1998 Regular Session sponsor information current as of December 29, 1998 - 12:15 p.m.

Sponsor Information	Senator John J. Hafer District 1	Another Session	Short Format
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SB 208	Status as of March 2, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Hafer
Entitled	Property Tax Assessment - Single-Family Residential Real Property
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 209	Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 156
Sponsored By	Senator Hafer
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Garrett County Memorial Hospital
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 210	Status as of April 6, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Senator Hafer
Entitled	Hunter Safety Instructors - Complimentary Consolidated Hunting License
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 211	Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Senator Hafer
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Allegany County Agricultural Expo and Fairgrounds
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 248	Status as of March 25, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Hafer, Stoltzfus, Colburn, Munson, Derr, and Haines
Entitled	Motor Vehicle Excise Tax - Purchase Price - Trade-In Allowance
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 421	Status as of April 14, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 28
Sponsored By	Senator Hafer
Entitled	Garrett County - Industrial Engineer - Repeal
Committee Assignments	Senate: Select Committee 01 House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 422	Status as of April 14, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 29
Sponsored By	Senator Hafer
Entitled	Garrett County - Salary Study Commission
Committee Assignments	Senate: Select Committee 01 House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 423	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 388
Sponsored By	Senator Hafer
Entitled	Garrett County - Civil Service Commission - Duties
Committee Assignments	Senate: Select Committee 01 House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 424	Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Hafer
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Allegany County - Lonaconing Library
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 425	Status as of April 11, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Senator Hafer
Entitled	Foster Care - Child Support Obligations
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 570	Status as of March 17, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Hafer
Entitled	Temporary Cash Assistance - Income Eligibility - Stepparents
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 571	Status as of March 18, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Hafer
Entitled	Family Law - Child Custody - Rebuttable Presumption of Joint Legal Custody
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 572	Status as of March 18, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Hafer
Entitled	Family Law - Child Support Guidelines - Work-Related Child Care Expenses
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 575	Status as of February 11, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Hafer
Entitled	Horse Racing - Off-Track Facilities - County Approval
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 635	Status as of March 12, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Hafer
Entitled	Dog Training - Nonresidents - Restrictions
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 636	Status as of February 23, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Hafer
Entitled	Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 1997
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 699	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 423
Sponsored By	Senator Hafer
Entitled	Health Insurance - Compensation of Health Care Practitioners - Capitated Fees
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 700	Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 197
Sponsored By	Senator Hafer
Entitled	Garrett County - Alcoholic Beverages - Micro-Breweries
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Economic Matters

SB 701	Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 198
Sponsored By	Senator Hafer
Entitled	Garrett County - Alcoholic Beverages - Background Checks
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Economic Matters

SB 702	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 425
Sponsored By	Senator Hafer
Entitled	Garrett County - Purchase of Real Property and Capital Improvements - Financing
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 713	Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Hafer
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Garrett Information Enterprise Center
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 787	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 655
Sponsored By	Senator Hafer
Entitled	Garrett County - Economic Development Bonds
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 798	Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the House - Favorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Senator Hafer
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Weight Tolerances - Forest Products
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 84	Status as of March 4, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Green, Hollinger, Dorman, Hafer, Madden, Teitelbaum, and Van Hollen
Entitled	Managed Care Entities - Health Care Treatment and Benefit Determinations - Liability and Utilization Review Complaint and Appeal Processes and Procedures
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 85	Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 110
Sponsored By	The President (Administration) and Senators Bromwell, Young, Dorman, Astle, Della, Derr, Hafer, Madden, Roesser, Teitelbaum, Trotter, Hollinger, Currie, Forehand, Kelley, Ruben, Pinsky, Middleton, and Miller
Entitled	Children and Families First Health Care Act of 1998
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Environmental Matters and Economic Matters

SB 137	Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 118
Sponsored By	Senators Bromwell, Astle, Della, Derr, Dorman, Hafer, Kelley, Madden, Roesser, Teitelbaum, and Trotter
Entitled	Health Insurance - Medical Clinical Trials - Coverage
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 145	Status as of February 25, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Recommit to Committee Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Haines, Stone, McCabe, Dyson, Ferguson, Hafer, Stoltzfus, Colburn, Roesser, Hogan, Jimeno, and Middlebrooks
Entitled	Partial-Birth Abortions - Prohibition
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 159	Status as of February 11, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Frosh, Blount, Boozer, Bromwell, Colburn, Collins, Conway, Craig, Currie, Dyson, Ferguson, Forehand, Fry, Hafer, Hogan, Hollinger, Jimeno, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Lawlah, Madden, McCabe, Middlebrooks, Middleton, Neall, Pinsky, Roesser, Ruben, Sfikas, Stoltzfus, Stone, Teitelbaum, and Van Hollen
Entitled	Motor Vehicle Administration - Privacy Protection Act of 1998
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 170	Status as of April 11, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Senate Conference Committee Appointed
Sponsored By	The President (Administration) and Senators Fry, Blount, Currie, Hafer, McFadden, Munson, Dorman, Kelley, and Trotter
Entitled	Higher Education - Small Community Colleges - Annual Grant
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 171	Status as of May 21, 1998: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	The President (Administration) and Senators Collins, Hogan, Fry, Neall, Van Hollen, Hollinger, Astle, Green, Pinsky, Jimeno, Derr, Bromwell, Currie, McFadden, Ruben, Dorman, Dyson, Teitelbaum, Blount, Frosh, Munson, Della, Kelley, Middlebrooks, Sfikas, Forehand, Stone, Roesser, Kasemeyer, Boozer, Lawlah, and Hafer
Entitled	School Accountability Funding for Excellence
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation and Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Ways and Means

SB 174	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 566
Sponsored By	The President (Administration) and Senators Blount, Hoffman, Hollinger, Ruben, Lawlah, Collins, Dyson, Frosh, Pinsky, Sfikas, Boozer, Currie, McFadden, Middleton, Munson, Neall, Madden, Conway, Della, Derr, Dorman, Forehand, Fry, Green, Hafer, Hughes, Jimeno, Kelley, Middlebrooks, Roesser, Stone, Trotter, and Hogan
Entitled	Higher Education - Maryland Science and Technology Scholarships
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Ways and Means and Appropriations

SB 175	Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Passed
Sponsored By	The President (Administration) and Senators Kasemeyer, Hogan, Currie, Hollinger, Forehand, Blount, Boozer, Lawlah, McFadden, Middleton, Munson, Neall, Ruben, Van Hollen, Collins, Conway, Dyson, Pinsky, Sfikas, Astle, Della, Derr, Dorman, Fry, Green, Hafer, Hughes, Jimeno, Kelley, Middlebrooks, Roesser, Stone, Madden, and Trotter
Entitled	Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Maryland Higher Education Investment Program Earnings
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 176	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 573
Sponsored By	The President (Administration) and Senators Blount, Hollinger, Kelley, Green, Collins, Sfikas, Jimeno, Forehand, Stone, Ruben, Boozer, Lawlah, Derr, Van Hollen, Middleton, Hafer, Astle, Bromwell, Della, Dorman, Madden, Roesser, Teitelbaum, Trotter, Kasemeyer, McFadden, and Munson
Entitled	State Government - Department of Aging
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 184	Status as of May 21, 1998: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senators Green, Currie, Colburn, Ferguson, Roesser, Dorman, Hafer, Derr, Stoltzfus, Craig, Baker, Forehand, Ruben, Astle, Haines, Madden, Munson, Pinsky, and Lawlah
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Improperly Registered Motor Vehicles - Registration Enforcement Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 224	Status as of February 18, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Boozer, Derr, Colburn, Craig, Ferguson, Hafer, Haines, Hogan, Madden, McCabe, Middlebrooks, Munson, Neall, Roesser, and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Election Law - Slates - Limitations on Transfers
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 230	Status as of April 14, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 1
Sponsored By	Senators Hollinger, Derr, and Dorman (Joint Legislative Task Force on Organ and Tissue Donation) and Senators Astle, Bromwell, Della, Hafer, Madden, Roesser, Teitelbaum, and Trotter
Entitled	The William H. Amoss Organ and Tissue Donation Act of 1998
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Environmental Matters

SB 274	Status as of February 4, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Hollinger, Hafer, Munson, Green, Kelley, Blount, Astle, Ruben, Dorman, Hoffman, Fry, and Forehand
Entitled	State Board of Physician Quality Assurance - Discipline of Physicians - System of Delivery of Health Care Services
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 282	Status as of April 14, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 3
Sponsored By	Senators Miller, Astle, Baker, Blount, Boozer, Bromwell, Colburn, Collins, Conway, Craig, Currie, Della, Derr, Dorman, Dyson, Ferguson, Forehand, Frosh, Fry, Green, Hafer, Haines, Hoffman, Hogan, Hollinger, Hughes, Jimeno, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Lawlah, Madden, McCabe, McFadden, Middlebrooks, Middleton, Munson, Neall, Pinsky, Roesser, Ruben, Sfikas, Stoltzfus, Stone, Teitelbaum, Trotter, and Van Hollen
Entitled	Senator William H. Amoss Fire, Rescue, and Ambulance Fund
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 285	Status as of March 12, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Derr, Ferguson, Hafer, Haines, and Munson (Western Maryland Senators)
Entitled	Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 315	Status as of March 26, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Teitelbaum, Della, Dorman, Derr, Astle, Hafer, Bromwell, Dyson, Trotter, and Sfikas
Entitled	Public Assistance - Finger Imaging Identification Pilot Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 470	Status as of April 3, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Senators Hollinger, Munson, Hafer, Madden, Blount, Ruben, Teitelbaum, Conway, Derr, Lawlah, Dorman, Kelley, Green, Jimeno, Collins, Bromwell, Middleton, Trotter, Dyson, Roesser, and Van Hollen
Entitled	Health Benefit Plans - Minimum Inpatient Hospitalization Coverage - Treatments for Breast and Testicular Cancer
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 485	Status as of March 17, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Teitelbaum, Sfikas, Boozer, Della, Van Hollen, Kasemeyer, Derr, Hafer, and Miller
Entitled	Health - Certificate of Need - Reformation of Regulation
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 545	Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 120
Sponsored By	Senators Conway , Bromwell, Dorman, Astle, Della, Derr, Hafer, Kelley, Madden, Roesser, Teitelbaum, and Trotter
Entitled	Health Insurance - Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate - Coverage
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 579	Status as of April 3, 1998: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By	Senators Bromwell, Dorman, Astle, Teitelbaum, Roesser, Hafer, and Derr
Entitled	Local Government Health Funding Incentive Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation and Finance House: Appropriations

SB 580	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 617
Sponsored By	Senators Bromwell, Hogan, and Hafer
Entitled	The Maryland School for the Blind - Board of Directors , Funding, and Services
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Ways and Means

SB 602	Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Neall, Boozer, Astle, Bromwell, Colburn, Craig, Della, Derr, Ferguson, Fry, Hafer, Hogan, Lawlah, Middlebrooks, Munson, Stoltzfus, and Middleton
Entitled	Income Tax Reduction
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 603	Status as of March 23, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Craig, Stoltzfus, Derr, Boozer, Ferguson, Munson, Roesser, Hafer, Hogan, Haines, Colburn, and McCabe
Entitled	Constitutional Amendment - Rebate of Revenue Surplus to Individual Income Taxpayers
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 634	Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 114
Sponsored By	Senators Roesser, Boozer, Collins, Conway, Derr, Dorman, Green, Hollinger, Kelley, Lawlah, Madden, Miller, Munson, Pinsky, Ruben, Teitelbaum, Trotter, Van Hollen, Bromwell, Astle, Hafer, Della, and Currie
Entitled	Breast Cancer Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Environmental Matters

SB 654	Status as of March 26, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Failed
Sponsored By	Senators Hollinger, Hafer, Munson, Green, Kelley, Blount, Astle, Ruben, Dorman, Hoffman, Fry, and Forehand
Entitled	State Board of Physician Quality Assurance and State Board of Dental Examiners - Discipline of Members
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 658	Status as of February 10, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Stoltzfus, Middleton, Colburn, Bromwell, Craig, Derr, Dyson, Ferguson, Fry, Hafer, Haines, Hogan, McCabe, Middlebrooks, Munson, and Neall
Entitled	Nutrient Management Practices Improvement Act of 1998
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 686	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 637
Sponsored By	Senators Trotter, Derr, Madden, Bromwell, Dorman, Teitelbaum, Della, Roesser, Hafer, and Astle
Entitled	Welfare Innovation Act of 1998
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Appropriations

SB 693	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 420
Sponsored By	Senators Blount , Astle, Middleton, Hoffman, Lawlah, Stone, Collins, Ruben, Craig, Currie, Della, Dyson, Green, Hafer, Kelley, Jimeno, Kasemeyer, Middlebrooks, Colburn, Munson, and Roesser
Entitled	Militia - Honor Guard at Burial Service of Veteran
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 722	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 646
Sponsored By	Senators Madden, Derr, Hafer, Kelley, Roesser, Teitelbaum, and Trotter
Entitled	Assisted Living Programs - Small Facilities
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Environmental Matters

SJ 13	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 7
Sponsored By	Senators Neall, Boozer, Miller, Blount, McFadden, Astle, Baker, Bromwell, Colburn, Collins, Conway, Craig, Currie, Della, Derr, Dorman, Dyson, Ferguson, Forehand, Frosh, Fry, Green, Hafer, Haines, Hoffman, Hogan, Hollinger, Hughes, Jimeno, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Lawlah, Madden, McCabe, Middlebrooks, Middleton, Munson, Pinsky, Roesser, Ruben, Sfikas, Stoltzfus, Stone, Teitelbaum, Trotter, and Van Hollen
Entitled	Senator John A. Cade Memorial Highway
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Commerce and Government Matters