1999 Regular Session sponsor information current as of December 28, 1999 - 10:28 a.m.

Sponsor Information	Senator Ulysses Currie District 25	Another Session	Short Format
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SB 327	Status as of April 4, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By	Senators Currie, Hogan, Lawlah, McFadden, Middleton, Ruben, and Van Hollen
Entitled	Local Government Health Funding Incentive Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation and Finance House: Appropriations

SB 354	Status as of March 26, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By	Senator Currie (Chairman, Joint Audit Committee) and Senators Hoffman, Astle, Forehand, Hafer, Hogan, Lawlah, Roesser, and Ruben
Entitled	Office of Legislative Audits - Private Foundations
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Appropriations

SB 433	Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Senator Currie (Prince George's County Senators) and Senator McFadden
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission - Dinosaur Park
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 675	Status as of March 29, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Currie
Entitled	Limited Liability Companies - Tax Exemption for Transfers of Real Property to a Limited Liability Company and Conversions to a Limited Liability Company
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 681	Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Senators Currie, Lawlah, Dorman, Astle, Madden, and Exum
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Rehabilitation, Therapy, and Educational Facility for People with Disabilities
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 715	Status as of April 8, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Senator Currie (Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds) and Senators Forehand, McFadden, and Haines
Entitled	Treasurer - Staff - Special Appointments
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Appropriations

SB 716	Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Senator Currie (Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds) and Senators Forehand, Haines, and McFadden
Entitled	State Personnel - Payment of Wages - Direct Deposit
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 717	Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Currie (Chairman, Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds) and Senators Forehand, McFadden, and Haines
Entitled	State Insurance Program - Maryland Tort Claims Act - State's Attorneys, Certain Local Board Members, and Certain Judges
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 755	Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Currie, Lawlah, Exum, and Dorman
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County Circuit Courthouse Renovation
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 8	Status as of April 8, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 7
Sponsored By	Senators Miller, Hogan, Kasemeyer, Currie, DeGrange, Hoffman, Lawlah, McFadden, Middleton, Munson, Neall, Ruben, Stoltzfus, and Van Hollen
Entitled	Maryland Higher Education Investment Program - Income Tax Subtraction Modification for Contributions
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 15	Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 518
Sponsored By	Senators Green, Currie, DeGrange, Hoffman, Hogan, Kasemeyer, Lawlah, McFadden, Middleton, Munson, Ruben, and Van Hollen
Entitled	Teachers' Retirement and Pension Systems - Reemployment of Retired Teachers
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 96	Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 320
Sponsored By	Senators Kelley, McCabe, Currie, Sfikas, Hughes, Hoffman, Colburn, Van Hollen, Stone, Jimeno, Hollinger, Mitchell, McFadden, and Forehand
Entitled	Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 126	Status as of March 25, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Lawlah, Exum, and Currie
Entitled	Gas and Electric Companies - Rates - Reductions
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 127	Status as of March 25, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Lawlah, Jacobs, Madden, Currie, Hughes, Hollinger, Frosh, McCabe, Conway, Hoffman, Dorman, Stoltzfus, Van Hollen, McFadden, and Dyson
Entitled	Drunk Driving - Intoxicated Per Se - Driving While Under the Influence
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 132	Status as of April 8, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	The President (Administration) and Senators Baker, Green, Forehand, Stone, Jimeno, Astle, Currie, DeGrange, Frosh, Haines, Munson, Colburn, Ferguson, and Mooney
Entitled	Crimes - Stalking - Increased Penalty
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 136	Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 299
Sponsored By	The President (Administration) and Senators McFadden, Currie, Lawlah, and Middleton
Entitled	Maryland Competitive Advantage Financing Fund
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Economic Matters

SB 141	Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 122
Sponsored By	The President (Administration) and Senators Baker, Blount, Bromwell, Munson, Middleton, McFadden, Ruben, Conway, Frosh, Hollinger, Jimeno, Kelley, Mitchell, Sfikas, Stone, Green, Currie, DeGrange, Hoffman, Hogan, Kasemeyer, Lawlah, and Van Hollen
Entitled	State Police Retirement System - Benefits
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 142	Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 516
Sponsored By	The President (Administration) and Senators Currie, Lawlah, McFadden, and Middleton
Entitled	The Joseph Fund
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 166	Status as of April 7, 1999: Bill is in the House - Re-assigned Appropriations
Sponsored By	Senators Conway, Blount, McFadden, Mitchell, Hughes, Pinsky, DeGrange, Exum, Sfikas, Kelley, Lawlah, Currie, Teitelbaum, Bromwell, and Kasemeyer
Entitled	Maryland Youthbuild Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Appropriations

SB 175	Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senators Munson, Blount, Colburn, Collins, Currie, Exum, Ferguson, Forehand, Green, Hafer, Hooper, Kelley, McFadden, Ruben, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	State Aid for Police Protection - Municipal Sworn Officer Allocation
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 186	Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Senators Middleton, McFadden, Dorman, Dyson, DeGrange, Hogan, Green, Collins, Della, Lawlah, Blount, Currie, Neall, and Van Hollen
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Charles County - Lions Camp Merrick
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 229	Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Senators Roesser, Bromwell, Colburn, Collins, Conway, Dorman, Dyson, Ferguson, Hoffman, Hollinger, Jacobs, Kelley, Lawlah, Middleton, Sfikas, Teitelbaum, Currie, DeGrange, Hogan, Kasemeyer, McFadden, Munson, Neall, Ruben, Stoltzfus, and Van Hollen
Entitled	Holocaust Victims - Inheritance Tax and Income Tax - Insurance Policies
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 232	Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 533
Sponsored By	Senators Hogan, Green, Middleton, Blount, Astle, Colburn, Collins, Hoffman, DeGrange, Dorman, Ferguson, Jacobs, Lawlah, Ruben, McFadden, Munson, Neall, Roesser, Mooney, Currie, Hafer, Hooper, and Dyson
Entitled	Immunity - State and Local Governments - Year 2000 Litigation
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 240	Status as of April 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 9
Sponsored By	Senators McFadden, Currie, Hoffman, and Della
Entitled	Political Subdivisions - Residency Requirements for Chief Executive Officers
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 247	Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 161
Sponsored By	Senators Ruben, Dorman, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Green, Hafer, Lawlah, Madden, Roesser, Teitelbaum, Van Hollen, Hogan, and Currie
Entitled	Transportation Services - Fiscal Assistance - Repeal of Termination Provision
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 248	Status as of March 24, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Ruben, Frosh, Hogan, Roesser, Van Hollen, Currie, and Forehand
Entitled	Education - State Funding - Social Security Contributions
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 255	Status as of March 25, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Ruben, Lawlah, Dyson, Forehand, Teitelbaum, Haines, Mitchell, Blount, Conway, Currie, Dorman, Frosh, Hoffman, Hollinger, Hooper, Jacobs, Madden, McCabe, McFadden, Roesser, Stoltzfus, and Van Hollen
Entitled	Drunk Driving - Intoxicated Per Se - Driving While Under the Influence
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 283	Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 537
Sponsored By	Senators Ruben, Hogan, Roesser, Green, Forehand, Pinsky, Kelley, Hollinger, Currie, Kasemeyer, Dorman, Lawlah, Teitelbaum, McFadden, Hoffman, Frosh, McCabe, and Van Hollen
Entitled	Community Colleges - English for Speakers of Other Languages Programs - Funding
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 304	Status as of March 25, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Blount, Frosh, Mitchell, Hughes, McFadden, Forehand, Pinsky, and Currie
Entitled	Housing - Discrimination Based on Source of Income - Prohibited
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 336	Status as of March 23, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Green, Forehand, Hogan, Currie, Exum, and Hollinger
Entitled	Real Property - Priority of Liens - Homeowners Associations
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 337	Status as of March 23, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Green, Forehand, Currie, Hogan, Exum, and Hollinger
Entitled	Condominiums - Liens - Priority
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 387	Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 349
Sponsored By	Senators Frosh, Blount, Colburn, Collins, Conway, Currie, Dyson, Ferguson, Forehand, Hogan, Hollinger, Jimeno, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Lawlah, Madden, McCabe, Middleton, Neall, Pinsky, Roesser, Ruben, Sfikas, Stoltzfus, Stone, Teitelbaum, Van Hollen, Exum, Mitchell, and Jacobs
Entitled	Motor Vehicle Administration - Privacy Protection Act of 1999
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 390	Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 559
Sponsored By	Senators Ruben, Lawlah, Currie, Dorman, Van Hollen, Forehand, Teitelbaum, and Middleton
Entitled	Tax Credit for Cost of Providing Commuter Benefits to Employees
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 398	Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Senators Munson, Van Hollen, Currie, DeGrange, Hoffman, Kasemeyer, Lawlah, McFadden, Middleton, Neall, Stoltzfus, Ferguson, Hogan, Hooper, McCabe, Jacobs, Harris, Mooney, Roesser, Madden, Frosh, Teitelbaum, Kelley, and Forehand
Entitled	Inheritance Tax Rate
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 431	Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 564
Sponsored By	Senators Miller, Astle, Forehand, Harris, Collins, Roesser, Hollinger, Currie, Bromwell, and Green
Entitled	Volunteer Health Care Providers and Physicians - Charitable Organizations - Definition
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 473	Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Della, Sfikas, Conway, Blount, Currie, and Hughes
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - National Research and Training Institute for the Blind
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 515	Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed by the Governor - Policy
Sponsored By	Senators Hoffman, Hogan, Middleton, Lawlah, McFadden, Currie, Munson, and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Personal Property Tax - Lien for Unpaid Taxes
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 557	Status as of March 29, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Frosh, Blount, Collins, Currie, Dyson, Forehand, Hollinger, McFadden, Kelley, Lawlah, Sfikas, Stone, Teitelbaum, Green, and Pinsky
Entitled	Consumer Protection and Electric Utility Restructuring Act of 1999
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 631	Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 583
Sponsored By	Senators Van Hollen, Lawlah, McFadden, Kasemeyer, Frosh, and Currie
Entitled	Income Tax - Credit for Child and Dependent Care Expenses
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 632	Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 585
Sponsored By	Senators Van Hollen, Hoffman, Lawlah, Middleton, Ruben, McFadden, Kasemeyer, Frosh, and Currie
Entitled	Education - Maryland After-School Opportunity Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 655	Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 375
Sponsored By	Senators Conway, Currie, DeGrange, Hoffman, Hogan, Kasemeyer, Lawlah, McFadden, Middleton, Munson, Neall, Ruben, Stoltzfus, and Van Hollen
Entitled	Income Tax - United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Members
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 658	Status as of February 25, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Bromwell, Collins, Conway, Currie, Della, Dorman, Exum, Frosh, Kelley, Mitchell, Pinsky, Ruben, Sfikas, Stone, Teitelbaum, and McFadden
Entitled	Procurement - Prevailing Wage - School Construction
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 682	Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 515
Sponsored By	The President (Administration) and Senators Blount, Hoffman, Lawlah, Middleton, Neall, Ruben, Currie, DeGrange, Hogan, Kasemeyer, McFadden, Munson, Stoltzfus, and Van Hollen
Entitled	Higher Education - University System of Maryland - Coordination, Governance, and Funding
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation and Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Appropriations

SB 688	Status as of March 26, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By	Senators Middleton, Dyson, Blount, Dorman, Lawlah, Ruben, Green, Stone, Stoltzfus, Hollinger, Astle, Roesser, Jimeno, Currie, DeGrange, Collins, Van Hollen, McFadden, and Bromwell
Entitled	Higher Education - Aid to Nonpublic Institutions - Louis L. Goldstein Capital Assistance Matching Grant Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 726	Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Senators Ruben, Munson, Currie, Neall, and Hogan
Entitled	Prepaid Telephone Calling Arrangements - Taxation
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 769	Status as of March 11, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Conway, Lawlah, Currie, Mitchell, Hughes, McFadden, and Exum
Entitled	African American Tobacco Relief Fund
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 772	Status as of March 19, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Mitchell, Lawlah, Conway, Hughes, Exum, McFadden, Currie, Blount, and Kelley
Entitled	Task Force to Study the Tobacco Litigation Settlement Money to the State of Maryland
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SJ 1	Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 1
Sponsored By	Senators Baker, Green, Hollinger, Hoffman, Currie, DeGrange, Hogan, Kasemeyer, Lawlah, McFadden, Middleton, Munson, Neall, Ruben, Stoltzfus, Van Hollen, Miller, Astle, Blount, Bromwell, Colburn, Collins, Conway, Della, Dorman, Dyson, Exum, Ferguson, Forehand, Frosh, Hafer, Haines, Hooper, Hughes, Jacobs, Jimeno, Kelley, Madden, Mitchell, Mooney, Pinsky, Roesser, Sfikas, Stone, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	State Tobacco Settlement Funds - Medicaid Recoupment
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SJ 2	Status as of March 18, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Frosh, Conway, Ruben, Hollinger, Sfikas, Currie, Teitelbaum, and Exum
Entitled	Public Health - Task Force on the Quality of Health Care
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance