business for the prior year instead of a certain financial stability statement.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Young
Hearing 1/30 At 2:00 P.m. on 12/20/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Lottery - Instant Ticket Lottery Machines - Fraternal Organizations ("Slots" for Homeless Veterans Act) [SB-59]
[Gaming ]
[Veterans ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
[Economic Development ]
[Human Services ]
Authorizing the Director of the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency to issue certain fraternal organizations a license for not more than 5 instant ticket lottery machines; providing that proceeds from instant ticket lottery machine sales by a fraternal organization are to be distributed in a certain manner, including 10% to go into a special fund to be used to assist veterans and their families; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Young
Hearing 1/09 At 2:00 P.m. on 12/19/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Small Business Fairness Act [SB-24]
[Small Business ]
[Taxes ]
[Food ]
Requiring affiliated retail trade and food services corporations with multiple locations to compute Maryland taxable income using a combined reporting method; requiring, subject to regulations, certain groups of retail trade and food services corporations to file income tax returns reflecting the aggregate income tax liability of all the members of the group; requiring the Comptroller to report to the General Assembly by March 31 each year an estimate of the total additional tax revenue resulting from the combined reporting method; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Young
Hearing 1/09 At 2:00 P.m. on 12/19/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Motor Vehicle Insurance - Use of Credit History in Rating Policies [SB-17]
[Insurance ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting an insurer, with respect to private passenger motor vehicle insurance, from rating a risk based, in whole or in part, on the credit history of an applicant or insured in any manner; repealing certain provisions of law authorizing an insurer to use the credit history of an applicant or insured to rate a new policy of private passenger motor vehicle insurance; applying the Act to all private passenger motor vehicle insurance policies issued, delivered, or renewed in the State on or after October 1, 2020; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Young
Hearing Canceled on 01/17/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Solid Waste Management - Prohibition on Releasing a Balloon Into the Atmosphere [SB-28]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[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 2020 Regular Session
Agriculture - Management-Intensive Farming and Grazing [SB-19]
[Agriculture ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Water ]
Requiring the University of Maryland Extension to provide a dedicated extension agent to assist individuals with the adoption of management-intensive farming and grazing practices; requiring the Governor to provide at least $500,000 each year to support the Department of Agriculture's activities related to management-intensive farming and grazing, beginning in fiscal year 2022; authorizing the Department of Agriculture to use its allocation from the Bay Restoration Fund to fund management-intensive grazing activities; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Young
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs; Withdrawn on 01/27/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Local Government – Animal Control Facilities – Adoption Fee Waiver for Veterans
(Pets for Vets Act of 2020) [SB-128]
[Animals ]
[Veterans ]
Requiring an animal control facility operated by a county or municipality to waive the adoption fee for a dog or cat for a veteran who presents a valid driver's license or identification card that includes a notation of veteran status; authorizing an animal control facility to limit the number of adoption fee waivers granted to an individual under the Act to one dog and one cat within a 6-month period; and applying the Act to all counties and municipalities.
Sponsored by: Sen. Douglas Peters
Hearing Canceled on 03/16/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Criminal Law – Kratom – Prohibited Purchase, Distribution, or Sale [SB-147]
[Crime ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person from purchasing for, distributing, or selling kratom to an individual under the age of 18 years of age, except under certain circumstances; providing it is a defense in a prosecution under the Act that the defendant examined the purchaser's driver's license or other valid identification that positively identified the purchaser or recipient as at least 18 years of age; establishing that a violation of the Act is a civil penalty; providing for the issuance and prosecution of a civil citation issued under the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Young
Hearing Canceled on 03/14/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Board of Public Works - Land Acquisition - Requirements [SB-148]
[Real Estate ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Prohibiting the Board of Public Works from approving the acquisition of certain real property with an appraised value of at least $500,000 unless the Board has provided the Legislative Policy Committee with certain information; prohibiting the Board from approving the acquisition of real property with an appraised value of at least $500,000 from the federal government until the Board provides a certain notice and, on a certain request, a study assessing the ongoing fiscal impact the acquisition would have on the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Young
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/07/2020