Thread: MARYLAND (2011)

HOUSE BILL 400

Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

File Code: Higher Education

Sponsored By: Delegate McDonough

Entitled:
Higher Education - Eligibility for Student Financial Assistance - Requirement of Lawful Presence

Synopsis:

Requiring that a specified recipient of student financial assistance be a citizen or legal permanent resident of the United States and provide proof of lawful presence in the United States; and requiring the Office of Student Financial Assistance to compile a list of specified documents.

TEXT OF BILL: http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/bills/hb/hb0400f.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/HB0400.htm

HOUSE BILL 401

Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

File Code: Higher Education

Sponsored By: Delegates McDonough, Dwyer, Impallaria, Kipke, Krebs, and O'Donnell

Entitled:
Public Institutions of Higher Education - Tuition - Undocumented Aliens

Synopsis:

Prohibiting public institutions of higher education from classifying individuals as residents of the State eligible for in-State tuition unless the individuals provide documentation that certifies them as being lawfully present in the United States; requiring each public institution of higher education to use a specified federal program to verify that specified individuals are lawfully present in the United States; etc.

TEXT OF BILL: http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/bills/hb/hb0401f.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/HB0401.htm

HOUSE BILL 470

MARYLAND DREAM ACT OF 2011

Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

File Code: Higher Education

Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 167

Sponsored By: Delegates Hixson, Alston, Anderson, Arora, Barkley, Barnes, Barve, Bobo, Braveboy, Cane, Carr, Carter, Conaway, Cullison, Dumais, Feldman, Frush, Gaines, Gilchrist, Gutierrez, Harrison, Haynes, Healey, Howard, Hubbard, Hucker, Ivey, Jones, Kaiser, A. Kelly, Kramer, Lee, Love, Luedtke, McIntosh, A. Miller, Mizeur, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, Reznik, B. Robinson, S. Robinson, Rosenberg, Ross, Stukes, Summers, Tarrant, F. Turner, V. Turner, Valderrama, Vallario, Waldstreicher, Washington, and Zucker

Entitled:
Higher Education - Tuition Charges - Maryland High School Students

Synopsis:

Establishing that specified individuals, other than specified nonresident individuals, shall be exempt from paying nonresident tuition at specified public institutions of higher education under specified circumstances; requiring specified individuals to provide documentation regarding Maryland income tax withholding; and requiring the governing board of each public institution of higher education to adopt specified policies.

TEXT OF BILL: http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/bills/hb/hb0470f.pdf

STATUS:
House
2/7 First Reading Ways and Means
2/16 Hearing 3/9 at 1:00 p.m.

Senate
No Action

http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/billfile/HB0470.htm

SENATE BILL 167

MARYLAND DREAM ACT OF 2011

Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

File Code: Higher Education

Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 470

Sponsored By: Senators Ramirez, Madaleno, Benson, Conway, Currie, Ferguson, Forehand, Garagiola, Gladden, Jones-Rodwell, Kelley, King, Manno, Montgomery, Pinsky, Pugh, Raskin, and Robey

Entitled:
Higher Education - Tuition Charges - Maryland High School Students

Synopsis:

Establishing that specified individuals, other than specified nonresident individuals, shall be exempt from paying nonresident tuition at specified public institutions of higher education under specified circumstances; requiring specified individuals to provide documentation regarding Maryland income tax withholding; and requiring the governing board of each public institution of higher education to adopt specified policies.

TEXT OF BILL: http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/bills/sb/sb0167f.pdf

STATUS:
Senate
1/24 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
2/2 Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
3/3 Favorable with Amendments Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
3/4 Favorable with Amendments.. Laid Over (Senator Pinsky) Adopted
Passed 7-4 http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/votes_co ... 67_ehe.pdf
3/7
Favorable with Amendments
Special Order until 3/9 (Senator Pinsky) Adopted
3/9
Favorable with Amendments
Committee Amendment Withdrawn
Substitute Committee Amendment
Motion Re-referred Budget and Taxation (Senator Brochin) Rejected (13-33)
Substitute Committee Amendment
Motion Special Order until 3/10 (Senator Jacobs) Rejected (13-33)
Substitute Committee Amendment Adopted (26-20)
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted (28-18 )
Special Order until evening session (Senator Pipkin) Adopted
Floor Amendment (Senator Garagiola) Adopted
Floor Amendment (Senator Middleton) Adopted
Floor Amendment (Senator Zirkin) Rejected (21-25)
Floor Amendment (Senator Garagiola)
Special Order until later today (Senator Pinsky) Adopted
Floor Amendment (Senator Brinkley)
Special Order until later today (Senator Pipkin) Adopted
Floor Amendment (Senator Brinkley) Adopted
Floor Amendment (Senator Brinkley) Rejected (17-28 )
Floor Amendment (Senator Brochin) Rejected (15-31)
Floor Amendment (Senator Brochin)
Special Order until later today (Senator Pinsky) Adopted
Floor Amendment (Senator Kittleman) Withdrawn
Floor Amendment (Senator Kittleman) Rejected (19-26)
Floor Amendment (Senator Colburn) Rejected (21-23)
Floor Amendment (Senator Jacobs) Rejected (23-23)
Floor Amendment (Senator Pipkin) Withdrawn
Floor Amendment (Senator Pipkin) Rejected (19-27)
Floor Amendment (Senator Simonaire) Rejected (16-27)
Floor Amendment (Senator Brinkley) Withdrawn
Floor Amendment (Senator Brinkley) Adopted
Floor Amendment (Senator Brochin) Rejected (19-27)
Floor Amendment (Senator Kittleman) Rejected (18-28 )
Floor Amendment (Senator Kittleman) Rejected (16-28 )
Floor Amendment (Senator Jacobs) Withdrawn
Floor Amendment (Senator Pipkin) Rejected (20-26)
Floor Amendment (Senator Garagiola) Withdrawn
Floor Amendment (Senator Garagiola) Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/14
Third Reading Passed (27-20)

House
No Action

http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/billfile/SB0167.htm

SENATE BILL 329

Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 372

Sponsored By: Senator Brinkley

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 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/sb/sb0329f.pdf

STATUS:
Senate
2/2 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
2/9 Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
2/11 Hearing cancelled. Hearing 3/9 at 1:00 p.m.
3/10 Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
3/21 Unfavorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs

House
No Action

http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/billfile/SB0329.htm

SENATE BILL 390

Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

File Code: State Government - Procurement

Sponsored By: Senators Shank, Colburn, Edwards, Getty, Glassman, Jacobs, Pipkin, Reilly, Simonaire, Stone, and Young

Entitled:
State Government - E-Verify Program

Synopsis:

Declaring that it is the public policy of the State to restrict and deter the use of unauthorized alien workers in the performance of public contracts and grants in the State; specifying criteria for mandatory registration in a federal E-Verify program for specified contractors and grantees; prohibiting noncompliant persons or entities from performing specified contracts; imposing specified requirements on subcontractors; authorizing the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to assess penalties; etc.

TEXT OF BILL: http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/bills/sb/sb0390f.pdf

STATUS:
Senate
2/3 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
2/9 Hearing 3/3 at 1:00 p.m
3/21 Unfavorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs

House
No Action

http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/billfile/SB0390.htm

SENATE BILL 506

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

File Code: State Government - General Assembly

Sponsored By: Senators Jacobs, Colburn, Getty, Glassman, Jennings, Pipkin, Reilly, Shank, Simonaire, and Stone

Entitled:
General Assembly - Legislative Redistricting - Exclusion of Noncitizens

Synopsis:

Requiring that the General Assembly legislative districts established following each decennial census include in the population count only those individuals residing in the district who are citizens of the United States and of Maryland; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejection.

TEXT OF BILL: http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/bills/sb/sb0506f.pdf

STATUS:
Senate
2/4 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
2/9 Hearing 3/3 at 1:00 p.m.

House
No Action

http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/billfile/SB0506.htm

SENATE BILL 537

Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

File Code: Unemployment Insurance

Sponsored By: Senator Kittleman

Entitled:
Unemployment Insurance Benefits - Disqualification

Synopsis:

Providing that an individual who is otherwise eligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits is disqualified from receiving benefits if the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation finds that the individual's unemployment resulted from being discharged because the individual was no longer legally able to work in the United States.

TEXT OF BILL: http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/bills/sb/sb0537f.pdf

STATUS:
Senate
2/4 First Reading Finance
2/8 Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
2/22 Hearing cancelled

House
No Action

http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/billfile/SB0537.htm

SENATE BILL 585

Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

File Code: State Government - Regulations and Procedures

Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 28

Sponsored By: Senators Stone, DeGrange, Jacobs, and Shank

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/sb/sb0585f.pdf

STATUS:
Senate
2/4 First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
2/9 Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
3/14 Unfavorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs

House
No Action

http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/billfile/SB0585.htm

SENATE BILL 621

Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

File Code: Public Safety

Sponsored By: Senators DeGrange, Jacobs, Shank, and Stone

Entitled:
Division of Correction and Division of Parole and Probation - Reports and Records - Inmate's Place of Birth

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 is of foreign birth; etc.

TEXT OF BILL: http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/bills/sb/sb0621f.pdf

STATUS:
Senate
2/4 First Reading Judicial Proceedings
2/9 Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
2/24 Hearing cancelled
3/7 Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings Withdrawn

House
No Action

http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/billfile/SB0621.htm