2010 REGULAR SESSION subject information current as of December 10, 2010 - 9:14 p.m.
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Current Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 26
HB 74 Status as of April 13, 2010: Became Law - Chapter 122 Became Law - Governor Signed
Sponsored By Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Departmental - Human Resources)
Entitled Family Law - Maryland Uniform Interstate Family Support Act - Revision
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 90 Status as of February 8, 2010: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary Failed Legislation
Sponsored By Delegate Burns
Entitled Same Sex Marriages - Foreign Jurisdictions - Invalidity
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary

HB 336 Status as of February 12, 2010: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary Failed - Dead Legislation
Sponsored By Delegates Simmons and Kramer
Entitled Family Law - Grounds for Divorce
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary

HB 500 Status as of May 4, 2010: Became Law - Chapter 263 Became Law - Governor Signed
Sponsored By Delegates Waldstreicher, Rosenberg, Anderson, Barnes, Branch, Dumais, Ivey, Lee, Levi, and Valderrama
Entitled Child Support Guidelines - Revision
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 925 Status as of February 12, 2010: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary Failed - Dead Legislation
Sponsored By Delegates Carter, Howard, O'Donnell, and Shank
Entitled Family Law - Child Custody Determinations
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary

HB 950 Status as of February 12, 2010: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary Failed - Dead Legislation
Sponsored By Delegates McConkey and Schuler
Entitled Children - Joint Legal Custody and Equal Parenting Time - Preference
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary

HB 1021 Status as of February 12, 2010: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary Failed - Dead Legislation
Sponsored By Delegates Heller and Vallario
Entitled Family Law - Prohibited Marriages - First Cousins
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary

HB 1079 Status as of February 16, 2010: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary Failed - Dead Legislation
Sponsored By Delegates Dwyer, Aumann, Bates, Beitzel, Boteler, Burns, Costa, Eckardt, Elliott, Elmore, Frank, George, Haddaway, Jenkins, Jennings, King, Kipke, Krebs, McComas, Myers, Norman, O'Donnell, Schuh, Serafini, Shank, Shewell, Sossi, Stocksdale, and Stull
Entitled Maryland's Marriage Protection Act
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary

HB 1084 Status as of March 15, 2010: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary Failed Legislation
Sponsored By Delegates Hixson, Bobo, Dumais, Feldman, Gutierrez, Hucker, Kramer, Love, Manno, and Rice
Entitled Domestic Violence - Reasonable Corporal Punishment - Limitations
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary

HB 1139 Status as of February 16, 2010: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary Failed - Dead Legislation
Sponsored By Delegates Dumais, McComas, Doory, Kullen, Lee, Valderrama, and Waldstreicher
Entitled Family Law - Child Custody Determinations
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary

HB 1176 Status as of February 17, 2010: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary Failed - Dead Legislation
Sponsored By Delegate Conaway
Entitled Marriage - Valid Between Consenting Adults
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary

HB 1241 Status as of March 26, 2010: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary Failed Legislation
Sponsored By Delegates Dumais, Bronrott, Carr, Feldman, Frick, Hixson, Hucker, Kaiser, Lee, Manno, McIntosh, Mizeur, Montgomery, Rice, and Rosenberg
Entitled Family Law - De Facto Parents
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary

HB 1279 Status as of February 18, 2010: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary Failed - Dead Legislation
Sponsored By Delegate Conaway
Entitled Marriage - Valid Between Consenting Adults
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary

HB 1359 Status as of March 25, 2010: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary Failed Legislation
Sponsored By Delegate Frank
Entitled Family Law - Marital Property - Military Pensions
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary

HB 1454 Status as of May 20, 2010: Became Law - Chapter 738 Became Law - Governor Signed
Sponsored By Delegate McConkey
Entitled Family Law - Child Support - Change of Address or Employment
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 1532 Status as of March 16, 2010: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Judiciary Failed - Dead Legislation
Sponsored By The Minority Leader
Entitled Recognition of Out-of-State Same-Sex Marriages - Changes in Governmental Policies - Moratorium
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary

SB 252 Status as of May 4, 2010: Became Law - Chapter 262 Became Law - Governor Signed
Sponsored By Senators Frosh, Forehand, Garagiola, Gladden, Jacobs, Kelley, King, Muse, Raskin, and Stone
Entitled Child Support Guidelines - Revision
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary

SB 577 Status as of April 2, 2010: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings Failed Legislation
Sponsored By Senator Zirkin
Entitled Family Law - Grounds for Absolute Divorce - Time Requirements
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 578 Status as of February 10, 2010: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings Failed - Dead Legislation
Sponsored By Senator Zirkin
Entitled Family Law - Grounds for Divorce
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 600 Status as of February 10, 2010: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings Failed - Dead Legislation
Sponsored By Senators Raskin, Forehand, Madaleno, Pinsky, and Pugh
Entitled Family Law - De Facto Parents
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 689 Status as of March 15, 2010: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings Failed Legislation
Sponsored By Senators Raskin and Madaleno
Entitled Domestic Violence - Reasonable Corporal Punishment - Limitations
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 714 Status as of February 12, 2010: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings Failed - Dead Legislation
Sponsored By Senator Zirkin
Entitled Family Law - Grounds for Divorce - Separation
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 852 Status as of February 19, 2010: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Judicial Proceedings Failed - Dead Legislation
Sponsored By Senators Stone, Colburn, DeGrange, Dyson, Haines, Jacobs, Mooney, Muse, Peters, and Simonaire
Entitled Same Sex Marriages - Foreign Jurisdictions - Invalidity
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 1047 Status as of February 26, 2010: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules Failed - Dead Legislation
Sponsored By Senator Muse
Entitled Family Law - Child Custody Determinations
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Senate Rules

SB 1097 Status as of March 12, 2010: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Judicial Proceedings Failed - Dead Legislation
Sponsored By Senators Muse, Peters, DeGrange, Dyson, Haines, Jacobs, Mooney, and Stone
Entitled Maryland's Marriage Protection Act
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 1120 Status as of March 18, 2010: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Judicial Proceedings Failed - Dead Legislation
Sponsored By Senators Jacobs and Stone
Entitled Recognition of Out-of-State Same-Sex Marriages - Changes in Governmental Policies - Moratorium
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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