1999 REGULAR SESSION subject information current as of December 28, 1999 - 11:07 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 31	Status as of February 15, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Giannetti
Entitled	Maryland General Assembly - Recording of Floor Sessions and Standing Committee Proceedings
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 84	Status as of April 5, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Delegates McIntosh and A. Jones
Entitled	Joint Committee on Fair Practices
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Finance

HB 129	Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 607
Sponsored By	Chairman, Appropriations Committee (Departmental - Morgan State University)
Entitled	Morgan State University and St. Mary's College of Maryland - Auxiliary and Academic Facilities Bonding Authority
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 174	Status as of March 23, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Kittleman and Flanagan
Entitled	Senatorial and House of Delegates Scholarship Programs - Abolition
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 179	Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 298
Sponsored By	The Speaker (Administration) and Delegates Hixson, McIntosh, Franchot, R. Baker, A. Jones, Barkley, Barve, Benson, Billings, Bobo, Burns, Conroy, C. Davis, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Dobson, Donoghue, Dypski, Frush, Griffith, Harrison, Healey, Heller, Howard, Hubbard, K. Kelly, Malone, Mandel, Marriott, Menes, Moe, Montague, Nathan-Pulliam, Paige, Patterson, Petzold, Pitkin, Shriver, Griffith, Giannetti, and Valderrama
Entitled	State Employees - Collective Bargaining
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Finance

HB 283	Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Delegates Eckardt and Donoghue
Entitled	Mandated Health Insurance Services - Cost Determination
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

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 338	Status as of March 1, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Prince George's County Delegation
Entitled	Prince George's County - Senators and Delegates - Filling of Vacancy by Special Election PG 400-99
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 344	Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 413
Sponsored By	Prince George's County Delegation
Entitled	City of District Heights (Prince George's County) - Urban Renewal Authority for Slum Clearance PG 421-99
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 399	Status as of March 1, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Hurson
Entitled	Ethics Law - County Officials - State Legislators - Applicability of Both State and Local Laws
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 410	Status as of February 22, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Montgomery County Delegation
Entitled	Ethics Law - Montgomery County Officials - Applicability of Both State and Local Laws MC 915-99
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 492	Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 363
Sponsored By	Delegates Shriver, Taylor, Hurson, Heller, Hixson, and Franchot
Entitled	Joint Committee on Children , Youth, and Families
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Finance

HB 498	Status as of March 1, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Weir
Entitled	Legislative Districting - Districts and Subdistricts
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 531	Status as of March 1, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates W. Baker, Guns, Walkup, and Eckardt
Entitled	Crimes - Pardons, Commutations, and Other Acts of Clemency - Notification
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 567	Status as of March 9, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Pitkin, Bobo, Bronrott, Clagett, Hubbard, and Zirkin
Entitled	Election Laws - State Officeholders - Convening of General Assembly Session - Report of Contributions and Expenditures
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 625	Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Delegate Rawlings (Chairman, Appropriations Committee)
Entitled	Revenue Stabilization Fund - Transfers
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 668	Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates La Vay, O'Donnell, Cryor, Stocksdale, Brown, Bartlett, Kach, and Conroy
Entitled	Delegate Scholarships - Primary and Secondary Nonpublic Schools
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

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 809	Status as of March 15, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Hurson, McIntosh, Dypski, Petzold, Fulton, Rosenberg, Dembrow, Montague, Heller, Turner, Barve, Pitkin, Mandel, Love, Hixson, Goldwater, Rosso, Marriott, and Grosfeld
Entitled	Election Laws - Clean Campaign Public Financing Act for Candidates for the General Assembly
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 954	Status as of February 24, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates D'Amato, Rosso, and Clagett
Entitled	Dumping of Dredge Spoil - Prohibition
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 986	Status as of March 5, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegate Taylor
Entitled	Higher Education - Aid to Nonpublic Institutions - Louis L. Goldstein Capital Assistance Matching Grant Program
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1029	Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 477
Sponsored By	Delegate Fulton
Entitled	Public Ethics Law - Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics - Records
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 1109	Status as of March 3, 1999: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Taylor, Rawlings, Conway, W. Baker, Bozman, Branch, Busch, Clagett, D'Amato, Dewberry, Hecht, Hixson, Hutchins, A. Jones, Kagan, Linton, McIntosh, Mitchell, Nathan-Pulliam, Owings, Proctor, Rosenberg, Slade, Vallario, Walkup, Wood, Rudolph, Guns, McClenahan, Cane, and Eckardt
Entitled	Higher Education - Aid to Nonpublic Institutions - Louis L. Goldstein Capital Assistance Matching Grant Program
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1155	Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 690
Sponsored By	Delegates Krysiak, Dypski, Harrison, Conroy, Healey, Cryor, and Marriott
Entitled	Delegate Scholarships - Use at Out-of-State Institutions - Disabled Applicants
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 1190	Status as of March 5, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules
Sponsored By	Delegate Rawlings
Entitled	State Lottery Commission - Video Lottery Terminals - Revenues and Funding
Committee Assignments	House: House 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 5	Status as of March 1, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Weir, Owings, DeCarlo, and Hubers
Entitled	Commission to Study Single-Member Legislative Districting for the House of Delegates of the General Assembly
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HJ 7	Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 8
Sponsored By	Delegates W. Baker, Guns, and Walkup
Entitled	Carter M. Hickman District Court Building
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HJ 15	Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Getty
Entitled	A Fair and Accurate Decennial Census
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 1	Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 129
Sponsored By	The President and Senators Blount and Collins (Special Study Commission on the Maryland Public Ethics Law)
Entitled	Ethics Law - Reform of Legislative Ethics Process
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 9	Status as of April 8, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Senators Green, Baker, Stone, Forehand, and Colburn
Entitled	False Statements to Legislative Branch Units
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 93	Status as of February 15, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Della
Entitled	Notaries - Appointment and Removal
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 164	Status as of February 23, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Ferguson and Sfikas
Entitled	General Assembly - Term Limits
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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 312	Status as of April 10, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Senators Baker and Colburn
Entitled	Crimes - Pardons, Commutations, and Other Acts of Clemency - Notification
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

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 346	Status as of March 1, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Roesser
Entitled	Spending Affordability Committee - Voting Requirement
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

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 570	Status as of February 17, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Pinsky, Forehand, Teitelbaum, Frosh, Sfikas, Dorman, Exum, and Van Hollen
Entitled	Election Laws - Clean Campaign Public Financing Act for Candidates for the General Assembly
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 625	Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 582
Sponsored By	Senator Bromwell
Entitled	Mandated Health Insurance Services - Cost Determination
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

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 697	Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Recommit to Committee Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Collins
Entitled	General Assembly - Office Space, Services, and Equipment
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SJ 5	Status as of April 11, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Passed
Sponsored By	Senators Roesser and Della
Entitled	Task Force on Medical Record Confidentiality
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SJ 8	Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 7
Sponsored By	Senator Baker
Entitled	Carter M. Hickman District Court Building
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Commerce and Government Matters

SJ 9	Status as of March 15, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Mooney, Stoltzfus, and Madden
Entitled	Use of Statistical Sampling in the Decennial Census
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SJ 10	Status as of April 1, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Senator Lawlah
Entitled	Task Force to Study Use of Public Rights-of-Way
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Commerce and Government Matters