1999 REGULAR SESSION subject information current as of December 28, 1999 - 10:59 a.m.

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HB 8	Status as of May 12, 1999: Vetoed by the Governor - Policy
Sponsored By	Delegates Taylor, Vallario, Arnick, Busch, Dewberry, Doory, Guns, Harrison, Hixson, Howard, Hurson, Kopp, Menes, Owings, Rawlings, Rosenberg, and Wood
Entitled	Commercial Law - Year 2000 Commerce Protection Act
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 19	Status as of February 11, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Owings (By Request)
Entitled	Business Regulation - Trade Names - Deceptive Practices
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 20	Status as of February 11, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Owings (By Request)
Entitled	Commercial Law - Telephone and Mail Solicitation Privacy Act
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 29	Status as of February 15, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Hixson
Entitled	Advisory Commission on Internet Privacy
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 40	Status as of April 11, 1999: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Passed
Sponsored By	Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
Entitled	Health Care Access and Cost Commission - Modifications and Clarifications
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 42	Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 200
Sponsored By	Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (Departmental - Secretary of State)
Entitled	Condominium Warranties
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 43	Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 602
Sponsored By	Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)
Entitled	Health Insurance - Standard Policy Provisions - Task Force to Study the Non-Group Health Insurance Market
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 49	Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Chairman, Environmental Matters
Entitled	State Board of Dental Examiners
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 70	Status as of April 1, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
Entitled	Hospice Facilities and Hospice Care Programs - Inspections
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Finance

HB 86	Status as of February 23, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Leopold, Cadden, McKee, Rosso, Clagett, Hubbard, Heller, Love, Pendergrass, Pitkin, D'Amato, and Mohorovic
Entitled	Real Property - Sales of Homes - Disclosure Requirements
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 97	Status as of February 22, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Fulton
Entitled	Tow Truck Services - Regulation of Towing Practices
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 106	Status as of April 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 66
Sponsored By	Delegates Brown, Kagan, Moe, Frush, Hill, and Pitkin
Entitled	Maryland Condominium Act - Disclosure Requirements - Public Offering Statement
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 118	Status as of February 15, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Moe, R. Baker, Benson, Frush, Griffith, Brown, Bobo, Mandel, Palumbo, Patterson, Pitkin, Shriver, Sophocleus, and Swain
Entitled	Financial Institutions - Automated Teller Machines - Surcharges
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 126	Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 605
Sponsored By	Delegates Guns, Arnick, and Taylor
Entitled	Steam Heating Companies
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Finance

HB 138	Status as of March 2, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)
Entitled	Insurance - Property and Casualty - Refusal to Issue or Renew - Geographic Area
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 139	Status as of April 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 71
Sponsored By	Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)
Entitled	Health Insurance - Penalties and Unfair Claims Settlement Practices
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 161	Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 610
Sponsored By	Delegates Kach, Pendergrass, and Bobo
Entitled	Real Property - Sale of New Homes - Disclosure of Environmental Hazards
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 182	Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 120
Sponsored By	The Speaker (Administration) and Delegates Goldwater, R. Baker, Bobo, Conroy, D. Davis, Edwards, Frush, Guns, Hecht, Hubbard, Hubers, Mandel, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pitkin, Turner, Weir, K. Kelly, Barve, Brown, Busch, Donoghue, Eckardt, Fulton, Gordon, Harrison, Hill, Kach, J. Kelly, Kirk, Krysiak, La Vay, Love, McClenahan, McHale, Minnick, Mitchell, Moe, Pendergrass, , Walkup, Barkley, Carlson, and Stern
Entitled	Patients' Bill of Rights Act of 1999
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 211	Status as of February 23, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Clagett, Dembrow, Love, and Owings
Entitled	Business Regulation - Trade Names - Deceptive Practices
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 218	Status as of March 15, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Morhaim, Arnick, Owings, Stull, Weir, Kach, Elliott, Finifter, Zirkin, and Bronrott
Entitled	Maryland Opticians Act
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 267	Status as of February 16, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Doory, Goldwater, Grosfeld, Menes, Rosenberg, McIntosh, Burns, Zirkin, Petzold, Barkley, Dobson, and Marriott
Entitled	Handguns - Child Resistance Standards
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 272	Status as of March 15, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Pitkin, Conroy, Hubbard, Brown, McClenahan, Moe, Patterson, Hill, Krysiak, Love, Pendergrass, Barve, and Goldwater
Entitled	Travel Agents - Bonding Requirement
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 288	Status as of March 15, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Morhaim, Finifter, Fulton, and Zirkin
Entitled	State Board of Home Inspectors
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 331	Status as of March 2, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Love, Rosso, and Pitkin
Entitled	Business Regulation - Industrial Hygiene Services
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 335	Status as of February 17, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Morhaim, Hubbard, Nathan-Pulliam, DeCarlo, Clagett, Dembrow, Frush, Bobo, Mandel, Oaks, Hammen, Stull, Cane, Mohorovic, Pendergrass, and Sher
Entitled	Electric Utility Restructuring - Prior Approval
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 346	Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Delegate Donoghue
Entitled	Health Insurance - Retroactive Denial of Reimbursement - Improper Coding
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 350	Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 226
Sponsored By	Delegates Stern, Barkley, Bronrott, Brown, Cane, Carlson, Clagett, D'Amato, D. Davis, Dypski, Griffith, Grosfeld, Healey, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, V. Jones, Kopp, Marriott, Menes, Moe, Nathan-Pulliam, Paige, Pitkin, Proctor, Riley, Rosenberg, Rosso, Sophocleus, Valderrama, and Zirkin
Entitled	Task Force on Food Allergies and Restaurant Patrons
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 359	Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Delegates Hammen and Hubbard
Entitled	Assisted Living Programs - Continuing Care Communities - Requirements
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Finance

HB 371	Status as of March 26, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Delegates Barve and Love
Entitled	Insurance - Premium Financing - Discrimination
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 372	Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 628
Sponsored By	Delegates Barve and Love
Entitled	Motor Vehicle Rental Companies - Authority to Sell or Offer Insurance to Renters
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 427	Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 634
Sponsored By	Delegate Krysiak
Entitled	Mortgage Lending - Private Mortgage Insurance
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 438	Status as of March 18, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Delegates Krysiak, La Vay, Kirk, and Dembrow
Entitled	Maryland Real Estate Time-Sharing Act - Promotional Devices - Disclosure
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 476	Status as of March 25, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Goldwater, Pitkin, R. Baker, Billings, Bobo, Bronrott, Carlson, Clagett, Cryor, D. Davis, Dembrow, Edwards, Franchot, Grosfeld, Kopp, Heller, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, Hurson, V. Jones, Kagan, K. Kelly, Krysiak, Love, Mandel, Marriott, McIntosh, Menes, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Petzold, Rosenberg, Shriver, Stern, and Turner
Entitled	Health Insurance - Universal Coverage
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 484	Status as of February 24, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Hubbard
Entitled	Community Based Health Agencies - Licensure
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 512	Status as of March 9, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Weir, Malone, and Moe
Entitled	Sprinkler Systems - New Single-Family Residential Dwellings
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 578	Status as of March 27, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Billings, Benson, Frush, Grosfeld, Hubbard, Mandel, Oaks, Pitkin, and Bobo
Entitled	Consumer Protection and Electric Utility Restructuring Act of 1999
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 595	Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 645
Sponsored By	Delegate Malone
Entitled	Maryland Vehicle Law - Equipment Standards
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 620	Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 258
Sponsored By	Delegates Bozman, Conway, and McClenahan
Entitled	Time-Shares - Sale of Foreclosed Time-Shares by Associations
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 666	Status as of March 23, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Pendergrass and Mitchell
Entitled	Telephone Solicitations by Merchants - Restrictions
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 673	Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 654
Sponsored By	Montgomery County and Prince George's County Delegations
Entitled	Real Property - Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Disclosure of Deferred Charges MC/PG 17-99
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 703	Status as of April 8, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 4
Sponsored By	Delegates Taylor, Guns, Hixson, Hurson, Howard, Menes, Montague, Owings, Rawlings, Rosenberg, Vallario, and Wood
Entitled	Electric Utility Industry Restructuring
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Finance

HB 705	Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 657
Sponsored By	Delegates Guns, Hammen, and Cane
Entitled	Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgical Facilities - Quality of Care and Performance Act
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Finance

HB 747	Status as of April 7, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate Linton
Entitled	Electric Utility Tax Reform - Maryland Electric Competition Credits
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 767	Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 268
Sponsored By	Delegates McHale, Nathan-Pulliam, Barve, Love, Kagan, and Rudolph
Entitled	Health Insurance - Access to the 911 Emergency System
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 833	Status as of March 23, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Elliott
Entitled	Unfair Claim Settlement Practices - Liability of Insurer for Costs and Damages
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 873	Status as of March 23, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Hixson, Barkley, Benson, Bozman, Bronrott, Cane, Clagett, Conroy, D'Amato, C. Davis, DeCarlo, Dypski, Finifter, Frush, Glassman, Goldwater, Healey, Heller, Howard, Hutchins, Kagan, Hubers, Cryor, Bobo, Hecht, Kirk, Kopp, Mandel, McIntosh, Menes, Moe, Montague, Nathan-Pulliam, Palumbo, Patterson, Pendergrass, Phillips, Pitkin, Rawlings, Riley, Rudolph, Rzepkowski, Slade, Snodgrass, Sophocleus, Swain, Turner, Valderrama, A. Jones, and Wood
Entitled	Telemarketing Registration and Fraud Prevention Act
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 879	Status as of March 16, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Kagan and Minnick
Entitled	Consumer Protection - Credit Cards - Confirmation of Change of Address
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 880	Status as of March 16, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Kagan and Minnick
Entitled	Consumer Protection - Consumer Reporting Agencies
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 887	Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Fulton
Entitled	Food Labeling and Synthetic Bovine Growth Hormone Prohibition
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 896	Status as of March 15, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Fulton and Branch
Entitled	State Board of Home Inspectors
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 924	Status as of April 9, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Delegate Minnick
Entitled	Courts and Judicial Proceedings - Insurance Agreements - Disclosure
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 931	Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Delegates Barve, Goldwater, Eckardt, Love, Donoghue, McClenahan, Pendergrass, and Bobo
Entitled	Health Insurance - Managed Behavioral Health Care Organizations - Quality Measures, Explanations, and Expense Ratios
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 946	Status as of April 9, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Bobo, Benson, Bronrott, Dobson, Dypski, Grosfeld, A. Jones, Mandel, Marriott, Menes, Montague, Moe, Pitkin, Riley, Rosso, Stern, Swain, and Valderrama
Entitled	Commercial Law - Consumer Protection - Check Cashing Service
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 952	Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Bobo, R. Baker, Benson, Bronrott, DeCarlo, Dypski, Grosfeld, A. Jones, Kagan, Mandel, Marriott, Menes, Montague, Moe, Pendergrass, Pitkin, Riley, Rosso, Swain, and Valderrama
Entitled	Banking Institutions - Basic Banking Accounts
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 960	Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 544
Sponsored By	Delegates Bobo, Frush, Hubbard, and Stern
Entitled	Telephones - Changes in Telecommunications Service
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Finance

HB 967	Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Kach, Pendergrass, Pitkin, Krysiak, Brown, Minnick, Kirk, Walkup, and Love
Entitled	Maryland Home Builders Registration Act
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 973	Status as of March 24, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Benson and Dobson
Entitled	Mortgage Brokers - Insurance Agents - Collection of a Finder's Fee
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 980	Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 676
Sponsored By	Delegate Hurson
Entitled	Health Maintenance Organizations - Formulary Development Process - Accreditation Status
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 1008	Status as of March 16, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Love
Entitled	Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance - Uninsured Motorist Coverage - Deductible
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 1018	Status as of March 26, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (Departmental - Secretary of State)
Entitled	Maryland Solicitations Act
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 1027	Status as of February 26, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable House Rules
Sponsored By	Delegates Hecht and Bartlett
Entitled	Electricity - Affiliate Wheeling
Committee Assignments	House: House Rules

HB 1062	Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 487
Sponsored By	Delegates Stern, Klausmeier, Hubbard, Owings, Nathan-Pulliam, and D. Davis
Entitled	State Board of Cosmetologists - Powers - Prohibition of Equipment, Substances, and Products
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 1160	Status as of March 26, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Barve, Gordon, Kagan, and Zirkin
Entitled	Consumer Protection - Promotional Offerings Included With a Sale of Goods or Services - Notice and Acceptance Requirements
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 1178	Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 498
Sponsored By	Frederick County Delegation
Entitled	Electricity - Industrial Customer Choice
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Finance

HB 1210	Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 697
Sponsored By	Delegates Taylor , Boutin, Cane, Frush, Hammen, Hubbard, Klausmeier, Nathan-Pulliam, Stern, and Weir
Entitled	Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) Quality Assurance Unit - Quality Assurance Medical Director
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Finance

HJ 8	Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 6
Sponsored By	Delegates Hubbard, Hurson, Guns, Busch, Hammen, Oaks, Rudolph, Morhaim, Billings, Goldwater, and Pitkin
Entitled	State Regulation of Self-Funded Employer-Based Health Plans
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

SB 53	Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 137
Sponsored By	Chairman, Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee (Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation)
Entitled	Home Improvement Guaranty Fund - Claims
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Economic Matters

SB 88	Status as of March 1, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Conway
Entitled	Consumer Protection - Restocking and Return Fees
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 89	Status as of March 1, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Conway
Entitled	Consumer Protection - Retail Sales - Acceptance of Valid Manufacturer's Coupon
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

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 135	Status as of April 11, 1999: Bill is in the House - House Conference Committee Appointed
Sponsored By	The President (Administration) and Senators Bromwell, Dorman, Hollinger, Astle, Blount, Collins, Conway, Della, Dyson, Exum, Green, Lawlah, Middleton, Ruben, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Patients' Bill of Rights Act of 1999
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 145	Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 526
Sponsored By	Senators Kelley, Kasemeyer, Exum, Roesser, Teitelbaum, Bromwell, Hooper, and Dorman
Entitled	Assisted Living Programs - Continuing Care Communities - Requirements
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Environmental Matters

SB 179	Status as of March 1, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Ruben
Entitled	Business Regulation - Trade Names - Deceptive Practices
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 209	Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 158
Sponsored By	Senator Hollinger (Chairman, Health Subcommittee) and Senators Conway, Harris, Pinsky, and Sfikas
Entitled	State Board of Dental Examiners
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 222	Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senator Astle
Entitled	Mortgage Lending - Private Mortgage Insurance
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 236	Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senators Kelley, Astle, Bromwell, Hafer, Madden, Hooper, McFadden, Exum, Hughes, Teitelbaum, Mitchell, Colburn, Sfikas, and Conway
Entitled	Steam Heating Companies
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Environmental Matters

SB 237	Status as of March 18, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Kasemeyer
Entitled	Automatic Garage Door Openers - Servicing - Home Inspections
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 250	Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 162
Sponsored By	Senator Dorman
Entitled	Health Insurance - Retroactive Denial of Reimbursement - Improper Coding
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 252	Status as of March 25, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Baker
Entitled	Real Property - New Home Warranty Security Plans
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 261	Status as of March 25, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Green and Hollinger
Entitled	Managed Care Entities - Health Care Treatment Decisions - Liability
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 270	Status as of March 4, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Conway, Blount, Mitchell, Hughes, McFadden, Frosh, Stone, Teitelbaum, Exum, Sfikas, Van Hollen, and Kelley
Entitled	Financial Institutions - Proof of Identity from Payees and Prospective Account Holders
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 299	Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 543
Sponsored By	Senators Miller and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Telephones - Changes in Telecommunications Service
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Environmental Matters

SB 300	Status as of April 8, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 3
Sponsored By	Senators Miller and Bromwell
Entitled	Electric Utility Industry Restructuring
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Environmental Matters

SB 338	Status as of April 2, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Senators Dyson and Hollinger
Entitled	Business Regulation - Industrial Hygiene Services
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Economic Matters

SB 347	Status as of March 25, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Dorman and Astle
Entitled	Mortgage Brokers - Insurance Agents - Collection of a Finder's Fee
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 359	Status as of February 9, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Astle
Entitled	Community Based Health Agencies - Licensure
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 370	Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 557
Sponsored By	Senators Kelley, Teitelbaum, Exum, Astle, Hooper, and Della
Entitled	Insurance - Premium Financing - Discrimination
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 496	Status as of March 8, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Roesser
Entitled	Telephone Solicitations - Regulations
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 511	Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 629
Sponsored By	Senator Astle
Entitled	Motor Vehicle Rental Companies - Authority to Sell or Offer Insurance to Renters
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 523	Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 366
Sponsored By	Senator Conway
Entitled	Automobile Liability Insurance and Homeowner's Insurance - Prohibited Terminations and Refusals
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 554	Status as of March 31, 1999: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Passed with Amendments
Sponsored By	Senator Colburn
Entitled	Commercial Law - Year 2000 Commerce Protection Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

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 575	Status as of February 9, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Kelley, Blount, Collins, Conway, Astle, and Della
Entitled	Maryland Home Builders Registration Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 579	Status as of March 25, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Pinsky, Conway, Forehand, Frosh, Hollinger, Kelley, Sfikas, Van Hollen, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Health Insurance - Universal Coverage
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 585	Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 579
Sponsored By	Senators Van Hollen, Teitelbaum, Hollinger, and Dorman
Entitled	Health Insurance - Managed Behavioral Health Care Organizations - Quality Measures, Explanations, and Expense Ratios
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 604	Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Hughes
Entitled	Civil Actions - Year 2000 Liability
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 618	Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senator Bromwell
Entitled	Health Insurance - Access to the 911 Emergency System
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 660	Status as of April 10, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Middleton
Entitled	Electric Utility Tax Reform - Maryland Electric Competition Credits
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 694	Status as of March 25, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Middleton
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - All-Terrain Vehicles
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 714	Status as of April 9, 1999: Bill is in the House - Second Reading Passed with Amendments
Sponsored By	Senator Collins
Entitled	Nursing Home Comparative Evaluation System
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Environmental Matters

SB 762	Status as of April 11, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Senator Hafer
Entitled	Patient Referrals by Health Care Practitioners - Prohibition - Exemptions
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 767	Status as of April 10, 1999: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Passed with Amendments
Sponsored By	Senators Ferguson and Mooney (Frederick County Senators) and Senators Bromwell, Astle, Dorman, Exum, Hafer, Hooper, Kelley, Madden, Roesser, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Electricity - Affiliate Wheeling
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Environmental Matters

SB 789	Status as of March 31, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Senators Hollinger and Bromwell
Entitled	Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) Quality Assurance Unit - Quality Assurance Medical Director
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Environmental Matters

SJ 7	Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 5
Sponsored By	Senators Hollinger and Bromwell
Entitled	State Regulation of Self-Funded Employer-Based Health Plans
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters