Rep. Brett Wilson
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District HD-002B
Party Republican
Bills Introduced 0
Sponsored Legislation
Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Student Debt Relief Act of 2017 [HB-399]
Allowing a subtraction modification under the State income tax for the amount of interest paid by a qualified taxpayer on qualified student loans; requiring the Comptroller to adopt specified regulations; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/15/2017
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Repeal of the Maryland Open Transportation Investment Decision Act of 2016 (Road Kill Bill Repeal) [HB-402]
Repealing specified State transportation goals; repealing a requirement that the Department of Transportation score the extent to which specified transportation projects satisfy the goals; repealing a requirement that the Department develop a specified scoring system and promulgate specified regulations; repealing a requirement that the Department, in accordance with the specified scoring system, rank major transportation projects for inclusion in the draft and final Consolidated Transportation Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. (appropriations) on 03/03/2017
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Clean Cars Act of 2017 [HB-406]
Extending through fiscal year 2020 the Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment Rebate Program and authorization to issue motor vehicle excise tax credits for specified qualified plug-in electric drive vehicles; increasing the total amount of rebates from up to $600,000 to a maximum of $1,200,000; increasing the amount required to be transferred from the Strategic Energy Investment Fund to the Transportation Trust Fund; increasing the amount of motor vehicle excise tax credits that may be issued during a fiscal year; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Meagan Simonaire
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 362 on 05/04/2017
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Economic Development - Maryland Energy Innovation Institute [HB-410]
Establishing a Maryland Energy Innovation Institute as part of the A. James Clark School of Engineering to collaborate with academic institutions on clean energy programs in the State and to attract private investment to clean energy innovation and commercialization in the State; establishing the Maryland Energy Innovation Fund to be used by the Institute and the Maryland Clean Energy Center; requiring the Center to develop a plan to become self-sustaining 5 years after the effective date of the Act; altering the purposes of the Center; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sally Jameson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 364 on 05/04/2017
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Pathways in Technology Early College High (P-TECH) School Act of 2017 [HB-413]
Establishing the Pathways in Technology Early College High (P-TECH) School Program; requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Maryland Higher Education Commission, to administer and develop the Program; requiring P-TECH students to be included in the full-time equivalent enrollment calculation for primary and secondary education and requiring the funding calculation for credit hours at a community college to include P-TECH students; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. (ways And Means) on 02/21/2017
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Clean Water Commerce Act of 2017 [HB-417]
Authorizing funds in the Bay Restoration Fund to be used for the costs associated with the purchase of specified nutrient load reductions, not to exceed a specified amount per year in specified years; requiring the load reductions purchased under the Act to be consistent with specified accounting procedures; requiring the Department of the Environment on or before October 1, 2020, to report to specified committees of the General Assembly on the implementation of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Meagan Simonaire
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 366 on 05/04/2017
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Family Law - Child Conceived Without Consent - Termination of Parental Rights (Rape Survivor Family Protection Act) [HB-428]
Authorizing a court, under specified circumstances, to terminate the parental rights of an individual convicted of or found to have committed an act of nonconsensual sexual conduct against the other parent that resulted in the conception of a child; prohibiting the court from terminating parental rights under specified circumstances; specifying that a termination of parental rights under the Act terminates completely specified rights and responsibilities of a parent; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Senators Smith, Zirkin, And Hough on 04/10/2017
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Criminal Law - Sexual Offenses - Physical Resistance [HB-429]
Establishing that evidence of physical resistance by a victim is not required to prove that a sexual crime was committed; establishing that a specified provision of the Act may not be construed to affect the admissibility of evidence of actual physical resistance by a victim of a sexual crime; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 163 on 04/18/2017
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Higher Education - Adult Correctional Institutions - Job Training and Education [HB-459]
Requiring, under specified circumstances and subject to specified funding recommendations, postsecondary education and workforce training programs developed and recommended by the Correctional Education Council to provide inmates in correctional institutions in the Division of Correction with the requisite training, certifications, and experience to obtain careers in in-demand job sectors; authorizing the Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board to make a specified recommendation; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 687 on 05/25/2017
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Crimes - Child Abuse and Neglect - Failure to Report [HB-473]
Establishing that specified persons who are required to provide specified notice or make reports of suspected child abuse or neglect may not knowingly fail to give the notice or make the reports; establishing a misdemeanor and penalties of a fine not to exceed $1,000 or imprisonment up to 1 year, or both, for knowingly failing to report child abuse or neglect; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brett Wilson
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 03/06/2017