1999 Regular Session sponsor information current as of December 28, 1999 - 10:52 a.m.

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HB 1	Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 130
Sponsored By	The Speaker and Delegates Hurson, Kittleman, and Montague (Special Study Commission on the Maryland Public Ethics Law) and Delegates Arnick, Busch, Dewberry, Doory, Guns, Harrison, Hixson, Howard, Kopp, Menes, Owings, Rawlings, Rosenberg, Vallario, Wood, McIntosh, Benson, Bobo, Brinkley, Bronrott, Clagett, DeCarlo, Dobson, Dypski, Glassman, Malone, Mandel, Paige, Parrott, Riley, Shank, Snodgrass, Sophocleus, Swain, and Carlson
Entitled	Ethics Law - Reform of Legislative Ethics Process
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 132	Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Delegates Leopold, Owings, McIntosh, Rosso, Kittleman, Cadden, McKee, Shank, Hubbard, Glassman, Boschert, Parrott, Palumbo, Benson, Swain, Rawlings, Vallario, Montague, Howard, Giannetti, Slade, Edwards, Healey, Kagan, Turner, Hixson, James, Kopp, Proctor, Klima, Rosenberg, Branch, Heller, Franchot, W. Baker, R. Baker, A. Jones, Conway, Hecht, Hubers, Stocksdale, Pitkin, V. Jones, D'Amato, Brown, and Valderrama
Entitled	Parking Access for Individuals with Disabilities
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 140	Status as of April 7, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Second Reading Failed
Sponsored By	Delegates Wood, Benson, Bobo, Brinkley, Bronrott, Clagett, DeCarlo, Dobson, Dypski, Glassman, Kittleman, Malone, Mandel, McIntosh, Paige, Parrott, Riley, Shank, Snodgrass, Sophocleus, and Swain
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - School Bus Passenger Safety Act
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 183	Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 125
Sponsored By	The Speaker (Administration) and Delegates Conroy, Owings, Mitchell, Linton, Pitkin, Rosenberg, McKee, Wood, McIntosh, Benson, Dypski, Parrott, Malone, Glassman, DeCarlo, Bronrott, Snodgrass, Clagett, Shank, Mandel, Dobson, Paige, Sophocleus, Riley, Bobo, Brinkley, and Swain
Entitled	Department of Veterans Affairs
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 227	Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 401
Sponsored By	Delegates Dembrow , Bronrott, Bobo, Clagett, Dobson, Dypski, Mandel, McIntosh, Parrott, Riley, Shank, and Snodgrass
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Failure to Stop at Red Light - Points
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 232	Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 346
Sponsored By	Delegates Hecht, Arnick, R. Baker, W. Baker, Barkley, Bartlett, Benson, Bobo, Boschert, Bozman, Branch, Brinkley, Bronrott, Brown, Burns, Busch, Cane, Conroy, D'Amato, C. Davis, D. Davis, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Dobson, Donoghue, Doory, Edwards, Elliott, Finifter, Franchot, Frush, Fulton, Getty, Giannetti, Griffith, Hixson, Howard, Hubers, Hurson, Hutchins, James, A. Jones, V. Jones, Kagan, Kirk, Kopp, Leopold, Love, Malone, McHale, McIntosh, McKee, Mitchell, Moe, Montague, Morhaim, O'Donnell, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Phillips, Pitkin, Riley, Rosenberg, Rosso, Rudolph, Shank, Shriver, Slade, Snodgrass, Sophocleus, Stern, Stull, Swain, Turner, and Zirkin
Entitled	Crimes - Unlawful Contact on Prison Employees by Inmates
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 233	Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 404
Sponsored By	Delegates Taylor, Hecht, Grosfeld, Rudolph, Hurson, Doory, Rawlings, R. Baker, W. Baker, Barkley, Bartlett, Benson, Bobo, Branch, Brinkley, Bronrott, Brown, Busch, Cadden, Cane, Clagett, Conroy, Cryor, D'Amato, C. Davis, D. Davis, DeCarlo, Dobson, Donoghue, Eckardt, Edwards, Finifter, Franchot, Frush, Fulton, Giannetti, Goldwater, Griffith, Hixson, Howard, Hubers, Hutchins, James, A. Jones, V. Jones, Kagan, Kirk, Kopp, Leopold, Malone, Mandel, Marriott, McHale, McIntosh, McKee, Menes, Moe, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Phillips, Pitkin, Riley, Rosenberg, Rosso, Shank, Shriver, Snodgrass, Sophocleus, Stern, Swain, Turner, Valderrama, and Zirkin
Entitled	Courts and Judicial Proceedings - Peace Orders
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 258	Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Mandel, Taylor, Bartlett, Bronrott, Burns, Conroy, Cryor, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Dewberry, Donoghue, Dypski, Fulton, Giannetti, Goldwater, Heller, Howard, Hurson, A. Jones, J. Kelly, K. Kelly, Klima, Kopp, La Vay, Leopold, Linton, Love, Menes, Mitchell, Mohorovic, Montague, D. Murphy, Palumbo, Pendergrass, Petzold, Ports, Rawlings, Riley, Rosso, Rzepkowski, Shank, Slade, Swain, Patterson, Nathan-Pulliam, Redmer, Baldwin, and Brinkley
Entitled	Inheritance Tax - Tax Rate - Siblings, Nieces, and Nephews of Decedent
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 259	Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 406
Sponsored By	Delegates Healey, Taylor, Wood, Owings, Fulton, Minnick, Pitkin, Heller, Barve, DeCarlo, Leopold, Shriver, Marriott, C. Davis, Hammen, Mohorovic, James, Glassman, Brown, Riley, Sher, Dewberry, Donoghue, Shank, Cadden, Ports, Moe, Frush, O'Donnell, Hurson, Hixson, Bozman, and Giannetti
Entitled	Sales and Use Tax Exemption - Certain Wholesome Foods
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 276	Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 221
Sponsored By	Delegates Donoghue, Shank, and McKee
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Washington County - Washington County Hospital Association
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 298	Status as of March 29, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Delegates Cryor, Boutin, Bozman, Burns, Conway, Dembrow, Eckardt, Glassman, Goldwater, Greenip, Healey, Howard, Klausmeier, La Vay, Love, Mandel, Marriott, McKee, Mohorovic, Morhaim, Pitkin, Ports, Redmer, Rosso, Rudolph, Rzepkowski, Shank, Snodgrass, Stern, Stocksdale, Valderrama, Bartlett, Carlson, Conroy, C. Davis, Finifter, Patterson, Shriver, and Walkup
Entitled	Sales and Use Tax - Tax-Free Weeks
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 311	Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Finance
Sponsored By	Delegates McClenahan, W. Baker, Walkup, Conway, Rudolph, Eckardt, Cane, Bozman, Schisler, Guns, Edwards, Shank, K. Kelly, McKee, Hutchins, and Wood
Entitled	Workers' Compensation - Department of Natural Resources
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 325	Status as of March 1, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates McKee and Shank
Entitled	Inmates - Diminution Credits - Revocation
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 432	Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 635
Sponsored By	Delegates Finifter, Zirkin, Morhaim, Bartlett, Phillips, Linton, Carlson, Conroy, Cryor, C. Davis, Greenip, Healey, Howard, Hurson, Marriott, McKee, Patterson, Ports, Rosso, Rzepkowski, Mandel, Taylor, Bronrott, Burns, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Dewberry, Donoghue, Dypski, Fulton, Giannetti, Goldwater, Heller, A. Jones, J. Kelly, K. Kelly, Klima, Kopp, La Vay, Leopold, Love, Menes, Mitchell, Mohorovic, Montague, D. Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Palumbo, Pendergrass, Petzold, Rawlings, Redmer, Riley, Shank, Slade, Swain, Baldwin, Brinkley, Benson, Branch, Hill, Kach, Oaks, Snodgrass, Stull, Valderrama, Walkup, Wood, Boutin, Glassman, Klausmeier, Stocksdale, Elliott, Eckardt, O'Donnell, Parrott, Hubbard, James, and Pitkin
Entitled	Inheritance Tax Rate
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 445	Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Hecht, W. Baker, Bartlett, Branch, Brinkley, Bronrott, Brown, Busch, Cadden, Conway, Dembrow, Donoghue, Edwards, Elliott, Getty, Guns, Hammen, Heller, Hixson, Hurson, James, Kagan, K. Kelly, Kopp, Krysiak, McHale, McKee, Mitchell, Morhaim, Rawlings, Riley, Rudolph, Shank, Snodgrass, Stull, Turner, and Taylor
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Frederick County - National Museum of Civil War Medicine
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 558	Status as of February 24, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Cryor, Baldwin, Benson, Burns, Conroy, Conway, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Dypski, Eckardt, Heller, Howard, Kagan, La Vay, Marriott, Pitkin, Shank, and Walkup
Entitled	Income Tax - Credit for Retired Teachers Working as Teachers at an Entry Level Salary
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 563	Status as of March 15, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Pitkin, Barve, Benson, Bronrott, Clagett, Giannetti, Heller, Hubbard, Kagan, Mandel, McIntosh, Shank, Shriver, Snodgrass, Zirkin, and Bobo
Entitled	Election Laws - Contribution Reports - Contributor Information
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 679	Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 444
Sponsored By	Delegates Rudolph, W. Baker, Benson, Boutin, Bozman, Cane, Conroy, Cryor, DeCarlo, Donoghue, Elliott, Gordon, Healey, Hecht, Hubbard, Hurson, Hutchins, McClenahan, Moe, Montague, O'Donnell, Pitkin, Riley, Shank, and Snodgrass
Entitled	State Aid for Police Protection - Municipal Sworn Officer Allocation
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 680	Status as of March 8, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Bartlett, Amedori, Hecht, McKee, Donoghue, Shank, Stull, Boschert, Stocksdale, Finifter, and Glassman
Entitled	Correctional Facilities - Sexually Explicit Materials - Sale, Rental, and Distribution - Prohibited
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 700	Status as of March 8, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates J. Kelly, Boutin, Brinkley, Brown, Burns, Cryor, DeCarlo, Donoghue, Eckardt, La Vay, Ports, Shank, and Kirk
Entitled	Crime of Violence - Solicitation to Commit Murder
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 721	Status as of March 15, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates J. Kelly, Boutin, Burns, Elliott, DeCarlo, Donoghue, Dypski, Eckardt, Kach, Leopold, Menes, Ports, Shank, Sophocleus, Stern, and Cadden
Entitled	Crimes - Presence of a Child - Penalties
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 736	Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Amedori, O'Donnell, Bartlett, Boschert, Bozman, Brinkley, Cryor, DeCarlo, Donoghue, Edwards, Elliott, Getty, Glassman, Greenip, Guns, Kach, K. Kelly, Klausmeier, Klima, Leopold, Linton, McKee, Mitchell, Owings, Ports, Redmer, Rzepkowski, Shank, Snodgrass, Stocksdale, Stull, Walkup, Weir, and Wood
Entitled	Self-Defense Act of 1999
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 839	Status as of March 29, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Ports, Amedori, Baldwin, Bartlett, Boschert, Boutin, Brinkley, Cryor, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Flanagan, Getty, Glassman, Greenip, Hutchins, Kach, J. Kelly, Kittleman, Klima, La Vay, Leopold, McClenahan, McKee, D. Murphy, O'Donnell, Parrott, Redmer, Rzepkowski, Schisler, Shank, Snodgrass, Stocksdale, Stull, and Walkup
Entitled	Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Retirement Income
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 840	Status as of February 24, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Ports, Amedori, Baldwin, Bartlett, Boschert, Boutin, Brinkley, Cryor, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Flanagan, Getty, Glassman, Greenip, Hutchins, Kach, J. Kelly, Kittleman, Klima, La Vay, Leopold, McClenahan, McKee, D. Murphy, O'Donnell, Parrott, Ports, Redmer, Rzepkowski, Schisler, Shank, Snodgrass, Stocksdale, Stull, and Walkup
Entitled	Income Tax Reduction
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 858	Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 668
Sponsored By	Delegates Bronrott, Barkley, Barve, Bobo, Dypski, Glassman, Goldwater, Kittleman, Kopp, Paige, Parrott, Riley, Rudolph, Shank, Snodgrass, Swain, and Weir
Entitled	Division of State Documents - Public On-Line Access
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 945	Status as of March 10, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Stull, Amedori, W. Baker, Baldwin, Bartlett, Boutin, Bozman, Brinkley, Cane, Donoghue, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Getty, Guns, Hecht, J. Kelly, K. Kelly, Klausmeier, Love, McClenahan, McKee, Mitchell, Mohorovic, O'Donnell, Owings, Rudolph, Shank, Slade, Snodgrass, Stocksdale, Walkup, Weir, and Wood
Entitled	Property Tax Credit - Nonpoint Source Pollution Reduction
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means and Environmental Matters

HB 982	Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Patterson, Baldwin, Bartlett, Benson, Branch, C. Davis, Donoghue, Finifter, Fulton, Greenip, Hill, Kach, La Vay, Linton, Love, Marriott, McKee, Mitchell, Oaks, Ports, Phillips, Rosso, Rzepkowski, Shank, Snodgrass, Stull, Valderrama, Walkup, Wood, and J. Kelly
Entitled	Inheritance Tax - Repeal
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 996	Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 679
Sponsored By	Delegates Wood, Benson, DeCarlo, Dobson, Glassman, Parrott, Riley, Shank, Snodgrass, and Swain
Entitled	State Highways - Expressway Designation Process and Regulation of Highway Access
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Finance

HB 997	Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Delegates Wood, Benson, DeCarlo, Dobson, Glassman, Parrott, Riley, Shank, Snodgrass, and Swain
Entitled	State Highways - Cost of Right of Access - Process and Appeal
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Finance

HB 1072	Status as of March 24, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Greenip, Fulton, Boschert, McKee, Elliott, Shank, Bartlett, Brinkley, Snodgrass, La Vay, Ports, Flanagan, and Kittleman
Entitled	Election Laws - Employee Organization Representation and Service Fees - Use for Political Purposes
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters and Economic Matters

HB 1112	Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 687
Sponsored By	Delegates Benson, Brown, Kagan, Marriott, Pitkin, Swain, Bobo, Brinkley, Clagett, DeCarlo, Dobson, Dypski, Glassman, Malone, Parrott, Riley, Shank, and Snodgrass
Entitled	State Construction Contracts - Prompt Payment of Subcontractors
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 1123	Status as of March 30, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Delegates Heller, Taylor, Edwards, K. Kelly, McKee, Shank, Donoghue, Elliott, Amedori, Getty, Stocksdale, Rudolph, W. Baker, Guns, Walkup, Cane, Eckardt, Schisler, Bozman, Conway, and McClenahan
Entitled	Higher Education - Community Colleges - State Funding
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1219	Status as of April 9, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules
Sponsored By	Delegates Ports, Amedori, Baldwin, Bartlett, Boschert, Boutin, Brinkley, Cryor, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Flanagan, Getty, Glassman, Greenip, Hutchins, Kach, J. Kelly, Kittleman, Klima, La Vay, Leopold, McClenahan, McKee, Murphy, O'Donnell, Parrott, Redmer, Rzepkowski, Schisler, Shank, Snodgrass, Stocksdale, Stull, Walkup, and Klausmeier
Entitled	Education - Public School Holidays - Presidents' Day
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Senate Rules

HJ 4	Status as of March 5, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Flanagan, Amedori, Baldwin, Bartlett, Boschert, Boutin, Brinkley, Cryor, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Getty, Glassman, Greenip, Hutchins, Kach, J. Kelly, Kittleman, Klima, La Vay, Leopold, McClenahan, McKee, D. Murphy, O'Donnell, Parrott, Ports, Redmer, Rzepkowski, Schisler, Shank, Snodgrass, Stocksdale, Stull, and Walkup
Entitled	General Assembly - Determinations of Spending Affordability
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HJ 11	Status as of March 25, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Kopp, Bobo, Boutin, Bronrott, Brown, Cadden, Conroy, Edwards, Goldwater, Hecht, Heller, Howard, Hurson, A. Jones, Love, Mandel, McKee, Menes, Minnick, Mitchell, Mohorovic, Pitkin, Rosenberg, Rudolph, Shank, Slade, Stern, Swain, and Weir
Entitled	Task Force on Microenterprise Development in Maryland
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters