2000 REGULAR SESSION subject information current as of December 19, 2000 - 2:21 a.m.

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HB 8	Status as of March 30, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Shriver, Taylor, Hurson, Arnick, Busch, Guns, Harrison, Hixson, Howard, Kopp, Menes, Montague, Owings, Rawlings, Rosenberg, and Vallario
Entitled	Working Parents Opportunity Act
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 31	Status as of February 21, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate Stocksdale
Entitled	Take Credit for Learning - Income Tax Credit and Subtraction Modification for Education Expenses
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 57	Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Policy
Sponsored By	Delegates Leopold, Clagett, Busch, Greenip, Love, Rosso, Baldwin, D'Amato, Sophocleus, Rzepkowski, and Owings
Entitled	Anne Arundel County - Marriage License Fee - Premarriage Education
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 70	Status as of March 3, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate D'Amato
Entitled	Education - Maryland Extended Learning Bootstrap Pilot Program
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 116	Status as of April 5, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Howard County Delegation
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Howard County Conservancy Ho. Co. 11-00
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

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 124	Status as of March 3, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Gordon and Carlson
Entitled	Education - Admission of Students to Kindergarten - Age Requirement
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 126	Status as of April 5, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Delegates O'Donnell and Owings
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Calvert County - Battle Creek Nature Education Society Environmental Education Center
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 137	Status as of February 23, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Owings
Entitled	For-Hire Driving Services
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 141	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 574
Sponsored By	Delegates Walkup, W. Baker, and Guns
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Kent County - Schooner Sultana Project
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 165	Status as of April 7, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Senate Conference Committee Appointed
Sponsored By	Delegates Frush, Menes, and Moe
Entitled	State Board of Dental Examiners
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 168	Status as of March 25, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates W. Baker, McClenahan, Love, and Rudolph
Entitled	Workers' Compensation - Students in Unpaid Work-Based Learning Experiences
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 174	Status as of April 10, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Proctor and Vallario
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Hard Bargain Farm
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 205	Status as of February 14, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate Campbell
Entitled	Primary and Secondary Education - Fine Arts Programs
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 236	Status as of March 25, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Zirkin, Barve, Carlson, Morhaim, Finifter, Boschert, Phillips, Oaks, and Giannetti
Entitled	Public Technology Center Advisory Commission - Establishment
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 261	Status as of March 25, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Walkup, W. Baker, and Guns
Entitled	Kent County - Alcoholic Beverages - Alcohol Awareness Program Certification
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 271	Status as of February 21, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Gladden, Phillips, Grosfeld, D. Davis, and Montague
Entitled	Education - Compulsory School Attendance - Age Limits
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 279	Status as of February 16, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary
Sponsored By	The Speaker (Administration) and Delegates Doory, Montague, Grosfeld, Valderrama, Hixson, Rawlings, Barve, Benson, Bobo, Branch, Bronrott, Franchot, Frush, Goldwater, Hecht, Hill, A. Jones, V. Jones, Kirk, Kopp, Mandel, Marriott, McIntosh, Nathan-Pulliam, Patterson, Pendergrass, Pitkin, Rosenberg, and Shriver
Entitled	Responsible Gun Safety Act of 2000
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 296	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 352
Sponsored By	Delegates Sher, Stern, Taylor, Hurson, Hammen, Carlson, Shriver, and Boutin
Entitled	Natural Resources - Public Recreation on Private Land and Land Owned by Local Governments - Liability
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 345	Status as of April 10, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	St. Mary's County Delegation
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - St. Mary's County - Patuxent River Naval Air Museum and Visitors Center
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 372	Status as of March 3, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Getty and Heller
Entitled	Education - Required Number of School Days
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 379	Status as of March 3, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Ports, Amedori, Boutin, Eckardt, Edwards, Flanagan, Getty, Glassman, Greenip, Kach, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Klima, McKee, Parrott, Redmer, Rzepkowski, Shank, Stocksdale, and Walkup
Entitled	Education - Public School Holidays - Presidents' Day
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 466	Status as of April 10, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Krysiak, Branch, Cole, C. Davis, Dobson, Doory, Dypski, Fulton, Gladden, Hammen, Harrison, A. Jones, V. Jones, Kirk, Marriott, McHale, McIntosh, Montague, Oaks, Paige, Phillips, and Rosenberg
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 480	Status as of February 23, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Zirkin, Giannetti, Gladden, Carlson, Amedori, Barkley, Bartlett, Bohanan, Boschert, Boutin, Bronrott, Brown, Cane, Cole, D'Amato, Glassman, Griffith, Hill, Hubers, Hurson, James, V. Jones, Paige, Parrott, Phillips, Riley, Rosso, Shank, Sher, Stern, Swain, and Taylor
Entitled	Education - Maryland Educational Opportunity Summer Program - Establishment
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 486	Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Delegates Conway, Rudolph, Amedori, W. Baker, Bartlett, Bohanan, Boutin, Bozman, Brinkley, Cadden, Cane, D'Amato, Donoghue, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Getty, Glassman, Guns, Hecht, K. Kelly, Linton, McClenahan, McKee, Mitchell, O'Donnell, Owings, Parrott, Proctor, Riley, Schisler, Shank, Snodgrass, Sophocleus, Stocksdale, Stull, Turner, Walkup, and Wood
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Special Registration Plates - Honoring State Agriculture
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 487	Status as of March 3, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates K. Kelly, Taylor, Edwards, Donoghue, Shank, McKee, and Hecht
Entitled	Allegany, Garrett, and Washington Counties - Interactive Teleconference Sites - Pilot Program
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 488	Status as of March 25, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Conway, Bozman, McClenahan, and Cane
Entitled	Wicomico County - Alcoholic Beverages - Alcohol Awareness Program
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 505	Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Minnick
Entitled	Real Estate Brokers - Education Requirements - Institutions of Postsecondary Education
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 514	Status as of February 16, 2000: Bill is in the House - Re-assigned Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Zirkin and Minnick
Entitled	Baltimore County - Education - Wireless Communications Technology - Pilot Program
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 526	Status as of April 8, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Referred to interim study
Sponsored By	Delegates Leopold, Rawlings, Kach, Cadden, Greenip, Marriott, Flanagan, Rosso, and Cryor
Entitled	Public Charter School Act of 2000
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 528	Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 136
Sponsored By	Delegates McHale and Cole
Entitled	Baltimore City - Fort McHenry - Education and Visitors Center Loan of 1996
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 535	Status as of February 17, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Shriver and Klausmeier
Entitled	Education - Alternative Learning Program
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 558	Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 140
Sponsored By	Delegate Barve
Entitled	Licensure of Physicians - Qualifications - Postgraduate Training
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 572	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 618
Sponsored By	Delegates Hubbard, Riley, Pitkin, Conroy, Hubers, Montague, Grosfeld, Cadden, Kopp, Rosso, Flanagan, and James
Entitled	Commission on Funding and Services for Gifted and Talented Student Education in Maryland - Establishment
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 597	Status as of February 16, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Amedori, O'Donnell, Getty, Owings, Elliott, Stocksdale, Guns, Cadden, Baldwin, DeCarlo, Donoghue, Eckardt, Edwards, Glassman, Greenip, Kach, Mitchell, Klausmeier, J. Kelly, Bartlett, Boschert, Boutin, Brinkley, Cryor, K. Kelly, Klima, Leopold, McKee, Ports, Redmer, Rzepkowski, Shank, Snodgrass, Stull, Walkup, Weir, and Wood
Entitled	Self-Defense Act of 2000
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 610	Status as of March 27, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Barve and Hixson
Entitled	Critical Skills Training - Income Tax Credit for Individuals and Employers
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 614	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 623
Sponsored By	Delegate Wood (St. Mary's County Delegation)
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - St. Mary's County - Lexington Park Family Support and Head Start Center
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 628	Status as of April 5, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Delegates Franchot and Hixson
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Alpha Phi Alpha Smithville School Museum
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 667	Status as of March 3, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates La Vay, Hill, and Brown
Entitled	Delegate Scholarships - Elementary and Secondary Nonpublic Schools and Tutoring Services
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 677	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 630
Sponsored By	Cecil County Delegation
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Cecil County - Cecil County Family Support and Education Center
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 679	Status as of March 20, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Shriver and Grosfeld
Entitled	Child Support Guidelines - Determination of Child Support Obligation - Tutoring and Gifted and Talented Programs
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 718	Status as of February 23, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Carlson, Taylor, Hurson, Kopp, Shriver, Branch, Kagan, Giannetti, Patterson, Rudolph, R. Baker, Turner, Gladden, Hecht, Moe, Zirkin, Swain, Rosso, and Barkley
Entitled	Education - Maryland Academic Intervention Program
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 739	Status as of February 23, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Shriver, Franchot, Hixson, and Heller
Entitled	Maryland After-School Opportunity Act - Appropriation - Requirements
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 826	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 416
Sponsored By	Delegates Love, Busch, Clagett, and D'Amato
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - Maryland Therapy and Education Center
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 836	Status as of April 5, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	St. Mary's County Delegation
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - St. Mary's County - Summerseat Sanctuary
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 844	Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Policy
Sponsored By	Delegates Minnick and DeCarlo
Entitled	Real Estate Brokers - Continuing Education Requirements
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 856	Status as of April 5, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Washington County Delegation
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Washington County - Agricultural/Education Center
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 886	Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Delegates Guns, Hammen, Boutin, and Parrott
Entitled	Maryland Social Workers Act - Revision
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 932	Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Eastern Shore Delegation, Western Maryland Delegation, Southern Maryland Delegation, and Harford County Delegation
Entitled	Maryland Agricultural Education and Rural Development Assistance Fund Act of 2000
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 958	Status as of April 5, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Delegate Bartlett
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Frederick County - Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1075	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 455
Sponsored By	Washington County Delegation
Entitled	Washington County - Property Tax Credit - Musical and Cultural Education
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1084	Status as of March 25, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Shriver and Vallario
Entitled	Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Programs - Suspended and Expelled Students
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1091	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 664
Sponsored By	Delegates Rawlings, Kopp, Hixson, and Campbell
Entitled	Task Force to Study College Readiness for Disadvantaged and Capable Students
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means and Appropriations Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 1101	Status as of March 25, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Goldwater and Guns
Entitled	Nurse Psychotherapists - Authority to Prescribe Medications in Pro Bono Programs Not Adequately Served by Physician Volunteers
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1104	Status as of March 16, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate D. Davis
Entitled	Hepatitis C Education, Prevention, and Screening Act
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1120	Status as of March 23, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate Barkley
Entitled	Education - Graphing Calculators
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1131	Status as of February 16, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Franchot, Hixson, Shriver, and Heller
Entitled	Regulated Firearms License
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1155	Status as of March 9, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Pitkin, Bobo, Mandel, and Grosfeld
Entitled	Consumer Protection - Credit Cards - Student Applicants
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 1156	Status as of March 22, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Pitkin
Entitled	Licensing - Medical Students - Pain Management Course
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1170	Status as of March 1, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate Rawlings
Entitled	State Lottery Commission - Video Lottery Terminals - Revenues and Funding
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1172	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 672
Sponsored By	Delegate Shriver
Entitled	Education - Early Childhood Literacy - Grants
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation

HB 1174	Status as of March 6, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates D. Davis, Taylor, and Owings
Entitled	Optometrists - Quality Eye Health Improvement Act
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1182	Status as of February 23, 2000: Bill is in the House - Re-assigned Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegate V. Jones
Entitled	Maryland Youthbuild Act
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1184	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 308
Sponsored By	Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Montague, A. Jones, Branch, Paige, Dobson, Oaks, Cane, Patterson, Phillips, and V. Jones
Entitled	Oral Health Programs - Reducing Oral Cancer Mortality
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Finance

HB 1203	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 674
Sponsored By	Delegate Minnick
Entitled	Mortgage Lenders - Continuing Education Requirements
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Finance

HB 1247	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 492
Sponsored By	The Speaker (Administration) and Delegates Taylor, Hixson, Rawlings, R. Baker, W. Baker, Barkley, Benson, Bobo, Boutin, Branch, Bronrott, Brown, Cane, Cole, Conway, C. Davis, Donoghue, Doory, Edwards, Franchot, Glassman, Grosfeld, Hecht, Heller, Hubbard, Hubers, James, A. Jones, V. Jones, K. Kelly, Malone, McHale, McIntosh, McKee, Menes, Moe, Montague, Owings, Proctor, Riley, Rudolph, Shriver, Turner, Zirkin, Healey, Bartlett, Bohanan, Bozman, Carlson, Conroy, Cryor, Finifter, Howard, Marriott, Patterson, Phillips, Ports, Rosso, and Rzepkowski
Entitled	Governor's Teacher Salary Challenge Program - Public School Funding Enhancement
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation and Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 1249	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 680
Sponsored By	Delegates Shriver , Taylor, Hixson, Healey, Bartlett, Bozman, Carlson, Conroy, Finifter, Howard, Heller, Bohanan, Marriott, Patterson, Phillips, Rosso, and Rudolph
Entitled	Judith P. Hoyer Early Child Care and Education Enhancement Program
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1272	Status as of April 10, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Howard, Swain, and Benson
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Patriots Technology Training Center
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1284	Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Delegates Shriver, Conroy, Rosso, and Carlson
Entitled	Judith P. Hoyer Blue Ribbon Commission on the Financing of Early Child Care and Education
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1318	Status as of March 25, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate C. Davis
Entitled	Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Osteoporosis Prevention and Education Program
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1319	Status as of March 8, 2000: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate C. Davis
Entitled	Public Schools - Collective Bargaining - Organizations of Certificated Employees
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1324	Status as of February 21, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Sponsored By	Delegates Guns and Petzold
Entitled	Physician Assistants - Delegation Agreements
Committee Assignments	House: House Rules and Executive Nominations

HB 1351	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 477
Sponsored By	Delegates Marriott, Fulton, and Rawlings
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - W.W. Payne Education and Community Center
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1380	Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 192
Sponsored By	Harford County Delegation
Entitled	Harford County - Senator William Amoss Agricultural Education Project Loan of 1998
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1397	Status as of April 5, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Delegates Phillips, Oaks, and Gladden
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Randolph A. Carr Education, Training, and Empowerment Center
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1398	Status as of March 25, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Montague, O'Donnell, Amedori, and Dobson
Entitled	Best Interests for Children Act of 2000
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1414	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 483
Sponsored By	Delegates Conway, Rawlings, Cadden, Edwards, W. Baker, and Kopp
Entitled	Correctional Services - Juvenile Justice
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 1431	Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 201
Sponsored By	Dorchester County Delegation
Entitled	Dorchester County - Stanley Institute: Rock School House Restoration Loan of 1998
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HJ 27	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 17
Sponsored By	Delegate Kopp
Entitled	Secondary Career and Technology Education Programs
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Finance

HJ 28	Status as of April 5, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules
Sponsored By	Delegates Dewberry and Stocksdale
Entitled	Maryland's Legislators Back to School Day
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Senate Rules

SB 67	Status as of April 10, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Senator Miller
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Hard Bargain Farm
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 68	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 226
Sponsored By	Senators Miller and Dyson
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Calvert County - Battle Creek Nature Education Society Environmental Education Center
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 85	Status as of February 23, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Baker
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Kent County - Schooner Sultana Project
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 107	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 504
Sponsored By	Chairman, Budget and Taxation Committee (Departmental - Education)
Entitled	Education - Public Education Partnership Fund
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 113	Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 54
Sponsored By	Senators Astle and Miller
Entitled	Anne Arundel County - Carrie Weedon Science Center Loan of 1999
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

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 134	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 234
Sponsored By	Senators McCabe, Madden, and Kasemeyer
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Howard County Conservancy Ho. Co. 11-00
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 147	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 239
Sponsored By	Senator Dorman
Entitled	State Board of Dental Examiners
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 193	Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senator Della
Entitled	Baltimore City - Fort McHenry - Education and Visitors Center Loan of 1996
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 194	Status as of March 16, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Della
Entitled	Education - Public Schools - Compulsory Attendance
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 211	Status as of April 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 2
Sponsored By	The President (Administration) and Senators Currie, Kasemeyer, Lawlah, McFadden, Ruben, Hollinger, Teitelbaum, and Van Hollen
Entitled	Responsible Gun Safety Act of 2000
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 222	Status as of February 23, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Exum
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Patriots Technology Training Center
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 234	Status as of February 9, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Ferguson, Jimeno, Haines, Stone, Colburn, DeGrange, Mooney, Dyson, Harris, Jacobs, Hooper, Stoltzfus, Hafer, and Munson
Entitled	Self-Defense Act - Rule of Law
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 239	Status as of February 23, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Hoffman, Della, Blount, Kelley, McFadden, Hughes, Bromwell, Conway, Sfikas, and Mitchell
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 256	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 511
Sponsored By	Senator Dyson
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - St. Mary's County - Summerseat Sanctuary
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 273	Status as of March 16, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Bromwell
Entitled	Public Schools - Required Use of Teacher Assistants
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 280	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 250
Sponsored By	Senator Baker
Entitled	Kent County - Alcoholic Beverages - Licensees
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Economic 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 298	Status as of March 16, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators McFadden, Conway, DeGrange, Lawlah, Teitelbaum, Hoffman, Forehand, Mitchell, Hogan, Van Hollen, and Exum
Entitled	Education - Compulsory Attendance and Parental Responsibility - Age Limits
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 387	Status as of February 9, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Hogan, Middleton, Hooper, Roesser, DeGrange, Mooney, Currie, Lawlah, Munson, and Madden
Entitled	Critical Skills Training - Income Tax Credit for Individuals and Employers
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 391	Status as of April 4, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Senators Lawlah, Currie, Munson, Blount, Hughes, Kelley, Exum, Conway, Mitchell, and McFadden
Entitled	Task Force to Study College Readiness for Disadvantaged and Capable Students
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Ways and Means and Appropriations

SB 392	Status as of February 23, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Dyson
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - St. Mary's County - Patuxent River Naval Air Museum and Visitors Center
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 439	Status as of April 10, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Senator Baker
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Cecil County - Cecil County Family Support and Education Center
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 475	Status as of March 16, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Recommit to Committee Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Colburn
Entitled	Wicomico County - Alcohol Awareness Program - Certified Employees
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 506	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 487
Sponsored By	Senator Ruben
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Alpha Phi Alpha Smithville School Museum
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 517	Status as of March 20, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Conway, Currie, Teitelbaum, Dyson, Exum, Sfikas, Lawlah, Mitchell, McFadden, Frosh, and Pinsky
Entitled	Maryland Youthbuild Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 543	Status as of April 8, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Referred to interim study
Sponsored By	Senators McCabe and Madden
Entitled	Public Charter School Act of 2000
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 552	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 539
Sponsored By	Senator Roesser
Entitled	For-Hire Driving Services
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Environmental Matters

SB 564	Status as of February 28, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Ruben, Forehand, Lawlah, and Dorman
Entitled	Alcohol- and Drug-Related Offenses - Penalties - Treatment
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 588	Status as of April 10, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Senator Astle
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - Maryland Therapy and Education Center
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 659	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 549
Sponsored By	Senators Mooney and Ferguson
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Frederick County - Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 679	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 552
Sponsored By	Senators Middleton, Colburn, Dyson, Ferguson, Hafer, Haines, Hooper, Jacobs, McCabe, Mooney, Munson, Neall, Stoltzfus, Hogan, and Harris
Entitled	Maryland Agricultural Education and Rural Development Assistance Fund Act of 2000
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Environmental Matters

SB 693	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 554
Sponsored By	Senator Hollinger
Entitled	Maryland Social Workers Act - Revision
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 713	Status as of March 20, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator McFadden
Entitled	Baltimore City - Community Initiatives Academy Loan of 1999
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 723	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 302
Sponsored By	Senators Munson and Mooney
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Washington County - Agricultural/Education Center
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 730	Status as of February 21, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Van Hollen, Hoffman, Lawlah, Currie, McFadden, Kelley, and Mitchell
Entitled	Maryland After-School Opportunity Act - Appropriation - Requirements
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 732	Status as of February 16, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Van Hollen, Hoffman, McFadden, and Lawlah
Entitled	Education - Maryland Academic Intervention and Support Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation and Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 736	Status as of April 10, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Senator Dyson
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - St. Mary's County - Lexington Park Family Support and Head Start Center
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 737	Status as of March 16, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Haines, Jacobs, Harris, McCabe, Madden, Stoltzfus, Hooper, Munson, Ferguson, Colburn, and Hafer
Entitled	Education - Public Schools - Character Education
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 750	Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senators Kasemeyer, Collins, Green, Frosh, Forehand, Van Hollen, McFadden, and Roesser
Entitled	Education - Early Childhood Literacy - Grants
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 791	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 307
Sponsored By	Senators Lawlah, Kasemeyer, Middleton, Van Hollen, Hoffman, and Neall
Entitled	Oral Health Programs - Reducing Oral Cancer Mortality
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Environmental Matters

SB 793	Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senators Kasemeyer , Hoffman, Currie, Hogan, McFadden, Middleton, Stone, Ruben, and Van Hollen
Entitled	Judith P. Hoyer Early Child Care and Education Enhancement Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 810	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 493
Sponsored By	The President (Administration) and Senators Miller, Blount, Hoffman, Collins, Currie, Dyson, Exum, Frosh, Green, Hafer, Hollinger, Hughes, Jimeno, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Lawlah, McFadden, Mitchell, Pinsky, Ruben, Sfikas, Stone, Van Hollen, Middleton, and Munson
Entitled	Governor's Teacher Salary Challenge Program - Public School Funding Enhancement
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation and Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Ways and Means

SB 822	Status as of February 23, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Bromwell
Entitled	Nurse Psychotherapists - Authority to Prescribe Medications in Pro Bono Programs Not Adequately Served by Physician Volunteers
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 851	Status as of March 1, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Hughes
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - W.W. Payne Education and Community Center
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 869	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 566
Sponsored By	Senator Kasemeyer
Entitled	Judith P. Hoyer Blue Ribbon Commission on the Financing of Early Child Care and Education
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 873	Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senators Hooper and Jacobs
Entitled	Harford County - Senator William Amoss Agricultural Education Project Loan of 1998
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 885	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 321
Sponsored By	Senator Blount
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Randolph A. Carr Education, Training, and Empowerment Center
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 890	Status as of April 4, 2000: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Passed with Amendments
Sponsored By	Senator Bromwell
Entitled	Correctional Services - Juvenile Justice
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 896	Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 18
Sponsored By	Senators Van Hollen, Hoffman, Bromwell, Miller, Lawlah, Neall, Kasemeyer, Madden, Middleton, Currie, Hogan, McFadden, Munson, Ruben, Stoltzfus, Stone, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Cigarette Restitution Fund - Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Program - Cancer Prevention, Education, Screening , and Treatment Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation and Finance House: Appropriations and Environmental Matters

SB 902	Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senator Colburn
Entitled	Dorchester County - Stanley Institute: Rock School House Restoration Loan of 1998
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SJ 11	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 7
Sponsored By	Senator Green
Entitled	Secondary Career and Technology Education Programs
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Appropriations