2004 REGULAR SESSION subject information current as of November 17, 2004 - 6:07 p.m.

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HB 5	Status as of March 15, 2004: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Bronrott, Mandel, and Holmes
Entitled	Motor Vehicles - Learners' Permits and Provisional Licenses - Restriction on Use of a Wireless Communication Device While Driving
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 29	Status as of February 13, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Arnick and Mandel
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Use of Hand-Held Telephone While Driving - Prohibition
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 72	Status as of February 16, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Pendergrass, Barkley, Barve, Howard, Hubbard, King, Love, Mandel, Nathan-Pulliam, Owings, Petzold, Ramirez, Rosenberg, Sossi, and F. Turner
Entitled	Criminal Law - Telecommunication Service Providers - Decryption
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 141	Status as of March 8, 2004: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Doory
Entitled	Telecommunications Service - Charges for Directory Assistance
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 189	Status as of March 1, 2004: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Dumais, Holmes, Cryor, Feldman, King, Lee, and Murray
Entitled	Motor Vehicles - Learner's Instructional Permit and Provisional Driver's License - Restriction on Use of Communication Device While Driving
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

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 589	Status as of April 27, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 187
Sponsored By	Prince George's County Delegation
Entitled	Education - Prince George's County - Telecommunications Tax - School Renovations
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 736	Status as of March 22, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Doory, Amedori, Barkley, Bartlett, Conroy, DeBoy, Goodwin, Howard, Hubbard, Kaiser, Madaleno, Mandel, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, O'Donnell, Pendergrass, and Zirkin
Entitled	Crimes - Surveillance - Cellular or Wireless Telephones Equipped with Cameras
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 801	Status as of March 1, 2004: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Ross, Hubbard, and Ramirez
Entitled	Task Force on the Compatibility of State and Local Police Communication Systems
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 854	Status as of March 17, 2004: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates Ross, Hubbard, and Ramirez
Entitled	Task Force on 9-1-1 Call Routing to Local Law Enforcement Agencies
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

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 929	Status as of March 30, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Delegates Zirkin, Petzold, Cryor, Dumais, Goldwater, Jones, Kaiser, Madaleno, Montgomery, and Murray
Entitled	Criminal Law - Sexual Solicitation of a Minor
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 1066	Status as of April 12, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates McIntosh, Anderson, Burns, Carter, C. Davis, Doory, Fulton, Goodwin, Harrison, Kirk, Paige, and F. Turner
Entitled	Higher Education - Morgan State University - Coordination and Governance
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1082	Status as of March 29, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Stern
Entitled	Telecommunications Services - Competition - Enforcement
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 1118	Status as of March 15, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegate Cryor
Entitled	State Personnel - Teleworking Implementation Program
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1152	Status as of March 22, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates McComas and Boutin
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Distracted Driving
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1179	Status as of May 26, 2004: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Delegates Wood, Elmore, McKee, Glassman, Amedori, Bartlett, Bohanan, Boutin, Bozman, Cane, G. Clagett, Conway, Donoghue, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Haddaway, Hennessy, Hogan, James, Jameson, Kelly, Krebs, McComas, McConkey, Mitchell, Myers, O'Donnell, Owings, Parrott, Proctor, Rudolph, Shank, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Sossi, Stocksdale, Stull, Vallario, Walkup, and Weldon
Entitled	2020 Rural Maryland - Agricultural and Resource-Based Industry Development Act
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1204	Status as of February 13, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Anne Arundel County Delegation (By Request - Anne Arundel County Administration)
Entitled	Anne Arundel County - Mobile Telephone Sales and Use Tax
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

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 1331	Status as of March 27, 2004: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegate Zirkin
Entitled	Crimes - Child Pornography - Electronic Communication with Minor
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1538	Status as of May 26, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 490
Sponsored By	Delegates Cryor, Amedori, Aumann, Barkley, Bates, Benson, Bobo, Boschert, Boutin, Bozman, Bromwell, Bronrott, Cadden, Cane, Cardin, Carter, V. Clagett, Cluster, Conroy, C. Davis, DeBoy, Donoghue, Doory, Dumais, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elmore, Feldman, Franchot, Frank, Frush, Fulton, Gilleland, Goldwater, Goodwin, Gutierrez, Haddaway, Harrison, Healey, Heller, Hennessy, Hixson, Hogan, Holmes, Howard, Hurson, James, Jameson, Jones, Kach, Kaiser, Kelley, King, Kirk, Krebs, Krysiak, Lee, Leopold, Love, Madaleno, Mandel, Marriott, McComas, McConkey, McIntosh, McKee, Menes, Minnick, Moe, Montgomery, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, O'Donnell, Owings, Paige, Parker, Parrott, Patterson, Petzold, Ramirez, Rosenberg, Rudolph, Shank, Simmons, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Stern, Stocksdale, Taylor, V. Turner, Vaughn, Walkup, Weldon, and Zirkin
Entitled	Task Force on the Status of Women and Information Technology
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 117	Status as of May 25, 2004: Vetoed by the Governor - Policy
Sponsored By	Senator Dyson
Entitled	Consumer Protection - Privacy of Social Security Numbers
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 430	Status as of May 11, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 273
Sponsored By	Senators Conway, Britt, Currie, Della, Exum, Hughes, Jones, Kelley, Lawlah, McFadden, and Gladden
Entitled	Higher Education - Morgan State University - Coordination and Governance
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Appropriations

SB 484	Status as of March 29, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Garagiola, Brinkley, Britt, Dyson, Forehand, Hafer, Hogan, Kramer, Lawlah, Middleton, Stone, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	State Personnel - Teleworking Implementation Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 486	Status as of March 10, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Garagiola, Brinkley, Britt, Dyson, Forehand, Hafer, Hogan, Kramer, Lawlah, Stone, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Tax Credit for Cost of Employee Teleworking Expenses
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

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 512	Status as of May 11, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 285
Sponsored By	Senators Jimeno, Brochin, Forehand, Garagiola, Giannetti, Green, Haines, Hughes, Jacobs, and Mooney
Entitled	Criminal Law - Sexual Solicitation of a Minor
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 625	Status as of March 15, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Giannetti
Entitled	Zoning - Regulation of Flagpoles Containing Telecommunications Equipment
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 626	Status as of March 15, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Giannetti
Entitled	Task Force to Study Methods to Enhance State Revenues Related to Telecommunication Technology
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 661	Status as of March 25, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Hooper
Entitled	Consumer Protection - Cellular Telephone Service Contracts
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

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 917	Status as of May 26, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 489
Sponsored By	Senator Lawlah
Entitled	Task Force on the Status of Women and Information Technology
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Economic Matters