Cynthia Prairie, Author at MarylandReporter.com

Five bills covered earlier died in committee: online sales tax, overtime pay, corporate filing fee

Many bills get a hearing, and maybe some discussion in committee, but not much more, dying a silent death with little notice. Here are some of those bills whose hearings MarylandReporter.com covered, but were never heard from afterward. All but one never got a vote in committee.

Rascovar: Hogan should be relieved Assembly is ending

When the clock strikes 12 tonight, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan will breathe a huge sigh of relief. With luck, the Maryland General Assembly – which has been increasingly aggressive in opposing the Republican chief executive – won’t return to Annapolis until next January. There have been few reasons for Hogan to take comfort in his dealings with the state legislature this year – or indeed for the two earlier 90-day sessions.

State Roundup, April 7, 2017

Hogan allows 15 bills to pass into law with his signature, without a veto fight. Included are bills to ensure funding for Planned Parenthood and to prevent oyster harvest in specific areas. But his veto of Protect Our Schools Act is overturned; bill to prevent marriages of those under 16 met with some skepticism; bill to curb suspensions of youngsters expected to get final OK today; top Dem operative aiding Ben Jealous as he ponders run for governor; Fraser Smith retires from WYPR-FM; and U.S. Rep. Cummings says Pres Trump got it wrong.

Hogan chooses not to fight legislature on 15 bills, including attorney general powers

Republican Gov. Larry Hogan has chosen not to fight the Democrat-dominated legislature on 15 bills they sent to him early, expecting vetoes on some. The most surprising among the 15 bills Hogan let go into law without his signature is HB913, forcing the governor to put $1 million a year in the budget of the attorney general in order to sue the Trump administration. Hogan had called the bill “horrible” and “crazy.”

State Roundup, April 6, 2017

With Gov. Hogan’s promise to veto, General Assembly passes controversial paid sick leave bill; lawmakers seek expansion of medical marijuana growers, while wrangling over just who should be allowed; Hogan vetoes bill setting standards on identifying low-performing schools, limiting state intervention as lawmakers vow to overturn it; lawmakers to take a break on sine die for Passover Seder; new Arundel poll gives Hogan strong marks, Pres Trump not so much; Baltimore County Exec Kamenetz signs order stopping county cops from asking immigrant status; and former Judge Chasanow remembered.

Paid sick leave bill sent to Hogan, who has pledged a veto

Five years in the making, the Maryland General Assembly on Wednesday passed a widely supported but controversial paid sick leave bill, HB1, which Gov. Larry Hogan has vowed to veto. Democratic lawmakers are promising an override at the start of the 2018 session, saying they will defend the rights of 700,000 Marylanders to take paid sick leave without fear of losing their jobs.

Eberly: Sorry Sen. Cardin, but Judge Gorsuch is mainstream

In a recent interview, Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin argued that Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch was no mainstream judge and described him in some cases as “more extreme” than Justice Samuel Alito.Maryland’s other senator, Chris Van Hollen, has echoed Cardin’s statements and has announced his intent to filibuster the Gorsuch nomination as the well. The Democratic filibuster is expected to trigger the so called “nuclear option” where Republicans change Senate rules with a simple majority vote and eliminate the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees. Both the filibuster and the nuclear option would result in irreparable harm to the U.S. Senate.

State Roundup, April 5, 2017

General Assembly rescinds state’s previous calls for federal constitutional convention; after three years of work, Del. Wilson’s bill extending reporting time in sex abuse cases signed into law; Gov. Hogan signs bill banning fracking statewide; changes to bail bond bill draws critics as sponsor defends self; dems pull internet privacy back from the brink; Hogan’s withdrawal of DHMH nominee draws ire from Senate leadership; homeowners face off against waterskiers over controversial bill; and Montgomery council invests in security at Rockville offices.

Dems still hopeful on Internet privacy bill; Senate moves bill blocked in House

Democratic lawmakers in Annapolis get another bite at the apple to pass an Internet privacy law before the 2017 session ends next Monday. In a party-line vote on Tuesday the Senate voted, 33-14,to suspend the rules and approve introduction of a late bill, Internet Consumer Privacy Rights Act of 2017, SB 1200. Republicans in the House of Delegates had blocked a similar measure on Monday. The bill is in response to the recent repeal in Congress of Obama-era FCC privacy rules.

State Roundup, April 4, 2017

Gov. Hogan signs school funding bill to aid jurisdictions with declining enrollment; supporters, opponents of immigrant Trust Act rally in Annapolis as bill stalls in Senate panel; police may be required to hold onto rape kits for 20 years, if new bill passes; Hogan withdraws DHMH nominee, but plans to keep him on for now; anti-abortion activists protest at State House; medical marijuana as heroin addiction treatment is dropped from legislation; Dems attempt to push internet privacy bill squashed; and Sen. Ben Cardin, late to the game, backs filibuster of Neil Gorsuch for Supreme Court.

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