MD Legislation | 2015 | Regular Session

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SB925PassExpanding a specified property tax credit for specified business entities in Washington County to include specified business entities that invest at least $10,000,000 for capital improvements of specified real property and create 100 new and permanen...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 211
HB672PassAuthorizing the Maryland Higher Education Commission to enter into the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement; and exempting specified institutions that participate in the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement from the requirement to register ...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 176
HB291PassRequiring a direct wine shipper to report information about wine shipments to the Office of the Comptroller in the manner determined by the Officer of the Comptroller, rather than reporting specified information according to a specified schedule.
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 237
SB460PassAltering the scope of persons who may apply to begin construction of a new overhead transmission line for electricity under specified circumstances to include an electric company or a person who is or will be subject to regulation as a public utility...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 174
HB907VetoAuthorizing the Town of Sykesville to purchase specified additional service credit for specified employees; requiring specified additional service credit to be credited to specified employees on July 1 of the fiscal year in which the additional servi...
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2015-05-12
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
HB543PassProviding that a not-for-profit entity shall be deemed controlled by the Housing Authority of Baltimore City under specified circumstances; and altering the applicability of specified tax exemption provisions for property of a subsidiary entity of a ...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 258
HB1233VetoRequiring the Comptroller to declare an amnesty period for delinquent taxpayers from September 1, 2015, through October 30, 2015, for civil penalties and half the interest attributable to nonpayment, nonreporting, or underreporting of specified taxes...
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2015-05-12
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
SB643PassAuthorizing the holder of a micro-brewery license to apply for and obtain an additional micro-brewery license for another premises; specifying limitations on the distribution and sale of beer brewed by a holder of an additional micro-brewery license;...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 190
HB981PassAltering the frequency of the sessions of the Orphans' Court in Cecil County to be every Tuesday for the transaction of the business of the Court, and more often if need be, according to its own adjournment.
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 292
HB1104PassExempting from specified provisions of the State procurement law procurement by the Maryland Public Broadcasting Commission for procurement contracts needed to implement the repacking requirements of the federal Spectrum Act; and terminating the Act ...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 296
HB512VetoIncreasing the time period, from 120 to 150 days, within which a seller of preneed goods or preneed services who is subject to the preneed trust account requirements is required to submit a report regarding preneed burial contracts and preneed trust ...
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2015-05-12
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
HB703PassDefining "incapacitated" and "incapacity" for purposes of the Maryland Trust Act; and clarifying that a revocable trust does not become irrevocable if the settlor loses the capacity to create a will.
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 450
SB852VetoRequiring each governmental unit that maintains public records to identify a representative who a member of the public should contact to request a public record, to maintain specified contact information and post the information on the unit's Web sit...
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2015-05-12
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
SB896PassEstablishing the Military Personnel and Veteran-Owned Small Business No-Interest Loan Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; specifying the purpose of the Fund; requiring the Secretary of Business and Economic Development to administer the Fund; requiri...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 390
SB331PassAltering a specified definition of "public safety employee" to include a deputy sheriff in Baltimore County for purposes of providing enhanced compensation benefits under the Workers' Compensation Law for a compensable permanent partial disability of...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 339
SB715PassRequiring the holder of a special multiple event Class C license in Garrett County to ensure that at least one individual who is certified by an approved alcohol awareness program is on the premises when alcoholic beverages are served; authorizing th...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 194
HB1287PassAltering the composition of the Tidal Fisheries Advisory Commission and the Sport Fisheries Advisory Commission; requiring the Governor, with the advice of the Secretary of Natural Resources, to appoint a representative of the aquaculture industry in...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 307
HB501PassRequiring a specified law enforcement agency or unit, under specified circumstances, to give a specified victim or victims' representative timely notice as to specified matters relating to a specified DNA profile; requiring the State Board of Victim ...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 426
HB1234PassRequiring the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission to establish a Customer Assistance Program to provide financial assistance with water and sewer bills to eligible ratepayers on or before July 1, 2015; requiring the Commission to establish income...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 474
SB25VetoEstablishing the Frederick Center for Research and Education in Science and Technology; altering the name of the Frederick Center for Research and Education in Science and Technology (CREST) and the name of the Governing Board; altering the powers an...
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2015-05-12
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
HB884PassRequiring a ballot properly cast by a voter who dies before the ballot is canvassed to be counted in full unless a law or regulation requires that it be fully or partially rejected for a reason unrelated to the death of the voter; and making a confor...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 463
SB853PassEstablishing the Ethan Saylor Alliance for Self-Advocates as Educators in the Department of Disabilities; establishing that the purpose of the Alliance is to advance the community inclusion of individuals with intellectual disabilities and developmen...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 387
HB50VetoRequiring a clerk of a court to provide without charge a copy of specified papers or records requested by an active armed forces member or by the United States government if the copy is to be used in connection with a claim of the member against the ...
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2015-05-12
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
HB535PassRequiring individualized education programs for blind or visually impaired children to provide orientation and mobility instruction under specified circumstances; establishing a specified process for a specified individualized education program team ...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 430
HB27PassEstablishing the Task Force on the Disposition of the Crownsville Hospital Center Property; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding the sale, transfer, or other disposition of the Crownsville Hospital Center property; req...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 394
SB361VetoDefining a bottle club in Calvert County to mean an establishment that is a specified type of restaurant or nightclub; prohibiting a bottle club in the county from giving, serving, dispensing, keeping, or allowing to be consumed on its premises, or o...
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2015-05-12
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
SB540PassAuthorizing a municipality that is organized under Article XI-E of the Maryland Constitution to create a parking authority as a body politic and corporate as provided under the Parking Authorities Act; authorizing a municipality to authorize an autho...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 181
HB574VetoRequiring specified criminal history records checks for physicians, physician assistants, respiratory care practitioners, radiation oncology/therapy, medical radiation, and nuclear medicine technologists, polysomnographic technologists, athletic trai...
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2015-05-12
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
SB383PassAltering the applicability in Caroline County of specified provisions governing the appointment and duties of members of fire companies as deputy sheriffs; and providing for the appointment and duties of members of fire companies as deputy sheriffs i...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 166
HB485PassRequiring the Comptroller to establish a checkoff on the individual income tax return through which specified individuals may make a contribution to the Fair Campaign Financing Fund; requiring the Comptroller to credit specified funds to the Fair Cam...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 312
SB902PassEstablishing in Frederick County a Class B-CC (conference center) license, a Class B license, and a Class MEC (micro-brewery/entertainment center) license; specifying requirements for the licensed establishments; specifying the types of alcoholic bev...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 205
SB922PassAuthorizing the Washington County Board of License Commissioners to issue a special Class C (on-sale) beer and wine street festival license to a not-for-profit club, society, association, or organization; specifying that the license entitles the hold...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 210
SB573PassEstablishing requirements relating to the reserves and opinions relating to the reserves for specified life insurance policies, accident and health insurance contracts, and deposit-type contracts issued by specified companies on or after the operativ...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 367
HB564PassProhibiting specified units of State government from limiting, to less than 60 days, the aggregate number of days of accrued sick leave that specified employees may use, without certification of illness or disability, for the birth or adoption of the...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 435
SB635PassAuthorizing the State Board of Education, the Professional Standards and Teacher Education Board, and at least two local education agencies to consider and, if appropriate, develop an alternative teacher certification program for areas of the State e...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 187
HB490PassRenaming the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Marijuana Commission to be the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission; renaming the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Marijuana Commission Fund to be the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission Fund; pr...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 251
HB848PassRequiring the Anne Arundel County Board of Education to develop and operate a specified Web site that includes specified information about specified payments; specifying the parameters of the Web site; requiring the Board to post the required payment...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 459
SB177VetoAltering specified requirements for filing specified estate tax returns so as to require them to be filed 9 months after the date of death of the decedent and with the Comptroller only.
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2015-05-12
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
HB533PassEstablishing that it is lawful under a specified provision of law for a law enforcement officer to intercept a specified oral communication with a specified device under specified circumstances; requiring the Maryland Police Training Commission to de...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 129
HB613PassAltering the definition of "hospital services" to include a hospital outpatient service that meets specified criteria for the purpose of making it possible for the hospital outpatient service to participate in the federal 340B Program under rates set...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 263
HB207PassAuthorizing the Chesapeake Bay Trust to invest any money of the Trust in marketable equity securities, marketable equity-related mutual funds, or debt-related mutual funds; etc.
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 408
SB567PassRequiring the Department of Human Resources, on or before December 1 of each year, to report to the General Assembly specified information regarding children and foster youth in the State child welfare system; requiring the Department to maintain the...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 366
HB562PassRepealing the termination date of specified provisions of law relating to direct reimbursement by health insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations for transportation by ambulance.
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 434
SB87VetoRequiring a petition for expungement of a criminal charge that has been transferred to the juvenile court to be filed in the court of original jurisdiction from which the order of transfer was entered.
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2015-05-12
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
HB368PassProviding immunity from civil liability for a specified person administering specified medications or treatment in response to an apparent drug overdose if the person is licensed or certified as an emergency medical services provider by the State Eme...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 360
SB666PassAltering the expiration date for and, under specified circumstances, the duration of specified recreational fishing licenses; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to establish by regulation a term for a specified recreational fishing license...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 376
HB571PassRequiring a specified sexual assault policy adopted by the governing body of each institution of higher education to conform with the requirements of a specified federal law; requiring a specified sexual assault policy to include a prohibition agains...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 436
HB367PassAltering the name of the Maryland Mental Health Crisis Response System to be the Maryland Behavioral Health Crisis Response System; requiring the Crisis Response System to evaluate the outcomes of services through the annual collection of data on beh...
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2015-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 416
SB515VetoAltering the circumstances under which specified depository institutions may conduct a savings promotion raffle; repealing a requirement that a depository institution that offers a savings promotion raffle must post in specified locations and disclos...
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2015-05-12
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
SB521VetoEstablishing the Workgroup to Study Safe Harbor Policy for Youth Victims of Human Trafficking; specifying the purpose of the Workgroup; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Workgroup; prohibiting a member of the Workgroup from re...
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2015-05-12
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
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