2004 REGULAR SESSION subject information current as of November 17, 2004 - 4:52 p.m.

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HB 16	Status as of March 8, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegate Boutin
Entitled	Valid Marriages
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 25	Status as of March 15, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Ramirez
Entitled	Labor and Employment - Parental Leave - School Activities
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 52	Status as of April 12, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Delegates Kaiser, Hixson, Bartlett, Boschert, Bozman, Cardin, Cryor, C. Davis, Elmore, Gilleland, Goodwin, Gordon, Healey, Heller, Howard, King, Marriott, McKee, Murray, Myers, Patterson, Ramirez, and Ross
Entitled	Education - Early Childhood Educational and Developmental Programs
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 211	Status as of April 27, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 158
Sponsored By	Delegates Cane, Bohanan, Bozman, Conway, C. Davis, Franchot, Harrison, Heller, Krysiak, Malone, McConkey, Owings, Proctor, Rudolph, Sophocleus, Sossi, F. Turner, Hurson, Hammen, Benson, Boteler, Boutin, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Goldwater, Kach, Mandel, McDonough, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rosenberg, Smigiel, V. Turner, and Weldon
Entitled	Family Law - Adoption - Certificates of Birth
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 232	Status as of May 25, 2004: Veto not sustained, Chapter 7 of 2004 Special Session 1
Sponsored By	Delegates F. Turner, Bobo, Boschert, Boutin, Cane, Conroy, DeBoy, Dumais, Elmore, Glassman, Gordon, Hubbard, Kaiser, Kelley, Love, Madaleno, Menes, Montgomery, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Owings, Parker, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Quinter, Ramirez, and Sophocleus
Entitled	Family Law - Adoption Search, Contact, and Reunion Services - Siblings
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 325	Status as of February 16, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegate Elliott
Entitled	Child Abuse - Definition - Exemption for Reasonable Punishment by Parent or Stepparent
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 366	Status as of March 1, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Jones, Cane, Howard, Kirk, Marriott, Nathan-Pulliam, Patterson, and Proctor
Entitled	Child Support - Incarcerated Obligors - Suspension of Payments and Accrual of Arrearages
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 400	Status as of May 26, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 502
Sponsored By	Delegates Dumais and Feldman
Entitled	Maryland Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 402	Status as of March 15, 2004: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegate Dumais
Entitled	Child Support - Arrearages - Notice to the Motor Vehicle Administration
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 403	Status as of March 15, 2004: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegate Dumais
Entitled	Family Law - Child Support Arrearage - Driver's License Suspensions
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 404	Status as of March 1, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegate Dumais
Entitled	Real Property - Wrongful Detainer - Married Individuals
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 604	Status as of May 26, 2004: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Delegate Dumais
Entitled	Family Law - Child Support Guidelines
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 605	Status as of May 26, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 509
Sponsored By	Delegate Dumais
Entitled	Child Support - Driver's License Suspension - Grounds for Requesting an Investigation and Appealing
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 621	Status as of March 4, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates Amedori, O'Donnell, Aumann, Bates, Boschert, Boteler, Boutin, Burns, Cluster, Conroy, Costa, DeBoy, Donoghue, Dwyer, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Elmore, Frank, Gilleland, Glassman, Haddaway, Hogan, Impallaria, Jameson, Jennings, Kach, Krebs, Krysiak, Leopold, McComas, McConkey, McDonough, McMillan, Miller, Minnick, Myers, Owings, Parrott, Proctor, Shank, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Sossi, Stocksdale, Stull, Trueschler, Walkup, Weir, Weldon, and Wood
Entitled	Public Health - Abortion - Parental Notice
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 640	Status as of March 1, 2004: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Dumais, Amedori, Anderson, Barkley, Kelley, King, Lee, and Zirkin
Entitled	Family Law - Unattended Children
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 728	Status as of March 8, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Burns, Boteler, Cane, Dwyer, Edwards, Frank, Impallaria, Kach, Kelly, McDonough, O'Donnell, Parker, and Trueschler
Entitled	Same Sex Marriages - Foreign Jurisdictions - Invalidity
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 746	Status as of April 27, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 199
Sponsored By	Chairman, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Maryland Judicial Conference)
Entitled	Marriage Ceremonies - Authorized Officials - Fees
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 836	Status as of May 26, 2004: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Delegate Dumais
Entitled	Family Law - Property Disposition - Transfer of Family Use Personal Property
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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 882	Status as of March 23, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Chairman, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Maryland Judicial Conference)
Entitled	Permanency for Families and Children Act of 2004
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 980	Status as of March 22, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegate Kach
Entitled	Child Support - Postsecondary Education Funding
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1013	Status as of March 10, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate Trueschler
Entitled	Gaming Facilities - Consumer Protections
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1043	Status as of March 31, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Delegates Rosenberg, Hubbard, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, and Pendergrass
Entitled	Advance Directives - Immunity for Health Care Providers and Facilities
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 1059	Status as of March 22, 2004: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Dumais, Gordon, Hixson, Howard, King, and Marriott
Entitled	Family Law - Child Support - Age of Majority - Postsecondary Education
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1085	Status as of March 22, 2004: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegate Weldon
Entitled	Family Law - Child Abuse and Neglect Investigations - Parental Rights
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1092	Status as of March 22, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Weldon and Hogan
Entitled	Family Law - Children - De Facto Custody
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1098	Status as of March 22, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Menes, Goldwater, Hubbard, Jones, and McComas
Entitled	Family Law - Child Abuse and Neglect - Reporting by Members of the Clergy
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1142	Status as of March 30, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Delegates Zirkin, Amedori, Burns, Cardin, Jones, Morhaim, and Nathan-Pulliam
Entitled	Child Welfare Services - Children in Out-of-Home Placement
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 1146	Status as of May 26, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 536
Sponsored By	Delegates Jones, Bozman, Burns, Howard, Kirk, Marriott, Nathan-Pulliam, Patterson, and Ramirez
Entitled	Juvenile Causes - Children in Out-of-Home Placement - Plan for a System of Outcomes Evaluation
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 1149	Status as of March 22, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates McComas, Boteler, Boutin, Cryor, Glassman, Kach, and Sophocleus
Entitled	Family Law - Adoption - Child's Age for Consent
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1159	Status as of March 22, 2004: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Boteler, Cluster, Bromwell, DeBoy, Frank, Impallaria, McDonough, and Weir
Entitled	Family Law - Termination of Parental Rights and Adoption - Rights of Foster Parents
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1216	Status as of March 31, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Delegate O'Donnell
Entitled	Child Custody and Visitation - Child Abduction
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 1217	Status as of March 27, 2004: Bill is in the House - Recommit to Committee Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegate O'Donnell
Entitled	Children - Joint Legal Custody and Equal Parenting Time - Preference
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

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 1284	Status as of April 12, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Delegates Hurson, Anderson, Barkley, Barve, Bobo, Bronrott, Cardin, Carter, V. Clagett, Cryor, Doory, Dumais, Feldman, Franchot, Gaines, Goldwater, Gordon, Gutierrez, Hammen, Heller, Hixson, Hubbard, Jones, Kaiser, King, Lee, Madaleno, Mandel, Marriott, McIntosh, Menes, Moe, Montgomery, Niemann, Parker, Pendergrass, Petzold, Ramirez, Rosenberg, Ross, F. Turner, and Zirkin
Entitled	Medical Decision Making Act of 2004
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 1302	Status as of April 10, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegate Rosenberg
Entitled	Marriage Promotion Act of 2004
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

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 1483	Status as of March 30, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Delegate O'Donnell
Entitled	Criminal Law - Child Abuse in the First Degree - Household Member or Family Member
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HJ 9	Status as of February 18, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Sponsored By	Delegate Marriott (By Request - Baltimore City Administration)
Entitled	Compact for Sound Government
Committee Assignments	House: House Rules and Executive Nominations

SB 38	Status as of May 26, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 435
Sponsored By	Chairman, Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Departmental - Human Resources)
Entitled	Family Law - Child Support Enforcement - Earnings Withholding and Medical Support Notices
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 120	Status as of January 28, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Brochin and Stone
Entitled	Criminal Law - Child Abuse in the First Degree - Household Member or Family Member
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 217	Status as of March 9, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Grosfeld and Gladden
Entitled	Family Law - Child Support Arrearage - Driver's License Suspensions
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 237	Status as of March 23, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Kelley, Britt, Conway, Gladden, Grosfeld, Jones, Kramer, and Lawlah
Entitled	Family Law - Child Abuse and Neglect - Reporting by Members of the Clergy
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 249	Status as of March 9, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Grosfeld, Giannetti, and Gladden
Entitled	Child Support - Arrearages - Notice to the Motor Vehicle Administration
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 269	Status as of May 26, 2004: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senator Grosfeld
Entitled	Maryland Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 277	Status as of March 9, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Lawlah, Britt, Conway, Currie, Exum, Gladden, Grosfeld, Hughes, Jones, Kelley, and McFadden
Entitled	Child Support - Incarcerated Obligors - Suspension of Payments and Accrual of Arrearages
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 285	Status as of April 13, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 31
Sponsored By	Senator Jacobs
Entitled	Child in Need of Assistance - Permanency Planning Hearings
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 328	Status as of April 27, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 116
Sponsored By	Senators Grosfeld, Britt, Forehand, Giannetti, Gladden, Pinsky, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Family Law - Child Support Guidelines
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 329	Status as of May 26, 2004: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senator Grosfeld
Entitled	Child Support - Driver's License Suspension - Grounds for Requesting an Investigation and Appealing
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 351	Status as of March 19, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Jacobs, Hooper, Brinkley, Colburn, DeGrange, Dyson, Green, Greenip, Hafer, Haines, Harris, Jimeno, Mooney, Munson, Stoltzfus, and Stone
Entitled	Public Health - Abortion - Parental Notice
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 418	Status as of May 26, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 457
Sponsored By	Senator Grosfeld
Entitled	Family Law - Property Disposition - Transfer of Family Use Personal Property
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 477	Status as of May 11, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 281
Sponsored By	Senators Brinkley, Colburn, DeGrange, Greenip, Hafer, Jacobs, Kittleman, Kramer, and Pinsky
Entitled	Medically Fragile Children - Study
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Judiciary

SB 514	Status as of February 11, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Chairman, Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Maryland Judicial Conference)
Entitled	Marriage Ceremonies - Authorized Officials - Fees
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 591	Status as of March 23, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Jacobs
Entitled	Family Law - In Vitro Fertilization - Parental Rights
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 602	Status as of March 30, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Mooney, Brinkley, Hafer, Lawlah, and Munson
Entitled	Family Law - Children - De Facto Custody
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 673	Status as of February 11, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Colburn, Hooper, Hafer, Harris, Jacobs, Mooney, Stoltzfus, and Stone
Entitled	Valid Marriages
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 693	Status as of March 26, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary
Sponsored By	Senator Gladden
Entitled	Children in Need of Assistance - Custody and Guardianship
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 697	Status as of March 23, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Chairman, Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Maryland Judicial Conference)
Entitled	Permanency for Families and Children Act of 2004
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 704	Status as of March 30, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Hooper, Colburn, Greenip, and Hafer
Entitled	Family Law - Child Support Guidelines - Calculations
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 710	Status as of February 11, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Kelley, Della, Gladden, Grosfeld, Hogan, Hollinger, Lawlah, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Juvenile Causes - Children in Out-of-Home Placement - Uniform System of Outcomes Evaluation
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 711	Status as of May 11, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 304
Sponsored By	Senators Jacobs and Giannetti
Entitled	Child Welfare Services - Children in Out-of-Home Placement
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 746	Status as of February 16, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Haines, Harris, and Jimeno
Entitled	Same Sex Marriages - Foreign Jurisdictions - Invalidity
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 899	Status as of March 5, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Mooney and Stone
Entitled	Family Law - Child Abuse and Neglect Investigations - Parental Rights
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 928	Status as of May 26, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 491
Sponsored By	Senator Stone
Entitled	Family Law - Child Support Guidelines - Third Party Payments
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SJ 3	Status as of February 18, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Stoltzfus, Colburn, Dyson, Greenip, Hafer, Haines, Harris, Hooper, Jacobs, Mooney, and Munson
Entitled	Proclamation of the Maryland General Assembly on the Family
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SJ 8	Status as of March 23, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Sponsored By	Senator McFadden (By Request - Baltimore City Administration)
Entitled	Compact for Sound Government
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: House Rules and Executive Nominations