2001 REGULAR SESSION subject information current as of December 6, 2001 - 1:12 a.m.

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HB 108	Status as of May 17, 2001: Vetoed by the Governor - Policy
Sponsored By	Chairman, Commerce and Government Matters Committee (Departmental - Ethics, State Commission on)
Entitled	Public Ethics - Executive Unit - Offices of Sheriffs and State's Attorneys
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 277	Status as of April 20, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 336
Sponsored By	Delegates D'Amato, Busch, Clagett, Rosenberg, and Linton
Entitled	Employees' Pension System - Purchase of Service Credit
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

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 336	Status as of May 18, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 654
Sponsored By	Delegates Turner, McHale, Cane, Glassman, Barve, Boschert, Eckardt, Sophocleus, Nathan-Pulliam, Bartlett, Boutin, Vallario, Owings, Zirkin, Cadden, Schisler, K. Kelly, La Vay, Hubbard, Swain, Getty, Dembrow, Shank, Gladden, Petzold, Paige, Oaks, Guns, Hutchins, Harrison, Healey, Patterson, Palumbo, Kopp, Grosfeld, McKee, Phillips, O'Donnell, Klausmeier, Bohanan, Hecht, V. Jones, D'Amato, Proctor, Pitkin, Dobson, A. Jones, Bobo, Edwards, Moe, Frush, Benson, Kagan, Wood, Hubers, Pendergrass, Dewberry, R. Baker, Mitchell, Hill, Linton, Stocksdale, Hurson, Howard, C. Davis, W. Baker, Sher, Kirk, McClenahan, Hammen, Snodgrass, Montague, Cole, Menes, McIntosh, Shriver, Conroy, Rosso, Rosenberg, Gordon, Minnick, DeCarlo, Ports, Bozman, Redmer, Finifter, Cryor, Dypski, Krysiak, Valderrama, Mandel, Heller, and Busch
Entitled	Higher Education - Tuition Waiver - Faculty and Employees
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 364	Status as of February 27, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates J. Kelly, Amedori, W. Baker, Boutin, Conroy, Dewberry, Getty, Hutchins, Kach, Klima, O'Donnell, Owings, Rzepkowski, Sophocleus, and Stocksdale
Entitled	Maryland Aborted Children Exploitation Prevention Act
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 368	Status as of April 5, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Senate Conference Committee Appointed
Sponsored By	Chairman, Appropriations Committee (Departmental - University System of Maryland, Morgan State University, St. Mary's College, and Baltimore City Community College)
Entitled	Optional Retirement Program - Employer Contribution Rate and Mandatory Employee Contributions
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 369	Status as of April 20, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 216
Sponsored By	Chairman, Appropriations Committee (Departmental - University System of Maryland, Morgan State University, St. Mary's College, and Baltimore City Community College)
Entitled	Retirement - Optional Retirement Program - Health Insurance Benefits for Retirees and Surviving Spouses and Children
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 401	Status as of May 15, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 472
Sponsored By	Delegate Heller
Entitled	Education - In-State Residency Requirement - Waiver
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 426	Status as of May 18, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 660
Sponsored By	Allegany County Delegation
Entitled	Allegany County - State Personnel - Child Support Enforcement Administration - Transfer of Personnel
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Finance

HB 440	Status as of March 24, 2001: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Hubers, Proctor, Kopp, D'Amato, Dewberry, James, A. Jones, Malone, Minnick, Mohorovic, Nathan-Pulliam, Stocksdale, Turner, V. Jones, and Weir
Entitled	Optional Retirement Program - Community Colleges - Employer and Employee Contributions
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 474	Status as of March 28, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Delegates Montague, Menes, Cole, Doory, Grosfeld, Marriott, Rawlings, Gladden, and Dembrow
Entitled	Department of Juvenile Justice - Juvenile Justice System - Standards
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 537	Status as of May 17, 2001: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Delegates Hubers, Proctor, Stocksdale, Turner, and D'Amato
Entitled	Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Membership - Martin State Airport Firefighters
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 623	Status as of March 14, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Washington County Delegation
Entitled	State Employees - Contractual Employees - Break In Service
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 645	Status as of February 7, 2001: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates V. Jones, Branch, Cadden, Conway, D'Amato, DeCarlo, Dewberry, Flanagan, Hubers, Kagan, Kopp, Palumbo, Proctor, and Stocksdale
Entitled	Employees' Pension System - University of Maryland Medical System Corporation
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 651	Status as of April 20, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 253
Sponsored By	Chairman, Appropriations Committee (Departmental - Budget and Management)
Entitled	State Law Enforcement Officers - Death Benefits
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Finance

HB 666	Status as of April 9, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegate C. Davis
Entitled	State Personnel - Higher Education - Collective Bargaining
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 680	Status as of February 7, 2001: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates W. Baker, Walkup, Guns, Eckardt, and Rudolph
Entitled	State Police Retirement System - Retirees - Reemployment as Sheriffs or State's Attorneys
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 716	Status as of May 18, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 677
Sponsored By	Chairman, Appropriations Committee (Maryland Judicial Conference)
Entitled	Circuit Courts - Funding of Law Clerks
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 805	Status as of April 3, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Delegates Getty and Elliott
Entitled	State Retirement and Pension System - Estimate of Pension Benefits
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 922	Status as of April 20, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 110
Sponsored By	Delegates Pitkin, R. Baker, W. Baker, Baldwin, Barkley, Benson, Bobo, Bohanan, Boschert, Boutin, Bozman, Branch, Bronrott, Burns, Busch, Cadden, Cane, Carlson, Clagett, Cole, Conroy, Conway, Cryor, D'Amato, C. Davis, D. Davis, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Dewberry, Dobson, Donoghue, Doory, Dypski, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Finifter, Flanagan, Franchot, Frush, Getty, Giannetti, Gladden, Glassman, Goldwater, Gordon, Greenip, Griffith, Grosfeld, Guns, Hammen, Harrison, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Hill, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, Hubers, Hurson, Hutchins, James, A. Jones, V. Jones, Kach, Kagan, J. Kelly, K. Kelly, Kirk, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Klima, Kopp, Krysiak, Leopold, Love, Mandel, Marriott, McHale, McIntosh, McKee, Menes, Minnick, Mitchell, Moe, Mohorovic, Montague, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, O'Donnell, Owings, Paige, Palumbo, Parrott, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Phillips, Ports, Proctor, Rawlings, Redmer, Riley, Rosenberg, Rosso, Rudolph, Rzepkowski, Schisler, Shank, Sher, Shriver, Snodgrass, Sophocleus, Stern, Stocksdale, Stull, Swain, Taylor, Turner, Valderrama, Vallario, Walkup, Weir, Wood, and Zirkin
Entitled	Community Providers - Developmentally Disabled Individuals - Rate Increase
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Finance

HB 929	Status as of May 18, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 693
Sponsored By	Delegates Love and Cadden
Entitled	Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Domestic Relations Division Employees - Pension and Retirement Health Benefits
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 960	Status as of March 15, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Ports, DeCarlo, Klausmeier, and Redmer
Entitled	Ethics Law - Governmental Lobbyists
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 1082	Status as of March 12, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegate Vallario
Entitled	Attorney General - Representation of State Officer or State Employee
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1117	Status as of May 17, 2001: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Delegates Gladden, Vallario, Cole, Amedori, Getty, Hutchins, Dembrow, Grosfeld, Petzold, Boschert, Barkley, Giannetti, Burns, K. Kelly, Valderrama, Griffith, Menes, and Taylor
Entitled	Sheriffs' Office Liability - Apportionment of State and County Responsibility
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 1266	Status as of March 21, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Gladden, Kirk, and Cole
Entitled	Public School Symposia - Participation - State Employee Leave/Tax Credit
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means and Appropriations

HB 1281	Status as of February 26, 2001: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn House Rules and Executive Nominations
Sponsored By	Delegate Hutchins
Entitled	Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Transfers of Members of the Mass Transit Police Force
Committee Assignments	House: House Rules and Executive Nominations

HB 1325	Status as of March 21, 2001: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegate Doory
Entitled	Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services - Employee Relationships - Prohibitions
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1340	Status as of April 4, 2001: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Cadden, W. Baker, Vallario, A. Jones, Doory, Rosenberg, Conway, Rawlings, Linton, R. Baker, Hecht, James, Edwards, Palumbo, Turner, Branch, and Franchot
Entitled	State Personnel - Compensation of Lawyers Employed by the State
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1359	Status as of March 22, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Chairman, Rules and Executive Nominations Committee (Departmental - Juvenile Justice)
Entitled	Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center - Intake - Assessment - Detention
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1361	Status as of March 7, 2001: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegate Klausmeier
Entitled	Natural Resources Police Force - Salaries
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1362	Status as of May 18, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 725
Sponsored By	Delegate Klausmeier
Entitled	State Personnel - Law Enforcement Employees - Compensatory Time for Overtime Work
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Finance

HB 1419	Status as of April 6, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegate Flanagan
Entitled	Mass Transit Administration - Labor Disputes - Arbitration - Exceptions
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1420	Status as of March 7, 2001: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegate Flanagan
Entitled	State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Access to Employee Organizations
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1433	Status as of March 14, 2001: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Guns, W. Baker, Rudolph, Walkup, Cane, Eckardt, Schisler, Conway, Glassman, Boutin, James, Parrott, and Riley
Entitled	State Personnel - Essential Employees - Compensation for Work Performed During Weather-Related Emergencies
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1437	Status as of March 30, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegate Hubbard
Entitled	Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Membership - Division of Parole and Probation of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1454	Status as of April 5, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Klausmeier, Redmer, and Ports
Entitled	Military Service Credit - Membership in a Reserve Component of the Armed Forces of the United States
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HJ 18	Status as of March 30, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates A. Jones, R. Baker, Brown, Burns, Edwards, Frush, Hecht, Howard, James, V. Jones, Kirk, Krysiak, Moe, Murphy, Oaks, Petzold, Rosenberg, and Turner
Entitled	State Retirement and Pension System - Study of Pension Benefits
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

SB 92	Status as of February 19, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Kasemeyer (Chairman, Joint Committee on Pensions)
Entitled	State Retirement and Pension System - Optional Forms of Allowance - Recalculation of Allowance
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 175	Status as of March 28, 2001: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary
Sponsored By	Senators Frosh and Sfikas
Entitled	Maryland False Health Claims Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary and Environmental 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 216	Status as of March 19, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Ferguson, Colburn, Dyson, Haines, Harris, Hooper, Jacobs, Mooney, and Stone
Entitled	Handgun Permits - Parole Agents, Probation Officers, and Correctional Officers
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 221	Status as of May 18, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 733
Sponsored By	Senator Kasemeyer (Chairman, Joint Committee on Pensions)
Entitled	State Retirement and Pension System - Reemployment of Retirees
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 247	Status as of May 18, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 586
Sponsored By	Senator Kasemeyer (Chairman, Joint Committee on Pensions)
Entitled	Retirement and Pensions - Withdrawing Participating Governmental Units - Return of Assets and Liabilities
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 306	Status as of March 19, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Mitchell, Hughes, and McFadden
Entitled	State Prosecutor - Investigations - Homicide or Assault by Law Enforcement Officer
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 309	Status as of February 7, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Van Hollen, Currie, Hogan, Lawlah, McFadden, Middleton, Neall, and Ruben
Entitled	Optional Retirement Program - Community Colleges - Employer and Employee Contributions
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 329	Status as of March 14, 2001: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By	Senator Kasemeyer (Chairman, Joint Committee on Pensions)
Entitled	Task Force to Study the State's Retiree Health Insurance Liabilities
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 389	Status as of May 18, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 599
Sponsored By	Senator Kasemeyer (Chairman, Joint Committee on Pensions)
Entitled	Employees' and Teachers' Retirement System - Average Final Compensation
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 414	Status as of March 23, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Pinsky, Conway, Exum, Hughes, Kelley, McFadden, Mitchell, Sfikas, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	State Procurement Contracts and State Financial Assistance Programs - Investment and Accountability Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 432	Status as of April 20, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 109
Sponsored By	Senators Middleton, Van Hollen, Kasemeyer, Lawlah, Madden, Dyson, Colburn, Collins, Conway, DeGrange, Della, Dorman, Forehand, Frosh, Green, Hafer, Haines, Harris, Hoffman, Hogan, Hollinger, Hooper, Jacobs, Jimeno, Kelley, McCabe, McFadden, Mitchell, Mooney, Munson, Neall, Roesser, Ruben, Sfikas, Stone, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Community Providers - Developmentally Disabled Individuals - Rate Increase
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Appropriations

SB 473	Status as of May 17, 2001: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senator Jimeno
Entitled	Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Domestic Relations Division Employees - Pension and Retirement Health Benefits
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 489	Status as of May 18, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 735
Sponsored By	Senators Jimeno, Baker, Colburn, Ferguson, Forehand, Haines, Mooney, and Sfikas
Entitled	Sheriffs' Office Liability - Apportionment of State and County Responsibility
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 533	Status as of May 15, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 393
Sponsored By	Senator Collins
Entitled	Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Membership - Martin State Airport Firefighters
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 566	Status as of March 26, 2001: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By	Senator Currie
Entitled	State Police Retirement System - Retirees - Reemployment as Sheriffs or State's Attorneys
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 656	Status as of April 2, 2001: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Passed with Amendments
Sponsored By	Chairman, Judicial Proceedings Committee (Maryland Judicial Conference)
Entitled	Circuit Courts - Funding of Law Clerks
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Appropriations

SB 761	Status as of March 22, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Mitchell
Entitled	State Personnel - Task Force to Study the Compensation of Promoted and Reclassified State Employees
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 783	Status as of March 30, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Referred to interim study
Sponsored By	Senator Bromwell
Entitled	Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Membership - Division of Parole and Probation of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 799	Status as of February 21, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Senate Rules
Sponsored By	Senator DeGrange
Entitled	Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Transfers of Members of the Mass Transit Police Force
Committee Assignments	Senate: Senate Rules

SB 868	Status as of March 30, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators McFadden, Munson, and Ruben
Entitled	Correctional Officers - Payment of Special Death Benefits - Income Tax Subtraction Modification
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 878	Status as of April 20, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 177
Sponsored By	Chairman, Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee (Departmental - Education)
Entitled	State Department of Education - Professional Assistants
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Ways and Means

SB 886	Status as of March 13, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Mitchell and Baker
Entitled	State Personnel - Compensation of Lawyers and Administrative Law Judges Employed by the State
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation and Judicial Proceedings