2006 REGULAR SESSION subject information current as of June 6, 2006 - 7:46 p.m.

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HB 54	Status as of February 13, 2006: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegate Kach
Entitled	Crimes - Video and Computer Games Rated "For Adults Only" - Prohibition on Sale, Display, or Rental to Minor
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 75	Status as of February 20, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegate Ross
Entitled	Consumer Protection - Sales and Rentals of Violent Video Games to Minors - Prohibited
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 244	Status as of March 10, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Delegates Hixson, Patterson, Barve, Bobo, Montgomery, Bozman, Bronrott, Cardin, C. Davis, Franchot, Healey, Heller, Mandel, Morhaim, Ramirez, Ross, Boschert, Cadden, Cryor, Doory, Feldman, Gilleland, Goodwin, Gordon, Howard, Kaiser, King, Lawton, Marriott, McIntosh, Pendergrass, and Quinter
Entitled	Election Law - Voting Systems - Voter-Verified Paper Records
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 318	Status as of March 1, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Aumann, Boteler, Cluster, Donoghue, Edwards, Elliott, Elmore, Frank, Glassman, Hogan, Impallaria, Jennings, Kelly, Kirk, Kohl, Krebs, Mayer, McComas, McDonough, McKee, Miller, O'Donnell, Parker, Parrott, Shank, Sossi, Stull, Weir, and Weldon
Entitled	Public Education Bridge to Excellence and Public School Construction Act
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 355	Status as of March 1, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Patterson, Conroy, Holmes, Kelley, and Parker
Entitled	State Lottery - Unclaimed Prizes - Distribution to School Systems
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 442	Status as of March 1, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Bromwell, Malone, and DeBoy
Entitled	Maryland Education Trust Fund - Video Lottery Terminals
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 575	Status as of March 1, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate G. Clagett
Entitled	Public School Construction - Funding - Video Lottery Terminals
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 594	Status as of February 8, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Moe, Cardin, Doory, Dumais, Feldman, Frush, Glassman, Griffith, Healey, Howard, Hubbard, Jameson, Kelley, Krebs, Kullen, Lee, Madaleno, Malone, Menes, Ramirez, Ross, and Vaughn
Entitled	Consumer Protection - Maryland Computer User Protection Act
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 600	Status as of March 23, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates F. Turner, Aumann, Barkley, Bohanan, Cadden, G. Clagett, Conway, Cryor, DeBoy, Dumais, Feldman, Franchot, Gaines, Gilleland, Goldwater, Goodwin, Haynes, James, Jones, Kelley, King, Levy, Madaleno, Mandel, McIntosh, Montgomery, Murray, Oaks, Paige, Parker, Pendergrass, Proctor, Pugh, Quinter, Ramirez, Rudolph, Stern, V. Turner, and Vallario
Entitled	Higher Education - Community Colleges - Innovative Partnerships for Technology Program
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 626	Status as of February 8, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates Mandel, Burns, Frush, Heller, Hubbard, Kaiser, Kohl, Lee, Madaleno, Marriott, Menes, Montgomery, Parker, Pendergrass, Ramirez, Trueschler, and F. Turner
Entitled	Prescription Safety Act
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 683	Status as of March 23, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate C. Davis
Entitled	Ground Rents - Actions for Ejectment - Reasonable Efforts to Locate Tenant
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 710	Status as of May 2, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 347
Sponsored By	Delegates Heller, Anderson, Barkley, Barve, Bates, Benson, Boschert, Boteler, Bozman, Bromwell, Brown, Burns, Cluster, Conroy, Conway, Cryor, C. Davis, Donoghue, Dumais, Elmore, Franchot, Glassman, Gutierrez, Hammen, Harrison, Hixson, Holmes, Hubbard, Impallaria, Jameson, Jennings, Jones, King, Kohl, Krysiak, Kullen, Mandel, McConkey, McDonough, McHale, Menes, Montgomery, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, O'Donnell, Parker, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Pugh, Quinter, Simmons, Sophocleus, Stern, Taylor, F. Turner, Vaughn, Zirkin, Bartlett, Cardin, Goodwin, Gordon, Healey, Howard, Kaiser, Marriott, McKee, Myers, Ramirez, and Ross
Entitled	Education - Blind and Visually Impaired Students - Instructional Materials
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 787	Status as of May 26, 2006: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Delegates Jones, Anderson, Doory, Goodwin, Haynes, Kirk, Krysiak, McHale, McIntosh, Paige, Pugh, and F. Turner
Entitled	Higher Education - University System of Maryland and Morgan State University - Financial Management
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 968	Status as of May 26, 2006: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Delegates Lawton, Barkley, Barve, Bronrott, V. Clagett, Conroy, Cryor, Dumais, Franchot, Frush, Glassman, Gutierrez, Heller, Hixson, Hogan, Holmes, Hubbard, Jennings, Kaiser, Kelly, Madaleno, Mandel, McComas, McConkey, McHale, McIntosh, Montgomery, Petzold, Quinter, Sossi, Stern, Stull, F. Turner, Weldon, and Weir
Entitled	Natural Resources - Hunting Via an Internet Connection - Prohibition
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 970	Status as of March 1, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate C. Davis
Entitled	Lottery Commission - Video Lottery Terminals
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1012	Status as of March 1, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate Kach
Entitled	Controlled Gaming Facilities - Restrictions
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1013	Status as of March 24, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate Cryor
Entitled	Income Tax Subtraction Modification for Cost of Employee Teleworking Expenses
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1025	Status as of March 20, 2006: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegate Cryor
Entitled	State Employee Teleworking Act
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1368	Status as of April 10, 2006: Became Law - Overridden Veto
Sponsored By	Delegates Patterson, Hixson , Cardin, King, McKee, Ross, Bozman, C. Davis, Goodwin, Gordon, Healey, Heller, Howard, Kaiser, Marriott, Ramirez, Rosenberg, and Conroy
Entitled	Election Law - Voter Bill of Rights
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 1439	Status as of May 26, 2006: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Delegates Ramirez, Anderson, Bartlett, Boschert, Branch, Cane, C. Davis, Doory, Edwards, Goodwin, Haynes, Holmes, Howard, Kelly, Kirk, Love, Marriott, Minnick, Moe, Myers, Paige, Patterson, Ross, Bozman, Cardin, Conroy, Cryor, Elmore, Gilleland, Gordon, Healey, Heller, Hixson, Lee, Kaiser, King, McKee, Parker, and Wood
Entitled	Education - Educational Technology Pilot Program - Elementary Schools
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 30	Status as of February 13, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Garagiola, Green, Kelley, Ruben, and Stone
Entitled	State Employee Teleworking Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 84	Status as of May 2, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 231
Sponsored By	Senators Conway, Britt, Currie, Exum, Gladden, Hughes, Jones, Kelley, Lawlah, and McFadden
Entitled	Higher Education - University System of Maryland and Morgan State University - Financial Management
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 134	Status as of March 14, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Senators Kelley, Teitelbaum, Colburn, Conway, Currie, Garagiola, Gladden, Hollinger, Hughes, Klausmeier, and Middleton
Entitled	Consumer Protection - Personal Information Protection Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 136	Status as of February 13, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Kelley, Britt, Colburn, Conway, Della, Forehand, Giannetti, Green, Hollinger, Hooper, Jacobs, Jimeno, Klausmeier, Lawlah, Middleton, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Child Abuse and Neglect - Reporting by Commercial Photographic Processors and Forensic Computer Analysts
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 180	Status as of January 23, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Greenip, Della, Hafer, Harris, and Munson
Entitled	Consumer Protection - Maryland Unauthorized Computer Software Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 225	Status as of March 15, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Brinkley, Giannetti, Jacobs, Kittleman, Schrader, and Stone
Entitled	Public Education Bridge to Excellence and Public School Construction Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 392	Status as of May 26, 2006: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Senators Conway, Astle, Britt, Currie, DeGrange, Della, Dyson, Exum, Frosh, Giannetti, Gladden, Green, Grosfeld, Hafer, Hogan, Hollinger, Hughes, Jimeno, Jones, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Klausmeier, Kramer, Lawlah, McFadden, Ruben, Schrader, Stone, Teitelbaum, and Brochin
Entitled	Education - Blind and Visually Impaired Students - Instructional Materials
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Ways and Means

SB 433	Status as of March 30, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Teitelbaum, Astle, Currie, Della, Dyson, Giannetti, Gladden, Greenip, Hafer, Hogan, and Munson
Entitled	Consumer Protection - Maryland Computer User Protection Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 471	Status as of February 27, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator McFadden
Entitled	Ground Rents - Actions for Ejectment - Reasonable Efforts to Locate Tenant
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 499	Status as of February 8, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Hogan, Astle, DeGrange, Frosh, Green, Lawlah, and Middleton
Entitled	Higher Education - Community Colleges - Innovative Partnerships for Technology Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation

SB 521	Status as of April 6, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 29
Sponsored By	Senator Astle
Entitled	Natural Resources - Hunting Via an Internet Connection - Prohibition
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 712	Status as of April 3, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Senator Hollinger
Entitled	Election Law - Voter Bill of Rights
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Ways and Means

SB 713	Status as of April 4, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - Favorable with Amendments Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Hollinger, Astle, Britt, Brochin, Conway, Dyson, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, Green, Greenip, Grosfeld, Haines, Harris, Jacobs, Kelley, Kittleman, Mooney, Pinsky, Ruben, Stone, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Election Law - Voting Systems - Voter-Verified Paper Records
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 848	Status as of May 2, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 276
Sponsored By	Senator Conway
Entitled	Education - Educational Technology Pilot Program - Elementary Schools
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Ways and Means