1997 Regular Session subject information current as of December 1, 1997 - 16:51

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HB 19	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 640
Sponsored By	Delegates Taylor, Vallario, Dewberry, Hurson, Arnick, Busch, Curran, Harrison, Hixson, Kopp, Menes, Owings, Rawlings, and Shriver
Entitled	Court Administration - Collection of Fees - Public-Private Partnership
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 26	Status as of February 12, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Campbell
Entitled	Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages (Board of License Commissioners - Employees)
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

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 62	Status as of January 10, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Workman and Frank
Entitled	Workers' Compensation - Timely Payment for Treatment and Services - Penalty
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 82	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 386
Sponsored By	Delegate Leopold
Entitled	Department of Education - Comprehensive Early Intervention Services for Infants and Toddlers
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 96	Status as of March 26, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Delegates Leopold, Bozman, Finifter, McKee, Beck, Rzepkowski, Ports, Greenip, and Cryor
Entitled	Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Employer Tuition Reimbursement Payments
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 110	Status as of March 24, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Delegates Bissett, Hixson, Busch, Franchot, and McKee
Entitled	Military Reuse Zones - Advanced Technology Job Creation Tax Credit
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 133	Status as of March 20, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Rosenberg, C. Davis, Gordon, and Rosapepe
Entitled	Worker Retraining Tax Credit Act
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 169	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 411
Sponsored By	Chairman, Ways and Means Committee (Departmental - Comptroller)
Entitled	Motor Carrier Tax - Returns, Identification Markers, and Trip Permits
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 177	Status as of April 2, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Chairman, Commerce and Government Matters Committee (Departmental - Human Relations Commission)
Entitled	Maryland Human Relations Commission - Hearings - Relief
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 211	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 650
Sponsored By	Delegates Donoghue, Finifter, Mossburg, Pitkin, Bobo, Brinkley, Cadden, Conroy, DeCarlo, Dypski, Eckardt, Exum, Frank, Grosfeld, Healey, Howard, Hubbard, Hurson, Kach, Kagan, Klausmeier, Love, Marriott, Menes, Minnick, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Parker, Pendergrass, Perry, Petzold, Redmer, Turner, Walkup, Gordon, Love, V. Mitchell, Goldwater, Boston, Barve, Krysiak, Crumlin, Fulton, and Harrison
Entitled	Maryland Health Insurance Reform - Application to Self-Employed Individuals
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 213	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 420
Sponsored By	Delegate Donoghue
Entitled	Health Insurance - Small Employer Groups - Health Benefit Plans
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 214	Status as of February 3, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate M. Burns
Entitled	Employers - Prohibiting Campaign Contributions by Employees - Prohibition
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

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 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 403	Status as of February 11, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Grosfeld, Turner, R. Baker, Benson, Billings, Branch, E. Burns, Crumlin, D. Davis, Exum, Franchot, Frush, Healey, Heller, Howard, Hubbard, B. Hughes, Hurson, Kirk, Marriott, McIntosh, Menes, C. Mitchell, Montague, Muse, Opara, Patterson, Pitkin, Rosapepe, and Watson
Entitled	Labor and Employment - Minimum Wage Increase
Committee Assignments	House: Economic 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 425	Status as of March 10, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Hixson, Marriott, Doory, Goldwater, Grosfeld, Healey, Kagan, Kopp, Parker, Pitkin, Watson, Petzold, Snodgrass, Cryor, Harrison, B. Hughes, Howard, and Mandel
Entitled	Sexual Harassment - Education and Training in the Workplace
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 431	Status as of March 21, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Hixson, R. Baker, Barve, Billings, Bobo, Dembrow, Exum, Genn, Goldwater, Gordon, Grosfeld, Hecht, Heller, Howard, B. Hughes, Hurson, Kagan, Kopp, Mandel, Marriott, McIntosh, Menes, Montague, Nathan-Pulliam, Parker, Pendergrass, Petzold, Rawlings, Rosenberg, Valderrama, and Watson
Entitled	Anti-Discrimination Act
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 496	Status as of April 29, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 113
Sponsored By	The Speaker (Administration) and Delegates Healey, Leopold, Heller, C. Davis, Conroy, Marriott, Howard, Kopp, Bozman, Shriver, Patterson, Hubbard, Rawlings, McKee, Goldwater, D. Davis, Hecht, Dypski, Gordon, Workman, Pitkin, Bobo, and Cryor
Entitled	Tax Credits - Employment of Individuals with Disabilities
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 499	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 756
Sponsored By	The Speaker (Administration) and Delegates Marriott, C. Davis, Gordon, Kopp, Leopold, Bozman, Rawlings, McKee, Hecht, Dypski, Howard, Workman, Goldwater, Pitkin, Shriver, Cryor, Healey, and Finifter
Entitled	Job Creation Tax Credit Act of 1997
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 542	Status as of March 17, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Rosenberg and McIntosh
Entitled	State Employees - Employee Privacy Protection Act
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 602	Status as of March 14, 1997: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Failed
Sponsored By	Delegate Curran
Entitled	Human Relations Commission - Discrimination in Employment - Private Causes of Action
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

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 676	Status as of February 24, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Pitkin, Grosfeld, Bobo, Brinkley, Cadden, Conroy, DeCarlo, Dypski, Eckardt, Exum, Frank, Healey, Howard, Hubbard, Hurson, Kach, Kagan, Love, Marriott, Menes, Minnick, Nathan-Pulliam, Parker, Pendergrass, Perry, Petzold, Turner, and Walkup
Entitled	Maryland Health Insurance Reform - Application to Self-Employed Individuals
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 706	Status as of April 6, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Passed with Amendments
Sponsored By	Delegate Exum
Entitled	Workers' Compensation - Construction Carve Out
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 716	Status as of March 20, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Cryor, Mossburg, Rzepkowski, Ports, Harkins, and Walkup
Entitled	Tax Credit for Computers Donated to Employees with Children
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 727	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 688
Sponsored By	Delegates Barve and Gordon
Entitled	Tipped Employees - Computation of Wages
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 734	Status as of April 3, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Delegates Cryor, Beck, R. Baker, Dembrow, Eckardt, Faulkner, Frush, Kopp, Montague, Mossburg, Ports, Rosapepe, Shriver, Stocksdale, and Brinkley
Entitled	Income Tax Subtraction Modification - Businesses - Teaching the English Language to Employees' Families
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 740	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 689
Sponsored By	Washington County Delegation
Entitled	Washington County - Collective Bargaining
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 759	Status as of February 12, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Wood, La Vay, and McClenahan
Entitled	Workers' Compensation - Medical Services and Treatment - Selection of Physician from Panel
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 841	Status as of April 7, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Delegates Finifter, Rosenberg, McIntosh, Turner, Bobo, Campbell, Morhaim, Kagan, Petzold, Faulkner, Dembrow, Rosapepe, Hixson, Goldwater, R. Baker, Genn, Frank, E. Burns, and Parker
Entitled	Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 1997
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 842	Status as of March 10, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Kelly, Beck, Bissett, Brinkley, Crumlin, DeCarlo, Dypski, Dembrow, Elliott, Fry, Harkins, Jacobs, Leopold, Mohorovic, Mossburg, D. Murphy, Ports, Rzepkowski, Schade, and Stocksdale
Entitled	Health Care Savings Accounts
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

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 944	Status as of February 24, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Walkup, W. Baker, Guns, Bozman, and Eckardt
Entitled	Task Force on the Verification of the Documentation of Migrant Workers
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 946	Status as of March 18, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Jacobs, Baldwin, Beck, Bissett, Brinkley, Ciliberti, Cryor, Eckardt, Elliott, Flanagan, Getty, Greenip, Kittleman, Klima, La Vay, Morgan, Mossburg, O'Donnell, Ports, Redmer, Schade, Stocksdale, Stull, and Walkup
Entitled	Workers' Right to Know Act
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 980	Status as of March 18, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Jacobs, La Vay, Eckardt, McClenahan, Schade, Walkup, Baldwin, Beck, Bissett, Brinkley, Ciliberti, Cryor, Elliott, Flanagan, Getty, Greenip, D. Hughes, Hutchins, Kittleman, Klima, Morgan, Mossburg, O'Donnell, Ports, Redmer, Schisler, Snodgrass, Stocksdale, and Stull
Entitled	Labor and Employment - Right to Work
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 1027	Status as of March 18, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Redmer, Rzepkowski, Elliott, Crumlin, Finifter, Ports, McKee, Baldwin, Eckardt, Walkup, Kittleman, DeCarlo, Dewberry, Morhaim, Klausmeier, Beck, M. Burns, Jacobs, and Preis
Entitled	Tax Credit for Employer-Provided Long-Term Care Insurance
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1074	Status as of March 31, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules
Sponsored By	Chairman, Judiciary Committee (Departmental - Human Resources) and Delegates Menes, Shriver, Hecht, Perry, Harrison, Rosapepe, Finifter, Hubbard, Dypski, Hurson, Cadden, Stup, Healey, Parker, Pitkin, Grosfeld, B. Hughes, Howard, Workman, Frush, Faulkner, Benson, Bobo, and Petzold
Entitled	Child Support - Enforcement Procedures
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Senate Rules

HB 1110	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 718
Sponsored By	Delegates Bonsack, Jacobs, Klima, Linton, and Workman
Entitled	Physician Assistants - Termination of Employment - Reporting Requirements
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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 1140	Status as of February 7, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Benson, Boston, Nathan-Pulliam, Bobo, Clagett, Marriott, B. Hughes, Montague, Healey, Parker, E. Burns, and Grosfeld
Entitled	Family Investment Program - Qualified Employment Opportunity Employees - Newly Created Jobs
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1181	Status as of April 4, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Delegates Shriver, Heller, Hixson, and Rosapepe
Entitled	Tax Credit for Approved Paid Work-Based Learning Programs for Students - Pilot
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1190	Status as of February 12, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Marriott, Boston, T. Murphy, C. Davis, Watson, Kirk, Parker, Nathan-Pulliam, E. Burns, and Fulton
Entitled	Primary and Secondary Education - New Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1264	Status as of March 13, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Muse, C. Mitchell, Howard, Cryor, Patterson, Bonsack, Beck, and Valderrama
Entitled	Welfare Reform - Termination of Benefits - Temporary State Employment
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1272	Status as of March 20, 1997: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegate Rawlings
Entitled	Labor and Employment - Direct Deposit of Wages
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1320	Status as of February 19, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Marriott, Fulton, Rawlings, and R. Baker
Entitled	Employment Opportunity and Enterprise Zone Tax Credits - Living Wage
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1322	Status as of March 11, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Opara, Bobo, Patterson, and Branch
Entitled	Human Relations Commission - Discrimination in Employment
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 1391	Status as of March 19, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Pitkin, Proctor, Conroy, and Hubbard
Entitled	State Aviation Administration - Airport Personnel - Identification Badges
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 1401	Status as of March 20, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Redmer and Ports
Entitled	Health Insurance - Continuation Coverage for Dependent Children
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 1413	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 549
Sponsored By	Appropriations Committee (Departmental - Budget and Management)
Entitled	State Personnel - Personnel Reform - Technical Changes
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Finance

HB 1415	Status as of March 25, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Delegates DeCarlo and Holt
Entitled	Drivers' Schools - Tax and Unemployment Insurance Information - Verification
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 1416	Status as of March 20, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate McHale
Entitled	Multistate Industrial Retention Commission
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 1420	Status as of March 7, 1997: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates C. Mitchell, Watson, and Kirk
Entitled	Maryland Public Employee Labor Relations Act
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1432	Status as of March 3, 1997: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate Marriott
Entitled	Baltimore City Public Schools - Rights of Certificated and Noncertificated Employees
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1441	Status as of March 20, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Frank
Entitled	Computer and Technology-Based Occupations Apprenticeship Assistance Program
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 1443	Status as of March 24, 1997: Bill is in the House - Referred to interim study
Sponsored By	Delegate Fulton
Entitled	Job-Related Alcohol and Controlled Dangerous Substance Testing - Preliminary Screenings
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1446	Status as of March 25, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Washington County Delegation
Entitled	Washington County - Tourism
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 1459	Status as of April 1, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate D. Davis
Entitled	Bonuses - Distribution to All Employees
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HJ 26	Status as of March 24, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Menes and Montague (Special Committee on Drug and Alcohol Abuse)
Entitled	Task Force to Study Drug Treatment and Employment
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

SB 30	Status as of March 10, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Hollinger and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Tax Credit for Employer-Provided Long-Term Care Insurance
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 35	Status as of January 27, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Colburn and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Tax Credit - Businesses - Teaching the English Language to Non-English Speaking Employees
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 56	Status as of March 11, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Hafer
Entitled	State Construction Contracts - High Unemployment Regions - Use of Local Workers
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 79	Status as of April 1, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Chairman, Finance Committee (Departmental - University of Maryland System)
Entitled	Holiday and Leave Time - Public Institutions of Higher Education
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Appropriations

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 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 194	Status as of February 10, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Kasemeyer
Entitled	Income Tax - Employer-Paid Tuition for Employee Training
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 202	Status as of February 20, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Teitelbaum
Entitled	Maryland Health Insurance Reform Act - Application to Self-Employed Individuals
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 228	Status as of April 29, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 112
Sponsored By	The President (Administration) and Senators Hoffman, Currie, Munson, Dorman, Roesser, Stone, Green, Lawlah, Van Hollen, Madden, Trotter, Hollinger, Neall, Middleton, Kasemeyer, Hogan, Ruben, and McFadden
Entitled	Tax Credits - Employment of Individuals with Disabilities
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 229	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 755
Sponsored By	The President (Administration)
Entitled	Job Creation Tax Credit Act of 1997
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 254	Status as of March 17, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Referred to interim study
Sponsored By	Senators Currie, Madden, and Hoffman
Entitled	Worker Retraining Tax Credit Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 347	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 348
Sponsored By	Senator Collins (Baltimore County Administration)
Entitled	Baltimore County - Discrimination Laws - Civil Actions
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 370	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 350
Sponsored By	Senators Stone, Della, and Young
Entitled	Workers' Compensation - Average Weekly Wage - Multiple Employers - Serious Permanent Partial Disability and Permanent Total Disability
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

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 394	Status as of April 5, 1997: Bill is in the House - House Conference Committee Appointed
Sponsored By	Chairman, Finance Committee (Departmental - Education)
Entitled	Workers' Compensation - Students in Unpaid Work-Based Learning Experiences
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 410	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 354
Sponsored By	Chairman, Judicial Proceedings Committee (Departmental - Public Safety and Correctional Services)
Entitled	Economy and Efficiency - Organization and Responsibilities of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 424	Status as of March 26, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Young
Entitled	State Procurement - Preferences - Employment Enhancement Business
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 446	Status as of March 24, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator McFadden
Entitled	Family Investment Program - Qualified Employment Opportunity Employees - Newly Created Jobs
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 449	Status as of February 24, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Bromwell
Entitled	Job-Related Alcohol and Controlled Dangerous Substances Testing - Preliminary Screenings
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 459	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 359
Sponsored By	Senator Miller
Entitled	Court Administration - Collection of Fees - Public-Private Partnership
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 472	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 591
Sponsored By	Senator Della
Entitled	Workers' Compensation - Construction Carve Out
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 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 586	Status as of January 31, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Astle, Stoltzfus, Hogan, McCabe, Ferguson, Colburn, Haines, Roesser, Derr, and Craig
Entitled	Right to Work
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 636	Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 609
Sponsored By	Senators Baker, Green, Ruben, Bromwell, Kelley, Madden, Forehand, Blount, Boozer, Collins, Conway, Craig, Currie, Della, Derr, Dorman, Dyson, Ferguson, Hoffman, Hogan, Hollinger, Hughes, Lawlah, McFadden, Middleton, Munson, Neall, Pinsky, Roesser, Sfikas, Stoltzfus, Stone, Teitelbaum, Trotter, Van Hollen, and Young
Entitled	Child Support - Enforcement Procedures
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 690	Status as of March 19, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Pinsky, McFadden, Kelley, Young, Sfikas, Trotter, and Currie
Entitled	Labor and Employment - Minimum Wage Increase
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

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 748	Status as of February 24, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Hoffman
Entitled	Baltimore City Earnings Tax
Committee Assignments	Senate: 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 831	Status as of March 26, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Madden and Hogan
Entitled	Computer Information Science and Engineering Graduates - Loan Forgiveness Study
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 837	Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 385
Sponsored By	Senator Lawlah (Chairman, Subcommittee on Health, Education and Human Resources) and Senator Hoffman
Entitled	Department of Education - Comprehensive Early Intervention Services for Infants and Toddlers
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 838	Status as of March 19, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Della
Entitled	Labor and Employment - Employment of Illegal Aliens - Prohibition
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance