1997 Regular Session subject information current as of December 1, 1997 - 16:17

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HB 80	Status as of February 24, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Arnick and Minnick
Entitled	Licensing and Regulation of Tattoo Artists and Tattoo Artist Instructors
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 95	Status as of March 18, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Goldwater, Kopp, Barve, Krysiak, Frank, Pendergrass, Eckardt, and Cadden
Entitled	Consumer Health Care Protection Act
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters and Environmental Matters

HB 125	Status as of February 17, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters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 127	Status as of January 30, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Fulton
Entitled	Health - Hotels - Cleaning Commonly Used Items
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 209	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 418
Sponsored By	Delegates Stup, Stull, Brinkley, Snodgrass, and Hecht
Entitled	Regulation of Food Establishments - Excluded Organizations
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 268	Status as of April 29, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 178
Sponsored By	Delegates Marriott, Hammen, Oaks, Nathan-Pulliam, Watson, Boston, Branch, Campbell, C. Davis, Doory, Fulton, Harrison, Kirk, McIntosh, C. Mitchell, Montague, Opara, Parker, Rawlings, and Rosenberg
Entitled	Needle Exchange Program - Repeal of Sunset
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 303	Status as of April 3, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Delegates Turner, Perry, Pendergrass, Grosfeld, Mandel, Marriott, C. Mitchell, Oaks, Snodgrass, Hecht, Vallario, Proctor, Frush, Kagan, Patterson, Muse, Petzold, E. Burns, Bonsack, Bobo, Faulkner, Conroy, Montague, Cryor, Shriver, Love, M. Burns, D. Murphy, Parker, Hutchins, Genn, Menes, Pitkin, Cadden, Hubbard, Crumlin, Preis, McIntosh, O'Donnell, Bissett, Jacobs, Krysiak, Dembrow, Kirk, Nathan-Pulliam, Watson, Malone, Branch, Fulton, Mossburg, Ciliberti, T. Murphy, Frank, Finifter, Klausmeier, Hurson, Workman, Edwards, McKee, and B. Hughes
Entitled	Adoption Contact Services and Access to Adoption Records
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 344	Status as of March 18, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Doory and Dembrow
Entitled	Sexually Violent Predators and Sexual Offenders - Registration
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 374	Status as of February 17, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Grosfeld and Marriott
Entitled	Vital Statistics - Certificate of Birth - Reissue After Change of Sex
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 386	Status as of February 24, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Minnick, Arnick, Mohorovic, Dembrow, Love, Holt, Harkins, Pitkin, Faulkner, DeCarlo, and Franchot
Entitled	Licensing and Regulation of Tattoo Artists and Body Piercing Artists
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 389	Status as of February 24, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Love, Frank, and V. Mitchell
Entitled	Public Swimming Pools and Spas - Safety
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 411	Status as of April 5, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Senate Conference Committee Appointed
Sponsored By	Delegates Owings, Weir, Ciliberti, Redmer, and Stup
Entitled	Job-Related Drug Testing
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Finance

HB 436	Status as of January 28, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, C. Mitchell, Parker, Boston, Marriott, Frush, and E. Burns
Entitled	Health - Inspections of Food Establishments
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 444	Status as of March 18, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Watson, D. Davis, Parker, C. Mitchell, Boston, Marriott, Frush, McIntosh, and E. Burns
Entitled	Food Service Managers - Certification
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 484	Status as of January 29, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Gordon, Conroy, Love, and Healey
Entitled	Supplemental Income Tax on Corporations - Developmental Disabilities - Waiting List Equity Fund
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 504	Status as of March 20, 1997: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Failed
Sponsored By	Delegates Stup, Nathan-Pulliam, Elliott, Stull, Brinkley, Snodgrass, Hecht, McKee, Edwards, Harkins, D. Hughes, Donoghue, Poole, Workman, Watson, O'Donnell, Hubbard, Kirk, C. Davis, Boston, C. Mitchell, Love, Harrison, Fulton, Fry, Willis, Hutchins, Klausmeier, Stocksdale, Frush, Getty, Montague, and Arnick
Entitled	Fairness in Milk Marketing Act of 1997
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 506	Status as of March 30, 1997: Bill is in the House - Requests Recede
Sponsored By	The Speaker (Administration) and Delegates Oaks, Nathan-Pulliam, Turner, Frush, D. Davis, Rudolph, Kopp, Grosfeld, and Pitkin
Entitled	Health Care Services - Thriving by Three Program
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Finance

HB 514	Status as of April 6, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules
Sponsored By	Delegates Rawlings, McHale, Hubbard, and Rosenberg
Entitled	Maryland Medicaid Managed Care Program - Capitation Payments - Graduate Medical Education Costs
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Senate Rules

HB 598	Status as of April 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 107
Sponsored By	Delegates Love, Frank, Donoghue, Barve, Walkup, Crumlin, Eckardt, Kirk, Krysiak, Pitkin, Doory, Hurson, Harrison, Goldwater, Cadden, Kach, Pendergrass, V. Mitchell, Nathan-Pulliam, and Fulton
Entitled	Health Maintenance Organizations - Reimbursement for Medical Screening Services
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 642	Status as of March 11, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Mandel, Pendergrass, Bobo, Goldwater, Pitkin, Conroy, Turner, Cadden, Franchot, Kagan, Petzold, Hurson, Hubbard, Howard, Frush, Menes, Rosapepe, Perry, Hecht, Love, Morhaim, and Nathan-Pulliam
Entitled	Maternal and Child Health - Lactation Project
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 653	Status as of February 5, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegate Rosenberg (Joint Committee on Welfare Reform) and Delegates Rawlings, Branch, Cadden, Klima, C. Mitchell, and McHale
Entitled	Welfare Innovation Act of 1997
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 687	Status as of March 3, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate C. Davis
Entitled	State Advisory Commission on Gambling Addiction
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 701	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 553
Sponsored By	Delegates Eckardt, Schisler, Walkup, Guns, Boston, Oaks, and Opara
Entitled	Education - School Health Pilot Program - Repeal of Termination Provision
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs and Finance

HB 726	Status as of March 3, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Fulton (Co-Chairman, Special Joint Committee on Group Homes)
Entitled	Interagency Coordinating Council on Community-Based Services for Adults with Developmental Disabilities or Mental Disorders
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 753	Status as of February 12, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Morhaim, Hurson, and Hammen
Entitled	Acquisition of Nonprofit Health Entities
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 776	Status as of April 5, 1997: Bill is in the House - Referred to interim study
Sponsored By	Delegate Pitkin
Entitled	Confidentiality and Disclosure of Genetic Information
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 786	Status as of March 18, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Rudolph and Poole
Entitled	Medicaid Program - Emergency Service Transporters - Reimbursement
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 865	Status as of March 24, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Hurson, Harrison, Branch, Valderrama, Nathan-Pulliam, Krysiak, Rosenberg, Conroy, Hammen, Morhaim, C. Davis, and Rosapepe
Entitled	Medical Assistance Program - Managed Care Program - Special Needs Children
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 875	Status as of February 19, 1997: Bill is in the House - Re-assigned Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Hurson, Valderrama, Montague, Harrison, Conroy, Heller, McIntosh, Kopp, Perry, Mandel, Goldwater, Grosfeld, Love, DeCarlo, B. Hughes, Genn, Conway, Petzold, and Rosapepe
Entitled	Medical Assistance Programs - Eligibility
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 920	Status as of April 5, 1997: Bill is in the House - Referred to interim study
Sponsored By	Delegates Finifter, Frank, and Klausmeier
Entitled	Genetic Information Privacy Act
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 949	Status as of February 12, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Hurson, Harrison, Love, and Krysiak
Entitled	Community Health Networks
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 952	Status as of March 18, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Hurson, Goldwater, Shriver, Marriott, Conroy, Love, Bonsack, Barve, and Healey
Entitled	Children's Health Insurance Assistance Program
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 984	Status as of March 26, 1997: Bill is in the House - Recommit to Committee Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Marriott, Healey, and Rawlings
Entitled	Tobacco Tax - Tobacco Tax Health Protection Fund
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 991	Status as of February 5, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Rosenberg
Entitled	Institutions of Higher Education - Youth Camps - Inspections
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1045	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 709
Sponsored By	Delegates Watson, Oaks, McHale, C. Mitchell, Kirk, Hammen, Exum, Hubbard, D. Davis, Morhaim, Fulton, Marriott, Elliott, Parker, Stull, Stup, and Nathan-Pulliam
Entitled	Mental Hygiene Administration - Core Service Agencies - Procedure
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Finance

HB 1138	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 521
Sponsored By	Delegates Hubbard, Morhaim, Owings, Frush, Oaks, Nathan-Pulliam, C. Mitchell, Kirk, Boston, Fulton, Bobo, Muse, Benson, Crumlin, R. Baker, Opara, Marriott, and Branch
Entitled	Childhood Lead Screening Program
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 1157	Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Delegate Stup
Entitled	State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, and Speech-Language Pathologists - Appointment of Audiologist Members
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 1167	Status as of March 24, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, E. Burns, and Parker
Entitled	Medical Assistance Programs - Reimbursement for Federally Qualified Health Centers
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1209	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 368
Sponsored By	Delegates O'Donnell, Rosenberg, Flanagan, and Genn
Entitled	Children in Need of Assistance - Drug-Addicted Babies
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 1227	Status as of February 26, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Rosenberg, Campbell, and McIntosh
Entitled	Tobacco Products - Sales to Minors - Enforcement Exception to Prohibition
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1253	Status as of March 17, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Montague and Pitkin
Entitled	Premarriage Education - Waiting Period
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1289	Status as of March 26, 1997: Bill is in the House - Referred to interim study
Sponsored By	Delegate McHale
Entitled	Hospital Capacity and Cost Containment Act
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1375	Status as of February 21, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Valderrama, Howard, Exum, Patterson, B. Hughes, Opara, Frush, Nathan-Pulliam, Doory, Menes, Rosapepe, Palumbo, Healey, Dembrow, E. Burns, Mandel, Muse, and Bobo
Entitled	Welfare Reform - Legal Immigrants
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1429	Status as of March 24, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Hurson
Entitled	Medicaid - Children with Special Health Care Needs Council
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1447	Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	The Speaker (Administration)
Entitled	Elimination and Consolidation of Certain Boards and Commissions and Agency Reporting Requirements
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 1461	Status as of March 20, 1997: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Hubbard
Entitled	Childhood Lead Screening - Exemption for Religious Beliefs and Practices
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

SB 80	Status as of April 29, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 130
Sponsored By	Chairman, Finance Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
Entitled	Residential Treatment Centers - Accreditation
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Environmental Matters

SB 91	Status as of February 6, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Chairman, Finance Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
Entitled	Laboratories - Tissue Banks
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 92	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 325
Sponsored By	Chairman, Finance Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
Entitled	Mental Hygiene Law
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Environmental Matters

SB 94	Status as of April 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 8
Sponsored By	Chairman, Finance Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
Entitled	Disease Prevention - Tuberculosis
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 95	Status as of March 5, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Chairman, Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
Entitled	Nurse Practice Act - Dispensing of Drugs or Devices by Health Department Nurses
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 211	Status as of February 20, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Kelley, Blount, Collins, Sfikas, Teitelbaum, and Della
Entitled	Community-Based Residential Programs - Group Homes - Minimum Staff Requirements
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 233	Status as of April 5, 1997: Bill is in the House - House Conference Committee Appointed
Sponsored By	The President (Administration) and Senators Currie, Derr, Dorman, Hollinger, Forehand, Middleton, Ruben, Young, Trotter, Neall, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Hoffman, Madden, Pinsky, Hafer, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Expansion of Eligibility for Low and Moderate Income Pregnant Women and Children
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Environmental Matters

SB 240	Status as of March 19, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Dorman (Co-Chairman, Special Joint Committee on Group Homes)
Entitled	Interagency Coordinating Council on Community-Based Services for Adults with Developmental Disabilities or Mental Disorders
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 284	Status as of March 4, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Stone
Entitled	Licensing and Regulation of Tattoo Artists and Body Piercing Artists
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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 333	Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senator Bromwell
Entitled	Health Maintenance Organizations - Reimbursement for Medical Screening Services
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 337	Status as of April 3, 1997: Bill is in the House - House Conference Committee Appointed
Sponsored By	Senators Dorman and Bromwell
Entitled	Community Health Networks
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 353	Status as of March 26, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Senator Hollinger
Entitled	Assisted Living Programs - Resident Property
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Environmental Matters

SB 356	Status as of April 7, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Senators Teitelbaum, Hollinger, Pinsky, Dyson, Collins, and Frosh
Entitled	Health Occupation Boards - Sexual Misconduct
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 404	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 586
Sponsored By	Chairman, Finance Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
Entitled	Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Recovery of Payments
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Environmental Matters

SB 407	Status as of April 29, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 173
Sponsored By	Chairman, Finance Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
Entitled	Maryland Pharmacy Assistance Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Environmental Matters

SB 408	Status as of March 21, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Chairman, Finance Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
Entitled	Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Nursing Facilities - Reserved Beds
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 435	Status as of April 2, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Senators Craig and Hafer
Entitled	Milk Products - Health Standards
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 451	Status as of April 29, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 177
Sponsored By	Senators Hollinger, McFadden, Blount, Kelley, Young, Conway, and Hoffman
Entitled	Needle Exchange Program - Repeal of Sunset
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 452	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 358
Sponsored By	Senators Hollinger, Blount, and Colburn
Entitled	Education - School Health Pilot Program - Repeal of Termination Provision
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs and Finance House: Environmental Matters

SB 458	Status as of March 19, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Senators Craig , Hafer, and Young
Entitled	Task Force on Maryland's Dairy Industry - Recommendations - Milk Pricing
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental 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 503	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 594
Sponsored By	Senators Astle, Hafer, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Job-Related Drug Testing
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Environmental Matters

SB 512	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 367
Sponsored By	Senator Hoffman
Entitled	Children in Need of Assistance - Drug-Addicted Babies
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 531	Status as of March 19, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Hollinger
Entitled	Acquisition of Nonprofit Health Entities
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 544	Status as of February 5, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Hoffman
Entitled	State Tobacco Tax - Smoking and Cancer Prevention Fund - Poverty Grants for Schools
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation and Judicial Proceedings

SB 609	Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senator Young
Entitled	Mental Hygiene Administration - Core Service Agencies - Procedure
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Environmental Matters

SB 643	Status as of April 2, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Madden, Hoffman, McFadden, and Sfikas
Entitled	Medical Assistance Program - Managed Care Program - Special Needs Children
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 654	Status as of March 17, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Pinsky
Entitled	Health Insurance - Quality of Care - Requirements
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 661	Status as of April 29, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 194
Sponsored By	Senators Hollinger and Collins
Entitled	Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Nursing Assistants - Certification
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 686	Status as of March 21, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Failed
Sponsored By	Senators Della, Collins, Madden, Trotter, Stone, Van Hollen, Conway, Dorman, Frosh, Sfikas, Currie, Kelley, Pinsky, Jimeno, and Lawlah
Entitled	Toxics Safety Information Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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 735	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 380
Sponsored By	Senators Craig and Hollinger
Entitled	State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, and Speech-Language Pathologists - Appointment of Audiologist Members
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 752	Status as of March 10, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Young
Entitled	Fairness in Milk Marketing Act of 1997
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 841	Status as of April 7, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Senator Bromwell
Entitled	Task Force on Health Care Regulatory Reform
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Environmental Matters

SB 849	Status as of February 19, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules
Sponsored By	Senators Young, Dorman, and Bromwell
Entitled	Health Benefit Plans - Quality of Health Care Services
Committee Assignments	Senate: Senate Rules

SB 850	Status as of February 19, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules
Sponsored By	Senators Young, Dorman, and Bromwell
Entitled	Hospitals - Excess Hospital Bed Capacity
Committee Assignments	Senate: Senate Rules

SB 899	Status as of April 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 5
Sponsored By	The President (Administration)
Entitled	Elimination and Consolidation of Certain Boards and Commissions and Agency Reporting Requirements
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 904	Status as of March 25, 1997: Bill is in the House - Re-assigned Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Senators Miller, Bromwell, Young, Hollinger, Astle, Dorman, Teitelbaum, Hafer, Della, Trotter, Derr, Roesser, and Madden
Entitled	Consumer Health Information Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Environmental Matters