1998 REGULAR SESSION subject information current as of December 29, 1998 - 12:23 p.m.

	FAMILY LAW -see also- ADOPTION; DIVORCE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE	Another Session
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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 9	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 350
Sponsored By	Delegates Hecht, Menes, Grosfeld, Taylor, Vallario, Dewberry, Hurson, Rawlings, Curran, Busch, Guns, Hixson, Harrison, Kopp, Arnick, W. Baker, Benson, Billings, Bozman, Cadden, Conroy, Conway, C. Davis, Doory, Franchot, Frush, Fulton, Goldwater, Howard, Jones, Kagan, Krysiak, Love, Malone, Mandel, Marriott, Nathan-Pulliam, Patterson, Petzold, Pitkin, Proctor, Rosenberg, Rudolph, Shriver, Weir, and Workman
Entitled	Family Law - Grounds for Absolute Divorce - Domestic Violence
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 11	Status as of March 9, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Holt
Entitled	Family Law - Residential Child Care Facilities
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 17	Status as of February 9, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegate Arnick
Entitled	Family Law - Grounds for Absolute Divorce - Abuse
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 33	Status as of February 9, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegate Arnick
Entitled	Family Law - Grounds for Absolute Divorce - Waiting Period
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 40	Status as of February 9, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Grosfeld, Menes, Turner, and Genn
Entitled	Child Support Guidelines - Determination of Child Support Obligation - Child Care Expenses
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 41	Status as of February 9, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Grosfeld, Turner, and Jacobs
Entitled	Child Support Guidelines - Determination of Child Support Obligation - Private Instruction or Tutoring
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 42	Status as of March 25, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Delegates Grosfeld, Preis, T. Murphy, and Turner
Entitled	Family Law - Award of Expenses
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 64	Status as of February 9, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegate Workman
Entitled	Family Law - Duty to Support Adult Child - Secondary School
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 79	Status as of February 9, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Workman and Taylor
Entitled	Family Law - Child Support - Secondary and Postsecondary Education
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

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 141	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 669
Sponsored By	Delegates Gordon and Bonsack
Entitled	Recordation and Transfer Taxes - Transfers Between Spouses and Former Spouses
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 183	Status as of March 9, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Morhaim and Walkup
Entitled	Victims of Homicide - Transportation Expenses - State Budget
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 189	Status as of March 9, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Menes, Doory, Cadden, Conroy, Frush, Goldwater, Healey, Hecht, Hixson, B. Hughes, Kopp, Love, Mandel, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Petzold, Pitkin, and Snodgrass
Entitled	Family Law - Denial of Custody or Visitation - First Degree Murder
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 214	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 679
Sponsored By	Delegates Turner, Perry, Pendergrass, Grosfeld, Mandel, Marriott, C. Mitchell, Oaks, Snodgrass, Hecht, Proctor, Frush, Kagan, Patterson, Muse, Petzold, E. Burns, Bonsack, Bobo, Faulkner, Conroy, Montague, Cryor, Shriver, Love, M. Burns, Genn, Menes, Pitkin, Cadden, Hubbard, Crumlin, Preis, McIntosh, Bissett, Jacobs, Krysiak, Dembrow, Kirk, Nathan-Pulliam, Watson, Malone, Branch, Fulton, Mossburg, Ciliberti, Frank, Finifter, Klausmeier, Hurson, Workman, Edwards, McKee, B. Hughes, Heller, Howard, Gordon, Hixson, Stup, Donoghue, Palumbo, Holt, Hutchins, Comeau, R. Baker, Valderrama, D. Davis, Benson, Miller, Hammen, Dewberry, Boston, Dypski, and Doory
Entitled	Adoption Search, Contact, and Reunion Services and Access to Birth and Adoption Records
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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 246	Status as of March 9, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegate Hubbard
Entitled	Support Enforcement - Contempt
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 279	Status as of April 10, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Delegates Vallario and Turner
Entitled	District Court - Criminal Jurisdiction - Child Abduction and Custody Interference
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 310	Status as of February 23, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegate Vallario (Commission on Uniform State Laws)
Entitled	Maryland Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 339	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 685
Sponsored By	Delegates O'Donnell, Bissett, M. Burns, Jacobs, D. Murphy, and Hutchins
Entitled	Family Law - Domestic Violence - Penalties
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 371	Status as of March 28, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Taylor, Dewberry, Hurson, Dembrow, B. Hughes, Brinkley, Pitkin, Doory, Hixson, Kagan, Howard, Cadden, Petzold, Grosfeld, DeCarlo, Finifter, Barve, Frank, Franchot, Minnick, Dypski, Leopold, Genn, Conroy, Comeau, Morhaim, Valderrama, Kopp, Billings, Edwards, Love, Owings, Flanagan, Patterson, Harkins, Healey, Preis, Kittleman, Getty, McHale, Menes, E. Burns, Faulkner, Ciliberti, Hubbard, Cryor, and Baldwin
Entitled	Child Protection Act of 1998
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 403	Status as of February 23, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Washington County Delegation
Entitled	Child Support Enforcement Demonstration Site - Conciliation Conferences
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 415	Status as of March 2, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Rosenberg, Finifter, McIntosh, and Turner
Entitled	Divorce and Annulment - Removal of Barriers to Remarriage
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 425	Status as of March 9, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Dembrow, Montague, Genn, Dypski, Fulton, Faulkner, E. Burns, Perry, O'Donnell, Workman, Valderrama, Palumbo, Bissett, and Frank
Entitled	Family Law - Child Custody - Rebuttable Presumption of Joint Legal Custody
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 467	Status as of March 9, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Benson and Crumlin
Entitled	Family Law - Child Sexual Abuse - Criminal Proceedings
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 488	Status as of March 16, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Pendergrass, Exum, Love, Kirk, Krysiak, Kach, and V. Mitchell
Entitled	Parent-Child Immunity - Motor Vehicle Cases - Abrogation
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 605	Status as of March 2, 1998: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Montague, R. Baker, Doory, and T. Murphy
Entitled	Family Law - Child Support - Date of Award
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 649	Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Prince George's County Delegation
Entitled	Prince George's County - Employment - Annual Leave for Parents and Legal Guardians of Students PG 414-98
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 663	Status as of February 23, 1998: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Heller
Entitled	Residential and Nonresidential Child Care Centers - Per Child Rate-Settings
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 744	Status as of March 2, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Petzold and Doory
Entitled	Informal Child Care Providers - Criminal History Records Check
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 786	Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 270
Sponsored By	Delegates Rawlings, Fulton, and Marriott
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - St. Ambrose Family Outreach Center
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 807	Status as of March 19, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Montague and Hubbard
Entitled	Support Enforcement - Contempt
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 916	Status as of May 21, 1998: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Cecil County Delegation
Entitled	Cecil County - Commission for Women
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 941	Status as of March 25, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Palumbo and E. Burns
Entitled	Child Custody and Visitation - Child Abduction
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 1044	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 536
Sponsored By	Delegates McIntosh, Cadden, B. Hughes, Branch, Pitkin, and Heller
Entitled	State Personnel - Family and Medical Leave
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Finance

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 1090	Status as of March 10, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Cadden, B. Hughes, Kagan, Benson, Kopp, Proctor, Pendergrass, and Bobo
Entitled	Commission to Study Paid Family and Medical Leave
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 1133	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 544
Sponsored By	Delegates McIntosh, Pitkin, Hecht, Marriott, Kopp, B. Hughes, and Heller
Entitled	Child Welfare Workforce Initiative of 1998
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation

HB 1164	Status as of March 24, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate Montague
Entitled	Education - Children in State-Supervised Care
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1193	Status as of March 4, 1998: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Pitkin, R. Baker, W. Baker, Baldwin, Barve, Beck, Benson, Bobo, Branch, Cadden, Clagett, Comeau, Conroy, Crumlin, Cryor, D. Davis, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Dypski, Exum, Faulkner, Finifter, Franchot, Frank, Frush, Genn, Goldwater, Grosfeld, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Howard, Hubbard, B. Hughes, Hurson, Jones, Kagan, Klausmeier, Kopp, Leopold, Love, Mandel, Marriott, McIntosh, Menes, C. Mitchell, Montague, Morhaim, T. Murphy, Muse, Oaks, Patterson, Pendergrass, Perry, Petzold, Proctor, Rosenberg, Rzepkowski, Shriver, Turner, Watson, Nathan-Pulliam, E. Burns, and Opara
Entitled	Parents' and Employees' Right to Know - Pesticide Applications - Schools and Child Care Centers
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1259	Status as of March 25, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegate Grosfeld
Entitled	Protection of Marriages
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1282	Status as of March 26, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Conroy, Perry, C. Mitchell, and Hubbard
Entitled	Family Law - Marital Property - Transfer of Ownership Interests in Benefit Plans
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1284	Status as of March 27, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Frank and Dembrow
Entitled	Motor Vehicle Insurance - Excess Liability Coverage - Indemnification
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 1285	Status as of March 26, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegate Frank
Entitled	Family Law - Parenting Time
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1294	Status as of February 25, 1998: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegate Heller
Entitled	Residential and Nonresidential Child Care Centers and Nonpublic General Education Schools - Per Child Rate Settings
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1329	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 748
Sponsored By	Delegate Finifter
Entitled	Estates and Trusts - Corrections - Elective Share for Surviving Spouse - Personal Representatives
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 1335	Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Delegates Hurson, Barve, Genn, Gordon, and Kopp
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Center for Children and Families
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1352	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 754
Sponsored By	Delegate Eckardt
Entitled	Dorchester County - Authority of County Commissioners to Sell Real Property
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 1372	Status as of March 23, 1998: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Frush, Moe, Pitkin, and Conroy
Entitled	Witnesses - Parent-Child Privilege
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1388	Status as of April 10, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Delegate Guns
Entitled	Childhood Lead Screening - Exemption for Religious Beliefs and Practices
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 26	Status as of April 8, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Senators Green, Forehand, Madden, Haines, Kelley, Hollinger, Colburn, and Middleton
Entitled	Support Enforcement - Contempt
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 43	Status as of May 21, 1998: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Senator Haines
Entitled	Family Law - Domestic Violence - Penalties
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 46	Status as of April 11, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Senators Forehand and Della
Entitled	Family Law - Denial of Custody or Visitation - Murder or Voluntary Manslaughter
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 114	Status as of February 11, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
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: Judicial Proceedings

SB 194	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 349
Sponsored By	Senators Kelley, Forehand, Hoffman, Pinsky, Roesser, Ruben, Trotter, Conway, Jimeno, Middleton, Colburn, Teitelbaum, Middlebrooks, Currie, Frosh, Hollinger, Lawlah, Van Hollen, and Hughes
Entitled	Family Law - Grounds for Absolute Divorce - Domestic Violence
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 196	Status as of March 3, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Trotter
Entitled	Child Support - Nonpayment - Consequences
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 265	Status as of February 24, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Miller
Entitled	Family Law - Child Support - Secondary Education
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 276	Status as of March 23, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Forehand
Entitled	Mutual Consent Voluntary Adoption Registry - Disclosure of Nonidentifying Information
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 353	Status as of March 10, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Hoffman
Entitled	Divorce and Annulment - Removal of Barriers to Remarriage
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 382	Status as of March 17, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Ruben (Montgomery County Administration) and Senator Collins (Baltimore County Administration) and Senators Forehand, Kelley, Hoffman, Hogan, Roesser, Hollinger, Van Hollen, Dorman, Teitelbaum, Boozer, Bromwell, Della, Stone, Sfikas, and McCabe
Entitled	Child Protection Act of 1998
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 397	Status as of March 9, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Collins
Entitled	Family Law - Residential Child Care Facilities
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 425	Status as of April 11, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Senator Hafer
Entitled	Foster Care - Child Support Obligations
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 426	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 609
Sponsored By	Senator Kasemeyer
Entitled	Residential and Nonresidential Child Care Centers and Nonpublic General Education Schools - Rate Settings
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 511	Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 182
Sponsored By	Senators Fry and Baker
Entitled	Cecil County - Commission for Women
Committee Assignments	Senate: Select Committee 10 House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 540	Status as of March 23, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Ferguson (By Request)
Entitled	Family Law - Temporary Ex Parte Orders
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 560	Status as of April 5, 1998: Bill is in the House - House Conference Committee Appointed
Sponsored By	Senator Baker , Senator Ruben (Montgomery County Administration), Senator Collins (Baltimore County Administration) and Senators Forehand, Kelley, Hoffman, Hogan, Roesser, Hollinger, Van Hollen, Dorman, Teitelbaum, Boozer, Bromwell, Della, Stone, Sfikas, McCabe, and Colburn
Entitled	Family Law - Children in Out-of-Home Placements
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 565	Status as of April 11, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Senators Colburn and Haines
Entitled	Same Sex Marriages - Foreign Marriages - Invalidity
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 570	Status as of March 17, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Hafer
Entitled	Temporary Cash Assistance - Income Eligibility - Stepparents
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 571	Status as of March 18, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Hafer
Entitled	Family Law - Child Custody - Rebuttable Presumption of Joint Legal Custody
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 572	Status as of March 18, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Hafer
Entitled	Family Law - Child Support Guidelines - Work-Related Child Care Expenses
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 598	Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Senators Hughes and Hoffman
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - St. Ambrose Family Outreach Center
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 615	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 622
Sponsored By	Senators Van Hollen, Hogan, Frosh, Dorman, Forehand, Teitelbaum, Ruben, and Roesser
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Center for Children and Families
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 648	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 629
Sponsored By	Senators Van Hollen, Ruben, Teitelbaum, Forehand, Kelley, and Middlebrooks
Entitled	Child Protection Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 677	Status as of April 11, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Senator Middlebrooks
Entitled	Family Law - Child Support - Incarceration of Obligor
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 747	Status as of May 21, 1998: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senator Colburn
Entitled	Dorchester County - Authority of County Commissioners to Sell Real Property
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Commerce and Government Matters