1998 REGULAR SESSION subject information current as of December 29, 1998 - 12:14 p.m.

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HB 5	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 659
Sponsored By	Delegates Hixson, Taylor, Barve, Dewberry, Hurson, Rawlings, Curran, Busch, Guns, Vallario, Harrison, Menes, Kopp, Arnick, Owings, W. Baker, Bozman, E. Burns, Cadden, Conroy, Conway, C. Davis, Dembrow, Doory, Finifter, Franchot, Frank, Frush, Fulton, Goldwater, Hecht, Heller, Howard, Jones, Kagan, Klausmeier, Krysiak, Linton, Love, Mandel, Marriott, McIntosh, V. Mitchell, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam,Patterson, Petzold, Pitkin, Preis, Proctor, Rosenberg, Rudolph, Shriver, Slade, Turner, Weir, Wood, Workman, Donoghue, Valderrama, DeCarlo, McHale, Miller, Healey, Bonsack, McKee, and Cryor
Entitled	Property Tax Exemptions - Biotechnology and Computer Software - Manufacturing and Research and Development
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 45	Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 119
Sponsored By	Delegates Krysiak, Kach, Barve, Harrison, Busch, Gordon, Boston, Donoghue, Exum, Frank, Fulton, Goldwater, Kirk, Love, and Pendergrass
Entitled	Health Insurance - Medical Clinical Trial - Coverage
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 140	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 668
Sponsored By	Delegates Rosenberg, Barve, Frank, Kopp, Turner, Getty, T. Murphy, Petzold, and D. Davis
Entitled	Crimes - Electronic Mail Misuse - Penalties
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 185	Status as of May 21, 1998: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Delegates Curran, Dypski, Hammen, Krysiak, Bobo, Pendergrass, Turner, Morgan, Mohorovic, Montague, McHale, DeCarlo, Dewberry, Getty, Fulton, Marriott, Boston, Opara, Kirk, C. Mitchell, Watson, Branch, C. Davis, Harrison, Malone, D. Murphy, Bissett, Clagett, Crumlin, B. Hughes, Patterson, Proctor, Hutchins, Slade, Exum, Rzepkowski, M. Burns, Hubbard, Dembrow, Mandel, Gordon, Genn, Barve, Snodgrass, Conway, Pitkin, Faulkner, Brinkley, and Benson
Entitled	State Procurement - Information Technology - Nonvisual Access
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation

HB 309	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 464
Sponsored By	Chairman, Judiciary Committee (Departmental - Juvenile Justice) and Delegates Vallario, Doory, M. Burns, Dembrow, Genn, Grosfeld, Harkins, Montague, Preis, and Turner
Entitled	Juvenile Justice Act of 1998
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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 391	Status as of March 24, 1998: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Kelly, Bissett, Bobo, Boston, Branch, E. Burns, M. Burns, Cadden, Conroy, Conway, DeCarlo, Dypski, Eckardt, Edwards, Faulkner, Frush, Greenip, Heller, Holt, Hutchins, Jacobs, Kach, Kagan, Klima, McKee, Minnick, Mohorovic, Montague, Mossburg, D. Murphy, O'Donnell, Pitkin, Rzepkowski, Schade, Snodgrass, Stocksdale, Turner, and Workman
Entitled	Patients' Medical Record Privacy Act
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 427	Status as of February 18, 1998: Bill is in the House - Re-assigned Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Hubbard, C. Davis, Morhaim, Frush, Oaks, Schisler, Owings, Ciliberti, Mohorovic, Nathan-Pulliam, D. Davis, Stull, Elliott, Klausmeier, Watson, R. Baker, Conroy, Pitkin, and Crumlin
Entitled	Maryland Medical Care Database - Patient Consent
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters and Economic Matters

HB 432	Status as of March 2, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Frank, Barve, and Pitkin
Entitled	Science and Technology - Digital Signatures and Certification Authorities
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 447	Status as of April 14, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 72
Sponsored By	Delegates Rosenberg , C. Mitchell, and Marriott
Entitled	Property Tax Credit - Renovations to Residential Buildings for Computer and Telecommunications Systems
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 523	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 482
Sponsored By	Delegate Petzold (Maryland Digital Signature Task Force) and Delegates Rosenberg, Mandel, Heller, Barve, Frank, Goldwater, and Walkup
Entitled	Maryland Digital Signature Pilot Program
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 561	Status as of March 30, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegate Morgan
Entitled	Information Technology Reform Act
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 589	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 700
Sponsored By	Delegate Bissett
Entitled	Registers of Wills - Maintenance of Records - Electronic Recordation
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 621	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 601
Sponsored By	Delegates Kopp, Taylor, Busch, Guns, Harrison, Hixson, Rawlings, Heller, R. Baker, W. Baker, Baldwin, Barve, Bobo, Bonsack, Bozman, Cadden, Crumlin, Cryor, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Dewberry, Dypski, Faulkner, Finifter, Franchot, Frank, Frush, Genn, Goldwater, Healey, Hubbard, B. Hughes, Klausmeier, Leopold, Love, Mandel, McIntosh, McKee, Miller, Minnick, V. Mitchell, Mohorovic, Morgan, Petzold, Pitkin, Preis, Proctor, Rudolph, Shriver, Slade, Stup, Turner, Wood, and Workman
Entitled	Higher Education - Community Colleges - Innovative Partnerships for Technology Program
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation

HB 748	Status as of March 27, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Cryor
Entitled	State Buildings - Pictures and Web Sites - Missing Children and Elderly
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 808	Status as of March 23, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegate Cryor
Entitled	Crimes - Computers - Exceeding Authorized Access
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 847	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 715
Sponsored By	Delegates Rosenberg, Barve, and Frank
Entitled	Task Force on High-Speed Network Development
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Finance

HB 914	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 524
Sponsored By	Delegates Rudolph, Comeau, Klausmeier, W. Baker, Slade, Hutchins, and Moe
Entitled	Crimes - Child Pornography - Interception of Communications
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 925	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 525
Sponsored By	Delegates Rudolph and Cryor
Entitled	Crimes - Computers - Exceeding Authorized Access
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 947	Status as of March 16, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegate Rosenberg
Entitled	On-Line Communications - Defamation
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 949	Status as of March 25, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Pitkin, Rawlings, Kopp, McIntosh, and Conway
Entitled	State Employees - Telecommuting - Computer Loan Program
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 950	Status as of March 25, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Pitkin, Rawlings, Conway, Kopp, McIntosh, Hecht, and Franchot
Entitled	Telework and Workforce Development Center Pilot Program
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1014	Status as of May 21, 1998: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Delegate Frank
Entitled	Title Insurance - Title Plants
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 1101	Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Favorable with Amendments Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Delegates Healey, Shriver, C. Davis, Cryor, Bonsack, Hixson, Ports, Bozman, Muse, Leopold, Beck, Linton, Rzepkowski, McKee, Hurson, Greenip, and Owings
Entitled	Income Tax Subtraction for Computer Equipment Donated to Private and Parochial Schools
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1114	Status as of March 26, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Genn, Rosenberg, Goldwater, Barve, Kopp, and Gordon
Entitled	Consumer Protection - Unsolicited Electronic Mail Transmissions
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 1178	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 733
Sponsored By	Delegates Harkins, Comeau, Preis, Bonsack, Jacobs, Perry, Rudolph, Rosenberg, Barve, Kopp, E. Burns, M. Burns, and Petzold
Entitled	Crimes - Telecommunications Act
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 1180	Status as of March 28, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Harkins, Comeau, Bonsack, Preis, E. Burns, M. Burns, Jacobs, Rosenberg, Kopp, Petzold, Perry, Barve, Rudolph, and Dembrow
Entitled	Crimes - Computer Piracy
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1198	Status as of March 23, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Pitkin
Entitled	Commission on Computer Repair Technicians
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 1227	Status as of March 12, 1998: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate Proctor
Entitled	Education - Procurement - Advertisement for Bids - Internet
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1250	Status as of March 27, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Arnick
Entitled	Public Information Act - Access to Information
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 1297	Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 311
Sponsored By	Dorchester County Delegation
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Dorchester County - City of Cambridge - Liberty Village Empowerment Center
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1417	Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules
Sponsored By	Delegate Taylor
Entitled	Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Vital Records
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Senate Rules

SB 5	Status as of April 11, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Senators Ruben and Forehand
Entitled	Juveniles - Confidentiality of Records
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 68	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 465
Sponsored By	Chairman, Judicial Proceedings Committee and Senators Baker, Ruben, Jimeno, and Kelley (Departmental - Juvenile Justice)
Entitled	Juvenile Justice Act of 1998
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 72	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 339
Sponsored By	Chairman, Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee (Departmental - Elections, State Board of)
Entitled	Election Laws - Campaign Finance Reports - Computerization
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Commerce and Government 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 183	Status as of February 25, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Hogan, Madden, Hollinger, Kasemeyer, Boozer, Currie, Neall, Lawlah, and Middleton
Entitled	Higher Education - Computer Science, Information and Biotechnology - Scholarships
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 222	Status as of May 21, 1998: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senators Hogan and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Crimes - Electronic Mail Misuse - Penalties
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 240	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 591
Sponsored By	Senators Conway, Trotter, Pinsky, Sfikas, McCabe, Madden, Dyson, Dorman, Hollinger, Collins, Blount, Frosh, and Stoltzfus
Entitled	State Procurement - Information Technology - Nonvisual Access
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 273	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 764
Sponsored By	Senators Hogan , Teitelbaum, and Roesser
Entitled	Property Tax Exemptions - Biotechnology and Computer Software - Manufacturing and Research and Development
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 358	Status as of April 9, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Della and Roesser
Entitled	The Patients' Consent Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

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 500	Status as of April 11, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Senators Derr and Ferguson (Frederick County Senators)
Entitled	Frederick County - Criminal Justice Technology Enhancement Fund
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 553	Status as of May 21, 1998: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senator Fry
Entitled	Crimes - Child Pornography - Interception of Communications
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 573	Status as of April 10, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Senator Hogan
Entitled	Division of State Documents - Public On-Line Access
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 640	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 627
Sponsored By	Senator Della
Entitled	Title Insurance - Title Plants
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 749	Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Senator Colburn
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Dorchester County - City of Cambridge - Liberty Village Empowerment Center
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 784	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 654
Sponsored By	Senator Della (By Request) and Senators Blount, Collins, Conway, Craig, Dyson, Frosh, Hollinger, McCabe, Pinsky, Sfikas, and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Vital Records
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters