HB 29

Long-Term Care Insurance - Discrimination Based on Genetic Information or Tests - Prohibited

Prohibiting insurers, nonprofit health service plans, health maintenance organizations, and preferred provider organizations from discriminating against an applicant or insured based on genetic information or the results of a genetic test in the issuance or renewal of long-term care insurance; providing that the Act does not prohibit the use of genetic information or the results of a genetic test under specified circumstances; etc.

8/27 Pre-filed; 1/9 First Reading Health and Government Operations; 1/30 Hearing 2/7 at 1:00 p.m.; 3/18 Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations; 3/16 Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted; Second Reading Passed with Amendments; 3/17 Third Reading Passed (138-0) 3/28 Returned Passed

HB 79

Income Tax Exemption Amounts - Blind and Elderly Individuals

Increasing the amount allowed as a deduction for additional exemptions under the Maryland income tax for individuals who, as of the last day of the taxable year, are blind or are at least 65 years old, from $1,000 to $3,200 for tax years 2008 and beyond; making the additional exemption amounts subject to specified reductions based on the federal adjusted gross income of the individual; applying the Act to tax years beginning after December 31, 2007; etc.

HB 135

Transportation - Free Public Transportation During Off-Peak Hours for Senior Citizens

Requiring the Department of Transportation to issue an annual transit pass in a specified form, without cost, to individuals who are at least 62 years old for use during off-peak hours; requiring the Department to adopt specified regulations; etc.

HB 186

Great Schools Tax Credit Program

Allowing an individual or a corporation a credit against the State income tax for specified contributions to specified scholarship- granting organizations; providing for the carryover of unused credits for 3 years; requiring scholarship-granting organizations to take specified actions to be eligible for donations for which a tax credit may be claimed; requiring the Comptroller to administer the Great Schools Tax Credit Program; applying the Act to taxable years after 2007; etc.

HB 371

SB 214

Divestiture from Iran

Requiring the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System to review specified investment holdings; requiring the Board of Trustees to provide written notice to specified companies; and requiring the Board of Trustees to take divestment action with regard to specified investments.

1/25 First Reading Appropriations; 2/13 Hearing 3/4 at 1:00 p.m.; 4/7 Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations; 4/2 Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted - Second Reading Passed with Amendments; 4/4 Third Reading Passed (135-3)

Senate Action - 4/5 First Reading Senate Rules; 4/7 Re-referred Budget and Taxation

Senate Bill 214 - 1/18 First Reading Budget and Taxation; 2/14 Hearing 2/20 at 3:00 p.m.; 3/31 Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation;

3/26 Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted - Second Reading Passed with Amendments; 3/28 Third Reading Passed (46-0); 4/5 Senate Concur - House Amendments - Third Reading Passed (47-0); Passed Enrolled  

HB 412

SB 87

Maryland Uniform Power of Attorney Act

Repealing specified provisions of law relating to durable powers of attorney; establishing the Maryland Uniform Power of Attorney Act; establishing exceptions to the application of the Act; establishing that a power of attorney created under the Act is durable unless the power of attorney contains a specified provision; requiring a power of attorney to be signed by the principal or a specified other individual; etc.

1/28 First Reading Judiciary; 1/30 Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.  

Senate Bill 87 - 1/16  First Reading Judicial Proceedings; 1/23 - Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m.; 2/25 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings

HB 472

SB 375

State Retirement and Pension System - Imposition of Administrative Fees on Employers

Authorizing the Board of Trustees of the State Retirement and Pension System to adopt regulations to impose administrative fees on participating employers that fail to provide information to the State Retirement Agency with regard to the enrollment of eligible employees in the State Retirement and Pension System.

1/30 First Reading Appropriations; 2/13 Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.;  3/10  Favorable Report by Appropriations; 3/11 Favorable Report Adopted; Second Reading Passed; 3/13 Third Reading Passed (138-0); 4/5 Returned Passed

Senate Action - 3/14 First Reading Budget and Taxation; 4/7 Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation; 4/4 Favorable Report Adopted - Second Reading Passed 4/5 Third Reading Passed (45-0) 

Senate Bill 375 - 1/30 First Reading Budget and Taxation;  2/14 Hearing 2/20 at 3:00 p.m.; 3/12 Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation; 3/13 Favorable Special Order later today (Senator Simonaire) Adopted - Favorable Report Adopted Second Reading Passed; 3/17 Third Reading Passed (46-0); 4/4 Senate Refuses to Concur - House Amendments - Senate Requests House Recede - Conference Committee Appointed ... Senators McFadden, Robey, and Kasemeyer; 4/5 Returned Passed

HB 475

SB 517

Income Tax - Personal Exemptions - Inflation Adjustment

Increasing the amount of specified exemptions allowed under the State income tax for specified taxable years by a specified cost-of-living adjustment.

1/30 First Reading Ways and Means; 2/6 Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. 

HB 480

SB 376

State Retirement and Pension System - Unused Sick Leave - Creditable Service

Prohibiting members of the State Retirement and Pension System from receiving creditable service for unused sick leave if the member's employer has provided the member with compensation for that unused sick leave.

1/30 First Reading Appropriations; 2/13 Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.; 2/25 Hearing cancelled; 3/3 Withdrawn  

HB 481

SB 384

State Retirement and Pension Systems – Investments

Removing restrictions placed on the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System with regard to investing the assets of the several systems of the State Retirement and Pension System in nondividend paying common stocks; removing the requirement that the Board of Public Works approve the sales and purchases of directly held real estate by the Board of Trustees; etc.

1/30 First Reading Appropriations; 2/13 Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.; 3/10 Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations; 3/11 Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted; Second Reading Passed with Amendments; 3/13 Third Reading Passed (139-0).  3/26 Returned Passed

Senate Action - 3/14 First Reading Budget and Taxation; 3/28 Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation; 3/26  Favorable Report Adopted - Second Reading Passed; 3/27 Third Reading Passed (46-0);   

Senate Bill 384 - 1/30 First Reading Budget and Taxation; 2/14 Hearing 2/20 at 3:00 p.m.; 3/17 Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation, Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted; Second Reading Passed with Amendments; 3/19 Third Reading Passed (45-1); 3/31 Returned Passed

HB 512

SB 302

Maryland Affordable Housing Investment Fund

Establishing the Maryland Affordable Housing Investment Fund and the Maryland Affordable Housing Investment Fund Board; requiring the Fund to be used in specified ways to support, foster, and promote affordable housing; specifying the source of moneys of the Fund; requiring that the Board annually allocate money from the Fund to specified local governments and to the Department of Housing and Community Development in a specified manner; imposing an annual State tax on specified property at a specified rate; etc.

1/30 First Reading Environmental Matters & Ways and Means; 2/6 Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. (Environmental Matters); 3/24 Referred to interim study by Environmental Matters  

HB 722

Requiring that notification of a property tax sale be provided to the local area agency on aging if an individual who last appears as an owner of the property on the collector's tax roll has been an owner of the property for the last 25 years according to the land records; etc.

2/4  First Reading Ways and Means; 2/6 Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.; 3/20 Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means; 3/17 Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted - Second Reading Passed with Amendments; 3/18 Third Reading Passed (136-0); 3/30 Returned Passed

HB 788

SB 871

Real Property Assessments - Market Declines – Revaluation

Requiring real property to be revalued outside of the triennial assessment cycle if a decline in the median price for homes in the county where the real property is located causes a change in the value of the property; etc.

2/6 First Reading Ways and Means; Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.  

HB 807

Task Force to Study Financial Matters Relating to Long-Term Care Facilities

Establishing a Task Force to Study Financial Matters Relating to Long-Term Care Facilities; providing for the membership and duties of the Task Force; providing for the designation of co-chairs of the Task Force; requiring the Department of Legislative Services to provide staff for the Task Force; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly.

2/6 First Reading Health and Government Operations; Hearing 3/4 at 1:00 p.m.; 3/22 Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations;

3/19 Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted - Second Reading Passed with Amendments; 3/20 Third Reading Passed (133-0); 3/31 House Concur - Senate Amendments Third Reading Passed (136-0); Passed Enrolled  

HB 817

Retirement and Pensions - Service Retirement Allowances

Providing that members of the Employees' Pension System or Teachers' Pension System may combine service credit from the Employees' Retirement System or Teachers' Retirement System to their service credit in the Employees' Pension System or Teachers' Pension System for purposes of calculating a service retirement allowance; etc.

HB 873

SB 501

Criminal Law - Crimes Against the Elderly or Persons with a Disability – Penalties

Prohibiting a person from committing specified offenses against a person who is at least a specified age or a person with a specified disability; establishing a penalty; providing that a conviction under the Act does not merge with a conviction for an underlying offense; and providing that a sentence imposed for a violation of the Act is to be consecutive to and not concurrent with any other sentence imposed for other crimes.

2/6   First Reading Judiciary - Hearing 3/4 at 1:00 p.m.; 3/19 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary  

HB 892

SB 466

Property Tax Assessment Appeals - Due Date for Payment and Stay of Collection Extending the due date for the payment of specified property taxes until final disposition of specified appeals of property tax assessments; providing that specified assessment appeals do not require the posting of a bond in order to stay collection of the property taxes; applying the Act to tax years beginning after June 30, 2008; etc.

2/6 First Reading Ways and Means; Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m.  

HB 896

SB 465

Property Tax Assessment Appeals

Reducing the number of days from 120 to 60 for the Maryland Tax Court to hear and determine an appeal from a determination of a property tax assessment appeal board; etc.

2/6 First Reading Ways and Means; Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m.; 4/5 Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means; 3/31Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted - Second Reading Passed with Amendments; 4/1 Third Reading Passed (129-9)

Senate Action 4/2 First Reading Senate Rules; 4/7 Re-referred Budget and Taxation  

Senate Bill 465 - 2/1 First Reading Budget and Taxation; 2/27 Hearing 3/11 at 3:30 p.m.;  3/20 Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted - Second Reading Passed with Amendments; 3/22 Third Reading Passed (47-0); 4/2 Returned Passed

House Action - 3/22 First Reading Ways and Means; 3/26 Hearing 4/3 at 1:00 p.m.;

HB 1107

SB 327

C

Identity Fraud - Personal and Business Documents and Cardholder Affidavits - Evidence

Providing that specified personal and business documents are admissible as evidence and presumed to be authentic if the account holder testifies as to their authenticity in any judicial or administrative proceeding; and authorizing, in a criminal case or juvenile proceeding involving identity fraud, the introduction of the affidavit of a lawful credit cardholder as substantive evidence that the credit card or credit card number of the credit cardholder was taken, used, or possessed without authorization

2/7 First Reading Judiciary; 2/8 Hearing 3/4 at 1:00 p.m.; 3/10 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary  

Senate Bill 327 - 1/28 First Reading Judicial Proceedings; 2/6 Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.; 3/11 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings; 3/12

HB 1113

SB 60

Identity Fraud - Felony or Violations Involving Repeat Offender, Fiduciary, or Vulnerable Adult - Penalties

Increasing the penalty for a person who commits identity fraud where the benefit, credit, good, service, or other thing of value that is the subject of the offense has a value of $500 or greater; increasing the penalty for a person who commits identity fraud under circumstances that reasonably indicate that the person's intent was to manufacture, distribute, or dispense another individual's personal identifying information without that individual's consent; etc.

2/7 First Reading Judiciary; 2/8 Hearing 3/4 at 1:00 p.m.; 3/10 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary; 3/11Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted Second Reading Passed with Amendments; 3/13 Third Reading Passed (139-0) ; 4/4 Returned Passed

Senate Action - 3/14 First Reading Judicial Proceedings; 4/3 Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings;  4/2 Favorable Report Adopted Second Reading Passed; 4/3 Third Reading Passed (47-0)    

Senate Bill 60 - 1/11 First Reading Judicial Proceedings; 2/6 Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.; 2/26 Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings; 2/27 Favorable Report Adopted Second Reading Passed 2/29 Third Reading Passed (46-0); 3/30 Senate Concur - House Amendments Third Reading Passed (44-0); Passed Enrolled

HB 1125

Maryland Universal Health Care Plan

Establishing the Maryland Universal Health Care Plan; specifying the purposes of the Plan; establishing the State Board of Governors of the Maryland Universal Health Care Plan; specifying the membership of the Board of Governors and the terms, duties, and powers of the members of the Board of Governors; authorizing the Board of Governors to adopt specified regulations; requiring the Board of Governors to appoint an executive director; specifying eligibility requirements for membership in the Plan; etc.

HB 1181

Teachers' Retirement System and Teachers' Pension System - Reemployment of Retirees - BRAC

Altering the criteria for hiring specified retirees of the Teachers' Retirement System or the Teachers' Pension System who are exempt from a specified offset of a retirement allowance; and altering a specified reporting requirement.

2/8   First Reading Appropriations; 2/11  Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.; 3/22 Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations; 3/19 Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted - Second Reading Passed with Amendments; 3/20 Third Reading Passed (136-0)

HB 1218

SB 498

Missing Senior Adult Alert Program - Establishment

Requiring the State Police to develop policies and procedures for the creation of a specified alert program to assist in locating specified missing senior adults who are over 60 years of age and suffer a specified cognitive impairment; requiring the State Police to inform local law enforcement officials of the policies and procedures to be used in handling reports of missing senior adults; etc.

2/8 First Reading Judiciary; 2/11 Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m.; 3/17 Withdrawn  

HB 1229

Tax Credits for Energy Star Appliances and Solar Water Heaters

Allowing a credit against the State income tax equal to the sales and use tax on the total cost of purchases of Energy Star appliances or solar water heaters purchased between July 1, 2008, and December 31, 2008; prohibiting the carryover of the unused credit; limiting a specified credit against the State income tax by a specified amount; and requiring the Comptroller to submit a report to the General Assembly.

HB 1343

Income Tax - Credit and Subtraction Modification for Long-Term Care Insurance

Altering a limitation on claiming the income tax credit for eligible long-term care premiums for more than 1 year with respect to the same insured individual; allowing a credit for a specified individual insured prior to July 1, 2000; providing an income tax subtraction modification for specified eligible long-term care premiums paid in specified tax years; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2007; etc.

HB 1379

Health Insurance - Waiver for Older Adults Expansion Fund

Establishing the Waiver for Older Adults Expansion Fund and the sources and uses of the Fund; requiring expenditures from the Fund to be made only in accordance with the State budget; providing that the Fund is subject to audit by the Office of Legislative Audits; altering the purposes of the Maryland Health Care Provider Rate Stabilization Fund; requiring that any balance remaining in the Rate Stabilization Account at the end of fiscal year 2009 be transferred to the Fund; etc.

HB 1452

SB 682

Medical Assistance Program - Long-Term Care Eligibility - Consolidation Plan

Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Department of Human Resources, in consultation with specified groups, to develop a plan related to the determination of eligibility for Medical Assistance Program long-term care services; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Department of Human Resources to submit a report on the plan to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before November 1, 2008; etc.

2/14 First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations; 2/25 Re-referred Health and Government Operations;  2/27 Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m.; 3/22 Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations; 3/19 Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted - Second Reading Passed with Amendments; 3/20 Third Reading Passed (134-0); 3/27 Returned Passed

Senate Action - 3/22 First Reading Finance; 3/25 Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.; 3/31 Favorable Report by Finance; 3/27 Favorable Report Adopted - Second Reading Passed; 3/28 Third Reading Passed (45-0)  

Senate Bill 682 - 2/1 First Reading Finance; 2/6 Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.; 3/17 Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance; 3/19 Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted - Second Reading Passed with Amendments 3/21 Third Reading Passed (47-0); 3/30 Returned Passed

HB 1492

SB 906

Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program - Subsidy for Medicare Part D Coverage Gap

Requiring a specified nonprofit health service plan to transfer $4,000,000 to the separate account for the Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program within the Maryland Health Insurance Plan under specified circumstances; authorizing the corporation not to make the transfer under specified circumstances; requiring the Program to provide a subsidy for the Medicare Part D coverage gap, subject to the availability of funds; etc.

2/18    First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations; 2/25  Re-referred Health and Government Operations; 2/27 Hearing 3/5 at 1:00 p.m.; 3/11 Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations; 3/12 Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted - Special Order 3/13 (Delegate O'Donnell) Adopted; 3/13  Second Reading Passed with Amendments; 3/15 Third Reading Passed (136-0); 3/28 Returned Passed

Senate Action - 3/19 First Reading Finance; 3/21 Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.; 3/31 Favorable Report by Finance; 3/27 Favorable Report Adopted Second Reading Passed 3/28 Third Reading Passed (45-0)  

Senate Bill 906 - 2/19  First Reading Senate Rules; 2/22  Re-referred Finance 2/25; Hearing 3/5 at 1:00 p.m.; 3/10 Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance; 3/11 Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted - Second Reading Passed with Amendments; 3/13 Third Reading Passed (45-0).  3/30 Returned Passed

HB 1585

SB 945

Local Governments - Postemployment Benefits - Investment of Funds

Authorizing a political subdivision of the State or a unit of a political subdivision of the State to enter into specified agreements with third party contractors or vendors for the management or investment of specified money intended for specified postemployment benefits; and providing that an agreement entered into under the Act includes the authority to create specified investments and accounts.

2/29 First Reading Appropriations; 3/11 Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m.; 3/22 Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations; 3/19 Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted - Second Reading Passed with Amendments; 3/20 Third Reading Passed (137-0); 3/26 Returned Passed

Senate Action - 3/22 First Reading Budget and Taxation ; 3/28 Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation; 3/26  Favorable Report Adopted Second Reading Passed 3/27 Third Reading Passed (46-0);  

Senate Bill 945 - 2/25 First Reading Budget and Taxation ; 3/5 Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m.; 3/12 Hearing cancelled - Hearing 3/18 at 2:00 p.m.; 3/27 Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation 3/25  Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted Second Reading Passed with Amendments; 3/26  Third Reading Passed (45-0); 4/2 Returned Passed  

SB 22

State Pension and Retirement System - Divesting from Iran

Prohibiting the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System from investing any assets of the State Retirement and Pension System in companies that are doing business in Iran; requiring the Board of Trustees to divest assets of the State Retirement and Pension System from companies doing business in Iran by July 1, 2009; requiring the Board of Trustees to submit reports; etc.

SB 60

HB 1113

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Identity Fraud - Felony or Violations Involving Repeat Offender, Fiduciary, or Vulnerable Adult – Penalties

Increasing the penalty for a person who commits identity fraud where the benefit, credit, good, service, or other thing of value that is the subject of the offense has a value of $500 or greater; increasing the penalty for a person who commits identity fraud under circumstances that reasonably indicate that the person's intent was to manufacture, distribute, or dispense another individual's personal identifying information without that individual's consent; etc.

1/11 First Reading Judicial Proceedings; 2/6 Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.; 2/26 Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings; 2/27  Favorable Report Adopted Second Reading Passed; 2/29 Third Reading Passed (46-0); 3/30 Senate Concur - House Amendments Third Reading Passed (44-0) Passed Enrolled

House Action 3/3 First Reading Judiciary; 3/12 Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.; 3/31 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary; 3/25  Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted Second Reading Passed with Amendments 3/26 Third Reading Passed with Amendments (138-0)    

House Bill 1113 - 2/7 First Reading Judiciary; 2/8 Hearing 3/4 at 1:00 p.m.; 3/10 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary; 3/11 Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted - Second Reading Passed with Amendments;  3/13 Third Reading Passed (139-0); 4/4 Returned Passed

SB 87

HB 412

Maryland Uniform Power of Attorney Act

Repealing specified provisions of law relating to durable powers of attorney; establishing the Maryland Uniform Power of Attorney Act; establishing exceptions to the application of the Act; establishing that a power of attorney created under the Act is durable unless the power of attorney contains a specified provision; requiring a power of attorney to be signed by the principal or a specified other individual; etc.

1/16 First Reading Judicial Proceedings; 1/23 - Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m.; 2/25 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings; 2/26 Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted; Second Reading Passed with Amendments; 2/28 Third Reading Passed (45-0)

House Action 2/29 First Reading Judiciary; 3/12 Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.  

SB 214

HB 371

SI

Divestiture from Iran

Requiring the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System to review specified investment holdings; requiring the Board of Trustees to provide written notice to specified companies; and requiring the Board of Trustees to take divestment action with regard to specified investments.

1/18 First Reading Budget and Taxation; 2/14 Hearing 2/20 at 3:00 p.m.; 3/31 Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation; 3/26 Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted Second Reading Passed with Amendments; 3/28 Third Reading Passed (46-0)

House Action - 3/26 First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations 4/3 Re-referred Appropriations; Hearing 4/4 at 1:00 p.m.; 4/7 Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations; 4/2 Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted - Second Reading Passed with Amendments; 4/3 Third Reading Passed with Amendments (137-3); 4/5 Senate Concur - House Amendments; Third Reading Passed (47-0) Passed Enrolled  

House Bill 371 –  1/25 First Reading Appropriations; 2/13 Hearing 3/4 at 1:00 p.m.; 4/7 Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations; 4/2 Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted Second Reading Passed with Amendments;  4/4 Third Reading Passed (135-3)

SB 289

Seniors Tax Relief Act of 2008

Increasing from $1,000 to $2,000 the amount allowed as a deduction for additional exemptions under the State income tax for individuals who as of the last day of the taxable year are blind or are at least 65 years old; reducing the amount allowed as a deduction for additional exemptions for individuals with a specified amount of income; etc.

SB 302

HB 512

Maryland Affordable Housing Investment Fund

Establishing the Maryland Affordable Housing Investment Fund and the Maryland Affordable Housing Investment Fund Board; requiring the Fund to be used in specified ways to support, foster, and promote affordable housing; specifying the source of moneys of the Fund; requiring that the Board annually allocate money from the Fund to specified local governments and to the Department of Housing and Community Development in a specified manner; imposing an annual State tax on specified property at a specified rate; etc.

1/28 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs & Budget and Taxation; 2/13 Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (Education Health and Environmental Affairs) 

House Bill 512 - 1/30 First Reading Environmental Matters & Ways and Means;

SB 327

HB 1107

Identity Fraud - Personal and Business Documents and Cardholder Affidavits – Evidence

Providing that specified personal and business documents are admissible as evidence and presumed to be authentic if the account holder testifies as to their authenticity in any judicial or administrative proceeding; and authorizing, in a criminal case or juvenile proceeding involving identity fraud, the introduction of the affidavit of a lawful credit cardholder as substantive evidence that the credit card or credit card number of the credit cardholder was taken, used, or possessed without authorization.

1/28 First Reading Judicial Proceedings; 2/6 Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.; 3/11 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings; 3/12 Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted - Second Reading Passed with Amendments;  3/14

Third Reading Passed (45-0).  House Action - 3/14 First Reading Judiciary; Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.; 3/31 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary  

SB 355

Health Care Facilities - Disclosures - Use of Life-Sustaining Procedures

Requiring health care facilities to disclose their practices that elicit and document the values, goals, and preferences of a patient that may affect the provision, withholding, or withdrawal of life- sustaining procedures during the patient's admission and to cause medical orders to be consistent with the known values, goals, and preferences of the patient, subject to specified exceptions; etc.

SB 375

HB 472

State Retirement and Pension System - Imposition of Administrative Fees on Employers

Authorizing the Board of Trustees of the State Retirement and Pension System to adopt regulations to impose administrative fees on participating employers that fail to provide information to the State Retirement Agency with regard to the enrollment of eligible employees in the State Retirement and Pension System.

1/30 First Reading Budget and Taxation; 2/14 Hearing 2/20 at 3:00 p.m.; 3/12 Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation; 3/13 Favorable - Special Order later today (Senator Simonaire) Adopted; Favorable Report Adopted; Second Reading Passed; 3/17 Third Reading Passed (46-0); 4/4 Senate Refuses to Concur - House Amendments Senate Requests House Recede Conference Committee Appointed ... Senators McFadden, Robey, and Kasemeyer; 4/5 Returned Passed  

House Action - 3/15 First Reading Appropriations; 3/21 Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.; 3/25  Hearing cancelled - Hearing 4/1 at 1:00 p.m.; 4/2 Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations 3/27 Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted Second Reading Passed with Amendments; 3/28 Floor Amendment (Delegate George) Adopted Third Reading Passed with Amendments (140-0); 4/5 Motion Recede (Delegate Griffith) Adopted House Recede Third Reading Passed (139-0)   

House Bill 472 - 1/30  First Reading Appropriations; 2/13 Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.; 3/10 Favorable Report by Appropriations; 3/11 Favorable Report Adopted Second Reading Passed; 3/13 Third Reading Passed (138-0); 4/5 Returned Passed

SB 376

HB 480

State Retirement and Pension System - Unused Sick Leave - Creditable Service

Prohibiting members of the State Retirement and Pension System from receiving creditable service for unused sick leave if the member's employer has provided the member with compensation for that unused sick leave.

1/30 First Reading Budget and Taxation; 2/19 Hearing 2/20 at 3:00 p.m.; 2/19 Hearing Cancelled; 3/12 Withdrawn  

SB 384

HB 481

State Retirement and Pension Systems – Investments

Removing restrictions placed on the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System with regard to investing the assets of the several systems of the State Retirement and Pension System in nondividend paying common stocks; removing the requirement that the Board of Public Works approve the sales and purchases of directly held real estate by the Board of Trustees; etc.

1/30 First Reading Budget and Taxation; 2/14 Hearing 2/20 at 3:00 p.m.; 3/17 Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation; Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted; Second Reading Passed with Amendments; 3/19 Third Reading Passed (45-1); 3/31 Returned Passed

House Action - 3/16 First Reading Appropriations; 3/21 Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.; 4/2  Favorable Report by Appropriations; 3/27 Favorable Report Adopted Second Reading Passed 3/28 Third Reading Passed (141-0)  

House 481 - 1/30 First Reading Appropriations; 2/13 Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.; 3/10 Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations; 3/11 Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted - Second Reading Passed with Amendments; 3/13 Third Reading Passed (139-0).  3/26 Returned Passed

SB 465

HB 896

Property Tax Assessment Appeals

Reducing the number of days from 120 to 60 for the Maryland Tax Court to hear and determine an appeal from a determination of a property tax assessment appeal board; etc.

2/1 First Reading Budget and Taxation; 2/27 Hearing 3/11 at 3:30 p.m.; 3/20  Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted - Second Reading Passed with Amendments; 3/22 Third Reading Passed (47-0); 4/2 Returned Passed

House Action - 3/22  First Reading Ways and Means; 3/26 Hearing 4/3 at 1:00 p.m.; 4/5 Favorable Report by Ways and Means; 3/31 Favorable Report Adopted Second Reading Passed; 4/1 Third Reading Passed (134-5)   

House Bill 896 - 2/6  First Reading Ways and Means; Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m.; 4/5 Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means; 3/31 Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted Second Reading Passed with Amendments;  Third Reading Passed (129-9)

SB 466

HB 892

T

Property Tax Assessment Appeals - Due Date for Payment and Stay of Collection

Extending the due date for the payment of specified property taxes until final disposition of specified appeals of property tax assessments; providing that specified assessment appeals do not require the posting of a bond in order to stay collection of the property taxes; applying the Act to tax years beginning after June 30, 2008; etc.

2/1 First Reading Budget and Taxation; 2/27 Hearing 3/11 at 3:30 p.m.   

SB 498

HB 1218

Missing Senior Adult Alert Program – Establishment

Requiring the State Police to develop policies and procedures for the creation of a specified alert program to assist in locating specified missing senior adults who are over 60 years of age and suffer specified cognitive impairment; requiring the State Police to inform local law enforcement officials of the policies and procedures to be used in handling reports of missing senior adults; etc.

2/1 First Reading Judicial Proceedings; 2/6 Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.; 2/19 Hearing cancelled; 3/5 Withdrawn  

SB 501

HB 873

Criminal Law - Crimes Against the Elderly or Persons with a Disability – Penalties

Prohibiting a person from committing specified offenses against a person who is at least a specified age or a person with a specified disability; establishing a penalty; providing that a conviction under the Act does not merge with a conviction for an underlying offense; and providing that a sentence imposed for a violation of the Act is to be consecutive to and not concurrent with any other sentence imposed for other crimes.

2/1 First Reading Judicial Proceedings; 2/6 Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.; 3/24  Unfavorable Report by Judicial   

SB 517

HB 475

Income Tax - Personal Exemptions - Inflation Adjustment

Increasing the amount of specified exemptions allowed under the State income tax for specified taxable years by a specified cost-of-living adjustment.

2/1 First Reading Budget and Taxation ; 2/20 Hearing 3/5 at 1:00 p.m.; 3/13 Unfavorable Report by Budget and Taxation  

SB 665

Compensation Program for Family Member Caretakers

Establishing the Compensation Program for Family Member Caretakers in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; providing for the purpose of the Program; providing for eligibility for the Program; providing that the Program shall provide specified compensation and health insurance benefits to specified eligible individuals, subject to the limitations of the State budget; providing that the Department may determine whether to provide health insurance benefits to specified individuals based on specified criteria; etc.

SB 682

HB 1452

Medical Assistance Program - Long-Term Care Eligibility - Consolidation Plan Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Department of Human Resources, in consultation with specified groups, to develop a plan related to the determination of eligibility for Medical Assistance Program long-term care services; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Department of Human Resources to submit a report on the plan to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before November 1, 2008; etc.

2/1 First Reading Finance; 2/6 Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.; 3/17 Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance; 3/19 Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted - Second Reading Passed with Amendments; 3/21 Third Reading Passed (47-0); 3/30 Returned Passed

House Action - 3/18 First Reading Health and Government Operations

3/25 - Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.; 3/31 Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations 3/26 Favorable Report Adopted Second Reading Passed 3/27 Third Reading Passed (137-0)

House Bill 1452 - 2/14 First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations; 2/25 Re-referred Health and Government Operations; 2/27 Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m.; 3/22 Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations; 3/19 Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted - Second Reading Passed with Amendments; 3/20 Third Reading Passed (134-0); 3/27 Returned Passed 

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