Baltimore City - Removal of Debt Ballot Questions [SB-289]
Removing the requirement that certain debt created by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore be approved by the legal voters of the City of Baltimore through a majority vote at a certain election; and providing that the proposed amendment to the Maryland Constitution be submitted to the qualified voters of the State for adoption or rejection at the next general election to be held in November 2026.
SB-289: Baltimore City - Removal of Debt Ballot Questions
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 01/27/2025
Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact [HB-118]
Repealing certain provisions of law relating to the Interstate Agreement on Qualifications of Educational Personnel; providing that certain provisions of law regarding the issuance of an initial teaching certificate do not apply to certain teachers; entering into the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact for the purpose of authorizing regulated teachers who hold multistate licenses to teach in each member state; establishing requirements for multistate licensure; providing a certain contingency requirement; etc.
HB-118: Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact
Sponsored by: Rep. Kris Fair
Hearing 1/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/15/2025
Building Opportunity Act of 2019 [SB-159]
Authorizing the Maryland Stadium Authority to issue bonds to finance the construction of or improvements to certain public school facilities subject to certain limitations; establishing the Building Opportunity Financing Fund and the Building Opportunity Facilities Fund; beginning in fiscal year 2021, requiring $125,000,000 in the Education Trust Fund to be deposited into the Building Opportunity Financing Fund each fiscal year that bonds are outstanding and unpaid; etc.
SB-159: Building Opportunity Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2019
Public School Construction - Maryland Stadium Authority - Montgomery County and Other School Systems With Significant Enrollment Growth [HB-668]
Authorizing the Maryland Stadium Authority to issue bonds to finance the construction of or improvements to certain Montgomery County public school facilities and subject to certain limitations; specifying that the Authority and the Montgomery County Board of Education shall be responsible for certain public school facilities construction and improvement projects; altering the annual required appropriation to the Capital Grant Program for Local School Systems With Significant Enrollment Growth or Relocatable Classrooms; etc.
HB-668: Public School Construction - Maryland Stadium Authority - Montgomery County and Other School Systems With Significant Enrollment Growth
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 03/22/2019
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Building Opportunity Act of 2019 [HB-153]
Authorizing the Maryland Stadium Authority to issue bonds to finance the construction of or improvements to certain public school facilities subject to certain limitations; establishing the Building Opportunity Financing Fund and the Building Opportunity Facilities Fund; beginning in fiscal year 2021, requiring $125,000,000 in the Education Trust Fund to be deposited into the Building Opportunity Financing Fund each fiscal year that bonds are outstanding and unpaid; etc.
HB-153: Building Opportunity Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2019
Baltimore County - Maryland Stadium Authority - Public School Construction [HB-1131]
Authorizing the Maryland Stadium Authority to issue bonds to finance the construction of or improvements to certain Baltimore County public school facilities and subject to certain limitations; specifying that the Authority and the Baltimore County Board of Education shall be responsible for certain public school facilities construction and improvement projects; etc.
HB-1131: Baltimore County - Maryland Stadium Authority - Public School Construction
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 03/22/2019
Montgomery County - Transit Authority MC 24-15 [HB-104]
Authorizing the governing body of Montgomery County to create, by local law, a Transit Authority to perform county transit functions as an instrumentality of the county and body corporate and politic and to create a special taxing district, impose a specified special tax, specify the organization and powers of the Transit Authority, establish a specified budget process for the Transit Authority, and specify other matters related to the Transit Authority; etc.
HB-104: Montgomery County - Transit Authority MC 24-15
Sponsored by: Rep.
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/10/2015
Regional Institution Strategic Enterprise Zone Program [SB-600]
Establishing the Regional Institution Strategic Enterprise Zone Program; authorizing specified educational institutions meeting specified criteria to apply to the Secretary of Business and Economic Development to be designated as a qualified institution; requiring the Secretary to approve or reject an application for designation as a qualified institution within 90 days after the application is submitted; requiring county and municipal corporations to provide specified property tax credits to specified entities; etc.
SB-600: Regional Institution Strategic Enterprise Zone Program
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 530 on 05/15/2014
Public Safety - Fire, Rescue, and Ambulance Funds - Distribution [SB-254]
Authorizing the Senator William H. Amoss Fire, Rescue, and Ambulance Fund to be used to acquire land for a specified purpose; authorizing funds to be used to install specified systems and to acquire telecommunication devices, computers, equipment, and machinery under specified circumstances; providing that funds be distributed to volunteer companies based on need; requiring a county to distribute money to volunteer companies located in qualified municipalities; defining terms; etc.
SB-254: Public Safety - Fire, Rescue, and Ambulance Funds - Distribution
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/15/2014
Public Safety - Fire, Rescue, and Ambulance Funds - Distribution [HB-365]
Authorizing the Senator William H. Amoss Fire, Rescue, and Ambulance Fund to be used to acquire land for a specified purpose; authorizing funds to be used to install specified systems and to acquire telecommunication devices, computers, equipment, and machinery under specified circumstances; providing that funds be distributed to volunteer companies based on need; requiring a county to distribute money to volunteer companies located in qualified municipalities; defining terms; etc.
HB-365: Public Safety - Fire, Rescue, and Ambulance Funds - Distribution
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 225 on 04/14/2014
Capital Budget - Payment of State Debt Service [HB-1064]
Requiring the Board of Public Works, beginning with fiscal year 2017, to certify the rates of State tax on assessable property that are sufficient to pay at least a specified percentage of specified State debt service requirements; requiring the Capital Debt Affordability Committee to consider specified requirements for payment of State debt service in making a specified estimate; etc.
HB-1064: Capital Budget - Payment of State Debt Service
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/06/2014
U.S. Constitution - Article V Amendments Convention - State Approval of Federal Debt Increases [SJR-2]
Requesting appropriate action by the U.S. Congress, on the application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the several states, to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require approval from a majority of the legislatures of the separate states to increase the federal debt; etc.
SJR-2: U.S. Constitution - Article V Amendments Convention - State Approval of Federal Debt Increases
Sponsored by: Sen. David Brinkley
Hearing 3/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2013
Baltimore City Public Schools Construction and Revitalization Act of 2013 [SB-743]
Authorizing the Maryland Stadium Authority to issue bonds to finance the construction of or improvements to specified Baltimore City public school facilities in accordance with a specified 10-year plan for Baltimore City Public Schools and subject to specified limitations; specifying that the Authority and the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners shall be responsible for specified public school facilities construction and improvement projects; etc.
SB-743: Baltimore City Public Schools Construction and Revitalization Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway
Favorable With Amendments Report By Budget And Taxation on 04/08/2013
Economic Development - Baltimore Convention Facility - Operating Deficits [SB-516]
Altering the period during which the Maryland Stadium Authority and Baltimore City must contribute a specified amount to the annual operating deficits of the Baltimore Convention facility and extending to December 31, 2019, the date after which Baltimore City is solely responsible for all operating deficits and capital improvements for the Baltimore Convention facility.
SB-516: Economic Development - Baltimore Convention Facility - Operating Deficits
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 283 on 05/02/2013
Baltimore City Public Schools Construction and Revitalization Act of 2013 [HB-860]
Authorizing the Maryland Stadium Authority to issue bonds to finance the construction of or improvements to specified Baltimore City public school facilities in accordance with a specified 10-year plan for Baltimore City Schools and subject to specified limitations; specifying that the Authority and the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners shall be responsible for specified public school facilities construction and improvement projects; etc.
HB-860: Baltimore City Public Schools Construction and Revitalization Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 647 on 05/16/2013
Prudent Pension Management Act [HB-819]
Prohibiting the State or a county or municipality from issuing specified bonds or other evidences of obligation for the purpose of funding specified pension liabilities; prohibiting the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System or the trustees or other officers in charge of specified local pension or retirement systems or funds from investing more than 10% of specified assets in specified alternative investments; etc.
HB-819: Prudent Pension Management Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/12/2013
Public-Private Partnerships [HB-605]
Establishing the policy of the State on public-private partnerships; altering provisions of law relating to public-private partnerships; establishing that the Court of Special Appeals has jurisdiction over specified immediate appeals related to specified public-private partnerships; authorizing a reporting agency to establish a public-private partnership and execute an agreement in connection with any public infrastructure asset; requiring a reporting agency to adopt regulations and establish processes; etc.
HB-605: Public-Private Partnerships
Sponsored by: Rep. Galen Clagett
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. (environmental Matters) on 02/15/2013
Economic Development - Baltimore Convention Facility - Operating Deficits [HB-525]
Extending the period during which the Maryland Stadium Authority and Baltimore City must contribute a specified amount to the annual operating deficits of the Baltimore Convention facility; and extending to December 31, 2019, the date after which Baltimore City is solely responsible for all operating deficits and capital improvements for the Baltimore Convention facility.
HB-525: Economic Development - Baltimore Convention Facility - Operating Deficits
Sponsored by: Rep. Curtis Anderson
First Reading Senate Rules on 04/04/2013
Public-Private Partnerships [SB-358]
Establishing the policy of the State on public-private partnerships; altering provisions of law relating to public-private partnerships; authorizing a reporting agency to establish a public-private partnership and execute a partnership agreement in connection with specified functions, services, or assets; requiring a reporting agency to adopt regulations and establish processes for the development, solicitation, evaluation, award, and delivery of public-private partnerships; etc.
SB-358: Public-Private Partnerships
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Re-referred Environmental Matters & Appropriations on 04/09/2012