2008 REGULAR SESSION subject information current as of November 23, 2008 - 0:12 a.m.

	Adoption	Another Session
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HB 90	Status as of May 22, 2008: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Maryland Judicial Conference)
Entitled	Child Welfare - Permanency Planning and Interstate Placement of Foster Children
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 500	Status as of January 30, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Dumais, Ali, Barkley, Barnes, Barve, Bates, Beidle, Benson, Bobo, Branch, Braveboy, Bromwell, Bronrott, Burns, V. Clagett, DeBoy, Doory, Eckardt, Feldman, Frick, Frush, Gaines, Gilchrist, Glenn, Griffith, Gutierrez, Haddaway, Harrison, Healey, Hecht, Hixson, Holmes, Howard, Hucker, Ivey, Jameson, Jones, Kaiser, Kirk, Krebs, Krysiak, Kullen, Lafferty, Lee, Love, Manno, Mathias, McIntosh, Mizeur, Montgomery, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Proctor, Reznik, Rice, Robinson, Ross, Schuler, Shewell, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Stein, Stifler, Stocksdale, Stull, Tarrant, F. Turner, V. Turner, Valderrama, Waldstreicher, and Weldon
Entitled	Family Law - Denial of Paternity, Custody, and Visitation
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 593	Status as of March 17, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Departmental - Juvenile Services)
Entitled	Juvenile Law - Child in Need of Supervision and Delinquency Proceedings - Permanency Plans
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1325	Status as of April 5, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Delegates Rosenberg, Beidle, Bronrott, Carr, Elmore, Lee, Mizeur, O'Donnell, Simmons, and Waldstreicher
Entitled	Children in Need of Assistance - Custody Determinations - Prohibition Against Consideration of Disabilities
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 57	Status as of April 8, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 16
Sponsored By	Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Maryland Judicial Conference)
Entitled	Child Welfare - Permanency Planning and Interstate Placement of Foster Children
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 385	Status as of March 6, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Greenip, Brinkley, Colburn, DeGrange, Forehand, Harris, Jacobs, Kittleman, Lenett, Stoltzfus, and Stone
Entitled	Family Law - Termination of Parental Rights - Child Conceived as the Result of Rape
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 516	Status as of March 24, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary
Sponsored By	Senators Raskin, Astle, Brochin, Colburn, Conway, Currie, Forehand, Garagiola, Jacobs, Jones, Kelley, King, Klausmeier, Kramer, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Middleton, Mooney, Muse, Peters, Pinsky, Pugh, Robey, Rosapepe, Stoltzfus, Stone, and Greenip
Entitled	Family Law - Denial of Paternity, Custody, and Visitation
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 551	Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 190
Sponsored By	Senator Gladden
Entitled	Children in Need of Assistance - Custody Determinations - Prohibition Against Consideration of Disabilities
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary