Congressional Redistricting Plan of 2011 [SB-6]
Establishing the composition of the eight districts in the State of Maryland for the election of members to the United States House of Representatives; specifying ward, election district, and precinct boundaries; and making the Act an emergency measure.
SB-6: Congressional Redistricting Plan of 2011
Sponsored by: Sen. Joseph Getty
First Reading Reapportionment And Redistricting on 10/17/2011
Crimes - Electronic Communication - Harassment [SB-175]
Prohibiting the use of electronic communication to maliciously engage in a course of conduct that alarms or seriously annoys another under specified circumstances; changing the defined term "electronic mail" to "electronic communication" and altering the definition; and making violation of the Act a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.
SB-175: Crimes - Electronic Communication - Harassment
Sponsored by: Sen. Victor Ramirez
Approved By The Governor on 04/10/2012
Education - School Construction - Applicability of Priority Funding Areas [SB-190]
Repealing a specified policy of the State to target funds to existing public schools; excluding school construction from specified provisions of law; applying the Act to the fiscal 2013 public school construction capital improvement program; and making the Act an emergency measure.
SB-190: Education - School Construction - Applicability of Priority Funding Areas
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Reilly
Unfavorable Report By Budget And Taxation on 02/20/2012
Drivers' Licenses and Identification Cards - Notation of Veteran Status [SB-276]
Requiring the Department of Veterans Affairs, on request, to provide a veteran with a document certifying veteran status; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to ensure that the driver's license or identification card of an applicant who presents specified documentation certifying veteran status includes a notation indicating that the applicant is a veteran; etc.
SB-276: Drivers' Licenses and Identification Cards - Notation of Veteran Status
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Approved By The Governor on 04/10/2012
Legislative Immunity - Prosecutions for Bribery [SB-284]
Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to provide that the legislative immunity or privilege for words spoken in debate does not apply in a prosecution for bribery; and submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejection.
SB-284: Legislative Immunity - Prosecutions for Bribery
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/05/2012
Education - Core Content Areas - Accountability Program [SB-293]
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 and requiring programs to provide specified information and feedback; etc.
SB-293: Education - Core Content Areas - Accountability Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor on 05/22/2012
Family Farm Preservation Act of 2012 [SB-294]
Altering the determination of the Maryland estate tax under specified circumstances to exclude from the value of the gross estate up to $5,000,000 of the value of qualified agricultural property; providing that the Maryland estate tax on qualified agricultural property may not exceed 5% of the value of specified agricultural property exceeding $5,000,000; providing for the recapture of specified Maryland estate tax under specified circumstances; requiring the Comptroller to adopt specified regulations; etc.
SB-294: Family Farm Preservation Act of 2012
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Approved By The Governor on 05/22/2012
Commercial Law - Security Freezes - Minors and Protected Persons [SB-295]
Authorizing specified representatives to request a security freeze on the consumer report or a specified record of specified minor children and individuals under guardianship or conservatorship; requiring a consumer reporting agency to place a security freeze for a protected consumer under specified circumstances and within a specified period of time; etc.
SB-295: Commercial Law - Security Freezes - Minors and Protected Persons
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor on 05/02/2012