2002 REGULAR SESSION subject information current as of December 12, 2002 - 2:56 a.m.

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HB 37	Status as of March 22, 2002: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Krysiak
Entitled	Motor Vehicle Insurance - Discrimination in Underwriting Based on Credit History - Extension of Prohibition
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 67	Status as of March 26, 2002: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Delegates Fulton, Barve, Brown, Goldwater, Gordon, Krysiak, La Vay, McHale, and Moe
Entitled	Genetic Discrimination - Workers' Compensation Coverage and Benefits
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 85	Status as of April 9, 2002: Became Law - Chapter 29
Sponsored By	Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)
Entitled	Health Insurance - Small Group Market - Producer Commissions
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 329	Status as of May 16, 2002: Became Law - Chapter 504
Sponsored By	Delegates Mandel, Goldwater, R. Baker, Barkley, Barve, Benson, Bobo, Bronrott, Cane, Conroy, Dembrow, Donoghue, Eckardt, Franchot, Frush, Giannetti, Gordon, Griffith, Grosfeld, Healey, Heller, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, Hubers, A. Jones, Kagan, Kopp, La Vay, Menes, Moe, Montague, Nathan-Pulliam, Patterson, Pendergrass, Pitkin, Riley, Sher, Shriver, Sophocleus, Stern, Turner, Vallario, Brown, Fulton, Harrison, Hill, Kach, Kirk, Krysiak, Love, McHale, and Walkup
Entitled	Health Care Worker Whistleblower Protection Act
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 451	Status as of April 7, 2002: Bill is in the Senate - Second Reading Passed
Sponsored By	Delegates Sophocleus, Wood, Howard, Pitkin, Healey, D'Amato, Rosso, Greenip, Grosfeld, Moe, Cadden, Love, Hutchins, Petzold, Kagan, Leopold, Rzepkowski, Boschert, Mandel, Hubers, Kach, McHale, DeCarlo, Fulton, Rosenberg, McIntosh, Paige, Dypski, Kelly, Stocksdale, Boutin, McClenahan, Glassman, Riley, Conway, Heller, Cane, W. Baker, Crouse, Walkup, Marriott, Eckardt, Swain, Burns, Benson, Parrott, Patterson, Mohorovic, Krysiak, Harrison, and Kirk
Entitled	Crimes - Religious and Ethnic Animosity - Defacing Buildings, Statues, Monuments, and Memorials
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 521	Status as of May 16, 2002: Became Law - Chapter 580
Sponsored By	Delegates Krysiak , Kirk, Barve, Donoghue, Fulton, and Harrison
Entitled	Property and Casualty Insurance - Use of Credit History
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 603	Status as of February 6, 2002: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Grosfeld, R. Baker, Barkley, Billings, Cole, Gladden, Hubbard, Menes, and Montague
Entitled	Equal Access to Justice Act
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 754	Status as of April 25, 2002: Became Law - Chapter 247
Sponsored By	Delegates Busch, Barve, Donoghue, Eckardt, Fulton, Harrison, Kach, Krysiak, Love, McHale, Minnick, Moe, Pendergrass, and Walkup
Entitled	Health Insurance - Nonrenewal of Individual Health Benefit Plans - Requirements for Carriers with Affiliates
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 758	Status as of May 15, 2002: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Delegates Hixson, Bozman, W. Baker, Ports, Dewberry, Mitchell, Minnick, Fulton, Patterson, Kach, Conroy, Phillips, McKee, Cryor, and Rzepkowski
Entitled	Property Tax Assessment - Country Clubs and Golf Courses
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 761	Status as of March 21, 2002: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Goldwater
Entitled	Pharmacy Benefit Management Regulation Act
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 802	Status as of February 13, 2002: Bill is in the House - Re-assigned Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Rosenberg, Branch, and Doory
Entitled	State Personnel - Violations of Federal Law - Right to Sue State
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 808	Status as of March 19, 2002: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Benson and Rosenberg
Entitled	Equal Opportunity Act of 2002
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 894	Status as of March 18, 2002: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Owings, Brown, and Boutin
Entitled	Hospitals - Due Process - Certified Nurse Midwives
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 914	Status as of March 18, 2002: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Moe
Entitled	Workers' Compensation - Absences for Compensable Injury - Prohibition
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 990	Status as of March 18, 2002: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Marriott, Dobson, Hurson, V. Jones, Montague, and Paige
Entitled	Housing - Discrimination Based on Source of Income - Prohibited
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 1025	Status as of April 6, 2002: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Delegates Sher, Donoghue, Fulton, Goldwater, Kirk, Krysiak, Love, McHale, and Pendergrass
Entitled	Health Insurance - Task Force on Access to Mental Health Treatment for Privately Insured Individuals
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 1029	Status as of March 11, 2002: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates A. Jones, R. Baker, Branch, Burns, Dobson, Finifter, Fulton, Grosfeld, Hecht, Kirk, McIntosh, Montague, Nathan-Pulliam, Paige, Patterson, Pitkin, Rosenberg, and Turner
Entitled	Crimes - Harassment and Obstructing Exercise of Religious Belief - Penalties
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1099	Status as of March 18, 2002: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Valderrama, Howard, Brown, Patterson, and Hill
Entitled	Law Enforcement Officers - Racial Profiling
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1144	Status as of March 11, 2002: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Baldwin
Entitled	Health Insurance - Coverage Offered to Small Employers - Open Enrollment
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 1174	Status as of May 15, 2002: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Delegates R. Baker, Swain, Barkley, Bartlett, Barve, Benson, Billings, Bobo, Bronrott, Brown, Burns, Cadden, Carlson, Clagett, Cole, Conroy, Cryor, D'Amato, C. Davis, D. Davis, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Dewberry, Dobson, Dypski, Finifter, Franchot, Frush, Fulton, Giannetti, Gladden, Glassman, Goldwater, Griffith, Grosfeld, Hammen, Healey, Hill, Hixson, Hubbard, A. Jones, V. Jones, Kagan, Kirk, Klima, Kopp, Krysiak, La Vay, Leopold, Malone, Mandel, Marriott, McHale, McIntosh, Menes, Moe, Mohorovic, Montague, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Paige, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Phillips, Pitkin, Proctor, Rosenberg, Rzepkowski, Sher, Shriver, Sophocleus, Stern, Turner, Valderrama, Weir, Zirkin, Hurson, and Parrott
Entitled	State Government - Equal Access to Public Services - Individuals with Limited English Proficiency
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 1182	Status as of March 20, 2002: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Owings and Cane
Entitled	Public Facilities - Refusal of Service - Prohibition
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HB 1295	Status as of March 25, 2002: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Brown
Entitled	Maryland Health Care Foundation - Health Care Disparities
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HJ 17	Status as of March 19, 2002: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Marriott, Benson, Bobo, Cane, Carlson, Cryor, C. Davis, DeCarlo, Finifter, Fulton, Gladden, Goldwater, Grosfeld, Hecht, Heller, Hixson, Howard, James, V. Jones, Kirk, Mandel, Menes, Montague, Nathan-Pulliam, Paige, Patterson, Pitkin, Shriver, Stern, and Walkup
Entitled	United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HJ 18	Status as of March 19, 2002: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Marriott, Burns, C. Davis, DeCarlo, Gladden, Healey, V. Jones, Kirk, McHale, and Paige
Entitled	Global Sullivan Principles of Corporate Social Responsibility
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters

HJ 19	Status as of May 16, 2002: Became Law - Joint Resolution 25
Sponsored By	Delegates V. Jones, Arnick, Barkley, Benson, Bobo, Branch, Bronrott, Clagett, C. Davis, DeCarlo, Dobson, Dypski, Fulton, Gladden, Glassman, Harrison, A. Jones, Kirk, Krysiak, Malone, Mandel, Marriott, McIntosh, Montague, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Paige, Parrott, Phillips, Rawlings, Riley, Sophocleus, Swain, and Taylor
Entitled	Voting Rights Act
Committee Assignments	House: Commerce and Government Matters Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 89	Status as of April 25, 2002: Became Law - Chapter 116
Sponsored By	Chairman, Finance Committee (Departmental - University System of Maryland)
Entitled	Equal Employment Opportunity Program - University System of Maryland and Morgan State University
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Appropriations

SB 95	Status as of April 25, 2002: Became Law - Chapter 118
Sponsored By	Chairman, Finance Committee (Departmental - University System of Maryland)
Entitled	Maryland Whistleblower Law - University System of Maryland and Morgan State University
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Appropriations

SB 185	Status as of January 24, 2002: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Kelley, Collins, Della, Forehand, Hafer, Hoffman, Hughes, Kasemeyer, Lawlah, Mitchell, Neall, Sfikas, Stone, and Van Hollen
Entitled	Courts - Right of Party to Be Present at Trial
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 265	Status as of April 25, 2002: Became Law - Chapter 141
Sponsored By	Senator Sfikas
Entitled	State Government - Equal Access to Public Services - Individuals with Limited English Proficiency
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 317	Status as of March 5, 2002: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Frosh, Green, and Sfikas
Entitled	Maryland False Health Claims Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 451	Status as of April 25, 2002: Became Law - Chapter 162
Sponsored By	Senators Exum, Astle, Currie, Dorman, Kasemeyer, Lawlah, McFadden, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Maryland Health Care Foundation - Health Disparities
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Environmental Matters

SB 479	Status as of March 18, 2002: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Kelley
Entitled	Equal Opportunity Act of 2002
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 484	Status as of March 18, 2002: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Kelley, Conway, Exum, Forehand, Hughes, McFadden, Mitchell, Ruben, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Housing - Discrimination Based on Source of Income - Prohibited
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 537	Status as of May 6, 2002: Became Law - Chapter 322
Sponsored By	Senators Hollinger, Dyson, Blount, Colburn, Collins, Conway, Della, Dorman, Exum, Forehand, Green, Hoffman, Kelley, Lawlah, Mooney, Roesser, Ruben, Schrader, Sfikas, Stone, Teitelbaum, and McFadden
Entitled	Labor and Employment - Nurses - Involuntary Overtime Prohibition
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Economic Matters

SB 571	Status as of May 16, 2002: Became Law - Chapter 474
Sponsored By	Senators Hogan, Currie, Ferguson, Lawlah, Munson, and Neall
Entitled	Property Tax Assessment - Country Clubs and Golf Courses
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 600	Status as of March 28, 2002: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By	Senator Kelley
Entitled	State Personnel - Violations of Federal Law - Right to Sue State
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Appropriations

SB 610	Status as of April 5, 2002: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By	Senator Della
Entitled	Procurement - Debarment - Violations of Law
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Commerce and Government Matters

SB 651	Status as of May 15, 2002: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senator Bromwell
Entitled	Health Insurance - Nonrenewal of Individual Health Benefit Plans - Requirements for Carriers with Affiliates
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 665	Status as of March 18, 2002: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Exum
Entitled	Workers' Compensation - Absences for Compensable Injury - Prohibition
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 850	Status as of March 4, 2002: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Currie
Entitled	Prince George's County - Solid Waste Acceptance Facilities - Moratorium and Task Force
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs