1997 Regular Session subject information current as of December 1, 1997 - 16:29

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HB 6	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 638
Sponsored By	Delegate Taylor and Chairman, Commerce and Government Matters Committee, and Delegates Dewberry, Hurson, Arnick, Busch, Harrison, Hixson, Kopp, Menes, Owings, Rawlings, Vallario, Dypski, Bobo, Snodgrass, Getty, DeCarlo, Brinkley, Wood, Benson, Rudolph, and Pitkin
Entitled	Election Laws - Reporting of Contributions by Persons Doing Business with State or Local Government
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 38	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 624
Sponsored By	Delegates Hixson, Goldwater, and Kopp
Entitled	Tax Credits - Businesses That Create New Jobs
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 39	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 387
Sponsored By	Delegates Elliott and Brinkley
Entitled	State Police - Equipment for Local Law Enforcement
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 99	Status as of February 17, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Stup and Nathan-Pulliam
Entitled	Task Force on the Future of Maryland Agriculture
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 185	Status as of April 3, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Allegany County Delegation
Entitled	Property Taxes - Constant Yield Tax Rate - County Advertisement Requirements
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 272	Status as of April 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 83
Sponsored By	Allegany County Delegation
Entitled	Allegany County and City of Cumberland - Property Tax Credit - Rehabilitated Property
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 276	Status as of February 10, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Gordon, Barve, and Kirk
Entitled	Law Enforcement Officers - Powers
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 278	Status as of April 29, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 227
Sponsored By	Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation)
Entitled	Maryland Secondhand Precious Metal Object Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act - Amendments
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 302	Status as of February 17, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Hammen, Krysiak, Dypski, Rawlings, Marriott, Boston, McIntosh, Rosenberg, Montague, Kirk, C. Mitchell, Watson, Branch, C. Davis, Harrison, T. Murphy, Klausmeier, Nathan-Pulliam, and Parker
Entitled	District Court - Appeals - Enforcement of Certain Local Codes
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 311	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 426
Sponsored By	Delegates Arnick and Malone
Entitled	Local Government - State Residency Requirements - Prohibition
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 316	Status as of February 17, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Frank, Krysiak, and Morhaim
Entitled	Real Property - Home Offices - Residential Use
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 357	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 572
Sponsored By	Delegates Howard, Exum, Healey, McKee, Harkins, Hubbard, D. Davis, C. Davis, Frush, Menes, Pitkin, Grosfeld, Kirk, Harrison, Hixson, Watson, C. Mitchell, Muse, Conroy, Bonsack, Branch, Rosapepe, Dembrow, and Cryor
Entitled	Urban Highways - Sidewalks and Bicycle Pathways
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Finance

HB 369	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 663
Sponsored By	Delegates Hammen, Krysiak, Dypski, Mohorovic, Minnick, and Arnick
Entitled	Incinerators - Authority to Prohibit
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 393	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 437
Sponsored By	Delegate Bissett
Entitled	Local Government - Acceptance of Credit and Debit Cards
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 409	Status as of February 25, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 2
Sponsored By	Delegates Guns and Taylor and the Speaker (Administration) and Delegates Weir, Billings, D. Hughes, Mohorovic, D. Davis, Ciliberti, Redmer, Hammen, McHale, Stup, Nathan-Pulliam, Hubbard, Frush, Morhaim, Klausmeier, and Watson and the Committee on Ways and Means
Entitled	Brownfields - Voluntary Cleanup and Revitalization Programs
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 410	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 438
Sponsored By	The Speaker (Department of Fiscal Services)
Entitled	Local Government Pension Systems - Annual Report - Technical Corrections
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 446	Status as of March 18, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Gordon and C. Davis
Entitled	Income Tax Reform
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 470	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 448
Sponsored By	Delegate Edwards
Entitled	Garrett County Sanitary Commission - Unpaid Sewerage Charges - Disconnection of Water Service
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 487	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 450
Sponsored By	Delegates Holt, Weir, DeCarlo, Ports, Klausmeier, and Hammen
Entitled	Baltimore County - Property Tax Credit - Gunpowder Valley Conservancy , Inc.
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 508	Status as of April 4, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	The Speaker (Administration)
Entitled	"Smart Growth" and Neighborhood Conservation - "Smart Growth" Areas
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation

HB 511	Status as of April 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 4
Sponsored By	Delegates Taylor, Rawlings, Owings, Harrison, E. Burns, Genn, Fry, Proctor, Howard, Dembrow, Valderrama, Minnick, Boston, Rudolph, Guns, Barve, Love, Dewberry, Curran, Vallario, Bozman, Dypski, Gordon, Weir, V. Mitchell, Mossburg, Hixson, Arnick, Hurson, Conway, Busch, Linton, Preis, Poole, Hecht, Heller, Morhaim, Donoghue, Frank, W. Baker, Franchot, DeCarlo, C. Davis, Wood, Krysiak, and Crumlin
Entitled	1997 Tax Reduction Act
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 534	Status as of March 31, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Delegates Conroy, Workman, Kagan, Gordon, Morgan, Snodgrass, Barve, Healey, Hubbard, Conway, Hecht, Howard, Menes, B. Hughes, Pitkin, Guns, Hixson, Bonsack, Rudolph, and Benson
Entitled	Municipal Corporations - Incorporation Process
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 535	Status as of April 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 87
Sponsored By	Delegate Schisler
Entitled	Dorchester County and Talbot County - Property Tax Credit - Chesapeake Audubon Society, Inc.
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 580	Status as of January 29, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Campbell and Healey
Entitled	Sales and Use Tax - Services
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 582	Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Delegate Heller (Co-Chairman, Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds)
Entitled	Local Government Investment Authority
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 601	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 457
Sponsored By	Prince George's County Delegation
Entitled	Takoma Park Unification - County Income Tax Receipts for 1997 PG 416-97
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 617	Status as of March 20, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Harkins
Entitled	Regulation of Scrap Metal Processors - Record Keeping
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 627	Status as of February 7, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Prince George's County Delegation
Entitled	Municipal Corporations - Express Powers - Regulation of Hours of Operation of Businesses PG 425-97
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 647	Status as of March 18, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Benson
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Improperly Registered Motor Vehicles - Law Enforcement Incentive Program
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 703	Status as of March 13, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Prince George's County Delegation
Entitled	Prince George's County - Municipal Corporations - Property Tax Credits for Police Officers PG 424-97
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

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 804	Status as of March 18, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Morgan
Entitled	Historic Preservation - Right of Appeal
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 811	Status as of March 18, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Snodgrass
Entitled	Home Improvement Contractors and Subcontractors - Local Enforcement Actions
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 844	Status as of April 3, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Referred to interim study
Sponsored By	Delegate Getty
Entitled	Public Records - Copying and Access
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 870	Status as of March 10, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Stocksdale, Donoghue, Elliott, Hurson, and Getty
Entitled	Tire Recycling Fee - Disposition
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 878	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 486
Sponsored By	Montgomery County and Prince George's County Delegations
Entitled	City of Takoma Park - Alcoholic Beverages (Unification Issues - II) MC/PG 22A-97
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 891	Status as of April 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 65
Sponsored By	Montgomery County and Prince George's County Delegations
Entitled	Prince George's County - Zoning - Municipal Corporations MC/PG 3-97
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Select Committee 07

HB 895	Status as of March 27, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Montgomery County and Prince George's County Delegations
Entitled	Prince George's County - Municipal Corporations - Property Tax Differential - Residential Property MC/PG 49-97
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 904	Status as of March 3, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Montgomery County and Prince George's County Delegations
Entitled	Prince George's County - Municipal Corporations - Zoning Authority MC/PG 32-97
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 905	Status as of April 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 93
Sponsored By	Montgomery County and Prince George's County Delegations
Entitled	City of Takoma Park - Unification - Technical Corrections MC/PG 28-97
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 911	Status as of February 7, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Montgomery County and Prince George's County Delegations
Entitled	Regional District - Prince George's County - Express Powers - Planning and Zoning MC/PG 15-97
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 941	Status as of April 2, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Prince George's County Delegation
Entitled	Prince George's County - Property Tax - Property in Municipal Corporations PG 430-97
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1013	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 705
Sponsored By	Delegates Boston, Cadden, Love, and Minnick
Entitled	For-Hire Drivers - Licensing
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Finance

HB 1018	Status as of March 10, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Rosenberg
Entitled	Board of Government Innovation and Cooperation
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 1041	Status as of April 29, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 269
Sponsored By	Delegates Howard and Exum
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Town of Fairmount Heights - Sheriff Road Revitalization Project
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1090	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 715
Sponsored By	Frederick County Delegation
Entitled	Frederick County - Property Tax Credit - Leased Property Used for Educational Purposes
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1095	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 517
Sponsored By	Frederick County Delegation
Entitled	Frederick County - Community Development Authorities
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1112	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 719
Sponsored By	Delegates Healey, Hixson, Rosapepe, Howard, Gordon, Shriver, Bonsack, Conroy, Snodgrass, Exum, Morgan, Workman, Hecht, Menes, Pitkin, Benson, Hubbard, Frush, and McKee
Entitled	Task Force to Study County Property Tax Setoffs and Related Fiscal Issues
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1139	Status as of March 13, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegate Malone
Entitled	Collective Bargaining and Binding Arbitration for Fire and Rescue Personnel
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1153	Status as of February 21, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegate Slade (Chairman, Joint Budget and Audit Committee)
Entitled	General Assembly - Department of Fiscal Services - Office of Legislative Audits
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1184	Status as of February 19, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate Hixson
Entitled	Admissions and Amusement Tax - Videotape and Game Cartridge Rentals
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1325	Status as of March 24, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Delegates Healey, Taylor, Hixson, Bozman, Willis, Howard, Muse, Workman, McIntosh, Pitkin, Dembrow, Heller, Frank, Owings, Krysiak, Hecht, Hurson, Valderrama, McKee, Shriver, Marriott, and Finifter
Entitled	Clarification of Property Tax Assessment - Real Property
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1348	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 740
Sponsored By	Washington County Delegation, Allegany County Delegation, and Delegates Hixson, Dembrow, Conroy, Hubbard, Franchot, and Pitkin
Entitled	Retirement and Pensions - Participating Governmental Units - Deficits
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1381	Status as of February 26, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Stup
Entitled	State Assumption of Waste Facilities
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1392	Status as of March 19, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Kach and Klima
Entitled	Public Debt - Public Information on Debt Service
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 1418	Status as of March 20, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Muse, Beck, Bozman, and McKee
Entitled	Income Tax Revenue Distribution - Municipalities
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1452	Status as of March 24, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Guns
Entitled	Transfer of the Authority to Regulate the Land Application of Sewage Sludge from the Department of the Environment to the Department of Agriculture
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1456	Status as of March 7, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules
Sponsored By	Delegates Klausmeier and Redmer
Entitled	Public Service Commission - Safety and Damage Prevention of Underground Facilities
Committee Assignments	House: House Rules

HJ 17	Status as of March 19, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Klausmeier, D. Davis, Ports, Redmer, Mohorovic, Malone, DeCarlo, Finifter, Kach, Holt, McClenahan, Conway, M. Burns, Love, Stocksdale, Snodgrass, Krysiak, Hammen, Weir, and Nathan-Pulliam
Entitled	Graffiti
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 1	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 319
Sponsored By	Senator Currie (Co-Chairman, Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds)
Entitled	Local Government Investment Authority
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 33	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 559
Sponsored By	Senator Colburn
Entitled	Forest Conservation
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 44	Status as of February 3, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Trotter
Entitled	Litter Control - Counties - Enforcement of Littering Prohibitions
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 50	Status as of February 18, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Senators Craig , Hafer, Middleton, and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Task Force on the Future of Maryland Agriculture
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 58	Status as of April 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 6
Sponsored By	Senator Stone
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Local Authorities - Establishment of Speed Limits in Alleys
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 65	Status as of March 10, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Ruben
Entitled	Retirement and Pensions - Participating Governmental Units - Deficit Payments
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 128	Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Senators Miller, Blount, and Collins
Entitled	Election Laws - Reporting of Contributions by Persons Doing Business with State or Local Government
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 143	Status as of January 23, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Della
Entitled	Regulation of Scrap Metal Processors - Record Keeping
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 146	Status as of January 10, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Della
Entitled	Collective Bargaining and Binding Arbitration for Fire and Rescue Personnel
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 189	Status as of March 17, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Senators Hoffman, Blount, Currie, Dorman, Green, Kelley, Lawlah, Trotter, and Amoss
Entitled	Admissions and Amusement Tax - Videotape and Game Cartridge Rentals
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 190	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 564
Sponsored By	Senators Amoss, Miller, Hoffman, Currie, Lawlah, Munson, Middleton, Boozer, and Hogan
Entitled	Economic Development - Loans Guaranteed by Political Subdivisions
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Economic Matters

SB 203	Status as of March 24, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Della
Entitled	Regulation of Scrap Metal Processors - Record Keeping
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 217	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 566
Sponsored By	Senator Haines
Entitled	Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Services - Local Licensure of Individuals Licensed by the State Board
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Economic Matters

SB 237	Status as of April 1, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	The President (Administration) and Senators Baker, Amoss, Lawlah, Jimeno, Astle, Bromwell, Collins, Stone, Hollinger, McFadden, Kasemeyer, Neall, and Munson
Entitled	1997 Tax Reduction Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 263	Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Anne Arundel County Senators
Entitled	Local Government - Acceptance of Credit and Debit Cards
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 267	Status as of March 19, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Sfikas, McFadden, Hughes, Blount, Young, Conway, Kelley, and Della
Entitled	District Court - Appeals - Enforcement of Certain Local Codes
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 295	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 571
Sponsored By	Senators Currie, Trotter, Dorman, Green, and Ferguson
Entitled	Urban Highways - Sidewalks and Bicycle Pathways
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Ways and Means

SB 316	Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	The President (Department of Fiscal Services)
Entitled	Local Government Pension Systems - Annual Report - Technical Corrections
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 340	Status as of February 25, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 1
Sponsored By	Senators Frosh, Blount, the President (Administration) , and Senators Collins, Conway, Craig, Dyson, Hollinger, McCabe, Pinsky, Sfikas, and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Brownfields - Voluntary Cleanup and Revitalization Programs
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 352	Status as of March 17, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Ferguson
Entitled	Golf Facilities - Use of State or Local Public Funds - Prohibition
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 389	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 759
Sponsored By	The President (Administration) and Senators Blount, Collins, Conway, Frosh, Hollinger, Pinsky, and Sfikas
Entitled	"Smart Growth" and Neighborhood Conservation - "Smart Growth" Areas
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation House: Environmental Matters

SB 399	Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Chairman, Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee (Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation)
Entitled	Maryland Secondhand Precious Metal Object Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act - Amendments
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Economic Matters

SB 417	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 355
Sponsored By	Chairman, Finance Committee (Departmental - Housing and Community Dev.)
Entitled	Department of Housing and Community Development - Neighborhood Business Development Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 457	Status as of February 5, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Sfikas and Stone
Entitled	Incinerators - Authority to Prohibit
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 489	Status as of March 6, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Craig, Trotter, and Green
Entitled	Municipal Corporations - Incorporation Process
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 569	Status as of March 19, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Madden
Entitled	Incentive Program - Reporting Improperly Registered Motor Vehicles - Employees of Local Law Enforcement Agencies
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 570	Status as of March 21, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Madden
Entitled	Political Subdivisions - Airport Zoning Appeals
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 575	Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senators Derr and Ferguson (Frederick County Senators)
Entitled	Frederick County - Property Tax Credit - Leased Property Used for Educational Purposes
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 605	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 754
Sponsored By	Senators Stone , Bromwell, Colburn, Ferguson, Forehand, Green, Haines, Hughes, Jimeno, Kelley, and Middlebrooks
Entitled	Crimes and Punishments - Crimes Against Children and Sex Offenders - Registration
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 623	Status as of February 17, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Della
Entitled	Environment - Special Medical Waste Incinerators - Fees
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 689	Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senators Derr and Ferguson (Frederick County Senators)
Entitled	Frederick County - Community Development Authorities
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 703	Status as of April 7, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Senators Colburn and Baker
Entitled	Police Training Commission - Probationary Certification
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 712	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 623
Sponsored By	Senators Van Hollen , Hogan, Middleton, Ruben, McFadden, Lawlah, and Currie
Entitled	Tax Credits - Businesses That Create New Jobs
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 734	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 627
Sponsored By	Senator Craig
Entitled	Scrap Tire Disposal - Use of Fund - Fee Termination
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 753	Status as of March 26, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Young
Entitled	Zoning - Personal Wireless Services - Antennas and Antenna Towers
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 789	Status as of April 5, 1997: Bill is in the House - Second Reading Passed
Sponsored By	Senators Amoss, Green, Munson, Currie, and Ferguson
Entitled	Task Force to Study County Property Tax Setoffs and Related Fiscal Issues
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 861	Status as of February 26, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Trotter
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Town of Fairmount Heights - Sheriff Road Revitalization Project
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 886	Status as of March 28, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Senator Colburn
Entitled	Caroline County - Community Development Authorities
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 908	Status as of March 13, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Bromwell
Entitled	Public Service Commission - Safety and Damage Prevention of Underground Facilities
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance