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

Sponsor Information	Senator Jim Brochin District 42	Another Session	Short Format
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SB 61	Status as of March 21, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary
Sponsored By	Senators Brochin, Forehand, and Stone
Entitled	Evidence - Separate Act of Sexual Misconduct Involving a Minor - Admissibility
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 65	Status as of March 6, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Brochin, Della, Haines, Raskin, and Stone
Entitled	Community or Homeowners' Associations - Standing to Participate in Certain Proceedings
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 116	Status as of March 28, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Senators Brochin and Kittleman
Entitled	Education - Special Education Services - Children in a Home School Setting
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Ways and Means

SB 159	Status as of March 6, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Brochin, Della, Klausmeier, Pugh, and Stone
Entitled	Planning and Zoning Decisions - Standing to Appeal
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 195	Status as of February 7, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Brochin, Exum, Raskin, and Zirkin
Entitled	Election Law - Political Committees - Campaign Finance
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 300	Status as of February 1, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Brochin, Frosh, Garagiola, Klausmeier, Lenett, Peters, Pugh, Raskin, and Rosapepe
Entitled	Proposed Capital Projects - High Performance Buildings
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 301	Status as of February 1, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Brochin, Frosh, Klausmeier, Lenett, Peters, Pugh, and Rosapepe
Entitled	Education - New School Construction - Price Preference for High Performance Buildings
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 401	Status as of February 28, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Brochin, Kasemeyer, Klausmeier, Stone, and Zirkin
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Forbush School
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 523	Status as of March 5, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Brochin
Entitled	Telephone Solicitation - Prohibitions on Automated Calls
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 524	Status as of March 12, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Brochin
Entitled	Motor Vehicle Administration - Driver Improvement Program/Point System Conferences (DIP/PSC) Pilot Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 575	Status as of March 19, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Brochin
Entitled	Civil Actions - Child Sexual Abuse - Statute of Limitations
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 878	Status as of March 7, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Brochin
Entitled	Criminal Law - Lawful Interception of Communications - Additional Crimes
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 34	Status as of March 21, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Frosh, Britt, Brochin, Forehand, Gladden, Kelley, Munson, Pinsky, Pugh, Rosapepe, and Stone
Entitled	Electric Industry - Local Aggregation
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 51	Status as of January 17, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Frosh, Britt, Brochin, Conway, Garagiola, Gladden, Jones, Kelley, Kramer, Lenett, Madaleno, Muse, Peters, Pinsky, Pugh, Raskin, Rosapepe, and Zirkin
Entitled	Maryland Clean Cars Act of 2007
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 77	Status as of February 21, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Referred to interim study
Sponsored By	Senators Kelley, Britt, Brochin, Haines, Harris, Klausmeier, Munson, Rosapepe, Stone, and Zirkin
Entitled	Election Law - Rotation of Candidates Names on the Ballot
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 79	Status as of March 22, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Kelley, Brochin, and Stone
Entitled	Baltimore County - Board of Education - Membership
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 103	Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 111
Sponsored By	The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Frosh, Britt, Brochin, Conway, Garagiola, Gladden, Jones, Kelley, Kramer, Lenett, Madaleno, Muse, Peters, Pinsky, Pugh, Raskin, Rosapepe, and Zirkin
Entitled	Maryland Clean Cars Act of 2007
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Environmental Matters

SB 154	Status as of April 10, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 15
Sponsored By	Senators Forehand, Brochin, Jacobs, Muse, and Raskin
Entitled	Child Support Enforcement - Child Support Payment Incentive Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 168	Status as of February 7, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Stone, Brochin, Colburn, Haines, Jacobs, and Mooney
Entitled	Criminal Procedure - Registered Offenders - Residential Restrictions
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 169	Status as of January 31, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Stone, Brochin, Colburn, Haines, and Jacobs
Entitled	Public Safety - Statewide DNA Data Base System - Sample Collection on Arrest
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 170	Status as of May 17, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 524
Sponsored By	Senators Stone, Brochin, Colburn, Haines, Jacobs, and Mooney
Entitled	Child Sexual Abuse and Crimes of Violence
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 179	Status as of February 7, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Kittleman and Brochin
Entitled	Robert Kittleman Scholarship Reform Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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 186	Status as of January 29, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Garagiola, Brochin, Dyson, Forehand, Kramer, Lenett, Madaleno, Mooney, Munson, Pinsky, Pugh, Rosapepe, and Stone
Entitled	Solar Energy Grant Fund
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 187	Status as of January 29, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Garagiola, Brochin, Colburn, Dyson, Forehand, Kramer, Lenett, Madaleno, Mooney, Munson, Pinsky, Pugh, Rosapepe, and Stone
Entitled	Solar Energy Grant Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 196	Status as of February 14, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Stone, Brochin, DeGrange, Della, Gladden, Klausmeier, McFadden, and Simonaire
Entitled	Baltimore County - Liquefied Natural Gas Facilities - Dredging, Construction, and Permitting
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 213	Status as of February 7, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Colburn, Brochin, Harris, Hogan, Jacobs, Mooney, Munson, Robey, and Stone
Entitled	Corrections - First Degree Murder - Minimum Sentence
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 238	Status as of February 28, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Stone, Brochin, Haines, Harris, Kasemeyer, Klausmeier, and Zirkin
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Community College of Baltimore County Dental Education Facility and Clinic
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 264	Status as of February 28, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Klausmeier, Brochin, and Stone
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Storyville Children's Learning Center
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 268	Status as of May 8, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 317
Sponsored By	Senators Conway, Astle, Britt, Brochin, Colburn, Currie, DeGrange, Della, Dyson, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, Greenip, Haines, Hogan, Hooper, Jones, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Klausmeier, Kramer, Lenett, McFadden, Middleton, Munson, Muse, Peters, Pinsky, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, Rosapepe, Stone, and Zirkin
Entitled	Higher Education - Blind and Print Disabled Students - Instructional Materials
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Ways and Means

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 298	Status as of February 1, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Frosh, Brochin, Conway, Dyson, Garagiola, Lenett, Madaleno, Peters, and Zirkin
Entitled	Income Tax Credits for Green Buildings - Additional Credits Authorized
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 310	Status as of February 28, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Stone (By Request - Baltimore County Administration) and Senators Brochin and Kasemeyer
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Athletic Lighting Renovations
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 312	Status as of February 28, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Stone (By Request - Baltimore County Administration) and Senators Brochin and Zirkin
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Athletic Turf Fields
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 325	Status as of February 7, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Conway, Hogan, Dyson, Brochin, Exum, Gladden, Kelley, Klausmeier, McFadden, Peters, Pugh, Raskin, and Stone
Entitled	Natural Resources - State Forests and Parks - Funding
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 332	Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 115
Sponsored By	Senators Frosh and Brochin
Entitled	Maryland Green Building Council
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Health and Government Operations and Appropriations

SB 339	Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 145
Sponsored By	Senators Pugh, Britt, Brochin, Colburn, Conway, Currie, Della, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Hogan, Hooper, Jones, Kelley, Lenett, McFadden, Middleton, Muse, Raskin, and Robey
Entitled	Drug Treatment - Maryland State Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council - Study of the State's Approach to Drug Treatment
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Health and Government Operations

SB 344	Status as of March 12, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Garagiola, Britt, Brochin, Frosh, Lenett, Madaleno, and Raskin
Entitled	Divestment from the Republic of Sudan
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 409	Status as of February 7, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Pinsky, Britt, Brochin, Conway, Currie, Della, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, Jones, Kelley, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Muse, Peters, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, Rosapepe, Stone, and Zirkin
Entitled	Global Warming Solutions - Reductions in Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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 461	Status as of May 8, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 332
Sponsored By	Senators Pugh, Britt, Brochin, Jones, Kelley, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Muse, Peters, Pinsky, Raskin, and Robey
Entitled	Labor and Employment - Maryland Workforce Investment Act - Transit Service for Low-Income Individuals
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 495	Status as of April 6, 2007: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Senators Stone, Astle, Brochin, DeGrange, Della, Dyson, Forehand, Gladden, Haines, Harris, Hogan, Jacobs, Klausmeier, Madaleno, Middleton, Muse, Raskin, and Simonaire
Entitled	Education - Nonpublic Schools - Notification of School Administration of Enrollee with Criminal Record
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 519	Status as of May 17, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 562
Sponsored By	Senators Peters, Brochin, Jacobs, McFadden, Muse, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, Simonaire, and Stone
Entitled	Truancy - Prohibition Against Issuance of Learner's Instructional Permit
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 520	Status as of February 14, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Peters, Britt, Brochin, and Raskin
Entitled	Every Vote Counts Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 533	Status as of March 16, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Failed
Sponsored By	Senators Gladden, Britt, Brochin, Frosh, Garagiola, Jacobs, and Forehand
Entitled	Divorce and Annulment - Removal of Barriers to Remarriage
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 543	Status as of April 10, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 39
Sponsored By	Senators Jones, Britt, Conway, Currie, Exum, Gladden, McFadden, Muse, Pugh, Rosapepe, Garagiola, Brochin, Frosh, and Madaleno
Entitled	2007 Darfur Protection Act - Divestiture from the Republic of Sudan
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

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 563	Status as of February 7, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Haines, Brochin, Harris, Hooper, and Stone
Entitled	Criminal Law - Use of a Firearm in the Commission of a Crime of Violence or a Felony
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 606	Status as of May 8, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 340
Sponsored By	Senators Forehand, Conway, Kelley, Kramer, Pugh, Raskin, Rosapepe, Brochin, Gladden, Haines, Jacobs, Mooney, Muse, Simonaire, Stone, Jones, and Peters
Entitled	Human Trafficking, Extortion, and Involuntary Servitude
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 632	Status as of April 5, 2007: Bill is in the House - Second Reading Passed
Sponsored By	Senator Jacobs and the President (By Request - Administration and Attorney General) and Senators Brochin, Haines, Simonaire, and Stone
Entitled	Maryland Gang Prosecution Act of 2007
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 634	Status as of April 10, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 43
Sponsored By	Senators Raskin, Brochin, Middleton, Hogan, and Pugh
Entitled	Presidential Elections - Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Ways and Means

SB 679	Status as of March 21, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary
Sponsored By	Senators Raskin, Forehand, Jacobs, Kittleman, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Peters, Robey, Simonaire, Brochin, Haines, Mooney, and Stone
Entitled	Family Law - Denial of Paternity, Custody, and Visitation
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

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 809	Status as of March 26, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Rosapepe, Britt, Brochin, Colburn, Conway, Currie, DeGrange, Della, Dyson, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, Jones, Kelley, Klausmeier, Kramer, Madaleno, McFadden, Middleton, Muse, Peters, Pinsky, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, Stone, and Zirkin
Entitled	Tuition Cap and College Opportunity Act of 2007
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 913	Status as of March 21, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Klausmeier and Brochin
Entitled	Credit Regulation - Prepayment Charge or Penalty - Prohibition
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 996	Status as of March 9, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Stone, Brochin, DeGrange, Della, Klausmeier, McFadden, Simonaire, and Zirkin
Entitled	Critical Area - Construction of a Facility - Prohibition
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 998	Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 214
Sponsored By	Senator Stone (By Request - Baltimore County Administration) and Senators Brochin, Kasemeyer, Kelley, and Klausmeier
Entitled	Baltimore County - Alcoholic Beverages - Multiple License Holdings
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Economic Matters

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 8	Status as of March 23, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Sponsored By	Senators Klausmeier, Astle, Brochin, Dyson, and Middleton
Entitled	Federal Legislation Regarding Medicare Part D
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: House Rules and Executive Nominations