1998 REGULAR SESSION subject information current as of December 29, 1998 - 12:06 p.m.

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HB 22	Status as of February 16, 1998: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegate Miller
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Carroll County Agricultural Center
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 56	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 441
Sponsored By	Delegate D. Hughes
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Weight Tolerances - Agricultural Products
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 237	Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 226
Sponsored By	Western Maryland Delegation
Entitled	Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 300	Status as of February 6, 1998: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Hubbard, Pitkin, Oaks, Billings, Frush, Watson, Bobo, Kirk, Nathan-Pulliam, Conroy, R. Baker, Crumlin, and D. Davis
Entitled	Water Quality - Agricultural Practices and Best Management Systems
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 326	Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 231
Sponsored By	Allegany County Delegation
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Allegany County Agricultural Expo and Fairgrounds
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 352	Status as of March 2, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Getty, Miller, Stocksdale, Elliott, Brinkley, and Stull
Entitled	Highways - Placement of Farm-Related Directional Signs
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 453	Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Senate Conference Committee Appointed
Sponsored By	Chairman, Appropriations Committee (Departmental - Agriculture)
Entitled	Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Easements
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 502	Status as of February 6, 1998: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	The Speaker (Administration) and Delegates Barve, Benson, Billings, Bobo, Busch, Clagett, Conroy, Crumlin, Cryor, Curran, Doory, Exum, Finifter, Franchot, Frush, Genn, Goldwater, Gordon, Healey, Heller, Howard, B. Hughes, Kagan, Kopp, Mandel, McIntosh, Menes, T. Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Perry, Petzold, Pitkin, Rosenberg, Shriver, Turner, and Valderrama
Entitled	Water Quality Improvement Act of 1998
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 515	Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Favorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Delegates Miller, Stocksdale, Getty, and Elliott
Entitled	Carroll County Agricultural Center Loan of 1996
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 532	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 486
Sponsored By	Delegate Edwards
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Farm Vehicles - "Farm Product" Defined
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 568	Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Delegates Rosenberg, Frush, Taylor, Conroy, Hubbard, Morhaim, Petzold, Pitkin, R. Baker, Crumlin, Billings, Cryor, Bobo, Nathan-Pulliam, Shriver, Goldwater, Moe, and Turner
Entitled	Cigarette Restitution Fund
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation and Finance

HB 575	Status as of April 14, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 80
Sponsored By	Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Agriculture)
Entitled	Agriculture - Aquaculture Advisory Committee
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 599	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 325
Sponsored By	Delegates Guns, Taylor, Arnick, W. Baker, Baldwin, Beck, Bonsack, Boston, Bozman, Brinkley, M. Burns, Ciliberti, Comeau, Conroy, Conway, Heller, Curran, C. Davis, Dewberry, Donoghue, Doory, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Flanagan, Getty, Greenip, Gordon, Harkins, Hecht, Holt, B. Hughes, D. Hughes, Hutchins, Jacobs, La Vay, Linton, Love, Kittleman, Malone, McClenahan, McKee, Minnick, V. Mitchell, D. Murphy, Oaks, O'Donnell, Owings, Poole, Ports, Preis, Proctor, Rawlings, Redmer, Rudolph, Rzepkowski, Schade, Schisler, Slade, Snodgrass, Stocksdale, Stull, Stup, Walkup, Weir, Miller, Wood, Workman, DeCarlo, Fulton, Klima, Palumbo, Vallario, Mossburg, and Crumlin
Entitled	Water Quality Improvement Act of 1998
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 722	Status as of April 14, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 92
Sponsored By	Charles County Delegation
Entitled	Charles County - County Roads - Restricted Access
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 763	Status as of February 18, 1998: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Marriott, Healey, Cryor, Rosenberg, Grosfeld, R. Baker, Goldwater, Crumlin, Watson, and Doory
Entitled	Tobacco Tax - Tobacco Tax Health Protection Fund
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 791	Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Delegates Kagan, Barve, and Gordon
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County Agricultural Center
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 855	Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Carroll County Delegation
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Carroll County Agricultural Center
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 891	Status as of March 23, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Pitkin, Conroy, and Hubbard
Entitled	Fertilizers - Recycled Hazardous Material
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 935	Status as of March 19, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Billings, Grosfeld, Hubbard, Bobo, Pendergrass, Mandel, Oaks, Hurson, Pitkin, Franchot, Turner, Conroy, and Kopp
Entitled	Chicken Excise Tax - Nutrient Waste Management Fund
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 965	Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Harford County Delegation
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Harford County - Senator William Amoss Agricultural Education Project
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1063	Status as of March 24, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Brinkley
Entitled	Lead Hazard Reduction - Agricultural and Conservation Property
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1073	Status as of February 18, 1998: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Frush, R. Baker, Beck, Benson, Billings, Bobo, E. Burns, Conroy, Crumlin, Cryor, Dembrow, Doory, Exum, Finifter, Franchot, Frank, Genn, Goldwater, Grosfeld, Harrison, Hecht, Heller, Hubbard, B. Hughes, Jones, Kagan, Kirk, Kopp, Krysiak, Mandel, McIntosh, Menes, Moe, Montague, Morhaim, Muse, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Palumbo, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Pitkin, Rosenberg, Shriver, Turner, and Watson
Entitled	Maryland Children's Initiative - Tobacco Tax for Children's Health and Learning
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1074	Status as of March 30, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Frush, Beck, Bobo, Ciliberti, Conroy, Dembrow, Faulkner, Healey, Hubbard, Menes, Moe, Pendergrass, Pitkin, and Turner
Entitled	Patuxent Reservoirs Watershed
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1079	Status as of March 20, 1998: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Palumbo, Vallario, and Holt
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Required Registration and Certificate of Title - Farm Equipment
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 1103	Status as of March 24, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Walkup, W. Baker, Franchot, Dembrow, and Hixson
Entitled	Redeposit of Dredge Spoil - Conditions for Redeposit on Farm or Agricultural Use Land
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1108	Status as of March 24, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Baldwin, W. Baker, McClenahan, Brinkley, Slade, Greenip, Owings, O'Donnell, Wood, Linton, Hutchins, Stocksdale, Stull, Elliott, Mossburg, DeCarlo, Opara, B. Hughes, Proctor, Klima, Conway, V. Mitchell, Kittleman, Miller, Beck, M. Burns, La Vay, D. Hughes, Ports, Stup, Eckardt, Jacobs, Rzepkowski, Harkins, Edwards, McKee, and Rudolph
Entitled	Maryland Right to Farm Law
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1247	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 739
Sponsored By	Somerset County Delegation
Entitled	Somerset County - Right to Farm
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 1370	Status as of March 24, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Morgan
Entitled	Agriculture - Disparagement of Perishable Food Products - Cause of Action
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

SB 74	Status as of April 14, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 14
Sponsored By	Senators Middleton, Neall, and Munson (Task Force to Study County Property Tax Setoffs and Related Fiscal Issues)
Entitled	Property Tax Setoffs in Municipal Corporations
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 178	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 324
Sponsored By	The President (Administration) and Senators Frosh, Blount, Hollinger, Collins, Conway, Pinsky, Van Hollen, Currie, Dorman, Forehand, Green, Hoffman, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Lawlah, McFadden, Ruben, Stone, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Water Quality Improvement Act of 1998
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 193	Status as of February 27, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Haines and Ferguson
Entitled	Highways - Placement of Signs
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

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 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 404	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 386
Sponsored By	Senators Baker, Colburn, and Haines
Entitled	Agricultural Operations - Nuisance Suits - Protection Against
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 420	Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 177
Sponsored By	Senators Haines and Ferguson (Carroll County Senators)
Entitled	Carroll County - Public Facilities Bonds
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 494	Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 181
Sponsored By	Senators Forehand, Ruben, Frosh, Teitelbaum, Van Hollen, Roesser, and Hogan
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County Agricultural Center
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 591	Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 189
Sponsored By	Senators Fry and Craig
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Harford County - Senator William Amoss Agricultural Education Project
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 614	Status as of March 27, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Van Hollen, Pinsky, McFadden, Ruben, Blount, Currie, Conway, Dorman, Forehand, Frosh, Green, Hollinger, Kelley, Roesser, Teitelbaum, Trotter, and Madden
Entitled	Maryland Children's Initiative - Tobacco Tax for Children's Health and Learning
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation and Judicial Proceedings

SB 622	Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Senators Haines and Ferguson (Carroll County Senators)
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Carroll County Agricultural Center
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 637	Status as of March 16, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Haines and Ferguson (Carroll County Senators)
Entitled	Forest Conservation Program - Agricultural Preservation Land - Exceptions
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 652	Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 122
Sponsored By	Senators Bromwell, Collins, Conway, Currie, Dorman, Forehand, Frosh, Green, Hughes, Kelley, Hollinger, Jimeno, Lawlah, Pinsky, Ruben, Teitelbaum, Van Hollen, Derr, and McFadden
Entitled	Manufacturers of Tobacco Products - State Claims
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

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