2000 REGULAR SESSION subject information current as of December 19, 2000 - 2:47 a.m.

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HB 46	Status as of March 6, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates D'Amato, Taylor, Clagett, and Busch
Entitled	Maryland Millennium Water Trails Program
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 78	Status as of February 14, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegate Sophocleus
Entitled	Community Associations - Civil Liability
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 154	Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 106
Sponsored By	Chairman, Judiciary Committee (Departmental - Md. Inst. for Emer. Medical Serv. Sys.)
Entitled	Assisted Suicide - Definition of "Licensed Health Care Professional"
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 178	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 343
Sponsored By	Delegates Menes and Grosfeld
Entitled	Drug Dealer Liability Act
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 190	Status as of March 6, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Owings
Entitled	Family Day Care Homes and Child Care Centers - Liability Insurance Required
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 255	Status as of March 25, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Bobo, Bozman, Brown, Giannetti, Goldwater, Moe, Patterson, Pendergrass, and Turner
Entitled	Real Property - Priority of Liens - Condominiums and Homeowners Associations
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 263	Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Gladden, Grosfeld, and Montague
Entitled	Courts - Limitation on Noneconomic Damages - Repeal
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 265	Status as of February 28, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Finifter, Morhaim, Montague, and Doory
Entitled	Estates and Trusts - Spousal Elective Share
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 292	Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Hubbard, Billings, and Morhaim
Entitled	Environment - Permits - Land Application of Animal Processing Sludge
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

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 308	Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Murphy, Brinkley, Dembrow, Pendergrass, Montague, Snodgrass, Baldwin, Hecht, and Kagan
Entitled	Marijuana - Exceptions for Compassionate Use
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 357	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 366
Sponsored By	Delegates Dembrow and Montague
Entitled	Courts - Transfer of Structured Settlement Payment Rights
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 423	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 374
Sponsored By	Delegate Proctor (Chairman, Joint Committee on Pensions)
Entitled	Employees' Pension System - Participating Governmental Units - Local Pension System
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 456	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 603
Sponsored By	Delegates Petzold and Vallario
Entitled	Estates and Trusts - Personal Representatives, Trustees, and Fiduciaries - Donation of Conservation Easement
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 472	Status as of April 9, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Senate Conference Committee Appointed
Sponsored By	Delegates Barkley and Vallario
Entitled	Criminal Procedure - Wiretapping - Exceptions for Out-of-State Interception
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 508	Status as of March 15, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Baldwin
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Mandatory Seat Belt Use - Repeal
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 515	Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Delegates Stern, Benson, Bobo, Clagett, Goldwater, Grosfeld, V. Jones, Love, Morhaim, Hammen, Hubbard, D. Davis, Frush, Hurson, Boutin, and Nathan-Pulliam
Entitled	Maternal Mortality Review Program
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters 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 598	Status as of March 15, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Delegates Doory, Taylor, Wood, and Kirk
Entitled	Estates and Trusts - Corporate Fiduciaries and Successor Corporate Fiduciaries - Qualifications and Liabilities
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 606	Status as of April 10, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Doory, R. Baker, Menes, Marriott, Burns, Kirk, Cole, Dobson, Grosfeld, Montague, Petzold, Harrison, Howard, Rawlings, Valderrama, Morhaim, DeCarlo, Stern, Pitkin, Bobo, Krysiak, Griffith, Frush, Zirkin, Hurson, Hecht, Hammen, Carlson, Nathan-Pulliam, Hixson, Love, Hutchins, Benson, Mandel, Healey, and V. Jones
Entitled	Domestic Violence - Protective Order - Surrender of Firearms
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 619	Status as of March 6, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Mandel, Bobo, Bronrott, Cane, Dembrow, Dypski, Frush, Goldwater, Grosfeld, Kagan, Kopp, V. Jones, Marriott, McIntosh, Petzold, Pitkin, and Riley
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Medical Advisory Board - Safe Operation of Motor Vehicles
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 691	Status as of March 31, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules
Sponsored By	Prince George's County Delegation and Montgomery County Delegation
Entitled	Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Nondiscrimination Policy PG/MC 11-00
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Senate Rules

HB 697	Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Vallario, Dembrow, and K. Kelly
Entitled	Courts - Parent-Child Immunity - Motor Vehicle Torts - Abrogation
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 725	Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Delegate Marriott (Baltimore City Administration)
Entitled	Baltimore City - Local Government Tort Claims Act - Lexington Market, Inc.
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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 764	Status as of March 9, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Doory, Mandel, Dypski, Benson, Clagett, Rosso, McIntosh, Riley, Bobo, Moe, Dobson, Snodgrass, Bronrott, Menes, Paige, and Healey
Entitled	Consumer Protection - Credit Cards - Student Applicants and Cardholders
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 814	Status as of February 28, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Elliott
Entitled	Unfair Claim Settlement Practices - Liability of Insurer for Costs and Damages
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 822	Status as of February 16, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Owings, W. Baker, Bozman, Cane, Conway, Eckardt, Hutchins, Linton, McClenahan, Proctor, Redmer, Schisler, Vallario, and Walkup
Entitled	Electric Cooperatives - Services and Governance
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 824	Status as of February 28, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Love and Montague
Entitled	Land Surveyors - Right of Entry
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 829	Status as of March 21, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Billings
Entitled	Real Property - Apartment Houses - Criminal History Records Checks on Employees
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

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 851	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 642
Sponsored By	Delegate Barve
Entitled	Corporations and Real Estate Investment Trusts - Miscellaneous Provisions
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 883	Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Brown
Entitled	Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance - Waiver of Coverage - Family Exclusion
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 891	Status as of March 2, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate O'Donnell
Entitled	Parental Rights Act of 2000
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 939	Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Delegate Dembrow
Entitled	Uniform Principal and Income Act
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 943	Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Zirkin and Vallario
Entitled	Managed Care Entities - Health Care Treatment Decisions - Liability
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 947	Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates K. Kelly and Vallario
Entitled	Courts - Local Government Tort Claims - Limits on Liability
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 999	Status as of March 15, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Dembrow, Hurson, McIntosh, Bobo, Clagett, Dypski, Mandel, Barve, Fulton, Goldwater, Grosfeld, Hecht, Heller, Love, Marriott, Menes, Montague, Pendergrass, Pitkin, Rosenberg, Rosso, and Turner
Entitled	Election Laws - Public Financing Campaign Act for Candidates for the General Assembly
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 1036	Status as of February 16, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates R. Baker, Frush, D. Davis, Conroy, Brown, Hill, Giannetti, Hubbard, Griffith, Moe, Benson, Menes, Palumbo, Pitkin, and Valderrama
Entitled	Employees' Retirement and Pension Systems - Participating Governmental Units - Withdrawal Liability Payments
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1079	Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Rosenberg, Hubbard, and Pitkin
Entitled	Lead-Based Paint Damages - Reimbursement by Manufacturer - Market Share Liability
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1085	Status as of March 22, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Cadden
Entitled	Health Occupations - Morticians - Regulation of Crematories
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1096	Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Dembrow, Zirkin, Grosfeld, Barkley, Burns, Montague, Griffith, and Menes
Entitled	Civil Actions - Limitation on Awards for Noneconomic Damages - Occupational Exposure
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1097	Status as of March 6, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates R. Baker, Benson, Palumbo, Love, Hubbard, Proctor, Menes, Pitkin, Moe, and Cryor
Entitled	Telemarketing Registration and Fraud Prevention Act
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 1167	Status as of March 21, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Finifter and Conroy
Entitled	Cemeteries - Veterans Organizations - Removable Decals on Headstones
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 1220	Status as of March 28, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Delegate Barve
Entitled	Courts and Judicial Proceedings - Insurance Coverage Limits - Disclosure
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 1258	Status as of February 14, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Sponsored By	Delegate Conway
Entitled	Insurers - Third Party Claimants - Notice of Payment to Claimant's Attorney
Committee Assignments	House: House Rules and Executive Nominations

HB 1438	Status as of April 6, 2000: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Judiciary
Sponsored By	The Speaker (Administration)
Entitled	Emergency Medical Care - Civil Liability - Fire, Ambulance, or Rescue Companies and Personnel
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

SB 4	Status as of March 20, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Green, Hogan, Hollinger, Currie, and Forehand
Entitled	Real Property - Priority of Liens - Condominiums and Homeowners Associations
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 9	Status as of March 20, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Green and Hollinger
Entitled	Managed Care Entities - Health Care Treatment Decisions - Liability
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 30	Status as of February 18, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Senator Astle
Entitled	Maryland Millennium Water Trails Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs 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 118	Status as of March 22, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary
Sponsored By	Senators Kelley, Neall, Van Hollen, Hughes, Stone, Blount, Exum, McFadden, Hooper, Teitelbaum, Roesser, Pinsky, Hafer, DeGrange, and Mitchell
Entitled	Insurers - Third Party Claimants - Notice of Payment to Claimant's Attorney
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Judiciary

SB 139	Status as of April 8, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Senators Forehand , Ruben, and Mooney
Entitled	Trained Child Restraint Device Installers - Limitation on Civil Liability
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 224	Status as of March 14, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Ruben, Forehand, Hoffman, McFadden, Mitchell, and Hughes
Entitled	Family Law - Domestic Violence - Possession of Firearms
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 307	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 514
Sponsored By	Senator Baker
Entitled	Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance - Voluntary Cancellation of Policy - Regulations
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 337	Status as of March 20, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Stone and Bromwell
Entitled	Sexually Violent Predators
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 410	Status as of February 29, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Sfikas
Entitled	Land Surveyors - Right of Entry
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 429	Status as of February 9, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Harris and Mooney
Entitled	Abortion after Viability - Prohibition - Penalties
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 445	Status as of February 9, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Middleton, Stoltzfus, and Colburn
Entitled	Electric Cooperatives - Services and Governance
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 459	Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 74
Sponsored By	Senators Hollinger, Hoffman, Forehand, Lawlah, Conway, Kelley, and Ruben
Entitled	Maternal Mortality Review Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 480	Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Policy
Sponsored By	Senator Colburn
Entitled	Public Utilities - Underground Facilities - Liability for Excavation or Demolition Damages
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Environmental Matters

SB 484	Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senator Colburn
Entitled	Drug Dealer Liability Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 491	Status as of April 3, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Senator Jacobs
Entitled	Real Property - Maryland Condominium Act - Unit Owner Liability
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Economic Matters

SB 497	Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Senators Bromwell and Miller
Entitled	Health Maintenance Organizations - Responsibility for and Regulation of Downstream Risk
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 530	Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Forehand, Teitelbaum, Ruben, and Mitchell
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Speed Monitoring Systems - Radar Cameras
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 596	Status as of March 24, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Dorman
Entitled	Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance - Waiver of Coverage - Family Exclusion
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 599	Status as of March 6, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Lawlah
Entitled	Health Maintenance Organizations - Enrollees and Subscribers - Payments to Nonparticipating Providers
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 636	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 292
Sponsored By	Senator Baker
Entitled	Uniform Principal and Income Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 643	Status as of February 9, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Currie and Exum
Entitled	Employees' Retirement and Pension Systems - Participating Governmental Units - Withdrawal Liability Payments
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 675	Status as of March 14, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Jacobs, Kelley, Hooper, Colburn, Roesser, Mitchell, Hafer, Harris, Jimeno, and Green
Entitled	Domestic Violence - Protective Order - Surrender of Firearms
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 707	Status as of March 20, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Pinsky, Conway, Frosh, Van Hollen, and Sfikas
Entitled	Election Laws - Clean Campaign Public Financing Act for Candidates for the General Assembly
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 715	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 556
Sponsored By	Senator McFadden (Baltimore City Administration)
Entitled	Baltimore City - Local Government Tort Claims Act - Lexington Market, Inc.
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 758	Status as of February 9, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Hooper, Haines, Jacobs, Dyson, Stone, and Harris
Entitled	Abortion - Minors - Parental Notification
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 767	Status as of March 14, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator McCabe (By Request)
Entitled	Health Occupations - Funeral Directors - Delegation of Authority
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 779	Status as of March 7, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Mitchell
Entitled	Maryland Comparative Negligence Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 806	Status as of March 23, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators McFadden, Lawlah, Sfikas, Conway, Hughes, Mitchell, Blount, Currie, and Hoffman
Entitled	Lead-Based Paint Damages - Reimbursement by Manufacturer - Market Share Liability
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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

SB 881	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 567
Sponsored By	Senator Bromwell
Entitled	Injured Workers' Insurance Fund - Regulation
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters