1998 REGULAR SESSION subject information current as of December 29, 1998 - 12:08 p.m.

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HB 1	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 565
Sponsored By	Delegate Taylor and The Speaker (Administration) and Delegates Campbell, Conway, Cryor, Finifter, Hixson, Holt, Kopp, Proctor, Rawlings, Workman, Dewberry, Hurson, Curran, Busch, Guns, Vallario, Harrison, Menes, Arnick, Owings, W. Baker, Barve, Benson, Billings, E. Burns, Cadden, Clagett, Conroy, C. Davis, Dembrow, Doory, Dypski, Franchot, Frank, Frush, Genn, Goldwater, Gordon, Grosfeld, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Howard, Jones, Kagan, Krysiak, Linton, Love, Malone, Mandel, Marriott, McIntosh, Minnick, V. Mitchell, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Palumbo, Perry, Petzold, Pitkin, Preis, Rudolph, Shriver, Slade, Turner, Weir, Wood, Patterson, DeCarlo, Valderrama, Miller, McHale, and Donoghue
Entitled	School Accountability Funding for Excellence
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 4	Status as of April 9, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Senate Conference Committee Appointed
Sponsored By	Delegates Hurson, Taylor, Guns, Busch, Rosenberg, Dewberry, Rawlings, Curran, Vallario, Hixson, Harrison, Menes, Kopp, Arnick, Owings, W. Baker, Barve, Benson, Billings, Bobo, Bonsack, Bozman, Branch, E. Burns, Cadden, Clagett, Conroy, Conway, C. Davis, Dembrow, Doory, Dypski, Finifter, Franchot, Frank, Frush, Fulton, Genn, Goldwater, Gordon, Grosfeld, Hammen, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Howard, Jones, Krysiak, Linton, Love, Malone, Mandel, Marriott, McIntosh, Minnick, Morhaim, Muse, Nathan-Pulliam, Opara, Palumbo, Patterson, Pendergrass, Perry, Petzold, Pitkin, Poole, Proctor, Rudolph, Shriver, Slade, Turner, Valderrama, Weir, Wood, Workman, DeCarlo, Donoghue, McHale, Miller, Boston, Crumlin, Kirk, Eckardt, Mohorovic, Stup, Ciliberti, Klausmeier, D. Hughes, Hubbard, B. Hughes, and Exum
Entitled	Children and Families First Health Care Act of 1998
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters and Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 144	Status as of January 21, 1998: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Hixson, Curran, and Goldwater
Entitled	State Budget - Increases - Line Item Veto
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 180	Status as of January 21, 1998: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By	The Speaker (Administration)
Entitled	Budget Bill (Fiscal Year 1999) BY: The Speaker (Administration) A BILL ENTITLED Budget Bill (Fiscal Year 1999)
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 243	Status as of February 4, 1998: Bill is in the House - Re-assigned Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Hubbard, Howard, Kopp, Benson, Shriver, Bobo, C. Mitchell, Marriott, B. Hughes, Workman, Rosenberg, Cryor, Pitkin, Proctor, Muse, Bonsack, R. Baker, D. Davis, Patterson, Getty, and McIntosh
Entitled	Program for Targeted Incentive Grants for Family Supported Early Childhood Education - Establishment
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 256	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 569
Sponsored By	The Speaker (Administration) and Delegates Marriott, Branch, McIntosh, Hixson, C. Mitchell, Jones, Proctor, Rawlings, Miller, Pitkin, Cadden, Boston, Kirk, Watson, C. Davis, Harrison, Oaks, Hammen, Heller, Krysiak, McHale, Curran, E. Burns, Doory, Dypski, Montague, T. Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, and Workman
Entitled	Higher Education - Baltimore City Community College - Funding
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 305	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 462
Sponsored By	Delegates C. Davis and C. Mitchell
Entitled	State Lottery - Compensation for Agents
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Finance

HB 324	Status as of February 4, 1998: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegate Rosenberg
Entitled	State Government - Expenditure Control Program - Use of Unspent Appropriations
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 381	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 687
Sponsored By	Delegates Rosenberg, Campbell, McIntosh, Slade, Preis, and Harkins
Entitled	Office on Aging - Senior Citizen Activities Centers - Grants
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 451	Status as of April 14, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 73
Sponsored By	Chairman, Appropriations Committee (Departmental - Natural Resources)
Entitled	Forests and Parks - Program Open Space - Funds
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 452	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 691
Sponsored By	Chairman, Appropriations Committee (Departmental - Housing and Community Dev.)
Entitled	Department of Housing and Community Development - Rental Housing Production Program - Office and Commercial Space Conversion
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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 513	Status as of February 18, 1998: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Hixson, Curran, and Goldwater
Entitled	State Budget - Lump-Sum Requirement - Capital Projects
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 531	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 485
Sponsored By	Eastern Shore Delegation, Southern Maryland Delegation, Anne Arundel County Delegation, Baltimore County Delegation, Harford County Delegation, Western Maryland Delegation and Delegates Boston, Conroy, C. Davis, and Howard
Entitled	Boat Excise Tax
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

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 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 657	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 704
Sponsored By	Prince George's County Delegation
Entitled	Prince George's County - School Construction PG 417-98
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 766	Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 115
Sponsored By	Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Pitkin, R. Baker, Benson, Bobo, E. Burns, Cadden, Clagett, Cryor, D. Davis, B. Hughes, D. Hughes, Frush, Goldwater, Grosfeld, Hammen, Harrison, Hecht, Howard, Hubbard, Jones, Kagan, Klausmeier, Kopp, Love, Mandel, Marriott, Mohorovic, Morhaim, Owings, Patterson, Pendergrass, Preis, Snodgrass, Stull, Stup, Taylor, Walkup, Watson, Oaks, McHale, and Ciliberti
Entitled	Breast Cancer Program
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Finance

HB 803	Status as of March 26, 1998: Bill is in the House - Recommit to Committee Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Rosenberg
Entitled	Health Occupations - Boards - Project Reserve Funds
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 837	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 519
Sponsored By	Delegates C. Davis and Hixson
Entitled	Horse Racing - Allocation of Funds - Purse Enhancement, Studies, and Marketing
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Finance

HB 864	Status as of March 28, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Krysiak and Rosenberg
Entitled	Neighborhood Business Development Program - Eligible Business Financing
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 1035	Status as of April 8, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Passed with Amendments
Sponsored By	Delegates Rosenberg, Cadden, Branch, C. Mitchell, Heller, and Rawlings
Entitled	Welfare Innovation Act of 1998
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Finance

HB 1051	Status as of March 25, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Marriott, Exum, Fulton, Patterson, Kirk, Watson, McHale, T. Murphy, Muse, Howard, Grosfeld, and Oaks
Entitled	Neighborhood Business Development Program and Fund
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1055	Status as of February 18, 1998: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegate Poole
Entitled	Spending Affordability Program - Analysis of State Expenditures to Local Governments and Analysis of Projected Deficits
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations and Ways and Means

HB 1056	Status as of February 25, 1998: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Rosenberg, Conway, Kopp, Cadden, and Heller
Entitled	Local Government Health Funding Incentive Program
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1167	Status as of March 28, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Rawlings and Rosenberg
Entitled	Employees' and Teachers' Pension Systems - Mandatory Supplemental Retirement Plan
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1168	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 545
Sponsored By	Delegates McHale, Guns, Hammen, Billings, Hubbard, Stup, Klausmeier, Morhaim, T. Murphy, and Oaks
Entitled	Small Business Pollution Compliance Loan Fund
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation

HB 1171	Status as of May 21, 1998: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Delegate Klausmeier
Entitled	The Maryland School for the Blind - Board of Directors , Funding, and Services
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Finance

HB 1190	Status as of March 12, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate Snodgrass
Entitled	Elected County Boards of Education - Fiscal Accountability
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1215	Status as of March 9, 1998: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Kagan, Gordon, and Barve
Entitled	Education - Character Awareness Program
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1274	Status as of May 21, 1998: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Delegate McClenahan
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Motor Vehicle Administration - Reporting of Insurance Policies Issued - Recovery of Evidence of Registration
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Finance

HB 1299	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 429
Sponsored By	Delegate Harrison
Entitled	Maryland African American Museum Corporation
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 1379	Status as of March 4, 1998: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules
Sponsored By	Delegate M. Burns
Entitled	State Property Tax - Phaseout of Rate Based on Required Appropriation
Committee Assignments	House: House Rules

HJ 11	Status as of March 23, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Valderrama
Entitled	Cloning of Humans
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

SB 3	Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Lawlah (Chairman, Health, Education and Human Resources Subcommittee)
Entitled	Financial Aid to Institutions of Higher Education - University of Maryland University College
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 125	Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 109
Sponsored By	The President (Administration)
Entitled	Budget Bill (Fiscal Year 1999) BY: The President (Administration) Budget Bill (Fiscal Year 1999)
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 169	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 568
Sponsored By	The President (Administration) and Senators Hoffman, Blount, McFadden, Currie, Della, Conway, Sfikas, Kelley, Trotter, and Middleton
Entitled	Higher Education - Baltimore City Community College - Funding
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

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 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 332	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 765
Sponsored By	Senators Green, Stone, Kelley, Hughes, Forehand, Boozer, Middlebrooks, Ferguson, Sfikas, Jimeno, Hollinger, Blount, Lawlah, Currie, McFadden, Conway, Frosh, Pinsky, and Trotter
Entitled	Civil Court Fees - Maryland Legal Services Corporation Fund
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 352	Status as of March 20, 1998: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Senators Hoffman and Hollinger
Entitled	Health Occupations - Boards - Project Reserve Funds
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation and Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 355	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 604
Sponsored By	Senators Hoffman, Ruben, Boozer, Currie, Fry, Hogan, Kasemeyer, Lawlah, McFadden, Middleton, Munson, Neall, and Van Hollen
Entitled	State Reserve Fund
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 446	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 394
Sponsored By	Senator Ruben
Entitled	Economic Development - Assistance to Local Governments
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 473	Status as of April 3, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Senators Sfikas, McFadden, Conway, and Kelley
Entitled	Public Libraries - Minimum Library Program - Maintenance of Effort
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 524	Status as of April 11, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Collins
Entitled	Neighborhood Business Development Program - Eligible Business Financing
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

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 596	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 619
Sponsored By	Senators Hoffman, Lawlah, Neall, Kasemeyer, Hogan, Middleton, Van Hollen, Boozer, Currie, Fry, McFadden, Munson, and Ruben
Entitled	Higher Education - Funding
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

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 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 716	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 428
Sponsored By	Senators Blount, McFadden, Astle, and Della
Entitled	Maryland African American Museum Corporation
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 750	Status as of April 14, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 4
Sponsored By	Senators Hoffman, Ruben, Boozer, Currie, Fry, Hogan, Kasemeyer, Lawlah, McFadden, Middleton, Munson, Neall, and Van Hollen
Entitled	Income Tax Reduction
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 776	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 437
Sponsored By	Senator Bromwell
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Motor Vehicle Administration - Reporting of Insurance Policies Issued - Recovery of Evidence of Registration
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Commerce and Government Matters