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Tuesday, April 9, 2030 (Sine Die)

Senate Bill 154 – Healthy Air Act (The President (Administration), and Senator Pinsky)

Prohibiting affected facilities collectively from emitting more than specified amounts per year of oxides of nitrogen, sulfur dioxide, and mercury on or after specified dates; authorizing the

Department of the Environment to set a specified interim stage of sulfur dioxide emissionsreductions; requiring the Governor to include the State in the Regional Greenhouse GasInitiative; providing for the possible withdrawal of the State from the Regional Greenhouse GasInitiative after January 1, 2033; etc.

3/20 Senate: Third Reading Passed (33-14)3/30 House: Third Reading Passed (107-27)4/9 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 1

Senate Bill 144 – Maryland Stem Cell Research Act (The President (Administration), and

Senator Hollinger, et al)

Requiring that State-funded stem cell research be conducted in a manner that considers theethical and medical implications of the research; prohibiting specified persons from conductingspecified research that intentionally and directly leads to human cloning; establishing theMaryland Stem Cell Research Fund; authorizing the Governor to include an appropriation to theFund in the annual budget bill; etc.


Senate Bill 150 – Consumer Protection – Protection of Personal Information (The President

(Administration))Prohibiting the unauthorized sale or release of specified private information by specified entities;requiring telephone service providers to take certain steps to ensure customer privacy andrequiring that consumers be notified of security breaches; establishing penalties of up to $10,000per occurrence; increasing criminal penalties for pretexting; etc.


House Bill 1 – Ethics Law - Reform of Legislative Ethics Process (The Speaker (Special

Study Commission on the Maryland Public Ethics Law), et al)Altering provisions of the Public Ethics Law that apply to members of the General Assemblyand, under specified circumstances, to other State officials and employees; altering provisionsrelating to conflict of interest, disclosure, employment, and the acceptance of gifts; providing forthe appointment of a Counsel to the Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics; altering proceduresfor investigating the ethical conduct of members; requiring members to file a preliminaryfinancial disclosure under specified circumstances; etc.



3/18 House: Third Reading Passed (109-25)4/7 Senate: Third Reading Passed (44-3)4/9 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 4

House Bill 11 – Correctional Services (The Speaker (Department of Legislative Services -

Code Revision))Adding a new article to the Annotated Code of Maryland, to be designated and known as the"Correctional Services Article", to revise, restate, and recodify the laws relating to the State andlocal correctional systems; revising, restating, and recodifying certain provisions relating to theduties of State's Attorneys, the duties of clerks of the court, and the authority of the Board of Public Works; transferring certain provisions to the Session Laws; providing for the continuity of a certain incentive-based compensation plan; etc.


House Bill 21 – Advisory Council on Environmental Justice – Extension (Delegates

Hubbard and Oaks (Advisory Council on Environmental Justice))

Extending the reporting and termination dates of the Advisory Council on Environmental Justice.


House Bill 39 – Howard County - Alcoholic Beverages - Golf Course License (Howard

County Delegation)

Creating in Howard County a Class GC (golf course) beer and light wine license; andestablishing a fee of $350 for the license.


House Bill 46 – Health Insurance - Annual Chlamydia Screening Test – Coverage

(Delegates Goldwater , Pitkin, Barve, Bronrott, Mandel, and Menes)

Requiring health insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizationsto provide coverage for an annual chlamydia screening test for certain persons under certaincircumstances; authorizing health insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and healthmaintenance organizations to impose cost-sharing requirements under certain circumstances;providing for the application of the Act; etc.




House Bill 47 – Corporations - Dissolution - Filing Requirements (Chairman, Economic

Matters Committee (Departmental - Assessments and Taxation))

Repealing the requirement that a domestic corporation file certifications that it has paid certaintaxes and other obligations before filing articles of dissolution; requiring that certain reports befiled before articles of dissolution may be filed; repealing the requirement that a foreign

corporation must file certifications that it has paid all taxes before terminating its registration orqualification; etc.


House Bill 58 – Public Ethics - Public Officials – Training (Chairman, Commerce and

Government Matters Committee (Departmental - Ethics, State Commission on))Requiring the State Ethics Commission to provide a training course on the requirements of thePublic Ethics Law to certain individuals; requiring certain individuals to complete the course

within 6 months of filling the vacancy or position being identified as a public official position;providing an exemption; and renumbering a certain subsection.


House Bill 59 – Human Relations Commission – Disability (Chairman, Commerce and

Government Matters Committee (Departmental - Human Relations Commission))

Substituting the word "disability" for "physical or mental handicap", "physical or mentalqualification", "handicap", and various other terms in certain provisions of law regarding humanrelations and discrimination.


House Bill 66 – Veterinary Practice Act - Practice of Veterinary Medicine (Chairman,

Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Agriculture))

Requiring all out-of-state veterinarians who practice in the State to register annually with theState Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners regardless of whether they have an office in theState; and providing that the definition of "practice of veterinary medicine" does not include orapply to a veterinarian licensed in another jurisdiction while consulting with a veterinarypractitioner in this State.




House Bill 71 – State Employee Benefits Program - Satellite Organizations (Chairman,

Appropriations Committee (Departmental - Budget and Management))

Repealing the requirement that a not-for-profit organization that participates in the StateEmployee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program pay the State the costs forsettlement of claims and for expenses resulting from the participation of its employees in the

Program.


House Bill 88 – Correctional Services Article - Cross-References and Corrections (The

Speaker (Department of Legislative Services - Code Revision))

Correcting certain cross-references to the Correctional Services Article in the Annotated Code of Maryland; correcting a certain omission in the Correctional Services Article; making stylisticchanges; etc.


House Bill 99 – Explosives - Forfeiture of Vehicle, Vessel, or Aircraft (Chairman, Judiciary

Committee (Departmental - State Police, Dept. of))

Adding the State as one of the governmental bodies eligible to receive vehicles forfeited for aviolation of Article 38A, { 34A or { 34B; clarifying the jurisdiction to which a court must orderforfeiture; allowing the Secretary of the State Police to dispose of specified forfeited property ina specified manner; and providing for the deposit of specified cash or money in the State GeneralFund.


House Bill 106 – Maryland Condominium Act - Disclosure Requirements - Public Offering

Statement (Delegates Kagan, Moe, Frush, Hill, and Pitkin)

Requiring the vendor of a condominium to provide the purchaser with a current public offeringstatement; requiring the public offering statement to include a plain language statement of thepolicy and procedures for collecting assessments and handling collection of delinquencies,including specified reasonable details; and providing that a public offering statement is current if certain information is updated and filed by the developer at least annually.


House Bill 109 – Health Insurance - Medical Clinical Trials – Coverage (Delegate Krysiak)



Requiring specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenanceorganizations to provide coverage under specified circumstances for specified patient costincurred as a result of treatment being provided in a Phase I clinical trial for a life-threateningcondition other than cancer; and applying the Act.


House Bill 114 – Calvert County - Alcoholic Beverages – Licenses (Calvert County

Delegation)

Requiring in Calvert County the Board of License Commissioners to obtain the criminal historyand fingerprints of new alcoholic beverages license applicants and applicants for a licensetransfer; establishing a $250 fee for new applicants and applicants for a license transfer; alteringthe annual time period in which an applicant must file for a license renewal to between April 1and May 1, inclusive; establishing a $50 late fine per day and a $500 maximum total late fine for

license renewals; etc.


House Bill 117 – Child Care - Regulations - First Aid and CPR (Delegates Moe, R. Baker,

Frush, Griffith, Healey, Menes, Patterson, Rudolph, Bozman, Bronrott, and Malone)Requiring the Department of Human Resources to adopt regulations requiring family day careproviders to hold, and child care centers to have in attendance a specified number of individualswho hold, current certificates indicating successful completion of specified approved basic firstaid training and specified cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training.


House Bill 124 – State Correctional Facilities - Inmates - Release on Mandatory

Supervision (Chairman, Judiciary Committee (Departmental - Public Safety and

Correctional Services)

Requiring that the Division of Correction issue a certain order before an inmate is released onmandatory supervision; providing that this requirement does not apply in the case of an inmatewho is released to a detainer; and establishing that an individual on mandatory supervision issubject to any special conditions established by a member of the Maryland Parole Commission.




House Bill 137 – Department of Housing and Community Development - Community

Development Administration - Community Development Projects (Chairman, Economic

Matters Committee (Departmental - Housing and Community Dev.))

Exempting specified neighborhood revitalization areas from the income limits for occupants of community development projects.


House Bill 139 – Health Insurance - Penalties and Unfair Claims Settlement Practices

(Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (Departmental - Insurance Administration,

Maryland))

Authorizing the Insurance Commissioner to impose penalties against health maintenanceorganizations for certain violations; providing that the refusal to pay for a claim for an arbitraryor capricious reason is an unfair claims settlement practice; and providing for the application of

the Act.


House Bill 159 – Flood Control and Watershed Management - Comprehensive Flood

Management Grant Program (Chairman, Appropriations Committee (Departmental -

Environment))

Clarifying the level of private and local government funding for certain grants under theComprehensive Flood Management Grant Program.


House Bill 160 – Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority - Participation in State

Health and Welfare Benefits Program (Chairman, Appropriations Committee

(Departmental - NE Md. Waste Disposal Authority))

Authorizing employees and retirees of the Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority toparticipate in the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program; andrequiring the Authority to pay to the State the Authority's share of the cost of the Program.


House Bill 171 – Motor Vehicles - Windshield Materials - Governmental Exemptions

(Delegates Slade, Wood, and O'Donnell)



Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to adopt regulations to exempt federal and Stategovernment agencies from windshield material prohibitions.

2/25 House: Third Reading Passed (135-0)4/6 Senate: Third Reading Passed (46-0)

4/9 Approved by the Governor–

Chapter 25

House Bill 195 – Higher Education - Promoting Commercial Potential of Inventions of

Public Higher Education Institutions (Chairman, Commerce and Government Matters

Committee (Departmental - University System of Maryland) and Delegate Barve)Allowing nondisclosure of a part of a public record that contains information about an inventionpartly or wholly owned by a State public institution of higher education; and setting limits onwhen nondisclosure is not allowed.



Chapter 26

House Bill 197 – St. Mary's County - Alcoholic Beverage Board - Noise Regulation (St.

Mary's County Delegation)

Authorizing the Alcoholic Beverage Board of St. Mary's County to regulate the noise level andplaying time of a mechanical music box, live music, or a sound making device on licensedpremises if the sound disturbs the peace, tranquility, safety, and health of the surroundingneighborhood.


House Bill 198 – St. Mary's County - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Felony Conviction (St.

Mary's County Delegation)Requiring the Alcoholic Beverage Board of St. Mary's County to disapprove an alcoholicbeverages license application of an applicant who has been convicted of a felony; authorizing theBoard to deny a license renewal if the licensee or a stockholder of a corporation that uses thelicense has been convicted of a felony; and requiring the Board to hold a hearing beforerenewing a license if certain persons have been convicted of a felony.


House Bill 200 – St. Mary's County - Alcoholic Beverages - Disciplinary Proceedings

Against Licensees (St. Mary's County Delegation)

Specifying that in St. Mary's County the granting of probation before judgment to a licensee oran employee of the licensee for violating the law against selling alcoholic beverages to a minor



or intoxicated person does not bar the Alcoholic Beverages Board from proceedingadministratively against the licensee for the violation.



Chapter 29

House Bill 201 – St. Mary's County - Alcoholic Beverages - Hotel/Restaurant License (St.

Mary's County Delegation)

Establishing in St. Mary's County a Class B beer, wine and liquor hotel/restaurant license; settingthe fee for a hotel/restaurant license at $1,000; establishing specified criteria that a hotel mustmeet to be eligible for a license; and limiting a hotel/restaurant licensee to on-sale privileges.


House Bill 214 – Damages for Injury to or Death of Pet (Delegates Doory , Dembrow,

Montague, Pitkin, Snodgrass, Klausmeier, Ports, and Redmer)

Increasing the measure of damages for tortious injuries to a pet to include the reasonable cost of veterinary care that does not exceed $5,000; and clarifying that damages may be recovered forthe tortious death of a pet.


House Bill 221 – Smoke Control Systems in High-Rise Buildings - Obsolete Provisions –

Repealed (Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - State Police,

Dept. of))

Repealing obsolete requirements for smoke control systems in high-rise buildings.


House Bill 225 – Health Occupations - Practice of Medicine - Licensure Requirements

(Delegate Morhaim)

Requiring the Board of Physician Quality Assurance to waive certain examination requirementsif an applicant for a license to practice medicine holds a certificate of proficiency andprofessional standing of the board of medical examiners of another state that was issued before acertain date.




House Bill 236 – State Board of Cosmetologists (Chairman, Economic Matters Committee)

Continuing the State Board of Cosmetologists in accordance with the provisions of the MarylandProgram Evaluation Act (Sunset Law) by extending to July 1, 2042, the termination provisionsrelating to the statutory and regulatory authority of the Board.


House Bill 251 – Vehicle Laws - Allegany County - Golf Carts - Authorization to Cross

County Roads (Allegany County Delegation)

Providing that the Maryland Vehicle Law does not preclude Allegany County from designatingcrossings where golf carts may cross county highways in proximity to golf courses; andproviding that golf carts need not be registered under the Maryland Vehicle Law for purposes of such crossings.


House Bill 252 – Allegany County - Alcoholic Beverages - Disposition of License Fees

(Allegany County Delegation) Requiring in Allegany County the Director of Finance to credit to the County 5 percent of thelicense fees received for licenses that are issued to a place of business located in a municipalcorporation; and requiring in Allegany County the Director of Finance to pay 50 percent of theremaining license fees received for these licenses to the respective municipal corporation.


House Bill 256 – United States - Jurisdiction - Exclusive Jurisdiction (Chairman,

Commerce and Government Matters Committee (Departmental - Planning))

Granting to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over specified property within Fort GeorgeG. Meade Military Reservation; providing that the State retains the right to serve all civil andcriminal process of the courts of the State and to enforce and ensure compliance with allapplicable environmental and Public Service Commission laws and regulations; etc.


House Bill 260 – Real Property - Landlord-Tenant - Gender Neutral Language (Delegate

Krysiak (Commission to Review Landlord-Tenant Law))

Inserting gender neutral language in Title 8 of the Real Property Article.




House Bill 263–

Political Subdivisions - Residency Requirements for Chief ExecutiveOfficers (Delegates Marriott, Rawlings, Rosenberg, McIntosh, Paige, Dypski, McHale,

Burns, and Branch)

Requiring a candidate for the office of the chief executive officer of a political subdivision to bea resident of the political subdivision for at least 6 months preceding the general election, unlessthe charter of the political subdivision contains a longer durational residency requirement and thegoverning body reaffirms the longer durational residency requirement by enactment of anordinance effective no later than the filing deadline for candidates for the primary election.



Chapter 39

House Bill 300 – Municipal Corporations - Planning Commission - Alternate Members

(Delegates Barve, Gordon, and Kagan)

Allowing the local governing body of a municipal corporation to designate specified alternatemembers of the planning commission of the municipal corporation to sit on the commission inthe absence of commission members; and making a stylistic change.


House Bill 362 – Allegany County - Alcoholic Beverages - Special Festival License

(Allegany County Delegation)

Creating in Allegany County a special festival alcoholic beverages license; and providing for theterms and conditions of the license.


House Bill 382 – Charles County - Board of Fire and Rescue Commissioners (Charles

County Delegation)

Clarifying that the Charles County Board of Fire and Rescue Commissioners may remove fromoffice or bar from office any individual who refuses to submit any record required under acertain local law or who otherwise deliberately violates the provisions of a certain local law;authorizing the Board to hire a program coordinator; requiring that the position be funded out of fire and rescue taxes; etc.

3/11 House: Third Reading Passed (138-0)



4/1 Senate: Third Reading Passed (46-0)4/9 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 42

House Bill 385 – Charles County - Length of Service Award - Cost of Living Increase (Charles County Delegation)

Authorizing an increase of $1 to be applied to the value of 1 year's qualifying service on July 1,2030, in lieu of a cost of living increase for fiscal year 2031; etc.


House Bill 386 – Charles County - Length of Service Award - Early Receipt of Benefits

(Charles County Delegation)Allowing a member who is at least 55 years old and has completed a minimum of 25 years of qualifying service to elect to receive an early Length of Service Award Program benefit equal to

75% of the benefit that person would have received at age 60; requiring a member's credit foradditional years of service to equal 75% of the benefit awarded to a member who begins benefitsat age 60; and requiring that the election of early benefits be the final choice of benefits.


House Bill 395 – Charles County - Public Facilities Bonds - Charles County Nursing Home

(Charles County Delegation)

Authorizing the County Commissioners of Charles County to borrow not more than $2,000,000to finance the cost of the renovation, repair, capital equipping, and general improvement of thefacility that houses the Charles County Nursing Home.


House Bill 412 – Montgomery County - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses – Theaters

(Montgomery County Delegation)

Authorizing the Montgomery County Board of License Commissioners to issue a special theater(on-sale) beer and wine license for use in specified premises; establishing the conditions andtimes for sale under the license; establishing an annual fee of $100 for the license; prohibiting thetransfer of the license to another location; and defining specified terms.




House Bill 456 – Morgan State University - Board of Regents - Membership and Residency

Requirement (Chairman, Appropriations Committee (Departmental - Morgan State

University))

Repealing the requirement that a member of the Morgan State University Board of Regents be aresident of the State; increasing the number of members of the Board; and requiring that, except

for the student member, at least 11 members of the Board shall be residents of the State.


House Bill 461 – State Land Acquisition - Approval by Board of Public Works -

Corrective Legislation (Delegate Wood)

Modifying exemptions relating to the State's land acquisition approval process and involvingBoard of Public Works approval and notice to local governments; and providing that landacquisitions by specified units within the Department of Transportation are not exempt from

Board of Public Works approval.


House Bill 468 – Vehicle Laws - Shuttle Permits (Delegate Arnick)

Providing that registration is not required for a new vehicle being operated as part of a shuttle ona highway between certain authorized points while following a registered vehicle displaying ashuttle permit; increasing from 3 miles to 5 miles the distance a new vehicle in a shuttle maytravel between a maritime port facility and a temporary storage area; requiring a vehicle that isleading a shuttle to display a shuttle permit on the dashboard of the vehicle; etc.


House Bill 500 – Natural Resources - Hunting – Deer (Delegates Weir , Schisler,

Klausmeier, Ports, Redmer, and Elliott)

Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to establish an early black powder season fordeer on two consecutive Fridays and Saturdays in October; requiring the Department to limithunting during the second weekend of the early black powder season to antlerless deer only;requiring the Department to determine antlered and antlerless deer requirements in each deermanagement region to meet the goals of the Deer Management Plan; and providing for thetermination of the Act.




House Bill 503 – Natural Resources - Senior Consolidated Hunting License – Eligibility

(Delegates Redmer, Ports, Weir, Klausmeier, Boutin, Nathan-Pulliam, and Morhaim)

Allowing residents to purchase either a lifetime or annual senior consolidated license beginningin the calendar year in which they attain the age of 65.


House Bill 506 – Worcester County - Liquor Control Board - Working Capital Limit

(Delegates Bozman, Conway, and McClenahan)

Raising from $300,000 to $400,000 the limit of the reserve fund that the Liquor Control Boardfor Worcester County is authorized to maintain to provide adequate working capital and to meetlosses sustained in the operation of certain dispensaries.



House Bill 510 – Worcester County - Liquor Control Board - Borrowing Limit (Delegates

Bozman, Conway, and McClenahan)

Raising from $500,000 to $1,000,000 the maximum aggregate amount of money that the LiquorControl Board for Worcester County may borrow from or be advanced by a banking institution.


House Bill 513 – Garrett County - Alcoholic Beverages – Penalties (Delegate Edwards)

Increasing the maximum fine from $1,000 to $3,000 that the Garrett County Board of LicenseCommissioners may impose for a violation of the alcoholic beverages laws.


House Bill 520 – Allegany and Garrett Counties - Property Tax Sales - Limitation on

Expense Reimbursement (Allegany County and Garrett County Delegations)

Including Allegany County and Garrett County among the jurisdictions where expensereimbursement relating to the foreclosure of the right of redemption is restricted for a 4-monthperiod.




House Bill 521 – Property Tax - Credit for Conservation Lands (Delegate Bozman, et al)

Adding the Maryland Environmental Trust to the definition of conservation land eligible for aproperty tax credit against the municipal or county property tax imposed on that land.



House Bill 523 – Worcester County - Alcoholic Beverages - Special Sunday Club Licenses

(Delegates Bozman, Conway, and McClenahan)Increasing from 8 to 20 in Worcester County the number of special Sunday licenses that theBoard of License Commissioners may issue to a club in a calendar year.


House Bill 524 – Worcester County - Alcoholic Beverages - Golf Course Licenses (Delegates

Bozman, Conway, and McClenahan)

Creating in Worcester County a Class C (golf course) alcoholic beverages license.


House Bill 556 – Extrajurisdictional Authority for Police Officers - Joint Operation

(Delegate Minnick – Baltimore County Administration, et al)

Authorizing a police officer to make arrests outside the officer's jurisdiction if a warrant has beenissued against a person and the police officer is participating in a joint operation that is createdby an agreement between the primary law enforcement officers; and providing for rights toimmunity, exemptions, and employment during such a joint operation.


House Bill 590 – Diesel Vehicle Emissions Control Program (Delegate Morhaim, et al)

Requiring the Secretary of the Environment, the Secretary of the State Police, and the Secretaryof Transportation to jointly establish by regulation a Diesel Vehicle Emissions Control Program;requiring certain regulations to establish certain requirements for certain emissions standards,emissions tests, emissions test equipment, emissions test procedures, and certain circumstancesunder which a test may be performed; etc.




House Bill 609 – Education - County Board Hearing Examiners (Delegates Guns, Rudolph,

Bozman, W. Baker, McClenahan, and Conway)

Authorizing all county boards of education to have specified proceedings heard by a hearingexaminer; specifying that the hearing officer need not be an attorney to hear specified

proceedings; providing an exception for Anne Arundel County; etc.


House Bill 611 – Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Minority Business

Enterprise Programs

Extending the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) minority business enterpriseprograms through July 1, 2033; altering a provision to provide for an increase in minoritybusiness participation as prize contractors and subcontractors; requiring the WSSC to submit

reports concerning its minority business enterprise programs to the Montgomery County andPrince George's County legislative delegations on or before September 15, 2032; etc.


House Bill 627 – Health Maintenance Organizations - Reimbursement for Medical

Screening, Assessment, and Stabilization Services (Delegate Love, et al)

Providing for the continuation of a provision that requires a health maintenance organization toreimburse hospital emergency facilities and health care providers for certain medical screening,assessment, and stabilization services by repealing a termination provision relating to thisrequirement.


House Bill 655 – Garrett County - Subdivision Plats – Recordation (Delegate Edwards)

Allowing 11- by 17- inch and 24- by 36- inch subdivision plats to be filed with the clerk of thecourt for recording among the land records of Garrett County; and providing an exceptionrelating to the recording of single lot plats.


House Bill 656 – Charles County - Length of Service Award Program - Death Benefit

(Charles County Delegation)



Providing for a death benefit of $5,000 to be paid to a designated beneficiary of an unqualifiedvolunteer who is killed in the line of duty during the course of service as a member of a fire,emergency medical service, or specialized rescue unit or who meets other specifiedqualifications.


House Bill 664 – Washington County - Purchasing – Bids (Washington County Delegation)Requiring contracts of purchase in Washington County to be awarded to the lowest responsiblebidder who submits a responsive bid.


House Bill 746 – Property Tax - Credit for Athletic Fields Used Exclusively for Amateur

Sports (Delegate Hixson)

Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county orof a municipal corporation to grant, by law, a tax credit against the county or municipalcorporation property tax imposed on athletic fields that are used exclusively for amateur sports;authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county orof a municipal corporation to provide, by law, for the amount and duration of the tax credit; etc.


House Bill 754 – Real Property Surveying - Subdivision Plats - Property Markers

(Delegates Krysiak and Edwards)Modifying certain standards pertaining to property markers under provisions concerning therecordation of subdivision plats in certain jurisdictions; and generally relating to propertymarkers for subdivision plats in real property surveying.


House Bill 767 – Health Insurance - Access to the 911 Emergency System (Delegates

McHale, Nathan-Pulliam, Barve, Love, Kagan, and Rudolph)

Prohibiting insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations fromestablishing or promoting an emergency system in competition with or substitution of the 911 orspecified other emergency medical services system; authorizing the use of transportation outsidethe 911 or specified other system for services that are not in response to an emergency medical



condition; prohibiting the use of false or misleading language in specified materials todiscourage or prohibit access to the 911 system; etc.



Chapter 69

Senate Bill 8 – Maryland Higher Education Investment Program - Income Tax Subtraction

Modification for Contributions (Senator Coulter, et al)

Providing that the $2,500 limitation on the subtraction modification for payments made under ahigher education investment contract is applicable to each higher education investment contract;allowing amounts disallowed under the subtraction modification as a result of the $2,500limitation to be carried over and subtracted for succeeding taxable years; applying the Act to taxyears beginning after December 31, 2028; etc.

2/18 Senate: Third Reading Passed (45-0)

3/18 House: Third Reading Passed (136-0)4/9 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 70

Senate Bill 13 – Morgan State University - Police Officers - Pensions and Retirement

(Chairman, Budget and Taxation Committee (Departmental - Morgan State University)

and Senator McFadden)

Authorizing Morgan State University police officers who have certain police powers to becomemembers of the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System; and allowing optional membershipin the pension system for certain Morgan State University police officers.


Senate Bill 23 – Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - Club Licenses (Senator Sfikas)Exempting, in precinct 12 of Ward 26 of Baltimore City, Class C beer, wine and liquor (club)licenses issued for use on a Friday, Saturday, or Sunday to unions with a majority of freight andshipping industry members from prohibitions against the issuance or transfer of licenses for thesale of alcoholic beverages; and providing for the termination of the Act.


Senate Bill 29 – Cemeteries - Renewal of Permits (Chairman, Finance Committee

(Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation))

Authorizing the Office of Cemetery Oversight to renew permits issued to certain persons whooperate cemeteries or sell burial goods.





Senate Bill 35 – Maryland Aviation Administration – Permits (Chairman, Finance

Committee (Departmental - Transportation))

Authorizing the Maryland Aviation Administration to issue a permit for the replacement oralteration of a nonconforming use or structure to a person acting on behalf of the Administrationor a federal agency if the proposed activity complies with all federal aviation requirements.


Senate Bill 38 – Handgun Permits - Law Enforcement Exception (Chairman, Judicial

Proceedings Committee (Departmental - State Police, Dept. of)

Expanding the list of law enforcement officers exempt from handgun permit requirements to

include full-time assistant or deputy sheriffs of this State or temporary or part-time sheriffs'deputies.


Senate Bill 41 – Vehicle Laws - Dealers and Title Service Agents - Bond Requirements

(Chairman, Judicial Proceedings Committee (Departmental - Transportation))

Increasing the liability amounts of surety bonds required for individuals and businesses thatapply for dealers and title service agents licenses with the Motor Vehicle Administration;repealing a payment bond program established by the Administration; requiring and authorizingthe Administration to base the liability amount of surety bonds on certain criteria andcircumstances; and providing for the application of the Act.


Senate Bill 42 – Commercial Vehicles - Containerized Cargo Weight Limits (Chairman,

Judicial Proceedings Committee (Departmental - Transportation))

Increasing the permitted gross maximum weight to 44,000 pounds for two consecutive axles oncertain vehicles carrying sealed international cargo to or from the Port of Baltimore.


Senate Bill 43 – Commercial Vehicles - Safety Inspections (Chairman, Judicial Proceedings

Committee (Departmental - Transportation))



Authorizing safety inspections of commercial motor vehicles to include the inspection of certainrecords and files; authorizing a police officer to conduct safety inspections; and clarifyinglanguage relating to the Preventive Maintenance Program and motor carrier safety inspections.



Senate Bill 44 – Commercial Vehicles - Ban on Hazardous Material Hauling for

Combination Trailers – Repeal (Chairman, Judicial Proceedings Committee

(Departmental - Transportation))

Repealing a prohibition against transporting Class A or B explosives, poison gas, flammable gasand flammable liquids when carried as cargo, flammable solids if dangerous when wet,radioactive materials, and uranium hexoflourides on certain tractor-trailer combination vehicles.



Senate Bill 45 – Vehicle Laws - Businesses and Occupations – Fines (Chairman, Judicial

Proceedings Committee (Departmental - Transportation))

Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to assess a maximum fine of $1,000 per specifiedviolation on automotive dismantlers and recyclers and scrap processors, title service agents,drivers' schools, and driving instructors licensed by the Motor Vehicle Administration;authorizing the conciliation of matters concerning the suspension, revocation, or refusal to renewa license by conference; and requiring the Administration to adopt regulations establishingcriteria for the assessment of fines.


Senate Bill 46 – Commercial Vehicles - Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and

Network Transponders (Chairman, Judicial Proceedings Committee (Departmental -

Transportation))

Requiring the driver of a commercial vehicle to stop for measurement or weighing when directedby an electronic signal to a Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Network (CVISN)transponder; prohibiting a person from possessing, using, distributing or possessing with intent todistribute, manufacturing, or selling a cloned CVISN transponder; providing for registered ownerliability; and providing for certain penalties.




Senate Bill 47 – Family Law - Support Payments - Deductions From Obligor's Earnings

(Chairman, Judicial Proceedings Committee (Departmental - Human Resources))

Decreasing the time period from 10 days to 7 business days within which an employer must sendsupport payments that are deducted from the earnings of an obligor as specified in an emergencywithholding order.


Senate Bill 49 – Professional Land Surveyors – Licensing (airman, Economic and

Environmental Affairs Committee (Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation))

Altering the qualifications for a license to practice land surveying; and authorizing the StateBoard for Professional Land Surveyors to take certain actions against an individual who has hada license to practice land surveying or property line surveying revoked or suspended by anotherstate.


Senate Bill 50 – Plumbers - Licensing - Waiver of Examination Requirement (Chairman,

Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee (Departmental - Labor, Licensing and

Regulation)Authorizing the State Board of Plumbing to waive the examination requirements for a masterplumber license or a journey plumber license for an individual licensed in another state undercertain circumstances.


Senate Bill 51 – Maryland Home Improvement Commission - Temporary Licenses

(Chairman, Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee (Departmental - Labor,

Licensing and Regulation))

Repealing the authority of the Maryland Home Improvement Commission to issue temporarylicenses.


Senate Bill 52 – Foresters - Scope of Practice and Licensure (Chairman, Economic and

Environmental Affairs Committee (Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation)) Authorizing the Board of Foresters to allow a licensee to apply for and to be placed on inactivestatus; authorizing the Board to charge a $25 inactive license fee; authorizing an individual to



return to active status if the individual meets specified requirements for renewal of a license; anddefining the term "forestry".

2/4 Senate: Third Reading Passed (45-0)4/6 House: Third Reading Passed (139-0)


Chapter 86

Senate Bill 53 – Home Improvement Guaranty Fund – Claims (Chairman, Economic and

Environmental Affairs Committee (Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation))

Increasing from $50,000 to $100,000 the maximum amount that the Home ImprovementCommission may award from the Home Improvement Guaranty Fund to certain claimants.


Senate Bill 54–

Architects–

Licenses (Chairman, Economic and Environmental AffairsCommittee (Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation))

Requiring a nonresident architect to obtain a license by reciprocity; repealing provisionsallowing a nonresident architect to obtain a license by waiver of examination; and authorizingthe State Board of Architects to deny a license to practice architecture to an applicant, toreprimand a licensee, or to suspend or revoke a license if an applicant or licensee had a license topractice revoked or suspended by another state or country.


Senate Bill 56 – Higher Education - Morgan State University - Creation of Positions

(Chairman, Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee (Departmental - Morgan

State University)Repealing the termination of the authority of the Morgan State University Board of Regents tocreate positions.


Senate Bill 57 – Education - Correctional Institutions (Chairman, Economic and

Environmental Affairs Committee (Departmental - Education))

Altering the membership of the Education Coordinating Council for Correctional Institutions byreplacing the Commissioner of Correction and the Director of Patuxent Institution with theSecretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services; and changing the date on or before whichthe Council must report its activities to the Governor and the General Assembly from June 30 toOctober 30 of each year.




Senate Bill 58 – Supervisors of Assessments - Residency Requirement (Chairman, Budget

and Taxation Committee (Departmental - Assessments and Taxation)Authorizing the appropriate county official to waive the residency requirement for a supervisorof assessments; and providing that the residency requirement shall be waived if the individualwas selected from the list of nominees submitted to the Director by the appropriate countyofficial.


Senate Bill 67 – Health Insurance - Extension of Benefits (Chairman, Finance Committee

(Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)Requiring specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenanceorganizations to extend specified health insurance benefits under specified circumstances andwithin specified time limits; exempting the extended benefit requirement in specified situations;prohibiting the charging of a premium when health insurance benefits are extended; etc.


Senate Bill 69 – Public Service Commission - For-Hire Drivers' Licenses - Criminal History

Records Checks (Chairman, Finance Committee (Departmental - Public Safety and

Correctional Services))

Requiring the Public Service Commission to follow certain procedures when submitting anapplication to the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository for a State criminalhistory records check on an applicant for a passenger-for-hire or taxicab driver's license;requiring the Central Repository to provide criminal history record information to theCommission and to the applicant or licensee; providing a process for individuals to contest theinformation; etc.


Senate Bill 70 – Vehicle Laws - Excise Tax - Vehicle Transfers (Chairman, Budget and

Taxation Committee (Departmental - Transportation))

Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to change or correct the names contained in thecertificate of title of vehicles formerly titled and registered in another state at the same time theexcise tax is imposed or credited and a new title is issued without issuing multiple certificates orcharging additional fees.




Senate Bill 71–

State Personal Property Tax–

Exemption (Chairman, Budget andTaxation Committee (Departmental - Assessments and Taxation))

Exempting all personal property from the State property tax; repealing the requirement that theBoard of Public Works certify a zero rate of State taxation on personal property; and providingthat the Act be applicable to all taxable years beginning on or after July 1, 2031.


Senate Bill 72 – Commercial Vehicles - Motor Carrier Laws – Corrections (Chairman,

Judicial Proceedings Committee (Departmental - Transportation))Recodifying provisions establishing certain axle load limit tolerances for vehicles carryingcertain farm products or forest products at certain times; altering the allowable gross weight of vehicles transporting liquid milk to 80,000 pounds; authorizing a loading error or tolerance of 1,000 pounds over a certain weight limit for a vehicle with a valid permit for gross weight inexcess of 80,000 pounds; and updating certain provisions.


Senate Bill 74 – Expungement of Police Records - Required Notification (Chairman,

Judicial Proceedings Committee (Departmental - Public Safety and Correctional Services))

Expanding the definition of "police records" to include analogous records maintained by abooking facility; and requiring a law enforcement agency to forward an expungement requestand its verification to a booking facility or other law enforcement agency that is believed to haveinformation regarding the arrest, detention, or confinement.


Senate Bill 76 – Department of State Police - Communication Systems – Responsibility

(Chairman, Judicial Proceedings Committee (Departmental - State Police, Dept. of))

Permitting a State agency authorized by the Department of State Police to connect with and useany data communication system including the Maryland Interagency Law Enforcement System(MILES), the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), and the National Law EnforcementTelecommunications System (NLETS).





Senate Bill 107 – Insurance - Motor Vehicles - Reimbursement for the Rental of Specially

Equipped Motor Vehicles (Senator Kasemeyer)

Requiring an insurer that issues, sells, or delivers a motor vehicle insurance policy in the Statethat covers a motor vehicle that is specially equipped for the transportation of or operation by anindividual with a disability, upon request of the applicant or insured, to make available for theappropriate premium at a specified time a specified reimbursement rate that allows an insured torent a similarly equipped motor vehicle if the policy provides for reimbursement of the costs of arental motor vehicle.


Senate Bill 152–

Motor Vehicles - Windshield Materials - Governmental Exemptions(Senator Dyson)

Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to adopt regulations to exempt from a prohibitionagainst driving a vehicle with specified materials on the windshield materials placed on thewindshield of a vehicle in compliance with security measures required by a federal or Stategovernment agency and approved by the Administration.


Senate Bill 181 – Health Insurance - Coverage for a Prosthesis (Senator Dorman)

Requiring certain health insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenanceorganizations to provide coverage for a prosthesis that has been prescribed by a physician for anenrollee or insured who has undergone a mastectomy and has not had breast reconstruction; andproviding for the application of the Act.


Senate Bill 186 – Baltimore County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class B (SB) Licenses (Senators

Hollinger and Hoffman)

Prohibiting the issuance of a Class B (SB) on-sale license for use on certain premises andlocations; and extending the sunset provision relating to the transfer of a certain number of ClassB (SB) restaurant-service bar beer, wine and liquor (on-sale) licenses into the "PikesvilleRevitalization Area" or the "Pikesville Town Center" in Baltimore County.




4/9 Approved by the Governor – Chapter 102

Senate Bill 198 – Frederick County - Sheriff's Office - Volunteer Police Officers - Workers'

Compensation Coverage (Senators Ferguson and Mooney (Frederick County Senators))

Providing that a volunteer police officer in Frederick County is a covered employee for purposes

of eligibility for medical benefits under the Maryland Workers' Compensation Act whileperforming work assigned by the sheriff of Frederick County; and eliminating Frederick Countyfrom a provision excluding members of volunteer police departments from workers'compensation coverage.


Senate Bill 199 – Frederick County - Competitive Bidding (Senators Ferguson and Mooney

(Frederick County Senators)

Increasing the amount necessary in Frederick County to require competitive bidding for anycounty work and the making and awarding of specified contracts from $15,000 to $30,000; etc.


Senate Bill 200 – Frederick County - Purchase or Lease of Personal Property (Senators

Ferguson and Mooney (Frederick County Senators)

Granting Frederick County the power to purchase or lease personal property necessary ordesirable for the operation of the County.


Senate Bill 209 – State Board of Dental Examiners (Senator Hollinger, et al)

Increasing the number of consumer members appointed to the State Board of Dental Examiners;requiring the Board to fund a dentist rehabilitation committee of the Maryland State DentalAssociation and a dental hygienist rehabilitation committee of the Maryland Dental Hygienists'Association; providing for the appointment of members for each of the committees; requiring theAssociations to submit a budget to the Board for the committees; defining "dentist rehabilitationcommittee"; etc.


Senate Bill 216 – State Board of Barbers (Senator Blount (Chairman, Economic and

Environmental Affairs Committee))



Continuing the State Board of Barbers in accordance with the provisions of the MarylandProgram Evaluation Act (Sunset Law) by extending to July 1, 2042, the termination provisionsrelating to the statutory and regulatory authority of the Board.



Senate Bill 217 – State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners (Senator Blount

(Chairman, Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee))Continuing the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners in accordance with the provisionsof the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (Sunset Law) by extending to July 1, 2042, thetermination provisions relating to the statutory and regulatory authority of the Board.



Chapter 108

Senate Bill 244 – Fraud - Personal Identifying Information Theft (Senator Teitelbaum, et

al)

Prohibiting a person from knowingly, willfully, and with fraudulent intent obtaining or aidinganother person in obtaining an individual's identifying information for specified purposeswithout the individual's consent; prohibiting a person from knowingly and willfully assuming theidentify of another for specified purposes; providing for penalties and for restitution to the victimfor all reasonable costs incurred; etc.


Senate Bill 247 – Transportation Services - Fiscal Assistance - Repeal of Termination

Provision (Senator Ruben, et al)

Repealing the termination date for a certain provision of law that requires the Department of Transportation to provide annual grants to local jurisdictions for a certain service and todetermine the grants in accordance with certain plans and that alters the limitation on the totalamount of the grants; and providing for the effective date of the Act.


Senate Bill 250 – Health Insurance - Retroactive Denial of Reimbursement - Improper

Coding (Senator Dorman)

Clarifying the circumstances under which the limitation of retroactive denial of reimbursement,based on improper coding, is effective; providing for the application of the Act; defining certainterms; etc.




Senate Bill 260–

Health Care Malpractice Claims - Panel Selection Lists (Senators Greenand Hollinger)

Altering the time periods within which the Director of the Health Claims Arbitration Office isrequired to deliver to the parties in a health care malpractice claim lists and biographicalstatements of persons willing to serve as arbitrators.


Senate Bill 262 – Private Home Detention Monitors and Agencies - Criminal History

Records Checks (Senator Green)Requiring the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to forward the finding of a felony conviction whenmaking a criminal history records check to the individual who is the subject of the check;repealing language that allows a finding of a felony conviction on a criminal history recordscheck to be disseminated to a private home detention monitoring agency intending to employ theindividual as a home detention monitor; etc.


Senate Bill 276 – State Personnel - Employee-to-Employee Leave Donation Program

(Senator Collins)

Allowing a State employee to receive and use donations of unused annual, sick, or personal leaveunder the Employee-to-Employee Leave Donation Program because of the catastrophic illness orinjury of a member of the employee's immediate family under specified circumstances;providing that an employee may use leave received through the Leave Donation Program for acatastrophic illness or injury of an immediate family member only after receiving approval fromthe employee's appointing authority; etc.


Senate Bill 303 – Judgeships - District Court - Prince George's and Frederick Counties

(The President (Judiciary))

Increasing the number of associate judges of the District Court in Prince George's and Frederick Counties.




Senate Bill 357 – Orphans' Court Judges - Pension - Prince George's County (Senator

Exum)Altering the formula by which the pension for certain Prince George's County Orphans' Courtjudges is calculated.


Senate Bill 598 – St. Mary's County - Alcoholic Beverages - Bottle Clubs (Senator Dyson)Repealing a provision that prohibits a bottle club in St. Mary's County from conducting specifiedactivities after the hours of operation for an alcoholic beverages licensee; prohibiting a bottle

club from selling, giving, serving, dispensing, keeping, or allowing to be consumed alcoholicbeverages, setups, or other component parts; prohibiting an unlicensed business from allowingcustomers to bring alcoholic beverages for consumption into an unlicensed building; andestablishing a maximum penalty for a violation of the Act.


Senate Bill 599 – Landfill Systems - Notification Requirements (Senator Dyson (Governor's

Solid Waste Management Task Force))

Requiring an applicant for a landfill system to give notice of hearings; requiring an applicant togive notice to record owners of real property within 1,000 feet of the property line of the landfillsystem by certified mail; requiring an applicant to give notice by posting a notice of theapplication, the informational meeting, and hearings in a conspicuous area on the proposedlandfill system site; etc.


House Bill 51 – Motor Vehicle Excise Tax – Trailers (Delegate Kach)

Reducing from $640 to $320 the minimum fair market value on which the vehicle excise tax iscalculated for a used trailer sold by a person other than a licensed dealer.




House Bill 90 – Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Dwelling Relocation

(Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Agriculture)

Authorizing the Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation to approve a landowner's request torelocate the site of an existing dwelling to another location on a farm that is subject to aneasement or district agreement provided that specified conditions are fulfilled.


House Bill 92 – Somerset County - Sheriff – Salary (Delegate Elmore)

Altering the salary of the Sheriff of Somerset County to be not less than $60,000; and providingthat the Act does not apply to the salary or compensation of the incumbent Sheriff of SomersetCounty.



House Bill 100 – Somerset County - State's Attorney – Salary (Delegate Elmore)

Increasing the salary of the State's Attorney for Somerset County; and providing that the Actdoes not apply to the salary or compensation of the incumbent State's Attorney for SomersetCounty.


House Bill 101 – Somerset County - Orphans' Court Judges – Salary (Delegate Elmore)

Increasing the salaries of the Chief Judge and associate judges of the Orphans' Court forSomerset County; and providing that the Act does not apply to the salary or compensation of theincumbent Chief Judge or associate judges of the Orphans' Court for Somerset County.


House Bill 103 – State Board of Public Accountancy Fund (Delegate Krebs, et al)

Establishing the State Board of Public Accountancy Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund in theDepartment of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation; requiring that the Fund be used for specifiedpurposes; providing for an audit of the Fund; requiring the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, andRegulation, or a designee of the Secretary, to administer the Fund; altering, establishing, andspecifying the use of fees; etc.





House Bill 105 – Anne Arundel County - Orphans' Court Judges - Salary Increase (Anne

Arundel County Delegation)

Increasing the salaries of the judges of the Orphans' Court for Anne Arundel County; and

providing that the Act does not apply to the salary or compensation of the incumbent judges of the Orphans' Court for Anne Arundel County.


House Bill 115 – Somerset County - Deputy Sheriffs - Conditions of Employment (Delegate

Elmore)Specifying that deputy sheriffs of Somerset County serve under the direction of the Sheriff of Somerset County; requiring deputy sheriffs within 1 year after appointment to complete

successfully a specified police training course; specifying that a deputy sheriff whose position isfunded by the County Commissioners becomes a merit system employee on completion of aprobation period and may not be dismissed without cause; and providing a specified exception.


House Bill 122 – Higher Education - State Plan for Higher Education - Mission Statements

- Quadrennial Review (Chairman, Appropriations Committee (By Request - Departmental

- Higher Education Commission))

Requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to submit a review of the State Plan forHigher Education to the Governor and to the General Assembly every 4 years instead of every 2years; requiring that the president of each public institution of higher education update theinstitution's mission statement within a year of the review of the State Plan for Higher Education;and requiring regional higher education centers to update the centers' mission statements within ayear of the review of the State Plan for Higher Education.


House Bill 153 – Frederick County - State's Attorney – Salary (Frederick County

Delegation)

Increasing the salary of the State's Attorney for Frederick County to be 100% of the salary of ajudge of the District Court of Maryland; and providing that the Act does not apply to the salaryor compensation of the incumbent State's Attorney.





House Bill 165 – Insurance - Examination Reports (Chairman, Economic Matters

Committee (By Request - Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)

Requiring the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to provide a copy of an adopted examination

report to a specified person; requiring specified persons to present an adopted examination reportto a specified board of directors at a specified time; altering the time at which the Commissionermust provide a copy of a proposed examination report to a specified person; prohibiting theCommissioner from adopting specified examination reports if a hearing has been requested untilafter specified actions occur; etc.


House Bill 166 – Workers' Compensation - Timing of Benefit Payments, Filing Issues, and

Processing Claims (Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental -Workers' Compensation Commission))

Altering the timing of specified requirements for employers or insurers to pay specified benefitsor contest claims; altering the time period after which the Workers' Compensation Commissionmay assess a fine against an employer or its insurer; altering the time period in which theCommission is required to deny or approve an award after it receives a claim; etc.


House Bill 173 – Homestead Tax Credit - Eligibility - Transferred Property (Chairman,

Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - Assessments and Taxation))

Clarifying an application procedure under the homestead property tax credit regarding dwellingstransferred in a deed dated on or after January 1 but before the beginning of the next taxable yearwhere the deed is not recorded prior to the beginning of the next taxable year.


House Bill 174 – Horse Racing - Maryland Racing Commission - Financial Statement

(Chairman, Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - Labor, Licensing

and Regulation)

Altering the period of time within which a licensee is required to submit specified financialinformation to the Maryland Racing Commission from on or before the 75th to on or before the90th day following the end of a licensee's fiscal year.





House Bill 190 – Electric Generating Stations - Approval Process for Modifications

(Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Environment))

Altering air quality permitting requirements under the authority of the Public Service

Commission for specified modifications to electric generating stations; altering a definition; etc.


House Bill 194 – Workers' Compensation - Governmental Self-Insurance Group and Self-

Insurance by Individual Employers (Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (By Request

- Departmental - Workers' Compensation Commission))Increasing to $1,500 the maximum limits on the amount that the Workers' CompensationCommission may assess governmental self-insurance groups and self-insured employers for

actuarial studies and audits.


House Bill 208 – Property Tax Assessment Appeals Board - Request for Comparables

(Chairman, Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - Assessments and

Taxation))

Altering the date by which the Supervisor of Assessments must provide a requested list of comparable properties.


House Bill 226 – Howard County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class A Light Wine Licenses

(Howard County Delegation)

Authorizing Class A light wine licenses to be issued in Howard County.


House Bill 247 – Financial Institutions - Consumer Credit - Licensee Examinations

(Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Labor, Licensing

and Regulation))

Providing that the Commissioner of Financial Regulation, in the Commissioner's sole discretion,shall determine whether a licensee under specified consumer credit laws may produce specifieddocumentation at a location within the State instead of being examined at the licensee's principal



place of business; repealing specified provisions of law that require specified funds to be held ina special revolving fund and disbursed for a specified purpose; etc.



Chapter 137

House Bill 250 – State Board of Barbers and State Board of Cosmetologists - Reinstatement

of Expired Permits (By Request - Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation))

Enabling the reinstatement of expired permits for barbershops and beauty salons providedspecified requirements are met within specified periods of time.


House Bill 255–

Frederick County - Gaming–

Raffles (Frederick County Delegation)Authorizing the holder of a gaming event in Frederick County during each calendar year to holdone raffle in which prize drawings are held on more than a single day if the major prize does notexceed $5,000; and providing that specified restrictions on the monetary value of prizes apply toraffles for which prize drawings are held on a single day.


House Bill 269 – Garrett County - Board of Education - Member Expense Allowance

(Garrett County Delegation)

Altering the expense allowance for the members of the Board of Education of Garrett County toan amount provided in the budget of the County Board.


House Bill 291 – Howard County - Marriage License Fee – Increase (Howard County

Delegation)

Increasing the maximum amount of the additional marriage license fee that the Howard CountyCouncil is authorized to set.


House Bill 324 – State Government - Commemorative Days - Asian Lunar New Year Day

(Delegate Lee, et al)



Requiring the Governor to annually proclaim a specified day as Asian Lunar New Year Day.


Senate Bill 33 – Nursing Scholarships - Part-Time Nurses - Waiver or Forgiveness of a

Grant (Senator Hollinger)

Requiring the Office of Student Financial Assistance to waive or forgive a grant award for a part-time nurse who received a nursing scholarship at a rate of one-half year for each year that therecipient performs the service obligation; etc.


Senate Bill 55–

State Real Estate Commission - Fee Stabilization (Senator Hollinger)Requiring that, notwithstanding a specified provision of law, specified fees in effect on aspecified date shall remain in full force and effect until specified other fees are adopted and madeeffective.


Senate Bill 60 – Joint Legislative Task Force on Universal Access to Quality and Affordable

Health Care - Extension and Modifications (Senator Middleton)

Extending to June 30, 2031, the termination provisions relating to the Joint Legislative Task Force on Universal Access to Quality and Affordable Health Care; authorizing additionalnonvoting members of the Task Force, subject to specified approval; authorizing the Task Forceto appoint subcommittees; and delaying the due date for the Task Force report to December 31,2030.


Senate Bill 93 – Income Tax - Electronic Filing and Payment (Chairman, Budget and

Taxation Committee (By Request - Departmental - Comptroller))

Providing that an individual who files a Maryland income tax return no later than April 15 of thenext taxable year may pay the income tax due with the return on or before April 30 if the incometax is paid electronically.




Senate Bill 94 – Income Tax - Withholding - Annual Statements (Chairman, Budget and

Taxation Committee (By Request - Departmental - Comptroller))

Requiring specified employers and payors of amounts subject to withholding to submit annualwithholding statements to the Comptroller on magnetic media or in other machine-readable or

electronic format that the Comptroller requires by regulation, if the number of statementsrequired to be submitted exceeds specified thresholds; requiring the Comptroller to adoptregulations; etc.


Senate Bill 97 – Annual Curative Bill (The President (By Request - Department of

Legislative Services))

Generally curing previous Acts of the General Assembly with possible title or other defects.


Senate Bill 105 – Campaign Finance Reporting - Enforcement of Late Fees (Chair,

Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental -

Elections, State Board of))Authorizing an appropriate prosecuting authority to refer a failure to file a specified campaignfinance report within 30 days to the Central Collection Unit in the Department of Budget andManagement; prohibiting an individual from signing without authority the name of any otherindividual on specified forms or other documents; etc.


Senate Bill 108 – Emergency Medical Services Providers - Licensing and Certification -

Repeal of Obsolete Provisions (Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs

Committee (By Request - Departmental - Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical

Services Systems))

Removing specified obsolete references to Emergency Medical Technicians-Ambulance; etc.


Senate Bill 122 – Election Law - Campaign Finance Report Requirements - Ballot Issue

Committees (Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request

- Departmental - Elections, State Board of))



Requiring a ballot issue committee to file election reports before and after specified elections.


Senate Bill 124 – Election Law - Protection of Voter's Confidential Information and

Secrecy of Absentee Ballot Results (Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs

Committee (By Request - Departmental - Elections, State Board of))

Creating an exception to the requirement that an election judge verify the address of a voter'sresidence for voters whose personal information has been deemed confidential by the localboard; requiring an election judge to conduct a specified alternative verification if a voter'spersonal information has been deemed confidential by the local board; and providing thatspecified absentee ballot election results may not be reported by precinct.



Senate Bill 168 – Vehicle Laws - Weight Violations on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge –

Penalties (Senators Pipkin and Astle)

Establishing fines for specified vehicle weight limit violations on the William Preston Lane, Jr.Memorial (Chesapeake Bay) Bridge or its appurtenant approaches within the jurisdiction of theMaryland Transportation Authority; requiring the Department of Transportation to report tospecified committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2031; etc.


Senate Bill 204 – Property Tax Credit - Fire Companies - Cecil County (Senators Jacobs

and Pipkin)

Authorizing the governing body of Cecil County or of a municipal corporation in Cecil Countyto grant, by law, a credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed onspecified property owned by specified fire companies in Cecil County under specifiedcircumstances; applying the Act to tax years beginning after June 30, 2030; etc.


Senate Bill 207 – Annual Corrective Bill (The President (By Request - Department of

Legislative Services))

Correcting specified errors and omissions in various articles of the Annotated Code and inspecified uncodified laws; establishing that the Act is not intended to affect any law other than to



correct technical errors; ratifying and validating specified corrections made by the publisher of the Annotated Code; applying and construing the Act; etc.



Chapter 155

Senate Bill 270 – Institutions of Higher Education - Transfer of Credits - Letter of

Acknowledgment (Senators Hooper, Colburn, Harris, Jacobs, Klausmeier, and Lawlah)

Requiring an institution of higher education that does not possess regional accreditation torequire its students, except in specified circumstances, to sign a letter of acknowledgment thatthe transfer of credits may be difficult if the student intends to transfer the credits to aninstitution of higher education that is regionally accredited; requiring the institutions to keep theletters on file while the student attends the institution and for 2 years or more after the studentcompletes the course; etc.


Senate Bill 274 – Department of Natural Resources - Tidal Fish License Apprenticeship

Program (Senator Haines)

Altering specified practical experience requirements for obtaining an apprenticeship permit; andproviding for the application of specified provisions of the Act.


Senate Bill 280 – Alcoholic Beverages - Removal of a Partially Consumed Bottle of Wine

from a Licensed Premises (Senator Ruben, et al)Allowing a person who purchases at a licensed premises a meal and a bottle of wine, the contentsof which are partially consumed with the meal, to remove the bottle and its contents from thelicensed premises under specified circumstances; and stating that a bottle of wine under the Actis an "open container" for purposes of a specified provision of law concerning possession of alcohol in a motor vehicle.


Senate Bill 285 – Maryland Transportation Authority - Gasoline Service Stations on

Kennedy Highway - Establishment in Service Areas (Chairman, Finance Committee (By

Request - Departmental - Transportation))

Altering a provision of law governing the establishment of gasoline service stations at serviceareas on the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway; etc.




Senate Bill 316–

Department of Natural Resources - Vessel Excise Tax - Principal Use(Chairman, Budget and Taxation Committee (By Request - Departmental - Natural

Resources)

Providing that the vessel excise tax be applied to vessels that are being used, or that are to beused, principally in Maryland; repealing a specified requirement for imposition of the vesselexcise tax; providing that specified active duty military personnel are exempt from the vesselexcise tax for a specified period of time; etc.


Senate Bill 317 – Vessel Excise Tax - Exemption - Vessels Taken Out of State (Chairman,

Budget and Taxation Committee (By Request - Departmental - Natural Resources)

Exempting vessels purchased in Maryland from the vessel excise tax if the vessel is purchasedfrom a licensed dealer, a title is not sought or required, the principal use of the vessel is outsideof Maryland, the vessel is promptly registered in another jurisdiction, and the dealer andpurchaser execute an agreement to certify the state of principal use within 30 days of the date of purchase.


Senate Bill 319 – Comptroller - Business Trusts (Chairman, Budget and Taxation

Committee (By Request - Departmental - Comptroller))Altering definitions to clarify that a business trust not taxed as a corporation is subject to aspecified tax imposed on pass-through entities; and applying the Act to tax years after 2029.


Senate Bill 325 – Joint Legislative Task Force on Small Group Market Health Insurance -

Report and Modification of Duties (Senator Astle, et al)

Altering the date by which the Joint Legislative Task Force on Small Group Market HealthInsurance is required to submit a specified report to the presiding officers and specifiedcommittees of the General Assembly; and requiring the Task Force to study and makerecommendations regarding additional issues.





Senate Bill 443 – Harford County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class B (Inn) License and Class

BFD (Fine Dining) License (Harford County Senators)

Authorizing specified holders of a Class B (inn) license in Harford County to sell beer and winefor consumption off the premises under specified conditions; authorizing the Liquor ControlBoard of Harford County to issue a special Class BFD (fine dining) on-sale beer, wine and liquorlicense; specifying that the license authorizes the licensee to serve only full-course dinners atleast 5 days a week; requiring that a restaurant with a Class BFD license open for business notlater than 5 p.m.; etc.


Senate Bill 501–

Baltimore County - Community College of Baltimore County - Presidentand Other Positions (Senator Stone)

Altering the title of the head of the Community College of Baltimore County; providing that thePresident of the Community College of Baltimore County is responsible for the administrationand supervision of the administrators of the campuses of the community college; authorizing thePresident to appoint a vice president, provost, and administrator for the campuses; providing thatthe vice presidents, provosts, and administrators of the campuses report directly to the President;etc.


Senate Bill 612 – Wicomico County - Alcoholic Beverages - Food Sales Requirement for

Class B Licenses (Senator Colburn)Requiring holders of Class B licenses in Wicomico County to have average daily receipts fromthe sale of food for each month exceed the average daily receipts from the sale of alcoholicbeverages; and specifying that specified foodstuff may not be included when calculating receiptsfrom food.


Senate Bill 613 – Wicomico County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class B-Conference Center

License (Senator Colburn)

Increasing to $1,500 the annual license fee in Wicomico County for a Class B-ConferenceCenter license.





Senate Bill 614 – Wicomico County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class A Light Wine Licenses

(Senator Colburn)

Authorizing a Class A light wine license to be issued in Wicomico County.


Senate Bill 615 – Wicomico County - Alcohol Awareness Program (Senator Colburn)

Adding Wicomico County to the list of counties in which certification of specified licensees andother persons by an alcohol awareness program is required and in which other specifiedrequirements must be met; and providing that the requirements do not apply to licensees withClass C licenses in Wicomico County.


Senate Bill 616 – Wicomico County - Alcoholic Beverages - Stadium License (Senator

Colburn)

Increasing the annual license fee in Wicomico County for a Class B beer and light wine on-sale(stadium) license to $2,000.


Senate Bill 617 – Wicomico County - Alcoholic Beverages Licensees - Administrative

Proceedings (Senator Colburn)

Adding Wicomico County to the list of counties in which the granting of probation beforejudgment to an alcoholic beverages licensee for selling or furnishing alcoholic beverages to anunderaged individual does not bar the board of license commissioners from proceedingadministratively against the licensee for the violation.


Senate Bill 618 – Wicomico County - Alcoholic Beverages - Wine Festival License (Senator

Colburn)

Increasing the license fee in Wicomico County for a Wicomico County Wine Festival (WCWF)license to $50.




Senate Bill 619 – Wicomico County - Alcoholic Beverages Violations - Maximum Fine

(Senator Colburn)Increasing to $5,000 the maximum fine that the Wicomico County Board of LicenseCommissioners may impose for specified alcoholic beverages violations instead of or in additionto specified other penalties.


Senate Bill 620 – Wicomico County - Board of License Commissioners - Authority and

Status as State Agency (Senator Colburn)

Clarifying that the Wicomico County Board of License Commissioners is a State agency thatadministers specified alcoholic beverages laws and that may grant, refuse, revoke, or suspendlicenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages.


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