Labor and Employment - Maryland Healthy Working Families Act - Verification [HB-908]
Altering the circumstances under which an employer is authorized to require an employee who uses certain sick and safe leave to provide verification that the leave was used appropriately; and authorizing certain employers to deny a certain request to take certain sick and safe leave under certain circumstances.
HB-908: Labor and Employment - Maryland Healthy Working Families Act - Verification
Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Shoemaker
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2020
Building Lifelong Library Learners Act [HB-1000]
Prohibiting a public library from charging a fine for overdue library materials on a minor's library materials; prohibiting a public library from charging a replacement fee for a minor's overdue library materials until 21 days after the date the materials were due; requiring a public library to cancel a fee if a minor's overdue materials are returned; requiring the Governor to include $7,500,000 in fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal year thereafter in the annual operating or capital budget for county library capital projects; etc.
HB-1000: Building Lifelong Library Learners Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/07/2020
Labor and Employment - Maryland Healthy Working Families Act - Seasonal Temporary Workers [HB-1021]
Increasing, from 106 to 120 days, the period during which an employer is not required to allow an employee to use earned sick and safe leave; altering the circumstances under which an employer is required to reinstate certain unused sick and safe leave; and altering the circumstances under which an employer is authorized to require an employee who uses earned sick and safe leave to provide certain verification.
HB-1021: Labor and Employment - Maryland Healthy Working Families Act - Seasonal Temporary Workers
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Arentz
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/09/2020
Election Law - Polling Places at Continuing Care Retirement Communities [HB-1107]
Requiring local boards of elections to establish separate precincts in continuing care retirement communities of 200 or more individuals who are at least 60 years old specifically to serve at least the residents of those retirement communities if a continuing care retirement community requests a polling place be established on the premises; requiring continuing care retirement community providers to provide certain facilities and services to the local board if a certain polling place is established on the premises; etc.
HB-1107: Election Law - Polling Places at Continuing Care Retirement Communities
Sponsored by: Rep. Sid Saab
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
Property Tax - Solar Energy Systems [HB-1106]
Establishing certain solar energy property as a subclass of personal property; providing that the county tax rate applicable to certain solar energy property may be a different rate from the county tax rate applicable to other personal property, subject to a certain limitation; exempting personal property that is a certain community solar energy generating system from a county or municipal corporation property tax; etc.
HB-1106: Property Tax - Solar Energy Systems
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
Disabled Active Duty Service Members, Disabled Veterans, and Surviving Spouses - Exemption From Property Tax and Other Charges and Refunds [HB-1109]
Exempting certain dwelling houses owned by a disabled active duty service member, disabled veteran, or surviving spouse from certain governmental or taxing authority charges; requiring the State, a county, or a municipal corporation to pay a certain refund to a disabled active duty service member, disabled veteran, or surviving spouse under certain circumstances; requiring the State, a county, or a municipal corporation to pay interest on the refund under certain circumstances; etc.
HB-1109: Disabled Active Duty Service Members, Disabled Veterans, and Surviving Spouses - Exemption From Property Tax and Other Charges and Refunds
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
You have voted HB-1109: Disabled Active Duty Service Members, Disabled Veterans, and Surviving Spouses - Exemption From Property Tax and Other Charges and Refunds.
Criminal Law - Package Theft (Defense Against Porch Pirates Act) [HB-1049]
Prohibiting a person from knowingly or willfully obtaining or exerting control that is unauthorized over a package delivered to another with the intent to deprive the owner of the package; and establishing penalties for a violation of the Act of up to 5 years imprisonment or a fine of up to $5,000 or both.
HB-1049: Criminal Law - Package Theft (Defense Against Porch Pirates Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Shoemaker
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2020
Income Tax - Credit for Long-Term Care Premiums [HB-1365]
Altering a limitation on claiming the income tax credit for eligible long-term care insurance premiums for more than 1 year with respect to the same insured individual; altering the amount of the credit from a one-time $500 credit to a maximum of $250 for a taxable year beginning after December 31, 2020, but before January 1, 2023, and a maximum of $500 for a taxable year beginning after December 31, 2022; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019.
HB-1365: Income Tax - Credit for Long-Term Care Premiums
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
Criminal Law - Opioids - Distribution Causing Death of Minor [HB-1378]
Prohibiting the distribution of a certain opioid or opioid analogue, the use of which causes the death of a minor; establishing a penalty of up to 30 years imprisonment for a violation of the Act; clarifying that certain conduct constitutes distribution under the Act; providing that certain conduct does not establish a defense under the Act; providing a certain defense under the Act; providing immunity for certain conduct under the Act; providing that a sentence imposed under the Act shall be consecutive to a certain other sentence; etc.
HB-1378: Criminal Law - Opioids - Distribution Causing Death of Minor
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020