Fair Share Health Care Fund Act
Establishing the Fair Share Health Care Fund; establishing the purpose of the Fund; providing that the Fund consists of specified payments made by employers in connection with a specified health care payroll assessment; providing that the Fund is a special, nonlapsing fund; requiring the State Treasurer to hold the Fund and the Comptroller to account for the Fund; requiring that investment earnings of the Fund be retained in the Fund; requiring the interest on and other income from the Fund be separately accounted for; etc.
Senator Lawlah, et al

Labor and Employment -- Minimum Wage -- Increase
Requiring specified employers to pay specified employees at least the greater of specified wage amounts; authorizing an increase in a specified tip credit used by specified employers to compensate specified employees; and providing for a delayed effective date.
Delegate D Davis, et al

Fair Share Health Care Fund Act
Establishing the Fair Share Health Care Fund; establishing the purpose of the Fund; providing that the Fund consists of specified payments made by employers in connection with a specified health care payroll assessment; providing that the Fund is a special, nonlapsing fund; requiring the State Treasurer to hold the Fund and the Comptroller to account for the Fund; requiring that investment earnings of the Fund be retained in the Fund; requiring the interest on and other income from the Fund be separately accounted for; etc.
Delegate Healey, et al

Voters Rights Protection Act of 2005
Providing that an individual whose right to vote is challenged at the polling place may establish the individual's identity by presenting a specified identification; prohibiting a person from willingly or knowingly influencing or attempting to influence a voter from going to the polls to cast a vote through the use of specified means or activities; prohibiting a person from willingly or knowingly engaging in specified conduct; requiring a local board of elections to count specified provisional ballots; establishing penalties; etc.
Senator Gladden, et al

Election Law -- Early Voting
Establishing a process to allow voters to vote in elections at early voting polling places in the State; specifying the time period in which early voting is allowed; requiring local boards of elections to establish the early voting polling places in each county; requiring the local boards in specified counties to establish at least a specified number of early voting polling places for each primary or general election; requiring the Governor to allocate specified resources to implement the Act; etc.
Senator Miller, et al

Elections -- Absentee Voting on Demand
Eliminating the circumstances that are required to exist for a voter to qualify for voting by absentee ballot; and altering the methods for receiving and submitting an application for an absentee ballot.
Delegate Petzold, et al

Department of Juvenile Services -- Youth Services Bureaus -- Predelinquent Diversion Services
Requiring the Department of Juvenile Services to include information on predelinquent diversion programs in the State Comprehensive Juvenile Justice 3--Year Plan; increasing the membership of the State Advisory Board for Juvenile Services; requiring the Secretary of Juvenile Services to establish specified predelinquent programs; requiring the Department to help local governments and youth services bureaus to encourage the use of specified predelinquent programs; etc.
Senator Green, et al

Department of Juvenile Services -- Youth Services Bureaus -- Predelinquent Diversion Services
Requiring the Department of Juvenile Services to include information on predelinquent diversion programs in the State Comprehensive Juvenile Justice 3--Year Plan; increasing the membership of the State Advisory Board for Juvenile Services; requiring the Secretary of Juvenile Services to establish specified predelinquent programs; requiring the Department to help local governments and youth services bureaus to encourage the use of specified predelinquent programs; etc.
Delegate Menes, et al

Maryland Commission for Women
Altering the membership of the Maryland Commission for Women; providing for the appointment of members of the Commission; repealing provisions that require the membership of the Commission to include specified persons; requiring that a specified number of members of the Commission shall be appointed from among applicants who have been nominated and recommended for appointment by specified organizations; requiring, to the extent practicable, that appointments to the Commission ensure geographic diversity; etc.
Senator Grosfeld, et al

Children -- Records -- Access by the Baltimore City Health Department
Requiring the Department of Juvenile Services to disclose to the Baltimore City Health Department specified records concerning specified children under specified circumstances; requiring the Baltimore City Health Department to submit specified reports under specified circumstances; requiring that child abuse and neglect records and reports be disclosed to the Baltimore City Health Department under specified circumstances; etc.
Delegate Marriott (Baltimore City Administration)

Department of Juvenile Services Reform Act of 2005
Requiring the Department of Juvenile Services to appear in court to explain why a specified child, detained in a specified facility for a specified period of time after a court has made a disposition on a petition about the child, remains in the facility; establishing the Joint Oversight Committee on the Department of Juvenile Services; etc.
Delegate Zirkin, et al

Juvenile Justice Monitoring -- Transfer to Office of the Attorney General
Transferring the duties of the Office of the Independent Juvenile Justice Monitor from the Office for Children, Youth, and Families to the Office of the Attorney General; establishing the Juvenile Justice Monitoring Unit of the Office of the Attorney General; requiring the Department of Juvenile Services to adopt a specified policy for addressing disciplinary actions and grievances; requiring the Department to cooperate with the Unit in a specified manner; etc.
Delegate Zirkin, et al

Baltimore City -- Illegal Dumping -- Surveillance Systems
Authorizing the Baltimore City Department of Public Works (Department) to place surveillance systems at specified dumping sites in Baltimore City for enforcement of laws relating to illegal dumping; providing that specified persons recorded on a surveillance image while committing a specified littering offense are subject to specified penalties; establishing a maximum fine for a specified violation; etc.
Senator McFadden

Commission to Study Southern Maryland Transportation Needs
Establishing a commission to study issues related to transportation in Southern Maryland; providing for the membership and staffing of the commission; requiring the commission to study specified transportation issues in specified geographical areas and report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before November 1, 2006; requiring the commission to make recommendations with regard to traffic congestion and mass transit options in Southern Maryland; and providing for the termination of the Act.
Senator Dyson, et al

Montgomery County -- Vehicle Laws -- Speed Monitoring Systems MC 513--05
Authorizing the placement of speed monitoring systems on specified highways in Montgomery County; providing that persons recorded by a speed monitoring system while operating a motor vehicle in violation of speed limit laws are subject to specified penalties; requiring specified local police departments in Montgomery County to mail a citation to the owner of a motor vehicle that is recorded by a speed monitoring system in the county to have been used to commit a specified violation; etc.
Montgomery County Delegation

Baltimore City -- Illegal Dumping -- Surveillance Systems
Authorizing the Baltimore City Department of Public Works (Department) to place surveillance systems at specified dumping sites in Baltimore City for enforcement of laws relating to illegal dumping; providing that specified persons recorded on a surveillance image while committing a specified littering offense are subject to specified penalties; establishing a maximum fine for a specified violation; etc.
Delegate Branch, et al

Civil Actions -- Burden of Proof -- Uninsured Motorist Coverage
Establishing that a person asserting the uninsured status of a motor vehicle in an action against an insurer or the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund has the burden of proof; providing that the burden of proof shall be deemed satisfied when the person introduces specified records or documents; requiring the finder of fact to find the motor vehicle to be uninsured if the person satisfies the burden of proof, unless an adverse party establishes specified coverage by a preponderance of the evidence; etc.
Delegate Kelley