2007 Regular Session sponsor information current as of October 3, 2007 - 11:29 p.m.

Sponsor Information	Senator George C. Edwards District 1	Another Session	Short Format
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SB 121	Status as of March 21, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Senator Edwards
Entitled	Garrett County - Property Tax Credit for Adventure Sports Center, Inc. - Applicability
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 122	Status as of February 28, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Edwards
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Garrett County - Garrett Performing Arts Center
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 123	Status as of February 28, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Edwards
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Allegany County - Human Resources Development Commission Senior Center
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 124	Status as of March 6, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Edwards
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Registration Plates Honoring Mountain Maryland
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 173	Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 132
Sponsored By	Senator Edwards
Entitled	Garrett County - Local Government Tort Claims Act - Inclusion of Garrett County Municipalities, Inc.
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 174	Status as of April 10, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 17
Sponsored By	Senator Edwards
Entitled	Environment - Mining - Security
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 229	Status as of May 8, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 315
Sponsored By	Senator Edwards
Entitled	Garrett County - Local Government Tort Claims Act - Inclusion of Specified Nonprofit Entity
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 271	Status as of May 8, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 319
Sponsored By	Senators Edwards, Colburn, Middleton, and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Hunting - Exemptions from License and Stamp Requirement
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 272	Status as of February 28, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Edwards
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Allegany County - Greenway Avenue Stadium
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 273	Status as of April 2, 2007: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Senator Edwards
Entitled	Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Allegany County and Garrett County - Coal Rights
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 274	Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 143
Sponsored By	Senator Edwards
Entitled	Garrett County - Property Tax Credit - New or Expanding Businesses
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 649	Status as of April 10, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 45
Sponsored By	Senator Edwards
Entitled	Garrett County - Special Property Tax - Volunteer Fire Departments
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 650	Status as of April 10, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 46
Sponsored By	Senator Edwards
Entitled	Community Based Regional Initiatives Loan of 2004 - Garrett County - Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 651	Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 174
Sponsored By	Senator Edwards
Entitled	Medical Malpractice Liability Insurance - Garrett County Memorial Hospital - Subsidy for Family Practitioners Who Also Perform Obstetrical Services
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 652	Status as of March 26, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Edwards
Entitled	Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Benefits
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 653	Status as of February 7, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Edwards
Entitled	Allegany County - School Funding Repayment - Release of Debt
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 694	Status as of February 14, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Edwards, Munson, and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Environment - Outdoor Wood Burning Furnaces - Requirements
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 733	Status as of May 17, 2007: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Senator Edwards
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Exceptional Milk Hauling Permit - Raw Liquid Milk
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Environmental Matters

SB 794	Status as of February 28, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Edwards
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Western Maryland Health System
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 804	Status as of March 6, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Edwards, Munson, and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Respite Bed Study - Extension
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 954	Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 207
Sponsored By	Senator Edwards
Entitled	Garrett County - Property Tax Credit - Society for the Preservation of St. Ann Mission
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 955	Status as of March 28, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Edwards
Entitled	State Personnel - Appointments in Skilled and Professional Services - Veterans
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 984	Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 211
Sponsored By	Senator Edwards
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Racing Events - Approval
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Environmental Matters

SB 49	Status as of March 7, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Middleton (Joint Subcommittee on Program Open Space/Agricultural Land Preservation) and Senators DeGrange, Edwards, Hooper, and Munson
Entitled	Program Open Space - Attainment of Acquisition Goals - Increased Allocation for Local Government
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 137	Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 129
Sponsored By	Senators Middleton, Colburn, Dyson, Edwards, Mooney, and Pipkin
Entitled	State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Eligibility for Enrollment and Participation
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Appropriations

SB 182	Status as of March 12, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Greenip, Brinkley, Brochin, Colburn, Edwards, Garagiola, Haines, Harris, Hooper, Jacobs, Kittleman, Mooney, Peters, Pipkin, and Simonaire
Entitled	Maryland Estate Tax - Unified Credit Effective Exemption Amount and Deduction for State Death Taxes
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 183	Status as of March 12, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Greenip, Britt, Colburn, Edwards, Garagiola, Haines, Harris, Hooper, Jacobs, Klausmeier, Madaleno, Mooney, Munson, Pipkin, and Stone
Entitled	Income Tax Exemption Amounts - Blind and Elderly Individuals
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 184	Status as of February 7, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Greenip, Colburn, DeGrange, Dyson, Edwards, Haines, Harris, Hooper, Jacobs, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Mooney, Simonaire, and Stone
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Drivers' Licensing of Illegal Aliens - Restrictions
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 226	Status as of February 23, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Mooney, Astle, Brinkley, Colburn, DeGrange, Della, Dyson, Edwards, Exum, Garagiola, Greenip, Haines, Hooper, Jacobs, Kittleman, Kramer, Munson, Pipkin, Stoltzfus, and Stone
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Protective Headgear Requirement for Motorcycle Riders - Exceptions
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 294	Status as of February 7, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Kittleman, Brinkley, Edwards, Greenip, Haines, Harris, Hooper, Jacobs, Mooney, Munson, Pipkin, Simonaire, and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Property Protection Act of 2007
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 304	Status as of May 17, 2007: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Senator Kramer (Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions) and Senators Brinkley, Currie, Hogan, Kasemeyer, McFadden, Munson, Garagiola, and Peters, Harris, Hooper, Jacobs, Edwards, Simonaire, Greenip, Mooney, Stoltzfus, Haines, Colburn, Kittleman, and Stone
Entitled	State Retirement and Pension System - Military Service that Interrupts State Service - Calculation
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 336	Status as of March 26, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Brinkley, DeGrange, Edwards, Munson, and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership - Correctional Laundry Officers
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 361	Status as of April 5, 2007: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Passed with Amendments
Sponsored By	Senators Lenett, Forehand, Britt, Colburn, Conway, Currie, Dyson, Edwards, Frosh, Haines, Hooper, Jones, Kelley, Madaleno, McFadden, Munson, Muse, Peters, Pinsky, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, Rosapepe, Simonaire, Stone, and Zirkin
Entitled	Cigarette Fire Safety Performance Standard and Firefighter Protection Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 367	Status as of February 28, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Senators Astle, Edwards, Garagiola, Kelley, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Middleton, and Pugh
Entitled	Credit Regulation - Debt Management Services
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 380	Status as of February 14, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators DeGrange, Astle, Brinkley, Currie, Dyson, Edwards, Garagiola, Klausmeier, Raskin, and Robey
Entitled	Procurement - Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Participation
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 381	Status as of February 21, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators DeGrange, Astle, Brinkley, Currie, Della, Dyson, Edwards, Garagiola, Gladden, Greenip, Hogan, Hooper, Jacobs, Klausmeier, Madaleno, McFadden, Middleton, Munson, Peters, Robey, Stoltzfus, and Stone
Entitled	Military Service Credit - Eligibility
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 392	Status as of May 17, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 547
Sponsored By	Senators Kasemeyer, Astle, Brinkley, Brochin, Colburn, Conway, Currie, DeGrange, Della, Edwards, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, Haines, Hogan, Hooper, Jones, Kelley, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Mooney, Munson, Muse, Peters, Pinsky, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, Rosapepe, Simonaire, Stoltzfus, Stone, Zirkin, Dyson, Britt, Harris, and Greenip
Entitled	Election Law - Voting Systems - Voter-Verifiable Paper Records
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Ways and Means

SB 405	Status as of February 6, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Garagiola, Astle, Edwards, Exum, Gladden, Kelley, Kittleman, and Klausmeier
Entitled	Commercial Law - Abandoned Property - Money Orders
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 413	Status as of May 17, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 494
Sponsored By	Senators Jacobs, Astle, Brinkley, Colburn, DeGrange, Dyson, Edwards, Greenip, Haines, Harris, Hogan, Hooper, Kasemeyer, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Mooney, Munson, Muse, Peters, Pipkin, Robey, Simonaire, Stoltzfus, Stone, Zirkin, and Brochin
Entitled	Jessica's Law - Sexual Offenses - Parole Eligibility and Mandatory Minimum Sentences
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 423	Status as of May 17, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 554
Sponsored By	Senators Madaleno, Britt, Colburn, Edwards, Forehand, Frosh, Jacobs, Kelley, Lenett, Munson, Peters, Pinsky, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, Rosapepe, and Hogan
Entitled	Local Government - Street Lighting Equipment
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Economic Matters

SB 471	Status as of February 28, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Munson, Edwards, and Mooney
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Washington County - Barbara Ingram School for the Arts
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 518	Status as of February 7, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Jacobs, Colburn, DeGrange, Edwards, Greenip, Haines, Harris, Hooper, Kittleman, Mooney, Munson, Pipkin, Simonaire, and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Protection of Persons and Property - Immunity
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 564	Status as of February 7, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Haines, Brinkley, Colburn, DeGrange, Dyson, Edwards, Greenip, Hooper, Jacobs, Mooney, Simonaire, Stoltzfus, and Stone
Entitled	Valid Marriages
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 616	Status as of February 21, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Currie, Frosh, Middleton, Conway, Astle, Britt, Edwards, Exum, Forehand, Gladden, Hooper, Jones, Klausmeier, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Muse, Pinsky, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, and Rosapepe
Entitled	Land Preservation and School Construction Assistance Act of 2007
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 677	Status as of February 28, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Klausmeier, Della, and Edwards
Entitled	Pharmacy Benefits Managers Regulation Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 724	Status as of February 28, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Munson, Mooney, and Edwards
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Washington County - Brook Lane Health Services
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 725	Status as of February 28, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Munson, Mooney, and Edwards
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Washington County - Museum of Fine Arts
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 731	Status as of March 22, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Hooper, Astle, Brinkley, Colburn, Dyson, Edwards, Garagiola, Greenip, Haines, Harris, Jacobs, Kittleman, Middleton, Munson, Pipkin, Robey, Simonaire, and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Maryland Estate Tax - Exclusions for Family Farms Subject to Agricultural Preservation Easements
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 739	Status as of April 2, 2007: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Passed with Amendments
Sponsored By	Senators Simonaire, Brinkley, Brochin, Colburn, Conway, Della, Edwards, Forehand, Frosh, Greenip, Haines, Harris, Hooper, Jacobs, Jones, Kittleman, Kramer, Lenett, Munson, Muse, Peters, Pinsky, Raskin, Robey, Rosapepe, Stone, and Zirkin
Entitled	Legislative Scholarships Integrity Act of 2007
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Ways and Means

SB 741	Status as of May 8, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 348
Sponsored By	Senators Middleton, Astle, Della, Edwards, Exum, Garagiola, Kelley, Kittleman, Klausmeier, and Pugh
Entitled	Office of Cemetery Oversight - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 750	Status as of May 17, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 574
Sponsored By	Senators Pipkin, Della, Edwards, Hogan, Jacobs, and Kittleman
Entitled	Queen Anne's County - Health Care Facilities Regulation - Licensing of Freestanding Medical Facilities
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Health and Government Operations

SB 793	Status as of February 28, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Mooney, Edwards, and Munson
Entitled	Crimes - Abduction of Children - Public Places
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 818	Status as of February 28, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Munson, Mooney, and Edwards
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Washington County - C & O Canal National Historical Park
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 848	Status as of February 28, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Astle, Brinkley, Conway, DeGrange, Dyson, Edwards, Haines, Hooper, Jacobs, Klausmeier, Miller, Munson, Pipkin, Simonaire, and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Maryland Artificial Reef Initiative
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 863	Status as of March 7, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Haines, Astle, Brinkley, Colburn, DeGrange, Della, Dyson, Edwards, Garagiola, Hooper, Jacobs, Kittleman, Kramer, Mooney, Munson, Pipkin, Stoltzfus, and Stone
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Right-of-Way - Penalties for Failure to Yield
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 920	Status as of May 17, 2007: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Senators Colburn and Edwards
Entitled	Individuals with Developmental Disabilities Respite Care - Sunset Extension
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Health and Government Operations

SB 933	Status as of March 28, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Astle, Della, Edwards, Exum, Garagiola, Kelley, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Middleton, Pipkin, and Pugh
Entitled	Health Insurance - Public Health Plans - Education and Disclosure Requirements
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 936	Status as of May 17, 2007: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Senators Klausmeier, Astle, Edwards, Garagiola, Kittleman, Middleton, and Pugh
Entitled	Nonprofit Health Service Plans - Boards of Directors - Term Limits and Compensation
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Health and Government Operations

SB 1034	Status as of May 8, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 302
Sponsored By	Senators Hogan, Astle, Brinkley, Britt, Brochin, Colburn, Conway, Currie, DeGrange, Della, Dyson, Edwards, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, Haines, Hooper, Jacobs, Jones, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Kramer, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Middleton, Miller, Munson, Muse, Peters, Pinsky, Pipkin, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, Rosapepe, Simonaire, Stoltzfus, Stone, and Zirkin
Entitled	Silver Spring District Courthouse - Renaming
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Health and Government Operations

SJ 1	Status as of February 14, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Sponsored By	Senators Middleton, Conway, Dyson, Hogan, Pugh, Astle, Della, Edwards, Exum, Garagiola, Kelley, Kittleman, Klausmeier, and Pipkin
Entitled	Federal Legislation Regarding Medicare Part D and Pharmacy Assistance Programs
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: House Rules and Executive Nominations

SJ 2	Status as of February 14, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Sponsored By	Senators Middleton, Astle, Currie, Dyson, Hogan, McFadden, Pugh, Della, Edwards, Exum, Garagiola, Kelley, Kittleman, Klausmeier, and Pipkin
Entitled	Federal Reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: House Rules and Executive Nominations

SJ 4	Status as of March 18, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Sponsored By	Senators Garagiola, Astle, Della, Edwards, Exum, Kelley, Klausmeier, Middleton, and Pugh
Entitled	Veterans Health Care Budget Reform
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: House Rules and Executive Nominations