2011 Regular Session
Disabilities -see also- Blind; Deaf; Developmental
Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 62
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Davis
- Entitled
- Education - Youth Athletes - Concussions
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means and Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Morhaim, Bromwell, Burns, Cardin, Impallaria, Jones, Lafferty, Malone, Minnick, Nathan-Pulliam, Stein, and Weir
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - United Cerebral Palsy Adult Daycare Facility
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - Disabilities)
- Entitled
- Higher Education - Community Colleges - Tuition Waiver for Disabled Individuals
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Howard County Delegation
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Howard County - The Arc of Howard County - Graeloch Home Renovation Ho. Co. 1-11
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Anne Arundel County Delegation
- Entitled
- Anne Arundel County - Workers' Compensation - Occupational Disease - Deputy Sheriffs
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Simmons, Dumais, and Kramer
- Entitled
- Maryland General and Limited Power of Attorney Act - Modifications
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Feldman, Dumais, and A. Miller
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Ivymount School Annex Building
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Griffith (Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions)
- Entitled
- State Retirement and Pension System - Completing and Submitting an Application for Service Retirement
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates V. Turner, Alston, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Healey, Hubbard, Kach, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Valderrama, and Valentino-Smith
- Entitled
- State Board of Dental Examiners - Dentists and Dental Hygienists - Licenses, Temporary Volunteer Licenses, and Temporary Dental Clinic Permits
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Bohanan
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Kent County - Camp Fairlee Manor
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Niemann, Gilchrist, Beidle, Healey, and Glenn
- Entitled
- Real Property - Sales of New Homes - Minimum Visitability Features
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 491
Status as of March 8, 2011: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bromwell, Costa, Hammen, and Kach
- Entitled
- Health Occupations - Temporary Volunteer Dentist's License, Temporary Volunteer Dental Hygienist's License, and Temporary Dental Clinic Permit
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 580
Status as of March 25, 2011: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Rosenberg, Cullison, Elliott, Frank, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, and Tarrant
- Entitled
- State Government - Human Relations - Discrimination in Housing, Employment, and Places of Public Accommodation
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Haynes, Anderson, Branch, Carter, Clippinger, Conaway, Glenn, Gutierrez, Mitchell, Oaks, B. Robinson, Stukes, Tarrant, and Washington
- Entitled
- Fire Safety - High-Rise Buildings - Mobility Impaired Individuals
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Krebs, Boteler, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Frank, George, Glass, Haddaway-Riccio, Hogan, Hough, Impallaria, Kramer, McComas, McDonough, McMillan, Murphy, Parrott, Schuh, Schulz, Stocksdale, Vitale, and Wood
- Entitled
- Fairness in Taxation for Retirees Act
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates McIntosh, Anderson, and Washington
- Entitled
- Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2009 - Statewide - Therapeutic Pool for People with Disabilities
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kramer, Arora, and Cullison
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Homecrest House
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Anne Arundel County Delegation
- Entitled
- Anne Arundel County - Property Tax Payment Deferral - Eligibility
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 811
Status as of March 15, 2011: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates A. Kelly, Carr, Cullison, Dumais, Feldman, Frick, Gutierrez, Hixson, Hucker, Kramer, Lee, Luedtke, Mitchell, Mizeur, S. Robinson, Waldstreicher, and Zucker
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Habilitative Services - Required Coverage
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Dumais, Afzali, Anderson, Clippinger, Cullison, Glenn, Howard, Lee, A. Miller, Nathan-Pulliam, B. Robinson, and Valderrama
- Entitled
- Crimes - Definition of Serious Physical Injury - Strangulation and Suffocation
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - Children, Office for)
- Entitled
- Children, Youth, and Families - Services to Children with Special Needs
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - State Police)
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Smoke Detectors and Smoke Alarms
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hixson, Davis, Waldstreicher, Barkley, Cardin, Cullison, Feldman, Frush, Gaines, Gilchrist, Holmes, Jameson, A. Kelly, Kramer, A. Miller, Mizeur, Morhaim, Niemann, Reznik, S. Robinson, Rosenberg, Summers, V. Turner, Walker, and Howard
- Entitled
- Education - Public Schools and Youth Sports Programs - Concussions
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means and Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Barkley, Barnes, Feldman, Hucker, Olszewski, and S. Robinson
- Entitled
- Workers' Compensation - Temporary Total Disability Benefits - Termination
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Gilchrist, Glenn, Hucker, and Lafferty
- Entitled
- Housing - Maryland Building Performance Standards - Accessibility Standards
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Hogan
- Entitled
- Election Law - Campaign Advertisements - Closed Captioning
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Braveboy, Frank, Frick, Frush, Hubbard, A. Kelly, Kipke, Mizeur, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- Disability Insurance Policies - Discretionary Clauses - Prohibition
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Holmes, Hubbard, and Valentino-Smith
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - New Horizons Disability Job Training and Recycling Center
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Appropriations Committee (By Request - Departmental - State Police)
- Entitled
- State Police Retirement System - Special Disability Retirement Allowance - Forfeiture
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Glenn
- Entitled
- Crimes - Elder Abuse or Neglect - Increased Penalties and Restrictions on Pretrial Release (The John H. Taylor Act)
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Jones
- Entitled
- Prior Authorizations of State Debt to Fund Capital Projects - Alterations
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Smigiel and McDermott
- Entitled
- Trusts - Special Needs, Supplemental Needs, or Pooled Asset Special Needs Trusts - Public Benefits
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Gilchrist, Frick, Ivey, Kaiser, A. Miller, Ross, and Stukes
- Entitled
- Tax Incentives and Benefits - Credits and Subtraction Modifications
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Serafini, Afzali, Aumann, Bates, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, George, Haddaway-Riccio, Hogan, Hough, Impallaria, Krebs, McConkey, W. Miller, Myers, Norman, O'Donnell, Otto, Parrott, Ready, Schulz, Stifler, Stocksdale, and Szeliga
- Entitled
- State Retirement and Pension System - Guaranteed Retirement Income Plan and Retirement Savings Plan
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
SB 22
Status as of January 19, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Stone
- Entitled
- Election Law - Campaign Advertisements - Closed Captioning
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Robey, Kasemeyer, and Kittleman
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Howard County - The Arc of Howard County - Graeloch Home Renovation
- Committee
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Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Kasemeyer and Jennings
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - United Cerebral Palsy Adult Daycare Facility
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Agriculture)
- Entitled
- State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners - Licensing
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Kittleman, Astle, Brinkley, Brochin, Colburn, Conway, Dyson, Edwards, Garagiola, Getty, Glassman, Jacobs, Jennings, McFadden, Middleton, Peters, Pipkin, Raskin, Reilly, Shank, Simonaire, and Young
- Entitled
- Recreational Fishing Licenses - Exemption
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Manno, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, King, Madaleno, Montgomery, and Raskin
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Homecrest House
- Committee
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Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Madaleno, Forehand, Glassman, Kelley, King, Montgomery, Pugh, Raskin, and Stone
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Habilitative Services - Required Coverage
- Committee
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Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Simonaire
- Entitled
- Anne Arundel County - Property Tax Payment Deferral - Eligibility
- Committee
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Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Simonaire
- Entitled
- Anne Arundel County - Property Tax Payment Deferral - Amounts
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Jones-Rodwell (Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions)
- Entitled
- State Retirement and Pension System - Completing and Submitting an Application for Service Retirement
- Committee
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Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Garagiola
- Entitled
- Workers' Compensation - Temporary Total Disability Benefits - Termination
- Committee
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Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Garagiola, Frosh, Forehand, King, Madaleno, Manno, and Montgomery
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Ivymount School Annex Building
- Committee
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Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Pipkin
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Kent County - Camp Fairlee Manor
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
SB 502
Status as of March 14, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Dyson, Klausmeier, and Pinsky
- Entitled
- Health Occupations - Temporary Volunteer Dentist's License, Temporary Volunteer Dental Hygienist's License, and Temporary Dental Clinic Permit
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Simonaire, Getty, Jacobs, Ramirez, Raskin, Shank, and Stone
- Entitled
- Maryland General and Limited Power of Attorney Act - Modifications
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senators Muse, Benson, Colburn, Currie, Edwards, Forehand, Montgomery, Pugh, Raskin, Rosapepe, Young, Dyson, Klausmeier, and Pinsky
- Entitled
- State Board of Dental Examiners - Dentists and Dental Hygienists - Licenses, Temporary Volunteer Licenses, and Temporary Dental Clinic Permits
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Raskin, Jacobs, and Forehand
- Entitled
- Crimes - Definition of Serious Physical Injury - Strangulation and Suffocation
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senators Raskin, Benson, and Stone
- Entitled
- State Government - Human Relations - Discrimination in Housing, Employment, and Places of Public Accommodation
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Miller
- Entitled
- State Health and Retirement Benefits - Public Employees and Retirees
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Robey
- Entitled
- Hospitalized Adult Disabled Persons - Appointment of Temporary Limited Guardian
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Kittleman
- Entitled
- Hunting Licenses - Exemption for Disabled Armed Forces Members
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Conway, Colburn, Currie, Ferguson, Forehand, Frosh, Kelley, Klausmeier, Madaleno, Manno, Mathias, McFadden, Middleton, Montgomery, Pinsky, Pugh, Ramirez, Raskin, Young, Zirkin, Benson, and Dyson
- Entitled
- Education - Public Schools and Youth Sports Programs - Concussions
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Ways and Means and Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Currie
- Entitled
- Tax Credits for Qualifying Employees with Disabilities - Sunset Extension
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Senator Conway
- Entitled
- Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2009 - Statewide - Therapeutic Pool for People with Disabilities
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Gladden
- Entitled
- Trusts - Special Needs, Supplemental Needs, or Pooled Asset Special Needs Trusts - Public Benefits
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senator DeGrange
- Entitled
- Prior Authorizations of State Debt to Fund Capital Projects - Alterations
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
SB 928
Status as of March 30, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Rosapepe and Reilly
- Entitled
- Procurement - Preferences - Blind Industries and Services of Maryland
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pipkin and Brinkley
- Entitled
- Budget Reconciliation and Balancing Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
