1998 REGULAR SESSION subject information current as of December 29, 1998 - 12:38 p.m.
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Current Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 24
HB 113 Status as of May 21, 1998: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed Governor Veto
Sponsored By Delegates Morhaim and Walkup
Entitled Victims of Homicide - Transportation Expenses - State Budget
Committee
Assignments		 House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Finance

HB 189 Status as of March 9, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary Failed to Pass
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 195 Status as of March 16, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary Failed to Pass
Sponsored By Delegate M. Burns
Entitled Sentencing - Murder of Driver-for-Hire
Committee
Assignments		 House: Judiciary

HB 245 Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 336 Passed Legislation
Sponsored By Delegates E. Burns, Vallario, Hutchins, Menes, D. Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, O'Donnell, Petzold, and M. Burns
Entitled Evidence - Civil Proceedings - Slayer's Rule - Admissibility and Effect of Certain Criminal Convictions
Committee
Assignments		 House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 247 Status as of March 23, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary Failed to Pass
Sponsored By Delegate Crumlin
Entitled Parole Eligibility - First Degree Murder
Committee
Assignments		 House: Judiciary

HB 482 Status as of March 16, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary Failed to Pass
Sponsored By Delegates Marriott, Hixson, Shriver, Rosenberg, Fulton, Rawlings, Kirk, Opara, Kopp, Benson, Exum, Pendergrass, Billings, Montague, Branch, Menes, Grosfeld, Pitkin, Goldwater, Genn, Bobo, Mandel, R. Baker, D. Davis, Oaks, Howard, Patterson, E. Burns, C. Mitchell, Nathan-Pulliam, Muse, C. Davis, and Watson
Entitled Maryland Fair Imposition of the Death Penalty Database
Committee
Assignments		 House: Judiciary

HB 545 Status as of March 2, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary Failed to Pass
Sponsored By Delegates Poole, O'Donnell, Hecht, DeCarlo, and M. Burns
Entitled Crimes - First Degree Murder - Domestic Violence
Committee
Assignments		 House: Judiciary

HB 558 Status as of March 2, 1998: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary Failed to Pass
Sponsored By Delegate O'Donnell
Entitled Sentencing - Death Penalty - Murder in Violation of Protective Order
Committee
Assignments		 House: Judiciary

HB 638 Status as of March 16, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary Failed to Pass
Sponsored By Delegate Kelly
Entitled Crime of Violence - Solicitation to Commit Murder
Committee
Assignments		 House: Judiciary

HB 1067 Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 538 Passed Legislation
Sponsored By Chairman, Judiciary Committee (Departmental - State Police, Dept. of) and Delegates Hutchins, Genn, Montague, O'Donnell, Bissett, Jacobs, Doory, M. Burns, Comeau, Petzold, Harkins, Hubbard, Malone, Owings, Preis, Rudolph, and DeCarlo
Entitled Homicide - Penalties
Committee
Assignments		 House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 1078 Status as of March 16, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary Failed to Pass
Sponsored By Delegates M. Burns, Schade, O'Donnell, Jacobs, Morgan, DeCarlo, Klima, Stocksdale, Rzepkowski, and D. Murphy
Entitled Crimes - Offenses Against Unborn Child
Committee
Assignments		 House: Judiciary

HB 1080 Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 373 Passed Legislation
Sponsored By Delegates Comeau, W. Baker, Bissett, Bonsack, E. Burns, M. Burns, Conroy, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Dewberry, Donoghue, Finifter, Getty, Harkins, Hecht, Holt, Hutchins, Jacobs, Jones, Klausmeier, Malone, McClenahan, McHale, McKee, V. Mitchell, Moe, Mohorovic, Montague, O'Donnell, Owings, Perry, Petzold, Poole, Rudolph, and Miller
Entitled Child Abuse - Death of a Child - Penalties
Committee
Assignments		 House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 1093 Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 539 Passed Legislation
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 1249 Status as of March 16, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary Failed to Pass
Sponsored By Delegates Schade, Baldwin, M. Burns, Ports, and Rzepkowski
Entitled Homicide - Use of Deadly Force in Residence - Defense
Committee
Assignments		 House: Judiciary

HB 1394 Status as of April 1, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings Failed to Pass
Sponsored By Delegate Genn
Entitled Manslaughter by Automobile - Homicide by Motor Vehicle - Statute of Limitations - Corrective Repeal
Committee
Assignments		 House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 19 Status as of February 16, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings Failed to Pass
Sponsored By Senator Haines
Entitled Sentencing - Death Penalty - Murder in Violation of Protective Order
Committee
Assignments		 Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 29 Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 335 Passed Legislation
Sponsored By Senators Boozer, Stone, Kelley, and Collins
Entitled Evidence - Civil Proceedings - Slayer's Rule - Admissibility and Effect of Certain Criminal Convictions
Committee
Assignments		 Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary

SB 46 Status as of April 11, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary Failed to Pass
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 165 Status as of March 23, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings Failed to Pass
Sponsored By Senator Trotter
Entitled Maryland Fair Imposition of the Death Penalty Database
Committee
Assignments		 Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 329 Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 372 Passed Legislation
Sponsored By Senator Middlebrooks
Entitled Child Abuse - Death of a Child - Penalties
Committee
Assignments		 Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary

SB 367 Status as of March 23, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings Failed to Pass
Sponsored By Senators Ferguson, Colburn, and Jimeno
Entitled Death Penalty - Minimum Age and Aggravating Circumstances
Committee
Assignments		 Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 566 Status as of April 11, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary Failed to Pass
Sponsored By Senators Colburn, Baker, Ferguson, Haines, Hogan, Jimeno, Middlebrooks, and Stone
Entitled Death Penalty - Aggravating Circumstances - Drug Trafficking
Committee
Assignments		 Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary

SB 657 Status as of March 16, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings Failed to Pass
Sponsored By Senators Madden, Haines, and Jimeno
Entitled Parole - Violent Crimes - Solicitation of Murder
Committee
Assignments		 Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 742 Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 202 Passed Legislation
Sponsored By Senator Derr
Entitled Victims of Homicide - Transportation Expenses - State Budget
Committee
Assignments		 Senate: Finance
House: Environmental Matters

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