2005 REGULAR SESSION subject information current as of December 15, 2005 - 11:02 p.m.

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HB 36	Status as of March 21, 2005: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Arnick
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Motor Scooters and Mopeds - Helmets and Eye-Protective Equipment for Operators and Riders
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 110	Status as of May 26, 2005: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Delegates Menes, Dwyer, Hennessy, Shank, Shewell, and Sophocleus
Entitled	Civil Actions - Limitation of Actions - Land Surveyors
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 114	Status as of March 30, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules
Sponsored By	Delegates Zirkin, Morhaim, Aumann, Boteler, Cardin, DeBoy, Frank, Jennings, McComas, McMillan, Shank, Sophocleus, Trueschler, Barve, Arnick, Bartlett, Bates, Bohanan, Boschert, Boutin, Bozman, Branch, Burns, Cadden, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Cluster, Conway, Costa, Cryor, D. Davis, Donoghue, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Elmore, Frank, Fulton, Glassman, Haddaway, Hammen, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, Hurson, Impallaria, James, Jones, Kach, Kelly, Kirk, Krebs, Kullen, Leopold, Love, Madaleno, Malone, Mandel, McConkey, McDonough, McKee, Menes, Miller, Minnick, Myers, Oaks, O'Donnell, Parrott, Petzold, Rosenberg, Rudolph, Shewell, Stern, Stocksdale, Stull, Walkup, Weldon, and Weir
Entitled	Quality Health Care Act of 2005
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Senate Rules

HB 194	Status as of April 4, 2005: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Zirkin, Morhaim, Myers, and Shank
Entitled	Health Care Malpractice Claims - Collateral Sources
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 273	Status as of April 4, 2005: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegate Zirkin
Entitled	Health Care Malpractice Claims - Past Medical Expenses
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 274	Status as of April 8, 2005: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegate Zirkin
Entitled	Health Care Malpractice - Time Limits - Minors
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 301	Status as of February 17, 2005: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary
Sponsored By	The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Arnick, Aumann, Bartlett, Bates, Boschert, Boteler, Boutin, Cluster, Costa, Cryor, Donoghue, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Elmore, Frank, Fulton, Impallaria, Jennings, Kach, Kelly, Krebs, Leopold, McComas, McConkey, McDonough, McKee, McMillan, Miller, Minnick, O'Donnell, Parrott, Shank, Shewell, Stocksdale, Stull, Trueschler, Walkup, and Weir
Entitled	Maryland Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 337	Status as of February 23, 2005: Bill is in the House - First Reading Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Smigiel, Boteler, Cluster, Costa, Dwyer, Kach, McComas, Myers, Nathan-Pulliam, Sossi, Stull, Taylor, and Weldon
Entitled	Adult Sexual Matter - Transmission via Electronic Mail - Use of .sex Suffix
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 433	Status as of March 9, 2005: Bill is in the House - Re-assigned Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates Morhaim, Boutin, Bromwell, Cardin, Hammen, Hurson, Kach, Oaks, Rosenberg, Shank, and Zirkin
Entitled	Task Force on Administrative Compensation for Birth-Related Neurological Injury
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations and Judiciary

HB 485	Status as of February 17, 2005: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Zirkin, Barve, Boteler, Cardin, DeBoy, Frank, Jennings, Malone, Minnick, Morhaim, Shank, Sophocleus, Trueschler, and Weir
Entitled	Health Care Malpractice - Periodic Payments
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 499	Status as of February 14, 2005: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Morhaim, Boutin, and Zirkin
Entitled	Health Care Malpractice Claims - Structured Settlements and Annuities
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 507	Status as of April 26, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 216
Sponsored By	Delegates Krysiak, Feldman, McHale, Moe, Pendergrass, and Quinter
Entitled	Consumer Protection - Enforcement Authority of Consumer Protection Division
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 510	Status as of February 16, 2005: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates Menes, Barkley, Benson, Bobo, Bronrott, Burns, Cane, Conroy, Costa, D. Davis, Donoghue, Frush, Gaines, Gutierrez, Haynes, Healey, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Jones, Kaiser, Kelley, Kelly, King, Kirk, Kullen, Lee, Love, Mandel, McHale, Moe, Montgomery, Oaks, Petzold, Rudolph, Taylor, F. Turner, V. Turner, and Vaughn
Entitled	Procurement - Contracts for Services Rendered Outside the United States - Prohibitions
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 512	Status as of February 17, 2005: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Bates, Boteler, Impallaria, Jennings, Krebs, McDonough, and Miller
Entitled	Medical Injury Compensation - Claimant Recovery
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 646	Status as of March 30, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Delegates Shank, Bartlett, Kelly, McKee, Myers, and Weldon
Entitled	Victims of Crime - Burglary and Crimes of Violence - Civil Immunity
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 666	Status as of May 26, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 568
Sponsored By	Delegates Hammen and Donoghue
Entitled	Insurance - Delinquency Proceedings Against Insolvent Insurers - Financial Contracts
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 691	Status as of May 26, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 570
Sponsored By	Delegates Dumais, Barkley, Bobo, Cryor, Feldman, Goldwater, Gutierrez, Haddaway, Hixson, Jameson, Kaiser, Kelley, King, Krebs, Lee, Love, Moe, Montgomery, Murray, Ramirez, Simmons, Taylor, F. Turner, Vaughn, Burns, Conroy, Doory, Harrison, Kirk, Krysiak, McHale, and Parrott
Entitled	Consumer Protection - Immigration Consulting Services
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 780	Status as of February 16, 2005: Bill is in the House - First Reading Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Moe (Chair, Joint Technology Oversight Committee)
Entitled	Consumer Protection - Maryland Computer User Protection Act
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 836	Status as of May 26, 2005: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Delegates Heller, Aumann, Bohanan, and Marriott (Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds)
Entitled	Maryland Tort Claims Act - Structured Settlements
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 941	Status as of April 26, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 250
Sponsored By	Delegates McComas, Aumann, Bartlett, Barve, Bates, Boteler, Boutin, Bronrott, Carter, V. Clagett, Eckardt, Elliott, Frush, Glassman, Haddaway, Hennessy, Kach, Kaiser, Lee, Mayer, McDonough, Menes, Miller, Montgomery, Quinter, Shank, Shewell, Sossi, Stern, Stocksdale, and Weldon
Entitled	Injury to or Death of Pet - Damages
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 945	Status as of February 16, 2005: Bill is in the House - First Reading Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Lee, Barkley, Bronrott, Conroy, Doory, Dumais, Feldman, Frush, Gaines, Gilleland, Glassman, Goldwater, Gutierrez, Heller, Hubbard, Jones, Kaiser, King, Kirk, Krysiak, Love, Madaleno, Mandel, Marriott, Mayer, McComas, McDonough, McHale, Menes, Moe, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Pendergrass, Shank, Shewell, Smigiel, Stern, Taylor, Trueschler, Vaughn, and Walkup
Entitled	Consumer Protection - Unauthorized Computer Software Prevention Act
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 1011	Status as of March 21, 2005: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Howard, Benson, Burns, Conroy, Heller, Holmes, Madaleno, Montgomery, Patterson, Pendergrass, Smigiel, Stern, and Vaughn
Entitled	Consumer Protection - Unsolicited Transmissions to a Facsimile Device - Private Actions
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 1035	Status as of March 18, 2005: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegate C. Davis
Entitled	Mentally Ill Individuals' Bill of Rights
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 1081	Status as of May 10, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 415
Sponsored By	Delegates Simmons, Vallario, and Smigiel
Entitled	Courts - Parent-Child Immunity - Motor Vehicle Torts
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 1212	Status as of April 8, 2005: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Barve, Kach, Jones, Donoghue, Arnick, Boschert, Bozman, Burns, Cadden, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Conway, Costa, DeBoy, Glassman, Hammen, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, Hurson, James, Kirk, Kullen, Love, Madaleno, Mandel, McDonough, Menes, Morhaim, Petzold, Rudolph, Stern, Trueschler, Weir, and Zirkin
Entitled	Courts - Medical Injury Claims - Damages
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1288	Status as of April 8, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Passed with Amendments
Sponsored By	Delegate Niemann
Entitled	Real Property - Foreclosure - Protection of Homeowners
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters and Economic Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 1295	Status as of February 16, 2005: Bill is in the House - First Reading Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Vaughn, Burns, Impallaria, Kach, Kirk, Krysiak, Kullen, Oaks, Paige, and Taylor
Entitled	Real Property - Residential Dwellings - Notice and Opportunity to Repair Construction Defects
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 1362	Status as of March 3, 2005: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates McComas, Bartlett, Bates, Bohanan, Boschert, Boutin, Cadden, Cluster, DeBoy, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Elmore, Frank, Gilleland, Glassman, Haddaway, Hogan, Jennings, Krebs, McKee, Miller, Myers, O'Donnell, Shank, Shewell, Stocksdale, Stull, Trueschler, and Wood
Entitled	Civil Actions - Limitations on Awards for Noneconomic Damages - Latent Diseases or Injuries
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

SB 14	Status as of April 26, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 102
Sponsored By	Senators Haines, Giannetti, Jacobs, and Jimeno
Entitled	Civil Actions - Limitation of Actions - Land Surveyors
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 29	Status as of February 7, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Brochin
Entitled	Medical Professional Liability Insurance - Policies with Deductibles
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 130	Status as of April 26, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 120
Sponsored By	Chairman, Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Departmental - Transportation)
Entitled	Maryland Transit Administration - Eminent Domain - Environmental and Engineering Studies
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Environmental Matters

SB 180	Status as of February 7, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Frosh and Ruben
Entitled	Consumer Protection - Unsolicited Facsimiles - Private Cause of Action
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 221	Status as of February 16, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Brinkley, Colburn, Greenip, Hafer, Haines, Harris, Hooper, Jacobs, Mooney, Pipkin, Schrader, and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Maryland Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 250	Status as of April 9, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Senate Conference Committee Appointed
Sponsored By	Senator Hollinger (Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee) and Senators Britt, Brochin, Colburn, Conway, Dyson, Greenip, Grosfeld, Pinsky, Harris, and Kittleman
Entitled	Public Health - Medical Laboratories - Inspection, Information Sharing, and Whistleblower Protection
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Economic Matters and Health and Government Operations

SB 347	Status as of May 26, 2005: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senator Stone
Entitled	Injury to or Death of Pet - Damages
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 402	Status as of April 8, 2005: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Senators Pinsky, Britt, Brochin, Conway, Currie, DeGrange, Della, Dyson, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Grosfeld, Hollinger, Jones, Klausmeier, Lawlah, McFadden, Middleton, Stone, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Procurement - Contracts for Services Rendered Outside the United States - Prohibitions
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Health and Government Operations

SB 492	Status as of March 31, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Greenip
Entitled	Consumer Protection - Maryland Unauthorized Computer Software Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 494	Status as of April 6, 2005: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Senator Hafer
Entitled	Whistleblower Protection for Employees of State Grant Recipients
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 580	Status as of May 26, 2005: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senators Gladden, Kelley, Klausmeier, Hooper, and Middleton
Entitled	Insurance - Delinquency Proceedings Against Insolvent Insurers - Financial Contracts
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 590	Status as of April 7, 2005: Bill is in the House - Special Order ...
Sponsored By	Senators Colburn, Greenip, Hooper, Jimeno, Mooney, Stone, Della, Exum, Gladden, Kelley, Klausmeier, Middleton, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Consumer Protection - Immigration Consulting Services
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 605	Status as of March 24, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Gladden, Brinkley, Britt, Brochin, Colburn, Conway, Currie, DeGrange, Della, Dyson, Exum, Forehand, Garagiola, Giannetti, Grosfeld, Hogan, Hughes, Jacobs, Jimeno, Jones, Kelley, Lawlah, McFadden, Pinsky, Ruben, Stone, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Employment Contracts - Broadcast Industry - Noncompete Provisions
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 649	Status as of February 16, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Jacobs, Hafer, Kittleman, and Mooney
Entitled	Civil Actions - Limitations on Awards for Noneconomic Damages - Latent Diseases or Injuries
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 682	Status as of March 31, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Harris
Entitled	No-Fault Cerebral Palsy Insurance Fund
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance and Judicial Proceedings

SB 683	Status as of May 26, 2005: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senator Garagiola
Entitled	Courts - Parent-Child Immunity - Motor Vehicle Torts
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 761	Status as of May 26, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 509
Sponsored By	Senator Frosh
Entitled	Real Property - Foreclosure - Protection of Homeowners
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Environmental Matters and Economic Matters

SB 781	Status as of April 26, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 174
Sponsored By	Senators Lawlah, Forehand, Haines, and McFadden (Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds)
Entitled	Maryland Tort Claims Act - Structured Settlements
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 801	Status as of March 31, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Teitelbaum (Chair, Joint Technology Oversight Committee) and Senators Dyson, Giannetti, Gladden, Hafer, Hogan, Munson, and Pinsky
Entitled	Consumer Protection - Maryland Computer User Protection Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 857	Status as of May 26, 2005: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senator Gladden
Entitled	Consumer Protection - Enforcement Authority of Consumer Protection Division
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters