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8/7/2019 Vetoed Bills

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House Bill 126 – Steam Heating Companies (Delegate Guns, et al)Eliminating the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission over steam heating companies;providing that a steam heating company is an "owner" for purposes of specified underground

utility provisions; requiring a steam heating company to abide by a specified rate structure andmaintain service to its customers for a specified time period, except under specifiedcircumstances; requiring a steam heating company that ceases to be a regulated public servicecompany under the Act to notify its customers by a specified date; etc.

3/12 House: Third Reading Passed (137-0)4/8 Senate: Third Reading Passed (46-0)5/21 Vetoed by the Governor – Policy

House Bill 128 – Baltimore City - Housing - Proposed Development - Notice to CommunityAssociation (Delegates Goodwin, Oaks, and Pugh)

Requiring a developer, before obtaining a permit from Baltimore City for the construction of aspecified development located in Baltimore City within the boundaries of a communityrepresented by a community association, to notify the community association and meet with itsmembers at a scheduled meeting concerning the proposed development; etc.

3/10 House: Third Reading Passed (134-0)4/4 Senate: Third Reading Passed (46-0)5/21 Vetoed by the Governor – Technical

House Bill 193 – Personal Property Tax - Lien for Unpaid Taxes (Delegate Hixson, et al)Clarifying that the lien on real property for unpaid tax on personal property is subordinate to all

other liens perfected against the real property prior to the attachment of the lien; and providingfor the application of the Act.


House Bill 366 – Electric and Gas Utility Tax Reform (Delegate G. Clagett)Imposing a public service company franchise tax on electric and gas utilities based on kilowatthours of electricity or therms of natural gas delivered for final consumption in the State at a rateof 0.062 cents per kilowatt and 0.402 cents per therm; imposing the income tax on the income of

electric and gas utilities; providing a property tax exemption for machinery and equipment usedto generate electricity in the State; providing grants to counties; etc.




House Bill 514 – Criminal Procedure - Supervised Probation - Exemptions from Programand Supervision Fees (Delegate Menes)Authorizing a court to exempt a person under the supervision of the Division of Parole andProbation from paying a specified monthly program fee; clarifying that a specified exemption isapplicable during fiscal years 2030 through 2034; and applying the Act prospectively.


House Bill 703 – Electric Utility Industry Restructuring (Delegate McMillan, et al)Enabling the restructuring of the electric utility industry of the State, subject to oversight of thePublic Service Commission; requiring the phased implementation of customer choice for electriccustomers in the State; reducing certain rates for 4 years; allowing municipal electric utilities tomake their service territory available for customer choice; requiring an electric company toprovide certain services in its territory; requiring persons to be licensed before providing

electricity supply services in the State; etc.3/31 House: Third Reading Passed (99-36)4/6 Senate: Third Reading Passed (34-13)5/21 Vetoed by the Governor – Policy

House Bill 787 – Maryland Crime Laboratory Council (Delegate Getty, et al)Establishing a Maryland Crime Laboratory Council in the Governor's Office of Crime Controland Prevention; establishing the membership, duties, meeting requirements, and procedures of the Council; and providing for the termination of the Act.


House Bill 1012 – Public Service Commission - Funding and Personnel (Delegate Guns, etal)Establishing the Public Service Commission Fund (PSC) for specified purposes; providing forthe funding of costs and expenses of the PSC in a specified manner and subject to a specifiedlimit; authorizing the PSC to alter the salary plan and classes of PSC personnel, subject tospecified review; providing that specified PSC personnel are in specified services or are specialappointments in the State Personnel Management System; requiring a specified annual report;etc.


House Bill 1178 – Electricity - Industrial Customer Choice (Frederick County Delegation)



Authorizing specified industrial electricity customers to have access to customer choice during aspecified period and under specified circumstances; etc.

4/7 House: Third Reading Passed (133-5)4/8 Senate: Third Reading Passed (46-0)

5/21 Vetoed by the Governor–

Policy

Senate Bill 333 – Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (Senator Coulter, et al)Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish and maintain a PrescriptionDrug Monitoring Program within the Department; establishing the powers and duties of theSecretary of Health and Mental Hygiene under the Program; requiring prescription monitoringdata to be destroyed after a specified time period unless a specified request is made; creating anAdvisory Board on Prescription Drug Monitoring to assist in the design, implementation, andevaluation of the Program; etc.

3/26 Senate: Third Reading Passed (47-0)

4/6 House: Third Reading Passed (138-0)5/21 Vetoed by the Governor – Policy

Senate Bill 461 – Voters' Rights Protection Act – Clarification (Senator Gladden)Clarifying the circumstances under which and locations in which a person is prohibited fromattiring or equipping an individual, or permitting an individual to be attired or equipped, in aspecified manner in connection with an election; and providing for a penalty.

3/25 Senate: Third Reading Passed (45-0)4/6 House: Third Reading Passed (137-0)5/21 Vetoed by the Governor – Policy

Senate Bill 998 – Maryland Higher Education Commission – Review of DuplicativeAcademic Programs (Senator Conway, et al)Requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to make a specified determinationconcerning a program approved or implemented after a specified date; providing that specifieddecisions of the Commission concerning duplication of academic programs are subject tospecified judicial review; etc.

4/1 Senate: Third Reading Passed (43-4)4/4 House: Third Reading Passed (134-1)5/21 Vetoed by the Governor – Policy

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