2006 REGULAR SESSION subject information current as of June 6, 2006 - 7:47 p.m.

	FEDERAL GOVERNMENT	Another Session
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HB 3	Status as of May 2, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 290
Sponsored By	The Speaker and Delegates Brown, Hixson, Hammen, Aumann, Barkley, Bartlett, Barve, Benson, Bobo, Boteler, Bozman, Branch, Bromwell, Bronrott, Burns, Cadden, Cane, Cardin, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Conroy, Conway, D. Davis, Donoghue, Doory, Dumais, Edwards, Elliott, Elmore, Feldman, Frank, Gaines, Glassman, Goodwin, Gordon, Griffith, Gutierrez, Harrison, Haynes, Healey, Heller, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, James, Jameson, Jennings, Jones, Kaiser, Kelley, King, Krebs, Krysiak, Kullen, Lawton, Lee, Leopold, Levy, Love, Madaleno, Malone, Mandel, Mayer, McComas, McConkey, McHale, McIntosh, McKee, McMillan, Menes, Moe, Montgomery, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, O'Donnell, Paige, Parker, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Proctor, Pugh, Quinter, Rosenberg, Shank, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Sossi, Stern, Trueschler, F. Turner, V. Turner, Vallario, Vaughn, Zirkin, Boschert, Cryor, C. Davis, Gilleland, Marriott, Myers, Ramirez, Ross, Goldwater, Costa, Kach, Kohl, McDonough, Oaks, Rudolph, and Weldon
Entitled	Veterans Advocacy and Education Act of 2006
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means and Health and Government Operations Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation

HB 137	Status as of April 7, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Krebs, Bartlett, Elliott, Frank, Hogan, McComas, McMillan, O'Donnell, Shewell, Sossi, Stocksdale, and Stull
Entitled	Higher Education - Teacher Education Reading Programs - Alignment with Federal Law
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 138	Status as of February 22, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Krebs, Aumann, Bartlett, Bates, Cluster, Cryor, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Elmore, Frank, Glassman, Haddaway, Hogan, Jennings, Kohl, McComas, McMillan, O'Donnell, Parrott, Shank, Shewell, Smigiel, Sossi, Stocksdale, Stull, Trueschler, and Weir
Entitled	Maryland Estate Tax - Family Home Protection Act
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 142	Status as of February 22, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Krebs, Aumann, Bartlett, Bates, Cluster, Costa, Cryor, DeBoy, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Elmore, Frank, Glassman, Haddaway, Hogan, Jennings, Kohl, McComas, McMillan, Minnick, Shank, Shewell, Smigiel, Sossi, Stocksdale, Stull, Trueschler, and Weir
Entitled	Income Tax - Expensing of Section 179 Property
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 154	Status as of February 22, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Costa, Boschert, Cadden, Dwyer, Edwards, Gilleland, Glassman, Haddaway, Hogan, Kohl, Leopold, Love, Mayer, McComas, McConkey, McKee, McMillan, Myers, O'Donnell, Shewell, Smigiel, Sophocleus, and Weldon
Entitled	Maryland Estate Tax - Federal Credit and Deduction for State Death Taxes and Unified Credit Effective Exemption Amount
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 192	Status as of February 14, 2006: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates Pendergrass, Bobo, Goldwater, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Madaleno, Mandel, Marriott, McHale, and F. Turner
Entitled	Health - Clinical Trials Data Bank
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 292	Status as of April 11, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 88
Sponsored By	Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Military)
Entitled	Maryland Military Department - Maryland Defense Force Employment Protection
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 296	Status as of March 14, 2006: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Kach and Bromwell
Entitled	Radio Communications - Regulation of Amateur Radio Equipment - Limitations
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 307	Status as of February 22, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Aumann, Bartlett, Bates, Benson, Bohanan, Boschert, Boteler, Cluster, Cryor, DeBoy, Donoghue, Dwyer, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Elmore, Frank, Gilleland, Glassman, Haddaway, Hogan, Impallaria, Jennings, Kach, Kelly, Kohl, Krebs, Leopold, Mayer, McComas, McConkey, McDonough, McKee, McMillan, Miller, Moe, Myers, O'Donnell, Parrott, Shank, Shewell, Smigiel, Sossi, Stocksdale, Stull, Trueschler, Weir, Weldon, and Zirkin
Entitled	Maryland Estate Tax Modernization Act
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 340	Status as of February 22, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates McConkey, Bartlett, V. Clagett, Cluster, Costa, Dwyer, Elmore, Gilleland, Glassman, Haddaway, Holmes, Mayer, McMillan, Myers, Parker, Pugh, Sophocleus, and Weir
Entitled	Maryland Estate Tax - Unified Credit Effective Exemption Amount
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 348	Status as of March 24, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Chairman, Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - Education) and Delegates Bartlett, Bozman, Cardin, Dumais, Heller, Kaiser, King, Patterson, Boschert, Cryor, Elmore, Gilleland, and Howard
Entitled	Education - Youth Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Programs
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 448	Status as of May 26, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 577
Sponsored By	Delegate Heller (Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds) and Delegates Aumann, Bohanan, and Marriott
Entitled	Revenue Collection - Offsets
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 507	Status as of May 2, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 328
Sponsored By	Delegates Taylor, Anderson, Benson, Burns, Cane, Conroy, Cryor, Feldman, Gilleland, Gutierrez, Harrison, Haynes, Heller, Howard, Jones, Kaiser, Kelley, King, Kirk, Lawton, Lee, Madaleno, Mandel, Marriott, Moe, Montgomery, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Paige, Parker, Patterson, Petzold, Proctor, Pugh, Ramirez, Rosenberg, Shewell, Stern, F. Turner, V. Turner, Vaughn, and Hubbard
Entitled	Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Folic Acid Supplement Distribution Program
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 554	Status as of February 22, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Chairman, Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - Comptroller)
Entitled	Maryland Estate Tax
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 574	Status as of May 26, 2006: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Delegates Donoghue, Barve, Benson, Boteler, Bromwell, Costa, Elliott, Frank, Goldwater, Hammen, Hubbard, Kach, Kohl, Mandel, McDonough, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rudolph, V. Turner, and Weldon
Entitled	Health Insurance - Credentialing and Recredentialing of Health Care Providers
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Finance

HB 800	Status as of May 2, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 354
Sponsored By	Chairman, Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - Elections, State Board of)
Entitled	Election Law - Voter Registration
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 994	Status as of May 2, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 368
Sponsored By	Delegates Love, Bates, Boschert, Cadden, V. Clagett, Conroy, Costa, Frush, Gilleland, Leopold, McConkey, Miller, Moe, Pendergrass, Pugh, Sophocleus, F. Turner, Bartlett, Bozman, Cardin, Cryor, C. Davis, Elmore, Goodwin, Gordon, Healey, Heller, Hixson, Howard, Kaiser, King, Marriott, McKee, Myers, Patterson, Ramirez, and Ross
Entitled	Income Tax - U.S. Government Employees' Foreign Earned Income
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1022	Status as of March 14, 2006: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Barkley, Feldman, Franchot, Gaines, Gutierrez, and Lawton
Entitled	Transportation - Mass Transit - Inspectors General and Governance of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1152	Status as of March 21, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates Montgomery, Barkley, Bobo, Bronrott, Doory, Frush, Goldwater, Kaiser, Lawton, Lee, Madaleno, Mandel, McIntosh, Murray, Patterson, and Ramirez
Entitled	Maryland Universal Health Care Plan
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 1190	Status as of February 15, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates Stern, Goldwater, Barve, Jones, Conway, McIntosh, Hixson, D. Davis, Rosenberg, Simmons, Elliott, Weldon, Barkley, Benson, Bronrott, Cane, V. Clagett, Cryor, Donoghue, Doory, Dumais, Feldman, Franchot, Frush, Glassman, Heller, Hubbard, James, King, Kullen, Lawton, Lee, Madaleno, Malone, Mandel, Marriott, McKee, Menes, Montgomery, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Shank, Smigiel, Sossi, Stull, F. Turner, and V. Turner
Entitled	Prescription Drug Safety Act
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 1219	Status as of May 26, 2006: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Delegates Cardin, Aumann, Bartlett, Feldman, Holmes, Hubbard, and McKee
Entitled	Maryland Estate Tax
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1227	Status as of April 4, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Madaleno, Conway, C. Davis, Gutierrez, Jones, and Lawton
Entitled	State Reserve Fund - Federal Fund Replacement Account - Creation
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1287	Status as of May 26, 2006: Vetoed by the Governor - Policy
Sponsored By	Delegates Kullen, Barve, Benson, Boteler, Bromwell, Donoghue, Elliott, Frank, Hammen, Hubbard, Kach, Kohl, Mandel, McDonough, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rudolph, V. Turner, and Weldon
Entitled	Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 1305	Status as of February 22, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Marriott, Anderson, Carter, DeBoy, Haynes, Kirk, McIntosh, Paige, and Pugh
Entitled	Transportation - Heavy Rail Transit - Federal Funding
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1310	Status as of April 7, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Gutierrez, Anderson, Barve, Bobo, Bronrott, Carter, Feldman, Franchot, Frush, Heller, Hubbard, Kaiser, King, Lawton, Lee, Madaleno, Marriott, Menes, Moe, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Petzold, Quinter, Ramirez, Rosenberg, Ross, and Vaughn
Entitled	Higher Education - State Student Financial Assistance - Eligibility
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1348	Status as of February 22, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate Trueschler
Entitled	Maryland Estate Tax - Unified Credit Effective Exemption Amount and Deduction for State Death Taxes
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1384	Status as of February 27, 2006: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates Haynes, Costa, Donoghue, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, and Rudolph
Entitled	Nursing Facilities - Quality Assessment - Medicaid Reimbursement
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 1397	Status as of April 6, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	St. Mary's County Delegation
Entitled	Recordation Tax - Exemption for Transfers from a Government or Public Agency
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1467	Status as of May 2, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 400
Sponsored By	Delegates Hubbard, Rudolph, Bobo, Malone, DeBoy, Barve, Benson, Boteler, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Frank, Hammen, Kach, Kohl, Kullen, Mandel, McDonough, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, V. Turner, and Weldon
Entitled	Maryland Cares
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation

HB 1475	Status as of March 22, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates McMillan, Aumann, Bartlett, Boschert, Boteler, Burns, Cadden, Cluster, Dwyer, Frank, Gilleland, Glassman, Impallaria, Kelly, Kohl, Krebs, McComas, McConkey, McDonough, Miller, Parker, Shewell, Smigiel, Stocksdale, Trueschler, and Wood
Entitled	State Finance and Procurement - Employment Authorization Verification - Maryland Job Protection Act
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 1510	Status as of March 21, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegate Hubbard
Entitled	Public-Private Partnership for Health Coverage for All Marylanders
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 1549	Status as of March 1, 2006: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates V. Turner, Hubbard, Kelley, Kullen, Mandel, Parker, Ross, and Vaughn
Entitled	Medical Assistance Programs - Long-Term Care Services
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HJ 7	Status as of May 2, 2006: Became Law - Joint Resolution 5
Sponsored By	Delegate V. Clagett
Entitled	Chesapeake Bay - Cleanup and Restoration - Federal Funding
Committee Assignments	House: House Rules and Executive Nominations Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 2	Status as of May 2, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 225
Sponsored By	Senators Currie, Brinkley, DeGrange, Garagiola, Hogan, Jones, Kasemeyer, Kramer, Lawlah, McFadden, Munson, Ruben, Schrader, and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Maryland Estate Tax
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 75	Status as of March 6, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Klausmeier
Entitled	Radio Communications - Regulation of Amateur Radio Equipment - Limitations
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 224	Status as of February 10, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Brinkley, Colburn, Giannetti, Greenip, Haines, Hooper, Jacobs, Kasemeyer, Kittleman, Mooney, Schrader, and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Maryland Estate Tax Modernization Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 295	Status as of February 10, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Brochin, Klausmeier, and Mooney
Entitled	Maryland Estate Tax - Unified Credit Effective Exemption Amount and Deduction for State Death Taxes
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 305	Status as of April 7, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Passed
Sponsored By	Senators Garagiola, Astle, Brinkley, Colburn, DeGrange, Dyson, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Giannetti, Gladden, Green, Hafer, Haines, Harris, Hollinger, Hooper, Hughes, Jacobs, Jimeno, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Klausmeier, Kramer, Lawlah, Mooney, Munson, Ruben, Stone, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Veterans Advocacy and Education Act of 2006
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 333	Status as of May 26, 2006: Vetoed by the Governor - Policy
Sponsored By	Senators Miller, Currie, Frosh, Hollinger, and Middleton
Entitled	Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Health and Government Operations

SB 410	Status as of February 8, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Pinsky, Britt, Exum, Frosh, Gladden, Grosfeld, Kelley, McFadden, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Maryland Universal Health Care Plan
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation

SB 557	Status as of May 26, 2006: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Senator DeGrange
Entitled	Income Tax - U.S. Government Employees' Foreign Earned Income
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 636	Status as of April 8, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 54
Sponsored By	Senators Teitelbaum, Astle, Della, Exum, Frosh, and Garagiola
Entitled	Health Insurance - Credentialing and Recredentialing of Health Care Providers
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Health and Government Operations

SB 639	Status as of March 1, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Lawlah, Kelley, McFadden, Middleton, Munson, and Ruben
Entitled	State Reserve Fund - Federal Fund Replacement Account - Creation
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 640	Status as of May 26, 2006: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Senator Lawlah (Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds) and Senators Forehand, Haines, and McFadden
Entitled	Revenue Collection - Offsets
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 711	Status as of February 15, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Hollinger, Colburn, Conway, Forehand, Green, Grosfeld, Kelley, Pinsky, Ruben, Stone, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Medical Assistance Programs - Long-Term Care Services
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 748	Status as of May 16, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 438
Sponsored By	Senator Kelley
Entitled	Psychiatric Residential Treatment Demonstration Waiver Application
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Health and Government Operations

SB 829	Status as of March 10, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Gladden and Hughes
Entitled	Transportation - Heavy Rail Transit - Federal Funding
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation

SJ 1	Status as of February 10, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Sponsored By	Senators Hollinger, Britt, Brochin, Conway, Currie, Della, Dyson, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Giannetti, Gladden, Green, Grosfeld, Hogan, Hughes, Jones, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Klausmeier, Kramer, Lawlah, McFadden, Miller, Pinsky, Ruben, Stone, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Air Pollution - Mercury Emissions Limits
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: House Rules and Executive Nominations

SJ 4	Status as of March 17, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Sponsored By	Senators Exum, Britt, Conway, Currie, Garagiola, Gladden, Hughes, Jones, Lawlah, McFadden, Forehand, Frosh, and Kelley
Entitled	Slavery in Maryland
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: House Rules and Executive Nominations

SJ 5	Status as of February 13, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Mooney, Brinkley, Colburn, Greenip, Hafer, Haines, Harris, Hooper, Jacobs, Kittleman, Munson, Pipkin, Schrader, and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Nomination of Samuel A. Alito, Jr., to the United States Supreme Court
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SJ 7	Status as of March 8, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Mooney, Brinkley, Colburn, Garagiola, Giannetti, Greenip, Hafer, Haines, Harris, Hooper, Jacobs, Kittleman, Lawlah, and Pipkin
Entitled	Reformation of the United States Tax Code
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SJ 12	Status as of March 3, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Green, Brochin, Conway, Della, Dyson, Forehand, Frosh, Giannetti, Harris, Hollinger, Hughes, Jimeno, Kelley, Klausmeier, McFadden, Miller, Pinsky, Ruben, and Stone
Entitled	Public Service Commission - Consideration of the Proposed Merger Between FPL Group, Inc., and Constellation Energy Group, Inc. - Request to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SJ 14	Status as of March 24, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Stone, Currie, DeGrange, Della, Dyson, Green, Hollinger, Hughes, Jimeno, Kasemeyer, Klausmeier, McFadden, Miller, and Ruben
Entitled	Ports - Delay of the Sale of Port Operations
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SJ 15	Status as of March 26, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Sponsored By	Senator Forehand
Entitled	Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail - Eastward Extension
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: House Rules and Executive Nominations

SJ 16	Status as of April 3, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Stone
Entitled	Construction of a Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal and Pipeline at the Former Sparrows Point Shipyard in Baltimore County - Disapproval by Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance