2007 Regular Session sponsor information current as of October 3, 2007 - 11:30 p.m.

Sponsor Information	Senator E. J. Pipkin District 36	Another Session	Short Format
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SB 38	Status as of February 7, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Pipkin
Entitled	Environment - Dredged Material Management - Duties of Executive Committee
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 39	Status as of May 17, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 515
Sponsored By	Senator Pipkin
Entitled	Maryland Port Administration - Strategic Plan and Membership
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Environmental Matters

SB 40	Status as of February 9, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Pipkin
Entitled	Maryland Transportation Authority - Chesapeake Bay Bridge - Tolls
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 41	Status as of March 23, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Pipkin
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Study of the Effectiveness of Traffic Control Signal and Speed Monitoring Systems
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 42	Status as of January 17, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Pipkin
Entitled	Northern Chesapeake Bay Crossing with Terminus in Kent County - Prohibition on Planning, Financing, and Construction
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 139	Status as of March 23, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Pipkin
Entitled	Maryland Video Surveillance Camera Deployment Commission and Fund - Establishment
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 140	Status as of February 28, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Pipkin
Entitled	Queen Anne's County - Motor Fuel Tax - Exemption for Biodiesel Fuel
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 399	Status as of March 21, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Senators Pipkin, Astle, Della, and Middleton
Entitled	Business Regulation - State Amusement Ride Safety Advisory Board
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 400	Status as of May 17, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 549
Sponsored By	Senators Pipkin, Astle, Della, Exum, Garagiola, Kelley, Klausmeier, Middleton, and Pugh
Entitled	Electric Industry Restructuring - Proceedings - Review and Evaluation
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 553	Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 161
Sponsored By	Senators Pipkin, Miller, Britt, and Brochin
Entitled	Environment - Landfills - Termination Date
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 554	Status as of February 14, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Pipkin and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Somerset and Queen Anne's Counties - Authorization to Harvest Seafood and Engage in the Seafood Industry
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 555	Status as of March 7, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Pipkin, Britt, Hooper, and Miller
Entitled	Environment - Bonding Requirement - Local Authority
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 617	Status as of February 7, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Pipkin, Jacobs, and Munson
Entitled	Consumer Health Open Insurance Coverage Act of 2007
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation

SB 618	Status as of March 21, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Pipkin and Astle
Entitled	Public Service Companies - General Utility Commission and Public Energy Commission
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 619	Status as of February 7, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Pipkin and Jacobs
Entitled	Health Insurance - Low-Income Health Insurance Premium Support Fund
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 620	Status as of February 7, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Pipkin
Entitled	Health Services Cost Review Commission - Repeal of Commission and Study of Alternative Financing of Uncompensated and Undercompensated Care
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 628	Status as of March 6, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Pipkin and Jacobs
Entitled	Repeal of Certificate of Need Requirements - Health Care Facilities Other Than Home Health Agencies and Hospices
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 749	Status as of April 6, 2007: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Passed with Amendments
Sponsored By	Senator Pipkin
Entitled	Health Insurance - Provider Contracts - Conditions of Participation with Carriers
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Health and Government Operations

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 775	Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 192
Sponsored By	Senator Pipkin
Entitled	Queen Anne's County - State's Attorney - Salary
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Environmental Matters

SB 783	Status as of February 28, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Pipkin
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Queen Anne's County - Chesterwye Center Addition
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 825	Status as of March 23, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Pipkin
Entitled	Queen Anne's County - Orphans' Court Judges - Powers
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 853	Status as of March 6, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Pipkin, Della, and Rosapepe
Entitled	Maryland Energy Independence Act of 2007
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 1037	Status as of April 2, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Pipkin
Entitled	County Attorneys - Representation of Person That Does Business with the County - Prohibition
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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 149	Status as of March 27, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Exum, Garagiola, Gladden, Kelley, Klausmeier, Middleton, Pipkin, Pugh, and Zirkin
Entitled	Maryland Health Care Access Act of 2007
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Health and Government Operations

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 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 295	Status as of March 12, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Mooney, Brochin, Colburn, Della, Garagiola, Greenip, Haines, Harris, Jacobs, Kelley, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Munson, Peters, Pipkin, and Stone
Entitled	Tax Credit - Electric and Hybrid Vehicles
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

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 414	Status as of April 10, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 30
Sponsored By	Senators Stoltzfus, Colburn, Dyson, Middleton, Pipkin, Stone, Hooper, Harris, and Greenip
Entitled	Working Waterfront Commission
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 440	Status as of May 8, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 330
Sponsored By	Senators Colburn and Pipkin
Entitled	Mid-Shore Regional Council - Membership
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Environmental Matters

SB 446	Status as of February 28, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Colburn and Pipkin
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Caroline County - Caroline Hospice
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 447	Status as of February 28, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Colburn and Pipkin
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Caroline County - Old Caroline High School
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 459	Status as of May 17, 2007: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Senators Colburn, Pipkin, and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Alcoholic Beverages - Places of Public Entertainment and Unlicensed Establishments
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Economic Matters

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 706	Status as of March 28, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Failed
Sponsored By	Senators Klausmeier and Pipkin
Entitled	Gas Companies and Electric Companies - Annual Reports
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 728	Status as of February 28, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Middleton, Colburn, and Pipkin
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Talbot County - Rosie Parks Restoration Project
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 811	Status as of March 29, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Colburn and Pipkin
Entitled	Bay Restoration Fund - Statewide Demonstration Projects
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 812	Status as of February 26, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Colburn and Pipkin
Entitled	Bay Restoration Fund - Eastern Shore Demonstration Projects
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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 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 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