1997 Regular Session subject information current as of December 1, 1997 - 15:57

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HB 115	Status as of February 17, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate Mossburg
Entitled	County Boards of Education - Election Propositions - Prohibitions
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 125	Status as of February 17, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Owings
Entitled	Independent Living Services Act
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 175	Status as of April 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 3
Sponsored By	The Speaker (Administration)
Entitled	Budget Bill (Fiscal Year 1998) BY: The Speaker (Administration) Budget Bill (Fiscal Year 1998)
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 221	Status as of January 16, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Curran and Goldwater
Entitled	State Budget - Increases; Line Item Veto
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 312	Status as of January 22, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By	Chairman, Appropriations Committee and Chairman, Ways and Means Committee (Departmental - Education)
Entitled	Primary and Secondary Education - New Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations and Ways and Means

HB 315	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 750
Sponsored By	Delegates Bozman and C. Davis
Entitled	Horse Racing
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation

HB 353	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 660
Sponsored By	The Speaker (Administration)
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 1997, Maryland Colsolidated Capital Bond Loans of 1990, 1995, and 1996, Worcester County Correctional Facility Loan of 1989, Worcester County Jail Loan of 1989 , the Lillie Carroll Jackson Loan of 1991, Greater Baltimore Cultural Arts Foundation Loan of 1994, and the Somerset County - Ward Brothers Homeplace Loan of 1995
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 356	Status as of March 25, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Delegates Morhaim, Harrison, and Muse (Task Force to Examine the State's Cemetery and Funeral Industry) and Delegate Walkup
Entitled	Victims of Homicide - Transportation Expenses - State Budget
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Finance

HB 492	Status as of April 29, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 111
Sponsored By	The Speaker (Administration) and Delegates Mossburg, Shriver, Heller, Conway, Fry, Workman, Baldwin, Dembrow, Kopp, Rawlings, Marriott, Cadden, McIntosh, Rudolph, Slade, Holt, Willis, Proctor, and Palumbo
Entitled	Higher Education - Maryland Higher Education Investment Program
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation and Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 493	Status as of February 12, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	The Speaker (Administration) and Delegates Workman, Proctor, Rawlings, Marriott, McIntosh, and Rudolph
Entitled	Higher Education - Maryland HOPE Scholarships
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 494	Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	The Speaker (Administration) and Delegates Heller, Conway, Fry, Workman, Kopp, Proctor, Rawlings, Willis, Cadden, Marriott, McIntosh, and Rudolph
Entitled	Gifted and Talented Student Education - Excellence in Education Incentive Grant Program
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 507	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 758
Sponsored By	The Speaker (Administration) and Delegates Fry, Rosapepe, Frush, Hammen, Turner, Preis, Harkins, Kopp, and Pitkin
Entitled	"Smart Growth" and Neighborhood Conservation - Rural Legacy Program
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 550	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 672
Sponsored By	Chairman, Appropriations Committee (Departmental - Natural Resources)
Entitled	Department of Natural Resources - Program Open Space - Use of Funds
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 630	Status as of March 13, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Prince George's County Delegation
Entitled	Prince George's County Board of Education - Limited Fiscal Autonomy - Capital Improvement Program PG 407-97
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 685	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 471
Sponsored By	Delegates Taylor, Bozman, Doory, and Hixson
Entitled	Maryland Tourism Development - Funding
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation

HB 688	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 685
Sponsored By	Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)
Entitled	Maryland Insurance Administration - Funding
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 781	Status as of March 17, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegate Rosenberg
Entitled	Local Governmental Entities and School Boards - Budget Review Program
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 879	Status as of February 12, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Montgomery County and Prince George's County Delegations
Entitled	Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission - Reporting on Unencumbered Funds MC/PG 39-97
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 894	Status as of April 29, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 264
Sponsored By	Montgomery County and Prince George's County Delegations
Entitled	Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission - Organization and Services in Prince George's County MC/PG 31-97
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Senate Bi-County

HB 996	Status as of February 5, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegate Rosenberg
Entitled	Maryland Individual Development Account Act
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1017	Status as of February 5, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegate Stocksdale
Entitled	Education - Public School Construction and Capital Improvements - Revenue Stabilization Account
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1058	Status as of February 12, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Leopold and Heller
Entitled	Primary and Secondary Education - New Targeted Poverty Grant Program
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1064	Status as of April 1, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules
Sponsored By	Chairman, Appropriations Committee (Departmental - University of Maryland System)
Entitled	University of Maryland System Workforce Flexibility Act
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Senate Rules

HB 1073	Status as of February 12, 1997: Bill is in the House - Re-assigned Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates C. Mitchell, Watson, Kirk, and Oaks
Entitled	Primary and Secondary Education - Baltimore City Education First School Board
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1086	Status as of February 5, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegate Curran
Entitled	State Budget - Lump-Sum Requirement - Capital Projects
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1124	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 722
Sponsored By	Delegates V. Mitchell and Eckardt
Entitled	State Inter-LATA Network
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Finance

HB 1154	Status as of March 11, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Delegates Poole, Taylor, Donoghue, McKee, Edwards, and Branch
Entitled	Construction Apprenticeship Assistance Program
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 1180	Status as of February 12, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Schade, M. Burns, Ports, Redmer, Kittleman, La Vay, Kach, Beck, Snodgrass, McKee, Stup, Rzepkowski, D. Murphy, O'Donnell, Brinkley, Klima, Leopold, Flanagan, and Elliott
Entitled	House of Delegates Scholarship Programs - Abolition
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1250	Status as of March 31, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegate Rosenberg
Entitled	Workforce Reduction Act - Purchase of Service Credit
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1336	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 542
Sponsored By	Delegates Cadden, Perry, Morgan, Greenip, Love, Kopp, and O'Donnell
Entitled	Education - Maryland Adult External High School Program - Funding
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1346	Status as of April 5, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Re-assigned Senate Rules
Sponsored By	Delegates Montague, Taylor, Doory, Perry, Conroy, Petzold, Marriott, McIntosh, Bobo, Kirk, Menes, B. Hughes, Hecht, Parker, Hixson, Bonsack, Cadden, Kopp, Krysiak, Stocksdale, Willis, Howard, Cryor, Clagett, Mandel, Eckardt, Faulkner, Boston, Workman, Pendergrass, Love, Frush, Snodgrass, Watson, Goldwater, Nathan-Pulliam, Pitkin, Grosfeld, Healey, DeCarlo, Klausmeier, Stup, Preis, Opara, Genn, R. Baker, Hammen, Dypski, E. Burns, Harrison, Turner, and Curran
Entitled	Courts - Family Division - Establishment
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Senate Rules

HJ 28	Status as of April 7, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Valderrama, Benson, Branch, E. Burns, M. Burns, Cadden, Clagett, Crumlin, C. Davis, Doory, Dypski, Exum, Frush, Fulton, Greenip, Harkins, Harrison, Healey, Howard, B. Hughes, Leopold, McHale, C. Mitchell, Montague, Muse, Nathan-Pulliam, O'Donnell, Opara, Palumbo, Patterson, Perry, Pitkin, Proctor, Rzepkowski, Schade, Shriver, Stup, Turner, Walkup, and Vallario
Entitled	Cloning of Humans
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

SB 87	Status as of April 29, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 115
Sponsored By	Chairman, Budget and Taxation Committee (Departmental - Baltimore City Community College) and Senator Blount
Entitled	Baltimore City Community College - Creation of Positions
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 185	Status as of January 15, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	The President (Administration)
Entitled	Budget Bill (Fiscal Year 1998) BY: The President (Administration) A BILL ENTITLED Budget Bill (Fiscal Year 1998)
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 230	Status as of April 29, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 109
Sponsored By	The President (Administration) and Senators Hoffman, Hollinger, Forehand, Hogan, Blount, Collins, Pinsky, Conway, Frosh, and Sfikas
Entitled	Gifted and Talented Student Education - Excellence in Education Incentive Grant Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Ways and Means

SB 231	Status as of January 22, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	The President (Administration) and Senators Currie, Hollinger, and Blount
Entitled	Higher Education - Maryland HOPE Scholarships
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 232	Status as of April 29, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 110
Sponsored By	The President (Administration) and Senators Kasemeyer, Hogan, Currie, Hoffman, Hollinger, Forehand, Blount, Amoss, Boozer, Lawlah, McFadden, Middleton, Munson, Neall, Ruben, Van Hollen, Collins, Conway, Craig, Dyson, Frosh, Pinsky, and Sfikas
Entitled	Higher Education - Maryland Higher Education Investment Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation and Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Appropriations

SB 285	Status as of March 30, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By	The President (Administration)
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 1997, Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loans of 1995 and 1996, Worcester County Correctional Facility Loan of 1989, and Worcester County Jail Loan of 1989
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 331	Status as of April 3, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Senators Bromwell, Blount, Hoffman, and Hafer
Entitled	Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Payments to Nursing Facilities with High Medical Assistance Utilization
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Environmental Matters

SB 371	Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senators Craig, Astle, Stoltzfus, Bromwell, and Boozer
Entitled	Maryland Tourism Development - Funding
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 383	Status as of March 5, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Della
Entitled	State Personnel - Skilled Service and Professional Service - Layoffs
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 388	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 757
Sponsored By	The President (Administration) and Senators Collins, Blount, Frosh, Hollinger, Craig, Green, Van Hollen, Dorman, and Middleton
Entitled	"Smart Growth" and Neighborhood Conservation - Rural Legacy Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 393	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 583
Sponsored By	Chairman, Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee (Departmental - Housing and Community Dev.) and Senators Miller and Dyson
Entitled	Historic St. Mary's City Commission Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 412	Status as of March 31, 1997: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Passed with Amendments
Sponsored By	Chairman, Finance Committee (Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)
Entitled	Maryland Insurance Administration - Funding Mechanism
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 499	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 593
Sponsored By	Senators Madden, Astle, Della, Roesser, Dorman, Currie, Bromwell, Derr, Hafer, Teitelbaum, Trotter, and Young
Entitled	Welfare Innovation Act of 1997
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Appropriations

SB 535	Status as of February 21, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator McFadden
Entitled	Education - Board of School Commissioners of Baltimore City - Spending and Reporting Requirements
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation and Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 589	Status as of January 31, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Select Committee 07
Sponsored By	Senator Dorman
Entitled	Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission - Prince George's County - Tax Proceeds for Education and General Fund Programs
Committee Assignments	Senate: Select Committee 07

SB 673	Status as of March 20, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By	Senator Madden
Entitled	Maryland Individual Development Account Program - Study
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 688	Status as of March 24, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By	Senators Hoffman, Amoss, Boozer, Currie, Hogan, Kasemeyer, Lawlah, McFadden, Middleton, Munson, Ruben, Van Hollen, Forehand, Dorman, Astle, Della, Derr, Hafer, Madden, Roesser, Teitelbaum, Trotter, Young, and Craig
Entitled	Developmental Disabilities Administration - Community-Based Services - Reimbursement Rate
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 710	Status as of February 5, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Van Hollen, Hoffman, Forehand, Conway, Teitelbaum, McFadden, Ruben, Pinsky, Lawlah, Currie, and Frosh
Entitled	Taxation of Smokeless Tobacco Products - Tobacco Awareness Fund
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation and Judicial Proceedings

SB 727	Status as of March 26, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Senator Dorman
Entitled	Compulsive Gambling
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Environmental Matters

SB 780	Status as of February 19, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Young and Conway
Entitled	Primary and Secondary Education - Baltimore City Education First School Board
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation and Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 793	Status as of March 12, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Bromwell and Hoffman
Entitled	Racing - Taxes - Purses
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation

SB 795	Status as of April 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 105
Sponsored By	Chairman, Budget and Taxation Committee (Departmental - Education) and Senators Hoffman and Blount
Entitled	Primary and Secondary Education - New Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation and Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Appropriations and Ways and Means

SB 796	Status as of April 7, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Passed
Sponsored By	Senators Derr, Madden, and Astle
Entitled	Prevailing Wage - Overtime
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 819	Status as of March 20, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Senators Hafer, Madden, and Trotter (Task Force to Examine the State's Cemetery and Funeral Industry) and Senator Della
Entitled	Death Care Industry Regulation (Rachel's Law)
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 864	Status as of March 21, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Conway
Entitled	Court Fees - Criminal Cases - Law Enforcement Agencies
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 906	Status as of April 29, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 121
Sponsored By	Senators Amoss and Hoffman
Entitled	Maryland Higher Education Commission - Duties
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SJ 8	Status as of February 5, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Boozer, Derr, Colburn, Craig, Ferguson, Hafer, Haines, Hogan, Madden, McCabe, Middlebrooks, Munson, Neall, Roesser, and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Balanced Budget Amendment - Ratification
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation