2000 REGULAR SESSION subject information current as of December 19, 2000 - 2:16 a.m.

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HB 6	Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 92
Sponsored By	Delegates Hurson, Taylor, Dewberry, Arnick, Busch, Guns, Harrison, Hixson, Howard, Kopp, Menes, Montague, Owings, Rawlings, Rosenberg, Vallario, Wood, W. Baker, Barkley, Bobo, Bronrott, Brown, Cadden, Cane, Clagett, Conroy, DeCarlo, Doory, Dypski, Finifter, Franchot, Frush, Giannetti, Goldwater, Griffith, Hammen, Healey, Hecht, Hubers, James, V. Jones, Krysiak, Love, Malone, Mandel, Marriott, McHale, McIntosh, Moe, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Pitkin, Proctor, Rosso, Sophocleus, Stern, Turner, Valderrama, Weir, and Zirkin
Entitled	Health Insurance - Coverage of Habilitative Services for Children
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 35	Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 94
Sponsored By	Delegates Pendergrass, Goldwater, Love, Moe, Barve, Brown, Busch, Gordon, Harrison, Hill, Kirk, Krysiak, and Walkup
Entitled	Motorized Wheelchair Warranty Enforcement Act - Inclusion of Motorized Scooters
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 86	Status as of February 14, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegate Stern
Entitled	Crimes - Cruelty to Animals - Penalties
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 120	Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Policy
Sponsored By	Delegate K. Kelly
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Personal Residential Reserved Parking for Persons with Permanent Physical Disability - Review of Eligibility
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 121	Status as of April 5, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Delegates McHale and Cole
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - South Baltimore Learning Center
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 136	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 573
Sponsored By	Delegates Owings and O'Donnell
Entitled	Pensions and Retirement - Accidental Disability Applications
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 182	Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Delegates Mitchell and Fulton
Entitled	Workers' Compensation - Benefits for Permanent Partial Disability - Repeal of Sunset Provision for Benefit Payments for Certain Scheduled Members
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 183	Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Delegates Mitchell and Fulton
Entitled	Workers' Compensation Commission - Offsets and Credits for Overpayment of Certain Benefits
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 193	Status as of April 5, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Delegates Montague, Dobson, Doory, and Morhaim
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - The League for People with Disabilities, Inc.
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 258	Status as of March 15, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Menes, Giannetti, Frush, and Moe
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Parking Lot Requirements - Handicapped Accessible Parking
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 274	Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 5
Sponsored By	The Speaker (Administration) and Delegates Rosenberg, Franchot, Barve, Petzold, DeCarlo, and Pendergrass
Entitled	Electronic Government Initiative
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Finance

HB 300	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 513
Sponsored By	Delegates Hixson, Shriver, Barkley, Boschert, Bronrott, Clagett, Conroy, Frush, Goldwater, Harrison, Healey, Howard, Hubbard, Menes, Patterson, Pitkin, Rosso, Valderrama, Marriott, Turner, Franchot, Bobo, Kopp, Mandel, Hecht, Love, Hurson, Hammen, Sher, Mohorovic, Elliott, Weir, Guns, Nathan-Pulliam, Redmer, Klausmeier, Owings, Cane, Stull, Morhaim, Baldwin, and Boutin
Entitled	State Board of Spinal Cord Injury Research
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Finance

HB 465	Status as of March 8, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Finifter, Morhaim, Taylor, Mohorovic, Hubers, Nathan-Pulliam, Patterson, Kach, Ports, Carlson, Phillips, DeCarlo, Dewberry, A. Jones, Cryor, Minnick, Klausmeier, Weir, Malone, J. Kelly, Bozman, Klima, Redmer, and Zirkin
Entitled	Income Tax - Subtraction for Retirement Income
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 471	Status as of March 6, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Zirkin
Entitled	Parking Access - Persons with Disabilities - Proof of Disability
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 475	Status as of March 8, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Howard, Palumbo, Healey, Rawlings, and Conway
Entitled	Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Retirement Income
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 552	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 617
Sponsored By	Delegates Hubbard , Rzepkowski, Hixson, Healey, Bartlett, Bohanan, Bozman, Campbell, Carlson, Conroy, Cryor, C. Davis, Finifter, Greenip, Heller, Howard, Marriott, McKee, Patterson, Phillips, Ports, Rosso, Rudolph, and Shriver
Entitled	Special Education - Extending Age of Eligibility
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 562	Status as of March 3, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Hecht, W. Baker, Bartlett, Bozman, Brinkley, Busch, Cadden, Conroy, Conway, Dobson, Donoghue, Doory, Edwards, Elliott, Giannetti, Guns, Healey, Heller, Howard, Hubers, Hurson, V. Jones, K. Kelly, Kopp, McKee, Menes, Mitchell, Montague, Petzold, Pitkin, Rudolph, Shank, Snodgrass, and Stull
Entitled	Elementary and Secondary Education - Handicapped Student Transportation Grant
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 592	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 619
Sponsored By	Delegates Benson, Barve, Bobo, Boutin, Cane, Cole, C. Davis, D. Davis, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Dobson, Dypski, Frush, Fulton, Gladden, Glassman, Hammen, Harrison, Healey, Heller, Hill, A. Jones, V. Jones, Kirk, Klausmeier, Malone, Marriott, Moe, Montague, Owings, Paige, Parrott, Phillips, and Turner
Entitled	State Procurement - Information Technology - Nonvisual Access
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 629	Status as of March 8, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Rawlings and Palumbo
Entitled	Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Retirement Income
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 630	Status as of March 8, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Rawlings and Palumbo
Entitled	Income Tax - Subtraction for Retirement Income
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 632	Status as of March 22, 2000: Bill is in the House - Referred to interim study
Sponsored By	Delegates Goldwater, James, Kopp, Bronrott, Hurson, and Stern
Entitled	Maryland Family Caregiver Support Act
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 635	Status as of March 1, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Mohorovic, Finifter, Nathan-Pulliam, DeCarlo, Cadden, Morhaim, Paige, Sophocleus, Bronrott, Minnick, Marriott, Riley, Boutin, Rosso, Cane, Linton, Kopp, Fulton, La Vay, Goldwater, Conroy, Moe, Mandel, and Cryor
Entitled	Mental Hygiene Administration - Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation Fund
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 736	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 407
Sponsored By	Delegates McIntosh, Sophocleus, Clagett, Dypski, Malone, DeCarlo, and Bronrott
Entitled	Fiduciary Institutions - Customer Financial Records - Allowable Disclosures
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Finance

HB 827	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 417
Sponsored By	Delegate Love
Entitled	Workers' Compensation - Calculation of Hearing Loss
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 841	Status as of March 28, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Delegate Barve
Entitled	Motor Vehicle Insurance - Personal Injury Protection Claims
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 847	Status as of March 8, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Goldwater, Kopp, and Bronrott
Entitled	State Retirement and Pensions - Reinstatement of Suspended Allowance on Recurrence of Disability
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 916	Status as of March 20, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Mandel, Bobo, Boutin, Bronrott, Burns, Cadden, Cane, Clagett, C. Davis, Dembrow, Dypski, Eckardt, Finifter, Frush, Gladden, Hubers, Hurson, A. Jones, Kirk, La Vay, Marriott, Menes, Mohorovic, Nathan-Pulliam, Paige, Pendergrass, Pitkin, Rawlings, Riley, Rosso, Sher, Sophocleus, Stocksdale, Stull, Goldwater, and Harrison
Entitled	Crimes - Fraudulent Appropriation - Fiduciary Relationships with Vulnerable Adults and Adults Unable to Live Independently
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 959	Status as of April 5, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Delegates Love, Taylor, Busch, Clagett, D'Amato, Boschert, Leopold, Rosso, Cadden, Sophocleus, Rzepkowski, Greenip, and Owings
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - Special Olympics Maryland Training Center
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1015	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 448
Sponsored By	Delegates Shriver, Hixson, Rosenberg, Bozman, Healey, and Howard
Entitled	Work, Not Welfare, and Qualifying Employees with Disabilities Tax Credits
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1073	Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 165
Sponsored By	Washington County Delegation
Entitled	Washington County - Mentally Impaired or Handicapped Individuals, Inc. (MIHI) Loan of 1997
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1158	Status as of March 21, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Shriver and Conroy
Entitled	Task Force to Study Employment Barriers Facing Individuals with Disabilities
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 1229	Status as of February 18, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Guns, Conroy, Finifter, Rudolph, Owings, Boschert, Pitkin, W. Baker, Kach, Klausmeier, Cane, Mohorovic, Sophocleus, Hubbard, DeCarlo, Parrott, McClenahan, Dewberry, Kirk, K. Kelly, Baldwin, Taylor, Wood, Gordon, Minnick, Ports, Brown, Burns, Bohanan, Shriver, Turner, Donoghue, Hixson, James, Redmer, R. Baker, Linton, Bozman, Busch, Conway, C. Davis, Dypski, Krysiak, Elliott, Eckardt, Cole, Hubers, Proctor, Valderrama, Boutin, Griffith, Hecht, Cryor, Mitchell, V. Jones, Hammen, Arnick, Weir, Hutchins, O'Donnell, D'Amato, Kittleman, Morhaim, McKee, Kopp, Stocksdale, Zirkin, Edwards, Franchot, J. Kelly, Nathan-Pulliam, Swain, and Klima
Entitled	Higher Education - Waiver of Tuition and Fees - Certain Disabled Veterans and Dependents of Veterans
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1244	Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 176
Sponsored By	Montgomery County Delegation
Entitled	Montgomery County - Education - Home and Hospital Teacher Representation MC 3-00
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Finance

HB 1323	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 475
Sponsored By	Delegate Weir
Entitled	Natural Resources - Critical Areas - Reasonable Accommodations
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 1375	Status as of March 21, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Hammen and Klausmeier
Entitled	Hospitals - Incompetent Patient - Appropriate Placement
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1406	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 482
Sponsored By	Delegate Brinkley
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Driver's License Restrictions - Vision Correction
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 1407	Status as of March 21, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Mohorovic
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Registration Fee Exemptions - Maryland National Guardsmen
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HJ 21	Status as of February 18, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Sponsored By	Delegate Barkley
Entitled	Federal Funding to Students With Disabilities
Committee Assignments	House: House Rules and Executive Nominations

SB 43	Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 25
Sponsored By	Chairman, Judicial Proceedings Committee (Departmental - Aging)
Entitled	Disabled Persons - Guardian of the Person - Delegation of Authority
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 47	Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 28
Sponsored By	Chairman, Finance Committee (Departmental - Individs. with Disabilities, Office for)
Entitled	Maryland Advisory Council for Individuals with Disabilities - Membership
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Environmental Matters

SB 48	Status as of March 20, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance
Sponsored By	Chairman, Finance Committee (Departmental - Aging)
Entitled	Fiduciary Institutions - Disclosure of a Customer's Financial Record - Exception
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 50	Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 30
Sponsored By	Chairman, Finance Committee (Departmental - Aging)
Entitled	Assistance Card Programs - Operation
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 106	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 503
Sponsored By	Chairman, Budget and Taxation Committee (Departmental - Education)
Entitled	Education - Grants for Transportation Services for Public School Students
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 116	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 230
Sponsored By	Senators Dorman and Roesser
Entitled	Workers' Compensation Commission - Offsets and Credits for Overpayment of Certain Benefits
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 117	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 231
Sponsored By	Senators Dorman and Roesser
Entitled	Workers' Compensation - Benefits for Permanent Partial Disability - Repeal of Sunset Provision for Benefit Payments for Certain Scheduled Members
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 121	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 232
Sponsored By	Senator Della
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - South Baltimore Learning Center
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 151	Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 60
Sponsored By	Chairman, Budget and Taxation Committee (Departmental - Human Resources)
Entitled	Attendant Care Program - Administrative Costs
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 179	Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Senator Hafer
Entitled	Workers' Compensation - Calculation of Hearing Loss
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 197	Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	The President (Administration) and Senators Miller, Forehand, Teitelbaum, and Hogan
Entitled	Electronic Government Initiative
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 281	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 251
Sponsored By	Senators Baker, Haines, Colburn, Ferguson, Forehand, Green, Jimeno, Mooney, and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Special Registration Plates - Honoring State Agriculture
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 285	Status as of March 24, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Hafer, Mooney, Jacobs, Hooper, Ferguson, Colburn, Haines, and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Income Tax - Subtraction for Retirement Income
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 287	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 512
Sponsored By	Senators Hollinger, Blount, Conway, Dyson, Ferguson, Forehand, Green, Kelley, Lawlah, McFadden, Roesser, Ruben, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	State Board of Spinal Cord Injury Research
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Environmental Matters

SB 319	Status as of April 8, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Referred to interim study
Sponsored By	Senators Stone and Della
Entitled	Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Retirement Income - Rollovers to Qualified Retirement Plans
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 330	Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Van Hollen, Dorman, Hooper, Forehand, and Jacobs
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Parking Lot Requirements - Handicapped Accessible Parking
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 370	Status as of March 20, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Bromwell
Entitled	Fiduciary Institutions - Disclosure of a Customer's Financial Records to Adult Protective Services
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 397	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 273
Sponsored By	Senator Conway
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - The League for People with Disabilities, Inc.
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 401	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 524
Sponsored By	Senators Teitelbaum, Kelley, DeGrange, Della, Munson, Ruben, Astle, and Stone
Entitled	Income Tax - Subtraction for Retirement Income
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 402	Status as of February 9, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Dorman
Entitled	Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission - Illegally Parking in Space for Individuals with Disabilities - Penalty
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 456	Status as of March 29, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Teitelbaum, Kelley, Stone, Frosh, Munson, Ruben, Forehand, Lawlah, Dorman, Hooper, Conway, Dyson, Van Hollen, and Astle
Entitled	Primary and Secondary Education - Transportation of Disabled Students - Grants to Local Jurisdictions
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 462	Status as of February 21, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Stoltzfus
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Disabled Veterans - Parking Privileges
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 555	Status as of March 23, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Senators Hollinger, Bromwell, Collins, Dorman, Hughes, and Kasemeyer
Entitled	Program for Hearing-Impaired Children - Hearing Aid Loaner Bank - Establishment and Operation
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance and Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 586	Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senator Astle
Entitled	Workers' Compensation - Temporary Total Disability Benefits - Jurisdiction of the Commission
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 589	Status as of February 23, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Astle and Jimeno
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - Special Olympics Maryland Training Center
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 607	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 620
Sponsored By	Senators Conway, Exum, Munson, Lawlah, Hughes, Kelley, McFadden, Bromwell, Colburn, Dyson, Hooper, Pinsky, Frosh, Stone, Mooney, and Madden
Entitled	State Procurement - Information Technology - Nonvisual Access
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 651	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 294
Sponsored By	Senator Collins
Entitled	Criminal Procedure - Statute of Limitations - Abuse or Neglect of Vulnerable Adult
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 674	Status as of March 31, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Senators Currie , Middleton, Madden, and McFadden
Entitled	Work, Not Welfare, and Qualifying Employees with Disabilities Tax Credits
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 816	Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senator Bromwell
Entitled	Fiduciary Institutions - Customer Financial Records - Allowable Disclosures
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Commerce and Government Matters