1999 REGULAR SESSION subject information current as of December 28, 1999 - 11:12 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 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 88	Status as of April 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 64
Sponsored By	The Speaker (Department of Legislative Services - Code Revision)
Entitled	Correctional Services Article - Cross-References and Corrections
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 121	Status as of March 15, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Chairman, Judiciary Committee (Departmental - Human Resources)
Entitled	Child Abuse - Investigations
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 125	Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 393
Sponsored By	Chairman, Judiciary Committee (Departmental - Public Safety and Correctional Services)
Entitled	Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services - Internal Investigative Unit
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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HB 142	Status as of March 5, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegate Taylor
Entitled	State Comptroller's Office - Investigative Services Unit
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

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 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 648	Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Rosso, Cadden, Leopold, Pitkin, and D'Amato
Entitled	Environment - Coal Combustion Flyash
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 649	Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Barve and Hubbard
Entitled	State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners - Investigations and Proceedings
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 678	Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 443
Sponsored By	Delegates McIntosh, Heller, Turner, A. Jones, Hubers, Leopold, DeCarlo, Pitkin, and K. Kelly
Entitled	Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights - Applicability
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 687	Status as of March 15, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Grosfeld, R. Baker, Barkley, Benson, Billings, Bobo, Bronrott, Burns, Cane, Conroy, C. Davis, D. Davis, Dembrow, Dobson, Doory, Franchot, Frush, Goldwater, Healey, Heller, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, Hurson, A. Jones, V. Jones, Kirk, Kopp, McHale, McIntosh, Mandel, Marriott, Menes, Moe, Montague, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Palumbo, Patterson, Phillips, Pitkin, Proctor, Riley, Rosenberg, Sher, Shriver, Stern, Turner, Valderrama, Vallario, and Zirkin
Entitled	State Procurement and Financing - Investment and Accountability Act
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

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 749	Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Montague, Doory, and Dobson
Entitled	Criminal Procedure - Presentence Investigations - Community Impact Statements
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 851	Status as of March 18, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegate Benson
Entitled	Minors - Possession or Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages - Driver's License Sanctions
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 859	Status as of March 26, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Prince George's County Delegation
Entitled	Prince George's County - Fire Investigators - Powers PG 309-99
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 920	Status as of March 24, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates McIntosh, Marriott, Benson, and Hixson
Entitled	Board of Social Work Examiners - Investigation of State Employees and Officers - Reimbursement of Counsel Fees
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 948	Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 673
Sponsored By	Delegate Conroy
Entitled	Well Drillers - Enforcement and Educational Requirements
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 953	Status as of March 27, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Dewberry, Guns, Weir, McHale, Elliott, Stull, Malone, D. Murphy, and Sophocleus
Entitled	Open Heart Surgery Services - Demonstration Program For New Services
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1006	Status as of April 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 114
Sponsored By	Delegates Hubbard and Hammen
Entitled	State Board of Acupuncture, State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners, and State Board of Social Work Examiners - Enforcement Authority
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 1067	Status as of March 18, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegate K. Kelly
Entitled	Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights - Law Enforcement Officer - Definition
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1138	Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 197
Sponsored By	Delegates Oaks, Marriott, V. Jones, Phillips, Gladden, Fulton, Rawlings, Kirk, Paige, Dobson, Branch, McIntosh, and Rosenberg
Entitled	Baltimore City - Civilian Review Board
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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

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

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 39	Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 313
Sponsored By	Chairman, Judicial Proceedings Committee (Departmental - State Police, Dept. of)
Entitled	Criminal Procedure - Search Warrants - Child Pornography
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 214	Status as of March 1, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Neall
Entitled	State Comptroller's Office - Investigative Services Unit
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

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 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 307	Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Frosh
Entitled	The Decisionally Incapacitated Research Subject Protection Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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 581	Status as of February 25, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Pinsky, McFadden, Kelley, Sfikas, Conway, Blount, Hughes, Exum, Mitchell, and Ruben
Entitled	State Procurement and Financing - Investment and Accountability Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 638	Status as of March 15, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Hughes and Mitchell
Entitled	Board of Social Work Examiners - Investigation of State Employees and Officers - Reimbursement of Counsel Fees
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 747	Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 196
Sponsored By	Senators Hughes, Mitchell, Conway, McFadden, Blount, and Kelley
Entitled	Baltimore City - Civilian Review Board
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

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