Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Maryland-National Capital [HB-1217]
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $300,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission for the construction of athletic field lights in Prince George's County; 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-1217: Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Maryland-National Capital
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Vallario
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/11/2011
State Retirement and Pension System - Direct Mailings by Retiree Organizations [HB-249]
Requiring a retiree organization to submit specified information to the Board of Trustees of the State Retirement and Pension System; requiring the Board of Trustees to review specified direct mailing materials before submitting retiree data to a mail processing center; altering the definition of "retiree organization" to expand the definition to include any organization in which State retirees participate and whose primary purpose is representing or providing services to those retirees; etc.
HB-249: State Retirement and Pension System - Direct Mailings by Retiree Organizations
Sponsored by: Rep. James Proctor
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011
State Personnel - Applicants for Employment - Criminal History Records Checks [HB-920]
Prohibiting the Judicial, Executive, and Legislative branches of State government from inquiring into the criminal record or criminal history of an applicant for employment until the applicant is selected for an interview; providing that the Act does not prohibit the Judicial, Executive, or Legislative Branch of State government from notifying an applicant for employment of specified information; etc.
HB-920: State Personnel - Applicants for Employment - Criminal History Records Checks
Sponsored by: Rep. Curtis Anderson
Hearing 3/8 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/23/2011
Criminal Procedure - Victims' Resource Center - Funding [HB-922]
Requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to sustain the Victims' Resource Center; requiring the Victims' Resource Center to perform certain functions; increasing, from $3 to $5, a cost that a court is required to impose on a defendant convicted of a specified offense; altering the required distribution of these fees and including the Victims' Resource Center as a recipient of a specified portion of the fees; etc.
HB-922: Criminal Procedure - Victims' Resource Center - Funding
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Vallario
First Reading Judiciary on 02/11/2011
Building Opportunities for All Students and Teachers (BOAST) in Maryland Tax [HB-932]
Providing a tax credit against the State income tax for contributions made to an eligible educational scholarship organization or an eligible innovative educational organization; requiring the State Department of Education to administer the tax credit; requiring specified entities to submit an application to be an eligible organization by January 1 of each year; establishing the Building Opportunities for All Students and Teachers Reserve Fund; etc.
HB-932: Building Opportunities for All Students and Teachers (BOAST) in Maryland Tax
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Afzali
Hearing 3/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/16/2011
Economic Development - Sickle Cell Disease Research Program [HB-1026]
Establishing the Sickle Cell Disease Research Program to be administered by the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to provide grants for specified sickle cell disease research projects; establishing the purposes of the Program; establishing specified types of grants to be awarded under the Program; establishing the Sickle Cell Disease Research Fund; providing for the purposes and composition of the Fund; etc.
HB-1026: Economic Development - Sickle Cell Disease Research Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Hearing 3/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/22/2012
Missing Children - Search Efforts and Collaboration (Phylicia's Law) [HB-1120]
Altering a factor that a law enforcement agency considers when evaluating a report regarding a missing child; altering the requirement that a law enforcement agency institute appropriate search procedures to locate specified missing children to include the coordination of volunteer search teams; requiring the State Clearinghouse for Missing Children to publish specified information relating to missing children in the State; authorizing the Clearinghouse to maintain a list of organizations; etc.
HB-1120: Missing Children - Search Efforts and Collaboration (Phylicia's Law)
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Approved By The Governor on 05/02/2012