April 9 Sine Die 2030

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 emissions
reductions; requiring the Governor to include the State in the Regional Greenhouse Gas
Initiative; providing for the possible withdrawal of the State from the Regional Greenhouse Gas
Initiative 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 the
ethical and medical implications of the research; prohibiting specified persons from conducting
specified research that intentionally and directly leads to human cloning; establishing the
Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund; authorizing the Governor to include an appropriation to the
Fund 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 and
requiring that consumers be notified of security breaches; establishing penalties of up to $10,000
per 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 Assembly
and, under specified circumstances, to other State officials and employees; altering provisions
relating to conflict of interest, disclosure, employment, and the acceptance of gifts; providing for
the appointment of a Counsel to the Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics; altering procedures
for investigating the ethical conduct of members; requiring members to file a preliminary
financial disclosure under specified circumstances; etc.
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 and
local correctional systems; revising, restating, and recodifying certain provisions relating to the
duties 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; and
establishing 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 organizations
to provide coverage for an annual chlamydia screening test for certain persons under certain
circumstances; authorizing health insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health
maintenance 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 certain
taxes and other obligations before filing articles of dissolution; requiring that certain reports be
filed 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 or
qualification; 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 the
Public 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 mental
qualification", "handicap", and various other terms in certain provisions of law regarding human
relations 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 the
State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners regardless of whether they have an office in the
State; and providing that the definition of "practice of veterinary medicine" does not include or
apply to a veterinarian licensed in another jurisdiction while consulting with a veterinary
practitioner 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 State
Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program pay the State the costs for
settlement 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 stylistic
changes; 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 a
violation of Article 38A, { 34A or { 34B; clarifying the jurisdiction to which a court must order
forfeiture; allowing the Secretary of the State Police to dispose of specified forfeited property in
a specified manner; and providing for the deposit of specified cash or money in the State General
Fund.

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 offering
statement; requiring the public offering statement to include a plain language statement of the
policy 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 maintenance
organizations to provide coverage under specified circumstances for specified patient cost
incurred as a result of treatment being provided in a Phase I clinical trial for a life-threatening
condition 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 history
and fingerprints of new alcoholic beverages license applicants and applicants for a license
transfer; establishing a $250 fee for new applicants and applicants for a license transfer; altering
the annual time period in which an applicant must file for a license renewal to between April 1
and 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 care
providers to hold, and child care centers to have in attendance a specified number of individuals
who hold, current certificates indicating successful completion of specified approved basic first
aid 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 on
mandatory supervision; providing that this requirement does not apply in the case of an inmate
who is released to a detainer; and establishing that an individual on mandatory supervision is
subject 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 maintenance
organizations for certain violations; providing that the refusal to pay for a claim for an arbitrary
or 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 the
Comprehensive 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 to
participate in the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program; and
requiring 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 State
government agencies from windshield material prohibitions.

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 invention
partly or wholly owned by a State public institution of higher education; and setting limits on
when nondisclosure is not allowed.

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 and
playing time of a mechanical music box, live music, or a sound making device on licensed
premises if the sound disturbs the peace, tranquility, safety, and health of the surrounding
neighborhood.

House Bill 198 – St. Mary's County - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Felony Conviction (St.
Requiring the Alcoholic Beverage Board of St. Mary's County to disapprove an alcoholic
beverages license application of an applicant who has been convicted of a felony; authorizing the
Board to deny a license renewal if the licensee or a stockholder of a corporation that uses the
license has been convicted of a felony; and requiring the Board to hold a hearing before
renewing 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 or
an 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 proceeding
administratively against the licensee for the violation.

House Bill 201 – St. Mary's County - Alcoholic Beverages - Hotel/Restaurant License (St.
Establishing in St. Mary's County a Class B beer, wine and liquor hotel/restaurant license; setting
the fee for a hotel/restaurant license at $1,000; establishing specified criteria that a hotel must
meet 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 for
the 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 requirements
if an applicant for a license to practice medicine holds a certificate of proficiency and
professional standing of the board of medical examiners of another state that was issued before a
certain 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 Maryland
Program Evaluation Act (Sunset Law) by extending to July 1, 2042, the termination provisions
relating 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 designating
crossings where golf carts may cross county highways in proximity to golf courses; and
providing 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 the
license fees received for licenses that are issued to a place of business located in a municipal
corporation; and requiring in Allegany County the Director of Finance to pay 50 percent of the
remaining 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 George
G. Meade Military Reservation; providing that the State retains the right to serve all civil and
criminal process of the courts of the State and to enforce and ensure compliance with all
applicable 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 Executive
Officers (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 be
a resident of the political subdivision for at least 6 months preceding the general election, unless
the charter of the political subdivision contains a longer durational residency requirement and the
governing body reaffirms the longer durational residency requirement by enactment of an
ordinance effective no later than the filing deadline for candidates for the primary election.

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 alternate
members of the planning commission of the municipal corporation to sit on the commission in
the 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 the
terms 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 from
office or bar from office any individual who refuses to submit any record required under a
certain 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.

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
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 for
additional years of service to equal 75% of the benefit awarded to a member who begins benefits
at 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
Authorizing the County Commissioners of Charles County to borrow not more than $2,000,000
to finance the cost of the renovation, repair, capital equipping, and general improvement of the
facility 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 and
times for sale under the license; establishing an annual fee of $100 for the license; prohibiting the
transfer 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 a
resident 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 involving
Board of Public Works approval and notice to local governments; and providing that land
acquisitions 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 on
a highway between certain authorized points while following a registered vehicle displaying a
shuttle permit; increasing from 3 miles to 5 miles the distance a new vehicle in a shuttle may
travel between a maritime port facility and a temporary storage area; requiring a vehicle that is
leading 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 for
deer on two consecutive Fridays and Saturdays in October; requiring the Department to limit
hunting 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 deer
management region to meet the goals of the Deer Management Plan; and providing for the
termination 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 beginning
in 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 Board
for Worcester County is authorized to maintain to provide adequate working capital and to meet
losses 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 Liquor
Control 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 License
Commissioners 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 expense
reimbursement relating to the foreclosure of the right of redemption is restricted for a 4-month
period.

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 a
property 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 the
Board 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 been
issued against a person and the police officer is participating in a joint operation that is created
by an agreement between the primary law enforcement officers; and providing for rights to
immunity, 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 Secretary
of 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 circumstances
under 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 hearing
examiner; 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 enterprise
programs through July 1, 2033; altering a provision to provide for an increase in minority
business participation as prize contractors and subcontractors; requiring the WSSC to submit
reports concerning its minority business enterprise programs to the Montgomery County and
Prince 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 to
reimburse hospital emergency facilities and health care providers for certain medical screening,
assessment, and stabilization services by repealing a termination provision relating to this
requirement.

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 the
court for recording among the land records of Garrett County; and providing an exception
relating to the recording of single lot plats.

House Bill 656 – Charles County - Length of Service Award Program - Death Benefit
Providing for a death benefit of $5,000 to be paid to a designated beneficiary of an unqualified
volunteer 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 specified
qualifications.

House Bill 664 – Washington County - Purchasing – Bids (Washington County Delegation)
Requiring contracts of purchase in Washington County to be awarded to the lowest responsible
bidder 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 or
of a municipal corporation to grant, by law, a tax credit against the county or municipal
corporation 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 or
of 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 the
recordation of subdivision plats in certain jurisdictions; and generally relating to property
markers 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 from
establishing or promoting an emergency system in competition with or substitution of the 911 or
specified other emergency medical services system; authorizing the use of transportation outside
the 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 to
discourage or prohibit access to the 911 system; etc.

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

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 become
members of the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System; and allowing optional membership
in 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 and
shipping industry members from prohibitions against the issuance or transfer of licenses for the
sale 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 who
operate 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 or
alteration of a nonconforming use or structure to a person acting on behalf of the Administration
or 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 that
apply for dealers and title service agents licenses with the Motor Vehicle Administration;
repealing a payment bond program established by the Administration; requiring and authorizing
the Administration to base the liability amount of surety bonds on certain criteria and
circumstances; 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 on
certain 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 certain
records and files; authorizing a police officer to conduct safety inspections; and clarifying
language 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 gas
and 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 specified
violation 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 renew
a license by conference; and requiring the Administration to adopt regulations establishing
criteria 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 directed
by an electronic signal to a Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Network (CVISN)
transponder; prohibiting a person from possessing, using, distributing or possessing with intent to
distribute, manufacturing, or selling a cloned CVISN transponder; providing for registered owner
liability; 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 send
support payments that are deducted from the earnings of an obligor as specified in an emergency
withholding 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 State
Board for Professional Land Surveyors to take certain actions against an individual who has had
a license to practice land surveying or property line surveying revoked or suspended by another
state.

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 master
plumber license or a journey plumber license for an individual licensed in another state under
certain 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 temporary
licenses.

Senate Bill 52 – Foresters - Scope of Practice and Licensure (Chairman, Economic and
Authorizing the Board of Foresters to allow a licensee to apply for and to be placed on inactive
status; 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; and
defining the term "forestry".

Senate Bill 53 – Home Improvement Guaranty Fund – Claims (Chairman, Economic and
Increasing from $50,000 to $100,000 the maximum amount that the Home Improvement
Commission may award from the Home Improvement Guaranty Fund to certain claimants.

Senate Bill 54 – Architects – Licenses (Chairman, Economic and Environmental Affairs

Committee (Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation))
Requiring a nonresident architect to obtain a license by reciprocity; repealing provisions
allowing a nonresident architect to obtain a license by waiver of examination; and authorizing
the State Board of Architects to deny a license to practice architecture to an applicant, to
reprimand a licensee, or to suspend or revoke a license if an applicant or licensee had a license to
practice 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 to
create 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 by
replacing the Commissioner of Correction and the Director of Patuxent Institution with the
Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services; and changing the date on or before which
the Council must report its activities to the Governor and the General Assembly from June 30 to
October 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 supervisor
of assessments; and providing that the residency requirement shall be waived if the individual
was selected from the list of nominees submitted to the Director by the appropriate county
official.

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

(Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)
Requiring specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance
organizations to extend specified health insurance benefits under specified circumstances and
within 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 an
application to the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository for a State criminal
history 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 the
Commission and to the applicant or licensee; providing a process for individuals to contest the
information; 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 the
certificate of title of vehicles formerly titled and registered in another state at the same time the
excise tax is imposed or credited and a new title is issued without issuing multiple certificates or
charging additional fees.
Senate Bill 71 – State Personal Property Tax – Exemption (Chairman, Budget and
Taxation Committee (Departmental - Assessments and Taxation))
Exempting all personal property from the State property tax; repealing the requirement that the
Board of Public Works certify a zero rate of State taxation on personal property; and providing
that 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 carrying
certain 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 in
excess 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 a
booking facility; and requiring a law enforcement agency to forward an expungement request
and its verification to a booking facility or other law enforcement agency that is believed to have
information 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 use
any data communication system including the Maryland Interagency Law Enforcement System
(MILES), the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), and the National Law Enforcement
Telecommunications 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 State
that covers a motor vehicle that is specially equipped for the transportation of or operation by an
individual with a disability, upon request of the applicant or insured, to make available for the
appropriate premium at a specified time a specified reimbursement rate that allows an insured to
rent a similarly equipped motor vehicle if the policy provides for reimbursement of the costs of a
rental 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 prohibition
against driving a vehicle with specified materials on the windshield materials placed on the
windshield of a vehicle in compliance with security measures required by a federal or State
government 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 maintenance
organizations to provide coverage for a prosthesis that has been prescribed by a physician for an
enrollee or insured who has undergone a mastectomy and has not had breast reconstruction; and
providing 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 and
locations; and extending the sunset provision relating to the transfer of a certain number of Class
B (SB) restaurant-service bar beer, wine and liquor (on-sale) licenses into the "Pikesville
Revitalization Area" or the "Pikesville Town Center" in Baltimore County.

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 while
performing work assigned by the sheriff of Frederick County; and eliminating Frederick County
from 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 any
county 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 or
desirable 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 Dental
Association and a dental hygienist rehabilitation committee of the Maryland Dental Hygienists'
Association; providing for the appointment of members for each of the committees; requiring the
Associations to submit a budget to the Board for the committees; defining "dentist rehabilitation
committee"; 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 Maryland
Program Evaluation Act (Sunset Law) by extending to July 1, 2042, the termination provisions
relating 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 provisions
of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (Sunset Law) by extending to July 1, 2042, the
termination provisions relating to the statutory and regulatory authority of the Board.

Senate Bill 244 – Fraud - Personal Identifying Information Theft (Senator Teitelbaum, et
al)
Prohibiting a person from knowingly, willfully, and with fraudulent intent obtaining or aiding
another person in obtaining an individual's identifying information for specified purposes
without the individual's consent; prohibiting a person from knowingly and willfully assuming the
identify of another for specified purposes; providing for penalties and for restitution to the victim
for 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 to
determine the grants in accordance with certain plans and that alters the limitation on the total
amount 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 certain
terms; etc.
Senate Bill 260 – Health Care Malpractice Claims - Panel Selection Lists (Senators Green
and Hollinger)
Altering the time periods within which the Director of the Health Claims Arbitration Office is
required to deliver to the parties in a health care malpractice claim lists and biographical
statements 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 when
making 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 records
check to be disseminated to a private home detention monitoring agency intending to employ the
individual 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 leave
under the Employee-to-Employee Leave Donation Program because of the catastrophic illness or
injury 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 a
catastrophic illness or injury of an immediate family member only after receiving approval from
the 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' Court
judges 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 specified
activities 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 alcoholic
beverages, setups, or other component parts; prohibiting an unlicensed business from allowing
customers to bring alcoholic beverages for consumption into an unlicensed building; and
establishing 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 to
give notice to record owners of real property within 1,000 feet of the property line of the landfill
system by certified mail; requiring an applicant to give notice by posting a notice of the
application, the informational meeting, and hearings in a conspicuous area on the proposed
landfill 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 is
calculated 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 to
relocate the site of an existing dwelling to another location on a farm that is subject to an
easement 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 providing
that the Act does not apply to the salary or compensation of the incumbent Sheriff of Somerset
County.

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 Act
does not apply to the salary or compensation of the incumbent State's Attorney for Somerset
County.

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 for
Somerset County; and providing that the Act does not apply to the salary or compensation of the
incumbent 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 the
Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation; requiring that the Fund be used for specified
purposes; providing for an audit of the Fund; requiring the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and
Regulation, or a designee of the Secretary, to administer the Fund; altering, establishing, and
specifying 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 is
funded by the County Commissioners becomes a merit system employee on completion of a
probation 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 for
Higher Education to the Governor and to the General Assembly every 4 years instead of every 2
years; requiring that the president of each public institution of higher education update the
institution'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 a
year 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 a
judge of the District Court of Maryland; and providing that the Act does not apply to the salary
or 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 report
to a specified board of directors at a specified time; altering the time at which the Commissioner
must provide a copy of a proposed examination report to a specified person; prohibiting the
Commissioner from adopting specified examination reports if a hearing has been requested until
after 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 benefits
or contest claims; altering the time period after which the Workers' Compensation Commission
may assess a fine against an employer or its insurer; altering the time period in which the
Commission 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 dwellings
transferred in a deed dated on or after January 1 but before the beginning of the next taxable year
where 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 financial
information to the Maryland Racing Commission from on or before the 75th to on or before the
90th 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' Compensation
Commission 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 specified
documentation 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 in
a special revolving fund and disbursed for a specified purpose; etc.

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 provided
specified 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 hold
one raffle in which prize drawings are held on more than a single day if the major prize does not
exceed $5,000; and providing that specified restrictions on the monetary value of prizes apply to
raffles 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 to
an 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 County
Council 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 the
recipient 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 a
specified date shall remain in full force and effect until specified other fees are adopted and made
effective.

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 additional
nonvoting members of the Task Force, subject to specified approval; authorizing the Task Force
to 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 the
next taxable year may pay the income tax due with the return on or before April 30 if the income
tax 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 annual
withholding 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 statements
required to be submitted exceeds specified thresholds; requiring the Comptroller to adopt
regulations; 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 campaign
finance report within 30 days to the Central Collection Unit in the Department of Budget and
Management; prohibiting an individual from signing without authority the name of any other
individual 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's
residence for voters whose personal information has been deemed confidential by the local
board; requiring an election judge to conduct a specified alternative verification if a voter's
personal information has been deemed confidential by the local board; and providing that
specified 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 the
Maryland Transportation Authority; requiring the Department of Transportation to report to
specified 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 County
to grant, by law, a credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on
specified property owned by specified fire companies in Cecil County under specified
circumstances; 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 in
specified 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.

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 to
require its students, except in specified circumstances, to sign a letter of acknowledgment that
the transfer of credits may be difficult if the student intends to transfer the credits to an
institution of higher education that is regionally accredited; requiring the institutions to keep the
letters on file while the student attends the institution and for 2 years or more after the student
completes 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; and
providing 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 contents
of which are partially consumed with the meal, to remove the bottle and its contents from the
licensed premises under specified circumstances; and stating that a bottle of wine under the Act
is 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 service
areas 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 be
used, principally in Maryland; repealing a specified requirement for imposition of the vessel
excise tax; providing that specified active duty military personnel are exempt from the vessel
excise 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 purchased
from a licensed dealer, a title is not sought or required, the principal use of the vessel is outside
of Maryland, the vessel is promptly registered in another jurisdiction, and the dealer and
purchaser 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 a
specified 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 Health
Insurance is required to submit a specified report to the presiding officers and specified
committees of the General Assembly; and requiring the Task Force to study and make
recommendations 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 wine
for consumption off the premises under specified conditions; authorizing the Liquor Control
Board of Harford County to issue a special Class BFD (fine dining) on-sale beer, wine and liquor
license; specifying that the license authorizes the licensee to serve only full-course dinners at
least 5 days a week; requiring that a restaurant with a Class BFD license open for business not
later than 5 p.m.; etc.

Senate Bill 501 – Baltimore County - Community College of Baltimore County - President
and Other Positions (Senator Stone)
Altering the title of the head of the Community College of Baltimore County; providing that the
President of the Community College of Baltimore County is responsible for the administration
and supervision of the administrators of the campuses of the community college; authorizing the
President to appoint a vice president, provost, and administrator for the campuses; providing that
the 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 from
the sale of food for each month exceed the average daily receipts from the sale of alcoholic
beverages; and specifying that specified foodstuff may not be included when calculating receipts
from 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-Conference
Center 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 and
other persons by an alcohol awareness program is required and in which other specified
requirements must be met; and providing that the requirements do not apply to licensees with
Class 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 before
judgment to an alcoholic beverages licensee for selling or furnishing alcoholic beverages to an
underaged individual does not bar the board of license commissioners from proceeding
administratively 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 License
Commissioners may impose for specified alcoholic beverages violations instead of or in addition
to 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 that
administers specified alcoholic beverages laws and that may grant, refuse, revoke, or suspend
licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages.


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Tuesday, April 9, 2030 (Sine Die)

3/20 Senate: Third Reading Passed (33-14)

3/9 Senate: Third Reading Passed (29-18)

3/22 Senate: Third Reading Passed (45-0)

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

2/25 House: Third Reading Passed (125-11)

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

1/26 House: Third Reading Passed (123-0)

3/18 House: Third Reading Passed (131-0)

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

3/5 House: Third Reading Passed (121-12)

2/16 House: Third Reading Passed (137-0)

2/18 House: Third Reading Passed (129-1)

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

3/4 House: Third Reading Passed (130-8)

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

2/25 House: Third Reading Passed (138-0)

3/22 House: Third Reading Passed (135-1)

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

3/4 House: Third Reading Passed (130-9)

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

2/18 House: Third Reading Passed (131-1)

2/26 House: Third Reading Passed (136-0)

2/26 House: Third Reading Passed (134-2)

3/18 House: Third Reading Passed (133-0)

3/2 House: Third Reading Passed (130-8)

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

2/25 House: Third Reading Passed (137-0)

2/26 House: Third Reading Passed (132-5)

2/26 House: Third Reading Passed (137-0)

3/28 House: Third Reading Passed (137-0)

3/22 House: Third Reading Passed (140-0)

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

2/25 House: Third Reading Passed (135-0)

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

2/25 House: Third Reading Passed (134-2)

3/18 House: Third Reading Passed (131-0)

3/18 House: Third Reading Passed (132-0)

3/18 House: Third Reading Passed (132-0)

3/18 House: Third Reading Passed (131-0)

3/18 House: Third Reading Passed (132-1)

3/5 House: Third Reading Passed (136-0)

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

2/25 House: Third Reading Passed (138-0)

2/26 House: Third Reading Passed (136-0)

2/25 House: Third Reading Passed (136-0)

3/18 House: Third Reading Passed (131-0)

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

3/4 House: Third Reading Passed (137-0)

3/24 House: Third Reading Passed (115-17)

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

3/4 House: Third Reading Passed (138-1)

3/18 House: Third Reading Passed (131-0)

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

3/4 House: Third Reading Passed (139-0)

3/4 House: Third Reading Passed (139-0)

3/12 House: Third Reading Passed (136-0)

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

3/24 House: Third Reading Passed (130-2)

3/25 House: Third Reading Passed (135-1)

3/4 House: Third Reading Passed (138-1)

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

3/11 House: Third Reading Passed (135-0)