Maryland House Bill 885 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-0)
Status: Introduced on February 13 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-11 - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibiting a corporation from using any money or other property of the corporation in connection with a political expenditure unless the stockholders, by a majority vote, have authorized in advance the amount of money or property to be used and directed that the money or property be used for specified purposes; requiring specified notices and reporting about political expenditures; authorizing the Attorney General to bring a civil action to obtain specified remedies for a violation of the Act; etc.

Corporations - Political Expenditures - Stockholder Approval

Del. Andrew Platt [D]	Del. Erek Barron [D]	Del. Alfred Carr [D]	Del. Luke Clippinger [D]
Del. Bonnie Cullison [D]	Del. Eric Ebersole [D]	Del. David Fraser-hidalgo [D]	Del. Ana Gutierrez [D]
Del. Sheila Hixson [D]	Del. Jay Jalisi [D]	Del. Marc Korman [D]	Sen. Clarence Lam [D]
Del. Eric Luedtke [D]	Sen. Cory McCray [D]	Del. Aruna Miller [D]	Del. David Moon [D]
Del. Marice Morales [D]	Del. Edith Patterson [D]	Del. Shane Robinson [D]	Sen. William Smith [D]
Del. James Tarlau [D]	Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher [D]	Sen. Alonzo Washington [D]	Sen. Mary Washington [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-11	House	Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
2015-02-13	House	First Reading Ways and Means

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0885?ys=2015rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/bills/hb/hb0885f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/fnotes/bil_0005/hb0885.pdf