Rep. Norman Conway
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District HD-038B
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 0
Sponsored Legislation
Maryland 2010 Regular Session
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Frush
Hearing Cancelled on 01/27/2010
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Sex Offenders - Registry Information Expansion and Interstate Data Sharing [HB-258]
Altering requirements relating to the registration of individuals who have committed specified sex offenses to include three tier levels of offenses; providing that specified registration requirements are to be applied retroactively under specified circumstances; requiring persons to register on a specified registry if they have been convicted of specified crimes in specified countries; altering specified requirements for a person under the age of 18 at the time the person commits a sex offense; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
Hearing 2/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Warrantless Arrest - Second Degree Assault [HB-264]
Authorizing a police officer to arrest a person without a warrant if the police officer has probable cause to believe that the person has committed a second degree assault; and requiring a police officer to consider whether a person acted in self-defense under specified circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/08/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Education - Maintenance of Effort Requirement - Process and Factors [HB-304]
Altering provisions of law relating to a waiver from the maintenance of effort requirement for funding public education; altering provisions specifying to whom and the date by which a county governing body must make a request for a waiver from the maintenance of effort requirement; requiring the Superintendent of Schools to consider specified factors when making a decision whether to grant a waiver; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Hixson
Senators Kasemeyer, Robey, And Brinkley on 04/06/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Governor's P-20 Leadership Council of Maryland [HB-466]
Establishing the Governor's P-20 Leadership Council of Maryland, a partnership among the State, educators, and the business community to better prepare Maryland students for jobs of the 21st century while enhancing the State's economic competitiveness by creating a workforce with 21st century skills; providing for the membership, tenure, chair, and staffing of the Council; establishing an Executive Committee; and providing for the duties of the Executive Committee and Council.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Hixson
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/20/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Higher Education Investment Fund - Tuition Stabilization and Funding [HB-470]
Requiring the Comptroller to continue to distribute specified income tax revenue from corporations to the Higher Education Investment Fund; expanding the authorized uses of the Fund; establishing a Tuition Stabilization Trust Account in the Fund; stating a goal of the State that public senior higher education funding should reach 100% of the funding guidelines approved by the Maryland Higher Education Commission; requiring governing boards of specified higher education institutions to periodically review tuition; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Bohanan
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Worcester County - Slot Machines for Nonprofit Organizations [HB-56]
Adding Worcester County to the list of counties in which specified nonprofit fraternal, religious, and war veterans' organizations may own and operate not more than five slot machines under specified circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
Favorable With Amendments Report By Budget And Taxation on 04/10/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Creation of a State Debt - Maryland Affordable Housing Trust [HB-587]
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $2,000,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Trustees of the Maryland Affordable Housing Trust, Inc. for awards to help acquire, build, rehabilitate, and preserve affordable housing and to help nonprofit organizations develop affordable housing; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Talmadge Branch
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/12/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Exceptional Hauling Permits - Validity in Select Eastern Shore [HB-667]
Including Dorchester, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico, and Worcester counties as those in which an exceptional hauling permit issued by the State Highway Administration is valid for a combination of vehicles that transports specified forestry products, subject to axle configuration requirements, increased maximum load limits, weight tolerances, inspection requirements, operation restrictions and requirements, penalties, record keeping and reporting requirements, and fees; codifying provisions of law concerning hauling permits; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Blue Ribbon Commission to Study Retiree Health Care Funding Options - Extension [HB-771]
Requiring the Blue Ribbon Commission to Study Retiree Health Care Funding Options to issue a second interim report by December 31, 2010; altering the date by which the Blue Ribbon Commission to Study Retiree Health Care Funding Options is required to submit a specified report from December 31, 2009, to December 31, 2011; and extending the termination date of the Blue Ribbon Commission to Study Retiree Health Care Funding Options from June 30, 2010, to June 30, 2012.
Sponsored by: Rep. Talmadge Branch
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010