1998 REGULAR SESSION subject information current as of December 29, 1998 - 12:43 p.m.

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HB 71	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 776
Sponsored By	Delegates Elliott , Schisler, Mohorovic, Redmer, Hammen, McHale, Stup, Weir, and Stull
Entitled	Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - Retest Waivers - Repair Expenditures
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 221	Status as of March 28, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Holt, Beck, M. Burns, Cryor, DeCarlo, Eckardt, Greenip, Harkins, Hutchins, Jacobs, Kach, Kelly, La Vay, McKee, O'Donnell, Ports, Redmer, Rzepkowski, Schade, Stocksdale, Stull, Stup, and Walkup
Entitled	Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - State Income Tax Credit for Emissions Related Repairs
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 414	Status as of March 23, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates O'Donnell and Owings
Entitled	Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - Calvert County
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 493	Status as of May 21, 1998: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	The Speaker (Administration)
Entitled	Environment - Linked Deposit - Use in Maryland Water Quality and Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund Programs
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

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 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 623	Status as of March 24, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Elliott and Schisler
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - Exemption Period for New Vehicles
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

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 747	Status as of March 28, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Poole and Hubbard
Entitled	Vehicle Emissions Testing Equipment - State Income Tax Credit
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 819	Status as of March 20, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Stocksdale, Leopold, Faulkner, DeCarlo, Marriott, Weir, Ciliberti and Cryor
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Insurance Verification Before Vehicle Emissions Test
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 976	Status as of February 24, 1998: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Owings and Guns
Entitled	Air Quality - Emission Trading
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1068	Status as of March 28, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Environment)
Entitled	Environment - Water Management - Penalties
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1074	Status as of March 30, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Frush, Beck, Bobo, Ciliberti, Conroy, Dembrow, Faulkner, Healey, Hubbard, Menes, Moe, Pendergrass, Pitkin, and Turner
Entitled	Patuxent Reservoirs Watershed
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

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 1302	Status as of April 11, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Second Reading Passed
Sponsored By	Delegates Guns and Rudolph
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Historic Motor Vehicles, Street Rods, and Custom Vehicles
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 1348	Status as of May 21, 1998: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Chairman, Commerce and Government Matters Committee (Departmental - Transportation)
Entitled	Port Land Use Development
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Finance

HJ 7	Status as of March 27, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Delegates Guns, Hubbard, Owings, Billings, Stup, Hammen, Mohorovic, Klausmeier, Morhaim, D. Davis, D. Hughes, Watson, Oaks, Schisler, and Ciliberti
Entitled	Wastewater Treatment Facilities - Military Bases - Nutrient Removal
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 135	Status as of March 20, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Bromwell
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Insurance Verification Before Vehicle Emissions Test
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 177	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 328
Sponsored By	The President (Administration) and Senators Fry, Middleton, Ruben, and Van Hollen
Entitled	Environment - Linked Deposit - Use in Maryland Water Quality and Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund Programs
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

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 323	Status as of March 23, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Forehand and Ruben
Entitled	Diesel Vehicle Smoke Control Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 413	Status as of February 6, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Van Hollen, Dorman, Conway, Currie, Teitelbaum, Kelley, Pinsky, McFadden, and Forehand
Entitled	Chesapeake Bay Poultry Waste Management Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 467	Status as of April 2, 1998: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Senators Frosh, Sfikas, Conway, and Pinsky
Entitled	Environmental Laws - Violations and Enforcement
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 492	Status as of April 1, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Referred to interim study
Sponsored By	Senators Neall, Dorman, Ruben, and Middlebrooks
Entitled	Vehicle Emissions Testing Equipment - State Income Tax Credit
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 584	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 414
Sponsored By	Senators Bromwell, Collins, Fry, Stone, Jimeno, and Sfikas
Entitled	Port Land Use Development
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 658	Status as of February 10, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Stoltzfus, Middleton, Colburn, Bromwell, Craig, Derr, Dyson, Ferguson, Fry, Hafer, Haines, Hogan, McCabe, Middlebrooks, Munson, and Neall
Entitled	Nutrient Management Practices Improvement Act of 1998
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 752	Status as of March 31, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Failed
Sponsored By	Senator Kasemeyer
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - Exemption
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings