Thread: MARYLAND (2011)

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HOUSE BILL 28
Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
File Code: State Government - Regulations and Procedures
Prior Year Introduction As: HB 343/10 - APP

Sponsored By: Delegate O'Donnell

Entitled:
Public Benefits - Requirement of Proof of Lawful Presence

Synopsis:

Requiring that adults provide proof of lawful presence in the United States before receiving public benefits; requiring State units and political subdivisions that provide public benefits to verify the lawful presence of specified persons in the United States; requiring applicants for public benefits to produce specified types of identification and affidavits; etc.


TEXT OF BILL: http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/bills/hb/hb0028f.pdf

STATUS:
House
1/13 First Reading Appropriations
1/19 Hearing 2/1 at 1:00 p.m.
3/14 Unfavorable Report by Appropriations

Senate
No Action


http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/billfile/HB0028.htm

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Contact list for House:
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HOUSE BILL 34

Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations

File Code: Social Services - Generally

Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 15

Sponsored By: Delegates Malone and Aumann

Entitled:
Commission to Study the Impact of Immigrants in Maryland - Sunset Extension

Synopsis:

Altering the date on which a specified final report by the Commission to Study the Impact of Immigrants in Maryland is due; and extending the termination date of the Commission by 1 year to May 31, 2012.

TEXT OF BILL: http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/bills/hb/hb0034f.pdf

STATUS:
House Action
1/14 First Reading Appropriations
1/19 Hearing 2/1 at 1:00 p.m.
2/21 Favorable Report by Appropriations
2/22 Favorable Report Adopted, Second Reading Passed
2/24 Third Reading Passed (125-13)

Senate Action
2/25 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs


http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/billfile/HB0034.htm

HOUSE BILL 239

Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary

File Code: Public Safety

Prior Year Introduction As: HB 1012/10 - JUD

Sponsored By: Delegates McDonough, Dwyer, Kach, Kipke, Krebs, McComas, McMillan, O'Donnell, Ready, and Stocksdale

Entitled:
Report and Record Immigration Status - Division of Correction and Division of Parole and Probation

Synopsis:

Requiring the Division of Correction and the Division of Parole and Probation to forward specified information from a specified case record and presentence investigation report, respectively, to the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency if the case record or presentence investigation report indicates that the inmate or the individual has an immigration status; etc.

TEXT OF BILL: http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/bills/hb/hb0239f.pdf

STATUS:
House
1/31 First Reading Judiciary
2/1 Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
2/21 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary

Senate
No Action

http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/billfile/HB0239.htm

HOUSE BILL 272

Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary

File Code: Criminal Law - Procedure


Sponsored By: Delegates McDonough, Dwyer, Kach, Kipke, Krebs, McComas, McMillan, Ready, and Stocksdale

Entitled:
Criminal Procedure - Bail or Pretrial Release on Recognizance - Requirement

Synopsis:

Requiring, notwithstanding any other law or Maryland Rule, that a court or a District Court commissioner ask a defendant to provide information on the defendant's legal status in the United States before the court or a District Court commissioner authorizes the defendant's pretrial release on bail or personal recognizance; and authorizing the court or a District Court commissioner to consider the information on the defendant's legal status in deciding whether to authorize the pretrial release of the defendant.

TEXT OF BILL: http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/bills/hb/hb0272f.pdf

STATUS:
House
1/31 First Reading Judiciary
2/1 Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m
2/21 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary

Senate
No Action

http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/billfile/HB0272.htm

HOUSE BILL 276

Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary

File Code: Public Safety

Prior Year Introduction As: HB 866/10 - JUD

Sponsored By: Delegates McDonough, Dwyer, Elliott, Kach, Kipke, Krebs, McComas, O'Donnell, Parrott, Ready, Stocksdale, and Wood

Entitled:
Public Safety - Enforcement of Federal Immigration Law by Law Enforcement Agencies

Synopsis:

Requiring each law enforcement agency in the State to enter into a memorandum of understanding to enforce federal immigration law; requiring each law enforcement agency in the State to provide training in federal immigration law to a law enforcement officer that will be performing immigration enforcement under a memorandum of understanding; and defining the terms "law enforcement agency" and "memorandum of understanding".

TEXT OF BILL: http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/bills/hb/hb0276f.pdf

STATUS:
House
1/31 First Reading Judiciary
2/1 Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
2/21 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary

Senate
No Action

http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/billfile/HB0276.htm

HOUSE BILL 342

Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary

File Code: Criminal Law - Procedure

Sponsored By: Delegates Cluster, Afzali, Bates, Boteler, Dwyer, Elliott, Hershey, Impallaria, Kach, K. Kelly, McComas, McConkey, McDermott, McDonough, W. Miller, Minnick, Myers, Norman, O'Donnell, Parrott, Ready, Schuh, Schulz, Smigiel, Stocksdale, Szeliga, and Weir

Entitled:
Criminal Procedure - Undocumented Immigrants - Prohibition on Pretrial Release

Synopsis:

Prohibiting a judge or a District Court commissioner from authorizing the pretrial release of a defendant who cannot provide documentation acceptable to the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services certifying that the individual is lawfully present in the United States in accordance with federal law.

TEXT OF BILL: http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/bills/hb/hb0342f.pdf

STATUS:
House
2/2 First Reading Judiciary
2/15 Hearing at 1:00 p.m.
2/21 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary

Senate
No Action

http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/billfile/HB0342.htm

HOUSE BILL 372

Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

File Code: Education - Local Bills

Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 329

Sponsored By: Frederick County Delegation

Entitled:
Frederick County - Board of Education - Alien Students

Synopsis:

Requiring the Frederick County Board of Education, by a good faith effort, to provide the Board of County Commissioners for Frederick County by March 1 of each school year with the total number of students in the Frederick County public school system whose presence in the United States cannot be reasonably documented; and prohibiting the Board of Education from associating a student's race, appearance, language, or name with citizenship or immigration status.

TEXT OF BILL: http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/bills/hb/hb0372f.pdf

STATUS:
House
2/3 First Reading Ways and Means
2/16 Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m.

Senate
No Action

http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/billfile/HB0372.htm

HOUSE BILL 380

Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations

File Code: State Government - Regulations and Procedures

Sponsored By: Delegates McDonough, Dwyer, Impallaria, Kach, Kipke, Krebs, McComas, McMillan, Ready, and Stocksdale

Entitled:
Public Benefits - Requirement of Proof of Lawful Presence

Synopsis:

Requiring that adults provide proof of lawful presence in the United States before receiving public benefits; requiring State units and political subdivisions that provide public benefits to verify the lawful presence of persons in the United States; requiring applicants for public benefits to produce specified types of identification and affidavits; etc.

TEXT OF BILL: http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/bills/hb/hb0380f.pdf

STATUS:
House
2/3 First Reading Appropriations
2/9 Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
3/14 Unfavorable Report by Appropriations

Senate
No Action

http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/billfile/HB0380.htm

HOUSE BILL 390

Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

File Code: Higher Education

Sponsored By:
Delegates McDonough, Dwyer, Impallaria, Kipke, and Krebs

Entitled:
Higher Education - Senatorial and Delegate Scholarships - Eligibility Requirements

Synopsis:

Requiring an applicant for a senatorial or delegate scholarship to affirm through documentation that the applicant is a citizen or a legal permanent resident of the United States; requiring a specified recipient of a senatorial scholarship to continue to be a citizen or legal permanent resident of the United States to hold the award for a specified number of years; and requiring that an applicant for a delegate scholarship be a resident of the State.

TEXT OF BILL: http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/bills/hb/hb0390f.pdf

STATUS:
House
2/3 First Reading Ways and Means
2/16 Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m.

Senate
No Action

http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/billfile/HB0390.htm