1996 REGULAR SESSION sponsor information current as of December 12, 1996 - 10:18

	Delegate Robert L. Frank District 11
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HB 133	Status as of March 20, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate Frank (By Request)
Entitled	Property Tax - Assessment Freeze for Elderly Homeowners
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 138	Status as of February 26, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate Frank
Entitled	Baltimore County - Commission to Study the Baltimore County School System
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 140	Status as of February 19, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Frank and Morhaim
Entitled	Local Government - Procurement - Resident Preferences - Prohibited
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 149	Status as of April 9, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 38
Sponsored By	Delegate Frank
Entitled	Workers' Compensation - Insurers Subject to Assessment
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 158	Status as of February 19, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Frank and Krysiak
Entitled	Zoning and Planning - Home Offices - Residential Use
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 198	Status as of February 19, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Frank, Krysiak, Barve, Finifter, Morhaim, and M. Burns
Entitled	The Common Sense Act - Waiver of Regulations
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 218	Status as of February 19, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Frank, Krysiak, and Barve
Entitled	Commercial Law - Dishonored Checks - Notice of Rights
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 255	Status as of May 14, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 440
Sponsored By	Delegate Frank
Entitled	Mechanics' Liens - Leasing of Equipment
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 282	Status as of May 23, 1996: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Delegate Frank
Entitled	Limited Liability Limited Partnerships
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 468	Status as of March 19, 1996: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Frank
Entitled	Revised Uniform Partnership Act
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 635	Status as of May 23, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 627
Sponsored By	Delegates Frank and Doory
Entitled	Corporations - Issuance of Stock
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 636	Status as of May 23, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 628
Sponsored By	Delegates Frank and Doory
Entitled	Corporations - Stockholders Meetings
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 637	Status as of May 23, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 629
Sponsored By	Delegates Frank and Doory
Entitled	Corporations - Executive and Other Committees
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 931	Status as of March 21, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Frank
Entitled	Health Insurance - Claims - Payment of Interest
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 986	Status as of May 14, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 509
Sponsored By	Delegates Frank, Krysiak, V. Mitchell, and Love
Entitled	Secondhand Precious Metal Object Dealers
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 987	Status as of March 25, 1996: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Frank
Entitled	Insurance - Fraudulent Acts - Professionals
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 1141	Status as of March 11, 1996: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Frank and Minnick
Entitled	Copyright Royalties
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 1199	Status as of May 14, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 527
Sponsored By	Delegate Frank
Entitled	Group Self-Insurance for Workers' Compensation
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 1336	Status as of May 23, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 660
Sponsored By	Delegate Frank
Entitled	Condominiums - Creation of Leasehold Estates
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 1416	Status as of May 23, 1996: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Delegates Frank, Finifter, and Morhaim
Entitled	Baltimore County - Alcoholic Beverages (Owings Mills Town Center)
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 1417	Status as of March 21, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Frank
Entitled	Health Insurance - Health Benefits Appeals Board
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 5	Status as of March 31, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - Senate Conference Committee Appointed
Sponsored By	Delegates Guns, Taylor, Cummings, Hurson, Busch, Hixson, Rawlings, Vallario, Owings, Klausmeier, Stup, Weir, Fulton, D. Davis, Redmer, D. Hughes, Frush, Billings, McHale, Hammen, Ciliberti, Morhaim, Stull, Oaks, Mohorovic, Finifter, Frank, Howard, and Harrison
Entitled	Brownfields - Voluntary Cleanup and Revitalization Programs
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 39	Status as of April 30, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 132
Sponsored By	Delegates Krysiak , Goldwater, Bonsack, Conroy, Cryor, Dembrow, Doory, Donoghue, Dypski, Faulkner, Finifter, Frank, Grosfeld, Harrison, Hammen, Healey, Hixson, Kagan, Kopp, McIntosh, Love, Montague, Preis, Nathan-Pulliam, Parker, Rosenberg, Stup, Workman, Hurson, Barve, Eckardt, and Boston
Entitled	Insurance - Unfair Trade Practices - Discrimination Based on Domestic Violence
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 119	Status as of May 14, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 376
Sponsored By	Delegates Pitkin, Donoghue, Love, Goldwater, Boston, Barve, Krysiak, Cummings, Kirk, Walkup, Frank, Pendergrass, and Exum
Entitled	Health Insurance - Reconstructive Breast Surgery - Coverage
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 157	Status as of April 30, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 189
Sponsored By	Delegates Harrison , Donoghue, Love, Kach, Eckardt, Goldwater, Boston, Barve, Krysiak, Cummings, Kirk, Walkup, Mossburg, Frank, Pendergrass, Schade, and Exum
Entitled	Insurance - Fees - Repeal
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 180	Status as of April 3, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Delegates Kach, Barve, Boston, Krysiak, Walkup, Frank, Pendergrass, and Exum
Entitled	Real Property - Sale of New Homes - Disclosure of Environmental Hazards
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 235	Status as of February 26, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Morhaim, Love, Finifter, and Frank
Entitled	Community Associations - Immunity
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 256	Status as of May 23, 1996: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Delegates Finifter, Frank, Morhaim, Campbell, McIntosh, and Rosenberg
Entitled	Greater Baltimore Cultural Arts Foundation Loan of 1994
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 291	Status as of April 30, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 206
Sponsored By	Delegates Busch and Frank
Entitled	Title Insurance
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 304	Status as of April 30, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 209
Sponsored By	Delegates Morhaim, Finifter, Bobo, Kittleman, Holt, Frank, M. Burns, and Pitkin
Entitled	Task Force to Examine the State's Cemetery and Funeral Industry
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 317	Status as of May 14, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 445
Sponsored By	Delegates Doory, Krysiak, Goldwater, Eckardt, Kirk, Harrison, Frank, Walkup, Barve, and Exum
Entitled	Health Insurers - Negotiated Alternative Rates - Amount of Insured Coinsurance Payment
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 338	Status as of March 13, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Donoghue, Doory, Love, Hixson, Hecht, Kagan, Snodgrass, Bonsack, Harrison, Workman, Conroy, Krysiak, Goldwater, Bobo, Klausmeier, Pendergrass, Stup, Preis, McIntosh, Stocksdale, Kirk, Eckardt, Walkup, Pitkin, DeCarlo, Brinkley, Cummings, Crumlin, Turner, Frank, Edwards, McKee, Poole, Flanagan, Stull, Elliott, Shriver, Fry, and Hurson
Entitled	Utilization Review of Hospital Services - Minimum Length of Stay - Cesarean Section
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 612	Status as of March 11, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Curran, Barve, Bobo, Faulkner, Frank, Hecht, Howard, Hurson, Kopp, McIntosh, Morhaim, Rosenberg, and Finifter
Entitled	Maryland Gives - Establishment of Task Force on Charitable Giving
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 614	Status as of March 13, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Doory, Donoghue, Goldwater, Krysiak, Workman, McKee, Poole, Hecht, Snodgrass, Stup, Brinkley, Stull, Getty, Stocksdale, DeCarlo, Minnick, Mohorovic, Klausmeier, E. Burns, Edwards, Nathan-Pulliam, Finifter, Frank, Bobo, Pendergrass, Turner, Faulkner, Cryor, Shriver, Kopp, Kagan, Grosfeld, Hurson, Heller, Petzold, Hixson, Frush, Menes, Rosapepe, Healey, Palumbo, Conroy, Hubbard, Pitkin, Benson, Exum, Slade, Howard, Muse, Valderrama, Proctor, Vallario, Hutchins, Cadden, Love, Rzepkowski, Perry, Bonsack, Jacobs, Preis, Fry, Rudolph, W. Baker, Walkup, Eckardt, Bozman, Conway, Ciliberti, Marriott, Boston, Oaks, Rosenberg, Curran, Montague, Kirk, C. Mitchell, Branch, Harrison, Dypski, Hammen, Opara, Kach, Elliott, and Crumlin
Entitled	Health Insurance - Postpartum Mothers and Infants - Hospital Stays and Home Visits
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 619	Status as of March 11, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Rosenberg, Frank, Petzold, Getty, T. Murphy, D. Davis, Kopp, and Turner
Entitled	Crimes - Electronic Mail Misuse - Penalties
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 625	Status as of March 11, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Rosenberg, Frank, Petzold, Getty, T. Murphy, Kopp, and Turner
Entitled	Computer Tampering - Penalties
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 682	Status as of March 27, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegate Minnick (Baltimore County Administration) and Delegates Frank, Finifter, Holt, and Morhaim
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Ballard Cover/Owings-Durkee Recreational Project
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 851	Status as of April 2, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Delegates Dewberry, Frank, Finifter, Morhaim, Rawlings, Conway, Rosenberg, McIntosh, Klima, Holt, Montague, Minnick, Campbell, Hurson, Stocksdale, Nathan-Pulliam, Franchot, E. Burns, and Branch
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Hannah More School
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 858	Status as of February 13, 1996: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Redmer, Frank, Kach, Klima, Brinkley, Franchot, Finifter, Stup, Hammen, Dypski, Ports, Dewberry, Klausmeier, M. Burns, Schade, Owings, Minnick, Fry, Leopold, Faulkner, Morhaim, Stocksdale, Pendergrass, and Rzepkowski
Entitled	Handguns - Use in Commission of a Felony or Crime of Violence - Mandatory Sentence
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 859	Status as of May 14, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 503
Sponsored By	Delegates Love, Krysiak, Doory, Barve, Kirk, Harrison, Donoghue, Kach, V. Mitchell, Eckardt, Goldwater, Boston, Walkup, Frank, Pitkin, Crumlin, Kelly, Pendergrass, Exum, Nathan-Pulliam, and Conroy
Entitled	Health Maintenance Organizations - Reimbursement to Providers of Emergency Services
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 863	Status as of May 23, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 580
Sponsored By	Delegates Goldwater, Eckardt, Donoghue, Love, Boston, Walkup, Kirk, Frank, Harrison, Krysiak, Exum, V. Mitchell, Barve, Boston, Busch, Crumlin, and Pendergrass
Entitled	Health Insurance - Gynecological Care
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 891	Status as of April 30, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 283
Sponsored By	Delegates Redmer , Ports, Busch, Gordon, Donoghue, Love, Kach, V. Mitchell, McClenahan, Kelly, Eckardt, Goldwater, Boston, Barve, Krysiak, Cummings, Walkup, Mossburg, Crumlin, Frank, Pendergrass, Schade, Exum, Harrison, and Klausmeier
Entitled	Patient Access Act - Point-of-Service Option
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 936	Status as of March 15, 1996: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Rosenberg, McIntosh, Bobo, Morhaim, Hurson, Kopp, Hecht, Frank, and Howard
Entitled	Partnership Policy Council on Block Grants
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 957	Status as of April 30, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 288
Sponsored By	Delegates Busch, Redmer, Kach, McClenahan, Donoghue, Eckardt, Goldwater, Barve, Mossburg, Exum, Harrison, Kirk, Cummings, Crumlin, Frank, Pendergrass, Schade, Boston, Love, V. Mitchell, Kelly, Krysiak, and Walkup
Entitled	Health Insurance - Small Group Market
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 968	Status as of March 4, 1996: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Crumlin, Mossburg, Kelly, Schade, Morhaim, Dixon, McClenahan, Ports, Leopold, Klima, M. Burns, Frank, Hubbard, Fulton, Conroy, B. Hughes, Hutchins, Malone, Pitkin, DeCarlo, Holt, and Dypski
Entitled	Parole Eligibility - First Degree Murder
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 979	Status as of May 23, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 690
Sponsored By	Delegates Finifter, Frank, Morhaim, Mohorovic, Rzepkowski, McKee, Rosapepe, Ports, Workman, Klausmeier, and Bonsack
Entitled	Recordation and Transfer Taxes - Transfers from Partnerships to Limited Liability Companies
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 995	Status as of March 4, 1996: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Finifter, Frank, Morhaim, Campbell, and Rosenberg
Entitled	Baltimore County - Hunting - Restriction in Residential Areas
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1005	Status as of May 14, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 512
Sponsored By	Delegates Taylor, Finifter, Frank, Dewberry, Stocksdale, Klima, Minnick, Rawlings, Kach, McIntosh, Fry, Franchot, and Hecht
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Villa Julie College
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1035	Status as of May 14, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 517
Sponsored By	Delegates Krysiak, Frank, Harrison, Kirk, and Kach
Entitled	Maryland Business Opportunities Sales Act - Revision
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 1152	Status as of March 19, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Hixson, Rawlings, Guns, Busch, Arnick, W. Baker, Bozman, Clagett, Conway, Curran, Dewberry, Dypski, Finifter, Franchot, Frank, Fry, Gordon, Hammen, Harrison, Hecht, Hurson, Klausmeier, Malone, Minnick, V. Mitchell, Mohorovic, Morhaim, Owings, Perry, Rudolph, Slade, Vallario, Wood, Branch, and B. Hughes
Entitled	Income Tax Reform
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1174	Status as of April 3, 1996: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Finifter, Klausmeier, Morhaim, and Frank
Entitled	Sports Lotteries - Transfer of Revenues to State School Construction Program
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1223	Status as of May 23, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 692
Sponsored By	Delegates McClenahan, Preis, Schisler, Owings, W. Baker, Walkup, Rudolph, Eckardt, Conway, Bozman, D. Hughes, Guns, V. Mitchell, O'Donnell, Wood, Hutchins, Slade, , Linton, Busch, Donoghue, Love, Kach, Kelly, Crumlin, Frank, and Schade
Entitled	Agency Regulations - Economic Impact on Small Businesses
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 1233	Status as of March 11, 1996: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Kach, Frank, Walkup, Klausmeier, Rosapepe, Love, and Exum
Entitled	Trade Regulation - Maryland Sales Below Cost Act
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 1234	Status as of March 11, 1996: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Kach, Frank, Walkup, Exum, Rosapepe, Love, and Klausmeier
Entitled	Trade Regulation - Gasohol and Gasoline Products Marketing Act
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 1235	Status as of March 11, 1996: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Kach, Frank, Walkup, Exum, Rosapepe, Love, and Eckardt
Entitled	Motor Fuel - Duties of Suppliers to Retail Dealers - Right of Action for Violation
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 1271	Status as of May 14, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 397
Sponsored By	Delegates Donoghue, Doory, Goldwater, Krysiak, Workman, McKee, Poole, Hecht, Snodgrass, Stup, Brinkley, Stull, Getty, Stocksdale, DeCarlo, Minnick, Mohorovic, Klausmeier, E. Burns, Edwards, Nathan-Pulliam, Finifter, Frank, Bobo, Pendergrass, Turner, Faulkner, Cryor, Shriver, Kopp, Kagan, Grosfeld, Hurson, Heller, Petzold, Hixson, Frush, Menes, Rosapepe, Healey, Palumbo, Conroy, Hubbard, Pitkin, Benson, Exum, Slade, Howard, Muse, Valderrama, Proctor, Vallario, Hutchins, Cadden, Love, Rzepkowski, Perry, Bonsack, Jacobs, Preis, Fry, Rudolph, W. Baker, Walkup, Eckardt, Bozman, Conway, Ciliberti, Marriott, Boston, Oaks, Rosenberg, Curran, Montague, Kirk, C. Mitchell, Branch, Harrison, Dypski, Hammen, Opara, Kach, Elliott, Flanagan, Crumlin, Busch, Gordon, V. Mitchell, Kelly, Barve, and Cummings
Entitled	Health Insurance - Mothers and Newborns - Minimum Length of Stay and Utilization Review
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 1306	Status as of May 23, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 657
Sponsored By	Delegates Montague, Finifter, Frank, and Genn
Entitled	Limited Liability Companies - Number of Required Members Upon Dissolution
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 1374	Status as of May 14, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 548
Sponsored By	Delegates Barve, Goldwater, Bonsack, Kach, Kirk, Krysiak, Donoghue, Morhaim, Busch, Love, V. Mitchell, Kelly, Eckardt, Boston, Gordon, Walkup, Frank, Exum, and Bonsack
Entitled	Health Care Provider and Payor Act of 1996
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HJ 19	Status as of April 8, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Finance
Sponsored By	Delegates Workman, Harrison, McKee, Mandel, Snodgrass, Goldwater, Frank, Kirk, Bozman, Bobo, Willis, Stup, Pitkin, Hubbard, Donoghue, Healey, Grosfeld, Preis, Conroy, and McIntosh
Entitled	State Employees - Recognition of Contributions
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Finance