Hearing
Date |
Bill Name |
Committee |
LWVMD
Position |
Type of Testimony |
| 3/11/2015 |
HB 1017 Election Law - Qualification of Voters - Proof of Identity |
W&M |
Oppose |
Written |
| 3/12/2015 |
HB 1042 Environment - Nitrogen Oxide Emissions - Pollution and Combustion |
ECM |
Support |
Sign-on with Sierra Club |
| 3/11/2015 |
HB 1049 Voter Registration Act of 2015 |
W&M |
Support |
Written |
| 3/10/2015 |
HB 1051 Labor and Employment - Equal Pay for Equal Work |
ECM |
Support |
Written |
| 3/11/2015 |
HB 1064 Election Law - Audits of Election Results |
W&M |
Support |
Written & Oral |
| 3/18/2015 |
HB 1071 Circuit Court Judges - Election, Qualifications, and Term of Office |
JUD & W&M |
Support |
Written |
| 4/8/2015 |
HB 1073 Environment - Crude Oil Rail Transport - Risk Assessment and Accident Prevention Study |
FIN |
Support |
Written |
| 3/11/2015 |
HB 1088 Election Law - Campaign Finance - Coordinated Expenditures Between Candidates and Outside Spending Organizations |
W&M |
Oppose |
Written |
| 3/11/2015 |
HB 174 Motor Fuel Tax Rates - Consumer Price Index Adjustment - Repeal |
W&M |
Support with Amendments |
Written & Oral, Sign on with Common Cause |
| 3/6/2015 |
HB 185 Real Time Transparency Act |
W&M |
Oppose |
Written |
| 2/18/2015 |
HB 219 Independent Expenditures and Electioneering Communications - Registration and Reporting |
W&M |
Support |
Written & Oral |
| 2/18/2015 |
HB 239 Election Law - Use of Campaign Funds for Meeting and Conference Expenses |
W&M |
Oppose |
Sign on with Common Cause |
| 3/2/2015 |
HB 267 Legislative and Congressional Redistricting - Standards and Processes |
R&EN |
Support with amendments |
Sign on with Common Cause |
| 1/28/2015 |
HB 28 Primary and Secondary Education - Security - School Resource Officers |
W&M |
Oppose |
Sign on with Maryland Education Coalition |
| 2/18/2015 |
HB 294 Election Law - Contributions - Disclosure |
W&M |
Support |
Written & Oral |
| 2/17/2015 |
HB 301 Public Safety-Segregated Confinement-Report |
JUD |
Support |
Written & Sign on with ACLU |
| 2/20/2015 |
HB 377 Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Revisions (Maryland Clean Energy Advancement Act of 2015) |
ECM |
Support |
Written |
| 2/25/2015 |
HB 381 Agriculture - Nutrient Management - Phosphorus Management Tool |
ET |
Support |
Written |
| 2/13/2015 |
HB 385 Labor and Employment - Maryland Healthy Working Families Act |
ECM |
Support |
Written |
| 2/17/2015 |
HB 4 Maryland Wage and Hour Law - State Minimum Wage Rate - Increase |
ECM |
Support |
Written |
| 3/2/2015 |
HB 427 - Voters’ Legislative Districting Panel - Establishment |
R&EN |
Support with amendments |
Sign on with Common Cause and National Congress of Jewish Women, Annapolis Section |
| 3/2/2015 |
HB 428 - Voters’ Congressional Districting Panel - Establishment |
R&EN |
Support with amendments |
Sign on with Common Cause and National Congress of Jewish Women, Annapolis Section |
| 2/11/2015 |
HB 43 Election Law - Petitions - Prohibited Actions |
W&M |
Support |
Written |
| 3/26/2015 |
HB 43 Election Law - Petitions - Prohibited Actions |
EHEA |
Support |
Written |
| 3/11/2015 |
HB 449 Environment - Hydraulic Fracturing - Protect Our Health and Communities |
ET |
Support |
Written |
| 2/26/2015 |
HB 450 State Highway Administration - Bicycle and Pedestrian Priority Areas |
ET |
Support |
Written |
| 3/3/2015 |
HB 456 Work Group to Study Safe Harbor Policy for Youth Victims of Human Trafficking |
JUD |
Support |
Written |
| 3/4/2015 |
HB 485 Election Law - Fair Campaign Financing Fund - Income Tax Checkoff |
W&M |
Support |
Written & Oral |
| 2/26/2015 |
HB 487 Maryland Education Credit |
W&M |
Oppose |
Written |
| 2/25/2015 |
HB 514 Maryland Commission on Climate Change |
ET |
Support |
Written |
| 2/26/2015 |
HB 539 State Highway Administration - Evaluation of Urban Highways - Classifications and Speed Limits |
ET |
Support |
Written |
| 3/18/2015 |
HB 548 Circuit Court Judges - Election |
JUD & W&M |
Support |
Written |
| 3/11/2015 |
HB 550 State Aid - Business Transparency and Financial Disclosure Act |
HGO |
Support |
Sign on with Common Cause |
| 3/4/2015 |
HB 573 Fair Elections Act |
W&M |
Support |
Written & Oral |
| 3/18/2015 |
HB 582 Circuit Court Judges - Selection, Qualifications, and Term of Office |
JUD |
Support with amendments |
Written |
| 3/11/2015 |
HB 583 Open Meetings Act - Requirements for Providing Agendas |
HGO |
Support |
Written |
| 3/4/2015 |
HB 604 General Assembly – Special Election to Fill a Vacancy in Office |
W&M |
Oppose |
Written |
| 3/13/2015 |
HB 605 Agriculture-Neonicotinoid Pesticides - Labeling Requirements (Pollenator Protection Act of 2015) |
ET |
Support |
Written & Sign on with Clean Water Action |
| 3/2/2015 |
HB 610 - Elections - Study Commission on the Redistricting Process in Maryland |
R&EN |
Support with amendments |
Sign on with Common Cause |
| 3/11/2015 |
HB 674 Public Information Act - List of Contact Information for Governmental Unit Representatives |
HGO |
Support |
Sign on with Common Cause |
| 3/10/2015 |
SB 693 Environment - Ambient Air Quality Control - Cumulative Air Impact Analysis |
EHEA |
Support with amendments |
Sign on with Maryland Environmental Health |
| 2/11/2015 |
HB 73 Voters’ Right Protection Act of 2015 |
W&M |
Support |
Written |
| 3/11/2015 |
HB 755 General Provisions - Public Information Act - Enforcement, Fees and Exemptions |
HGO |
Support |
Written |
| 3/26/2015 |
HB 769 Election Law - Persons Doing Public Business - Statements of Contributions |
EHEA |
Support |
Written |
| 3/26/2015 |
HB 775 Inaugural Committees - Required Disclosure of Donors and Donor Amounts |
EHEA |
Support |
Written |
| 3/3/2015 |
HB 824 Real Property - Landlord & Tenant - Residential Leases and Just Cause Evictions |
ET |
Support |
Written |
| 3/2/2015 |
HB 850 Congressional Districts - Standards and Process |
R&EN |
Support |
Written & Oral |
| 3/11/2015 |
HB 885 Corporations - Political Expenditures - Stockholder |
W&M |
Support |
Written & Oral |
| 3/18/2015 |
HB 891 Voting Disclosure Act of 2015 |
JUD & W&M |
Oppose |
Sign on with Common Cause |
| 3/2/2015 |
HB 906 - Legislative and Congressional Districting - Standards and Processes |
R&EN |
Support with amendments |
Sign on with Common Cause and National Congress of Jewish Women, Annapolis Section |
| 3/12/2015 |
HB 933 Energy Efficiency and Demand Management Programs and Services - Repeal |
ECM |
Oppose |
Written and Sign on |
| 3/11/2015 |
HB 997 Blue Ribbon Commission on Voting, Openness, Transparency, and Equality (VOTE) in Elections |
W&M |
Support with amendments |
Written & Oral |
| 2/19/2015 |
SB 153 Corporations - Political Expendetures - Stockholder Approval |
EHEA |
Support |
Written |
| 2/17/2015 |
SB 163 Agriculture-Neonicotinoid Pesticide - Labeling |
EHEA |
Support |
Written |
| 2/19/2015 |
SB 166 General Assembly - Special Election to Fill a Vacancy in Office |
EHEA |
Oppose |
Written |
| 2/19/2015 |
SB 192 Voters’ Rights Protection Act of 2015 |
EHEA |
Support |
Written |
| 2/19/2015 |
SB 204 Election Law - Primary Election Dates in the Presidential Election Year |
EHEA |
Support in part |
Written |
| 2/17/2015 |
SB 256 Maryland Shoreline Risk Assessment, Preparation and Adaptation Act |
EHEA |
Support |
Written & Oral |
| 2/24/2015 |
SB 257 Agriculture - Nutrient Management - Phosphorus Management Tool |
EHEA |
Support |
Written |
| 2/17/2015 |
SB 258 Maryland Commission on Climate Change |
EHEA |
Support |
Written & Oral |
| 3/18/2015 |
SB 371 State Highway Administration - Bicycle and Pedestrian Priority Areas |
FIN |
Support |
Written |
| 2/24/2015 |
SB 373 Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Revisions (Maryland Clean Energy Advancement Act of 2015) |
FIN |
Support |
Written |
| 2/3/2015 |
SB 40 Labor and Employment - Maryland Healthy Working Families Act |
FIN |
Support |
Written |
| 2/25/2015 |
SB 405 Maryland Education Credit |
B&T |
Oppose |
Written |
| 2/26/2015 |
SB 414 Public Safety - Segregated Confinement - Report |
JPR |
Support |
Written & Sign on to ACLU Fact Sheet |
| 3/5/2015 |
SB 424 Labor & Employment - Equal Pay for Equal Work |
FIN |
Support |
Written |
| 3/5/2015 |
SB 448 Congresstional Districts - Standards and Processes |
EHEA |
Support |
Written & Oral |
| 2/4/2015 |
SB 47 Election Law - Fair Campaign Financing Fund - Income Tax Checkoff |
B&T |
Support |
Written |
| 3/5/2015 |
SB 480 Commission on Rental Housing Stabilization |
JPR |
Support |
Written |
| 2/5/2015 |
SB 5 Election Law – Canvass of Votes – Public Observation |
EHEA |
Support |
Written & Oral - ACLU and Common Cause with LWVMD testimony |
| 2/24/2015 |
SB 509 Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority - Purpose, Appointments, and Compensation |
EHEA |
Support |
Written |
| 3/5/2015 |
SB 518 Fair Elections Act |
EHEA |
Support |
Written & Oral |
| 3/5/2015 |
SB 519 Public Funding and Small Donor Act for General Assembly Elections |
EHEA |
Support |
Sign on with Common Cause |
| 3/4/2015 |
SB 520 Criminal Law - Human Trafficking - Affirmative Defense |
JPR |
Support |
Written |
| 3/3/2015 |
SB 521 Work Group to Study Safe Harbor Policy for Youth Victims of Human Trafficking |
JPR |
Support |
Written |
| 3/10/2015 |
SB 593 Election Law - Fair Campaign Financing Fund - Income Tax Checkoff |
B&T |
Support |
Written & Oral |
| 3/12/2015 |
SB 660 State Budget |
B&T |
Support |
Written |
| 3/10/2015 |
SB 679 Election of Circuit Court Judges - Nonpartisan General Election |
JPR |
Support with amendment |
Written & Oral |
| 3/5/2015 |
SB 680 Blue Ribbon Commission on Voting, Openness, Transparency, and Equality (VOTE) in Elections |
EHEA |
Support with amendments |
Written & Oral |
| 3/6/2015 |
SB 695 General Provisions - Public Information Act - Enforcement, Fees and Exemptions |
EHEA |
Support |
Written & Sign on with Marylanders for Open Government |
| 3/19/2015 |
SB 823 Election Laws - Loans to a Campaign Finance Entity |
EHEA |
Support |
Written & Oral |
| 3/24/2015 |
SB 919 Environment - Implementation of Watershed Implementation Plan - Limitation |
EHEA |
Oppose |
Sign on with Chesapeake Bay Foundation |
| 4/7/2015 |
SB 938 – Public Service Commission - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Land-Based Wind Generating Stations in Kent County |
FIN |
Oppose |
Sign on with Chesapeake Climate Action |
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