1998 REGULAR SESSION subject information current as of December 29, 1998 - 12:16 p.m.

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HB 13	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 438
Sponsored By	Delegate Leopold
Entitled	Job Creation Tax Credit - County-Designated Priority Funding Areas
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 54	Status as of March 23, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate W. Baker
Entitled	Sewage Sludge Storage Facilities - Permit to Install, Alter, or Extend - Issuance
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 59	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 406
Sponsored By	Delegate Campbell
Entitled	Child Abuse or Neglect - - Disclosure of Information
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 62	Status as of February 9, 1998: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Mossburg
Entitled	Education - Reimbursement of Counties for Capital Expenditures - Use of Specific State Funds
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 63	Status as of February 9, 1998: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Mossburg
Entitled	Education - Reimbursement by State - County Expenditures for Capital Projects for Public Schools
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 65	Status as of April 14, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 37
Sponsored By	Delegates Owings, Proctor, Hubbard, Stup, and Guns
Entitled	Soil Conservation Districts - Funding
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 66	Status as of April 14, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 5
Sponsored By	Delegates Hixson, R. Baker, Barve, Bobo, Bozman, Cadden, Conroy, Cryor, Curran, C. Davis, D. Davis, Doory, Faulkner, Finifter, Frush, Goldwater, Grosfeld, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Hubbard, Hurson, Kopp, Leopold, Linton, Mandel, Montague, Petzold, Pitkin, Rawlings, Rosenberg, Shriver, Workman, Dypski, McIntosh, Poole, Perry, and Marriott
Entitled	Income Tax - Earned Income Credit - Refunds
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 94	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 575
Sponsored By	Delegates Hixson, R. Baker, Bonsack, Cadden, Conway, Cryor, Dembrow, Doory, Dypski, Finifter, Frush, Greenip, Grosfeld, Guns, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Hubbard, Kagan, Klausmeier, Kopp, Leopold, Love, Mandel, Marriott, McIntosh, Owings, Perry, Petzold, Pitkin, Preis, Proctor, Rudolph, Rzepkowski, Shriver, Slade, Turner, Workman, DeCarlo, C. Davis, Howard, Miller, Benson, Gordon, B. Hughes, Hutchins, Mohorovic, Montague, Rawlings, Rosenberg, Wood, Kach, Donoghue, Conroy, Nathan-Pulliam, Bozman, and McKee
Entitled	Public Libraries - Funding
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 95	Status as of March 4, 1998: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate W. Baker
Entitled	Sewage Sludge - Chesapeake Bay Critical Area
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 115	Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 216
Sponsored By	Delegate Hubbard
Entitled	Office for Children, Youth, and Families - Services to Children with Disabilities - Local Coordinating Councils - Membership
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Finance

HB 124	Status as of February 23, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Arnick and Getty (Commission to Revise the Election Code)
Entitled	Election Law - County of Residence - Repeal
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 156	Status as of February 16, 1998: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegate Workman
Entitled	University of Maryland School of Medicine - Admissions
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 213	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 678
Sponsored By	Delegates Conroy, Dembrow, Faulkner, Getty, Hubbard, Mandel, Morgan, Palumbo, Patterson, Pitkin, Rudolph, Snodgrass, Benson, Clagett, DeCarlo, and Kagan
Entitled	Municipal Corporations - Incorporation Process
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 216	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 680
Sponsored By	Delegates Healey, Bozman, Muse, and McKee (Task Force to Study County Property Tax Setoffs and Related Fiscal Issues) and Delegates Bonsack and Howard
Entitled	Property Tax Setoffs in Municipal Corporations
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 239	Status as of March 25, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Holt, DeCarlo, and Minnick
Entitled	Mobile Home and Trailer Park Taxes - Rate Limitation
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

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 244	Status as of February 9, 1998: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Menes, Montague, R. Baker, Eckardt, Frush, Grosfeld, Hutchins, and Moe
Entitled	Needle Exchange Program - Statewide Expansion
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 250	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 458
Sponsored By	Delegates Valderrama, Vallario, E. Burns, Montague, Muse, R. Baker, and Patterson
Entitled	Registers of Wills - Salary
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 255	Status as of February 16, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Chairman, Ways and Means Committee, The Speaker (Administration), and Delegates R. Baker, Benson, Cryor, C. Davis, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Doory, Finifter, Frush, Gordon, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Howard, Hubbard, B. Hughes, Hutchins, Kagan, Kopp, Leopold, Love, Mandel, Marriott, McIntosh, Mohorovic, Montague, Petzold, Pitkin, Preis, Proctor, Rawlings, Rosenberg, Rudolph, Rzepkowski, Slade, Turner, Wood, Workman, Kach, Donoghue, Conroy, and Nathan-Pulliam
Entitled	Public Libraries - Funding
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 282	Status as of April 14, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 55
Sponsored By	Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Public Service Commission)
Entitled	Local Housing Authorities - Submetering
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Finance

HB 289	Status as of February 16, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Frank and Barve
Entitled	Motor Vehicles - Commemorative License Plates - Education
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 311	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 684
Sponsored By	Delegates Clagett and Leopold
Entitled	Property Tax Credit - Installation of Fire Sprinkler Systems
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 316	Status as of March 24, 1998: Bill is in the House - Recommit to Committee Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Curran, DeCarlo, Dypski, Kagan, Malone, Mandel, Minnick, and Rudolph
Entitled	Fire Departments - Privatization - Referendum Required
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 320	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 583
Sponsored By	Delegates McHale and T. Murphy
Entitled	Enterprise Zones - Expansion
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 350	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 644
Sponsored By	Delegates Rosenberg, B. Hughes, and Hecht
Entitled	Department of Human Resources - Maryland Emergency Food Program
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 384	Status as of May 21, 1998: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Delegates Curran, Benson, Clagett, Conroy, DeCarlo, Dypski, Faulkner, Kagan, Mandel, Minnick, Morgan, Mossburg, Opara, Snodgrass, Wood, and Getty
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Speeding Violations in School Zones - Penalties
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters 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 398	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 473
Sponsored By	Chairman, Judiciary Committee (Departmental - Public Safety and Correctional Services)
Entitled	Convictions for Certain Crimes Against Children, Sexually Violent Offenses, or Other Sexual Offenses - Registration Procedures
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 420	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 590
Sponsored By	Delegates Goldwater, Shriver, Kopp, Genn, Love, V. Mitchell, Kach, Exum, Kelly, Eckardt, McClenahan, Pitkin, DeCarlo, Klausmeier, Hixson, Hurson, Bonsack, Frank, Busch, Pendergrass, Morhaim, Howard, and Finifter
Entitled	Personal Property Tax - Small Businesses
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

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 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 459	Status as of March 24, 1998: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Menes, Montague, Hutchins, Grosfeld, Eckardt, Frush, Moe, Howard, R. Baker, Crumlin, and Pitkin
Entitled	Local HIV Prevention Initiative
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 464	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 693
Sponsored By	Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (Departmental - Dept. Business & Economic Dev.)
Entitled	Maryland Economic Adjustment Fund
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 518	Status as of March 12, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Krysiak, Hammen, Dypski, and Rawlings
Entitled	Public Libraries - Minimum Library Program - Maintenance of Effort
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 536	Status as of March 9, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Weir
Entitled	Legislative Districting - Districts and Subdistricts
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 548	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 488
Sponsored By	Delegates Benson, R. Baker, Cadden, Conroy, Donoghue, Dypski, Edwards, Faulkner, Finifter, Franchot, Getty, Grosfeld, Harkins, Howard, Hubbard, Hurson, Hutchins, Kagan, Kopp, Leopold, Mandel, Miller, Patterson, Pitkin, Stup, Workman, Snodgrass, and Goldwater
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Improperly Registered Motor Vehicles - Registration Enforcement Program
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings and Budget and Taxation

HB 584	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 347
Sponsored By	Delegates Barve, Gordon, and Kagan
Entitled	Life Insurance - Public Entities - Authority to Pool
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 622	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 494
Sponsored By	Delegates Proctor, Owings, and Vallario
Entitled	Local Law Enforcement Officers - Participation in State System
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 629	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 703
Sponsored By	Delegates Klausmeier, Morhaim, Finifter, Mohorovic, Nathan-Pulliam, Owings, Guns, Redmer, Hammen, Ports, Watson, Minnick, Weir, Oaks, and Stup
Entitled	Property Tax Credits - Qualified Brownfields Sites and Enterprise Zone Property
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 670	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 498
Sponsored By	Delegates Doory and Genn (Committee to Revise Article 27)
Entitled	Crimes - Trespass - Revision
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 710	Status as of March 16, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Faulkner, DeCarlo, M. Burns, Minnick, Ciliberti, Stocksdale, Leopold, Beck, Menes, Snodgrass, Benson, B. Hughes, Morgan, O'Donnell, Mossburg, Cryor, Jacobs, Clagett, Bobo, and Slade
Entitled	State's Attorneys - Plea Bargaining - Annual Report
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 723	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 504
Sponsored By	Charles County Delegation
Entitled	Correctional Officers - County and Municipal Facilities - Power to Make Arrests
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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 770	Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 266
Sponsored By	Delegates Hubbard, Cryor, Heller, Hurson, Leopold, Owings, Shriver, Workman, Rzepkowski, and Healey
Entitled	Education - Transitioning Youth - Reporting on Postsecondary Service Needs
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 804	Status as of March 24, 1998: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Rosenberg
Entitled	Board of Environmental Sanitarians - Recent Licensees - Report to Local Governments
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 806	Status as of March 2, 1998: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Malone and Moe
Entitled	Collective Bargaining and Binding Arbitration for Fire and Rescue Personnel
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 821	Status as of March 16, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate C. Davis
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - All-Terrain Vehicles
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government 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 851	Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 277
Sponsored By	Chairman, Judiciary Committee (Maryland Judicial Conference)
Entitled	District Court Commissioners
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 880	Status as of April 9, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Delegate Hixson
Entitled	Admissions and Amusement Tax - Enterprise Zones
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 885	Status as of March 20, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Snodgrass
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Fines Doubled for Speeding - Designated Zones
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 889	Status as of April 12, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Second Reading Passed
Sponsored By	Delegates Pitkin, Conroy, Hubbard, and Cryor
Entitled	Property Tax Exemption - Western Shore Conservancy
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 903	Status as of March 28, 1998: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Appropriations
Sponsored By	Montgomery County Delegation
Entitled	Montgomery County - Intercounty Connector Right-of-Way - State Park MC 812-98
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 917	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 784
Sponsored By	Delegates Rudolph, Hecht, B. Hughes, W. Baker, Holt, Hutchins, McIntosh, and DeCarlo
Entitled	Natural Resources - Forest and Park Concession Account
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 926	Status as of April 1, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Delegates Stup, Wood, and Bissett
Entitled	Local Governments - Mining Operations
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 939	Status as of March 27, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates T. Murphy and C. Davis
Entitled	State Lottery - Unanticipated Revenues
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

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 1002	Status as of March 4, 1998: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Guns, Schisler, Eckardt, W. Baker, Bozman, and Walkup
Entitled	Sewage Sludge Disposal Facilities and Composting Facilities - Permit Applications - Departmental Processing
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1040	Status as of March 16, 1998: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Palumbo, Benson, Crumlin, R. Baker. Frush, Owings, Moe, Proctor, Muse, Healey, Vallario, Valderrama, and Patterson
Entitled	Department of Transportation - County Transportation Revenue Bonds
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 1046	Status as of April 6, 1998: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegate Rosenberg
Entitled	Disparity Grant Program - Implementation of Competitive Re-Engineering Pilot Project
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 1070	Status as of February 25, 1998: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Ports, Baldwin, Beck, Brinkley, M. Burns, Ciliberti, Cryor, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Faulkner, Flanagan, Getty, Greenip, Harkins, Holt, D. Hughes, Hutchins, Jacobs, Kach, Kittleman, Klima, La Vay, Leopold, McClenahan, Morgan, Mossburg, D. Murphy, O'Donnell, Redmer, Rzepkowski, Schade, Schisler, Snodgrass, Stocksdale, Stull, Stup, and Walkup
Entitled	Income Tax Reduction
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

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 1089	Status as of March 23, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Rosenberg
Entitled	Economic Development - Maryland Regional Economic Competitiveness Act
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 1093	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 539
Sponsored By	Delegates Montague, Menes, Comeau, Hubbard, Turner, Genn, Jones, Grosfeld, R. Baker, E. Burns, Taylor, Dewberry, Hurson, Dembrow, B. Hughes, Brinkley, Pitkin, Doory, Hixson, Kagan, Howard, Cadden, Petzold, DeCarlo, Finifter, Barve, Frank, Franchot, Minnick, Dypski, Leopold, Conroy, Morhaim, Valderrama, Kopp, Billings, Edwards, Love, Owings, Flanagan, Patterson, Harkins, Healey, Preis, Kittleman, Getty, McHale, Faulkner, Ciliberti, Cryor, Baldwin, Frush, Goldwater, Hecht, Mandel, Nathan-Pulliam, and Snodgrass
Entitled	Family Law - Children in Out-of-Home Placements
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 1097	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 540
Sponsored By	Delegates Bozman, Conway, and McClenahan
Entitled	State Fire Marshal - Fees - Exemptions
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1098	Status as of March 9, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Montague
Entitled	Health Maintenance Organizations and Managed Care Organizations - Morbidity and Mortality Statistics
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental 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 1116	Status as of February 25, 1998: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate Boston
Entitled	Taxes - Property of Housing Authorities
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1131	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 543
Sponsored By	Washington County Delegation
Entitled	Washington County - Procurement - Intergovernmental Cooperative Purchasing
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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 1197	Status as of March 20, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Pitkin
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Bicycle-Pedestrian Full Access 2001
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 1252	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 552
Sponsored By	Delegate Stocksdale
Entitled	Food Processing - License Fee
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 1254	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 740
Sponsored By	Delegate Taylor
Entitled	The Maryland Heritage Areas Authority and the Maryland System of Recognized and Certified Heritage Areas
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1301	Status as of April 14, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 106
Sponsored By	Delegates Weir and Guns
Entitled	Local Emergency Preparedness Plans
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 1303	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 744
Sponsored By	Delegate Linton
Entitled	Airports - Development Rights - Easements
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 1314	Status as of March 30, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates McHale and T. Murphy
Entitled	Collective Bargaining and Binding Arbitration for Fire and Rescue Personnel
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1318	Status as of March 23, 1998: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate Pitkin
Entitled	Arts and Entertainment Districts - Income Tax and Sales and Use Tax
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1365	Status as of March 25, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate McHale
Entitled	Prevailing Wage Law - Application - Definition of Public Body
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 1390	Status as of March 17, 1998: Bill is in the House - Re-assigned Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate Exum
Entitled	Public Transportation - Fiscal Responsibility - Certification by State Comptroller
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1393	Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 314
Sponsored By	Delegates Taylor, Hecht, Edwards, and Workman
Entitled	Flood Management Grants - Local and State Contributions
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 45	Status as of March 3, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Boozer
Entitled	Tobacco Products - Sales to Minors - Enforcement Exception to Prohibition
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 51	Status as of April 9, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegate Morhaim
Entitled	State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, and Speech-Language Pathologists - Regulatory Authority
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Appropriations

SB 75	Status as of April 14, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 15
Sponsored By	Senators Kelley, Blount, Hoffman, Pinsky, Roesser, Stone, Forehand, Miller, Trotter, and Conway
Entitled	Adoption Search, Contact, and Reunion Services and Access to Birth and Adoption Records
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 81	Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 147
Sponsored By	Chairman, Budget and Taxation Committee (Departmental - Comptroller)
Entitled	Income Tax - Tax Forms
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 88	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 580
Sponsored By	Senators Dyson, Colburn, Collins, Hollinger, Middleton, Munson, Ruben, Stone, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Animal Friendly License Plates
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 107	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 582
Sponsored By	Senator Della
Entitled	Enterprise Zones - Expansion
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 113	Status as of May 21, 1998: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
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 120	Status as of January 23, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Collins and Craig (Commission to Revise the Election Code)
Entitled	Election Law - County of Residence - Repeal
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 130	Status as of May 21, 1998: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senator Baker
Entitled	Registers of Wills - Salary
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 133	Status as of May 21, 1998: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senators McCabe , Stoltzfus, Craig, and Colburn
Entitled	Soil Conservation Districts - Funding
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 138	Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Referred to interim study
Sponsored By	Senators Ruben and Dorman
Entitled	Public Libraries - Participation by Eligible Municipal Corporations in the State Minimum Library Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 164	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 346
Sponsored By	Senator Trotter
Entitled	Life Insurance - Public Entities - Authority to Pool
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 168	Status as of May 21, 1998: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	The President (Administration) and Senators Hollinger, Kasemeyer, Stone, Van Hollen, Green, Middleton, McFadden, and Fry
Entitled	Public Libraries - Funding
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

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 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 203	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 355
Sponsored By	Senators Green, Craig, Fry, and Collins
Entitled	State Property Tax Exemption - Property Tax Credits - Land Trusts and Western Shore Conservancy
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

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 214	Status as of March 25, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Ferguson and Munson
Entitled	Golf Facilities - Use of State or Local Public Funds - Prohibition
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 223	Status as of May 21, 1998: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senators Hoffman, Currie, Van Hollen, Ruben, McFadden, Middleton, Kasemeyer, Lawlah, Blount, Fry, Hollinger, Hughes, Conway, Frosh, Forehand, Dyson, Collins, Sfikas, Della, Kelley, Teitelbaum, Green, Pinsky, and Trotter
Entitled	Income Tax - Earned Income Credit - Refunds
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 291	Status as of May 21, 1998: Vetoed by the Governor - Policy
Sponsored By	Senator Haines
Entitled	Recordation Tax - Payment and Collection
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 309	Status as of March 12, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Failed
Sponsored By	Senators Pinsky, Trotter, Hollinger, Teitelbaum, Kelley, McFadden, Blount, Sfikas, Conway, Hoffman, and Currie
Entitled	Local HIV Prevention Initiative
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 310	Status as of March 30, 1998: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Senators Hoffman, Ruben, Boozer, Currie, Fry, Kasemeyer, Lawlah, McFadden, Middleton, and Neall
Entitled	Qualified Capital Gains - Maximum Tax
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 317	Status as of May 21, 1998: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senators Craig, Green, Trotter, Middleton, Middlebrooks, Neall, Pinsky, and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Municipal Corporations - Incorporation Process
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 340	Status as of April 10, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Senators Conway, Dyson, Hollinger, McFadden, Sfikas, Teitelbaum, and Trotter
Entitled	Open Meetings Act - Public Bodies
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 345	Status as of May 21, 1998: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Chairman, Judicial Proceedings Committee (Maryland Judicial Conference)
Entitled	District Court Commissioners
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

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 395	Status as of February 6, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Della, Sfikas, Stone, and Collins
Entitled	Collective Bargaining and Binding Arbitration for Fire and Rescue Personnel
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 436	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 391
Sponsored By	Senators Stone , Astle, and Green
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Speeding Violations in School Zones - Penalties
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Commerce and Government Matters

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 449	Status as of March 27, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Ruben, Roesser, Hogan, Currie, Frosh, Van Hollen, and Forehand
Entitled	Education - State Funding - Social Security Contributions
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 466	Status as of May 21, 1998: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senator McFadden
Entitled	Local Law Enforcement Officers - Participation in State System
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 487	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 399
Sponsored By	Senators Neall , Middlebrooks, Hoffman, Boozer, Currie, Fry, Lawlah, McFadden, Middleton, and Munson
Entitled	County Income Tax
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 491	Status as of April 11, 1998: Bill is in the House - House Conference Committee Appointed
Sponsored By	Senators Neall, Middlebrooks, Jimeno, and Astle
Entitled	Solid Waste - Applications and Planning
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 507	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 613
Sponsored By	Senator Boozer
Entitled	Property Tax - Credits - Personal Property Located in Foreign Trade Zones
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 527	Status as of March 16, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Collins
Entitled	Crimes - Abusable Volatile Chemicals - Sales Permits
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 529	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 405
Sponsored By	Senator Collins (Baltimore County Administration) and Senator Ruben (Montgomery County Administration)
Entitled	Child Abuse or Neglect - Disclosure of Information
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 534	Status as of March 25, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Munson, Boozer, Hogan, McFadden, Neall, and Ruben
Entitled	State Retirement and Pension System - Board of Trustees - Membership
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 556	Status as of March 16, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Colburn and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Forest Conservation - Exemptions
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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 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 582	Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Bromwell
Entitled	Property Tax - Tax Sales
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 592	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 771
Sponsored By	Senators Fry, Boozer, Kasemeyer, Neall, Munson, Hogan, Van Hollen, Middleton, Currie, McFadden, Lawlah, and Hoffman
Entitled	Courts - Efficiency and Equity
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation and Judicial Proceedings 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 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 664	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 632
Sponsored By	Senator McFadden
Entitled	Taxes - Property of the Housing Authority of Baltimore City
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 691	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 640
Sponsored By	Senator McCabe
Entitled	Plumbers - Backflow Certification
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Economic Matters

SB 703	Status as of March 23, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Trotter
Entitled	Teacher Education Scholarship Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 709	Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Fry and Neall
Entitled	State Pension Systems - Social Security Integration Level Adjustment
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 715	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 643
Sponsored By	Senators Trotter and McFadden
Entitled	Department of Human Resources - Maryland Emergency Food Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 735	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 432
Sponsored By	Senator Currie (Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds)
Entitled	Local Governments - Investment Reporting Requirements
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 736	Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Madden
Entitled	Fire Departments - Privatization - Referendum Required
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

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