1. Bills this Year Senate House Enacted 1,200 Bills, 8 Joint Resolutions
1 Simple Resolution
556 bills in EHEA Committee
Enacted
852 Chapters
5 Joint Resolutions
50 Veteran bills
in 20 articles of state law
Counties - Local Laws (L2)
Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes (E1)
Family Law (D4)
Gaming (C7)
Health Occupations (J2)
Higher Education (F2)
Hunting and Fishing (M2)
Private Sector Labor and Industry (K3)
Public Health (J1)
Real Property (N1)
Social Services - Generally (O1)
State Debt (Bond Bills) (B2)
State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials (P1)
State Government - Personnel (P4)
State Government - Procurement (P2)
Taxes - Income (Q3)
Taxes - Property - Local (Q2)
Taxes - Property (Q1)
Taxes - Sales and Use (Q4)
Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration (R4)

2. Good Bills that Passed
Number
Title
Primary Sponsor
Status
HB1466 / CH0179
State Personnel - Disabled Veterans - Noncompetitive Appointment
Delegate Young, P.
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 179
HB0349 / CH0181SB0807 / CH0180
Income Tax Credit - Wages Paid to Qualified Veteran Employees (Hire Our Veterans Act of 2017)
Delegate Miele
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 181
HB0275 / CH0183
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Recommended Courses in Military Culture
Delegate Queen
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 183
HB1234 / CH0184
Property Tax - Credit for Retired Military Service Members - Eligibility
Delegate Wilkins
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 184
SB0441 / CH0416
Veterans Affairs - Maryland Veterans Service Animal Program - Establishment
Senator Simonaire
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 416
HB1537 / CH0449 SB1125 / CH0450
Video Lottery Facilities - Donation of Coins From Gaming Payouts - Expansion
Delegate Bromwell
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 449
Authorizing an appointing authority to select specified disabled veterans for specified positions in the State Personnel Management System using a specified selection process; requiring an appointing authority for a specified position in a unit in the Executive Branch of State government with an independent personnel system to develop a specified selection process for disabled veterans; requiring a specified appointing authority to interview specified disabled veterans under specified circumstances; etc.dedicated to the Maryland Veterans Trust Fund.
Allowing a credit against the State income tax for specified wages paid by small businesses to qualified veteran employees; prohibiting a small business from claiming the credit for a qualified veteran employee who is hired to replace a laid-off or striking employee; requiring the Department of Commerce, on application of a small business, to issue a tax credit certificate under specified circumstances; providing that the total amount of credit certificates issued may not exceed $500,000; etc.
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with the Department of Veterans Affairs, to provide to specified health occupations boards a list of recommended courses in military culture.
Requiring the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to adopt regulations that require each video lottery operator to adopt specified procedures to offer specified players the opportunity to donate coins when receiving cash on payout to the Maryland Veterans Trust Fund under specified circumstances.
Expanding eligibility for a credit authorized against the county or municipal corporation property tax for retired military service members to include members of the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the military reserves, and the National Guard; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after June 30, 2017.
Establishing the Maryland Veterans Service Animal Program in the Department of Veterans Affairs to refer eligible veterans who inquire about participation in the Program to one or more nonprofit training entities and encourage successful Program participants to assist in outreach to potential participants; requiring the Department to select at least one nonprofit entity to implement a training protocol, select participants, and provide services to specified veterans; establishing the Maryland Veterans Service Animal Program Fund; etc.

3. more Good Bills that Passed
Number
Title
Primary Sponsor
Status
HB0068 / CH0461
Hunting and Fishing - Discounted Licenses - Purple Heart Recipients
Delegate Carey
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 461
SB0046 / CH0463  HB0004 / CH0462
Hunting and Fishing Licenses - Active Military, Former Prisoners of War, Recipients of the Purple Heart Award, and Disabled Veterans
Senator Simonaire
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 463
HB0012 / CH0543
Senatorial and Delegate Scholarships - Eligibility, Award Amounts, and Use of Funds
Delegate Howard, S.
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 543
SB0049 / CH0705
Landlord and Tenant - Military Personnel - Limitation on Liability for Rent
Senator Cassilly
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 705
SB0857 / CH0707  HB1275 / CH0706
State Government - Department of Veterans Affairs - Veterans' Services Specialists
Senator Smith
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 707
SB1084 / CH0709  HB0587 / CH0708
State Finance and Procurement - Veteran-Owned Small Business Enterprises - Definitions and Penalties
Senator Waugh
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 709
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to implement specified programs to provide discounted licenses, stamps, and permits to Maryland residents who are recipients of the Purple Heart Award; requiring the Department to submit a report on the number of specified licenses, stamps, and permits issued to Purple Heart recipients to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2019; etc.
Requiring units of State government to designate an employee of the unit as a veterans' services specialist to coordinate services with the director of the veterans Outreach and Advocacy Program in the Department of Veterans Affairs and attend specified training, to provide the Department of Veterans Affairs with specified information, and to post specified information on the unit's Web site; requiring the Department to coordinate specified meetings and submit a specified report; etc.
Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to issue lifetime complimentary fishing licenses to an out-of-state person who certifies that the person is a former prisoner of war or a 100% service connected disabled American veteran if the person's state of residence extends similar privileges to specified individuals; requiring the Department to submit a specified report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2019; etc.
Defining "veteran" and altering the definition of "veteran-owned small business enterprise" for the purpose of specified provisions of law relating to the structure of a unit's procurement procedures; and authorizing specified penalties to be applied to a person that willfully misrepresents a business as a veteran-owned small business enterprise.
Authorizing specified senatorial and delegate scholarships to be used at specified out-of-state institutions of higher education if a specified scholarship applicant is a specified individual on active duty who is domiciled in the State; requiring a specified individual on active duty to be domiciled in the State in order to retain a specified senatorial scholarship; altering the amount that may be awarded under the senatorial scholarship program beginning July 1, 2019; and clarifying the award under the delegate scholarship program.
Altering the circumstances under which the liability of a person on active duty with the United States military, for rent under a lease, is limited; limiting the liability for rent of the spouse of a person on active duty with the United States military under specified circumstances; clarifying that the liability of a person on active duty or the spouse of a person on active duty for rent under a lease may not exceed any rent or lawful charges then due and payable plus 30 days under specified conditions; etc.

4. Bills that will come back
Number
Title
Primary Sponsor
Status
SB0601
Property Tax Credit - Elderly Individuals and Veterans - Eligibility
Senator Bates
In the House - Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
SB0295     
(HB1389)
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Military Retirement Income - Individuals at Least 65 Years Old
Senator Peters
In the House - Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
SB1019     
(HB1586)
Department of Commerce - Employment in the State's Defense Industry - Army Alliance Study
Senator Cassilly
In the House - Hearing 4/06 at 1:00 p.m.
HB0550
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Military Retirement Income
Delegate Aumann
In the House - Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
HB0938     
(SB0132)
Property Tax - Exemption for Disabled Veterans - Percentage of Disability
Delegate Rose
In the House - Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m.
HB0922     
(SB1132)
Sales and Use Tax - Exemption - Sales by Nonprofit Organizations Raising Funds to Assist Veterans
Delegate Anderton
In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
SB0067
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Military Compensation
Senator Waugh
In the Senate - Hearing 1/18 at 2:00 p.m.
SB0296    
(HB1422)
Income Tax Checkoff - Maryland Veterans Trust Fund
In the Senate - Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
Altering the definition of "eligible individual" by requiring that an elderly individual must live in the same county, rather than the same dwelling, for at least 25 years to be eligible for a specified statewide optional property tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax; and applying the Act to tax years beginning after June 30, 2017.
Altering a subtraction modification under the State income tax for specified military retirement income for individuals who are at least 65 years old from $10,000 to $15,000; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2016.
Providing that the sales and use tax does not apply to a specified sale by a nonprofit organization whose principal focus is to raise funds to assist specified veterans, if no less than 88% of the proceeds of the sale are used to assist those veterans.
Requiring the Department of Commerce, in conjunction with the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation, to conduct a study on employment in the State's defense industry; specifying the minimum requirements of the study; requiring the Department of Commerce to consult with specified entities; requiring the Department of Commerce to report, on or before December 31, 2017, to the General Assembly on the findings of the study; etc.
Altering a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for specified military compensation to repeal a requirement that the compensation be attributable to military service of the individual outside the United States; repealing a specified limitation on the amount of the subtraction modification; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2016.
Establishing an income tax checkoff for voluntary contributions to the Maryland Veterans Trust Fund; requiring the Comptroller to include a checkoff on the individual income tax return; requiring the Comptroller to collect and account for contributions made through the checkoff and to credit the proceeds to the Fund after deducting the amount necessary to administer the checkoff; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2016; etc.
Removing the limitation on the amount of military retirement income that may be subtracted from federal adjusted gross income for State income tax purposes for individuals who have served at least 20 years of military service; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2016.
Expanding eligibility for a property tax exemption for the dwelling house of a disabled veteran to include veterans with a service connected disability of at least 80%; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after June 30, 2017.