Testimony 2018 Session of the General Assembly


Hearing Date

Bill Name

Committee

LWVMD Position

1/24/2018 SB 133 Community Healthy Air Act EHEA Support
1/30/2018 HB 174 Election Law – Local Public Campaign Financing – Expansion W&M Support
1/30/2018 SB 190 Election Law - International Election Observers EHEA Support
1/30/2018 HB 260 Campaign Finance – Disclosure of Contributions and Expenditures – Preelection Period W&M Support
1/31/2018 HB 160 Budget Bill Broadening Options and Opportunities for Students Today (BOOST) APP Oppose
2/2/2018 SB 185 Budget Bill Broadening Options and Opportunities for Students Today (BOOST) B&T Senate Education, Business, and Administration Subcommittee Oppose
2/6/2018 HB 227 State Legislature Local Public Campaign Financing Act W&M Support W/ Amendments
2/6/2018 HB 152 Secure and Accessible Registration Act W&M Support
2/6/2018 HB 280 Ballot Access - Voter Registration - Affiliating With a Party W&M Support
2/6/2018 HB 383 Campaign Finance Entities - Solicitation Disclosures W&M Support
2/6/2018 HB 307 General Assembly - Special Election to Fill a Vacancy in Office W&M Support
2/6/2018 SB 295 Transparency Act of 2018 EHEA Support
2/7/2018 HB 26 Community Healthy Air Act ET  
2/7/2018  HB 116 Pesticides - Use of Chlorpyrifos - Prohibition ET Support
2/7/2018  SB 346 Criminal Law-Death Penalty- Reinstatement JPR Oppose
2/8/2018  HB 657 Motor Vehicle Insurance – Discrimination in Underwriting and Rating – Use of Marital Status or Gender ECM Support
2/8/2018  SJ 007 United States Constitution - Amendments Convention - Democracy Amendment EHEA Oppose
2/8/2018  SB 426 Election Laws - Loans to a Campaign Finance Entity EHEA Support
2/8/2018  SB 374 Public Funding and Small Donor Act for General Assembly Elections EHEA Support
2/8/2018  SB 375 Election Law – Local Public Campaign Financing – Expansion EHEA Support
2/13/2018 HB 84 Public Health – Child Care Products Containing Flame-Retardant Chemicals –Prohibition HGO Support
2/13/2018 SB 304 Maryland Healthy Working Families Act – Delay of Effective Date ECM Oppose
2/13/2018 HB 372 Maryland Metro Funding Act APP Support
2/13/2018 SB 500 Pesticides - Use of Chlorpyrifos - Prohibition EHEA Support
2/13/2018 HB 532 Elective Franchise - Registration and Voting at Precinct Polling Place W&M Support
2/13/2018 SB 539 Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing - Limitations JPR Support
2/13/2018 HB 541 Criminal Record Screening Practices (Ban the Box) JUD Support
2/13/2018 HB 737 Election Law - Campaign Finance Reports - Bank Statements W&M Support
2/13/2018 HB 755 Campaign Finance - Illegal Contributions - Fair Campaign Financing Fund W&M Support
2/13/2018 HB 759 Election Law – Campaign Finance Entities – Limit on Cash Contributions W&M Oppose
2/13/2018 HB 763 Campaign Finance Reports - Business Contributors - Registration Status W&M Support
2/14/2018 SB 277 Maryland Metro Funding Act B&T Support
2/15/2018 HB 786 Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing - Limitations JUD Support
2/15/2018 SB 594 Elective Franchise - Registration and Voting at Precinct Polling Place EHEA Support
2/16/2018 SB 594 Elective Franchise – Registration and Voting at Precinct Polling Place W&M Support
2/16/2018 HB 785 Maryland Small Donor Incentive Act W&M Support
2/19/2018 HB 352 Transparency Act of 2018 HRU Support
2/20/2018 HB 768 Election Law - Online Political Advertisements and Campaign W&M Support
2/20/2018 SB 610 Natural Resources - Forest Conservation Act - Standards and Requirements EHEA Support
2/20/2018 HB 981 Online Electioneering Transparency and Accountability Act W&M Support
2/21/2018 HB 538 Expanded Polystyrene Food Service Products - Prohibition ET Support
2/21/2018 HB 545 Landlord-Tenant Action-Body Attachment-Prohibition (Jared Kushner Act) JUD Support
2/21/2018 SB 878 Health Insurance – Medicaid Buy-In Task Force FIN Support
2/21/2018 HB 942 Real Property - Body Attachments - Debt Related to Residential Tenancy JUD Support
2/21/2018 HB 766 Natural Resources - Forest Conservation Act - Standards and Requirements ET Support
2/22/2018 HB 535 Transportation - Complete Streets Program - Establishment ET Support
2/26/2018 HB 356 General Assembly and Congressional Legislative Redistricting and Apportionment Commission  HRU Support
2/26/2018  HB 1022 Congressional Districts - Standards HRU Support
2/26/2018  HB 477 Potomac Compact for Fair Representation HRU Support W/ Amendments
2/26/2018  HB 537 Potomac Compact for Fair Representation HRU Support W/ Amendments
       
2/27/2018  SB 1059 Motor Vehicle Insurance – Discrimination in Underwriting and Rating – Use of Marital Status or Gender FIN Support
2/27/2018 HB 942 Real Property - Body Attachments - Debt Related to Residential Tenancy ET Support
2/27/2018 SB 651 Expanded Polystyrene Food Service Products - Prohibition EHEA Support
2/27/2018 HB 664 Labor and Employment - Payment of the Minimum Wage Required (Fight for Fifteen) ECM Support
2/27/2018 HB 767 Election Law - Securing Elections From Foreign Interference W&M Support
2/27/2018 SB 647 Earned Income Tax Credit - Individuals Without Qualifying Children - Expansion B&T Support
2/28/2018  HB 856 Earned Income Tax Credit - Individuals Without Qualifying Children - Expansion W&M  Support
2/28/2018 HB 1345 Sewerage Systems – Residential Major Subdivisions in Tier III and Tier IV Areas ET Oppose
3/1/2018 SB 730 Local Government - Municipal Elections - No-Excuse Absentee Voting EHEA Support
3/1/2018 SB 875 Online Electioneering Transparency and Accountability Act EHEA Support
3/1/2018 SB 1061 Ballot Access - Voter Registration - Affiliating With a Party EHEA Support
3/1/2018 SB 1048 Secure and Accessible Registration Act EHEA Support
3/1/2018 SB 307 General Assembly and Congressional Legislative Redistricting and Apportionment Commission EHEA Support
3/5/2018 HB 1453 Clean Energy Jobs Act of 2018: Renewable Energy and Job Development ECM Support
3/5/2018 HJ 11 United States Constitution - Amendments Convention - Democracy Amendment HRU Oppose
3/6/2018 SB 732 Clean Energy Jobs Act of 2018: Renewable Energy and Job Development FIN Support
3/6/2018 SB 1058 Renewable Energy – Offshore Wind Projects – Distance Requirements FIN Oppose
3/6/2018 HB 1287- Election Law - Business Entity Campaign Contributions - Prohibition W&M  Support
3/7/2018 HB 1638 Public Information Act - Revisions HGO Oppose
3/7/2018 HB 1415- Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education W&M  Support
3/8/2018 HB 1135 Renewable Energy - Offshore Wind Projects - Distance Requirements ECM Oppose
3/8/2018 SB 543 Labor and Employment - Payment of the Minimum Wage Required (Fight for Fifteen) FIN Support
3/14/2018 SB 407 Transportation - Complete Streets Program - Establishment B&T Support
3/21/2018 SB 647 Earned Income Tax Credit - Individuals Without Qualifying Children - Expansion W&M Support
3/22/2018 HB 755 Campaign Finance – Contributions in Name of Another – Fair Campaign Financing Fund EHEA Support
3/27/2018 HB 372 Maryland Metro Funding Act B&T Support W/ Amendments