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
Vehicle Laws – Failure to Pay Video Toll – Penalties [HB-38]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Repealing the requirement that the Motor Vehicle Administration, under certain circumstances, suspend the registration of a motor vehicle that incurs a certain toll violation; etc.
HB-38: Vehicle Laws – Failure to Pay Video Toll – Penalties
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/16/2020
Maryland Agricultural Commission - Hemp Industry Member [HB-100]
[Agriculture ]
Increasing, from 29 to 30, the number of members of the Maryland Agricultural Commission appointed by the Governor; and requiring the Governor to appoint a member from a list of at least two nominees representing the hemp industry.
HB-100: Maryland Agricultural Commission - Hemp Industry Member
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Hearing Canceled on 03/15/2020
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
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
Family Law - Nonpayment of Child Support - Sentencing [HB-148]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring a sentence for a conviction under a provision of law prohibiting a parent from willfully failing to provide for the support of his or her minor child to run concurrently with a sentence for any other conviction under the same provision of law imposed against the parent.
HB-148: Family Law - Nonpayment of Child Support - Sentencing
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
First Reading Judiciary on 01/15/2020
General Provisions - State Song - Advisory Panel [HB-181]
[Arts and Culture ]
Repealing the State song; establishing the State Song Advisory Panel; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Advisory Panel; requiring the Advisory Panel to review certain submissions and suggestions for a new State song and to hold at least three public hearings; requiring the Advisory Panel to report its recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2020; terminating a certain provision of the Act after June 30, 2021; etc.
HB-181: General Provisions - State Song - Advisory Panel
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/17/2020
Declaration of a Climate Emergency and Implementation of a Climate Mobilization Effort [HJR-1]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Climate Change ]
Declaring that a climate and ecological emergency threatens the State, the nation, civilization, humanity, and the natural world; committing the State to a statewide climate mobilization effort to reverse global warming and the current ecological crisis, end statewide greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, draw down carbon from the atmosphere, and accelerate the development and implementation of adaptation and resilience strategies; etc.
HJR-1: Declaration of a Climate Emergency and Implementation of a Climate Mobilization Effort
Sponsored by: Rep. Maggie McIntosh
Hearing 2/24 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
Income Tax Rates - Capital Gains Income [HB-222]
[Taxes ]
[Finance ]
Providing for an additional State individual income tax rate of 1% on net capital gains of individuals; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019; etc.
HB-222: Income Tax Rates - Capital Gains Income
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing Canceled on 01/29/2020