2003 Regular Session sponsor information current as of December 15, 2003 - 11:26 a.m.

Sponsor Information	Senator Sharon M. Grosfeld District 18	Another Session	Short Format
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SB 205	Status as of March 11, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Grosfeld, Forehand, and Jacobs
Entitled	Homicide by Aggressive Driving
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 206	Status as of May 22, 2003: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senators Grosfeld and Britt
Entitled	Qualified Hybrid Vehicles - Exemption from Motor Vehicle Emissions Test and Inspection Requirements
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Environmental Matters

SB 249	Status as of May 22, 2003: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senators Grosfeld, Britt, Forehand, Gladden, Hollinger, Jacobs, Jones, Kelley, Kramer, Lawlah, and Ruben
Entitled	Family Law - Grounds for Absolute Divorce
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 250	Status as of March 3, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Grosfeld, Britt, Conway, Exum, Forehand, Gladden, Hollinger, Jones, Kelley, Klausmeier, Lawlah, Pinsky, Ruben, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Labor and Employment - Equal Pay for Equal Work
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 271	Status as of March 17, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Grosfeld, Britt, Jones, Pinsky, and Stone
Entitled	Agriculture - Confinement of Pregnant Sows - Prohibition
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 272	Status as of February 12, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Grosfeld, Britt, Gladden, Kramer, and Pinsky
Entitled	Natural Resources - Leghold Traps - Prohibition
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 273	Status as of May 22, 2003: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senators Grosfeld, Britt, Conway, Forehand, Garagiola, Green, Greenip, Schrader, Stone, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Mental Hygiene Administration - Emergency Evaluation - Standards and Content
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Health and Government Operations

SB 353	Status as of January 31, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Grosfeld
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Kensington Recreation Center
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 354	Status as of March 27, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Grosfeld, Britt, Conway, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, Hollinger, Jones, Kelley, Kramer, Lawlah, Pinsky, Ruben, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Public Health - Licensed Pharmacists - Dispensing Emergency Contraception
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 540	Status as of February 12, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Grosfeld, Britt, Exum, Kelley, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Agriculture - Restricted Use Pesticide - Use and Access
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 541	Status as of February 12, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Grosfeld
Entitled	Procurement - Environmentally Preferable Products and Equipment - Report and Purchase
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 542	Status as of March 18, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Grosfeld
Entitled	Establishment of Low Emissions Vehicle Program - Emissions Standards and Compliance Requirements
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 543	Status as of March 21, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Grosfeld, Britt, Forehand, Gladden, Jones, Lawlah, Ruben, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Short-Term Disability for Working Families Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 544	Status as of March 11, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Grosfeld, Britt, Gladden, Kelley, and Lawlah
Entitled	Criminal Law - Death Penalty - Repeal
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 586	Status as of March 22, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Grosfeld, Astle, Britt, Conway, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Hogan, Hughes, Jones, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Klausmeier, McFadden, Pinsky, Ruben, Stone, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Study Commission on Housing Policy
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 12	Status as of March 18, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Failed
Sponsored By	Senators Hughes, Britt, Conway, Currie, Exum, Gladden, Grosfeld, Jones, Kelley, Lawlah, McFadden, and Pinsky
Entitled	Death Penalty - Moratorium
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 31	Status as of May 13, 2003: Became Law - Chapter 206
Sponsored By	Senators Kelley, Britt, Colburn, Conway, Della, Giannetti, Gladden, Grosfeld, Hollinger, Hooper, Jacobs, Jones, Lawlah, Mooney, Stoltzfus, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Informal Kinship Care - Consent to Health Care on Behalf of a Child
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Appropriations

SB 32	Status as of May 13, 2003: Became Law - Chapter 207
Sponsored By	Senators Kelley, Hollinger, Britt, Colburn, Conway, Della, Giannetti, Gladden, Grosfeld, Hooper, Jacobs, Jones, Lawlah, Mooney, Stoltzfus, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Education - Children in Informal Kinship Care Relationships
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Ways and Means

SB 51	Status as of May 22, 2003: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Senators Exum, Astle, Britt, Conway, Della, Gladden, Grosfeld, Hooper, Kelley, Klausmeier, Lawlah, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Business and Economic Development - Maryland Small Business Development Financing Authority - Guaranty Fund
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 52	Status as of April 4, 2003: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Senators Kelley, Britt, Brochin, Conway, DeGrange, Exum, Forehand, Grosfeld, Hollinger, Hooper, Hughes, Jacobs, Jones, Klausmeier, Lawlah, Munson, Ruben, Stone, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Family Law - Custody and Unsupervised Visitation - Child Abuse
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 53	Status as of March 19, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Failed
Sponsored By	Senators Frosh, Britt, Conway, Exum, Gladden, Green, Grosfeld, Hughes, Kelley, Lawlah, Pinsky, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Death Penalty - Sentencing - Standard of Proof
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 67	Status as of April 7, 2003: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Senators Brochin, Grosfeld, Hollinger, Klausmeier, Stone, Forehand, Jacobs, and Mooney
Entitled	Criminal Procedure - Period of Probation After Judgment for Sexual Offenses Against Minors
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 68	Status as of May 22, 2003: Became Law - Chapter 360
Sponsored By	Senators Kelley, Britt, Conway, Exum, Forehand, Gladden, Grosfeld, Hollinger, Hughes, Jones, Kramer, Lawlah, Ruben, Stone, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Civil Actions - Child Sexual Abuse - Statute of Limitations
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 124	Status as of February 17, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Kelley, Della, Dyson, Exum, Giannetti, Grosfeld, Hollinger, Kasemeyer, McFadden, and Stone
Entitled	Employment Contracts - Broadcast Industry - Noncompete Provisions
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 132	Status as of March 17, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Frosh, Britt, Brochin, Dyson, Grosfeld, and Pinsky
Entitled	Election Law - Campaign Finance - Attribution of Contributions
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 149	Status as of March 11, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Kelley, Conway, Currie, Forehand, Giannetti, Gladden, Grosfeld, Hughes, Jacobs, Jones, Lawlah, McFadden, Ruben, and Stone
Entitled	Courts - Right of Party to Be Present at Trial
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 208	Status as of February 5, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Forehand, Ruben, Britt, Conway, Exum, Garagiola, Grosfeld, Jones, Kelley, Lawlah, McFadden, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Firearms - Shell Casings and Other Identification Information
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 259	Status as of March 17, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Pinsky, Britt, Conway, Frosh, Green, Grosfeld, and Harris
Entitled	Election Law - Contribution Reports - Contributor Information
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 261	Status as of March 21, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Ruben, Forehand, Teitelbaum, Grosfeld, and Pinsky
Entitled	Clean Indoor Air Act of 2003
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 324	Status as of February 12, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Ruben, Forehand, Grosfeld, Pinsky, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Tobacco Tax - Rate
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 351	Status as of March 3, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Teitelbaum and Grosfeld
Entitled	Health Insurance - Managed Behavioral Health Care Organizations - Expense and Loss Ratios and Reports
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 352	Status as of May 22, 2003: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senators Green, Jacobs, Conway, Dyson, Forehand, Grosfeld, Haines, Jimeno, Kelley, Kramer, Lawlah, and Garagiola
Entitled	Criminal Law - Stalking - Included Acts
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 384	Status as of February 12, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Ruben, Forehand, Grosfeld, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Alcoholic Beverage Tax - Tax Rates
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 392	Status as of February 12, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Pinsky, Britt, Frosh, Green, Grosfeld, Hollinger, Kelley, and Middleton
Entitled	Corporate Income Tax - Apportionment of Income of Multistate Corporations - Throwback Rule
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 393	Status as of May 22, 2003: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senators Pinsky, Britt, Conway, Frosh, Gladden, Grosfeld, Kelley, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Sediment Control, Stormwater Management, and Wetlands Programs - Violations - Criminal and Civil Penalties
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 394	Status as of January 20, 2004: Veto not sustained, Chapter 2 of 2004
Sponsored By	Senators Pinsky, Britt, Conway, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, Green, Grosfeld, Kelley, Lawlah, Schrader, Stone, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Maryland Energy Efficiency Standards Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs and Finance House: Environmental Matters

SB 395	Status as of March 21, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Pinsky, Britt, Frosh, and Grosfeld
Entitled	Commercialism in Schools Act of 2003 - Policy
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 396	Status as of March 21, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Pinsky, Britt, Grosfeld, and Kelley
Entitled	Children's Nutrition and Health in Schools Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 397	Status as of February 12, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Pinsky, Britt, Frosh, Grosfeld, and Kelley
Entitled	Income Tax - Multistate Corporations - Allocation of Nonapportionable Income
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 398	Status as of February 12, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Pinsky, Britt, Frosh, Green, Grosfeld, Hollinger, Kelley, and Middleton
Entitled	Corporate Income Tax Reform
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 412	Status as of March 4, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Kelley, Brochin, and Grosfeld
Entitled	Family Law - Child Abuse and Neglect - Reporting by Members of the Clergy
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 453	Status as of April 22, 2003: Became Law - Chapter 89
Sponsored By	Senators Forehand, Currie, Giannetti, Grosfeld, Hollinger, Jimeno, Kelley, Lawlah, Middleton, Teitelbaum, Brochin, Frosh, Garagiola, Green, and Jacobs
Entitled	Sexual Offenses - Reputation and Opinion Evidence and Evidence of Prior Sexual Conduct - Admissibility
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 494	Status as of February 5, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Garagiola, Conway, Currie, Exum, Forehand, Grosfeld, Hollinger, Hughes, Jones, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Lawlah, McFadden, Pinsky, Ruben, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Firearms - Assault Weapons - Ban
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 502	Status as of April 2, 2003: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Judiciary
Sponsored By	Senators Hollinger, Brinkley, Britt, Brochin, Colburn, Conway, Currie, Exum, Forehand, Garagiola, Gladden, Greenip, Grosfeld, Jones, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Pinsky, and Ruben
Entitled	Darrell Putman Compassionate Use Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings and Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Judiciary

SB 511	Status as of April 7, 2003: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Senators Jones, Britt, Grosfeld, Hogan, Hughes, and Lawlah
Entitled	State Agencies - Managing for Results
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 519	Status as of May 22, 2003: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senators Britt, Brochin, Colburn, Della, Giannetti, Grosfeld, Lawlah, Middleton, Stone, Teitelbaum, Conway, Harris, Hollinger, and Jones
Entitled	Disease Prevention - Hepatitis C Advisory Council
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Health and Government Operations

SB 520	Status as of April 5, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - Senate Conference Committee Appointed
Sponsored By	Senators Britt and Grosfeld
Entitled	Higher Education - Resident Tuition Charges - Immigrant Students
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Ways and Means

SB 527	Status as of March 19, 2003: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Senators Jones, Britt, Conway, Currie, Exum, Giannetti, Gladden, Grosfeld, Hughes, Jacobs, Kelley, Lawlah, and McFadden
Entitled	Minority Business Participation Advisory Committee
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Health and Government Operations

SB 528	Status as of February 5, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Jones and Grosfeld
Entitled	Regulated Firearms - Reporting of Lost or Stolen Regulated Firearms - Penalties
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 533	Status as of March 4, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Jones, Britt, Conway, Currie, Exum, Gladden, Grosfeld, Hughes, Kelley, Lawlah, and McFadden
Entitled	State Debt - Enabling Acts - Goal for Minority Business Enterprise Participation
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 534	Status as of February 19, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - Re-assigned Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Jones, Britt, Conway, Currie, Exum, Giannetti, Gladden, Grosfeld, Hughes, Kelley, Lawlah, and McFadden
Entitled	General Assembly - Joint Committee on Fair Practices - Oversight - Minority Business Enterprise Activities
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 554	Status as of May 22, 2003: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senators Teitelbaum and Grosfeld
Entitled	Medicaid Reimbursement - Community-Based Services for Children with Disabilities
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Health and Government Operations

SB 557	Status as of March 24, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Pinsky, Forehand, and Grosfeld
Entitled	Public-Private Partnership for Health Coverage for All Marylanders
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation

SB 558	Status as of May 21, 2003: Vetoed by the Governor - Policy
Sponsored By	Senators Pinsky, Gladden, Grosfeld, Hollinger, Lawlah, Stone, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Education - Study Commission on Educators' Time and Paperwork
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Ways and Means

SB 559	Status as of April 2, 2003: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Appropriations
Sponsored By	Senators Pinsky, Conway, Grosfeld, Jimeno, Kelley, Ruben, and Stone
Entitled	State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Binding Arbitration
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Appropriations

SB 560	Status as of March 3, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Pinsky and Grosfeld
Entitled	Corporate Accountability Act of 2003
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 643	Status as of March 17, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Ruben and Grosfeld
Entitled	Sales and Use Tax - Exemptions - Agricultural Products
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 687	Status as of May 13, 2003: Became Law - Chapter 261
Sponsored By	Senators Hollinger, Astle, Brochin, Conway, DeGrange, Dyson, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Giannetti, Green, Grosfeld, Hafer, Haines, Hooper, Hughes, Jimeno, Jones, Klausmeier, Kramer, Middleton, Ruben, Stoltzfus, Stone, Teitelbaum, Della, Gladden, Kelley, and Pipkin
Entitled	Health Maintenance Organizations - Patient Access to Choice of Provider
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Health and Government Operations

SB 690	Status as of March 22, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Klausmeier, Conway, Garagiola, Gladden, Grosfeld, and Jones
Entitled	Maryland Quality Home Care Services Commission
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 703	Status as of May 22, 2003: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Senators Britt, Colburn, Forehand, Grosfeld, Hollinger, and Jones
Entitled	Task Force to Study the Availability of Audiology and Speech-Language Services
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Ways and Means

SB 709	Status as of April 4, 2003: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Passed with Amendments
Sponsored By	Senators Gladden, Astle, Conway, Exum, and Grosfeld
Entitled	Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Managed Care Organizations - Specialty Care Networks
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Health and Government Operations

SB 772	Status as of May 22, 2003: Became Law - Chapter 356
Sponsored By	Senators Middleton, Astle, Brinkley, Britt, Brochin, Colburn, Conway, Currie, DeGrange, Della, Dyson, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Giannetti, Gladden, Green, Greenip, Grosfeld, Hafer, Haines, Harris, Hogan, Hollinger, Hooper, Hughes, Jacobs, Jimeno, Jones, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Kramer, Lawlah, McFadden, Miller, Mooney, Munson, Pinsky, Pipkin, Ruben, Schrader, Stoltzfus, Stone, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Health Insurance - Nonprofit Health Service Plans - Reform
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Health and Government Operations