2008 Regular Session sponsor information current as of November 22, 2008 - 11:56 p.m.

Sponsor Information	Senator E. J. Pipkin District 36	Another Session	Short Format
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SB 52	Status as of January 30, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Pipkin
Entitled	Task Force to Study the Cost of Illegal Aliens in Maryland
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 84	Status as of February 13, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Pipkin
Entitled	State Government - Public Benefits and Services - Illegal Aliens
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 112	Status as of March 5, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Pipkin
Entitled	Criminal Procedure - Undocumented Immigrants - Prohibition on Pretrial Release
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 277	Status as of March 5, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Pipkin
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Unlawful Application for or Use of a Driver's License - Mandatory Minimum Penalty for Undocumented Immigrants
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 278	Status as of January 30, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Pipkin and Rosapepe
Entitled	Maryland Energy Independence Act of 2008
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 448	Status as of March 4, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Pipkin and Rosapepe
Entitled	Constellation Energy Group, Inc., and Baltimore Gas and Electric Company - Return of Transition Costs
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 449	Status as of February 6, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Pipkin and Brinkley
Entitled	Crimes - Self-Defense - No Duty to Retreat or Seek Safety by Escape
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 450	Status as of February 20, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Pipkin and Rosapepe
Entitled	Public Service Commission - Electric and Gas Consumers
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 537	Status as of March 17, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Pipkin
Entitled	Tax Reduction Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 538	Status as of March 12, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Pipkin
Entitled	Maryland Transportation Authority - Fixing or Revising Tolls - Legislative Approval Required
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 539	Status as of May 22, 2008: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Senators Pipkin and Jacobs
Entitled	Cecil County - Public Facilities Bonds
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 611	Status as of April 2, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Pipkin
Entitled	Health Insurance - Provider Contracts - Conditions of Participation with Carriers
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 800	Status as of February 27, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Pipkin
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Cecil County - Mount Harmon Plantation Education and Discovery Center
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 801	Status as of February 27, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Pipkin
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Kent County - Prince Theatre
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 802	Status as of February 27, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Pipkin
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Queen Anne's County - Hospice Center
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 810	Status as of April 1, 2008: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Appropriations
Sponsored By	Senator Pipkin
Entitled	Transportation - Maryland Emergency Medical System Operations Fund - Transport by Privately Owned Helicopter
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Appropriations

SB 811	Status as of April 5, 2008: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Passed with Amendments
Sponsored By	Senator Pipkin
Entitled	Health Insurance - Health Care Provider Panels - Provider Contracts
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Health and Government Operations

SB 813	Status as of March 20, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Pipkin
Entitled	Education - Scholarship Program for Children with a Disability
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 968	Status as of March 10, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Pipkin
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Kent County - Camp Fairlee Manor
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 988	Status as of March 27, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Pipkin
Entitled	Caroline County - Board of Education - Selection of Members - Straw Ballot
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 989	Status as of March 10, 2008: 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
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 3	Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 560
Sponsored By	Senators Simonaire, Harris, Edwards, Greenip, Astle, Brinkley, Brochin, Colburn, Conway, Currie, DeGrange, Della, Dyson, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, Haines, Glassman, Harrington, Jacobs, Jones, Kasemeyer, King, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Kramer, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Middleton, Miller, Mooney, Munson, Muse, Peters, Pinsky, Pipkin, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, Rosapepe, Stoltzfus, Stone, and Zirkin
Entitled	Fallen Soldier Privacy Act of 2008
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 11	Status as of February 27, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Colburn and Pipkin
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Caroline County - Adkins Arboretum
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 14	Status as of February 27, 2008: 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 30	Status as of January 29, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Astle and Pipkin
Entitled	Motor Vehicle Accident Reports - Access - Members of the General Assembly
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 113	Status as of March 12, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Haines, Brinkley, Colburn, Edwards, Glassman, Harris, Kittleman, Mooney, Munson, Pipkin, Simonaire, and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Homestead Property Tax Credit - Applications - Use of Social Security Numbers
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 137	Status as of February 27, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Brinkley, Astle, Colburn, Edwards, Forehand, Haines, Glassman, Jacobs, Kelley, King, Kittleman, Kramer, Mooney, Munson, Pipkin, Simonaire, and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Sales and Use Tax - Computer Services - Preexisting Contracts
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 138	Status as of February 27, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Brinkley, Astle, Colburn, Edwards, Forehand, Haines, Glassman, Jacobs, Kittleman, Kramer, Mooney, Munson, Pipkin, and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Sales and Use Tax - Computer Services
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 151	Status as of February 11, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Colburn, Stoltzfus, Pipkin, Jacobs, and Harris
Entitled	Sales and Use Tax - Rate - Eastern Shore Counties
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 174	Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 373
Sponsored By	Senators Astle and Pipkin
Entitled	Motor Vehicles - Towing and Towed Vehicles - Procedures and Equipment
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Environmental Matters

SB 239	Status as of March 19, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Senators Kasemeyer, Astle, Brinkley, Conway, Currie, DeGrange, Della, Edwards, Frosh, Garagiola, Jones, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Middleton, Munson, Peters, Robey, Stoltzfus, Stone, Colburn, Dyson, Glassman, Harris, Kelley, Pipkin, and Simonaire
Entitled	Homestead Property Tax Credit
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 417	Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 129
Sponsored By	Senators Edwards, Brinkley, Kittleman, Munson, and Pipkin
Entitled	Public Service Commission - Energy Efficiency and Conservation Programs and Services - Customer Notification and Report
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 421	Status as of February 13, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Kittleman, Brinkley, Colburn, Greenip, Mooney, Pipkin, and Stone
Entitled	Counties and Municipal Corporations - "Sanctuary Laws" for Illegal Aliens - Prohibition
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 505	Status as of February 27, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Brinkley, Colburn, Greenip, Jacobs, Kittleman, Kramer, Munson, Pipkin, and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Sales and Use Tax - Computer Services - Resale Exemption
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 543	Status as of February 1, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Jacobs and Pipkin
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Union Hospital of Cecil County
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 544	Status as of February 27, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Jacobs and Pipkin
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Cecil County - 4-H Animal Display Barn
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 621	Status as of February 6, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Brinkley, Brochin, Colburn, Dyson, Edwards, Glassman, Greenip, Haines, Jacobs, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Mooney, Munson, Pipkin, Stoltzfus, and Stone
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Drivers' Licenses - Lawful Presence in United States
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 673	Status as of March 24, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Colburn, Pipkin, and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Clammers - Clamming Appliances and Income - Compensation
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 796	Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 457
Sponsored By	Senators Astle and Pipkin
Entitled	Motor Vehicle Accident Reports - Access
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary