House Agenda for Proceedings No. 44
Message from the Senate: Consent Calendar of Introductory Senate Bills No. 27 Completed Message from the Senate: Consent Calendar of Introductory Senate Bills No. 28 Completed Appropriations Committee Report No. 6 Completed Economic Matters Committee Report No. 9 Completed Economic Matters Committee Report No. 10 Completed Environment and Transportation Committee Report No. 9 Completed Health and Government Operations Committee Report No. 8 Completed Health and Government Operations Committee Report No. 9 Completed Judiciary Committee Report No. 9 Completed Ways and Means Committee Report No. 10 Completed Ways and Means Committee Report No. 11 Completed Ways and Means Committee Report No. 12 Completed Special Order Calendar No. 27 Completed Special Order Calendar No. 28 Completed Calendar of Third Reading House Bills No. 40 Completed Calendar of Third Reading House Bills No. 41 Completed Calendar of Third Reading House Bills No. 43 Completed Calendar of Third Reading Senate Bills No. 1 Completed

March 10, 2020
Message from the Senate: Consent Calendar of Introductory Senate Bills No. 27
Senate Bills Introduced In The House
SB0064
(Emergency Bill) 		Senator Lee Judiciary
Criminal Procedure - Evidence - Causing Unavailability of Witness
SB0208 Senator Lee Judiciary
Public Safety – Rifles and Shotguns – Sales, Rentals, and Transfers
SB0303 Senator Bailey Ways and Means
Property Tax Credit – Public Safety Officer – Definition and Limitation on Credit Amount
SB0417 Senator Salling Ways and Means
Property Tax - Credit for Disabled Veterans
SB0466 Senator King Ways and Means
Public Libraries - State Library Resource Center - Funding
SB0481
(Emergency Bill) 		Senator Lee Judiciary
State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy – Annual Report – Crimes of Violence
SB0651 Senator Young Ways and Means
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Living Organ Donors
SB0759 Senator Lam Ways and Means
Election Law - Disclosure of Contributions by Persons Doing Public Business - Enforcement
SB0843 Senator Peters Ways and Means
Sales and Use Tax - Licensed Caterers - Exemption
SB0845 Senator Ferguson Appropriations
Higher Education - Maryland Corps Program Fund - Alterations
March 10, 2020
Message from the Senate: Consent Calendar of Introductory Senate Bills No. 28
Senate Bills Introduced In The House
SB0004 Senator Zucker Ways and Means
Gaming - Sports Betting - Implementation
SB0035
(Emergency Bill) 		Senator Hough Judiciary
Crimes – Penalties and Procedures (Violent Firearms Offender Act of 2020)
SB0403 Senator Carozza Economic Matters
Labor and Employment – Maryland Wage and Hour Law – Agricultural Stands, Retail Farms, and Farmers’ Markets
SB0449 Senator Guzzone Economic Matters
Appropriations
Labor and Employment - Direct Care Workforce Innovation Program
SB0477 Senator Carozza Health and Government Operations
Public Health - Emergency Use Auto-Injectable Epinephrine Program - Revisions
SB0528 Senator West Health and Government Operations
Public Health - Disposition of Remains - Authorizing Agent
SB0573 Senator McCray Ways and Means
Sales and Use Tax – Peer–to–Peer Car Sharing – Rate Alteration and Sunset Repeal
SB0616 Senator Klausmeier Economic Matters
Labor and Employment - Injured Workers' Insurance Fund - Revisions
SB0628 Senator Kagan Economic Matters
Utilities - Surviving Spouse of Account Holder - Protections
SB0747 President Ways and Means
Economic Development - Maryland Technology Development Corporation - Revision
SB0907
(Emergency Bill) 		Senator Smith Judiciary
Public Safety - Crime Plan and Law Enforcement Councils (Maryland State Crime Plan)
SB0929 Senator Hayes Judiciary
Public Safety - Baltimore City - P.R.O.T.E.C.T. (Public Resources Organizing to End Crime Together) Program
Appropriations Committee Report No. 6
Distribution Date: March 9, 2020
Second Reading Date: March 10, 2020
FAVORABLE
HB0060 Favorable Delegate Jackson, M.
Local Pension Systems - Special Disability Retirement Allowance
HB0206 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Krimm
Unaccompanied Minors in Need of Shelter and Supportive Services
HB0498 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Hill
Department of Aging - Grants for Aging-in-Place Programs - Funding
HB0564 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Hettleman
Department of Aging - Assisted Living Program Subsidies - Determinations
HB0588 Favorable Delegate Jackson, M.
State Police Retirement System and Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Member Contributions
HB0746 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Qi
Mobile Laundry for the Homeless Pilot Program - Established
HB0942 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Jackson, M.
State Retirement and Pension System - Reemployment Earnings Offset - Clarification
HB0948 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Jackson, M.
State Retirement and Pension System - Pension Benefits - Calculation
WITHDRAWN BY SPONSOR
HB0186 Unfavorable Delegate Rosenberg
Higher Education - Nancy Grasmick Teacher Award - Eligibility
HB0633 Unfavorable Delegate Cox
State Retirement and Pension System - Military Service - Purchase of Credit
HB0715 Unfavorable Delegate Williams
(Jointly Considered Appropriations/Environment and Transportation)
Prohibited Appropriations - Magnetic Levitation Transport
HB0775 Unfavorable Delegate Smith
Collective Bargaining - Baltimore City Community College - Faculty
HB1073 Unfavorable Delegate Johnson
Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Military Service Credit
HB1427 Unfavorable Delegate Cain
Higher Education - Tuition Exemption - Spouses and Dependents of Disabled Veterans
Economic Matters Committee Report No. 9
Distribution Date: March 9, 2020
Second Reading Date: March 10, 2020
FAVORABLE
HB1392 Favorable Delegate Mautz
Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Municipal Electric Utilities
UNFAVORABLE
HB0334 Unfavorable Speaker
Maryland Collection Agency Licensing Act - Definitions and Legislative Intent
HB0956 Unfavorable Delegate Adams
Labor and Employment - Wage Payment and Collection - General Contractor Liability
HB1021
(Emergency Bill) 		Unfavorable Delegate Hartman
Labor and Employment - Maryland Healthy Working Families Act - Seasonal Temporary Workers
HB1143 Unfavorable Delegate Fisher, W.
Labor and Employment - Employment Contracts - Employment After Contract Termination
HB1393 Unfavorable Delegate Mautz
Corporations and Associations - Filing Fee - Annual Report of a Low-Income Limited Liability Company
Economic Matters Committee Report No. 10
Distribution Date: March 9, 2020
Second Reading Date: March 10, 2020
FAVORABLE
HB0123 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Young, K.
Labor and Employment - Wage History and Wage Range
HB0204 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Qi
Corporations and Associations - Disadvantaged Business Enterprises and Veteran-Owned Small Business Enterprises - Filing Fee Exemption and Study
HB0260 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Davis, D.E.
Residential Electricity and Gas Supply Billing Information - Reports
HB0267 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Watson, C.
Private Passenger Automobile Insurance – Use of Vehicle Telematics
HB0408 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Charkoudian
Public Utilities - Gas Service Regulator Safety (Flower Branch Act)
HB0851 Favorable with Amendments Chair, Economic Matters Committee
Partnership for Workforce Quality Program - Alterations
HB0900 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Miller
Alcohol and Tobacco Commission - Clarifications
HB1018 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Davis, D.E.
Labor and Employment - Economic Stabilization Act - Revisions
HB1029 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Brooks
Clean Energy Jobs - Workforce Development - Scope
HB1333 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Barnes, D.
Minority Participation in the Alcoholic Beverages Industry - Study
HB1446 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Arentz
State Real Estate Commission - Continuing Education Requirements - Ethics and Professionalism
Environment and Transportation Committee Report No. 9
Distribution Date: March 9, 2020
Second Reading Date: March 10, 2020
FAVORABLE
HB0136 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Stein
Environment - On-Site Wastewater Services - Regulation
HB0177 Favorable with Amendments Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee
(Jointly Considered Environment and Transportation/Appropriations)
Environment - Water Infrastructure Assets - Authorization of Emergency Actions and Establishment of Emergency Reserve
HB0209 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Lierman
(Jointly Considered Environment and Transportation/Economic Matters)
Plastics and Packaging Reduction Act
HB0315 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Stewart
Public Ethics - Executive Branch - Lobbying by Former Secretaries of Principal Departments (Shut the Revolving Door Act of 2020)
HB0384 Favorable Charles County Delegation
Charles County - Illegal Disposal of Bulky Items - Penalties
HB0557 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Attar
Motor and Electric Scooter Sharing Companies - Nonvisual Access
HB0620 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Love
Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport - Security Screening Checkpoint - Charitable Donations
HB1033 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Stein
Vehicle Laws - Liens - Electronic Recording
HB1118 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Fraser-Hidalgo
Motor Vehicle Administration - Records - Voluntary Disclosure of Developmental Disability
HB1154 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Conaway
Vehicle Laws - Traffic Control Signal Monitoring Systems, Speed Monitoring Systems, and Work Zone Speed Control Systems - Citation Responses
HB1177 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Reilly
Sheriff of Harford County - Salary
WITHDRAWN BY SPONSOR
HB0854 Unfavorable Delegate Hill
Department of the Environment - Nontidal Wetlands - Study of Vernal Pools
UNFAVORABLE
HB0190 Unfavorable Delegate Barron
Public Ethics - Officials and Lobbyists - Reporting of Ceremonial Gifts and Awards of Insignificant Monetary Value
HB0920 Unfavorable Delegate Szeliga
Motor Vehicles - Motorcycles - Overtaking and Passing Vehicles
HB1178 Unfavorable Delegate Stewart
Vehicle Laws - Fines - Pilot Project for Income-Based Fines (Fair Fines Act of 2020)
HB1184 Unfavorable Delegate Malone
Vehicle Laws - Pedestrian Safety
Health and Government Operations Committee Report No. 8
Distribution Date: March 9, 2020
Second Reading Date: March 10, 2020
FAVORABLE
HB0662 Favorable Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee
Department of General Services - Energy Consumption Goals and Energy Performance Contracts
HB0751 Favorable Delegate Krebs
State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners - License and Registration - Criminal History Records Checks
HB1447 Favorable Delegate Krebs
Department of Information Technology - Study of a Common Information Technology Platform for Health Occupations Boards
WITHDRAWN BY SPONSOR
HB0113 Unfavorable Delegate Grammer
Hospitals - Patient's Bill of Rights - Minor Patients
HB1081 Unfavorable Delegate Charkoudian
Health Facilities - Hospitals - Medical Debt Protection
HB1471 Unfavorable Delegate Bridges
Guardianship of Disabled Persons - Delegation of Responsibilities - Limitation
Health and Government Operations Committee Report No. 9
Distribution Date: March 9, 2020
Second Reading Date: March 10, 2020
FAVORABLE
HB0192 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Hill
(Jointly Considered Health and Government Operations/Appropriations)
Department of General Services - Energy-Conserving Standards (Maryland Sustainable Buildings Act of 2020)
HB0259 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Szeliga
Health Occupations - Diagnostic Evaluation and Treatment of Patients - Disciplinary Actions (The Patient's Access to Integrative Healthcare Act of 2020)
HB0703 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Qi
Maryland Commission on Civil Rights - Employment Discrimination - Reporting
HB0706 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Qi
Commission on LGBTQ Affairs - Established
HB0935 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Kipke
Health Facilities - Freestanding Ambulatory Care Facilities - Administration of Anesthesia
HB0936 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Krebs
Health Occupations - Nurses - Delegation of Nursing Tasks
HB0939 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Cullison
State Board of Dental Examiners - Practice of Dentistry - Revisions
HB0947 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Cullison
Health Occupations - Violations of the Maryland Dentistry Act - Penalties and Cease and Desist Orders
Judiciary Committee Report No. 9
Distribution Date: March 9, 2020
Second Reading Date: March 10, 2020
FAVORABLE
HB0033 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Guyton
Criminal Law - Abuse or Neglect of a Vulnerable Adult - Causing Severe Emotional Distress
HB0082 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Moon
Criminal Procedure - Pretrial Release - Reimbursement of Special Condition Costs
HB0083 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Moon
Criminal Procedure - Automatic Expungement - Possession of Marijuana
HB0171 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Guyton
Crimes Against Animals - Interference With Livestock
HB0234 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Henson
Child Support - Suspension of Payments and Arrears for Incarcerated Obligors - Modifications
HB0246 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Pippy
Sexual Solicitation of a Minor – Solicitation Through Parent, Guardian, or Custodian – Prohibition and Penalties
HB0379 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Rosenberg
Courts - Civil Actions - Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation
HB0488 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Palakovich Carr
Crimes - Mitigation - Sex, Gender Identity, or Sexual Orientation
HB0550 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Mosby
Criminal Law - Marijuana - Possession and Possession With Intent to Distribute
HB0671 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Shetty
Estates and Trusts - Health Savings Accounts - Establishment
HB0736 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Brooks
Police Officers - Mental Health - Employee Assistance Programs
HB0802 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Cox
Civil Actions - Civil Immunity - Educator Intervention in Student Violence (Good Teacher Protection Act)
HB0842 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Valentino-Smith
Juvenile Law - Informal Adjustment
HB0917 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Wilson
Criminal Law - Hate Crimes - Basis (2nd Lieutenant Richard Collins, III's Law)
HB1231 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Atterbeary
Family Law – Authorization for a Minor to Marry
Ways and Means Committee Report No. 10
Distribution Date: March 9, 2020
Second Reading Date: March 10, 2020
FAVORABLE
HB0224 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Palakovich Carr
Opportunity Zone Tax Deduction Reform Act of 2020
HB0473 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Stewart
Corporate Income Tax - Throwback Rule
HB0514 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Qi
Maryland Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer Incentive Program
HB0521 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Qi
Maryland Small Business Innovation Research Technical Assistance Program - Establishment
HB0732 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Luedtke
(Jointly Considered Ways and Means/Economic Matters)
Electronic Smoking Devices, Other Tobacco Products, and Cigarettes - Taxation and Regulation
HB0932 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Korman
21st–Century Economy Sales Tax Act
HB1354 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Charkoudian
Sales and Use Tax - Services
UNFAVORABLE
HB1628 Unfavorable Delegate Luedtke
Sales and Use Tax - Rate Reduction and Services
Ways and Means Committee Report No. 11
Distribution Date: March 9, 2020
Second Reading Date: March 10, 2020
FAVORABLE
HB0437 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Mosby
Campaign Finance Reports - Business Contributors - Registration Status
HB0534 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Mosby
Election Law - Campaign Finance Entities - Responsible Officers
HB0538 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Mosby
Campaign Finance - Revisions
HB0627 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Jackson, M.
Courts - Prosecution for Election Law Violations - Limitation
HB0951 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Washington
Election Law - Disclosure of Contributions by Persons Doing Public Business - Enforcement
HB1222 Favorable Delegate Wilkins
State Board of Elections - Campaign Finance Enforcement and Compliance - New State Positions
HB1380 Favorable Delegate Mosby
Campaign Finance - Contribution Through Third-Party Payment Processor - Transfer to Campaign Account
Ways and Means Committee Report No. 12
Distribution Date: March 9, 2020
Second Reading Date: March 10, 2020
WITHDRAWN BY SPONSOR
HB0630 Unfavorable Delegate Grammer
Gaming - Video Lottery Terminals - Hybrid Game of Chance
HB1232 Unfavorable Delegate Queen
Income Tax Credits - Employer Child Care Centers and Employer-Provided Child Care Services
HB1373 Unfavorable Delegate Boteler
Baltimore County Board of Education - Legal Counsel and Chief Budget Analyst
March 10, 2020
Special Order Calendar No. 27
HB0231 Delegate Lierman STATUS: (Environment and Transportation)
Housing Opportunities Made Equal Act Committee Amendments NOT ADOPTED.
Favorable Report NOT ADOPTED.
Motion by Del. Holmes to make Bill and Amendments a Special Order of Business for Tuesday at the appropriate time. CARRIED.
BILL ON 2ND READING.
March 10, 2020
Special Order Calendar No. 28
HB0823 Delegate Stein STATUS: (Environment and Transportation)
State Fire Marshal – Sprinkler Systems Enforcement Favorable Report as Amended ADOPTED.
Motion by Del. Adams to make Bill as Amended a Special Order of Business for Tuesday at the appropriate time. CARRIED.
BILL ON 2ND READING.
March 7, 2020
Calendar of Third Reading House Bills No. 40
HB1661
(Emergency Bill) 		Speaker Appropriations
State Budget - Revenue Stabilization Account Transfers - Coronavirus
March 7, 2020
Calendar of Third Reading House Bills No. 41
HB0030 Delegate Watson, C. Environment and Transportation
Condominiums – Disclosures to Unit Owners and Prohibited Provisions in Instruments
HB0095 Anne Arundel County Delegation Environment and Transportation
Anne Arundel County - Natural Resources - Fishing With a Haul Seine
HB0143 Delegate Kipke Environment and Transportation
State Boat Act - Abandoned or Sunken Vessels - Removal
HB0162 Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee Environment and Transportation
Transportation - Potomac River Bridges Towing Compact - Inclusion of Additional Bridges
HB0174 Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee Environment and Transportation
Motor Vehicle Offenses - Following Too Closely - Application to Trucks
HB0175 Delegate Charkoudian Judiciary
Public Safety - State Fire Marshal - Explosives License
HB0200 Delegate Fisher, W. Environment and Transportation
Vehicle Laws - Registration Plate Frames and Borders - Enforcement
March 7. 2020
Calendar of Third Reading House Bills No. 43
HB0693 Delegate Malone Judiciary
Paternity Proceedings – Court Orders – Legal Name Change of Child
HB0748 Delegate Barve Environment and Transportation
Transportation - Kim Lamphier Bikeways Network Program
HB0837 Delegate Pena-Melnyk Health and Government Operations
Public Health - Maternal Mortality and Morbidity - Implicit Bias Training and Study
HB0896 Delegate Shetty Environment and Transportation
Environment - Statewide Green Business Certification Program - Establishment
HB0897 Delegate Beitzel Environment and Transportation
Black Bear Damage Reimbursement Fund - Pets
HB0918 Delegate Wilson Judiciary
Criminal Procedure - Office of the Public Defender - Definition of Serious Offense
HB0955 Delegate Hornberger Environment and Transportation
Snare Traps – Prohibition Against Sale or Possession – Alterations
HB0959
(Emergency Bill) 		Delegate Pendergrass Health and Government Operations
Health Insurance - Consumer Protections
March 7, 2020
Calendar of Third Reading Senate Bills No. 1
SB0530 Senator Smith Environment and Transportation
Housing Opportunities Made Equal Act
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