Homestead Property Tax Credit - Eligibility of Employees of the Federal [HB-199]
Providing that under specified circumstances a homeowner who is an employee of the federal government stationed outside the State may qualify for the homestead property tax credit for a dwelling even though the homeowner does not live in the dwelling for the required period of time.
HB-199: Homestead Property Tax Credit - Eligibility of Employees of the Federal
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
State Government - Open Meetings Act - Notice and Complaints [HB-211]
Requiring a complaint filed with the State Open Meetings Law Compliance Board to be filed within 1 year of the action that is the basis for the complaint; altering specified notice requirements; requiring a public body to give notice of a meeting by specified methods under specified circumstances; authorizing a public body to give notice of a meeting by specified additional methods; etc.
HB-211: State Government - Open Meetings Act - Notice and Complaints
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Favorable With Amendments Report By Education Health And Environmental Affairs on 04/12/2010
Maryland Estate Tax - Exclusion for Qualified Agricultural Property [HB-221]
Altering the determination of the Maryland estate tax under specified circumstances to exclude from the value of the gross estate the value of specified agricultural property; providing for the recapture of the Maryland estate tax under specified circumstances; requiring the Comptroller to adopt regulations; and applying the Act to decedents dying after December 31, 2009.
HB-221: Maryland Estate Tax - Exclusion for Qualified Agricultural Property
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Frush
Hearing Cancelled on 01/27/2010
Criminal Law - Abuse or Neglect of Animal - Increased Penalties [HB-265]
Increasing the penalties for specified violations concerning the abuse or neglect of animals; and authorizing a court, as a condition of sentencing, to prohibit a defendant convicted of violating specified animal abuse or neglect laws from future ownership of an animal.
HB-265: Criminal Law - Abuse or Neglect of Animal - Increased Penalties
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Hearing Cancelled on 02/12/2010
Commission on Surrogate Parenting [HB-281]
Creating the Commission on Surrogate Parenting; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Commission; providing that a member of the Commission may not receive compensation but may be reimbursed for specified expenses; requiring the Commission to study specified issues related to surrogate parenting; requiring the Commission to make specified recommendations, if possible; requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly; etc.
HB-281: Commission on Surrogate Parenting
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 04/08/2010
Criminal Procedure - Child Sexual Offenders - Monitoring With Global [HB-288]
Requiring that specified child sexual offenders be monitored constantly with global positioning satellite tracking technology during any periods of probation and parole; requiring that specified repeat child sexual offenders be monitored constantly with global positioning satellite tracking technology for life and pay the costs of the monitoring.
HB-288: Criminal Procedure - Child Sexual Offenders - Monitoring With Global
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Hearing 2/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2010
Correctional Services - Child Sexual Offenders - Diminution Credits [HB-289]
Prohibiting the earning of diminution credits to reduce the term of confinement of an inmate who is serving a sentence in a State or local correctional facility for committing a specified sexual crime against a victim who is a child under the age of 16; etc.
HB-289: Correctional Services - Child Sexual Offenders - Diminution Credits
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
Licensed Physicians - Treatment of Lyme Disease - Discipline [HB-290]
Authorizing licensed physicians to prescribe or dispense specified treatment for individuals with Lyme disease if specified requirements are met; altering specified circumstances when the State Board of Physicians may initiate disciplinary actions and professional misconduct proceedings against licensed physicians; providing for the enforcement of the Act; etc.
HB-290: Licensed Physicians - Treatment of Lyme Disease - Discipline
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 02/23/2010
Health Insurance - Uniform Consultation Referral Form - Electronic Transmission [HB-292]
Authorizing a health care provider to transmit the uniform consultation referral form electronically; and requiring the Maryland Insurance Commissioner, in consultation with the Maryland Health Care Commission, to adopt by regulation standards for the electronic transmission of the data elements contained in the uniform consultation referral form.
HB-292: Health Insurance - Uniform Consultation Referral Form - Electronic Transmission
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010