2004 REGULAR SESSION subject information current as of November 17, 2004 - 4:50 p.m.

	EVIDENCE	Another Session
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HB 34	Status as of February 23, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Leopold, Sophocleus, McMillan, and V. Clagett
Entitled	Criminal Procedure - Release of Defendant Pending Appeal by State
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 80	Status as of May 26, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 462
Sponsored By	Delegates Sophocleus, V. Clagett, Leopold, McMillan, Aumann, Boschert, G. Clagett, Dwyer, Elmore, Gilleland, Love, McDonough, and Sossi
Entitled	Courts - Criminal Cases - Release of Defendant Charged with Crime of Violence Pending Appeal by the State
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 275	Status as of March 15, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegate Arnick
Entitled	Courts - Negligence Actions - Evidence of Motor Vehicle Driver's Operation of Hand-Held Telephone
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 296	Status as of March 8, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	The Speaker and the Minority Leader (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Edwards, Amedori, Anderson, Arnick, Aumann, Barkley, Bartlett, Bates, Bobo, Boschert, Boteler, Boutin, Branch, Bromwell, Burns, Cluster, Costa, Cryor, C. Davis, DeBoy, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Elmore, Frank, Fulton, Glassman, Haddaway, Hennessy, Hogan, Impallaria, Jennings, Kach, Kelly, Krebs, McComas, McDonough, McKee, Mitchell, Niemann, O'Donnell, Owings, Parrott, Shank, Smigiel, Sossi, Stocksdale, Trueschler, Vaughn, Walkup, and Weldon
Entitled	Crimes and Criminal Procedure - Victim and Witness Intimidation
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 304	Status as of March 27, 2004: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Sophocleus, V. Clagett, Leopold, McMillan, Aumann, Boschert, G. Clagett, Dwyer, Elmore, Gilleland, Love, McDonough, and Sossi
Entitled	Courts - Criminal Cases - Release of Defendant Pending and Dismissal after Appeal by State
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 371	Status as of February 23, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegate Menes (Chairman, Special Committee on Drug and Alcohol Abuse) and Delegates Bronrott, Boschert, Burns, Eckardt, Kelley, and Petzold
Entitled	Crimes - Driving or Boating While Impaired by a Controlled Dangerous Substance Per Se - Penalties
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 372	Status as of February 23, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegate Menes (Special Committee on Drug and Alcohol Abuse) and Delegates Hennessy, Anderson, Barkley, Boschert, Bronrott, Burns, Dumais, Eckardt, Kelley, Nathan-Pulliam, and Petzold
Entitled	Evidence - Tests for Drug or Controlled Dangerous Substance Content of Urine
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 401	Status as of March 27, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Menes, Amedori, Conroy, Goldwater, Gutierrez, Kelley, Lee, McComas, Nathan-Pulliam, Petzold, Quinter, Simmons, Sophocleus, and Zirkin
Entitled	Evidence - Separate Act of Sexual Misconduct Involving a Minor - Admissibility
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 559	Status as of February 4, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Barkley, Anderson, Barve, Benson, Bobo, Burns, Cane, Carter, G. Clagett, Conroy, C. Davis, DeBoy, Feldman, Franchot, Frush, Gaines, Hammen, Harrison, Haynes, Heller, Hixson, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Jones, Kaiser, Kelley, Kirk, Krysiak, Lee, Madaleno, Malone, Mandel, Marriott, McHale, McIntosh, Menes, Moe, Montgomery, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Paige, Patterson, Proctor, Ramirez, Rosenberg, Sophocleus, Stern, Taylor, F. Turner, V. Turner, Vaughn, Weir, and Zirkin
Entitled	State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Binding Arbitration
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 577	Status as of March 1, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegate Brown (Committee to Revise Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments)
Entitled	Criminal Law - Involuntary Manslaughter and Voluntary Manslaughter - Designations
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 730	Status as of March 22, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Burns, Jones, and Nathan-Pulliam
Entitled	Baltimore County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Liberty Road, Route 26
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 807	Status as of March 8, 2004: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegate Love (By Request) and Delegate Menes
Entitled	Nursing Facilities - Electronic Monitoring
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 808	Status as of March 1, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Owings and O'Donnell
Entitled	Compelled Spousal Testimony - Spouse of Person Charged with a Crime
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 842	Status as of February 25, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Anderson and Vallario
Entitled	Juvenile Causes - Child in Need of Assistance - Court Hearings and Findings
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 928	Status as of March 22, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Petzold, Anderson, Barkley, and Jones
Entitled	Criminal Law - Evidence of Motor Vehicle Theft - Owner's Affidavit
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 985	Status as of February 18, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Kelley, Gaines, Gutierrez, Patterson, and V. Turner
Entitled	Criminal Procedure - Prohibition Against Death Sentence After Prosecutorial Misconduct
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 994	Status as of March 15, 2004: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegate Dumais
Entitled	Juvenile Law - Competency
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1070	Status as of February 18, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Wood, Krebs, and Mitchell
Entitled	Workers' Compensation - Presumptions
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 1078	Status as of March 25, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Delegates Niemann, Hennessy, and Kelley
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Driving While License Refused, Suspended, Canceled, or Revoked - Penalties
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 1084	Status as of March 22, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Petzold, Cryor, Dumais, Goldwater, Hennessy, Jones, Krysiak, Love, Madaleno, Mandel, Menes, Montgomery, and Murray
Entitled	Criminal Law - Sexual Abuse of a Minor - Person in Position of Authority
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1112	Status as of February 25, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegate Trueschler
Entitled	Public Safety - Gun Control Act of 2004
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1195	Status as of March 26, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Mandel
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Medical Advisory Board - Safe Operation of Motor Vehicles
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1242	Status as of April 27, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 139
Sponsored By	Delegates Shank, Bartlett, Barve, Boschert, Cadden, Cluster, DeBoy, Donoghue, Edwards, Elmore, Frank, Gilleland, Goodwin, Hennessy, Jennings, Jones, Kelley, Kelly, King, Lee, Marriott, McComas, Miller, Minnick, Myers, O'Donnell, Patterson, Quinter, Rosenberg, Smigiel, Taylor, and Zirkin
Entitled	Public Safety - Task Force to Study Criminal Offender Monitoring by Global Positioning Systems
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 1276	Status as of March 22, 2004: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegate Quinter
Entitled	Protective Parent Reform Act
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1299	Status as of March 31, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Delegates Vallario, Anderson, Carter, Dumais, Gutierrez, Hennessy, Kelley, Kelly, Lee, Menes, Quinter, Simmons, Amedori, Arnick, Aumann, Bartlett, Boschert, Boteler, Boutin, Bozman, Brown, Burns, Cane, Cryor, D. Davis, Doory, DeBoy, Donoghue, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Elmore, Feldman, Frank, Fulton, Glassman, Haddaway, Hammen, Harrison, Hurson, Impallaria, Jennings, Kach, Kirk, Krebs, Krysiak, Leopold, Love, McComas, McConkey, McHale, McKee, McMillan, Miller, Minnick, Moe, Morhaim, O'Donnell, Parrott, Pendergrass, Shank, Sophocleus, Stocksdale, Trueschler, Vaughn, Walkup, Weldon, and Zirkin
Entitled	Medical Malpractice Reforms and Task Force
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters and Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 1324	Status as of February 25, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Kach, G. Clagett, Cluster, Frush, Glassman, Hogan, Holmes, Krysiak, Love, Malone, McConkey, Mitchell, Montgomery, Owings, Parker, Sossi, and Stull
Entitled	Real Property - Residential Dwellings - Notice and Opportunity to Repair Construction Defects
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 1327	Status as of March 1, 2004: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Zirkin, Rudolph, Boutin, Branch, Brown, Carter, Conway, C. Davis, Dumais, Eckardt, Harrison, James, Jones, Kelly, Kirk, Lee, Marriott, McComas, McIntosh, McKee, Menes, Nathan-Pulliam, Paige, Patterson, Proctor, Ramirez, Rosenberg, Ross, Smigiel, Taylor, and F. Turner
Entitled	Baltimore City and Cecil County - Child in Need of Supervision Pilot Program
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1343	Status as of March 16, 2004: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Owings
Entitled	Landlord and Tenant - Rent Escrow Accounts
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1388	Status as of February 20, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Sponsored By	Delegates Bronrott, Frush, Benson, Hubbard, Barkley, Barve, Brown, Conroy, Cryor, D. Davis, Dumais, Feldman, Franchot, Gaines, Goldwater, Griffith, Gutierrez, Heller, Hixson, Holmes, Hurson, Kelley, King, Lee, Madaleno, Mandel, Menes, Montgomery, Murray, Niemann, Parker, Patterson, Petzold, Ramirez, Ross, Simmons, Stern, Taylor, V. Turner, and Vaughn
Entitled	Montgomery County and Prince George's County - Vehicle Laws - Speed Monitoring Systems - Radar Cameras
Committee Assignments	House: House Rules and Executive Nominations

HB 1443	Status as of May 26, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 551
Sponsored By	Delegates Conway, Bozman, Cane, Eckardt, Elmore, and Haddaway
Entitled	Juvenile Causes - Truancy Reduction Pilot Program
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings and Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 1463	Status as of March 31, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Delegates Amedori, Trueschler, Bohanan, Boteler, Bromwell, Cluster, DeBoy, Dwyer, Elliott, Elmore, Frank, Glassman, Hogan, Impallaria, Jennings, Kach, McComas, McConkey, McDonough, McMillan, Miller, Minnick, Myers, O'Donnell, Quinter, Sossi, Stocksdale, Stull, F. Turner, Walkup, Weir, and Zirkin
Entitled	Victims of Crime - Burglary and Crimes of Violence - Civil Immunity
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 40	Status as of February 3, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Chairman, Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Departmental - Public Safety and Correctional Services)
Entitled	Maryland Parole and Probation Hearings - Evidence - Preliminary Breath Tests
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 185	Status as of January 28, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Brinkley, DeGrange, Dyson, Hafer, Harris, Hooper, Jacobs, Kittleman, McFadden, Munson, Pipkin, Schrader, Stoltzfus, and Stone
Entitled	Crimes and Criminal Procedure - Victim and Witness Intimidation
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 312	Status as of March 30, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By	Senators Pinsky, Conway, Exum, Garagiola, Grosfeld, Jimeno, Kelley, Lawlah, Ruben, Stone, and Gladden
Entitled	State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Binding Arbitration
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Appropriations

SB 341	Status as of March 24, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Mooney
Entitled	Criminal Law - Theft or Unauthorized Use of Motor Vehicle - Admissibility of Owner Affidavit
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 356	Status as of March 10, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Stone and Giannetti (Committee to Revise Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments)
Entitled	Criminal Law - Involuntary Manslaughter and Voluntary Manslaughter - Designations
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 421	Status as of March 24, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator McFadden
Entitled	Criminal Procedure - Electronic Video and Audio Recording of Witnesses in Murder and Manslaughter Investigations
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 476	Status as of March 31, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Frosh
Entitled	Criminal Procedure - State's Right of Appeal - Discretion to Release Defendant
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 490	Status as of May 26, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 461
Sponsored By	Senators Jimeno, Astle, DeGrange, and Frosh
Entitled	Courts - Criminal Cases - Release of Defendant Charged with Crime of Violence Pending Appeal by the State
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 557	Status as of February 18, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Astle
Entitled	Workers' Compensation - Presumptions
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 564	Status as of March 16, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Grosfeld, Britt, Conway, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Giannetti, Gladden, Hollinger, Jones, Kelley, Lawlah, McFadden, Middleton, Pinsky, Ruben, and Stone
Entitled	Juvenile Law - Competency
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 580	Status as of March 24, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Forehand
Entitled	Criminal Law - Evidence of Motor Vehicle Theft - Owner's Affidavit
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 595	Status as of February 11, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Gladden, Frosh, Garagiola, Giannetti, Grosfeld, Haines, Jacobs, Kelley, Klausmeier, McFadden, and Stone
Entitled	Baltimore City and Cecil County - Child in Need of Supervision Pilot Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 598	Status as of March 10, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Mooney, Astle, Brinkley, Della, Hafer, Harris, Pipkin, and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Traffic Control Signal Monitoring Systems - Defense Evidence
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 605	Status as of February 11, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Garagiola, Brochin, Forehand, Giannetti, Gladden, Grosfeld, Haines, Hooper, Hughes, Jones, Kelley, Lawlah, McFadden, Ruben, and Stone
Entitled	Juvenile Causes - Child in Need of Assistance - Court Hearings and Findings
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 627	Status as of March 23, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Giannetti
Entitled	Criminal Procedure - Presentment of Defendant before Judicial Officer
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 718	Status as of April 5, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Forehand and Jimeno
Entitled	Evidence - Separate Act of Sexual Misconduct Involving a Minor - Admissibility
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 783	Status as of April 27, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 138
Sponsored By	Senators Munson, Brinkley, Colburn, Currie, Della, Forehand, Giannetti, Hafer, Haines, Harris, Hogan, Hooper, Kittleman, Klausmeier, and Mooney
Entitled	Public Safety - Task Force to Study Criminal Offender Monitoring by Global Positioning Systems
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 828	Status as of March 24, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Green
Entitled	Criminal Law - Theft or Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle - Admissibility of Owner Affidavit
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 861	Status as of April 9, 2004: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Senators Forehand, Britt, Currie, Exum, Garagiola, Giannetti, Grosfeld, Kramer, Lawlah, Miller, Pinsky, Ruben, Teitelbaum, and Green
Entitled	Montgomery County and Prince George's County - Vehicle Laws - Speed Monitoring Systems - Radar Cameras
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Environmental Matters

SB 923	Status as of March 11, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Hooper (By Request)
Entitled	Motor Vehicle Registration - Required Security - Evidence
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings