1998 REGULAR SESSION subject information current as of December 29, 1998 - 12:07 p.m.

	APPEALS -see also- JUDICIAL REVIEW	Another Session
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HB 3	Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 112
Sponsored By	Delegates Donoghue, Taylor, Busch, Guns, Dewberry, Hurson, Rawlings, Curran, Vallario, Hixson, Harrison, Menes, Kopp, Arnick, Owings, W. Baker, Barve, Benson, Bozman, E. Burns, Cadden, Clagett, Conroy, Conway, C. Davis, Dembrow, Doory, Dypski, Finifter, Franchot, Frank, Frush, Fulton, Genn, Goldwater, Hammen, Hecht, Heller, Howard, Jones, Krysiak, Linton, Love, Malone, Mandel, Marriott, McIntosh, Minnick, V. Mitchell, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Patterson, Perry, Petzold, Pitkin, Preis, Rosenberg, Rudolph, Shriver, Slade, Turner, Weir, Wood, Workman, DeCarlo, McHale, Miller, Valderrama, Gordon, Kach, McClenahan, Eckardt, Boston, Exum, Kirk, Pendergrass, Mohorovic, D. Davis, Ciliberti, Stup, Elliott, Stull, Klausmeier, and Snodgrass
Entitled	Health Insurance - Complaint Process for Adverse Decisions and Grievances
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters and Environmental Matters Senate: Finance

HB 91	Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 211
Sponsored By	Chairman, Appropriations Committee (Departmental - Budget and Management)
Entitled	State Personnel - Appeal of Disciplinary Action
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Finance

HB 254	Status as of February 23, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Minnick
Entitled	Licensure and Regulation of Tattoo Artists and Body Piercing Artists
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 386	Status as of March 27, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Getty
Entitled	Public Information - Access to Electronic Public Records
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 411	Status as of March 24, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Arnick, Kach, and Elliott
Entitled	Opticians - Certification
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 504	Status as of March 9, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegate Vallario (Task Force to Examine Maryland's Crime Victims' Rights Laws) and Delegates Barve, Bobo, Bonsack, Brinkley, E. Burns, M. Burns, Cadden, Comeau, Conroy, Conway, Crumlin, Curran, DeCarlo, Donoghue, Doory, Dypski, Edwards, Exum, Faulkner, Finifter, Frush, Fulton, Hammen, Harkins, Harrison, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, B. Hughes, Hutchins, Jacobs, Kach, Kelly, Klausmeier, Klima, Leopold, Love, McIntosh, McKee, Minnick, Mohorovic, Morhaim, O'Donnell, Owings, Palumbo, Perry, Petzold, Pitkin, Preis, Proctor, Rawlings, Redmer, Rudolph, Rzepkowski, Schade, Snodgrass, and Workman
Entitled	Victims' Rights - Leave to Appeal
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 665	Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Hixson, Gordon, Barve, Boston, Exum, Frank, Fulton, Krysiak, Love, Malone, and Moe
Entitled	Firefighters and Emergency Medical Personnel - Procedural Guarantees
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 687	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 499
Sponsored By	Delegate Gordon (Chairman, Unemployment Insurance Subcommittee)
Entitled	Unemployment Insurance - Appeals
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 715	Status as of April 14, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 89
Sponsored By	Charles County Delegation
Entitled	Charles County - Land Use - Administrative Adjustments
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 798	Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Exum (Workers' Compensation Benefit and Insurance Oversight Committee)
Entitled	Workers' Compensation - Jurisdiction of Workers' Compensation Commission Pending an Appeal
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 845	Status as of March 9, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegate Vallario
Entitled	Criminal Procedure - Postconviction Proceedings - Venue
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 899	Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Frank and Exum
Entitled	Workers' Compensation - Temporary Total Benefits - Jurisdiction of Commission
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 936	Status as of March 25, 1998: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates T. Murphy, Opara, Comeau, R. Baker, Palumbo, and Poole
Entitled	District Court - Time for Filing Appeal - Stay
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 993	Status as of March 12, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate Petzold
Entitled	Education - Students with Disabilities - Review of Services and Placement Decisions of the Office of Administrative Hearings
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1025	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 533
Sponsored By	Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Environment)
Entitled	Environment - Drinking Water
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 1061	Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 291
Sponsored By	Charles County Delegation
Entitled	Charles County - Zoning - Special Exceptions - Administrative Appeals
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 1111	Status as of March 24, 1998: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Krysiak, Love, Kach, Cadden, Fulton, Kirk, Branch, DeCarlo, Mossburg, Harkins, and Ports
Entitled	Maryland Port Commission - Ports of Maryland - Creation of Licensing Program for Harbor Pilots
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1212	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 550
Sponsored By	Delegates Heller, Hixson, Boston, Kopp, V. Mitchell, Pendergrass, Exum, Bonsack, Cadden, Conway, Bissett, Barve, and Edwards
Entitled	Retirement Contributions - Local School Systems - Review of Audit Determinations
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1255	Status as of February 18, 1998: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Arnick and Poole
Entitled	Circuit Courts - Interlocutory Orders - Right of Appeal
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1330	Status as of March 26, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Muse, Valderrama, Pitkin, Vallario, Patterson, R. Baker, Menes, Frush, and Palumbo
Entitled	Crimes of Violence - Notification to Victims
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1371	Status as of April 6, 1998: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Frush
Entitled	Assisted Living - Aggrieved Parties - Hearings and Appeals
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1374	Status as of March 26, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegate Finifter
Entitled	Orphans' Court - Appeals - Stay of Proceedings
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1400	Status as of April 2, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Benson, Patterson, Valderrama, D. Davis, and Muse
Entitled	State Procurement - Payment of Subcontractors
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 41	Status as of April 10, 1998: Bill is in the House - House Conference Committee Appointed
Sponsored By	Senator Boozer
Entitled	Workers' Compensation - Appeal Proceedings - Admissibility of Medical, Dental, or Hospital Writings or Records
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

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 218	Status as of March 2, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Stone
Entitled	Licensure and Regulation of Tattoo Artists and Body Piercing Artists
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 243	Status as of April 6, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Senator Stone
Entitled	Postconviction Procedure - Venue
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 279	Status as of April 6, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Senator Stone (Task Force to Examine Maryland's Crime Victims' Rights Laws)
Entitled	Victims' Rights - Leave to Appeal
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 370	Status as of April 14, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 27
Sponsored By	Senators Ruben, Forehand, Dorman, Currie, and Middleton
Entitled	Insurance Hearings - Judicial Review
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 374	Status as of May 21, 1998: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Senators Madden, McCabe, and Kasemeyer
Entitled	Howard County - Alcoholic Beverage Act of 1998
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Economic Matters

SB 387	Status as of March 23, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Conway, Dyson, Hughes, Hollinger, Sfikas, Trotter, Teitelbaum, Lawlah, and McFadden
Entitled	Public Information - Access to Electronic Public Records
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 401	Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 111
Sponsored By	Senators Dorman, Bromwell, Green, Kelley, Madden, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Health Insurance - Complaint Process for Adverse Decisions and Grievances
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance and Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Economic Matters and Environmental Matters

SB 451	Status as of April 6, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Dorman, Astle, Della, Stone, and Boozer
Entitled	Firefighters and Emergency Medical Personnel - Procedural Guarantees
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 541	Status as of February 27, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Derr (Workers' Compensation Benefit and Insurance Oversight Committee)
Entitled	Workers' Compensation - Jurisdiction of Workers' Compensation Commission Pending an Appeal
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 601	Status as of March 23, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Referred to interim study
Sponsored By	Senators Collins, Craig, Fry, and Jimeno
Entitled	Maryland Port Commission - Ports of Maryland - Creation of Licensing Program for Harbor Pilots
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 627	Status as of February 20, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Boozer and Hollinger
Entitled	Unemployment Benefits - Determinations and Appeals - Transfer to Office of Administrative Hearings
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 685	Status as of May 21, 1998: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senator Bromwell
Entitled	Unemployment Insurance - Appeals
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters