| SB587 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from selling or offering to sell alcoholic beverages that are sold in a powder or crystalline form for direct use or use in combination with water or any other substance; and providing a penalty of a maximum fine of $1,000 for vi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 564 |
| HB797 | Pass | Altering a specified declaration so as to include on site alternatives under specified circumstances; repealing a requirement that the Department of the Environment develop standards and adopt regulations to establish specified compensation ratios fo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 631 |
| HB1634 | Pass | Establishing the Task Force to Study the Restraint, Searches, and Needs of Children in the Juvenile Justice System; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to make recommendations regarding chang...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 655 |
| SB936 | Pass | Extending a specified credit against the State income tax for electricity-producing facilities using specified qualified energy resources and placed in service on or after January 1, 2006, but before January 1, 2019; extending the period in which the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 594 |
| SB337 | Pass | Altering the calculation of specified funding for each participating regional resource center, the State Library Resource Center, and each county public library system for specified fiscal years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 549 |
| SB427 | Pass | Prohibiting specified private career schools and specified for-profit institutions of higher education from enrolling a student in a program that is intended to lead to employment in a field that requires licensure or certification in the State if su...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 552 |
| SB631 | Pass | Authorizing the trustees or other officers in charge of specified facility closure reserve funds to invest and reinvest money in a specified manner and sell, redeem, or exchange specified investments or reinvestments; requiring the trustees or other ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 568 |
| SB912 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Clean Energy Center to conduct a study to determine design and implementation strategies for a residential clean energy loan program; requiring the study to include consideration of whether strategies will work advantageously w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 592 |
| SB877 | Pass | Establishing a Class CT (cinema/theater) (on-sale) beer, wine, and liquor license in Washington County; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Washington County to issue the license for use in a cinema or theater that meets specified requ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 586 |
| HB1182 | Pass | Providing that a person who is engaged as an independent contractor directly by a charitable organization and who provides specified services relating to written materials prepared by a charitable organization or an employee of the charitable organiz...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 649 |
| HB105 | Pass | Removing the limitation that renewable energy projects by commercial property owners financed through a clean energy loan program have an electric generating capacity of not more than 100 kilowatts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 535 |
| HB420 | Pass | Prohibiting the Commissioner of Labor and Industry, under specified circumstances, from authorizing work activities centers and specified sheltered workshops to pay employees with disabilities less than a specified minimum wage; authorizing specified...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 522 |
| HB446 | Pass | Altering the membership of the Maryland Youth Advisory Council; specifying that the members must be residents of the State; altering the factors that specified persons are required to consider in deciding which youths to nominate as members of the Co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 620 |
| HB312 | Pass | Specifying that a person who applies for the renewal of a handgun permit is not required to be fingerprinted except under specified circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 618 |
| HB887 | Pass | Providing that, if a minor, an incapacitated, unborn, or unknown individual, or an individual whose location is unknown and not reasonably ascertainable is not otherwise represented under a specified provision of law relating to specified trusts, a g...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 563 |
| HB739 | Pass | Increasing the number of ounces of beer, from a maximum of 1 fluid ounce to a maximum of 4 fluid ounces, that a nonprofit beer festival permit holder may provide to a consumer under specified circumstances; requiring a person to submit an application...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 628 |
| HB741 | Pass | Prohibiting specified private career schools and specified for-profit institutions of higher education from enrolling a student in a program that is intended to lead to employment in a field that requires licensure in the State if successful completi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 553 |
| HB1059 | Pass | Requiring a written lease for residential property to include a specified receipt for the security deposit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 643 |
| HB409 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from knowingly and willfully allowing an individual under 21 years old to possess or consume an alcoholic beverage at a residence the person owns or leases and in which the person resides or furnishing an alcoholic beverage for c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 513 |
| HB493 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from committing a specified act of extortion by wrongful use of actual or threatened notification of law enforcement officials about another person's undocumented or illegal immigration status.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 537 |
| HB98 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from retaliating against a juror or an officer of the court for any reason relating to the performance of official duties in a pending or completed case in a State or federal court; prohibiting a person from soliciting another to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 533 |
| HB822 | Pass | Altering references to the term "mentally defective" individual to "substantially cognitively impaired" individual in provisions of law concerning specified sexual offenses and in provisions of law concerning the licensing of specified individuals to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 633 |
| SB417 | Pass | Prohibiting the Commissioner of Labor and Industry, under specified circumstances, from authorizing work activities centers and specified sheltered workshops to pay employees with disabilities less than a specified minimum wage; authorizing specified...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 521 |
| HB1003 | Pass | Altering a specified provision of law concerning equal pay for equal work to prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity; prohibiting an employer from discriminating between employees in any occupation by providing less favorable employme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 557 |
| HB447 | Pass | Providing that the percentage of revenue from the Charles County transfer tax that the Clerk of the Circuit Court for the county is entitled to receive is 0.5%; providing that the Act applies retroactively to revenue received by the Clerk of the Circ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 621 |
| SB603 | Pass | Prohibiting a District Court commissioner from authorizing the pretrial release of a defendant charged with a crime of violence if the defendant has previously been convicted of a specified crime; and prohibiting a District Court commissioner from au...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 567 |
| SB637 | Pass | Altering the definition of "DNA profile" for purposes of provisions of law concerning the admissibility of a DNA profile in a criminal proceeding; providing that a DNA profile is admissible for specified purposes if accompanied by a specified stateme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 570 |
| HB835 | Pass | Authorizing the trustees or other officers in charge of specified facility closure reserve funds to invest and reinvest money in a specified manner and sell, redeem, or exchange specified investments or reinvestments; requiring the trustees or other ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 569 |
| HB387 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Clean Energy Center to conduct a study to determine design and implementation strategies for a residential clean energy loan program; requiring the study to include consideration of whether strategies will work advantageously w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 593 |
| SB178 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from committing a specified act of extortion by wrongful use of actual or threatened notification of law enforcement officials about another person's undocumented or illegal immigration status.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 536 |
| HB237 | Pass | Repealing the prohibition on a person convicted of perjury from testifying in a proceeding; and providing that evidence that a witness has been convicted of perjury shall be admitted for the purpose of attacking the credibility of the witness, regard...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 531 |
| HB484 | Pass | Extending by 1 month the date by which specified corporations must complete and file with the Comptroller an income tax return; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2015.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 548 |
| SB998 | Pass | Authorizing St. Mary's County or a municipal corporation in St. Mary's County to grant a property tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on property that is owned or leased by specified new or expanding businesses...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 598 |
| HB246 | Pass | Authorizing a specified commanding officer to designate to the Sheriff of Cecil County up to 20 individuals who are members of fire or ambulance companies to serve as fire police in Cecil County; authorizing the Sheriff of Cecil County to appoint spe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 576 |
| SB173 | Pass | Removing the limitation that renewable energy projects by commercial property owners financed through a clean energy loan program have an electric generating capacity of not more than 100 kilowatts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 534 |
| HB751 | Pass | Prohibiting a court-ordered services provider from engaging in sexual contact, vaginal intercourse, or a sexual act with an individual ordered by the court, the Division of Parole and Probation, or the Department of Juvenile Services to obtain servic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 629 |
| SB1104 | Pass | Requiring the State Highway Administration to dedicate the portion of Maryland Route 924 (Emmorton Road) between its intersections with Maryland Route 24 and Singer Road as Heroes Highway.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 525 |
| SB1143 | Pass | Establishing the Neshante and Chloe Davis Domestic Violence Prevention Task Force; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving specified compensation, but authorizing rei...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 606 |
| HB733 | Pass | Authorizing the holder of multiple alcoholic beverage manufacturer's licenses to allow the sampling, sale, and consumption of products produced under the licenses at each of the licensed premises, subject to a specified restriction; repealing specifi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 627 |
| SB557 | Pass | Authorizing members of the National Guard whose employment and reemployment rights have been violated to bring a civil action for economic damages, including lost wages and benefits; and authorizing a court to award specified damages, fees, costs, an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 560 |
| HB565 | Pass | Specifying that a person who violates a provision of law involving the use or possession of marijuana in the amount of 10 grams or more is guilty of the misdemeanor of possession of marijuana; altering a specified provision of law so as to provide th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 514 |
| SB879 | Pass | Specifying annual fees for specified alcoholic beverages licenses; altering the number of days after the expiration date of a wine festival license that a holder of a State wholesale, Class 3 winery, or Class 4 limited winery license may accept retur...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 590 |
| SB346 | Pass | Adding misuse of telephone facilities and equipment, misuse of electronic communication or interactive computer service, revenge porn, and visual surveillance to the list of offenses alleged to have been committed by a respondent against a victim for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 550 |
| HB1062 | Pass | Altering the serving size of a sample serving of beer permitted to be served to an individual by a holder of a Class BWTS beer and wine tasting or sampling license in St. Mary's County; establishing a BWT beer and wine tasting permit in St. Mary's Co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 601 |
| SB481 | Pass | Altering a specified provision of law concerning equal pay for equal work to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex or gender identity; prohibiting an employer from discriminating between employees by providing less favorable employment opportun...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 556 |
| SB83 | Pass | Renaming the School Bus Safety Enforcement Fund to be the School Safety Enforcement Fund; expanding the purposes of the Fund to include enhancing school safety; requiring the Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 529 |
| HB1068 | Pass | Creating a pub crawl promoter's permit in Baltimore City; authorizing the Baltimore City Board of License Commissioners to issue a pub crawl promoter's permit to an applicant who has submitted an application to the Board of License Commissioners no l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 644 |
| HB773 | Pass | Providing that, if a law enforcement officer testifies that the officer witnessed the taking of a blood specimen by a person who the officer reasonably believed was a qualified medical person, the officer's testimony shall be sufficient evidence that...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 630 |
| HB840 | Pass | Altering the scope of a Class C (theater) beer and wine license in Frederick County so that it may be issued to all theaters with seating for 200 or fewer individuals per performance; providing a license fee of $100; altering the scope of a Class EC ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 634 |
| HB641 | Pass | Altering the definition of "DNA profile" for purposes of provisions of law concerning the admissibility of a DNA profile in a criminal proceeding; providing that a DNA profile is admissible for specified purposes if accompanied by a specified stateme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-19
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 571 |
