2004 REGULAR SESSION subject information current as of November 17, 2004 - 4:51 p.m.

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HB 1	Status as of March 24, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	The Speaker and Delegates Hixson, Conway, Healey, Barkley, Benson, Bobo, Bromwell, Bronrott, Busch, Cadden, Cane, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Conroy, Cryor, D. Davis, DeBoy, Doory, Dumais, Franchot, Goldwater, Griffith, Harrison, Howard, Hurson, James, Jones, Kaiser, Kelley, King, Kirk, Krysiak, Lee, Love, Madaleno, Malone, Mandel, Marriott, McHale, McIntosh, Menes, Minnick, Moe, Montgomery, Pendergrass, Proctor, Quinter, Ramirez, Rosenberg, Sophocleus, Taylor, V. Turner, Vallario, Vaughn, Aumann, Edwards, Hammen, Stocksdale, F. Turner, and Hubbard
Entitled	Public School Construction Assistance Act of 2004
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means and Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 59	Status as of March 10, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate Boschert
Entitled	Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Retirement Income
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 159	Status as of May 26, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 497
Sponsored By	Chairman, Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - Assessments and Taxation)
Entitled	Property Tax - Exemptions
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 270	Status as of February 11, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Hixson, Bozman, C. Davis, Healey, Howard, Marriott, and Patterson
Entitled	Insurance Premiums Tax - Health Maintenance Organizations and Managed Care Organizations
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 297	Status as of May 29, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 556
Sponsored By	The Speaker and the Minority Leader (By Request - Administration)
Entitled	Office of the Comptroller - Tax Compliance - Holding Companies
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 330	Status as of January 30, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Hixson, Gordon, Healey, Howard, and Marriott
Entitled	Maryland Estate Tax - Deduction for State Death Taxes
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 352	Status as of February 4, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegate Hurson
Entitled	Nonprofit Health Service Plans - Submission of Premium Tax Exemption Reports
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 395	Status as of March 15, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Sossi, Elmore, Haddaway, Smigiel, and Walkup
Entitled	Motor Fuel Tax - Exemption for Biodiesel Fuel - Queen Anne's County
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 399	Status as of February 11, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Hixson, Bozman, C. Davis, Gordon, Healey, Howard, Marriott, and Patterson
Entitled	Income Tax - Expensing of Section 179 Property - Decoupling from Federal Changes
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 409	Status as of February 18, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Impallaria, Jennings, McDonough, Amedori, Anderson, Aumann, Bates, Boteler, Bromwell, Burns, Cadden, Cardin, G. Clagett, Cluster, Costa, C. Davis, DeBoy, Dwyer, Edwards, Elliott, Elmore, Feldman, Frank, Fulton, Gilleland, Glassman, Goldwater, Goodwin, Haddaway, Hammen, Hennessy, Hogan, Holmes, James, Kach, Kaiser, Krebs, McConkey, Miller, Moe, Myers, Owings, Parrott, Quinter, Ross, Shank, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Sossi, Stocksdale, Stull, Taylor, Trueschler, Vaughn, Weir, Weldon, and Zirkin
Entitled	Sales and Use Tax - Exemption - Veterans Organizations
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 607	Status as of March 22, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Smigiel, Boteler, Cluster, Costa, Dwyer, Eckardt, Haddaway, Kach, Shank, Sossi, and Stocksdale
Entitled	Income Tax - Gain Recognized on Sale of Agricultural Land Preservation Easement
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 764	Status as of April 5, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Delegates Smigiel, Boutin, Cryor, Donoghue, Dwyer, Elmore, Haddaway, Hubbard, James, Leopold, McDonough, Owings, Rudolph, Sossi, Walkup, Weldon, Bartlett, Boschert, Bozman, Cardin, C. Davis, Gilleland, Goodwin, Gordon, Healey, Heller, Hixson, Howard, Kaiser, King, Marriott, McKee, Myers, Patterson, Ramirez, and Ross
Entitled	State Property Tax Exemption - Surviving Spouse of a Law Enforcement Officer or Rescue Worker
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 768	Status as of March 22, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Bobo, V. Clagett, and Glassman
Entitled	Income Tax Credit for Preservation and Conservation Easements - Transferability
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 791	Status as of March 27, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Cluster, Boteler, Frank, Amedori, Aumann, Bartlett, Boschert, Boutin, Bromwell, Costa, Cryor, DeBoy, Glassman, Hennessy, Hogan, Impallaria, Jennings, Kach, Leopold, McKee, Miller, Myers, O'Donnell, Shank, Stocksdale, Stull, Trueschler, and Weldon
Entitled	Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Teachers' Retirement Income
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 820	Status as of May 11, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 379
Sponsored By	Delegates V. Clagett and Jennings
Entitled	Property Tax and Transfer and Recordation Taxes - Land Trusts - Credits and Exemptions
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 822	Status as of March 10, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Gordon, Barkley, Benson, Conroy, Cryor, Donoghue, Heller, Hixson, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, James, Malone, Mandel, McKee, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, and Proctor
Entitled	Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Retirement Income
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 823	Status as of February 18, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Gordon, Cardin, Goldwater, Heller, Hixson, Kaiser, McKee, and Ross
Entitled	Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Long-Term Care Provided by an Eligible Caregiver
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 831	Status as of February 18, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate Gordon
Entitled	State Personal Property Tax
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 834	Status as of March 10, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Gordon, Barkley, Benson, Bobo, V. Clagett, Conroy, Cryor, Donoghue, Goldwater, Heller, Hixson, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Impallaria, James, Jennings, King, Krysiak, Love, Mandel, McKee, Moe, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Pendergrass, Proctor, Rudolph, Simmons, Sossi, F. Turner, and Vaughn
Entitled	Income Tax Exemption Amounts - Blind and Elderly Individuals
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 847	Status as of March 27, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate Edwards
Entitled	Vessel Excise Tax - Exemption - Charter Service
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 848	Status as of April 27, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 207
Sponsored By	Delegate Edwards
Entitled	Vessel Excise Tax - Exemption - Vessel Commissioning
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 849	Status as of February 25, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Gordon, Hixson, Goodwin, Healey, Heller, Kaiser, and Ross
Entitled	Tax Incentives and Benefits - Credits and Subtraction Modifications
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 871	Status as of April 12, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	The Speaker and the Minority Leader (By Request - Administration)
Entitled	Budget Reconciliation Act of 2004
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 900	Status as of March 10, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate Cryor
Entitled	Sales and Use Tax - Tax-Free Period for Back-to-School Shopping
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 913	Status as of March 3, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Cryor, Boteler, Boutin, Burns, Cluster, Conroy, DeBoy, Donoghue, Dumais, Eckardt, Feldman, Gilleland, Glassman, Howard, Kach, McKee, McMillan, Menes, Minnick, Owings, Parrott, Pendergrass, Sophocleus, Sossi, and Taylor
Entitled	Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Military Compensation
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 967	Status as of April 9, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Delegates Hammen , Elliott, Benson, Boutin, Donoghue, Goldwater, Hubbard, Hurson, Kach, Mandel, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rosenberg, and V. Turner
Entitled	Income Tax - Health Care Coverage - Study
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations and Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1011	Status as of May 11, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 395
Sponsored By	Allegany County Delegation
Entitled	Allegany County - Paper Gaming - Licensing and Taxing
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 1018	Status as of February 25, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Jones, Anderson, Barkley, Benson, Bobo, Bozman, Burns, Cane, Cardin, Carter, G. Clagett, Conroy, C. Davis, Feldman, Franchot, Frush, Gaines, Goldwater, Gutierrez, Harrison, Haynes, Healey, Heller, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, Kaiser, Kelley, Kirk, Krysiak, Lee, Madaleno, Malone, Marriott, McHale, McIntosh, Menes, Minnick, Moe, Montgomery, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Paige, Parker, Pendergrass, Ramirez, Rosenberg, Sophocleus, Taylor, Trueschler, F. Turner, V. Turner, Vaughn, and Weir
Entitled	Economic Development and Fiscal Accountability Act
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 1101	Status as of March 30, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Delegate Cryor
Entitled	Income Tax Subtraction Modification for Cost of Employee Teleworking Expenses
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1122	Status as of February 18, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate Cryor
Entitled	Income Tax - Corporations - Addition Modification for Royalty Payments
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1125	Status as of May 26, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 534
Sponsored By	Delegates Cluster, DeBoy, Goodwin, Kelley, Bartlett, Boschert, Bozman, Cardin, Cryor, C. Davis, Elmore, Gilleland, Healey, Heller, Hixson, Howard, Kaiser, King, Marriott, McKee, Myers, Patterson, Ramirez, and Ross
Entitled	Task Force on the Exemption of Law Enforcement Officers' Pensions from Taxation
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1130	Status as of March 10, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates McMillan, Aumann, Boschert, Cluster, Costa, Dwyer, Frank, Gilleland, Impallaria, Kach, Leopold, McDonough, Miller, Parker, Smigiel, Sossi, and Trueschler
Entitled	Taxpayers' Bill of Rights
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1166	Status as of March 30, 2004: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Healey and Hixson
Entitled	Sales and Use Tax - Exemptions for Agricultural Products and Property Used in Production Activity - Conditional Repeal
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1173	Status as of March 3, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates McMillan, Cluster, C. Davis, Fulton, Goodwin, Minnick, Paige, and Weir
Entitled	Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Retirement Income - Rollovers to Individual Retirement Accounts
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1182	Status as of March 10, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Love, Anderson, Bohanan, Boschert, Brown, Cadden, V. Clagett, Conroy, Costa, Frank, Frush, Gilleland, Glassman, Griffith, Harrison, Hubbard, Jameson, Kach, Kirk, Leopold, McConkey, McMillan, Miller, Minnick, Moe, Owings, Parrott, Pendergrass, Sophocleus, Trueschler, Vallario, and Weir
Entitled	Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Military Retirement Income
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1200	Status as of March 1, 2004: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate Trueschler
Entitled	Business Development - Endangered Industries Job Preservation and Creation Act
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1215	Status as of March 10, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate O'Donnell
Entitled	Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Military Retirement Income
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1230	Status as of May 11, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 307
Sponsored By	Delegates Hixson and Edwards (Task Force to Study Public School Facilities) and Delegates Leopold , Conway, Griffith, Ross, Holmes, James, Niemann, Ramirez, Hurson, G. Clagett, Haynes, Madaleno, F. Turner, Stocksdale, Bozman, Boschert, Cardin, Heller, Barkley, Jones, Proctor, Aumann, Branch, Bates, Bohanan, Cadden, DeBoy, Eckardt, Franchot, Frank, Gaines, Mitchell, Paige, Bartlett, Cryor, C. Davis, Elmore, Gilleland, Goodwin, Gordon, Healey, Howard, Kaiser, King, Marriott, McKee, Myers, Patterson, Ramirez, and Ross
Entitled	Public School Facilities Act of 2004
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations and Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1236	Status as of April 12, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Delegates Cane, Bozman, and Conway
Entitled	Wicomico County - Building Excise Tax
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1271	Status as of April 11, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Failed
Sponsored By	Delegates Hurson, Barve, Benson, Brown, Burns, Conroy, Donoghue, Franchot, Goldwater, Hammen, Haynes, Healey, Heller, Howard, Hubbard, King, Lee, Madaleno, Marriott, Menes, Moe, Montgomery, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Parker, Pendergrass, Petzold, Rosenberg, Ross, Rudolph, Sophocleus, F. Turner, V. Turner, and Mandel
Entitled	Community Health Care Access and Safety Net Act of 2004
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Finance

HB 1283	Status as of March 22, 2004: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Allegany County Delegation
Entitled	Municipal Corporations - Personal Property Tax Exemption - Pulp Mills
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1304	Status as of May 26, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 543
Sponsored By	St. Mary's County Delegation
Entitled	St. Mary's County - Impact Fees - Exceptions
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 1332	Status as of May 26, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 545
Sponsored By	Delegate Conroy
Entitled	Motor Homes and Travel Trailers - Vehicle Excise Tax - Definitions - Extension of Sunset
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1373	Status as of March 3, 2004: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Healey, Gordon, Hixson, Kaiser, and Ross
Entitled	Income Tax and Sales and Use Tax Reform
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1445	Status as of May 11, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 420
Sponsored By	Howard County Delegation
Entitled	Howard County - Public School Facilities Surcharge Ho. Co. 7-04
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1454	Status as of March 12, 2004: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate Patterson
Entitled	Admissions and Amusement Tax - Licensed Health Clubs
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1484	Status as of March 24, 2004: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate O'Donnell
Entitled	Insurance Premium Tax - Health Maintenance Organizations and Managed Care Organizations - Repeal
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1489	Status as of March 17, 2004: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate Parrott
Entitled	Income Tax - Subtraction for Health Insurance Costs of Individuals Receiving Federal Health Coverage Tax Credit
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

SB 3	Status as of January 19, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Harris and Stone
Entitled	Sales and Use Tax - Exemption - Veterans Organizations
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 21	Status as of March 24, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Pipkin
Entitled	Motor Fuel Tax - Exemption for Biodiesel Fuel - Queen Anne's County
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 68	Status as of April 13, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 22
Sponsored By	Chairman, Budget and Taxation Committee (By Request - Departmental - Comptroller)
Entitled	Income Tax - Police, Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Personnel in an Emergency or a Disaster Area
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 76	Status as of May 11, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 248
Sponsored By	Senator Astle
Entitled	Recordation Tax - Refinancing Instrument - Trusts
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 96	Status as of April 8, 2004: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Senator Middleton
Entitled	Nonprofit Health Service Plans - Submission of Premium Tax Exemption Reports
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Health and Government Operations

SB 135	Status as of February 9, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Stone
Entitled	Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Retirement Income - Rollovers to Individual Retirement Accounts
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 156	Status as of March 24, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Miller, Pinsky, Astle, Britt, Conway, Currie, DeGrange, Della, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Giannetti, Gladden, Green, Grosfeld, Hollinger, Hughes, Jimeno, Jones, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Lawlah, McFadden, Middleton, Ruben, Stone, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Corporate Income Tax Reform
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 219	Status as of February 25, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Grosfeld, Britt, Frosh, Garagiola, Giannetti, Gladden, Jones, Pinsky, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) Business Tax Loophole Closure Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 321	Status as of March 29, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Hafer, Astle, Britt, Colburn, Conway, Dyson, Green, Greenip, Hollinger, Klausmeier, Middleton, Schrader, and Stone
Entitled	Sales and Use Tax - Tax-Free Weekend
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 435	Status as of March 10, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Munson, Green, Greenip, Mooney, Astle, Brinkley, Colburn, Conway, Dyson, Hafer, Haines, Hogan, Hooper, Jacobs, Jones, Kramer, Lawlah, McFadden, Stoltzfus, and Stone
Entitled	Income Tax Exemption Amounts - Blind and Elderly Individuals
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 444	Status as of March 10, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Brinkley, Astle, Colburn, Dyson, Hafer, Haines, Harris, Hogan, Jacobs, Lawlah, Mooney, Ruben, and Stone
Entitled	Qualified Tuition Programs - Income Tax Treatment
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 453	Status as of April 9, 2004: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Senator Brinkley
Entitled	Sales and Use Tax - Modular Buildings
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 479	Status as of March 29, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Dyson, Munson, and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Income Tax Credit for Preservation and Conservation Easements - Transferability
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 492	Status as of March 24, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Astle
Entitled	Vessel Excise Tax - Exemption - Charter Service
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 502	Status as of April 1, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Referred to interim study
Sponsored By	Senators Lawlah, Conway, Della, Exum, Forehand, Garagiola, Gladden, Jones, Kelley, McFadden, Pinsky, Ruben, Stone, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Economic Development and Fiscal Accountability Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 508	Status as of May 26, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 430
Sponsored By	The President (By Request - Administration)
Entitled	Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2004
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means and Appropriations

SB 510	Status as of February 18, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	The President (By Request - Administration)
Entitled	Budget Reconciliation Act of 2004
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 536	Status as of April 6, 2004: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Passed with Amendments
Sponsored By	Senator Astle
Entitled	Vessel Excise Tax - Exemption - Vessel Commissioning
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 589	Status as of May 26, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 467
Sponsored By	Senators Munson, Middleton, Brinkley, Colburn, Dyson, Hafer, Haines, Harris, Hooper, Jacobs, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Kramer, Mooney, Pipkin, and Stoltzfus
Entitled	2020 Rural Maryland - Agricultural and Resource-Based Industry Development Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Environmental Matters

SB 601	Status as of April 9, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Mooney, Colburn, Greenip, Harris, and Hooper
Entitled	Taxpayers' Bill of Rights
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 624	Status as of March 24, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Giannetti
Entitled	Property Tax - Exemption - Surviving Spouse of a Veteran
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 659	Status as of March 29, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Hooper, Colburn, Jacobs, and Mooney
Entitled	Income Tax - Pension Exclusion - Application to Spouses Filing a Joint Return
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 709	Status as of February 20, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Brochin
Entitled	Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Teachers' Retirement Income
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 712	Status as of May 26, 2004: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senator Middleton
Entitled	Motor Homes and Travel Trailers - Vehicle Excise Tax - Definitions - Extension of Sunset
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 731	Status as of February 11, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Pinsky
Entitled	Revenue Enhancement Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 787	Status as of May 11, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 306
Sponsored By	Senators Hogan and McFadden (Task Force to Study Public School Facilities)
Entitled	Public School Facilities Act of 2004
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations and Ways and Means

SB 788	Status as of March 24, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Hafer
Entitled	Municipal Corporations - Personal Property Tax Exemption - Pulp Mills
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 851	Status as of February 27, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Brinkley
Entitled	Income Tax - Corporations - Addition Modification for Royalty Payments
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 853	Status as of March 29, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Miller, Astle, Currie, DeGrange, Lawlah, and Middleton
Entitled	Property Tax Exemption - Property Used to Generate Electricity, Steam, or Hot or Chilled Water
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 860	Status as of April 27, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 145
Sponsored By	Senators Hafer and Harris
Entitled	Inheritance Tax - Stepchildren and Stepparents of a Decedent
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 877	Status as of March 17, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Kittleman and Astle
Entitled	Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Military Retirement Income
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 916	Status as of April 10, 2004: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Senator Astle
Entitled	Property Tax and Transfer and Recordation Taxes - Land Trusts - Credits and Exemptions
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 927	Status as of March 8, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules
Sponsored By	Senator Garagiola
Entitled	Assault Weapon User Fee
Committee Assignments	Senate: Senate Rules