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Senator James E. DeGrange, Sr.
District 32

Total Number of Bills: 58
SB 69         Status as of February 11, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings
Vehicle Laws - Motorcycles - Definition
Senate: Judicial Proceedings    
SB 356       Status as of February 27, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - Opportunity Builders
Senate: Budget and Taxation     (Heard: March 8, 2008, 3:00 p.m.)    
SB 372       Status as of March 10, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings
Vehicle Laws - Motorcycle - Definition
Senate: Judicial Proceedings    
SB 373       Status as of April 1, 2008: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Ways and Means
Building Opportunities for All Students and Teachers (BOAST) in Maryland Tax Credit
Senate: Budget and Taxation     House: Ways and Means     (Heard: April 3, 2008, 1:00 p.m.)
SB 480       Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 408
State Retirement and Pension System - Membership and System Study
Senate: Budget and Taxation     House: Appropriations
SB 481       Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 585
Disabled Law Enforcement Officers and Rescue Workers - Property Tax Credit
Senate: Budget and Taxation     House: Ways and Means
SB 520       Status as of February 27, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Military Service Credit - Eligibility
Senate: Budget and Taxation     (Heard: March 10, 2008, 3:00 p.m.)    
SB 521       Status as of April 5, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Passed
Junk Dealers and Scrap Metal Processors - Required Records
Senate: Finance     House: Economic Matters
SB 522       Status as of March 21, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Public Safety - Emergency Medical Services Board - Membership
Senate: Finance    
SB 650       Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 434
Employment Agencies - Bonding - Enforcement Authority
Senate: Finance     House: Economic Matters
SB 651       Status as of March 11, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Costs - Circuit Courts and District Court - Failure to Appear or Violation of Probation
Senate: Judicial Proceedings    
SB 795       Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 219
Prior Authorizations of State Debt to Fund Capital Projects - Alterations
Senate: Budget and Taxation     House: Appropriations
SB 928       Status as of February 21, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules
Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Benefit Enhancement
Senate: Senate Rules    
SB 929       Status as of February 21, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules
Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Benefit Enhancement
Senate: Senate Rules    
SB 983       Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 477
Maryland Housing Fund - Unallocated Reserves - Transfers
Senate: Budget and Taxation     House: Appropriations
SB 984       Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 478
Board of Public Works - Notification - Capital Leases
Senate: Budget and Taxation     House: Appropriations

Co-sponsored Bills

SB 3           Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 560
Fallen Soldier Privacy Act of 2008
Senate: Finance     House: Economic Matters
SB 206       Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 338
BRAC Community Enhancement Act
Senate: Budget and Taxation     House: Ways and Means and Economic Matters
SB 208       Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 124
High Performance Buildings Act
Senate: Budget and Taxation     House: Health and Government Operations and Appropriations
SB 211       Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 337
Public Safety - Statewide DNA Data Base System - Crimes of Violence and Burglary - Sample Collections on Charge - Postconviction DNA Testing
Senate: Judicial Proceedings     House: Judiciary
SB 214       Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 342
Divestiture from Iran and Sudan
Senate: Budget and Taxation     House: Appropriations
SB 238       Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 375
Juveniles - Arrests for Reportable Offenses - Expansion of Notification
Senate: Judicial Proceedings     House: Judiciary
SB 239       Status as of March 19, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Homestead Property Tax Credit
Senate: Budget and Taxation     House: Ways and Means     (Heard: March 27, 2008, 1:00 p.m.)
SB 257       Status as of February 27, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sales and Use Tax - Computer Services - Government Contracts Exemption
Senate: Budget and Taxation     (Heard: March 12, 2008, 2:00 p.m.)    
SB 259       Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 163
Program Open Space - Attainment of Acquisition Goals - Increased Allocation for Local Government
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs     House: Environmental Matters
SB 287       Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 164
State Designations - Smith Island Cake - State Dessert
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs     House: Health and Government Operations
SB 289       Status as of January 28, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Seniors Tax Relief Act of 2008
Senate: Budget and Taxation     (Heard: February 6, 2008, 1:00 p.m.)    
SB 297       Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 571
Tax Credit for Employer Established Work-Based Learning Programs for Students
Senate: Budget and Taxation     House: Ways and Means
SB 298       Status as of February 21, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Income Tax - Credit for Providing Adult Literacy Programs
Senate: Budget and Taxation     (Heard: February 27, 2008, 1:00 p.m.)    
SB 300       Status as of March 19, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax - Exemption for Returning Military Members
Senate: Budget and Taxation     House: Ways and Means     (Heard: March 27, 2008, 1:00 p.m.)
SB 340       Status as of March 21, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Task Force on Reducing State Budget Expenditures for Record Management and Retention
Senate: Budget and Taxation     House: Appropriations     (Heard: March 28, 2008, 1:00 p.m.)
SB 385       Status as of March 6, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings
Family Law - Termination of Parental Rights - Child Conceived as the Result of Rape
Senate: Judicial Proceedings    
SB 387       Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 393
Criminal Law - Possessing Stolen Property
Senate: Judicial Proceedings     House: Judiciary
SB 391       Status as of February 13, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund - Payment of Fees for Motor Vehicle Records - Required
Senate: Finance     (Heard: March 4, 2008, 1:00 p.m.)    
SB 444       Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 177
Corporate Income Tax - Reporting and Study
Senate: Budget and Taxation     House: Ways and Means
SB 465       Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 584
Property Tax Assessment Appeals
Senate: Budget and Taxation     House: Ways and Means
SB 466       Status as of February 27, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Property Tax Assessment Appeals - Due Date for Payment and Stay of Collection
Senate: Budget and Taxation     (Heard: March 11, 2008, 3:30 p.m.)    
SB 467       Status as of February 27, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Property Tax - Assessment Appeal Procedures
Senate: Budget and Taxation     (Heard: March 11, 2008, 3:30 p.m.)    
SB 498       Status as of March 5, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings
Missing Senior Adult Alert Program - Establishment
Senate: Judicial Proceedings    
SB 500       Status as of March 24, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Crimes - Financial Exploitation of Elderly - Penalty
Senate: Judicial Proceedings    
SB 501       Status as of March 24, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Criminal Law - Crimes Against the Elderly or Persons with a Disability - Penalties
Senate: Judicial Proceedings    
SB 541       Status as of February 27, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Service Retirement Allowance
Senate: Budget and Taxation     (Heard: March 10, 2008, 3:00 p.m.)    
SB 574       Status as of March 10, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Public Health - Construction Sites - Rest Rooms
Senate: Finance    
SB 581       Status as of February 20, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Hometown Heroes Act of 2008 - Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Retirement Income of Law Enforcement, Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Services Personnel
Senate: Budget and Taxation     (Heard: March 5, 2008, 1:00 p.m.)    
SB 608       Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 604
Education - Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Extension
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs     House: Ways and Means
SB 623       Status as of March 5, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Tuition Cap and College Opportunity Act of 2008
Senate: Budget and Taxation     (Heard: March 19, 2008, 1:00 p.m.)    
SB 662       Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 610
Agricultural Land Transfer Tax - Surcharge and Distribution of Revenue
Senate: Budget and Taxation     House: Ways and Means and Environmental Matters
SB 712       Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 443
Vehicle Laws - Failure to Yield Right-of-Way - Penalties for Death or Serious Bodily Injury
Senate: Judicial Proceedings     House: Environmental Matters
SB 713       Status as of April 8, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 38
Vehicle Laws - Equipment on Motorcycles - Auxiliary Lighting
Senate: Judicial Proceedings     House: Environmental Matters
SB 735       Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 445
Coordinating Emerging Nanobiotechnology Research (CENTR) in Maryland Program
Senate: Finance     House: Economic Matters
SB 784       Status as of March 24, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Horse Racing - Purse Dedication Account - Allocation of Funds
Senate: Budget and Taxation     House: Ways and Means     (Heard: March 27, 2008, 1:00 p.m.)
SB 803       Status as of April 3, 2008: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Passed with Amendments
Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Membership - Retired Pilots with the Maryland State Police
Senate: Budget and Taxation     House: Appropriations
SB 818       Status as of May 22, 2008: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Public Health Dental Hygiene Act
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs     House: Health and Government Operations
SB 912       Status as of March 5, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Early Childhood Education - Children in Military Families
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs     (Heard: March 18, 2008, 1:00 p.m.)    
SB 924       Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 633
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax - Leased Vehicles - Application of Trade-In Value
Senate: Budget and Taxation     House: Ways and Means
SB 944       Status as of March 4, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Judicial Proceedings
Governor's Emergency Powers - Seizure of Firearms and Ammunition
Senate: Judicial Proceedings     (Heard: March 18, 2008, 1:00 p.m.)    
SB 959       Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 474
Slot Machines - Definition
Senate: Budget and Taxation     House: Ways and Means
SB 1011     Status as of March 21, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation
Sales and Use Tax - Computer Services
Senate: Budget and Taxation