2000 REGULAR SESSION subject information current as of December 19, 2000 - 2:30 a.m.

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HB 184	Status as of April 10, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Gladden and Phillips
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Aunt Hattie's Place, Inc.
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 194	Status as of March 20, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Delegates Montague, Klausmeier, and O'Donnell
Entitled	Foster Parents' Bill of Rights of 2000
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 215	Status as of March 25, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Morhaim, Healey, Hurson, R. Baker, Patterson, Turner, Marriott, V. Jones, Zirkin, Cane, Pitkin, Bronrott, Hubbard, and Nathan-Pulliam
Entitled	Maryland College Investment Plan - Foster Care Youth
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 849	Status as of February 16, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary
Sponsored By	Chairman, Judiciary Committee (Maryland Judicial Conference - Foster Care Court Improvement Implementation Committee)
Entitled	Juvenile Causes
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 903	Status as of February 16, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates McIntosh, Pitkin, Kopp, Kagan, Marriott, Hecht, Flanagan, Montague, Hurson, Cadden, and Doory
Entitled	Department of Human Resources - Reducing Caseloads in Foster Care and Protective Services
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 911	Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Morhaim, A. Jones, and Burns
Entitled	Task Force on the Licensing and Monitoring of Community-Based Homes for Children
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 937	Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Delegate Montague
Entitled	Criminal History Records Check - Parent or Guardian of Child in Out-of-Home Placement
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 955	Status as of February 11, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Owings, O'Donnell, and Montague
Entitled	Family Law - Reimbursement for Kinship Care
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

SB 181	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 506
Sponsored By	Senators Frosh, Collins, Pinsky, Forehand, Sfikas, Teitelbaum, Exum, Conway, Blount, Hollinger, Currie, Dyson, and Harris
Entitled	Waiver of Tuition and Fees - Foster Care Recipients
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Appropriations

SB 229	Status as of April 6, 2000: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Passed with Amendments
Sponsored By	Senators Roesser, Mitchell, Ferguson, Jimeno, Colburn, Haines, Forehand, Hughes, Green, and McCabe
Entitled	Foster Parents' Bill of Rights of 2000
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 296	Status as of March 20, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Mitchell, Conway, Sfikas, and Roesser
Entitled	Maryland College Investment Plan - Foster Care Youth
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation and Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 394	Status as of April 8, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Senators Kelley, Roesser, Frosh, Hogan, Bromwell, Hollinger, Teitelbaum, Blount, Hoffman, Lawlah, Collins, McFadden, DeGrange, Kasemeyer, Mitchell, Jimeno, and Van Hollen
Entitled	Task Force on the Licensing and Monitoring of Community-Based Homes for Children
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Judiciary

SB 527	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 284
Sponsored By	Senator Green
Entitled	Criminal History Records Check - Parent or Guardian of Child in Out-of-Home Placement
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 642	Status as of March 22, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary
Sponsored By	Chairman, Judicial Proceedings Committee (Maryland Judicial Conference - Foster Care Court Improvement Implementation Committee)
Entitled	Juvenile Causes
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 696	Status as of February 23, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Blount, Kelley, Sfikas, Frosh, and Madden
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Aunt Hattie's Place, Inc.
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 728	Status as of April 3, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By	Senators Van Hollen, McFadden, Hoffman, Kasemeyer, Lawlah, Kelley, Mitchell, and Currie
Entitled	Department of Human Resources - Reducing Caseloads in Child Welfare Services
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations