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2018 Legislative Scorecard
| WISE Issue of Interest
*Based on final vote in House or Senate |
Senator Reilly | Delegate Malone | Delegate McConkey | Delegate Saab | Status |
| HB0532/SB0594 Elective Franchise – Registration & Voting at Place of Voting
Allow a qualified individual to register and vote at a polling place on election day or on a day designated for voting before election day |
N | N | N | N | Passed |
| HB0662/SB0256 Presidential Candidate Tax Transparency Act
Requiring candidates for President or Vice President of the United States to file public copies of federal tax returns in order to appear on the ballot in Maryland |
N | n/a | n/a | n/a | Not Passed
(Stuck in Ways and Means) |
| HB0152/SB1048 Secure and Accessible Registration Act
Allowing automatic registration of voters at places like the MVA unless voter opts out |
N | N | N | N | Passed |
| HB1194/SB1023 Drug Cost Commission
For drugs costing over $30,000 a year, a commission would require drug corporations to explain the rationale behind pricing and be subject to a pricing standard |
n/a | Y | Y | Y | Not Passed
(Voted on only once in Senate) |
| HB0736/SB576 Information on and Sales of Prescription Drugs
Prohibiting a Pharmacy Benefits Manager from not allowing pharmacists to provide patients with information regarding the retail price of a prescription drug or the amount of the cost share for a prescription drug for which the beneficiary is responsible |
Y | Y | Y | Y | Passed |
| HB1453/SB0732 Clean Energy Jobs Act of 2018
Raise the amount of renewable energy used in MD to 50% by 2030 |
n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Not Passed
(Voted down by Economic Matters) |
| HB0766/SB0610 Forest Conservation
Improve the current Forest Protection Act by creating a task force to develop findings and make recommendations to protect Maryland’s most vulnerable forests |
Y | Y | N | Y | Not Passed
(Allowed to die in GA on last day of session) |
| HB1632&HB0715/SB1142 Public Service Commission Reform
Create a more extensive PSC analysis of community health impacts and improve notice communications to communities when gas infrastructure proposals are submitted to the PSC. |
n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Not Passed
(Voted down by Economic Matters |
| HB1/SB2 Rape Survivor Family protection Act
Authorize court to terminate parental rights for men convicted of non-consensual sex |
Y | Y | Y | Y | Passed |
| HB301/SB270 Repeat Sexual Predator Prevention Act
Make evidence that defendants committed prior sexually assaultive behavior admissible to the court |
Y | Y | Y | Y | Passed |
| HB1646/SB1036 Firearms Transfer (Women’s Domestic Bill)
Convicted domestic abusers will now be ordered by the court to surrender any firearms in their possession |
Y | Y | Y | Y | Passed |
| HB888/SB707 Rapid Fire Trigger Activator
Ban ‘bump-style’ stocks and other accessories that enable a semi-automatic rifle to simulate automatic gunfire |
Y | Y | Y | Y | Passed |
| HB1461 Supporting All Families Everywhere (SAFE)
Maintain community trust in Maryland governmental operations and law enforcement by clarifying the parameters of State and local participation in federal immigration enforcement efforts |
n/a | N (CommitteeVote) |
n/a | n/a | Not Passed |
| HB0001 MD Healthy Working Families
Employers with 16 employees or more are required to provide up to 5 days of earned sick and safe leave (passed in 2017, then vetoed by Gov. Hogan, and veto overridden by General Assembly in 2018) |
N | N | N | N | Passed |
| HB0902/SB1028 Youth Mental Health Protection Act-Conversion Therapy
Prohibits provision of conversion therapy to minors by licensed healthcare providers |
Y | Ab | N | Ab | Passed |
| SB1218/HB1224 Ending Youth Homelessness Act of 2018. Creates a state grant program to fund community-based organizations offering supportive services — including emergency shelter and time-limited housing — for Maryland’s nearly 2,500 homeless youth | Y | Y | Y | Y | Passed |
| SB1156/HB447 County Pretrial Services Fund
Establishing the Pretrial Services Program Grant Fund to provide grants to eligible counties to establish or improve pretrial services |
Y | N | N | N | Passed |
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