SYNOPSIS
Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions
2009 Maryland General Assembly Session
January 21, 2009
Schedule 6
PLEASE NOTE: January 27 – Bill request deadline.
February 6 – Bill introduction deadline.
All bills should be given to the Secretary of the Senate’s office by
5:00 P.M. on Monday, February 9.
As required by Senate Rule 32(b), bills introduced after this date will
be referred to the Senate Rules Committee.
SENATE BILLS INTRODUCED January 20, 2009
SB 160 Senator Kelley, et al
HEREDITARY AND CONGENITAL DISORDERS – NEWBORN
SCREENING
Authorizing a parent or guardian of a newborn to object to a specified
newborn screening only under specified circumstances; and requiring the
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt specified regulations.
EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2009
HG, § 13-111 - amended
Assigned to: Finance
SB 161 Senator Middleton
INJURED WORKERS’ INSURANCE FUND – BOARD – TERM LIMITS
Altering the limits on terms that may be served by a member of the Board for
the Injured Workers’ Insurance Fund to allow two full terms or up to 10
years.
EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2009
LE, § 10-110 - amended
Assigned to: Finance
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Schedule 6, Page 2 SENATE OF MARYLAND January 21, 2009
SB 162 Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By
Request – Departmental – Comptroller)
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES – RESIDENT DEALER’S PERMIT
Authorizing the Comptroller to issue a resident dealer’s permit to specified
persons; prohibiting the issuance of the permit to specified persons; setting a
permit fee; prohibiting the permit holder from owning a warehouse; etc.
EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2009
Art. 2B, Various Sections - amended and § 2-101(w) - added and TG, §§
5-101 and 5-301(e) and (f) - amended and § 5-201(e) - added
Assigned to: Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
SB 163 Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By
Request – Departmental – Natural Resources)
PROGRAM OPEN SPACE – USE OF FUNDS – INDOOR OR OUTDOOR
RECREATIONAL FACILITIES
Authorizing a local government body to use Program Open Space funds for
the construction of indoor or outdoor recreational facilities; and making the
Act an emergency measure.
EMERGENCY BILL
NR, § 5-903(b) - amended
Assigned to: Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
SB 164 Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By
Request – Departmental – Natural Resources)
NATURAL RESOURCES – RECREATIONAL FISHING LICENSES –
PENALTIES
Altering the authority of the Secretary of Natural Resources to revoke or
suspend specified recreational fishing licenses to apply to licenses issued for
recreational fishing in both nontidal and tidal waters; authorizing the
Secretary to adopt regulations that list the criteria for the suspension of
recreational fishing licenses; prohibiting a person from engaging in specified
activities during a period of suspension of a license; etc.
EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2009
NR, § 4-220 - added, §§ 4-602 and 4-745 - amended, and § 4-626 - repealed
Assigned to: Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
January 21, 2009 SENATE OF MARYLAND Schedule 6, Page 3
SENATE BILLS INTRODUCED January 21, 2009
SB 165 The President (By Request – Administration)
BUDGET BILL FISCAL YEAR 2010
Making the proposed appropriations contained in the State Budget for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, in accordance with Article III, Section 52 of
the Maryland Constitution; etc.
Assigned to: Budget and Taxation
SB 166 The President (By Request – Administration)
BUDGET RECONCILIATION AND FINANCING ACT OF 2009
Altering or repealing specified required appropriations and grants; altering
provisions relating to State aid to local governments and local sharing of
specified costs; authorizing the transfer of specified funds to the General
Fund; authorizing the use of specified funds for specified purposes; etc.
Preliminary analysis: local government mandate
VARIOUS EFFECTIVE DATES
Various Sections of Various Articles - amended, added and repealed
Assigned to: Budget and Taxation
SB 167 The President (By Request – Administration)
CREATION OF A STATE DEBT – MARYLAND CONSOLIDATED
CAPITAL BOND LOAN OF 2009, AND THE MARYLAND
CONSOLIDATED CAPITAL BOND LOANS OF 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
2005, 2006, 2007, AND 2008
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $1,068,124,000, the
proceeds to be used for the acquisition, building, construction, demolition,
planning, renovation, conversion, replacement, and capital equipping of
specified State projects, and for grants to specified subdivisions and other
organizations for specified purposes, subject to the requirement that specified
grantees provide and expend specified matching funds by specified dates; etc.
VARIOUS EFFECTIVE DATES
Various Chapters of the Acts of Various Years - amended
Assigned to: Budget and Taxation
Schedule 6, Page 4 SENATE OF MARYLAND January 21, 2009
SB 168 Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By
Request – Departmental – Natural Resources)
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES – SHELLFISH AND
CRABS – PUBLIC PROCESS
Clarifying and altering the regulatory and public notification requirements for
the adoption of specified regulations relating to shellfish and crabs by the
Department of Natural Resources; prohibiting the reclassification of clam bars
to natural oyster bottom unless a specified finding is made in an
environmental impact study; altering the authority of the Department, after
following specified notice and hearing procedures, to adopt regulations to
name and close areas to be designated as oyster sanctuaries; etc.
EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2009
NR, §§ 4-803, 4-1102, 4-1103, and 4-1106 - amended
Assigned to: Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
SB 169 Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By
Request – Departmental – Natural Resources)
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES – ANTIQUATED FISH
AND FISHERIES LAWS – REPEAL
Repealing provisions of law prohibiting the catch of specified species of fish
under specified circumstances; repealing provisions that prohibit a person
from using specified devices to catch specified species under specified
circumstances; repealing a provision prohibiting specified nets from being
placed a specified distance apart; etc.
EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2009
NR, Various Sections - repealed and amended
Assigned to: Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
SB 170 Chair, Finance Committee (By Request – Departmental – Health and
Mental Hygiene)
COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH – MEETINGS AND FEE–SETTING
POWERS
Authorizing county boards of health to set a fee in connection with specified
duties, powers, and functions delegated to a health officer or other county
official; altering the requirements for meetings to allow meetings during any 2
months in a year; etc.
EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2009
HG, § 3-202 - amended
Assigned to: Finance
January 21, 2009 SENATE OF MARYLAND Schedule 6, Page 5
SB 171 Senators Lenett and Kittleman
MARYLAND CONDOMINIUM ACT – CLOSED MEETINGS OF BOARD
OF DIRECTORS
Repealing a specified condition on which a meeting of the board of directors
of a condominium council of unit owners may be held in closed session.
EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2009
RP, § 11-109.1(a) - amended
Assigned to: Judicial Proceedings
SB 172 Senators Lenett and Kittleman
MARYLAND HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION ACT – CLOSED
MEETINGS OF HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION
Repealing a specified condition on which a meeting of the board of directors
or other governing body of a homeowners association or a committee of a
homeowners association may be held in closed session.
EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2009
RP, § 11B-111(4) - amended
Assigned to: Judicial Proceedings
SB 173 Senator Kelley, et al
HEALTH INSURANCE – MANDATED BENEFITS –
HOSPITALIZATION AND HOME VISITS FOLLOWING A
MASTECTOMY
Requiring specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health
maintenance organizations to provide inpatient hospitalization coverage for a
specified minimum length of time following a mastectomy that is performed
for the treatment of breast cancer; prohibiting specified insurers, nonprofit
health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from imposing
cost–sharing requirements or refusing reimbursement for services if the
services do not occur within a specified time period; etc.
EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2009
HG, § 19-706(ttt) - added and IN, § 15-832 - amended and § 15-832.1 - added
Assigned to: Finance
Schedule 6, Page 6 SENATE OF MARYLAND January 21, 2009
SB 174 Senator Brinkley
BUSINESS REGULATION – VENDING MACHINE SALES – BULK
VENDING MACHINE EXEMPTION
Exempting from licensing requirements the sale or offering for sale of
merchandise through bulk vending machines; etc.
EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2009
BR, § 17-1902 - amended
Assigned to: Finance and Budget and Taxation
SB 175 Senator Colburn
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES – SHELL DREDGING –
PERMIT APPLICATION
Altering from December 1, 2008, to July 1, 2009, the date by which the
Department of Natural Resources is required to apply to the Department of
the Environment and the United States Army Corps of Engineers for permits
to dredge buried oyster shells under specified circumstances; and making the
Act an emergency measure.
EMERGENCY BILL
Chapter 325 of the Acts of 2008, § 2 - amended
Assigned to: Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs