MD FAMILY LAW BILLS AS OF 1/14/13

BILL # / SPONSOR(S) / TITLE / SYNOPSIS / STATUS
SB 52
(See HB 10) / Sen. Colburn / Family Law - Denial of Custody or Visitation - Sexual Abuse of a Minor / Prohibiting a court, except under specified circumstances or unless good cause for the award of custody or visitation is shown, from awarding custody of a child or visitation with a child to a parent who has been found guilty of sexual abuse of a minor; and applying the Act prospectively / 11/13/12 pre-filed
1/9/13 first reading Judicial Proceedings
SB 71 / Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Departmental - Human Resources) / Child Support Enforcement - Information from Financial Institutions - Claims Against Retirement Plans / Including retirement accounts in the definition of "account" in provisions relating to information and assistance by financial institutions to the Child Support Enforcement Administration; and altering an exemption for specified retirement plans from the claims of creditors to allow claims for purposes of child support enforcement. / 11/15/12 pre-filed
1/9/13 firstreading Judicial Proceedings
Hearing 1/10/13 at 1:00 P.M.
SB 86 / Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Departmental - Human Resources) / Voluntary Placement for Former Children in Need of Assistance / Altering the jurisdiction of the juvenile court to include jurisdiction over a specified former child in need of assistance (CINA); requiring the juvenile court to take specified actions in making a disposition on a voluntary placement petition for a former CINA; requiring the Social Services Administration of the Department of Human Resources to establish a program of out-of-home placement for specified former CINAs; etc. / 11/15/12 pre-filed
1/9/13 first reading Judicial Proceedings
1/23/13 at 1:00 P.M. hearing
SB 94 / Senators Kelley, Colburn, Currie, DeGrange, Forehand, Jacobs, Klausmeier, Mathias, Raskin, Robey, Stone, and Young / Child Abuse and Neglect - Notice and Reporting Requirements, Disclosure, and Task Force / Expanding immunity from civil liability or criminal penalty to a person who provides or participates in providing notice of child abuse or neglect to the appropriate authorities; requiring the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to send an autopsy report to specified officials if the office finds a death investigated by the office was caused by or related to child abuse or neglect; making it a misdemeanor for a specified person to knowingly and willfully fail to make a specified report of abuse under specified circumstances; etc.
SB 104 / Senators Brochin and Zirkin / Family Law - Grounds for Absolute Divorce - Time Requirements / As of 1/14/13, no synopsis and no copy of the proposed legislation / 1/14/13 first reading Judicial Proceedings
SB 105 / Senators Brochin and Raskin / Criminal Law - Sexual Contact with Minors - School Employees / As of 1/14/13, no synopsis and no copy of the proposed legislation / 1/14/13 first reading Judicial Proceedings
SB 114 / Senator Benson / Health - Pregnant Women - Hepatitis B Testing / As of 1/14/13, no synopsis and no copy of the proposed legislation / 1/14/13 first reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
HB 10
(see SB 52) / Delegate Haddaway-Riccio / Family Law - Denial of Custody or Visitation - Sexual Abuse of a Minor / Prohibiting a court, except under specified circumstances or unless good cause for the award of custody or visitation is shown, from awarding custody of a child or visitation with a child to a parent who has been found guilty of sexual abuse of a minor; and applying the Act prospectively / 11/07/12 pre-filed
1/9/13 first reading Judiciary
Hearing 1/17/13 at 1:00 P.M.
HB 14 / Delegate Simmons / Criminal Law - Part-Time School Employees and Coaches - Sexual Contact with Minors / Altering the definition of a "person in a position of authority" prohibited from engaging in a sexual act, sexual contact, or vaginal intercourse with a specified person under a specified age under specified circumstances to include any employee, including a part-time employee or coach of a specified age who exercises supervision of the person. / 9/17/12 pre-filed
1/9/13 first reading Judiciary
1/22/13 at 1:00 P.M. hearing
HB 22 / Delegate Nathan-Pulliam / Adoption – Access to Birth and Adoption Records and Search, Contact, and Reunion Services / Making provisions of law authorizing access to birth and adoption records by specified adoptees and biological parents applicable to adoptions in which a juvenile court entered an order for adoption before January 1, 2000; repealing provisions of law limiting, under specified circumstances, access to specified information in birth and adoption records by adoptees and biological parents for adoptions in which a juvenile court entered an order for adoption on or after January 1, 2000, except under specified circumstances; etc. / 11/1/12 pre-filed
1/9/13 first reading Judiciary
Hearing 1/17/13 at 1:00 P.M.
HB 27 / Delegate Cluster /
Correctional Services - Child Pornography Offenders - Diminution Credits and Parole
/ Prohibiting an inmate who is serving a sentence in a State or local correctional facility for committing specified child pornography offenses from earning diminution credits to reduce the inmate's term of confinement, being released on parole in order to undergo specified treatment, being eligible for parole consideration, or receiving specified deductions from the inmate's term of confinement. / 7/3/12 pre-filed
1/9/13 first reading Judiciary
1/22/13 at 1:00 P.M. hearing
HB 37 / Delegates Arora and Dumais /
Criminal Law - Fourth-Degree Sex Offense - School Employees and Contractors
/ Altering the definition of "person in a position of authority" relating to prohibiting an individual from engaging in a sexual act, sexual contact, or vaginal intercourse with a minor under specified circumstances to remove a limitation to full-time employees and to include specified contractors or persons employed by or under contract with contractors. / 8/1/12 pre-filed
1/9/13 first reading Judiciary
1/22/13 at 1:00 P.M. hearing
HB 47 / Delegate McMillan /
Income Tax - Joint Returns - Married Couples
/ Requiring, except under specified circumstances, a married couple who files a joint federal income tax return to file a joint Maryland income tax return; requiring a married couple who does not file a joint federal income tax return to file a joint Maryland income tax return or a married filing separately Maryland income tax return; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012. / 11/13/2012 pre-filed
1/9/2013 first Reading Ways and Means
1/16/13 at 11:00 A.M. hearing (cancelled)
1/30/13 at 11:00 A,M. hearing

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