1998 REGULAR SESSION subject information current as of December 29, 1998 - 12:46 p.m.

	RECORDS -see also- RCDNGS; LAND RCDS; VITAL RCDS; CRIM BKGD.	Another Session
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HB 2	Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Passed with Amendments
Sponsored By	Delegates Goldwater, Taylor, Guns, Busch, Dewberry, Hurson, Rawlings, Curran, Vallario, Hixson, Harrison, Menes, Kopp, Arnick, Owings, W. Baker, Barve, Benson, Billings, Branch, Cadden, Clagett, Conroy, Conway, C. Davis, Dembrow, Doory, Dypski, Finifter, Franchot, Frank, Frush, Fulton, Hammen, Hecht, Heller, Howard, Jones, Krysiak, Linton, Love, Mandel, Marriott, McIntosh, Minnick, V. Mitchell, Nathan-Pulliam, Patterson, Perry, Petzold, Pitkin, Preis, Rosenberg, Slade, Turner, Weir, Wood, Workman, Boston, DeCarlo, Donoghue, Eckardt, Exum, Fulton, Gordon, Kirk, McHale, Miller, Mohorovic, and Valderrama
Entitled	Maryland Health Care Regulatory and Systems Reform Act
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters and Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 48	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 663
Sponsored By	Delegates Kach, Donoghue, Barve, Goldwater, and Love
Entitled	Commercial Law - Abandoned Property
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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 120	Status as of February 13, 1998: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Failed
Sponsored By	Delegates Arnick and Getty (Commission to Revise the Election Code)
Entitled	Voter Registration - Last Four Digits of Social Security Number
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 128	Status as of April 14, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 45
Sponsored By	Howard County Delegation
Entitled	Howard County - Recordation - Assessment Books Ho. Co. 15-98
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 130	Status as of March 9, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Aging, Office on)
Entitled	Medical Records - Mandatory Disclosure - State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 134	Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 218
Sponsored By	Chairman, Commerce and Government Matters Committee (Departmental - Public Safety and Correctional Services)
Entitled	Public Records - Permissible Denials - State Correctional Facilities
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 145	Status as of March 9, 1998: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Wood (Task Force to Study Motor Vehicle Liens, Regulation of Towing Practices, and the Disposition of Unclaimed Vehicles)
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Regulation of Towing Practices
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 205	Status as of March 10, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation)
Entitled	Unemployment Insurance - Information - Release to Child Support Enforcement Units
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

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 270	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 332
Sponsored By	The Speaker (Administration) and Delegates Vallario , Doory, Benson, and Crumlin
Entitled	Arrest Warrant Inspection - Public Information
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 286	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 461
Sponsored By	Delegates Stup , Owings, Klausmeier, McHale, Ciliberti, Oaks, D. Davis, Billings, Nathan-Pulliam, Morhaim, Frush, Pitkin, R. Baker, W. Baker, Baldwin, Barve, Benson, Bobo, Branch, E. Burns, Cadden, Clagett, Comeau, Conroy, Crumlin, Cryor, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Dypski, Exum, Faulkner, Finifter, Franchot, Goldwater, Grosfeld, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Howard, Hubbard, B. Hughes, Hurson, Jones, Kagan, Kopp, Leopold, Love, Mandel, Marriott, McIntosh, Menes, C. Mitchell, Moe, Montague, Muse, Opara, Patterson, Pendergrass, Perry, Petzold, Rosenberg, Rzepkowski, Shriver, and Turner
Entitled	Public Schools - Integrated Pest Management
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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 318	Status as of April 14, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 2
Sponsored By	Delegates Hammen, Frush, Nathan-Pulliam, Redmer, and Watson (Joint Legislative Task Force on Organ and Tissue Donation) and Delegates Guns, D. Hughes, McHale, Mohorovic, Harkins, Morhaim, Stull, Owings, Oaks, Klausmeier, Hubbard, Stup, D. Davis, Weir, Bonsack, Comeau, Krysiak, Dypski, C. Mitchell, Branch, Harrison, Baldwin, Bissett, and Conroy
Entitled	The William H. Amoss Organ and Tissue Donation Act of 1998
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Finance

HB 329	Status as of March 27, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Pitkin, Bobo, Conroy, Cryor, Dewberry, Dypski, Eckardt, Faulkner, Goldwater, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, Jones, Kach, Leopold, B. Hughes, Perry, Rzepkowski, Slade, Turner, Walkup, Workman, Finifter, Hutchins, McKee, and Kopp
Entitled	Motor Vehicle Administration - Access to Public Records - Release of Personal Information
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 333	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 468
Sponsored By	Delegate Proctor (Chairman, Joint Committee on Pensions)
Entitled	Retirement and Pensions - Payroll Reporting Data
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 344	Status as of April 9, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
Entitled	Health Services Cost Review Commission - Hospital Rates - Outpatient Services
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Finance

HB 354	Status as of March 27, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Kopp, W. Baker, Barve, Beck, Billings, Bobo, Bonsack, M. Burns, Conway, Crumlin, Cryor, Dembrow, Dewberry, Dypski, Edwards, Finifter, Genn, Goldwater, Greenip, Grosfeld, Harkins, Healey, Heller, Hixson, Holt, Hubbard, Hurson, Hutchins, Jacobs, Kach, Kagan, Leopold, Love, Mandel, Marriott, McIntosh, McKee, Menes, Miller, Morhaim, Owings, Pendergrass, Perry, Petzold, Pitkin, Preis, Proctor, Rawlings, Rudolph, Rzepkowski, Slade, Turner, Workman, Cadden, Clagett, DeCarlo, and Shriver
Entitled	Motor Vehicle Administration - Privacy Protection Act of 1998
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 370	Status as of April 14, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 63
Sponsored By	Montgomery County Delegation
Entitled	Montgomery County - Real Property - Recordation MC 824-98
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 383	Status as of March 27, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)
Entitled	Health Occupations - Boards - Disclosure of Information
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

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 482	Status as of March 16, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
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 486	Status as of March 23, 1998: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates R. Baker, Vallario, and Palumbo
Entitled	Soliciting or Marketing Legal Services - Access to Records
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 527	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 483
Sponsored By	Delegates Mandel, DeCarlo, R. Baker, W. Baker, Barve, Beck, Benson, Bissett, Bobo, Bozman, Ciliberti, Clagett, Conroy, Cryor, Curran, Dembrow, Dypski, Faulkner, Flanagan, Genn, Getty, Goldwater, Gordon, Grosfeld, Heller, Hixson, Hubbard, Hurson, Kopp, Love, Marriott, Menes, Miller, Minnick, Montague, Morgan, Mossburg, Patterson, Perry, Petzold, Pitkin, Shriver, Stocksdale, Workman, Brinkley, Dobson, Kagan, Malone, Moe, Opara, Rudolph, Snodgrass, and Wood
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Drivers' Licenses - Graduated Licensing System
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 552	Status as of April 14, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 78
Sponsored By	St. Mary's County Delegation
Entitled	St. Mary's County - Real Property - Recordation
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 566	Status as of March 19, 1998: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates D. Davis, Owings, Redmer, Weir, Klausmeier, and Mohorovic
Entitled	Controlled Dangerous Substance Testing For Job Applicants - Preliminary Screenings
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 578	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 698
Sponsored By	Delegates R. Baker, Palumbo, Gordon, Turner, Valderrama, Pitkin, Perry, Opara, Conroy, Vallario, and Comeau
Entitled	Evidence - Records and Writings of Health Care Providers
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 586	Status as of March 23, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegate M. Burns
Entitled	Division of Parole and Probation - Release of Information
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

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 645	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 495
Sponsored By	Delegate Dewberry
Entitled	Criminal Records - Expungement
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 696	Status as of March 9, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Curran
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Collection of Excise Tax by Title Services - Commission
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 731	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 505
Sponsored By	Delegates Malone, Bissett, Genn, W. Baker, Moe, DeCarlo, Rudolph, Comeau, and V. Mitchell
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Recording of Probation Before Judgment Dispositions - Select Offenses
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 738	Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 265
Sponsored By	St. Mary's County Delegation
Entitled	St. Mary's County - Alcoholic Beverages License Applicants - Fingerprinting and Criminal History Records Checks
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 752	Status as of February 18, 1998: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary
Sponsored By	Prince George's County Delegation
Entitled	Prince George's County - Weapons-Free School Zone PG 302-98
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 759	Status as of April 10, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Prince George's County Delegation
Entitled	Prince George's County Charitable Gaming Regulatory Act of 1998 PG 317-98
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 761	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 509
Sponsored By	Delegate Nathan-Pulliam
Entitled	Maryland Electrology Practice Act
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 801	Status as of April 6, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Delegates Hammen and Gordon
Entitled	Adult Dependent Care Programs - National Criminal History Records Checks
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Finance

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 838	Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Delegates Malone, W. Baker, Moe, DeCarlo, Rudolph, Comeau, and V. Mitchell
Entitled	Motor Vehicle Administration - Records - Probation Before Judgment Dispositions
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 868	Status as of March 27, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Love
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Commercial Driver's License - Third Party Testing
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 886	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 522
Sponsored By	Delegate Snodgrass
Entitled	Medical Records - Definition
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 910	Status as of April 6, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Delegates Barve , Gordon, and Harkins
Entitled	Public Assistance - Finger Imaging Identification Pilot Program - Study
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Finance

HB 913	Status as of April 11, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Finance
Sponsored By	Montgomery County Delegation
Entitled	Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County - Collective Bargaining MC 809-98
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Finance

HB 930	Status as of March 23, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Hutchins
Entitled	Clerks of Circuit Courts - Bait, Fishing, and Hunting Documents
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 934	Status as of March 27, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Arnick
Entitled	Public Records - Access to Retirement Records
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 958	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 527
Sponsored By	Delegates Morhaim and Bonsack
Entitled	State Board of Physician Quality Assurance - Disclosure of Physician's Address of Record
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 968	Status as of March 25, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Harford County Delegation
Entitled	Harford County - Treatment and Prevention of Drug Abuse by Children
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

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 979	Status as of March 27, 1998: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate V. Mitchell
Entitled	Automobile Insurance - Charge for Driving Record
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 987	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 530
Sponsored By	Delegates Proctor, Barve, Benson, Bobo, Bozman, Branch, E. Burns, Cadden, Conroy, C. Davis, DeCarlo, Donoghue, Dypski, Exum, Goldwater, Harrison, Healey, Heller, Hubbard, B. Hughes, Hurson, Jones, Linton, Malone, Marriott, McIntosh, Menes, Mohorovic, Opara, Taylor, Pitkin, Nathan-Pulliam, Workman, Howard, Frush, Owings, Weir, Stull, Muse, Patterson, Moe, McHale, Mossburg, Edwards, Palumbo, R. Baker, Morgan, Walkup, McClenahan, Wood, Montague, and Vallario
Entitled	Employees' and Teachers' Pension Systems - Modification of Benefits and Contributions - Optional Defined Contribution System
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

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 1022	Status as of March 20, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Redmer
Entitled	Motor Vehicle Administration - Dishonored Checks - Aggrieved Party's Remedy
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 1053	Status as of April 12, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules
Sponsored By	Delegate Frank
Entitled	Disclosure of Medical Records - Health Care Provider's Insurer or Legal Counsel
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters and Economic Matters Senate: Senate Rules

HB 1096	Status as of March 25, 1998: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegate Bissett
Entitled	Juvenile Court - Jurisdiction - Records
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

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 1184	Status as of March 23, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Exum
Entitled	Economic Development - Maryland Community Development Financial Institutions Investment Fund
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 1194	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 734
Sponsored By	Delegates Genn, Doory, Exum, M. Burns, R. Baker, Franchot, Valderrama, Petzold, Grosfeld, Conroy, Menes, Pitkin, Goldwater, and Kopp
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Diplomatic Immunities and Privileges - Requirements
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 1219	Status as of March 27, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Finifter, R. Baker, E. Burns, Bobo, Conroy, Dembrow, Dypski, Exum, Faulkner, Genn, Goldwater, Hixson, Kagan, Mandel, McIntosh, Muse, Pendergrass, Perry, Petzold, Rosenberg, Turner, Campbell, Morhaim, and Frank
Entitled	Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 1998
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 1248	Status as of March 27, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Delegates Bobo , Taylor, Wood, Arnick, DeCarlo, Kittleman, Malone, Rudolph, Morgan, Benson, Brinkley, Clagett, Dobson, Dypski, Faulkner, Getty, Kagan, Mandel, Minnick, Moe, Mossburg, Opara, Patterson, and Snodgrass
Entitled	Legislative Ethics - Advisory Services and Disclosure
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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 1272	Status as of March 25, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Conway, Rudolph, W. Baker, McClenahan, Guns, D. Hughes, Klausmeier, Bozman, and Walkup
Entitled	Juvenile Court - Jurisdiction of Court and Use of Juvenile Records
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1316	Status as of March 26, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Busch
Entitled	Inspections - Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 1331	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 749
Sponsored By	Delegates Conway, Bozman, D. Hughes, and McClenahan
Entitled	Wicomico County - Alcoholic Beverages - Subpoena Powers
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 1419	Status as of March 27, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Fulton, Branch, and C. Mitchell
Entitled	Ethics Law - Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics - Records
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 4	Status as of April 11, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Senator Ruben
Entitled	Prospective Jurors - Motor Vehicle Administration Lists
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

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 6	Status as of April 6, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Senator Boozer
Entitled	Driver's License - Controlled Dangerous Substance Restriction
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 15	Status as of March 23, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Boozer
Entitled	Soliciting or Marketing Legal Services - Access to Records
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 41	Status as of April 10, 1998: Bill is in the House - House Conference Committee Appointed
Sponsored By	Senator Boozer
Entitled	Workers' Compensation - Appeal Proceedings - Admissibility of Medical, Dental, or Hospital Writings or Records
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 52	Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 142
Sponsored By	Delegate Rosenberg
Entitled	Sports Agents - Contact with Local Athletes
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Commerce and Government Matters

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 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 78	Status as of April 14, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 17
Sponsored By	Chairman, Finance Committee (Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation)
Entitled	Unemployment Insurance - Information - Release to Child Support Enforcement Units
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 104	Status as of May 21, 1998: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senator Baker
Entitled	Commercial Law - Abandoned Property
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Economic Matters

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 134	Status as of March 17, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Astle
Entitled	Controlled Dangerous Substance Testing For Job Applicants - Preliminary Screenings
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 141	Status as of March 18, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Stone (Task Force to Study Motor Vehicle Liens, Regulation of Towing Practices, and the Disposition of Unclaimed Vehicles)
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Regulation of Towing Practices
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 150	Status as of February 10, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Currie, Lawlah, and Madden
Entitled	Prince George's County Charitable Gaming Regulatory Act of 1998 PG 317-98
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 159	Status as of February 11, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Frosh, Blount, Boozer, Bromwell, Colburn, Collins, Conway, Craig, Currie, Dyson, Ferguson, Forehand, Fry, Hafer, Hogan, Hollinger, Jimeno, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Lawlah, Madden, McCabe, Middlebrooks, Middleton, Neall, Pinsky, Roesser, Ruben, Sfikas, Stoltzfus, Stone, Teitelbaum, and Van Hollen
Entitled	Motor Vehicle Administration - Privacy Protection Act of 1998
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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

SB 172	Status as of May 21, 1998: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	The President (Administration)
Entitled	Arrest Warrant Inspection - Public Information
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 230	Status as of April 14, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 1
Sponsored By	Senators Hollinger, Derr, and Dorman (Joint Legislative Task Force on Organ and Tissue Donation) and Senators Astle, Bromwell, Della, Hafer, Madden, Roesser, Teitelbaum, and Trotter
Entitled	The William H. Amoss Organ and Tissue Donation Act of 1998
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Environmental Matters

SB 271	Status as of May 21, 1998: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senators Baker and Jimeno
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Drivers' Licenses - Graduated Licensing System
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Commerce and Government Matters

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 277	Status as of March 23, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Forehand
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Speed Monitoring Systems
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 315	Status as of March 26, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Teitelbaum, Della, Dorman, Derr, Astle, Hafer, Bromwell, Dyson, Trotter, and Sfikas
Entitled	Public Assistance - Finger Imaging Identification Pilot Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 321	Status as of February 23, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Munson
Entitled	Corporate Entities - Maintenance of Medical Records - Surety Bonds
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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 388	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 381
Sponsored By	Senator Boozer
Entitled	Circuit Court Real Property Records Improvement Fund - Revenue from Copiers
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 409	Status as of May 21, 1998: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senator Jimeno
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Recording of Probation Before Judgment Dispositions - Select Offenses
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 501	Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 401
Sponsored By	Senators Derr and Ferguson (Frederick County Senators)
Entitled	Frederick County - Alarm System Regulation
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 502	Status as of March 23, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Derr and Ferguson (Frederick County Senators)
Entitled	Frederick County - Regulated Firearms Dealers - Holding Period
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 512	Status as of February 11, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Dyson
Entitled	Public Information Access - Board of Review - Creation
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 521	Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the House - Favorable with Amendments Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Senator Teitelbaum
Entitled	Health Care Regulatory Reform
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Environmental Matters and Economic Matters

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 548	Status as of March 23, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Astle
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Commercial Driver's License - Third Party Testing
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 632	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 626
Sponsored By	Senators Roesser, Hollinger, Stoltzfus, and McCabe
Entitled	Optometrists and Physicians - Replacement Contact Lens Prescriptions
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental 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 649	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 630
Sponsored By	Senator Hollinger (Chairman, Health Subcommittee), Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee, and Senators Craig, Pinsky, Sfikas, and Conway
Entitled	Disclosure of Medical Records - Health Care Provider's Insurer or Legal Counsel
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Economic Matters

SB 659	Status as of March 23, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Hollinger and Dorman
Entitled	Disclosure of Medical Records - Mental Health Services
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 694	Status as of March 23, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Della
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Collection of Excise Tax by Title Services - Commission
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 723	Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 647
Sponsored By	Senator Madden
Entitled	Public Schools - Confidentiality of Student Records
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Ways and Means