1999 Regular Session sponsor information current as of December 28, 1999 - 10:37 a.m.

Sponsor Information	Senator Barbara A. Hoffman District 42	Another Session	Short Format
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SB 210	Status as of March 25, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Hoffman, Conway, Sfikas, McFadden, Blount, Ruben, and Hollinger
Entitled	Minors' Access to Firearms - Felony
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 284	Status as of April 5, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Hoffman
Entitled	Qualified Capital Gains - Maximum Tax
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 289	Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 539
Sponsored By	Senators Hoffman, Neall, Kasemeyer, Van Hollen, Lawlah, DeGrange, and Hogan
Entitled	Residential Educational Facilities - Licensing
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 290	Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Senators Hoffman, Conway, Blount, and McFadden
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Police Athletic League Center
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 291	Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 541
Sponsored By	Senators Hoffman, Hogan, Neall, DeGrange, Lawlah, Kasemeyer, Van Hollen, McFadden, and Ruben
Entitled	Residential and Nonresidential Child Care Programs and Nonpublic General Education Schools - Rate Setting
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 332	Status as of February 9, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Hoffman and Hollinger
Entitled	Health Insurance - Treatment of Morbid Obesity
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 342	Status as of February 10, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Hoffman, Neall, and Kasemeyer
Entitled	County Income Tax
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 343	Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 552
Sponsored By	Senators Hoffman, Colburn, Van Hollen, Lawlah, Hooper, Hogan, Sfikas, Kasemeyer, Blount, Mitchell, and Harris
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Baltimore Clayworks, Inc.
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 422	Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Senators Hoffman, Blount, Bromwell, Mitchell, Lawlah, Sfikas, and Van Hollen
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Center Stage
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 424	Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Senators Hoffman, Della, McFadden, Madden, Hooper, Munson, Hollinger, Ruben, and Sfikas
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - The American Visionary Art Museum
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 513	Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 571
Sponsored By	Senators Hoffman, Conway, Hogan, Kelley, Mitchell, Sfikas, Bromwell, Lawlah, DeGrange, Kasemeyer, Blount, and McFadden
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - The Walters Art Gallery
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

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 516	Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 362
Sponsored By	Senators Hoffman, Lawlah, Hogan, Kasemeyer, Neall, DeGrange, and Van Hollen
Entitled	Joint Committee on Children , Youth, and Families
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Ways and Means

SB 637	Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 588
Sponsored By	Senators Hoffman and Middleton
Entitled	State Transfer Tax Revenues - Budget Amendment for Excess Revenues
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 781	Status as of March 29, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Referred to interim study
Sponsored By	Senator Hoffman
Entitled	Property Tax - Tax Sales - High-Bid Premiums for Group and Sealed Bid Sales
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 117	Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 150
Sponsored By	Senators Bromwell, Della, McFadden, Hoffman, Mitchell, and Hollinger
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - U.S.S. Constellation
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

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 138	Status as of February 10, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	The President (Administration) and Senators Hoffman, Hollinger, Kelley, Lawlah, and Ruben
Entitled	Human Relations Commission - Jurisdiction - Sexual Orientation
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 139	Status as of February 10, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	The President (Administration) and Senators Hoffman, Hollinger, Kelley, and Lawlah
Entitled	Crimes - Gender and Sexual Orientation Crimes - Prohibitions
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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 146	Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Kelley, Baker, Hughes, Mitchell, Forehand, Jimeno, Colburn, Green, Roesser, Lawlah, Stone, Hoffman, Ferguson, and Haines
Entitled	Family Law - Domestic Violence - Dating Relationship
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 157	Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Hollinger, Collins, Dorman, Green, Jacobs, Blount, Lawlah, Ferguson, Hoffman, Sfikas, Middleton, Teitelbaum, Stone, Conway, Colburn, Bromwell, Astle, Kelley, Forehand, Hooper, Munson, and Roesser
Entitled	Income Tax - Credit for Long-Term Care Insurance Premiums
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 159	Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senators Kelley, Hoffman, Astle, Hooper, Hollinger, Colburn, Teitelbaum, Dyson, Ruben, Madden, Conway, Exum, Dorman, and Bromwell
Entitled	Continuing Care Communities - Certificate of Need Exemption - Concurrent Direct Admissions
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Environmental Matters

SB 165	Status as of March 30, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Lawlah, Miller, Hoffman, Neall, DeGrange, Van Hollen, Kasemeyer, and Hogan
Entitled	Higher Education - Private Donation Incentive Program - Reestablishment
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 185	Status as of April 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 35
Sponsored By	Senators Hollinger and Hoffman
Entitled	Baltimore County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class B (SB) Licenses
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Economic Matters

SB 193	Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Senators Harris, Hoffman, Hollinger, Bromwell, Collins, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Sfikas, and Stone
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - GBMC HealthCare, Inc.
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 202	Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Kelley, Hollinger, Hoffman, Hughes, Colburn, Ruben, Sfikas, Conway, Stone, Jacobs, Harris, Green, Lawlah, Jimeno, Mitchell, Forehand, Mooney, and Middleton
Entitled	Family Law - Domestic Violence - Definition of Home
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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 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 322	Status as of March 25, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Harris, Roesser, Kelley, Hoffman, Dorman, and Hooper
Entitled	Tobacco Products - Sale by Vending Machines - Distribution of Tokens or Any Other Single Use Nonmonetary Mechanism to Minors
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 330	Status as of March 27, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Senators Miller, McFadden, Blount, and Hoffman
Entitled	Election Law - Baltimore City Elections Cycle
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 331	Status as of March 27, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Senators Miller, McFadden, Blount, and Hoffman
Entitled	Quadrennial Elections - Baltimore City Elections
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Commerce and Government Matters

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 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 521	Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Sfikas, McFadden, Blount, Van Hollen, Mitchell, Conway, Della, Munson, Astle, Hughes, Lawlah, Hoffman, Ruben, Kasemeyer, and Miller
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 587	Status as of March 18, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Hollinger, Teitelbaum, Forehand, Middleton, Collins, Astle, Kelley, and Hoffman
Entitled	Medical Assistance Program - Eligibility of Noninstitutionalized Spouses of Residents of Inpatient Medical Facilities
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 590	Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 186
Sponsored By	Senators Hollinger, Teitelbaum, Hoffman, and Della
Entitled	Nurse Multistate Licensure Compact
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 593	Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 126
Sponsored By	Senators Hollinger, Teitelbaum, Forehand, Middleton, Collins, Astle, Kelley, and Hoffman
Entitled	Home and Community Based Services for Impaired Individuals - Medicaid Waiver
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Environmental Matters

SB 594	Status as of April 5, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Senators Hollinger, Dorman, Exum, Collins, Della, Ruben, Blount, DeGrange, Forehand, Stone, Van Hollen, Dyson, Sfikas, Astle, Hafer, Middleton, Ferguson, Pinsky, Green, Harris, Hoffman, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Practice of Medicine - Definition
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 595	Status as of April 5, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Senators Hollinger, Dorman, Collins, Ruben, Blount, DeGrange, Forehand, Stone, Van Hollen, Sfikas, Astle, Hafer, Middleton, Ferguson, Green, Harris, Hoffman, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Practice of Dentistry - Definition
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 600	Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Senators Van Hollen, Hoffman, Middleton, Lawlah, Neall, Blount, Munson, Hollinger, Ferguson, and Mooney
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Hood College (Frederick County)
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 606	Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Hughes, Hoffman, McFadden, DeGrange, Neall, Kasemeyer, Mitchell, Hollinger, Kelley, Conway, Sfikas, Stone, Jimeno, and Astle
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Maryland Community Resource Center, Inc.
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

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 640	Status as of February 23, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Bromwell, Lawlah, Roesser, Kelley, Jacobs, Ruben, Hollinger, Forehand, Hoffman, Conway, Neall, and Ferguson
Entitled	Sexual Offenses - Polygraph Examination of Victims - Prohibited
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 648	Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 189
Sponsored By	Senators Mitchell, Lawlah, Kasemeyer, Hoffman, and McFadden
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Maryland Science Center
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

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 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 795	Status as of April 5, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Referred to interim study
Sponsored By	Senators McFadden, Hoffman, Blount, Sfikas, Conway, Kelley, Bromwell, and Hughes
Entitled	Education - New Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners - Bonding Authority
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

SB 333	Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 548
Sponsored By	Senator Hoffman (Chairman, Budget and Taxation Committee)
Entitled	Revenue Stabilization Fund - Transfers
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 344	Status as of April 8, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 5
Sponsored By	Senator Hoffman (Chairman, Budget and Taxation Committee)
Entitled	Electric and Gas Utility Tax Reform
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 514	Status as of April 10, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Hoffman (Chairman, Budget and Taxation Committee)
Entitled	Sales and Use Tax - Natural Gas and Electricity
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation