Department of Veterans Affairs - Homes for Veterans - Veterans of Uniformed Service [HB-12]
[Veterans ]
[Housing ]
[Military ]
[Human Services ]
Altering the eligibility for a certain veteran to reside at a home for veterans that is supervised by the Department of Veterans Affairs to include a veteran who has an honorable discharge from active service with a uniformed service of the United States.
HB-12: Department of Veterans Affairs - Homes for Veterans - Veterans of Uniformed Service
Sponsored by: Rep. Shane Pendergrass
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 23 on 05/08/2020
Condominiums – Disclosures to Unit Owners and Prohibited Provisions in Instruments [HB-30]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Clarifying that certain provisions of law relating to closed-door meetings of a board of directors of a condominium do not allow the board to withhold or agree to withhold from the unit owners the terms of any legal agreement to which the council of unit owners is a party; establishing that a provision in a certain agreement that prohibits a the disclosure to certain unit owners or purchasers of any term of the agreement is unenforceable; and applying the Act prospectively.
HB-30: Condominiums – Disclosures to Unit Owners and Prohibited Provisions in Instruments
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/11/2020
Criminal Law - Abuse or Neglect of a Vulnerable Adult - Causing Severe Emotional Distress [HB-33]
[Crime ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
Prohibiting a certain person from intentionally and maliciously inflicting severe emotional distress on a vulnerable adult; and applying a penalty of imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $5,000 or both.
HB-33: Criminal Law - Abuse or Neglect of a Vulnerable Adult - Causing Severe Emotional Distress
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 34 on 05/08/2020
Anne Arundel County - Board of Education Budget - Equity Category [HB-59]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Requiring the Anne Arundel County Board of Education to include an Equity category and certain subcategories in the Anne Arundel County Board of Education annual budget; and requiring the Anne Arundel County Board of Education to provide certain information on whether the allocations for equity interventions in the annual budget are being increased, maintained, or reduced from the prior annual budget for each subcategory.
HB-59: Anne Arundel County - Board of Education Budget - Equity Category
Sponsored by: Rep. Heather Bagnall
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means; Withdrawn on 03/05/2020
Maryland Funding Accountability and Transparency Act - Nonbudgeted State Agencies [HB-71]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Taxes ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Economic Development ]
Altering the Maryland Funding Accountability and Transparency Act to require the Department of Budget and Management to include in a searchable website payments made by units of State government that receive funds that are not appropriated in the annual budget bill; requiring the Department to update the payment data on the searchable website on or before the 15th day of the month that follows the month in which an agency makes a payment to a payee; etc.
HB-71: Maryland Funding Accountability and Transparency Act - Nonbudgeted State Agencies
Sponsored by: Rep. Alfred Carr
Hearing Canceled on 03/15/2020
Anne Arundel County - Natural Resources - Fishing With a Haul Seine [HB-95]
[Animals ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Recreation ]
Adding a haul seine to the list of methods a person may use to fish in certain waters of the Severn River under certain circumstances; repealing certain provisions of law that restrict the length of a haul seine that a person may use in certain waters of Anne Arundel County; and authorizing a person to use a haul seine to fish in the waters of Anne Arundel County except under certain circumstances.
HB-95: Anne Arundel County - Natural Resources - Fishing With a Haul Seine
Sponsored by: Rep. Seth Howard
Referred Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/11/2020
Election Law - Voting Order Priority - Individuals Who Need Extra Assistance [HB-142]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Disabilities ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring a chief election judge to give voting order priority to individuals with certain mobility problems, individuals assisting others who have mobility problems, or an individual accompanied by a child with a disability; authorizing certain individuals to request voting order priority of any election judge serving at a polling place or early voting center; requiring the State Board to adopt regulations regarding methods for providing notice to voters of the option to request voting order priority and training guidelines for judges; etc.
HB-142: Election Law - Voting Order Priority - Individuals Who Need Extra Assistance
Sponsored by: Rep. Maggie McIntosh
Referred Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/15/2020
Crimes Against Animals – Interference With Equines [HB-171]
[Animals ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering a certain prohibition against interfering with, injuring, tampering with, or destroying a horse used for a certain purpose to prohibit a person from interfering with, injuring, tampering with or destroying an equine used for a certain purpose or for any other lawful activity; changing the crime from a felony to a misdemeanor; altering the maximum penalty to include a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or both; etc.
HB-171: Crimes Against Animals – Interference With Equines
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 93 on 05/08/2020
Labor and Employment - Wage History and Wage Range [HB-123]
[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 a 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.
HB-123: Labor and Employment - Wage History and Wage Range
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 67 on 05/08/2020
Potomac Compact for Fair Representation [HB-182]
[Elections ]
Establishing the Potomac Compact for Fair Representation between the State of Maryland the Commonwealth of Virginia; establishing the Congressional Districting Commission to develop a congressional districting plan; requiring the Executive Director of the Department of Legislative Services to determine the size and composition of the Commission and, on or before June 1 of the year following the decennial census, select the members of the Commission; etc.
HB-182: Potomac Compact for Fair Representation
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
Hearing 3/02 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020