MD Legislation | 2012 | Regular Session

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HB1401PassRequiring the State Department of Education to support and facilitate specified oral health education, develop a process to monitor specified implementation of oral health education, and submit a summary to the Governor and General Assembly on or bef...
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2012-05-22
Approved by the Governor
HB1356PassRequiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, health maintenance organizations, and dental plan organizations to provide coverage for dental preventive care, including dental cleanings, if specified conditions are met; prohibiting a carrier fro...
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2012-05-22
Approved by the Governor
HB1117PassProviding that, for the purposes of issuing a permit or a variance relating to zoning, construction, or stormwater for a project to install a solar panel, any calculation relating to the impervious surface of the project required by the State or loca...
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2012-05-22
Approved by the Governor
HB1432PassExpressly requiring the Comptroller to enforce provisions of law applicable to specified activities conducted by a department of liquor control or a liquor control board; and making specified powers of liquor control boards subject to the enforcement...
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2012-05-22
Approved by the Governor
HB1327PassExtending the date until which existing community legacy areas and designated neighborhoods will be considered sustainable communities for the purposes of the Community Legacy Program; and extending the date by which sponsors of existing community le...
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2012-05-22
Approved by the Governor
SB167PassExtending termination provisions and altering dates of applicability for specified tax credits for employers that hire qualifying individuals with disabilities.
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2012-05-22
Approved by the Governor
SB621PassRequiring each county board of education to establish a policy to authorize specified school personnel to administer auto-injectable epinephrine to specified students under specified circumstances; requiring that the policy include specified informat...
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2012-05-22
Approved by the Governor
SB104VetoAltering provisions of law to authorize Sailwinds of Cambridge, Inc., instead of Sailwinds Park, Inc., to obtain and renew a specified alcoholic beverages license in Dorchester County; authorizing Sailwinds of Cambridge, Inc. to distribute wristbands...
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2012-05-22
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
HB90VetoRequiring the Chairman of the Baltimore County Republican Party Central Committee to be elected by the members of the central committee from among its members and in accordance with its bylaws instead of being elected at large; and altering the numbe...
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2012-05-22
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
HB787VetoAuthorizing in Frederick County a restaurant for which a Class B beer, wine and liquor license is issued to remove its tables and chairs to accommodate additional patrons at not more than four special events in a calendar year; requiring that a resta...
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2012-05-22
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
HB1121PassRequiring the Division of Parole and Probation to consider a specified caseload for parole and probation employees when considering employee disciplinary actions.
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2012-05-22
Approved by the Governor
SB439PassRemoving Frederick County from the list of counties whose alcoholic beverages inspectors are prohibited from carrying a weapon when issuing a citation for specified violations.
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2012-05-22
Approved by the Governor
HB1254PassIncreasing the minimum General Fund appropriation to the Small Business Development Center Network Fund that the Governor is required to include in the annual budget bill beginning in fiscal year 2013.
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2012-05-22
Approved by the Governor
HB1123PassEstablishing for each permit to drill a gas well in deep shale deposits a presumptive impact area around the gas well; requiring a permittee to replace a water supply under specified circumstances; authorizing the permittee to avoid restoration under...
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2012-05-22
Approved by the Governor
SB362PassAltering from 16 to 17 the maximum age at which children are required to attend a public school regularly during the entire school year, subject to specified exceptions; requiring specified children to return to attendance at school under specified c...
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2012-05-22
Approved by the Governor
SB527VetoEstablishing in Garrett County a Class B beer license for specified hotels, motels, inns, and restaurants; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners to issue the license with or without a catering option; specifying the privileges of a license w...
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2012-05-22
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
HB1124PassRepealing a requirement that each sanitary district in St. Mary's County be a separate taxing district; repealing a prohibition against a specified adverse effect as a result of a change in sanitary district lines; altering the notice requirements fo...
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2012-05-22
Approved by the Governor
HB284PassAltering a provision relating to funding the education of disabled children placed in out-of-county living arrangements; and defining "least restrictive environment C" and "least restrictive environment F".
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2012-05-22
Approved by the Governor
HB283PassContinuing the State Board of Pharmacy in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (sunset law) by extending to July 1, 2023, the termination provisions relating to the statutory and regulatory authority of the Board; rep...
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2012-05-22
Approved by the Governor
HB600PassAllowing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for income from the discharge of indebtedness related to acquiring, constructing, substantially improving, or refinancing a principal residence; providing that the subtraction does not...
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2012-05-22
Approved by the Governor
SB143PassRequiring a local board of education to submit updates to the local board's comprehensive master plan on or before October 15, 2012, October 15, 2013, and October 15, 2014; and altering the dates by which a local board is required to submit a compreh...
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2012-05-22
Approved by the Governor
SB739PassEstablishing a legislative review and evaluation process for specified tax credits allowed against specified taxes; establishing dates for review and other legislative action with regard to specified tax credits; providing for the repeal of specified...
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2012-05-22
Approved by the Governor
HB1126PassCreating a Class 8 farm brewery manufacturer's license; specifying an annual fee; authorizing a licensee to sell and deliver beer manufactured in a facility on the licensed farm or in another facility to specified persons; requiring that the beer be ...
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2012-05-22
Approved by the Governor
HB1289PassAltering the definition of "qualified distressed county" for specified purposes; authorizing specified businesses to claim an income tax credit under the One Maryland Economic Development Tax Credit if the number of qualifying positions filled by the...
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2012-05-22
Approved by the Governor
HB1261PassRequiring that, if the Office of the Attorney General appoints specified individuals who were employees of the Office of the State's Attorney for Baltimore City who were providing specified services for the Child Support Enforcement Administration du...
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2012-05-22
Approved by the Governor
HB641PassRequiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, as funds are available, to conduct a needs assessment, initiate a statewide public awareness campaign, solicit funding, and review and recommend initiatives related to the hepatitis B virus; requ...
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2012-05-22
Approved by the Governor
HB723PassProviding that, with specified exceptions, in Montgomery County an on-site sewage disposal system or well located in a rural zone may only serve a specified property under specified circumstances.
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2012-05-22
Approved by the Governor
HB277PassMaking additional State units that are responsible for the management of specified funds subject to requirements under current law concerning the use of minority business enterprise brokerage and investment services firms, as specified; specifying th...
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2012-05-22
Approved by the Governor
HB470PassRequiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to work with payors and providers to attain benchmarks for standardizing and automating the process required by payors for preauthorizing health care services; requiring the benchmarks to include, on or b...
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2012-05-22
Approved by the Governor
HB1264PassAuthorizing the Howard County Department of Inspections, Licenses and Permits to request from the Central Repository a State and national criminal history records check for an applicant for a massage establishment license, pawnbroker or secondhand de...
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2012-05-22
Approved by the Governor
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Ratifying the 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution relative to the popular election of United States Senators.
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2012-05-22
- Joint Resolution 4
HB215PassAuthorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to establish an Investment in Our Youth (IO-YOUth) Pilot Program; providing that the Program must be established as a qualified organization eligible to receive tax-deductible charitable contributio...
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2012-05-22
Approved by the Governor
HB724PassRequiring local school systems to report information on the duties and activities of school guidance counselors and pupil personnel workers that are designed to promote college readiness of students in grades 6 through 12 to the State Department of E...
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2012-05-22
Approved by the Governor
HB540PassRequiring a funeral establishment or crematory, on taking custody of the body of a decedent in accordance with all authorizations required by law, to maintain the body in a specified manner; requiring a funeral establishment or crematory to maintain ...
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2012-05-22
Approved by the Governor
HB975PassAllowing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for up to $500 of specified expenses incurred by individuals in connection with land preservation under the Forest Conservation and Management Program within the Department of Natural ...
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2012-05-22
Approved by the Governor
HB1269PassRequiring the Public Service Commission to convene a workgroup to study and make recommendations on developing a mechanism to allow specified tenants to pay for utilities when the landlord responsible for utility payments defaults on the responsibili...
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2012-05-22
Approved by the Governor
HB269PassRepealing a requirement that an owner of a specified vessel submit a written request to the Department of Natural Resources to prohibit the Department from disclosing specified information to any person; narrowing the prohibition against and exceptio...
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2012-05-22
Approved by the Governor
HB725PassAuthorizing the Montgomery County Council to direct that voting by mail be utilized in specified special elections for the Montgomery County Council; specifying the application of specified provisions of law to a special election for the Montgomery C...
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2012-05-22
Approved by the Governor
SB524PassTransferring the Maryland After-School Opportunity Fund Program from the State Department of Education to the Governor's Office for Children; altering the name of the Program; limiting grant eligibility to nonprofit organizations and establishing spe...
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2012-05-22
Approved by the Governor
HB444PassAltering the determination of the Maryland estate tax under specified circumstances to exclude from the value of the gross estate up to $5,000,000 of the value of qualified agricultural property; providing that the Maryland estate tax on qualified ag...
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2012-05-22
Approved by the Governor
HB979PassAltering the date by which Calvert County may file its annual financial report for the fiscal year with the Department of Legislative Services.
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2012-05-22
Approved by the Governor
HB213PassEstablishing the Baltimore City Community Enhancement Transit-Oriented Development Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund for specified purposes; providing for the contents and uses of the fund; providing that a portion of revenues from projects and othe...
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2012-05-22
Approved by the Governor
SB605PassRequiring a county superintendent to allow a child to remain at a specified school under specified circumstances; requiring the Secretary of Human Resources and the Secretary of Juvenile Services each to adopt regulations establishing factors relatin...
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2012-05-22
Approved by the Governor
SB938PassAuthorizing an insurer to rescind a policy or binder of personal automobile insurance if the applicant's initial premium payment is made by a check or other remittance that is not honored on presentation to a specified financial institution; requirin...
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2012-05-22
Approved by the Governor
HB1325PassAuthorizing the Department of Natural Resources to adopt regulations establishing an earlier beginning of the workday for tidal fish licensees who catch crabs using trotline gear; prohibiting the Department from restricting the tidal fish licensees' ...
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2012-05-22
Approved by the Governor
HB982PassAuthorizing an insurance producer who is licensed to sell health insurance to charge reasonable fees for an administrative service that is sold by the insurance producer to an employer; providing that fees may not be charged by an insurance producer ...
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2012-05-22
Approved by the Governor
HB261PassDeclaring the intention of the General Assembly to monitor issues and determine whether modification of a specified Act is required; authorizing an individual to file an application for a statement of charges with a District Court commissioner; autho...
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2012-05-22
Approved by the Governor
HB442PassEstablishing the Maryland Innovation Initiative in the Maryland Technology Development Corporation; authorizing the Initiative to award grants to specified entities under specified circumstances; establishing the Maryland Innovation Initiative Fund; ...
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2012-05-22
Approved by the Governor
HB144VetoAuthorizing a person to hunt turkey on private property on Sundays during the spring turkey hunting season in Caroline County and Dorchester County; and making the Act an emergency measure.
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2012-05-22
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
HB245PassAltering the length of time a school bus may be operated in Charles County.
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2012-05-22
Approved by the Governor
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