Criminal Law - Home Invasion Violent Crime [HB-790]
Prohibiting a person from breaking and entering the dwelling of another and committing a violent crime against a victim who is a lawful occupant of the dwelling; establishing a criminal penalty for a violation of the Act; authorizing a sentence imposed under the Act to be separate from and concurrent to a sentence for any other crime that arises from the conduct underlying the home invasion violent crime; defining the term "violent crime"; etc.
HB-790: Criminal Law - Home Invasion Violent Crime
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2011
Creation of a State Debt - Wicomico County - Salisbury Zoological Park Animal [HB-84]
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $200,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Salisbury Zoo Commission, Inc. for the construction and capital equipping of the Salisbury Zoological Park Animal Health Clinic, located in Salisbury; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc.
HB-84: Creation of a State Debt - Wicomico County - Salisbury Zoological Park Animal
Sponsored by: Rep. Norman Conway
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/11/2011
Creation of a State Debt - Wicomico County - Tri-County Multi-Purpose Center [HB-85]
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $300,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland for renovation of the Tri-County Multi- Purpose Center, located in Salisbury; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc.
HB-85: Creation of a State Debt - Wicomico County - Tri-County Multi-Purpose Center
Sponsored by: Rep. Norman Conway
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/11/2011
Criminal Law - Felony Child Abuse in the First Degree [HB-864]
Establishing that it is a felony in the first degree for a specified family member or household member to cause abuse resulting in the death of a minor, or to cause severe physical injury to the minor.
HB-864: Criminal Law - Felony Child Abuse in the First Degree
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 3/31 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/25/2011
Drunk and Drugged Driving - Refusal to Take a Blood or Breath Test - [HB-957]
Prohibiting a person who is detained for specified alcohol- or drug- related driving offenses from knowingly refusing to take a specified blood or breath test if the person was detained previously for specified alcohol- or drug-related driving offenses and refused to take a blood or breath test; and providing that a violation is punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than 1 year or both.
HB-957: Drunk and Drugged Driving - Refusal to Take a Blood or Breath Test -
Sponsored by: Rep. C. William Frick
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/21/2011
Safe Harbor Legislation and Regulations Needed to Form Accountable Care [HJR-6]
Urging the United State Congress and the Federal Trade Commission to pass legislation and adopt regulations that will establish antitrust safe harbors for physicians to collaborate in specified health insurance marketplaces and form accountable care organizations.
HJR-6: Safe Harbor Legislation and Regulations Needed to Form Accountable Care
Sponsored by: Rep. Norman Conway
Unfavorable Report By House Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/11/2011
Crimes - Death or Disappearance of Minor - Required Reporting and Prohibited [HB-122]
Requiring a parent or other person who has permanent care or custody or responsibility for the supervision of a minor to notify, under specified circumstances and within specified periods of time, the appropriate law enforcement agency that the minor is missing or the appropriate law enforcement agency or medical authority that the minor has died; prohibiting specified conduct that may impede an investigation following the death of a minor; establishing penalties; etc.
HB-122: Crimes - Death or Disappearance of Minor - Required Reporting and Prohibited
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/05/2012
Education - Core Content Areas - Accountability Program [HB-1227]
Requiring the State Board of Education and the State Superintendent of Schools to assist each county board of education to establish goals that conform with specified objectives for subject areas that include science and social studies; requiring each public school to survey current student achievement in science and social studies; requiring the State Board and the State Superintendent to implement assessment programs in specified subjects; requiring specified grade band assessments and end-of-course assessments to be implemented; etc.
HB-1227: Education - Core Content Areas - Accountability Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Craig Zucker
Approved By The Governor on 05/22/2012
Fiduciary Institutions - Protection of Elder Adults from Financial Abuse - [HB-1257]
Requiring specified fiduciary institutions to report suspected financial abuse of an elder adult under specified circumstances; requiring the report to be made to specified individuals and entities at specified times and by specified means; providing that a fiduciary institution is not required to investigate an allegation by an elder adult that financial abuse of the elder adult has occurred or to make a report if the same matter already has been reported; establishing specified civil penalties; etc.
HB-1257: Fiduciary Institutions - Protection of Elder Adults from Financial Abuse -
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Approved By The Governor on 05/02/2012