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HB149Intro

Sine Die
Reducing from 110% to 105% the homestead property tax credit percentage for the State property tax; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after June 30, 2016.
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2015-02-11
To House Ways and Means Committee
SB131Intro

Sine Die
Requiring an exemption from the payment of tuition at the Baltimore City Community College for any student eligible for in-State tuition who is a graduate of a Baltimore City public high school; and requiring that a specified individual be counted in...
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2015-02-11
Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation)
SB179Intro

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Prohibiting the State Department of Assessments and Taxation from imposing a fee for the filing of specified documents by corporations or business entities with 10 or fewer employees; requiring specified corporations to compute Maryland taxable incom...
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2015-02-11
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee
SB85Intro

Sine Die
Allowing an individual a credit against the State income tax for the purchase price of equipment used to install or maintain a floating garden; providing that the credit may not exceed a specified amount; providing that the credit may not be carried ...
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2015-02-11
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee
SB115Intro

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Providing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax under specified circumstances for specified retirement income attributable to a resident's employment as a law enforcement or correctional officer or the individual's service as fire,...
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2015-02-11
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee
HB42Intro

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Providing that an employer is liable under specified circumstances in an action concerning a violation of specified provisions of employment discrimination and retaliation law based on quid pro quo harassment or the creation or continuation of harass...
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2015-02-11
To House Health and Government Operations Committee
HB69Intro

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Exempting from the Calvert County property tax specified personal property purchased by businesses from July 1, 2015, to June 30, 2018; exempting specified personal property from the Calvert County property tax beginning on July 1, 2018; providing th...
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2015-02-11
To House Ways and Means Committee
HB148Intro

Sine Die
Altering the calculation of the annual interest rate that the Comptroller sets for tax deficiencies and refunds.
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2015-02-10
To House Ways and Means Committee
SB118Intro

Sine Die
Authorizing the Workers' Compensation Commission to adopt regulations about payment for the examination of a covered employee and the preparation of a report by a medical expert engaged by a party; authorizing the Commission to regulate fees and othe...
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2015-02-10
To Senate Finance Committee
HB122Intro

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Establishing the Task Force to Study the Impact of State and Local Taxes on Small Businesses; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving specified compensation, but auth...
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2015-02-10
To House Ways and Means Committee
HB126Intro

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Altering the requirement for the Comptroller to withhold Maryland income tax refunds of specified individuals with outstanding warrants to include residents of Carroll County or individuals who have outstanding warrants from Carroll County; making no...
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2015-02-10
To House Ways and Means Committee
HB87Intro

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Altering the requirement for the Comptroller to withhold Maryland income tax refunds of specified individuals with outstanding warrants to include residents of Montgomery County or individuals who have outstanding warrants from Montgomery County; mak...
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2015-02-10
To House Ways and Means Committee
SB205Intro

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Authorizing the State Board of Dental Examiners to issue a cease and desist order or obtain injunctive relief against a specified person under specified circumstances; establishing that, for a specified cease and desist order, proof is not required o...
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2015-02-09
Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs; Withdrawn
SB18Intro

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Adding specified grounds on which the State Board of Dental Examiners may take specified disciplinary action against applicants for a license to practice dentistry or dental hygiene, licensed dentists, or licensed dental hygienists.
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2015-02-09
Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs; Withdrawn
SB202Intro

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Authorizing the State Board of Dental Examiners, in reviewing a specified application or investigating an allegation, to direct a dentist, dental hygienist, or dental assistant to submit to a mental health or physical examination under specified circ...
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2015-02-09
Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs; Withdrawn
HB107Intro

Sine Die
Requiring counties to provide medical professional liability insurance for specified nonprofit health care providers in the amount of $200,000 per occurrence or claim, and $500,000 per total claims that arise from the same occurrence; etc.
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2015-02-09
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters; Withdrawn
HB17Intro

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Altering the number of clock hours of continuing education instruction a licensee must complete to qualify for renewal of a license to provide real estate brokerage services; requiring specified licensees to take a course that outlines real estate la...
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2015-02-09
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters; Withdrawn
SB218Intro

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Prohibiting the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene from placing specified individuals on a waiting list for specified services or giving priority to specified individuals to receive specified services based on the setting in which the individual...
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2015-02-06
Unfavorable Report by Finance; Withdrawn
SB219Intro

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Altering specified financial eligibility criteria included in the home- and community-based services waiver; requiring, on or before October 1, 2015, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to apply to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Servic...
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2015-02-06
Unfavorable Report by Finance; Withdrawn
SB35Intro

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Altering license fees applicants in Baltimore County are required to pay for keeping a billiard table for commercial use, for doing construction business, for keeping a garage where motor vehicles are stored for a fee, for doing the business of clean...
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2015-02-06
Unfavorable Report by Finance; Withdrawn
SB78Intro

Sine Die
Excluding as a father of a child, for purposes of specified provisions relating to the paternity of a child in a guardianship or adoption proceeding, a man who has committed a specified sexual crime against the child's mother; requiring a court to co...
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2015-02-05
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
SB46Intro

Sine Die
Altering specified alcoholic beverages license fees in Baltimore County.
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2015-02-05
To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee
SB129Intro

Sine Die
Prohibiting a person from willfully damaging or destroying human remains; providing for specified exceptions; and establishing a penalty not to exceed 5 years or a fine not to exceed $5,000 or both for violation of the Act.
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2015-02-05
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
HB65Intro

Sine Die
Authorizing specified county governing bodies to exclude specified lease payments made by a county board of education from the maintenance of effort calculation under specified circumstances; and providing for the prospective application of the Act.
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2015-02-05
To House Ways and Means Committee
HB361Intro

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Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution establishing that an indigent defendant is entitled to government-funded legal representation at the times and under the circumstances provided by statute and court rule, and that a specified consti...
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2015-02-05
To House Judiciary Committee
SB2Intro

Sine Die
Establishing the Higher Education Investment Tax Credit Program to authorize tax credits against the State income tax, public service company franchise tax, and insurance premium tax equal to 50% of the donation made to specified eligible higher educ...
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2015-02-04
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee
SB72Intro

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Making specified provisions of law relating to the Motor Vehicle Administration's collection and electronic forwarding of Selective Service registration information gender-neutral and expanding their applicability to specified minors; repealing provi...
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2015-02-04
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
SB120Intro

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Altering the length of time a school bus may be operated in Harford County under specified circumstances.
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2015-02-04
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
SB43Intro

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Requiring, within the time prescribed by law after its presentment, the Governor to approve a bill if the bill is duplicative of a bill that the Governor approves from the same regular or special session of the General Assembly.
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2015-02-04
To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee
SB47Intro

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Establishing a checkoff on the individual income tax return through which a United States citizen or legal permanent resident may make a contribution to the Fair Campaign Financing Fund; and requiring the Comptroller to take specified actions to admi...
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2015-02-04
Hearing 2/04 at 2:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation)
SB10Intro

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Repealing a requirement that specified motor fuel tax rates be adjusted in future years based on growth in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers.
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2015-02-04
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee
SB6Intro

Sine Die
Altering a limitation on claiming the income tax credit for eligible long-term care insurance premiums for more than 1 year with respect to the same insured individual; altering the amount of the credit from a one-time $500 credit to a maximum of $25...
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2015-02-04
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee
SB37Intro

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Altering specified fees for licenses for tobacco manufacturers, retailers, and storage warehouses; altering specified fees for licenses for other tobacco products manufacturers, retailers, tobacconists, and storage warehouses; requiring a specified l...
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2015-02-04
Hearing 2/04 at 2:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation)
HB66Intro

Sine Die
Establishing the No Wrong Door Pilot Program in the Department of Human Resources; specifying the purpose of the program is to ensure that low-income residents of the State have access to the services needed to sustain themselves and their families; ...
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2015-02-03
To House Appropriations Committee
SB40Intro

Sine Die
Requiring specified employers to provide employees with specified earned sick and safe leave; providing for the manner in which earned sick and safe leave is accrued by the employee and treated by the employer; requiring an employer to allow an emplo...
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2015-02-03
To Senate Finance Committee
SB81Intro

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Authorizing the governing body of Carroll County to grant a property tax credit for specified real property owned by Buc's Pleasure Club; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after June 30, 2015.
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2015-01-29
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee
HB28Intro

Sine Die
Requiring that at least one school resource officer be assigned to each public school in the State; requiring specified public schools to hire retired law enforcement officers as school resource officers for the school; requiring specified school res...
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2015-01-28
To House Ways and Means Committee
HB19Intro

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Requiring the system of active intervention for specified truant students developed by each county board of education to include an Individualized Reengagement Plan for each truant student, coordination and collaboration with State and municipal agen...
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2015-01-28
To House Ways and Means Committee
HB36Intro

Sine Die
Increasing the participation goal from 0.5% to 5% for specified veteran-owned business enterprises for specified procurement contracts.
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2015-01-28
To House Health and Government Operations Committee
HB125Intro

Sine Die
Altering the length of time a school bus may be operated in Harford County under specified circumstances.
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2015-01-26
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
SB55Intro

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Making the proposed appropriations contained in the State budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, in accordance with Article III, Section 52 of the Maryland Constitution; etc.
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2015-01-23
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee
SB56Intro

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Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $1,068,545,000, the proceeds to be used for specified necessary building, construction, demolition, planning, renovation, conversion, replacement, and capital equipment purchases of the State,...
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2015-01-23
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee
SB19Intro

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Subjecting the appointment of the Chancellor of the University System of Maryland to the advice and consent of the General Assembly; and making the Act an emergency measure.
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2015-01-22
To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee
HB29Intro

Sine Die
Requiring individuals who apply to register to vote after June 30, 2015, to submit proof of United States citizenship; providing that individuals who are not citizens of the United States are not qualified to be registered voters; requiring an applic...
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2015-01-14
To House Ways and Means Committee
HB34Intro

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Prohibiting the State Board of Education and specified county boards of education from establishing specified educational policies, curriculum, and guidelines that include or are based on the Common Core State Standards; prohibiting the State Board f...
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2015-01-14
To House Ways and Means Committee
HB22Intro

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Authorizing the State Department of Education, the State Board of Education, a county board of education, a local school system, a primary school, or a secondary school to collect or disclose the education records or personally identifiable informati...
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2015-01-14
To House Ways and Means Committee
HB30Intro

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Establishing the Frederick County Public Charter School Program; establishing the Frederick County Public Charter School Board; authorizing an applicant for a specified charter in Frederick County to apply under the Maryland Public Charter School Pro...
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2015-01-14
To House Ways and Means Committee
SB3Intro

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Authorizing nonprofit organizations that provide social services to residents of the State and have an annual operating budget of $250,000 or less to pay employees 85% of the State minimum wage or $7.25 per hour; etc.
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2015-01-14
To Senate Finance Committee
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