Criminal Procedure - Child Advocacy Centers [HB-1043]
Requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to establish and sustain child advocacy centers in the State; specifying the organizations and entities in which the centers may be based; specifying actions to be taken by the centers; requiring that the State Victims of Crime Fund be used to support the centers; authorizing the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to contract with specified organizations to operate the centers; etc.
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.
HB-1051: Crimes - Prohibition on Sale of Drug Paraphernalia to a Minor - Local Law
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/09/2010
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.
HB-1060: Election Law - Delay in Replacement of Voting Systems
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Krebs
Hearing 3/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/19/2010
Student Stigma Act [HB-11]
Changing references to "emotional disturbance" to "emotional disability"; providing that specified documents may not be used until the use of specified other documents; providing nothing in the Act is intended to result in a reduction of federal funds available to the State; etc.
HB-11: Student Stigma Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
Counties - Local Laws - Copies for Legislative Delegations [HB-111]
Authorizing a charter or code county to notify specified entities that a digital copy of a specified compilation of laws is available on the Internet as an alternative to requirements to provide copies to specified entities; clarifying that copies of compilations of local laws and enactments of local laws furnished by specified counties to specified units of State government under specified circumstances shall be printed copies; etc.
HB-111: Counties - Local Laws - Copies for Legislative Delegations
Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide Eckardt
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
Dorchester County - Alcoholic Beverages License Holders - Fines [HB-112]
Increasing from $2,500 to $3,500 the maximum fine that the Dorchester County Board of License Commissioners may impose on a holder of an alcoholic beverages license instead of or in addition to suspending the license for a violation of the alcoholic beverages laws.
HB-112: Dorchester County - Alcoholic Beverages License Holders - Fines
Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide Eckardt
Hearing 4/2 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/26/2010
Stormwater Management - Development Projects - Requirements [HB-1125]
Requiring an approving body to require a redevelopment project design to reduce existing impervious area within the limit of disturbance by at least 50% as determined by the 2000 Maryland Stormwater Design Manual, Volumes I and II; implementing environmental site design to the maximum extent practicable to provide water quality treatment for at least 50% of the existing impervious area within the limit of disturbance, as determined by specified sources; or using a combination of specified stormwater strategies; etc.
HB-1125: Stormwater Management - Development Projects - Requirements
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Hearing Cancelled on 04/07/2010
Criminal Law - Salvia Divinorum and Salvinorin A - Distribution to and [HB-1145]
Prohibiting a person from distributing Salvia divinorum or Salvinorin A to an individual under the age of 21 years; providing that it is a defense in a specified prosecution that the defendant examined a specified license or identification that identified a purchaser or recipient as at least age 21; establishing penalties for a violation of the Act; etc.
HB-1145: Criminal Law - Salvia Divinorum and Salvinorin A - Distribution to and
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010