2003 REGULAR SESSION subject information current as of December 15, 2003 - 12:41 p.m.

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HB 8	Status as of March 10, 2003: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Pendergrass and Mitchell
Entitled	State Personnel - Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Required Health Insurance Benefits
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 135	Status as of March 20, 2003: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Kelly, Boutin, Cadden, Gaines, Myers, Owings, and Paige
Entitled	State Personnel - Contractual Employees - Paid Leave for Jury Duty
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 234	Status as of May 22, 2003: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Allegany County Delegation
Entitled	Local Fire and Police System - Reemployment of Retirees
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 254	Status as of February 3, 2003: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Jones, Gaines, Madaleno, and Proctor
Entitled	State Personnel - Grievance Procedures - Employees Covered by Collective Bargaining Agreements
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 262	Status as of May 22, 2003: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Delegates Rosenberg and James
Entitled	Optional Retirement Program - Supplemental Annuities
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 298	Status as of March 3, 2003: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegate Doory (Committee to Revise Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments)
Entitled	Criminal Law - Misconduct in Office - Penalty
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 366	Status as of March 22, 2003: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Frush and Owings
Entitled	State Employees - Paid Leave - Military Training or Active Military Duty
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 403	Status as of March 25, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Delegates Rosenberg, Barkley, Hixson, Mitchell, and Rudolph
Entitled	Maryland Whistleblower Laws
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Finance

HB 427	Status as of February 19, 2003: Bill is in the House - First Reading Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Mitchell
Entitled	Maryland Occupational Safety and Health - Fines and Penalties
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 468	Status as of March 22, 2003: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates McConkey, Boschert, Boteler, Dwyer, McComas, and V. Turner
Entitled	State Personnel - State Subsidy for Health Benefits - Optional Retirement System
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 479	Status as of March 31, 2003: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Rosenberg, Mandel, and Patterson
Entitled	State Violations of Federal Laws - Enforcement by Aggrieved Individuals in State Courts
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 484	Status as of March 13, 2003: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Rosenberg, Howard, and Marriott
Entitled	Higher Education - Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program - Eligibility Criteria
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 564	Status as of May 13, 2003: Became Law - Chapter 312
Sponsored By	Delegates Branch, Rawlings, Bates, Bromwell, Cadden, Conway, Donoghue, Edwards, Franchot, Fulton, Harrison, James, Krysiak, Paige, Proctor, Redmer, Shank, and Stocksdale
Entitled	Department of Human Resources - Child Support Enforcement Privatization Pilot Program and Demonstration Sites - Established
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Finance

HB 586	Status as of March 10, 2003: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Kelly, Edwards, McKee, Myers, Owings, and Shank
Entitled	State Retirement and Pension System - Board of Trustees - Membership
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 595	Status as of May 22, 2003: Became Law - Chapter 436
Sponsored By	Delegates Proctor, Vallario, Anderson, Aumann, Barkley, Barve, Benson, Bohanan, Boschert, Bozman, Branch, Burns, Cadden, Cane, Conroy, Conway, C. Davis, DeBoy, Donoghue, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Feldman, Franchot, Frank, Frush, Gaines, Griffith, Heller, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, Jones, Kelley, Love, Madaleno, Malone, McKee, Menes, Minnick, Moe, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Parker, Patterson, Rosenberg, Rudolph, Shank, Stocksdale, Stull, F. Turner, V. Turner, Vaughn, and Weldon
Entitled	State Retirement and Pension System - Board of Trustees - Membership
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 604	Status as of April 7, 2003: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegate Hubbard
Entitled	Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership - Division of Parole and Probation
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 786	Status as of May 13, 2003: Became Law - Chapter 326
Sponsored By	Delegates Boutin, Edwards, Elliott, Glassman, Hubbard, Montgomery, Stull, and Vallario
Entitled	State Personnel - Department of Agriculture - Employees in Soil Conservation Districts - Grants
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 812	Status as of January 21, 2004: Veto not sustained, Chapter 4 of 2004
Sponsored By	Delegates Gaines, Benson, Conroy, Frush, Griffith, Hammen, Jones, Kirk, Marriott, Menes, Proctor, and V. Turner
Entitled	Retirement and Pensions - Baltimore City Child Support Enforcement Employees
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 813	Status as of March 31, 2003: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Barkley, Barve, Benson, Bobo, Carter, C. Davis, Franchot, Frush, Gaines, Hammen, Haynes, Hixson, Holmes, Howard, Jones, Kelly, Kirk, Krysiak, Lee, Malone, Mandel, Marriott, McHale, Menes, Moe, Oaks, Proctor, Rosenberg, Ross, Stern, F. Turner, V. Turner, and Zirkin
Entitled	State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Service Fees and Binding Arbitration
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 816	Status as of May 22, 2003: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Delegates Frank, Aumann, Boteler, DeBoy, Frush, and Owings
Entitled	State Employees - Military Administrative Leave
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 837	Status as of March 25, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Delegate Jones
Entitled	State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Requests for Information About Employees in Bargaining Units
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Finance

HB 879	Status as of May 21, 2003: Vetoed by the Governor - Policy
Sponsored By	Delegates Vallario, Bohanan, Brown, Carter, Gutierrez, Hutchins, O'Donnell, Simmons, Wood, and Zirkin
Entitled	State Government - State Law Enforcement Officers - Application for Lost Pay and Attorneys' Fees
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 880	Status as of February 12, 2003: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Vallario, Bohanan, Brown, Carter, Gutierrez, Hutchins, O'Donnell, Simmons, Wood, and Zirkin
Entitled	State Government - State Officers or State Employees - Application for Lost Pay and Attorney's Fees
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 909	Status as of May 13, 2003: Became Law - Chapter 340
Sponsored By	Delegate C. Davis
Entitled	State Personnel Management System - Department of Juvenile Justice - Teachers
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Finance

HB 935	Status as of May 13, 2003: Became Law - Chapter 203
Sponsored By	The Minority Leader (By Request - Administration)
Entitled	Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2003
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 949	Status as of April 7, 2003: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Sossi, Cane, Eckardt, Elmore, Smigiel, Walkup, and Weir
Entitled	Retirement and Pensions - Reemployment of Retirees
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 963	Status as of March 5, 2003: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegate McHale
Entitled	Firefighters and Emergency Medical Personnel - Procedural Guarantees
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1013	Status as of March 20, 2003: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Zirkin, Amedori, and O'Donnell
Entitled	Residential Child Care Programs - Direct Care Staff - Qualifications
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1035	Status as of March 22, 2003: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates DeBoy, Boteler, Conway, Donoghue, Elmore, Frank, Hennessy, Jameson, Jennings, Malone, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Paige, and Proctor
Entitled	Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Transfers of Members of the Maryland Transit Administration Police Force
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1072	Status as of April 7, 2003: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegate Elliott
Entitled	State Retirement and Pension System - Estimate of Pension Benefits
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1106	Status as of March 11, 2003: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates McHale, Boschert, Bromwell, Cadden, Costa, Moe, Sophocleus, Weir, and Zirkin
Entitled	Workers' Compensation - Bloodborne Pathogens - Emergency Responders
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 1151	Status as of April 6, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Passed with Amendments
Sponsored By	Delegate James
Entitled	State Police Retirement System and Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Disability Retirement
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1182	Status as of March 22, 2003: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegate Hurson
Entitled	Health Occupations - State Board of Physician Quality Assurance
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 1183	Status as of April 5, 2003: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegate Goldwater
Entitled	State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Health Insurance Benefit Options - Employees of Special Taxing Districts
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

SB 1	Status as of April 8, 2003: Became Law - Chapter 5
Sponsored By	The President (Department of Legislative Services - Code Revision)
Entitled	Public Safety
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Judiciary

SB 71	Status as of March 11, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Stone
Entitled	Pensions - Military Service Credit - Membership in United States Reserves
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 78	Status as of January 20, 2004: Veto not sustained, Chapter 1 of 2004
Sponsored By	Senators Della and McFadden
Entitled	Retirement and Pensions - Baltimore City Child Support Enforcement Employees
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 100	Status as of April 22, 2003: Became Law - Chapter 62
Sponsored By	Chairman, Budget and Taxation Committee (By Request - Departmental - Transportation)
Entitled	Personnel and Pensions - Maryland Transit Administration Retirees - Health Benefits
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 185	Status as of February 17, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Chairman, Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Departmental - Public Safety and Correctional Services)
Entitled	Correctional Services - Sexual Acts With Inmates - Employees
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 189	Status as of April 22, 2003: Became Law - Chapter 74
Sponsored By	Chairman, Budget and Taxation Committee (By Request - Departmental - University System of Maryland)
Entitled	Retirement - Optional Retirement Program - Health Insurance Benefits for Retirees, Surviving Spouses, and Dependent Children
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 213	Status as of May 22, 2003: Became Law - Chapter 367
Sponsored By	Senator Stone (Chairman, Ethics and Election Law Subcommittee)
Entitled	Election Law - Election Judges - Administrative Leave for State Employees
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Ways and Means

SB 228	Status as of February 25, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Stone and Hughes (Committee to Revise Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments)
Entitled	Criminal Law - Misconduct in Office - Penalty
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 245	Status as of April 22, 2003: Became Law - Chapter 76
Sponsored By	Senator Mooney
Entitled	State Retirement and Pension System - Military Service Credit - Maryland National Guard Members
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 290	Status as of February 10, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Della
Entitled	State Personnel - Separation from State Service - Employee Rights
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 299	Status as of May 13, 2003: Became Law - Chapter 229
Sponsored By	Senator Kasemeyer (Chairman, Joint Committee on Pensions)
Entitled	Employees' and Teachers' Retirement and Pension Systems - Vested Allowance - Lump-Sum Payment
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 300	Status as of May 13, 2003: Became Law - Chapter 230
Sponsored By	Senator Kasemeyer (Chairman, Joint Committee on Pensions)
Entitled	Task Force to Study the State's Retiree Health Insurance Liabilities - Extension of Final Reporting Date
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 331	Status as of April 22, 2003: Became Law - Chapter 81
Sponsored By	Senator Kasemeyer
Entitled	Optional Retirement Program - Supplemental Annuities
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 332	Status as of April 8, 2003: Became Law - Chapter 23
Sponsored By	Senator Kasemeyer (Chairman, Joint Committee on Pensions)
Entitled	State Contributory Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Transfers of Service Credit
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 357	Status as of April 8, 2003: Became Law - Chapter 25
Sponsored By	Senator Munson
Entitled	State Retirement and Pension System - Retirement Benefits - Board of License Commissioners of Washington County
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 505	Status as of May 22, 2003: Became Law - Chapter 389
Sponsored By	Senators Harris and Mooney
Entitled	State Employees - Military Administrative Leave
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Appropriations

SB 524	Status as of May 22, 2003: Became Law - Chapter 392
Sponsored By	Senators Pipkin, Astle, DeGrange, Exum, Hafer, Harris, Jacobs, Kittleman, Lawlah, Mooney, Munson, Schrader, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Department of Human Resources - Child Support Enforcement Privatization Pilot Program and Demonstration Sites - Established
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Appropriations

SB 531	Status as of March 17, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Ruben, Green, and Kelley
Entitled	State Retirement and Pension System - Board of Trustees - Membership
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

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 606	Status as of March 11, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator McFadden
Entitled	State Employees - Procurement - Competitive Re-Engineering Pilot Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 607	Status as of March 22, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senator McFadden
Entitled	State Employees - Collective Bargaining - Judicial Branch Employees
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 608	Status as of February 26, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Finance
Sponsored By	Senator McFadden (Joint Audit Committee) and Senators Astle, Hafer, and Hogan
Entitled	Maryland Whistleblower Laws
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 627	Status as of February 19, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Jimeno
Entitled	Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership - Division of Parole and Probation
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 657	Status as of February 12, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	The President (By Request - Administration)
Entitled	Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2003
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 661	Status as of February 20, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator McFadden
Entitled	Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Transfers of Members of the Maryland Transit Administration Police Force
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 689	Status as of March 22, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Brochin, Giannetti, Klausmeier, Lawlah, and Stone
Entitled	Firefighters and Emergency Medical Personnel - Procedural Guarantees
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 694	Status as of February 26, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Lawlah
Entitled	Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Retirement Income of Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Medical Services Personnel
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 721	Status as of May 22, 2003: Became Law - Chapter 403
Sponsored By	Senator Kasemeyer (Chairman, Joint Committee on Pensions)
Entitled	State Retirement and Pension System - Board of Trustees
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 723	Status as of March 4, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Exum, DeGrange, Della, Giannetti, and Klausmeier
Entitled	Workers' Compensation - Bloodborne Pathogens - Emergency Responders
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 774	Status as of March 28, 2003: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Sponsored By	Senator Hollinger
Entitled	Health Occupations - State Board of Physician Quality Assurance
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: House Rules and Executive Nominations