| SB433 | Pass | Altering the date from February 1 to December 1 each year by which the Public Service Commission is required to report to the General Assembly on the status of implementation of the renewable energy portfolio standard.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 456 |
| SB767 | Pass | Making victims of certain crimes involving the operation of a vessel or motor vehicle eligible for payment of a claim through the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board; and applying the Act prospectively.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 459 |
| SB474 | Pass | Requiring each local ethics commission or appropriate entity to meet at least one time each year; and requiring each local ethics commission or appropriate entity to submit to the local governing body a report on the administration of the local publi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 457 |
| SB350 | Pass | Requiring the Institute for Urban Research at Morgan State University to convene a task force to foster reconciliation and inclusionary justice and work toward achieving racial equity by taking certain actions; requiring the task force to include cer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 417 |
| SB769 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from causing another to engage in certain sexual activity or in the production of a certain visual representation or performance by making certain threats; prohibiting a person from knowingly distributing a certain visual represe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 365 |
| SB818 | Pass | Authorizing certain schools to remain eligible to participate in the Maryland Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program under certain circumstances; requiring the Governor to include an appropriation of $7,550,000 for the Program in the an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 562 |
| SB973 | Pass | Clarifying that the Maryland Transportation Authority may refer certain unpaid video tolls and associated civil penalties to the Central Collection Unit for collection; authorizing the Authority to recall certain unpaid video tolls and associated civ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 547 |
| SB986 | Pass | Requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management to ensure that the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program complies with certain provisions of the Insurance Article relating to the coverage of contraceptive drugs and devices a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 511 |
| SB1201 | Pass | Establishing an Industrial Hemp Pilot Program to authorize and facilitate the research of industrial hemp and any aspect of growing, cultivating, harvesting, processing, manufacturing, transporting, marketing, or selling industrial hemp for agricultu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 476 |
| SB961 | Pass | Requiring funds in the Calvert County Youth Recreational Opportunities Fund to be used for the sole purpose of completing the development of Ward Farm Recreation and Nature Park until the development of the park is complete; requiring the Calvert Cou...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 420 |
| SB332 | Pass | Establishing the Prince George's County School Construction Master Plan Workgroup; requiring the Workgroup to make recommendations based on its review of the FY2017 Educational Facilities Master Plan; requiring the Workgroup to report its findings by...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 416 |
| SB951 | Pass | Authorizing all counties and municipal corporations to release liens for unpaid real property taxes or other charges and assessments to facilitate a transfer of real property if certain conditions are satisfied; authorizing a county or municipal corp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 568 |
| SB277 | Pass | Requiring the Secretary of Transportation to withhold a portion of the State's annual operating grant to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority under certain circumstances; requiring the Department of Transportation to provide an annual g...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 351 |
| SB494 | Pass | Correcting an outdated reference to the name of the Department of Planning in the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact by repealing a certain contingency.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 356 |
| SB279 | Pass | Altering the requirement that Washington Suburban Transit Commission members appointed by the Governor serve as the Commission's appointees to be principal members of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Board of Directors; encouraging ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 354 |
| SB877 | Pass | Establishing the Promoting ext-Raordinary Innovation in Maryland's Economy Program within the Department of Commerce to provide certain Fortune 100 companies tax credits and benefits for up to 10 years; requiring the Department to administer the Prog...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 350 |
| SB447 | Pass | Establishing a cheese and deli shop wine privilege in Frederick County; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners to issue the privilege for use by an establishment for which a Class A beer and wine license has been issued that derives at least ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 276 |
| SB924 | Pass | Defining the term "splash pad" to mean an outdoor play area with sprinklers, fountains, nozzles, or other devices or structures that spray water, in which water is not allowed to accumulate, and that is not used for submersion of the human body; and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 234 |
| SB1072 | Pass | Establishing a 7-day Class B-BB (bed and breakfast) on-sale beer, wine, and liquor license in Caroline County; authorizing the license holder to sell alcoholic beverages to guests of certain catered events; authorizing the license holder to allow cer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 243 |
| SB601 | Pass | Altering the composition of a scenic river advisory board in Carroll County if the scenic or wild river for which the board was created flows through Carroll County and one or more other counties.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 270 |
| SB872 | Pass | Authorizing in Worcester County the State Highway Administration, on its own initiative or at the request of a local authority, to designate an area on a State highway as a special event zone and reduce established speed limits in the special event z...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 325 |
| SB676 | Pass | Repealing the limitation on the number of community benefits district management authorities that the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore may establish.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 226 |
| SB324 | Pass | Repealing in Washington County a certain requirement necessary to establish a defense against selling or providing alcoholic beverages to an individual under the age of 21 years, altering certain penalties; making it a misdemeanor under certain circu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 317 |
| SB1014 | Pass | Establishing that the terms of a trust do not prevail over certain periods of limitation in bringing a judicial action; prohibiting a beneficiary from bringing a judicial action against a trustee for breach of trust more than 1 year after the date th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 261 |
| SB851 | Pass | Requiring that the membership of the Maryland Jockey Injury Compensation Fund, Inc. consist of each licensed owner and trainer who is subject to a certain assessment; altering the circumstances under which a jockey is a covered employee under workers...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 222 |
| SB1158 | Pass | Altering the amount available for a purse for the Maryland International thoroughbred race by specifying an amount up to $500,000; specifying that the Maryland International is a graded stakes race; authorizing the Maryland International to continue ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 185 |
| SB765 | Pass | Requiring the Secretary of Health to convene a stakeholder workgroup to make findings and recommendations on issues related to the reimbursement of certified peer recovery specialists; requiring the workgroup to include representatives of certain per...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 324 |
| SB340 | Pass | Authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Washington County to issue beer tasting, wine tasting, and liquor tasting licenses to holders of any class of beer, wine, and liquor license; providing that the beer tasting license authorizes the ho...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 321 |
| SB854 | Pass | Establishing a certain process for valuing a water company or a sewage disposal company that is the subject of a certain acquisition; prohibiting a person from acquiring a controlling interest in certain water services or sewage disposal providers wi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 220 |
| SB598 | Pass | Requiring the Patuxent Institution and each local correctional facility and each correctional facility in the Division of Correction to have a written policy and procedure in place requiring that menstrual hygiene products be provided at no cost to a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 255 |
| SB207 | Pass | Repealing the termination date of certain provisions of law relating to medical stop-loss insurance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 202 |
| SB253 | Pass | Repealing a provision that provides for the termination of a prohibition on selling alcoholic beverages that are sold in a powder or crystalline form for direct use or use in combination with water or any other substance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 224 |
| SB337 | Pass | Allowing the Public Service Commission, after notice to customers and holding a public hearing and an evidentiary hearing, to authorize a certain rate consolidation of two or more water or sewage disposal systems if the systems have common ownership ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 191 |
| SB644 | Pass | Prohibiting a person in Allegany County from operating an all-terrain vehicle or snowmobile on controlled access highways; authorizing a local authority in Allegany County to authorize a person to cross a highway at a right angle on an all-terrain ve...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 166 |
| SB258 | Pass | Making unenforceable certain provisions of certain condominium governing documents and other documents relating to asserting certain claims against a developer or vendor; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 347 |
| SB341 | Pass | Adding daylight fluorescent pink as a color authorized for certain outerwear required to be worn by certain persons performing certain hunting activities; and authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to adopt regulations to define "daylight fl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 180 |
| SB675 | Pass | Requiring certain research facilities using dogs or cats for scientific research purposes to take certain steps to provide for the adoption of a certain dog or cat that is no longer needed for research purposes; authorizing certain research facilitie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 236 |
| SB968 | Pass | Requiring the Task Force on Rural, Internet, Broadband, Wireless, and Cellular Service, in conducting a certain study, to solicit input from local governments, Internet service providers, and wireless service providers on identifying unserved and und...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 178 |
| SB356 | Pass | Requiring the County Commissioners of Somerset County to appropriate to certain organized volunteer fire companies in the county certain amounts for certain fiscal years; and requiring that the appropriations required for a certain fiscal year remain...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 328 |
| SB348 | Pass | Requiring that a person commence a judicial proceeding to contest the validity of a trust that was revocable at the death of the settlor within a certain period; and applying the Act prospectively.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 257 |
| SB275 | Pass | Repealing the provision of law prohibiting in Carroll County the issuance of a permit authorizing the operation of a card game, card tournament, or casino event after 1 a.m. on Sunday.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 267 |
| SB576 | Pass | Prohibiting a pharmacy benefits manager from prohibiting a pharmacy or pharmacist from providing a beneficiary with information regarding the retail price of a prescription drug or the amount of the cost share share for a prescription for which the b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 218 |
| SB645 | Pass | Establishing a Class B-TM (theater/museum) beer, wine, and liquor license in Allegany County; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners to issue the license for use by a theater/museum that has a ballroom with a maximum seating capacity of 300 p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 164 |
| SB40 | Pass | Exempting the Maryland Stadium Authority from certain provisions of law relating to the purchase, lease, or rental of information technology or any changes to the purchase, lease, or rental of information technology.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 150 |
| SB703 | Pass | Establishing the Behavioral Health Crisis Response Grant Program to provide funds to local jurisdictions to establish and expand community behavioral health crisis response systems; requiring that, for certain fiscal years, the Governor include in th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 210 |
| SB608 | Pass | Requiring the State House Trust to be responsible for the landscaping and construction of Lawyer's Mall; requiring the Trust to disapprove or approve and supervise any proposed improvement, nonemergency repair, or other change to Lawyer's Mall; and p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 280 |
| SB1223 | Pass | Requiring an authorized provider to attest on the registration form to the Maryland Department of Health that the authorized provider completed 2 hours of continuing education before the authorized provider may be registered by the Department or rene...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 214 |
| SB233 | Pass | Requiring a court to order a certain defendant committed to a certain facility if the court makes a certain finding; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to admit a certain defendant to a designated facility as soon as possible, but not later ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 189 |
| SB707 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from transporting a certain rapid fire trigger activator into the State or manufacturing, possessing, selling, offering to sell, transferring, purchasing, or receiving a certain rapid fire trigger activator, subject to a certain ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 252 |
| SB90 | Pass | Authorizing the holder of an electronic nicotine delivery systems retailer license to make sales to consumers through the mail, a computer network, a telephonic network, or another electronic network; repealing an authorization relating to electronic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 200 |
