2001 REGULAR SESSION subject information current as of December 6, 2001 - 0:03 a.m.

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HB 55	Status as of March 5, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Zirkin
Entitled	Student Voting Rights Act
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 59	Status as of February 5, 2001: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Boschert
Entitled	Election Law - Deceased Registered Voters
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 60	Status as of March 20, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Owings
Entitled	Election Laws - Voter Registration Lists - Penalties for Prohibited Uses
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 123	Status as of April 10, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 49
Sponsored By	Chairman, Commerce and Government Matters Committee (Departmental - Elections, State Board of)
Entitled	Election Law - Referendum Petitions and Ballot Questions
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 196	Status as of April 20, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 200
Sponsored By	Delegates Leopold, McIntosh, and Sophocleus
Entitled	Elections - Absentee Voting
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 215	Status as of May 15, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 453
Sponsored By	Harford County Delegation
Entitled	Election Code - Compensation of Election Judges - Harford County
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 237	Status as of February 12, 2001: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate C. Davis
Entitled	Education - New Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners - Elected Voting Members
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 271	Status as of March 12, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Riley, Glassman, James, Boutin, Parrott, Sophocleus, Paige, and Murphy
Entitled	Election Law - Identification of Voters
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 300	Status as of April 9, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	The Speaker (Administration) and Delegates R. Baker, Barkley, Barve, Benson, Bobo, Bronrott, Brown, Burns, Cadden, Carlson, Cole, Conroy, D'Amato, C. Davis, D. Davis, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Dobson, Donoghue, Doory, Dypski, Franchot, Frush, Giannetti, Gladden, Goldwater, Gordon, Griffith, Grosfeld, Hammen, Harrison, Healey, Heller, Hill, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, Hubers, Hurson, A. Jones, V. Jones, K. Kelly, Kirk, Kopp, Love, Malone, Mandel, Marriott, McHale, McIntosh, Menes, Minnick, Moe, Mohorovic, Montague, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Owings, Paige, Palumbo, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Phillips, Proctor, Rawlings, Riley, Rosso, Sher, Shriver, Sophocleus, Stern, Swain, Taylor, Turner, Valderrama, Vallario, and Zirkin
Entitled	State Personnel - Higher Education - Collective Bargaining
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 311	Status as of March 14, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Marriott (Baltimore City Administration) and Delegates Burns, C. Davis, Dypski, Gladden, Harrison, V. Jones, Kirk, Krysiak, McIntosh, Nathan-Pulliam, Paige, Ports, Rawlings, and Redmer
Entitled	Elections - Baltimore City - Election Dates
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 444	Status as of March 14, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Murphy
Entitled	Election Law - Baltimore County Republican Party Central Committee
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 495	Status as of May 15, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 481
Sponsored By	Delegates Hill, R. Baker, Benson, Branch, Brown, Burns, Cole, C. Davis, D. Davis, Fulton, Gladden, Howard, A. Jones, V. Jones, Montague, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Paige, Patterson, Phillips, Proctor, Rawlings, Kirk, and Swain
Entitled	Task Force to Study Repealing the Disenfranchisement of Convicted Felons in Maryland
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 518	Status as of March 28, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Delegates Hixson, Heller, Barkley, R. Baker, Barve, Benson, Bobo, Branch, Bronrott, Brown, Burns, Cane, Clagett, Cole, Conroy, D'Amato, D. Davis, Dobson, Doory, Dypski, Finifter, Franchot, Giannetti, Gladden, Glassman, Gordon, Grosfeld, Hammen, Healey, Hill, Howard, Hubbard, Hubers, Hurson, A. Jones, K. Kelly, Kirk, Klausmeier, Krysiak, Love, Malone, Mandel, McHale, McIntosh, Menes, Minnick, Moe, Mohorovic, Montague, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Owings, Paige, Parrott, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Phillips, Pitkin, Proctor, Riley, Rosso, Sher, Shriver, Sophocleus, Stern, Swain, Turner, Valderrama, Vallario, and Zirkin
Entitled	Education - Negotiations
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Finance

HB 533	Status as of March 16, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Kagan
Entitled	Election Law - Local Regulation of Campaign Finance
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 577	Status as of March 12, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Murphy, Ports, Redmer, Kach, Klima, Glassman, Amedori, Getty, Boutin, Rzepkowski, Hutchins, Snodgrass, Elliott, Kittleman, Shank, Bartlett, and Brinkley
Entitled	Election Laws - Presidential Electors
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 667	Status as of April 10, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 88
Sponsored By	Frederick County Delegation
Entitled	Frederick County - Elected Board of Education Members - Term Limits
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 744	Status as of March 20, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Kagan and Bronrott
Entitled	Election Law - Deadlines for Filing Certificates of Candidacy - Extensions
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 746	Status as of May 15, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 500
Sponsored By	Washington County Delegation
Entitled	Washington County Board of Elections - Salary Increase
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 868	Status as of March 20, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Kagan
Entitled	Election Laws - Absentee Voters - Publication
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 1010	Status as of February 14, 2001: Bill is in the House - First Reading Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Eckardt
Entitled	Election Law - Dorchester County - Exemption of Mechanical Lever Machine Voting System
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 1025	Status as of April 20, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 295
Sponsored By	Delegates Redmer, Clagett, DeCarlo, Klausmeier, Klima, Parrott, and Ports
Entitled	Election Law - Baltimore County Republican Party Central Committee
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 1063	Status as of March 20, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Montague, Rawlings, McIntosh, Doory, and Owings
Entitled	Election Law - Campaign Financing - Contribution and Transfer Limits
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 1134	Status as of March 21, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Bozman, Healey, Conway, R. Baker, and Moe
Entitled	Crimes and Punishments - Political Posters
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 1162	Status as of March 20, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates R. Baker, Frush, Howard, Brown, Moe, and Proctor
Entitled	Election Law - Maryland Voter's Bill of Rights
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 1201	Status as of February 28, 2001: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Prince George's County Delegation
Entitled	Prince George's County - School Board - Districts and Membership PG 415-01
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1202	Status as of March 23, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Prince George's County Delegation
Entitled	Prince George's County - Specimen Ballots PG 405-01
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 1229	Status as of April 20, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 310
Sponsored By	Prince George's County Delegation
Entitled	Election - Compensation of Election Judges - Prince George's County PG 316-01
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 1248	Status as of April 5, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Delegates Hurson, Barkley, Barve, Benson, Billings, Bobo, Brinkley, Bronrott, Cadden, Carlson, Clagett, Conroy, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Dobson, Doory, Dypski, Finifter, Frush, Goldwater, Griffith, Grosfeld, Hubers, James, Kittleman, Leopold, Love, Mandel, McIntosh, Montague, Owings, Pendergrass, Pitkin, Riley, Rosenberg, Shank, and Turner
Entitled	Election Laws - Study Commission on Public Funding of Campaigns in Maryland
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 1311	Status as of April 3, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Passed with Amendments
Sponsored By	Prince George's County Delegation
Entitled	Prince George's County - Board of Education - Districts and Membership PG 414-01
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 1347	Status as of April 20, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 323
Sponsored By	Delegates Bozman, Conway, and McClenahan
Entitled	Worcester County - Board of Education - Election of Members
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 1457	Status as of May 15, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 564
Sponsored By	Delegates Arnick and Kittleman (Special Committee on Voting Systems and Election Procedures in Maryland) and Delegates Eckardt, McIntosh, Bobo, and Dypski
Entitled	Election Law - Uniform Statewide Voting Systems
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 1458	Status as of May 17, 2001: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Delegates Arnick and Kittleman (Special Committee on Voting Systems and Election Procedures in Maryland)
Entitled	Election Law - Statewide Voter Registration - Provisional Ballots
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 63	Status as of April 10, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 17
Sponsored By	Chairman, Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee (Departmental - Elections, State Board of)
Entitled	Election Laws - Campaign Finance Reports - Timely Receipt
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 66	Status as of April 10, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 18
Sponsored By	Chairman, Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee (Departmental - Elections, State Board of)
Entitled	Election Laws - Filing Additional Campaign Fund Reports
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 67	Status as of April 10, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 19
Sponsored By	Chairman, Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee (Departmental - Elections, State Board of)
Entitled	Election Law - Campaign Accounts - Administrative Closure
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 161	Status as of May 17, 2001: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Senator Harris
Entitled	Election Law - Baltimore County Republican Party Central Committee
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 207	Status as of May 15, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 341
Sponsored By	The President (Administration) and Senators Blount, Collins, Conway, Currie, Della, Dorman, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Green, Hollinger, Jimeno, Kelley, Lawlah, McFadden, Middleton, Mitchell, Pinsky, Ruben, Sfikas, Stone, Teitelbaum, and Van Hollen
Entitled	State Personnel - Higher Education - Collective Bargaining
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 233	Status as of March 19, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Pinsky
Entitled	Elections - Instant Runoff Method of Voting
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 278	Status as of May 18, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 590
Sponsored By	Senators McFadden, Blount, Bromwell, and Hoffman
Entitled	Election Law - Baltimore City - Required Notice of Elections by Newspaper Advertisement - Repeal
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 301	Status as of May 17, 2001: Vetoed by the Governor - Policy
Sponsored By	Senator Hafer
Entitled	Allegany County - Board of Education - Elections
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Ways and Means

SB 312	Status as of April 20, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 140
Sponsored By	Senator Green
Entitled	Election Judges - Selection Process and the Appointment of Minors
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 360	Status as of March 19, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Pinsky, Conway, Frosh, Sfikas, and Van Hollen
Entitled	Election Laws - Clean Campaign Public Financing Act for Candidates for the General Assembly
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 378	Status as of February 13, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Kelley, Astle, Blount, Collins, Conway, Currie, Della, Dorman, Exum, Forehand, Green, Hughes, Jimeno, Lawlah, McFadden, Mitchell, Pinsky, Ruben, Sfikas, and Stone
Entitled	Education - Negotiations
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 411	Status as of March 23, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Harris, Frosh, Green, Jacobs, McCabe, and Mooney
Entitled	Election Law - Election Day - Voter's Name Missing from Registration Records - Voting Allowed Pending Verification of Voter's Eligibility
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 440	Status as of March 19, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Harris, Colburn, Jacobs, McCabe, and Mooney
Entitled	Election Law - Qualification of Voters - Proof of Identity
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 443	Status as of May 17, 2001: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Harford County Senators
Entitled	Election Code - Compensation of Election Judges - Harford County
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 452	Status as of February 2, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator McFadden (Baltimore City Administration)
Entitled	Elections - Baltimore City - Election Dates
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 598	Status as of March 23, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Lawlah
Entitled	Election Law - Voter Registration - Provisional Ballots
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 646	Status as of March 19, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Pinsky
Entitled	Election Law - Maryland Voter's Bill of Rights
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 771	Status as of March 19, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Pinsky, Frosh, and Van Hollen
Entitled	Election Laws - Contribution Reports - Contributor Information
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 833	Status as of May 17, 2001: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Senators Colburn and Miller
Entitled	Election Law - Uniform Statewide Voting Systems
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Commerce and Government Matters