HB 884 - Allows low emission vehicles to use High Occupancy Vehicle lanes. The bill, sponsored by Del. Sue Hecht, D-Frederick/Washington, has passed the House and is awaiting a hearing in the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee.
HB 1048 - Provides tax breaks for employers who allow teleworking. A hearing on the bill, sponsored by Del. Sue Hecht, D-Frederick/Washington, was held Wednesday in the House Ways and Means Committee.
HB 1147 - Allows sex offenders to get life in prison with no chance of parole if a jury determines they are sexually violent predators. A hearing on the bill, sponsored by Del. Sue Hecht, D-Frederick/Washington, was held March 6 in the House Judiciary Committee.
HB 1282 - Requires long-term care facilities that advertise Alzheimer's units to specify what treatment they provide to the Office of Health Care Quality. A hearing on the bill, sponsored by Del. Sue Hecht, D-Frederick/Washington, is scheduled Thursday in the House Environmental Matters Committee.
HB 1284 - Requires mandatory psychiatric evaluations for all sex offenders before they are released. A hearing on the bill, sponsored by Del. Sue Hecht, D-Frederick/Washington, is scheduled Tuesday in the House Judiciary Committee.
HB 1088 - Allows home-schooled and private school students to participate in public school extracurricular activities. A hearing on the bill, sponsored by Del. Joseph R. Bartlett, R-Frederick/Washington, was held Feb. 28 in the House Ways and Means Committee.
HB 1136 - Requires drivers involved in serious accidents to stop within view of the accident. Existing law requires drivers to stop as close as possible to the accident scene. A hearing on the bill, sponsored by Del. Joseph R. Bartlett, R-Frederick/Washington, was held March 8 in the House Judiciary Committee.
HB 798 - Would have made it a crime to post personal information about someone on the Internet in order to harass them. The bill, sponsored by Del. Louise V. Snodgrass, R-Frederick/Washington, was killed by the House Judiciary Committee.
Other bills of local interest
SB 93 - Allows the Maryland Lottery to join another multijurisdictional game such as Powerball. The bill has passed the Senate and has a hearing Tuesday in the House Ways and Means Committee.
HB 9 - Allows hunting on one Sunday during firearms deer season. The bill has passed the House and has a hearing Tuesday in the Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee.
HB 10 - Allows people to get a permit to kill a bear that is threatening them or damages their property. The bill has passed the House and is awaiting a hearing in the Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee.
HB 31 - Bans the use of hand-held cell phones. The bill has been killed by the House Commerce and Government Matters Committee.
HB 232 - Makes it a crime for an inmate to expose himself or herself to a correctional officer. The bill has passed the House and is awaiting a hearing in the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee.
HB 377 - Bans the use of leghold traps for trapping nuisance animals such as foxes and skunks. The House Environmental Matters Committee held a hearing Feb. 6.
HB 984/SB 303 - Would have delayed farm runoff regulations and removed some of the red tape involved. The Senate bill was killed by the Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee. A hearing on the House bill was held Wednesday in the House Environmental Matters Committee.
HB 664/SB 817 - Would have set up an independent Wildlife and Inland Fisheries Commission to regulate hunting and recreational fishing. The Environmental Matters Committee requested a summer study of the bill. The Senate version was withdrawn.
HB 1222 - Lets people with debilitating medical conditions get permission from their doctor to grow and use small amounts of marijuana. A hearing on the bill was held Wednesday in the House Judiciary Committee.
