| BILL NUMBER | BILL TITLE & SPONSOR | SYNOPSIS | COMMITTEE | STATUS |
| 12 |
Vehicle Laws -
Required Use of Safety Restraints - Penalty for Violation Delegate Benson |
Increasing from $25 to $50 the maximum fine that may be imposed for a violation of specified provisions of law requiring the use of a seat belt by the driver and the outboard front seat passenger in a motor vehicle; and repealing redundant language requiring that specified children be secured in a specified manner while being transported in a motor vehicle. | Environmental Matters |
First Reading 1/9/08 Hearing 1/30- 1 PM |
| 29 |
Long-Term Care
Insurance - Discrimination Based on Genetic Information or Tests -
Prohibited Delegate Manno |
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. | Health and
Government Operations |
First Reading 1/9/08
Hearing 2/7-1PM |
|
30 MONITOR |
Vehicle Laws -
Insurance Requirements - Penalties and Notification
Delegate Sophocleus |
Altering a
requirement that the Motor Vehicle Administration provide notice to the
owner of a vehicle that the vehicle registration has been suspended for
failure to maintain the required security; altering the period of time
within which a vehicle owner must surrender evidence of registration under
specified circumstances; decreasing the maximum penalty that may be assessed
against the owner of a vehicle if specified security lapses or terminates
under specified circumstances; etc.
WITHDRAWN |
Environmental Matters |
First Reading 1/9/08 Hearing 1/30-1PM |
|
32 MONITOR |
Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund - Acceptance of Premiums
on Installment Basis
Delegate Holmes |
Authorizing the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund to accept premiums on an installment basis; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 1/9/08
Hearing 2/26-1PM |
|
70 NO POSITION UNDER REVIEW |
Construction Industry Employee Misclassification Act
Delegate Glenn |
Prohibiting
construction industry employers from failing to classify an individual as an
employee, with the intent to evade payment of wages, benefits, taxes, or
other contributions as required under specified provisions of State law;
requiring specified persons engaged in construction to file with the
Comptroller a specified return; requiring specified payors to withhold
specified payment for construction service; etc.
WITHDRAWN |
Economic Matters |
First Reading 1/9/08 Hearing 2/14-1PM |
|
221 Crossfiled SB69
Signed by Governor Chapter 491 |
Vehicle
Laws-Motorcycles-Definitions Delegates Gaines, Frush, Griffith, Healey, Ivey, Niemann and Ross |
Altering the definition of "motorcycle" under the Maryland Vehicle Law; and making the Act an emergency measure. | Environmental Matters |
First Reading 1/23/08
Hearing 2/5-1PM |
| 236 |
Life or Health Insurance Policies & Contracts- Discretionary
Clauses-Prohibition Chair-Health & Government Operations (By Request MIA) |
Prohibiting the use
of specified discretionary clauses in life or health insurance policies or
annuity contracts; and providing that specified discretionary clauses in
life or health insurance policies or annuity contracts are void and
unenforceable.
WITHDRAWN |
Health & Government Operations |
First Reading 1/23/08 Hearing 2/28-1PM |
| 249 |
Motor Vehicles-Accident Reports-Access Delegates Morhaim, Cardin, Griffith, Lafferty and Stein |
Authorizing a hospital or an employee or agent of a hospital that provided medical or other services to an individual injured in a motor vehicle accident to access the motor vehicle accident report under specified circumstances. | Judiciary |
First Reading 1/23/08
Hearing 2/20-1PM |
| 259 |
Consumer Protection-Required Disclosure of Social Security
Number-Prohibited Delegates Smigiel etal. |
Providing that a person may not require an individual to disclose the individual's Social Security number unless required by State or federal law. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 1/23/08 Hearing 2/7-1PM Unfavorable Report |
|
272
Signed by Governor Chapter 264 |
Medical Stop-Loss Insurance Chair-Health & Government Operations (By Request MIA) |
Authorizing medical stop-loss insurance to be sold, issued, or delivered in the State only by specified carriers that hold specified certificates of authority; prohibiting medical stop-loss insurers from issuing, delivering, or offering policies of medical stop-loss insurance if the policies have specified attachment points below specified amounts; making medical stop-loss insurers subject to specified sanctions under specified circumstances; etc. | Health & Government Operation |
First Reading 1/23/08
Hearing 1/31-1PM |
|
277
Signed by Governor Chapter 63 |
Maryland Insurance Commissioner-Authority to Act in an
Emergency Chair-Health & Government Operations (By Request MIA) |
Applying specified provisions of law to managed care organizations and health maintenance organizations; specifying the applicability and purpose of specified provisions of law; authorizing the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to take specified actions by bulletin under specified emergency circumstances; etc. |
Health & Government Operation s & Economic Matters |
First Reading 1/23/08
Hearing 1/31-1PM |
| 380 |
Motor Vehicles - Use of Text Messaging Device While Driving -
Prohibition
Delegates F. Turner |
Prohibiting a person from using a text messaging device to write, send, or read a text message while operating a motor vehicle. | Environmental Matters |
First Reading 1/28/08 Hearing 2/12-1PM Unfavorable Report |
|
404
Signed by Governor Chapter 271 |
Insurance Fraud - Required Disclosure Statements
Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - MIA) |
Requiring insurers
to disclose specified information regarding insurance fraud in a specified
manner; providing an exception to the requirements of the Act; etc.
|
Economic Matters |
First Reading 1/28/08 Hearing 2/13-1PM
Favorable
w/ amendments |
|
405 OPPOSE
Signed by Governor |
Homeowner's Insurance - Loss from Water and Sewer Backup -
Offer of Coverage Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - MIA) |
Clarifying the time
at which an offer of coverage for loss that is caused by or results from
water that backs up through sewers and drains must be given by insurers that
issue or deliver homeowner's insurance policies; requiring insurers that
sell homeowner's insurance policies to offer the coverage; etc.
|
Economic Matters |
First Reading 1/28/08 Hearing 2/13-1PM
Favorable
w/amendments |
|
414 OPPOSE |
Motor Vehicle Insurance - Financing of Premiums or Acceptance
of Premiums on an Installment Basis by Insurer - Prohibited
Delegate Davis |
Prohibiting an insurer that issues, sells, or delivers a motor vehicle insurance policy in the State from providing, directly or indirectly, for the financing of premiums and from accepting premiums on an installment basis; providing that a premium may be financed only by specified premium finance companies; providing that if a prospective insured's initial payment to specified persons is not honored, a policy or endorsement issued in reliance on that payment is void; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 1/28/08 Hearing 2/26-1PM |
|
417
Signed by Governor Chapter 499 |
Financial Institutions - Cooperative Agreements and
Information Sharing with Government Agencies
Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation) |
Authorizing the
Commissioner of Financial Regulation to enter into cooperative and
information sharing agreements and to exchange specified information with
specified federal, state, or municipal regulatory or law enforcement
agencies.
|
Economic Matters |
First Reading 1/28/08 Hearing 2/5-1PM
Favorable
Report |
| 441 |
Vehicle Laws - Motor Vehicle Accident Reports - Access
Delegates Smigiel, Anderson, Boteler, Carter, Costa, Eckardt, Frank, George, Haddaway, Jennings, McConkey, and Weir |
Exempting an
individual involved in a motor vehicle accident and the legal representative
of an individual involved in a motor vehicle accident from a specified
requirement to provide specified information and identification to a law
enforcement agency in order to obtain a copy of a specified report of the
motor vehicle accident.
|
Judiciary |
First Reading 1/29/08 Hearing 2/20-1PM Unfavorable Report |
| 485 |
Injured Workers' Insurance Fund - Advertising
Delegates Miller, Burns, Kirk, Krysiak, and Love |
Repealing a
requirement that the Board for the Injured Workers' Insurance Fund have a
specified plan; establishing a requirement that the Board develop a
specified plan to promote workplace safety; and prohibiting the Board from
using specified funds for specified advertisement.
WITHDRAWN |
Economic Matters |
First Reading 1/30/08 Hearing 2/20-1PM |
|
488
Signed by Governor Chapter 458 |
Motor Vehicle Accident Reports - Access
Delegate Davis |
Altering the period of time during which specified persons may access a motor vehicle accident report; authorizing owners of specified motor vehicles and property to access an accident report during a specified time following the date the motor vehicle accident occurred; requiring a person that accesses an accident report during a specified time after the motor vehicle accident occurred to present specified information to specified authorized employees; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 1/30/08 Hearing 2/20-1PM
Favorable w/amendments |
|
526 MONITOR |
Insurance - Premium Finance Companies - Authority to Cancel
Policies Issued by Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund
Delegate Holmes |
Prohibiting a
premium finance company from using a power of attorney or other authority to
cancel, on behalf of an insured, a private passenger automobile insurance
policy issued to the insured by the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund.
WITHDRAWN |
Economic Matters |
First Reading 1/30/08 Hearing 2/26-1PM |
|
569 MONITOR |
Injured Workers' Insurance Fund - Report of Loss Experience -
Rating Organization
Delegates Krysiak, Jameson, Kirk, Love, McHale, Miller, and Minnick |
Requiring the Board
for the Injured Workers' Insurance Fund to record and report the loss
experience of the Injured Workers' Insurance Fund to a specified workers'
compensation rating organization; providing that the Board shall adopt a
schedule of premium rates in accordance with a specified law; etc.
WITHDRAWN |
Economic Matters |
First Reading 1/31/08 Hearing 2/20-2PM |
| 606 |
Health Care Liability - Noneconomic Damages
Delegates Kelly, Dwyer, Frank, McComas, Myers, and Shank |
Repealing a $15,000 annual increase in a specified limitation on noneconomic damages in a health care malpractice claim or action for a cause of action arising on or after January 1, 2009. | Judiciary |
First Reading 1/31/08 Hearing 3/5-1PM Unfavorable Report |
|
646
Signed by Governor Chapter 513 |
Condominiums - Property Insurance Deductible - Unit Owner
Responsibility Delegates Beidle, Dumais, Bobo, Healey, Lafferty, McComas, McConkey, Norman, and Sophocleus |
Altering the maximum amount of a specified property insurance deductible that a unit owner of a condominium may be responsible for from $1,000 to $10,000; etc. | Environmental Matters |
First Reading 2/1/08
Hearing 2/28-1PM |
| 688 |
Insurance - Medical Mutual Liability Insurance Society of
Maryland - Surplus
Delegate Simmons |
Altering the circumstances under which the Maryland Insurance Commissioner may determine that the surplus of the Medical Mutual Liability Insurance Society of Maryland is excessive and the action the Commissioner may take after making the determination; authorizing the Commissioner to determine that the Society's surplus is excessive if the total surplus is greater than specified risk-based capital requirements and if, after a hearing, the Commissioner determines that the surplus is unreasonably large; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/1/08 Hearing 2/13-1PM Unfavorable Report |
|
700
Signed by Governor |
Workers' Compensation - Permanent Partial Disability -
Compensation Delegates Schuler, Barnes, and Manno |
Increasing the maximum weekly benefit for a permanent partial disability claim that is awarded to a covered employee for a period of less than 75 weeks; and providing for the application of the Act. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/1/08
Hearing 2/20-2PM |
| 711 |
Motor Vehicles - School Bus Drivers - Prohibition on Use of a
Wireless Communication Device While Driving Delegates Barkley, Ali, Bates, Beidle, Bobo, V. Clagett, Gilchrist, Holmes, Hucker, Lafferty, Montgomery, Niemann, Stein, and Stull |
Prohibiting the
driver of a school bus from using a wireless communication device while
operating the school bus under specified circumstances; defining terms; etc.
|
Environmental Matters |
First Reading 2/4/08 Hearing 2/26-1PM Unfavorable Report |
|
750
Signed by Governor
|
Insurance - Notice of Cancellation of Binders or Policies -
Certificate of Mail
Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - MIA) |
Requiring that a
specified notice of cancellation of specified binders or policies of
insurance be sent by certificate of mail.
|
Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/4/08 Hearing 2/13-1PM
Favorable
Report |
| 776 |
Consumer Protection - Dry Cleaning and Laundering Establishments - Lost or
Damaged Clothing
Delegates Robinson, Conaway, Frank, Haynes, and Sophocleus |
Requiring specified dry cleaners and launderers to repair, pay the cost to repair, or replace lost or damaged items of clothing left in the possession of the dry cleaners or launderers for dry cleaning or laundering; requiring specified dry cleaners and launderers to post specified notices at specified places; providing specified enforcement and penalty provisions; etc. | Economic Matters | First Reading
2/4/08 Hearing 3/3-2:30PM |
|
859
Signed by Governor |
Property and Casualty Insurance Policies - Coverage for
Additional Living Expenses
|
Prohibiting specified language limiting coverage for additional living expenses incurred by an insured as a result of a covered loss in a policy of homeowner's, fire, farmowner's, or dwelling insurance; specifying that specified language in a policy of homeowner's, fire, farmowner's, or dwelling insurance is void; and specifying that specified actions by an insurer are not prohibited. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/6/08
Hearing 2/13-1PM |
| 860 |
Property and Casualty Insurance - Underwriting Based on
Geographic Area
Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request -
Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland) |
Altering the requirements an insurer must meet before refusing to issue or renew a contract of motor vehicle, property, or casualty insurance solely because the insured property or the applicant's or insured's address is located within a specified geographic area of the State; requiring an insurer to adopt a specified underwriting standard and file it with the Maryland Insurance Commissioner for approval; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/6/08 Hearing 2/13-1PM Unfavorable Report |
| 1150 |
Workers' Compensation - Permanent Partial Disability -
Compensation Delegates Manno and Schuler |
Requiring, if a
covered employee receives additional compensation for a specified award for
permanent partial disability, an employer or insurer to pay the additional
compensation in a specified manner subject to a specified credit.
WITHDRAWN |
Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/7/08 Hearing 3/10-2:30 PM
|
|
1152 Crossfiled SB729 |
Workers' Compensation Insurance - Premium Rates
Delegate Manno |
Requiring the premium rates for workers' compensation insurance to be determined by the actual number of hours worked in each manual rate classification; and prohibiting the premium rates for workers' compensation insurance from being computed as a percentage of an employer's payroll. |
Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/7/08 Hearing 3/19-1PM Unfavorable Report |
| 1154 |
Workers' Compensation - Permanent Partial Disability -
Benefit Delegate Manno and Schuler |
Repealing provisions
in law providing compensation awarded for a permanent partial disability
claim for less than 75 weeks; repealing provisions related to compensation
for public safety employees; increasing the maximum weekly benefit for an
employee who is awarded compensation for less than 75 weeks; providing that
all employees who are awarded compensation for permanent partial disability
for less than 250 weeks will be entitled to the same maximum weekly benefit;
etc.
WITHDRAWN |
Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/7/08 Hearing 3/19-1PM
|
|
1167 Crossfiled SB568 |
Motor Vehicles- Certificates of Title-
Rebuilt Salvage
Delegate Malone |
Requiring that a certificate of title to a vehicle contain a conspicuous notation that the vehicle is 'rebuilt salvage' whenever an insurance company's application for a salvage certificate for the vehicle contains a statement that the cost to repair the vehicle for highway operation was equal to or less than its fair market value prior to its sustaining damage. | Environmental Matters |
First Reading 2/8/08 Hearing 3/7-1PM |
| 1252 |
Motor Vehicles-Accident Reports-Access &
Disclosure Delegates McComas, etal |
Authorizing the employees and agents of specified prosecutors to access a specified motor vehicle accident report during the 60-day period after the report is filed; exempting specified prosecutors and the employees and agents of the prosecutors from a requirement that a person accessing the motor vehicle accident report must present a specified driver's license or identification card, proof of authorization, and a specified statement to a specified officer; altering penalties; and making the Act an emergency measure. | Judiciary |
First Reading 2/8/08 Hearing 2/20-1PM Unfavorable Report |
| 1294 |
Vehicle Laws-Carrying and Displaying Proof
of Required Security Delegates McConkey, Kelly, Kramer & Smigiel |
Requiring an
individual who is operating a vehicle to carry in the vehicle proof of
required security for the vehicle and to display the proof of required
security on demand of a police officer; providing that specified
requirements regarding proof of required security can be satisfied by
carrying and making available a valid rental agreement in specified
circumstances; and providing that a specified penalty applies to a failure
to carry or display proof of required security.
WITHDRAWN |
Environmental Matters |
First Reading 2/8/08 Hearing 3/11-1PM |
|
1295 SUPPORT |
Vehicle Laws-Required Security- Minimum
Amounts Delegates Barnes, etal |
Increasing the minimum amounts of the required security for motor vehicles for the payment of claims for bodily injury or death arising from a motor vehicle accident from $20,000 to $30,000 for one person and from $40,000 to $60,000 for two or more persons; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/8/08 Hearing 2/26-1PM Unfavorable Report |
|
1309
Signed by Governor Chapter 537 |
Business Regulation- Mold
Remediation-Licensing Delegate McHale |
Requiring specified persons to be licensed by the Maryland Home Improvement Commission to provide mold remediation services; requiring the Commission to adopt regulations; providing that the Act does not limit the rights of specified individuals to engage in mold remediation; establishing the purpose of the Act; providing for the powers and duties of the Commission in licensing and regulating mold remediation service providers; requiring specified fees to be paid into the General Fund; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/8/08 Hearing 3/10-1PM
Favorable w/amendments |
| 1349 |
Vehicle Laws-Driver Improvement Programs -
Deduction of Accumulated Points Delegates Weir, Boteler, and Minnick |
Authorizing an individual who has accumulated 2 or more points on the individual's driving record to request the Motor Vehicle Administration to deduct 2 points from the individual's driving record if the individual attends a specified driver improvement program or driver safety program; prohibiting the Administration from deducting more than 2 points from an individual's driving record in a 2-year period; etc. | Environmental Matters |
First Reading 2/8/08 Hearing 3/11-1PM Unfavorable Report |
|
1353 OPPOSE
Signed by Governor Chapter 540 |
Omnibus Coastal Property Insurance Reform
Act Delegates Rudolph, Impallaria and Mathias |
Altering the
requirements an insurer must meet before refusing to issue or renew
specified insurance contracts solely because the insured property or the
applicant's or insured's address is located within a specified geographic
area of the State; requiring an insurer to adopt a specified underwriting
standard and file the underwriting standard with the Maryland Insurance
Commissioner for approval; etc. Our Opposition to this bill is based on the testimony provided by IIAM during the 'Coastal Task Force' meetings held during the last quarter of 2007. We provided testimony that the marketplace was stable and coverage was both available and affordable. |
Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/8/08 Hearing 2/26-1PM
Favorable w/amendments |
| 1359 |
Insurance- Motor Vehicle Damages- Claims
for Repairs and Repair Service Facilities Delegate Impallaria |
Altering the effect of specified provisions of law on insurers in connection with claims for repairs to motor vehicles; authorizing a claimant or insured to choose any repair service facility for the repair or replacement of property damage to a motor vehicle; requiring specified repair service facilities to make a specified disclosure to a claimant or insured before providing a repair service or repair product to the claimant or insured; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/8/08
Hearing 2/26-1PM |
|
1369 MONITOR |
Vehicle Laws- Uninsured Motorists- Waiver
of Right to Noneconomic Dagmes Delegates Kipke, etal. |
Establishing that an individual driving a motor vehicle that is not covered by insurance is considered to have waived the right to recover non-economic loss damages under specified circumstances; exempting specified individuals from the waiver under specified circumstances; creating a rebuttable presumption that an individual knows or has reason to know that the motor vehicle is not covered by insurance under specified circumstances; defining a specified term; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/8/08
Hearing 2/26-1PM |
| 1438 |
Income Tax - Credit for Long-Term Care Premium
Delegate Holmes |
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; applying the Act to tax years beginning after December 31, 2007; etc. | Ways & Means |
First Reading 2/12/08 Hearing 3/20-1PM |
| 1453 |
Bail Bonds - Bail and Bail Bondsmen - Licensure and
Regulation
Chair, Judiciary Committee and Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - MIA) |
Requiring licensure of property bondsmen; requiring designation of bail bond commissioners by circuit administrative judges; authorizing referral to the Central Collection Unit of matters relating to forfeiture of recognizances; etc. | Judiciary & Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/14/08 Hearing 3-20-08 1PM Unfavorable Report |
|
1459 Crossfiled SB866 MONITOR |
Motor Vehicle Insurance - Use of Credit History in Rating
Policies
Delegates Krysiak, Barve, Donoghue, Guzzone, Harrison, Kirk, Love, McHale, Pendergrass, and Stukes |
Prohibiting an insurer, with respect to private passenger motor vehicle insurance, from rating a risk based, in whole or in part, on the credit history of an applicant or insured in any manner; repealing provisions of law authorizing an insurer to use the credit history of an applicant or insured to rate a new policy of private passenger motor vehicle insurance, subject to specified limitations and requirements; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/14/08 Hearing 3-10-08 2:30PM
|
|
1494 Crossfiled SB902 NO POSITION |
Motor Vehicle Insurance - Uninsured Motorist Insurers -
Waiver of Defenses Delegate Feldman |
Providing that the failure of an uninsured motorist insurer to respond to a specified notice of a specified settlement offer or the consent of an uninsured motorist insurer to acceptance of a specified settlement offer shall not operate as a waiver of any defense of the uninsured motorist insurer available in an action between the uninsured motorist insurer and a person injured in a motor vehicle accident. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/19/08 Hearing 3/10- 2:30PM |
| 1496 |
Condominiums -
Property Insurance Coverage and Repair of Units Delegate Bohanan |
Authorizing the council of unit owners of a condominium with less than 100 units to choose not to maintain property insurance on the units; and providing that specified provisions regarding the repair or replacement of damaged condominium property do not apply to the repair or replacement of a unit in a condominium with less than 100 units if the council of unit owners chooses not to maintain property insurance on the units. | Environmental Matters |
First Reading 2/19/08 Hearing 3/19-1PM Referred in interim study by Economic Matters |
| 1510 |
Premium Finance Companies - Calculation of Finance Charge
Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request -
Departmental - MIA) |
Altering the
calculation of the finance charge under premium finance agreements; etc.
|
Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/20/08 Hearing 3-10-08 2:30PM |
|
1581 MONITOR
Signed by Governor |
Private Passenger Motor Vehicle Insurance, Homeowner's
Insurance, and Personal Insurance - Renewals of Policies - Transfers of
Policyholders Between Insurers
Delegates Harrison, Carter, Oaks, Robinson, Stukes, and Taylor |
Providing that, with respect to private passenger motor vehicle insurance policies and homeowner's insurance policies, the transfer of a policyholder between insurers within a specified insurance holding company system is a renewal under specified circumstances; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/29/08 Hearing 3-20-08 1PM
Favorable Report |
|
1589 Signed by Governor 4-24-08 Chapter 331 |
Insurance Producers - Licensing Requirements
Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request -
Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland) |
Authorizing the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to waive specified requirements for an insurance producer license for applicants who have been conferred specified professional designations; altering the number of hours of continuing education that an insurance producer is required to receive in a renewal period; requiring an insurance producer to receive a specified number of hours of continuing education in ethics for each renewal period; etc. | House Rules & Executive Nominations |
First Reading 3/3/08
Hearing 3-20-08 1PM |
| 1590 |
Employer Misclassification of Employees as Independent
Contractors
Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation) |
Prohibiting employers from misclassifying employees as independent contractors; providing specified penalties and the award of specified damages and wages for violations of the Act; authorizing an employee who has not been properly classified as an employee to bring a civil action against an employer; requiring employers to retain specified records for a specified period of time; etc | House Rules & Executive Nominations |
First Reading 3/3/08
Hearing 3-20-08 1PM |
| BILL NUMBER | BILL TITLE & SPONSOR | SYNOPSIS | COMMITTEE | STATUS |
| 2 NO POSITION |
Vehicle Laws -
Use of Wireless Communication Devices While Driving - Prohibitions Senator Lenett |
Prohibiting a driver of a specified school vehicle from using wireless communication devices; prohibiting a holder of a learner's instructional permit or provisional driver's license who is 18 years of age or older from driving a motor vehicle while using wireless communication devices; prohibiting a driver of a motor vehicle that is in motion from using the driver's hands to use specified wireless communication devices except under specified circumstances; establishing penalties for specified violations; etc. | Judicial Proceedings | First Reading
1/9/08 Hearing 1/22-1PM |
| 30 NO POSITION
|
Motor Vehicle
Accident Reports - Access - Members of the General Assembly Senators Astle and Pipkin |
Authorizing a member of the
General Assembly to access a motor vehicle accident report under specified
circumstances; and making stylistic changes.
WITHDRAWN |
Judicial Proceedings | First Reading
1/9/08 Hearing 1/16-1PM |
| 65 |
Health
Insurance-Small Group Market-Coverage of Child Dependents Senator Brochin |
Requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to include specified coverage of child dependents in the Comprehensive Standard Health Benefit Plan, etc. | Finance | First Reading
1/14/08 Hearing 1/23-1PM Unfavorable Report |
| 69 NO POSITION
|
Vehicle
Laws-Motorcycles-Definition Senators DeGrange, Gladden and Kramer |
Altering the
definition of 'motorcycle' under the Maryland vehicle law; and making the
Act an emergency measure WITHDRAWN |
Judicial Proceedings | First Reading
1/14/08 Hearing 1/22-1PM |
| 88
Signed by Governor Chapter 363
|
Allegany
County- Workers' Compensation-Students in Unpaid Work-Based Learning
Experiences Senator Edwards |
Authorizing the Allegany County Board of Education to waive the requirement that a participating employer who reimburses the county for the cost of workers compensation insurance coverage for students placed in unpaid work-based learning experiences. | Finance | First Reading
1/16/08 Hearing 1/22-1PM |
| 93 |
Vehicle
Laws-Drivers' Licensing of Illegal Aliens-Restrictions Senators Brochin, Greenip, Harris & Stone |
Prohibiting in order to facilitate compliance with the federal Real ID Act, the Motor Vehicle Administration from issuing a new driver's license to an individual who cannot provide specified documentation certifying that the individual is lawfully present in the United States in accordance with federal law, except under specified circumstances, etc. | Judicial Proceedings | First Reading
1/16/08 Hearing 2/26-1PM |
| 105 NO POSITION
|
Maryland
Automobile Insurance Fund-Authority of Commissioner to Impose Penalties and
Restitution Senator Astle |
Authorizing the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to impose a specified penalty on the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund for a violation of the Insurance Article; and authorizing the Commissioner to require the Fund to make restitution to a person who has suffered financial injury because of the violation of the Insurance Article. | Finance | First Reading
1/16/08 Hearing 1/22-1PM |
| 148 NO POSITION
|
Maryland
Automobile Insurance Fund - Uninsured Division - Claims Chair, Finance Committee (By Request -
Departmental - Automobile Insurance Fund) |
Altering the requirements for making a qualifying claim against the Uninsured Division of the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund to exclude, from those eligible to make a qualifying claim, a beneficiary of a specified self-insurance certificate, an owner or operator of a taxicab that does not have uninsured motorist coverage, a person that owns any registered uninsured motor vehicle, a claimant driving a motor vehicle without a valid certificate of registration, and a claimant that does not hold a valid driver's license; etc. | Finance | First Reading
1/23/08
|
| 173 |
Income Tax-
Credit for Installation of Fire Suppression Systems Senators Astle, Brinkley, Robey |
Allowing a credit against the State income tax for specified costs of fire suppression systems; providing that the credit may not exceed the State income tax for that taxable year and that any unused credit may be carried over to another taxable year; allowing specified taxpayers to claim a refund of the credit; defining terms; applying the Act to tax years after 2007; etc. | Budget and Taxation | First Reading
1/18/08 Hearing 1/30-1PM |
| 185 |
Vehicle
Laws-Lapsed or Terminated Security-Penalties Chair, Judicial Proceedings (By request) |
Reducing from $150 to $100 the penalty that may be assessed by the Motor Vehicle Administration for a vehicle that is without the required security for 1 to 30 days; increasing the daily penalty that may be assessed for violating vehicle security requirements after a specified period; increasing the maximum penalty that may be assessed for a violation of vehicle security requirements occurring within a 12-month period; repealing obsolete provisions; etc. | Judicial Proceedings | First Reading
1/18/08 Hearing 1/31-1PM |
| 192
Signed by Governor |
Maryland Health Insurance Plan-Application of Insurance Fraud
Law Chair, Finance Committee (By Request MIA) |
Providing that specified
provisions of law relating to fraudulent insurance acts that apply to
insurers also apply to the Maryland Health Insurance Plan.
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Finance | First Reading
1/18/08 Hearing 2/6-1PM |
| 196 Signed by Governor 4-24-08 Chapter 160 |
State Commission of Real Estate Appraisers and Home
Inspectors-Licensing, Disclosure and Insurance Requirements Chair Finance (By Request-Labor, Licensing and Regulation |
Altering specified licensing requirements for a home inspector licensed by the State Commission of Real Estate Appraisers and Home Inspectors; requiring home inspectors to provide specified credentials and a specified disclosure prior to performing an inspection; requiring home inspectors to maintain specified amounts of general liability insurance; etc. | Finance | First Reading
1/18/08 Hearing 2/7-1PM |
| 215 |
Maryland False Health Claims Act Chair, Judicial Proceedings (By Request-Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene) |
Prohibiting specified actions constituting false claims against a State health plan or a State health program; providing specified penalties for making false claims against a State health plan or a State health program; authorizing the State to file a civil action against a person who makes a false claim against a State health plan or a State health program under specified circumstances; providing for the procedures to be followed in a civil action; providing for specified remedies under a civil action; etc. | Judicial Proceedings | First Reading
1/18/08 Hearing 1/30-1PM |
| 327 |
Identity Fraud - Personal and
Business Documents and Cardholder Affidavits - Evidence
Senators Kelley and Jones (Task Force to Study Identity Theft), Etal |
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. | Judicial Proceedings | First Reading
1/28/08 Hearing 2/12-1PM |
| 345 |
Vehicle Laws - Minor Holding
Provisional Driver's License - Passenger Restrictions
Senator Dyson |
Extending to 1 year the period of time from the date a provisional driver's license is issued to a minor during which the minor is prohibited from transporting specified individuals under the age of 18 years as passengers except under specified circumstances. | Judicial Proceedings | First Reading
1/28/08 Hearing 2/19-1PM |
| 372 |
Vehicle Laws - Motorcycle -
Definition
Senators DeGrange, Gladden, Kramer, and Astle |
Altering the definition of
"motorcycle" in the Maryland Vehicle Law to include a motor vehicle that has
two front wheels positioned on a single front axle and one rear wheel; and
making clarifying and conforming changes.
WITHDRAWN |
Judicial Proceedings | First Reading
1/30/08 Hearing 2/28-1PM |
| 391 2007-SB788 MONITOR |
Maryland Automobile Insurance
Fund - Payment of Fees for Motor Vehicle Records - Required
Senators Astle & DeGrange
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Requiring the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund to pay to the Motor Vehicle Administration a specified fee for motor vehicle records provided by the Administration to the Fund. | Finance | First Reading
1/30/08 Hearing 3/4-1PM |
| 542 |
Workers'
Compensation-Covered Employment-Nonstock Corporations Senator Haines |
Authorizing specified directors
and officers of specified non-stock corporations to elect to be exempt from
coverage under the workers' compensation law.
WITHDRAWN |
Finance | First Reading
2/1/08 Hearing 2/26-1PM |
| 550 Crossfiled HB969 |
Health Care-
Malpractice-Death-Noneconomic Damages Senator Gladden |
Increasing specified limitations on non-economic damages for a survival action and a wrongful death action concerning health care malpractice for a cause of action arising on or after January 1, 2009. | Judicial Proceedings | First Reading
2/1/08 Hearing 3/12-1PM |
| 553 |
Insurance-Slavery Era Insurance Policies-Reporting Senator Gladden |
Requiring specified insurers to provide the Maryland Insurance Commissioner with a report of specified information about specified slaveholder insurance policies issued during the slavery era; authorizing a specified holding company to designate an insurer to be a reporting insurer on behalf of the member insurers of the holding company; requiring the Commissioner to adopt regulations that specify the form and content of a specified report; requiring a specified report to contain specified names; etc. | Finance | First Reading
2/1/08 Hearing 3/11-1PM |
| 571 Crossfiled HB915 Signed by Governor 4-24-08 Chapter 192 |
Surety
Insurers-Failure to Pay Bail Bond Judgment- Penalties Senator Astle |
Providing that a surety insurer that is precluded or removed from a specified list by a circuit court due to failure to timely resolve or satisfy specified bail bond forfeitures shall be subject to specified penalties; and requiring a clerk of a circuit court to notify the Maryland Insurance Commissioner of the names of specified surety insurers and specified bond forfeitures at a specified time. | Finance | First Reading
2/1/08 Hearing 2/27-1PM
Favorable Report |
| 579 Crossfiled HB1134 |
Immunity from
Liability- Medical Emergency-Use of Automated External Defibrillator Senator Forehand |
Providing immunity from civil liability under specified circumstances, notwithstanding other provisions of law, to an individual or facility that acquires an automated external defibrillator (AED) or that owns or manages the premises where an AED is located, to an individual who retrieves an AED, or to an individual who uses, attempts to use, or fails to use an AED; etc. | Judicial Proceedings | First Reading
2/1/08 Hearing 3/12-1PM
Favorable w/amendments |
| 588 Crossfiled HB1053 |
Common
Ownership Communities-Fidelity Bond Coverage Senators Kelley, Conway, Garagiola, Pugh, Raskin, Rosapepe, Stone |
Requiring specified governing or managing bodies of a cooperative housing corporation, condominium, or homeowners association to execute a fidelity bond for specified purposes in a specified amount; prohibiting the total liability of the surety to all insured persons under the bond from exceeding the sum of the bond; establishing that specified unit or lot owners may submit a specified dispute to the Division of Consumer Protection of the Office of the Attorney General; etc. | Judicial Proceedings | First Reading
2/1/08 Hearing 2/21-1PM Unfavorable Report |
| 603 MONITOR |
MAIF-
Acceptance of Premiums on an Installment Basis Senators Pugh, etal. |
Authorizing the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund to accept premiums on an installment basis; etc. | Finance | First Reading
2/1/08 Hearing 2/26-1PM |
| 679 MONITOR |
Injured Workers' Insurance Fund
- Regulation by the Maryland Insurance Commissioner
Senator Kittleman |
Removing the Injured Workers' Insurance Fund from exceptions to specified provisions of law; providing that the Fund is subject to examination in accordance with specified provisions of law; providing that the Fund is subject to specified provisions of law regarding rate making and rating; authorizing the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to enforce specified provisions of law to which the Fund is subject; etc. | Finance | First Reading
2/1/08 Hearing 2/26-1PM
Favorable w/amendments |
| 701
Crossfiled
Signed by Governor Chapter 440 |
Insurance Producers - Life and
Health Insurance Examinations - Annual Reports Senators Jones, Astle, and McFadden |
Requiring the Maryland Insurance Commissioner or a designee of the Commissioner on or before April 1 of each year to prepare and publish a specified report that relates to life and health insurance producer examinations administered during the preceding calendar year; requiring the report to include specified information about specified examinees in a specified manner; etc. | Finance | First Reading
2/1/08 Hearing 2/20-1PM
3rd Reading Passed 47-0 |
| 702 MONITOR |
Injured Workers' Insurance Fund
- Audit Requirement
Senator Jones |
Requiring the Legislative Auditor to conduct fiscal/compliance audits of the Injured Workers' Insurance Fund; specifying the factors to consider when determining the audit scope; specifying that a legislative audit is in addition to and not instead of audits conducted by or any regulatory authority of the Maryland Insurance Commissioner; providing for distribution of the audits; etc. | Finance | First Reading 2/1/08 |
| 729 OPPOSE |
Workers' Compensation Insurance
- Premium Rates
Senator Rosapepe |
Requiring the premium rates for workers' compensation insurance to be determined by the actual number of hours worked in each manual rate classification; and prohibiting the premium rates for workers' compensation insurance from being computed as a percentage of an employer's payroll. | Finance | First Reading
2/1/08 Hearing 2/26-1PM Unfavorable Report |
| 796
Signed by Governor Chapter 796 |
Vehicle Laws - Motor Vehicle
Accident Reports - Access
Senators Astle and Pipkin |
Authorizing a member of the Maryland General Assembly to access a motor vehicle accident report under specified circumstances; providing that a designated employee of a law enforcement agency may be presented with specified documentation under specified circumstances; exempting specified entities that may access motor vehicle accident reports from a requirement that they present specified documentation to an officer or designated employee of a law enforcement agency; etc. | Judiciary | First Reading
2/6/08 Hearing 3/11-1PM |
| 866 Crossfiled HB1459 |
Motor Vehicle Insurance - Use of
Credit History in Rating Policies
Senator Della |
Prohibiting an insurer, with respect to private passenger motor vehicle insurance, from rating a risk based, in whole or in part, on the credit history of an applicant or insured in any manner; repealing provisions of law authorizing an insurer to use the credit history of an applicant or insured to rate a new policy of private passenger motor vehicle insurance, subject to specified limitations and requirements; etc. | Finance | First Reading
2/13/08 Hearing 3-18-08 1PM |
| 902 Crossfiled HB1494 |
Motor Vehicle Insurance - Uninsured Motorist Insurers -
Waiver of Defenses
Senator Kelley |
Providing that the failure of an uninsured motorist insurer to respond to a specified notice of a specified settlement offer or the consent of an uninsured motorist insurer to acceptance of a specified settlement offer shall not operate as a waiver of any defense of the uninsured motorist insurer available in an action between the uninsured motorist insurer and a person injured in a motor vehicle accident. | Judicial Proceedings | First Reading
2/18/08 Hearing 3-18-08 1PM |
| 950 |
Injured Workers' Insurance Fund - Minority Business
Enterprise Procurement Activities Senator Exum |
Requiring the Board for the Injured Workers' Insurance Fund to conduct procurement activities identical to and consistent with specified minority business enterprise purchasing standards applicable to State government agencies; specifying that the Fund is subject to specified provisions of State law; and requiring the Board to submit in its annual report to the Governor specified data regarding minority business enterprise procurement activities. | Finance |
First Reading
2/26/08 Hearing 3/18-1PM Unfavorable Report |
| 957 MONITOR |
Homeowner's Insurance - Issuance and Renewal of Policies in
Certain Geographic Areas Senator Stone |
Prohibiting specified insurers from refusing to issue or renew a policy of homeowner's insurance solely because the subject of the risk or the applicant's or the insured's address is located in a specified geographic area; etc. | Finance | First Reading
2/27/08 Hearing 3-18-08 1PM |
| 971 OPPOSE |
Homeowner's Insurance - Assignment of Policy on Sale of
Property
Senator Stone |
Authorizing the policyholder under a homeowner's insurance policy to assign the policy to the purchaser of the property that is covered by the policy; requiring that an assignment made under the Act be in writing; requiring the purchaser of the property to send a copy of the contract of assignment to the insurer within a specified time after assignment; etc. | Finance | First Reading
2/29/08 Hearing 3-18-08 1PM Unfavorable Report |