Child Pornography - Matter Reflecting Belief That a Minor Is Depicted in a [HB-1053]
Prohibiting a person from knowingly promoting, advertising, soliciting, distributing, or possessing with the intent to distribute any matter, visual representation, or performance that reflects the belief, or is intended to cause another to believe, that the matter depicts a minor engaged as a subject of sadomasochistic abuse or sexual conduct; etc.
HB-1053: Child Pornography - Matter Reflecting Belief That a Minor Is Depicted in a
Sponsored by: Rep. Luiz Simmons
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
Vehicle Laws - Driving Instructors - Licensing Qualifications [HB-1545]
Establishing that a person may not be licensed as a driving instructor and the Motor Vehicle Administration shall refuse to grant a driving instructor license to a person or shall suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a person's license if the person has been convicted of, or has charges pending for, an offense that would constitute a crime for which specified registration is required.
Health Insurance - Coverage for Breast Cancer Screening - American Cancer [HB-182]
Requiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for breast cancer screening in accordance with screening guidelines of the American Cancer Society, as the screening guidelines existed on January 1, 2010.
HB-182: Health Insurance - Coverage for Breast Cancer Screening - American Cancer
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 02/16/2010
Traffic Citations - Notice of Defendant's Right to Elect to Stand Trial - [HB-376]
Requiring a specified traffic citation to include a notice to the person charged that the person may elect to stand trial for the offense; requiring a person who elects to stand trial for a specified offense and desires the presence at trial of the police officer who issued the citation to notify the District Court within the time allowed for payment of the fine in a specified manner; prohibiting a court from dismissing a specified offense on specified grounds; etc.
HB-376: Traffic Citations - Notice of Defendant's Right to Elect to Stand Trial -
Sponsored by: Sen. Wayne Norman
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/26/2010
State Government - Priority Funding for Transportation Projects for BRAC [HB-732]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Transportation, in its Consolidated Transportation Program, to include as a priority any capital project needed to accommodate projected transportation needs resulting from recommendations of the 2005 Defense Base Realignment and Closure Commission.
HB-732: State Government - Priority Funding for Transportation Projects for BRAC
Sponsored by: Sen. Wayne Norman
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means Withdrawn on 03/15/2010
Financial Institutions - Mortgage Loan Originators - Prohibited Acts [HB-102]
Prohibiting a person subject to regulation as a mortgage loan originator from making a payment, threat, or promise for the purpose of influencing another person to violate specified federal or State law or professional standards in connection with a mortgage loan or loan application; prohibiting a specified person from making a payment, threat, or promise to an appraiser of residential real estate in order to influence the independent judgment of the appraiser, and from engaging in specified other acts and practices; etc.
Criminal Procedure - Sex Offender Registry [HB-1020]
Altering retroactive applicability of specified provisions of law so as to include a person who is convicted under specified circumstances; altering the predicate offenses and minimum age for inclusion on a registry of juvenile sex offenders; requiring juvenile registrants to appear at a specified location at specified times to provide information and allow the Department of Juvenile Services to take a digital image of the juvenile registrant; etc.
HB-1020: Criminal Procedure - Sex Offender Registry
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Vallario
Approved By The Governor on 05/10/2011
Juvenile Law - Truancy Reduction Pilot Program - Filing of Petition [HB-1141]
Repealing a requirement that a specified criminal charge against a specified person must be filed and dismissed or stetted before an authorized school official may file, if a child is under age 12, a truancy petition in the judicial circuits that have established Truancy Reduction Pilot Programs.
HB-1141: Juvenile Law - Truancy Reduction Pilot Program - Filing of Petition
Sponsored by: Rep. Glen Glass
Approved By The Governor on 05/10/2011
State Commission of Real Estate Appraisers and Home Inspectors - Special Fund [HB-1181]
Requiring specified persons to register as appraisal management companies with the State Commission of Real Estate Appraisers and Home Inspectors; requiring an appraisal management company's registration to include specified information in a specified form; establishing that a registration is valid for a specified period of time; requiring the Commission to collect a specified national registry fee from appraisal management companies; etc.
HB-1181: State Commission of Real Estate Appraisers and Home Inspectors - Special Fund
Sponsored by: Rep. Donna Stifler
Approved By The Governor on 05/10/2011
Task Force to Review Property Tax Assessment Procedures and the Assessment [HB-1280]
Establishing a Task Force to Review Property Tax Assessment Procedures and the Assessment Appeals Process; establishing the composition of the Task Force; requiring the Governor to designate the chair of the Task Force; providing for the staffing for the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving specified compensation; requiring that the Task Force issue a report by January 1, 2012; and providing for the termination of the Act.
HB-1280: Task Force to Review Property Tax Assessment Procedures and the Assessment
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Impallaria
Hearing 3/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/09/2011