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Session Scoop: HB 1178 – Failure to Render Assistance
In the final scene of the series Seinfeld finds Jerry, Elaine, George and Kramer in a jail cell. They’d been arrested under a Good Samaritan law for standing by and watching while someone was being mugged. This year, a similar law has come up for debate here in Maryland. (HB1178) […]
Session Scoop: Amid the Chaos of Session, There is Art
If you’ve never been to the Miller Senate Building to watch or testify in committee hearings, you might not be aware that Annapolis is home to two of Maryland’s artistic treasures. As you cross the threshold of the building, you walk over a marble mosaic of the Great Seal of […]
Session Scoop: Older Driver Testing
On February 1, 2012, the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee heard Senate Bill 111, an administrative bill for the Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA), which proposes that Maryland Drivers Licenses and Identification Cards move from a five-year renewal cycle to an eight-year renewal cycle. This hearing quickly turned from a simple housekeeping […]
