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

	Family Law -see also- Adoption; Annulment; Divorce; etc	Another Session
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HB 10	Status as of March 17, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Ali and Dumais
Entitled	Unattended Child Protection Act of 2008
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 410	Status as of April 5, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Special Order ...
Sponsored By	Delegates G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Barve, Benson, Bobo, DeBoy, Elmore, Haddaway, Hecht, Heller, Kullen, Levy, McDonough, Montgomery, Robinson, Shewell, Sophocleus, Stifler, Stocksdale, Ali, Dumais, and Shank
Entitled	Crimes - Child Endangerment
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 570	Status as of January 30, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Simmons and Dumais
Entitled	Family Law - Civil Unions
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 631	Status as of January 31, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Pendergrass, Ali, Guzzone, Montgomery, and F. Turner
Entitled	Family Law - Change Term "Marriage" to "Civil Marriage"
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 675	Status as of March 11, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Delegates King, Bromwell, Costa, Kach, Kipke, Krebs, Kullen, Love, Manno, McHale, Miller, Minnick, Ross, Schuler, Sophocleus, Tarrant, and Walker
Entitled	Criminal Law - Child Abduction by Relative
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 786	Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 522
Sponsored By	Delegate Dumais
Entitled	Maryland Uniform Interstate Family Support Act - Revision
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 803	Status as of February 13, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Jones, Aumann, Branch, Bronrott, G. Clagett, DeBoy, Eckardt, Gaines, Griffith, Gutierrez, Haynes, Hecht, Heller, Hubbard, James, Lafferty, Mizeur, Morhaim, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Robinson, Rudolph, Stocksdale, F. Turner, Weldon, and Wood
Entitled	Family Law - Foster Care - Payment Rates
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 848	Status as of February 6, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegate Schuler
Entitled	Family Law - Domestic Partnerships
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1112	Status as of February 8, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegate Dumais
Entitled	Family Law - Civil Unions - Establishment, Rights, and Responsibilities
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1147	Status as of March 17, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Dumais, McComas, Doory, Eckardt, Elmore, Feldman, Haddaway, Jones, Kelly, Lee, Myers, Smigiel, Valderrama, Vallario, and Waldstreicher
Entitled	Family Law - Child Custody Determinations
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1174	Status as of February 8, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Dumais and Doory
Entitled	Domestic Partnerships - Establishment and Rules of Interpretation
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

HB 1327	Status as of February 11, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Waldstreicher and Dumais
Entitled	Child Abuse and Neglect - Monitoring of Abusers
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1345	Status as of February 8, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Dwyer, Aumann, Bartlett, Bates, Beitzel, Boteler, Burns, Eckardt, Elliott, Elmore, Frank, George, Haddaway, Impallaria, Jennings, Kelly, King, Kipke, Krebs, McComas, McConkey, McDonough, Miller, Myers, Norman, O'Donnell, Schuh, Shank, Shewell, Sossi, Stifler, Stocksdale, Stull, Walkup, and Wood
Entitled	Maryland's Marriage Protection Act
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1363	Status as of March 10, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Murphy, Glenn, Hucker, Mizeur, Nathan-Pulliam, and Weldon
Entitled	Social Services Administration - Kinship Care Navigator
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1605	Status as of March 21, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Bates, Beitzel, Carter, Dwyer, Eckardt, McConkey, McDonough, Miller, Myers, Shewell, Sophocleus, and Walkup
Entitled	Divorce - Mutual Consent Required
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1618	Status as of April 2, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Chair, Appropriations Committee
Entitled	Unpaid Child Support - Liens Against Monetary Awards Owed to Child Support Obligors
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

SB 168	Status as of January 30, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Greenip, Colburn, Haines, Mooney, Muse, and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Family Law - Covenant Marriage
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 169	Status as of January 30, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Greenip, Colburn, Haines, Harris, Mooney, Munson, Simonaire, and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Maryland's Marriage Protection Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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 453	Status as of February 1, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Kasemeyer
Entitled	Family Law - Foster Care - Payment Rates
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

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

SB 609	Status as of February 6, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Simonaire
Entitled	Family Law - Child Custody and Visitation - Change of Child's Permanent Residence
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 632	Status as of March 24, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary
Sponsored By	Senators Jacobs, Forehand, Jones, Kelley, Kittleman, Kramer, McFadden, Munson, Muse, Pugh, Raskin, and Stone
Entitled	Social Services Administration - Children Subject to Substantial Risk of Abuse or Neglect - Identification and Notice
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 689	Status as of February 6, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Raskin and Madaleno
Entitled	Family Law - Domestic Partnerships
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings