Rep. Robert Costa
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District HD-033B
Party Republican
Bills Introduced 0
Sponsored Legislation
Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Health Insurance - Purchasing Out of State - Feasibility Study [HB-1015]
Requiring the Maryland Insurance Administration to study the feasibility and desirability of allowing State residents to purchase health insurance out of state and of establishing an Interstate Health Insurance Compact; requiring the study to examine specified items and issues; and requiring the Administration to report its findings and any recommendations.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Unfavorable Report By Finance Withdrawn on 04/05/2010
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Community Services Reimbursement Rate Commission - Developmental Disabilities [HB-1034]
Requiring the Community Services Reimbursement Rate Commission to determine a weighted average cost structure of specified developmental disabilities service providers and community mental health service providers in a specified manner; requiring the Commission to include in an existing annual report an analysis of the impact of a specified annual inflationary cost adjustment on the financial condition of specified providers; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
State Government - Disclosure of Personal Information on Websites - Prohibition [HB-1042]
Prohibiting on or after June 1, 2010, specified courts, the Maryland General Assembly, and specified departments and specified units of the Executive Branch of State government from publicly posting or displaying on specified Internet websites an individual's personal information under specified circumstances; authorizing specified persons to request that specified official custodians mask specified personal information in the Internet version of specified records; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Crimes - Prohibition on Sale of Drug Paraphernalia to a Minor - Local Law [HB-1051]
Authorizing the governing body of a county or a municipal corporation to adopt an ordinance or local law that prohibits a person from selling drug paraphernalia to a minor; and authorizing a county or a municipal corporation to impose specified criminal or civil penalties.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/09/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Election Law - Delay in Replacement of Voting Systems [HB-1060]
Altering the date for replacing the State's direct-recording electronic (DRE) touchscreen voting system with a voter-verified paper record voting system; requiring the State to continue using the touchscreen voting system for elections until payments for the touchscreen voting system are concluded or until another date, as specified; altering provisions relating to the certification of voting systems; providing for the application of specified provisions of the Act; repealing uncodified provisions of prior Acts, as specified; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Krebs
Hearing 3/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/19/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Public Safety - Correctional Facilities - Immigration Status of Inmates [HB-1061]
Requiring a managing official of a correctional facility or the managing official's designee to require an individual committed to the correctional facility to provide information as to the immigration status of the individual; requiring a managing official of a correctional facility or the managing official's designee to send an immigration alien query to the Law Enforcement Support Center of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency for specified information; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gail Bates
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/26/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Single Registration Plate [HB-1063]
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to issue a single registration plate to all classes of vehicles; requiring that the registration plate be attached on the front of tractors and on the rear of all other vehicles; and authorizing the publisher of the Annotated Code to make specified corrections.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide Eckardt
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/15/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Insurance - Coordination of Benefits - Health Insurance and Personal Injury [HB-1073]
Prohibiting specified health maintenance organization contracts, health insurance policies, and policies of nonprofit health service plans from containing a provision requiring personal injury protection benefits to be paid before benefits under the policies and contracts.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Maryland Personhood Amendment [HB-1078]
Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Declaration of Rights to establish that the right not to be deprived of life is vested in all human beings, irrespective of age, health, function, physical dependency, or method of reproduction, from the beginning of their biological development; making technical changes; and submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State of Maryland for their adoption or rejection.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Impallaria
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 03/25/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Maryland's Marriage Protection Act [HB-1079]
Adding a new section to the Maryland Constitution to establish that a marriage between one man and one woman shall be the only domestic legal union valid or recognized in the State; and submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State of Maryland for their adoption or rejection.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Aumann
First Reading Judiciary on 02/17/2010